Camelot was under attack. They have breached the inner wall and took over the lower town. The inner gates of the kingdom surrounding the castle were sealed tight and most of the villagers were being protected inside.

Arthur was barking orders to all the knights to keep the gates shut and keep the people protected. All the wounded were being brought to Gaius and the dead were being brought to the spare chambers, and the villagers were being sent to the main hall for protection.

Merlin was standing close enough to Arthur to make sure that he knew that Merlin was there for him but far enough away as to not make him feel crowded.

"Sire they are going to break through the gate! We need to get the people out of here!" Elyan yelled through the commotion.

"Gwaine! Percival! Take Merlin and get the villagers and exit through the back walls! Elyan! Leon! Lancelot! Come with me! We have to hold off the army and give the villagers time to escape!" Arthur yelled as he ran towards the gate.

"No I'm not leaving you! You need me here I can help you!" Merlin yelled as he chased after Arthur.

"No Merlin! You are going with Gwaine and Percival! Please don't argue with me!" The pleading look in Arthur's eyes made it hard to refuse what he had asked. Gwaine grabbed Merlin's arm and dragged him towards the castle.

"Everyone listen to me! We need to leave! Everyone follow us, we will lead you to the back tunnels and out of the city! We will keep you safe!" Gwaine yelled as the entered the mail hall.

People started grabbing for anything that they could carry and the rushed towards the door. Everyone was panicking and running, knocking people over and trying to push each other out of the doors. Gwaine, Percival and Merlin were leading people towards the tunnel. Percival was at the front of the hoard of people, Gwaine was in the middle and Merlin was at the end.

Merlin was still ushering people out when the doors to the main hall were thrust open and Arthur, Elyan, Leon and Lancelot tumbled in and shut the doors behind them.

"Oh thank god you all are still alive!" Merlin yelled as he ran towards his friends.

"They pushed us back towards here we need to leave now!" Arthur yelled as the three of them ran towards the exit dragging Merlin with them.

They started running down the halls and stair cases. The followed the path that the villagers took not moments before. The army had broken through the hall doors and were following them.

"Quickly we must go faster!" Leon yelled.

"Keep up Merlin!" Arthur yelled as they kept running. Arthur was at the front of them followed by Leon, then Lancelot, Elyan and at the back was Merlin. They just about reached the gate leading outside the wall when they heard yelling catching up close behind them.

"Run! We are almost there!" Arthur yelled as he picked up his pace.

They passed through the gate and kept running into the woods and they kept going until they could no longer heard running coming from behind them. They made it to the camp where the other knights waited for them.

"The villagers made it to next town and are all safely resting." Gwaine said as he walked up to great his friends. He looked around and gave Arthur a look that would forever be imbedded in his mind before speaking the words that he dreaded to hear.

"Where is Merlin?"

So I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! This is my first Merlin fan fiction so please leave reviews. i will post the next chapter soon.