Merlin's magic (Oneshots) 1

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The memory loss has been a request on wattpad by: sarascamander06

I don't usually do requests, because my mind keeps messing up and makes something entirely different out of it. IF it works at all.
And if it doesn't, I'd be too bored to write it.
Anyway.... I hope you like it :)

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There is this..... thing ...... with the vaults in Camelot. The castle was much bigger and deeper than Arthur always knew.
This may be do to the fact that Uther Pendragon had sealed of at least half of it, when the purge began.

Since Arthur had been crowned king, he had been doing his best to find out exactly what they had been closed off for. Here in these wide halls that could easily fit the entirety of Camelot's people under their roofs.
The objects lay around scattered. Some things had been covered by old linens. Others, like some kind of crown/ circlet or a goblet, another time it was a violin for no reason other than that it was made of solid gold, were put on display.
On a silver throne that was covered in runes, or a work table or any other kind of object you can place things on to.
(There was a bathtub full of rings that shimmered red and blue in the dimming light.)

The answer, why they were closed of, was magic, of course.
Uther Pendragon had tried to burn everything that ever had to do with magic.
But there were things he could not get rid of. Things that were indestructible, or simply repaired themselves. Or things that, upon destroyed, would create an explosion that was big enough to destroy the entire kingdom.
Or things that Uther was able to use as a trophy or as a weapon AGAINST sorcery.
(Uther was a hypocrite.)

The crystal of Neathid was one example. Arthur still didn't know what kind of weapon that thing was. They found it in a small box inside a sealed wardrobe.
Another thing they found had been part of a triskelion of sorts. It sat almost side by side with the crystal. Allegedly it was some kind of key? At least according to the documents. Regardless of what it opened, Arthur thought there was a reason why his father had never tried to open it. Maybe it hid a beast or something?

There were rings that could help a gifted sorcerer control their powers and manifest it through the enchanted object. You could see runes embedded into it. (That's the bathtub :) )
There were other magical keys, potions or other items, which Arthur didn't know the purpose of.
Of course there was also the golden goblet that had once made an entire army immortal.
Either way, it was a fact that Arthur was unaware of most of those object's purposes. And it was not a fact that Arthur was proud of.

After he assumed the throne, after Uther's death, he needed some time to adjust to his new position as king. Obviously. His father just died. Arthur could barely do anything but grief those first few weeks.

But after he did, he made sure to examine everything within those vaults that he may find.
Gaius was a great help, as you can imagine.
Giving short descriptions here, being totally vague there. It was like a lottery with him.

But there were a few objects which did pick Arthur's curiosity.

"Gaius, what is this?", Arthur picked up a rather big bottle of what looked like win that stood mindlessly in a corner of the room.

Arthur and Gaius were alone in this room. Some knights who had volunteered to help, were checking other rooms.
The wine bottle or tankard of sorts, had hundreds of runes on it. Okay, to be fair, the only reason it caught his eye was because the knights were helping with the inventory, which meant that Gwaine was loose in the vaults.
And if he found this bottle, who knows what kind of poison the man might get inside him or worse, spread among the knights.
It was better to get the proper warning now.