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Chapter 5

"Um..." Merlin stood there awkwardly.

"Merlin." Arthur's tone was stern.

Freya stepped forward.

"It was me sire."

Arthur looked confused.

"We left Ealdor earlier than we thought we would sire. After hearing some rumors that a Reviver was near, I suggested that we go check it out."

Arthur let the subject go. As his attention turned towards Jasmine, Merlin silently thanked Freya who squeezed his hand and whispered,

"I don't know how you managed to get away with stuff before."

"I didn't." Merlin whispered back and she smiled knowingly at him.

Lancelot saw the look between the two and was glad for Merlin's sake that Freya had been there to cover for him.

Arthur walked over to Jasmine.

"What are you doing at these caves?" he asked her.

Jasmine smiled at him as if he was a little child.

"You really don't know do you?"

Arthur shook his head.

"I am going to the caves because inside are crystals which have the power to take all of my power..."

"And your immortality." Gwaine finished for her realizing what was going on.

Jasmine looked at him.

"Gwaine was it?" she asked with a smile.

He nodded.

"Well sir Gwaine you may have figured out what I intend to do, but none of you can realized what a curse it is to be immortal, to live forever and watch as all your loved ones die. I intend to start a normal life from now on, and not have to bear the curse of my powers."

Merlin stepped forward forgetting that Arthur was there, and acting as he would when Arthur wasn't watching.

"You do know that when you take your powers that the Reviver line will end. That line has been going on for centuries. Are you sure that is what you want to do?"

Jasmine smirked at him.

"Well Em... I mean Merlin, that is why I am reviving all of your loved ones beforehand. So no one can say that I never did anything for anyone else with my powers. Now!"

she clapped your hands together.

"If anyone wants to come with me they can. I have something to tell you that may interest you Merlin, and the rest of the Calvary." she gestured her hands towards Arthur and the knights... not before receiving an amused look from Gwaine.

"Morgana and Morgause caught wind of my arrival here and want me to join there side. I agreed, but only to trap them. They will be waiting for us in the caves and they will not be expecting any extra company. This will be your chance to capture or stop them, whatever you might want to do."

Arthur looked at the rest of his knights as Zedd turned to his group.

"Well we would love to stay and help, but the seeker has places he needs to go and it looks like you have all the help you'll need."

Kahlan nodded towards Merlin and Freya with a smile, and the seeker group walked down the hill towards their home.

/

As the group headed up towards the cave, Gwaine walked up towards Jasmine who smiled at him.

"I always thought that morth sihdes were evil and deserved to die." he said.

"Seems I was proved wrong."

she smiled.

"I was trained to use the morth sihdes powers by the Druids. The woman Cara, who you saw was assisting the seeker was trained through torture to do evil. Look at her now. A defender of good. Things can change."

Gwaine nodded.

"Morth sihdes killed my family, I swore to kill any that crossed my path." He chuckled.

"Even if I could kill you I don't think I would."

Jasmine looked at him.

"That shows that you also have the ability to change."

Arthur looked at Merlin who was walking next to him. His manservant had been avoiding his eyes, and was very silent.

Arthur hadn't really accepted Freya's story. He just let them think he did. What could Merlin be possibly hiding? Why would his manservant who he considered a friend lie to him?

"We are here." Jasmine pointed to the caves.

"If the barrier is to be released we will need magic." she said.

Arthur flinched but didn't say anything.

Jasmine looked at Merlin who shook his head.

Arthur noticed, but kept silent.

Jasmine sighed.

"Since we have no means of magic, lets split up to see if we can find any other way to get in. If you don't mind why don't Gwaine and I go up the right edge, Arthur, Leon, and Elyan go up the left, and Merlin, Lancelot, and Freya why don't you go up the front."

Merlin looked up. Jasmine was sure clever. Instead of putting him in an awkward situation, she was splitting up the knights so that he could lift the barrier and no one that didn't know about his magic would notice.

Arthur nodded.

"We'll do as you say." and he left with Leon and Elyan.

Jasmine walked off towards the right edge of the cave with Gwaine in tow.

Lancelot shook his head.

"She sure is clever."

Merlin nodded.

"I thought for a second that she would ask me to use magic."

Freya took Merlin's hand and the trio walked up to the entrance to the cave.

Elyan walked behind Arthur and Leon.

"Don't you think that was strange?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" Arthur replied.

Elyan shrugged.

"It was almost as if Jasmine sent us on a wild goose chase. It was as if she wanted us to split up. It looked like she was protecting someone."

Leon nodded and then continued up the cave's side.

"Whether she did or not, it was a good idea."

Arthur frowned to himself.

Something told him that if someone had barricaded the caves with magic, the solution wasn't going to be as easy as finding a side entrance.

"Well there is nothing here." Gwaine said as he looked all along the caves entrance.

"We should go down now."

Jasmine groaned silently.

Hurry up Merlin! She thought to herself. Knowing that if she protested, Gwaine would get suspicious, she said nothing as she followed him down the side back to the front entrance.

Gwaine turned the side just as Merlin was speaking the spell to but down the barrier. He quickly hid.

Jasmine grabbed his arm.

"Let's go and check the other side." She said trying to save Merlin.

Gwaine looked at her suspiciously.

"Not on your life. What are hiding for Merlin?"

Jasmine sighed.

"Just find out on your own, seeing as there is no stopping you."

Gwaine looked at Merlin. His eyes widened as he saw Merlin say a spell and with a rumble the barrier came down. He saw Lancelot looking around making sure there was no one there, and Freya smile once the barrier was down.

Lancelot knew?

He shook his head and then sat down his head spinning. Merlin was a sorcerer?

Jasmine sat down next to him and grabbed his arm.

"Please don't tell Arthur." she begged.

He looked at her defeated.

"You knew?"

Jasmine sighed.

"How could I not know? He was born with magic and is destined to be the most powerful sorcerer in the world. He would give his life for Arthur and has risked his life so many times for him without any sort of recognition. The Druids call him Emrys. Every Druid grows up hearing tales of King Arthur with his friend and protector, Emrys."

Gwaine looked at Jasmine.

"Why didn't he tell me?"

Jasmine shrugged.

"He rarely tells anyone. Lancelot only found out because he saw Merlin use it to save his life."

Getting up Gwaine looked himself again.

"Let's go. Arthur will get suspicious if we take any longer to look for an entrance." he smiled at Jasmine and put his finger to his lips.

She smiled at him. He wasn't going to betray Merlin.

"Gwaine!" Merlin shouted as he saw Jasmine and Gwaine come down the hill.

"The entrance just opened up. Looks safe enough to go through."

Gwaine looked at Jasmine who winked at him.

"Sounds good. Oh and by the way Merlin. Nice job with the spell." he said walking past Merlin who was dumbfounded. He looked at Jasmine who shrugged and tried to look innocent and failing miserably.

Arthur walked around the bend to see Gwaine walk past Merlin who looked dumbfounded. Arthur shook his head. Whatever Gwaine had just said to Merlin had certainly disturbed him.

Gwaine looked up to see Arthur walking down the edge.

Arthur spoke up.

"We didn't find an entrance, but we saw something even more valuable. There were Morgause's men everywhere. Looks like she has arrived."

Merlin nodded.

"We can tell. It looks like Morgause has put down the barrier. We will be able to enter no problem."

Jasmine raised her eyebrows.

Arthur ignored her and entered the cave, and one by one the rest of the group followed.

"Sire!" Jasmine called out to Arthur who turned to look at her.

"Don't you think you should hide? When Morgause and Morgana enter, I can give the signal and we can catch them by surprise. Besides she can't use her magic against me."

Arthur had been so distracted he hadn't thought of it. He quickly took command and everyone but Jasmine took cover.

It wasn't a moment too soon. At that moment Morgause and Morgana stepped out of the shadows and faced Jasmine.

"Well, well, well. The last of the Revivers. It is an honor." Morgause said with a smile.

"The honor is all mine." Jasmine said giving the signal.

The cave erupted as Arthur, his knights, Merlin and Freya stepped out of the shadows.

Morgause's face showed rage. Morgana smirked.

Jasmine spoke up.

"Your both outnumbered. None of you can use your magic against me unless you want to be killed."

Morgana chuckled evilly.

"Do you think my sister and I came empty handed?" she whistled and a dozed or so men came running in the cave.

Jasmine was the first to meet them.

She kicked a man in the face almost doing the splits, and then did a flip and used her agile on another from behind. Merlin stood back and killed a couple men with his magic. Soon all of the bandits were killed.

Jasmine ran towards Morgana and Morgause but Morgause did a spell and the two disappeared. But not without some parting words to Merlin.

"We will meet again dragon-lord."

Merlin swallowed. The others stood panting.

Jasmine stood from the man she had just killed.

"I am going to the end of the cave. See if the crystal is still there."

Merlin nodded.

"I'm coming with you."

"So am I." Freya stepped forward.

Jasmine shrugged.

"You don't have to."

Arthur stepped forward.

"You tried to help us so now let us come and help you. Even if you might not need it."

Jasmine chuckled.

"You'd be surprised."

/

"This way." Jasmine led the way with Gwaine in tow. She looked at Merlin who nodded.

He could feel the gem's power getting stronger.

All of a sudden the group stepped into a large room in the middle stood the gem.

Jasmine walked up to it breathing hard.

She took out a necklace from her pocket.

Gwaine pointed at it.

"Where did you get that?"

"The Druids. They believed that if I didn't want to be immortal they would give me the key to becoming a normal person."

"Don't think that could ever happen." he responded.

She looked at him and then spoke some ancient words.

The crystal then glowed and then Jasmine groaned. A light shone as the crystal began to suck her power from her.

A few minutes later everything went dark, and Jasmine collapsed.

Gwaine ran to her side and helped her sit up.

"You all right?"

She nodded and then stood up assisted by Gwaine.

She pulled out her agile.

"Touch it." she said to Gwaine who did as she commanded.

"Don't feel anything."

Jasmine sighed.

"That's because my power is gone. Their power was supplied on mine. Only I could touch them."

Arthur looked around.

"It's getting dark. We should get going."

Jasmine nodded becoming herself again.

"There is an opening just up ahead."

A few minutes later they reached the opening.

They all saw something they weren't expecting Morgause.

Before anyone could react she muttered some words, and the cave started to collapse.

Running Arthur was the one to reach the other side first but Merlin was the first to exit. He turned for Freya but at that moment the cave collapsed, and she would have been killed if Arthur hadn't pulled her out just in time.

Merlin hugged her.

"Are you all right?" he asked as she just stood there in his arms and nodded. Grateful to be alive.

That night Gwaine snuck out of the camp to were Jasmine was standing.

She turned towards him.

"Can't sleep." she said.

Gwaine nodded.

"Likewise."

he looked at her.

"Are you all right?"

Jasmine nodded.

"I was just thinking. Not that I have no power, what good am I? Freya almost died back there. If she had I wouldn't have been able to bring her back. I'm useless."

Gwaine then just pulled her close.

"You are not useless. Just less powerful. Doesn't mean you won't be able to make a difference in the world. I mean even I can. You should have seen me before I came to Camelot."

He looked down at her.

"I promise I will be there every step of the way."

She looked into his eyes and then the two kissed. It was short but sweet. And Gwaine felt that no one could fill the loss of his family better that her.

/

Gwen was walking towards Giaus' chambers the next morning after helping him with his rounds when she spotted Arthur walking towards her. Behind him was Jasmine, but Gwen didn't notice them.

She just ran till she was in Arthur's arms. Embracing she smiled at him.

"I was so afraid something had happened to you!" she said as he kissed her.

Unknown to the Arthur and Gwen Uther watched from the upper level as the two embraced.

Sighing thoughtfully he turned away.

And for the first time in his life he didn't know what to do.

Giaus hugged Merlin tightly.

"Its good to have you back."

Merlin smiled.

"And still in one piece how do I do it?"

Giaus laughed and then gave Freya a hug much to her surprise.

"Welcome back." he said as she smiled.

"Its good to be back home."

The End.

Sorry if it seems unfinished! It was kind of impromptu. Hope you enjoyed, but I might be updating another chapter with a Legend of the Seeker story that will give you an idea of what happens to Richard, Kahlan, Zedd, Cara, and Leo after they left Jasmine on her quest.

Not sure what to write yet so I might not update for a little while. We will see.

PLEASE REVIEW! I didn't get that many reviews so please do! :) I just realized that I had spelled Mord Sith wrong, and hadn't been really paying attention to that. Apologies for any confusion!