Ok so here it is my new story. If you haven't already check out my other major Merlin/Arthur story-anything everything- .

A life to save a life

Chapter one

The first time you met someone can often decided how you feel about that person, but sometimes you're wrong and they turn into something you never expected. The first time Arthur saw Merlin he was being dragged away by his father's guards for using magic. The first time he actually met Merlin, he saw nothing but the goodness off the world in his heart. The first time Merlin met Arthur he felt safe.

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Arthur had stood in the centre of the court and listened to his father yell of the evils that magic held. People had begged and pleaded for Merlins life, that he couldn't possibly be evil he had just saved a child, but Uther had just laughed. When a knight came forward and claimed to have seen someone with Merlin Uthers face had turned red and he demanded this new person be found, he had turned to Arthur and ordered him to interrogate the sorcerer, find out all his secrets and report back to him.

So here he stood, standing outside the cell bars staring at the broken boy huddled up in the far corner of the cell. Taking a deep breath Arthur nodded at the two guards who quickly left the room, leaving him alone with the warlock. Unlocking the door Arthur took a couple of steps forward, when the boy didn't look up he sat down next to him. Sweeping his eyes over the boy, he looked at the chains that had already left their mark on his wrists "are you alright?" he asked touching the boys shoulder. The boy flinched away from the touch and looked up with wide eyes at him. Arthurs breathing stoped, he'd never found another man attractive before but this boy was beautiful, with his dark hair, shinning blue eyes and pale skin Arthur had never seen anyone like him before. "Hi, I'm Arthur."

Merlin looked up at the man in front of him, with golden blonde hair and a muscular body he was easily the best looking person he'd ever seen, way better than any of the other guys that had tried to hit on him. He heard the blonde say his name, Arthur, Merlin blushed when he realised the man, no Arthur, was waiting for him to respond. "I...I'm Merlin" Arthur smiled "we'll Merlin are you injured?" he asked, this shocked Merlin, so far all the guards had only wanted to taunt and hurt him "No" he mumbled hugging his knees closer to his chest "what are you doing here?" he asked, Arthurs face feel "My father sent me to interrogate you" "your father... that means" Merlins eyes widen in horror "Yes I'm the prince but you have nothing to fear, I don't hate you and I will never hurt you I swear" "why not?" "Because I know you can't be as evil as my father makes you out to be" Arthur pushed some hair out of Merlins eyes "how do you know? I could be the worst person you've ever met" Merlin lent into the touch without realising "You saved an innocent child that's hardly evil" Arthur snorted leaning against the wall next to Merlin "You need to tell me what happened" Merlin shook his head, Arthur lent forward and took his hands "Look Merlin I could get you out of here, you just need to tell me what happened" "No" Merlin whispered fighting against the tears that threatened to escape " I don't want to think about it" Merlin whispered as he lost the fight against the tears, Arthur wrapped Merlin in his arms, wiping away the tears he let the younger man cry. In his head he had no idea why he was protective all of a sudden or why he was holding him close against his chest but all he could think about how right it felt.

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An hour later the tears had stopped but Arthur still held Merlin against his him and Merlin rested his head on Arthur chest. "Merlin" Arthur looked down at him, Merlin knew in a heartbeat what he wanted "I'll tell you but you have to promise not to interrupt" Arthur nodded and squeezed his hand. "My mother sent me to Camelot to live with one of her old friends, I didn't want to leave but I had no choice, on my way I met another warlock and he was coming here two, I didn't really know where I was going so I tagged along, he was nice enough so we became friends and planned to stay in contact when we arrived. When we eventually got here the city was crowed so no one noticed us. We were in the market" Tears began the build up in the corners of Merlins eyes, Arthur quickly pulled him into his chest again "he told me to point out the person who looked like they were having the most fun so I pointed to a little girl, then before I knew what was going on he sent a cart flying at her, I stopped it but the guards got me. As I was being dragged away I could hear him laughing" Merlin's story shocked Arthur, he couldn't imagine anyone willingly hurting a little girl for fun. A while later Merlin looked up at Arthur "do you believe me?" his voice couldn't have been more than a whisper but Arthur could hear the fear in it "Yes" he kissed the top of Merlins head "you know Merlin there's something about you I can't quite put my finger on" he laughed "what do you mean?" instead of answering Arthur crushed his lips against Merlins, Merlin felt a jolt of energy run through him as he hungrily kissed back, Merlin moaned opening his mouth enough for Arthur to slip his tongue threw causing Merlin to gasp and clutch at Arthurs hair, pulling him closer. Arthur was the 1st to pull back, resting their foreheads against the together, trying to catch their breath he slowly and lovingly lent closer to Merlins ear and whispered "I'll protect you; I promise nothing will ever harm you, not while I'm alive".

So there's chapter one hope you like it, thanks for reading. Reviews make me happy. Ily xoxo