Just a servant?

Chapter 2

It was another morning in Camelot. Many of its population is still sleeping. Only a few have already awoken. The stable hands, metal smiths to name a few and Merlin.
Merlin awoke early to serve his master. Prince Arthur of Camelot. Today was no normal day. Far from it. Today was a special day to the young warlock. It was his birthday, but he wouldn't do anything to celebrate. To him this wasn't such a big deal. He was happy as always of course but on this day he only got a touch of motivation. Nothing more, nothing less.
        For some reason he had a feeling that today would be a favorable day for him. He was on his way to the kitchens to get the young prince's breakfast. He was determined to have a good day today and nothing was going to ruin it.
        He's been in the castle and gone through the same path everyday for many years that as soon as he got Arthur's breakfast, it was natural for him to find himself at Arthur's door with time seeming to flutter by without a second thought.
         He opened the door and sat the meal on the table. He never knocked and Arthur had grown accustomed to it. Merlin walked toward the windows with a certain skip in his step and briskly snapped the curtains open.
     "Rise and shine! Up and at 'em! Morning lazy daisy!"
   "Merlin, that is the worst wake up call possible I could ever hear." Arthur said while groggily waking up. "Why so annoying? Or better said, more annoying than usual?"
      Merlin walked around Arthur's room when he answered "I don't know. Call it a good feeling."
     Merlin laid out Arthur's clothes for the day while Arthur ,still trying to shake the sleep off him, said "Well that good feeling better not get in the way of our hunt."
        Merlin stopped. "Hunt?"
         "Yes. Today we are going hunting. Remember to ready the horses and gather supplies for it after you are done here. We leave midday and will be gone for about 3 days."
        Merlin resumed his tasks and thought to himself "This isn't how I pictured this day would go but I'll make the best of it. I'll make sure of it."
       And so he did. After leaving Arthur's chambers he went to gather supplies for a 3 day trip for him, Arthur and the rest of the knights of the round table that would accompany them as always. Afterwards, he went to the stables and ,with the help of the stable boy, prepared the horses for them.
           Soon Arthur and the rest of the knights left Camelot.
        If only they'd known what was to come. Let's just say, they would not return in 3 days time.