Arthur's Return (Merlin BBC)

Chapter XI.

We soon came back to Camelot.

“Gaius, you’re alive!” one of the knights shouted.

“Luckily I am” Gaius said back.

Gwen stood on the balcony and greeted us happily. We all went into the castle.

“Thankfully you’re all safe and sound!” Gwen said coming down the stairs.

“I guess you are all hungry?” She continued.

“Oh, hell yes!” Gwaine and I said in union.

We all went to the dining room. This castle was really huge and I almost got lost when a similar voice asked me.

“Where are you going? The hall isn’t there…” I turned around to face Mordred.

“I could ask you the same…” I said.

“I was going to my chamber. And you?”

“I wanted to take a small walk. Mordred-“ he looked up to me.

“Do you know what happened last night?”

“I don’t really remember...”

“Well, a gigantic beast wanted to kill me, and you saved me, kind of…” I said shyly.

“So I wanted to thank you for that.” I looked up to him.

“No need to thank me, I’m a knight and it’s my duty to protect others.” He smiled at me and walked away.

I stood there a bit disappointed. I don’t know what I was expecting, maybe a kiss, wait! No way! I didn’t wanted to fall in love not in those terms and conditions. I didn’t need that right then.

“Emma, Emma!” I turned around to see Merlin.

“Oh Merlin, what a surprise!” I said.

“I was standing here for a minute now. What were you thinking?” he said.

“Oh, nothing really, I’m just hungry.”

“Then we should go!” Merlin said and started running down the hallway.

“Wait for me!” I said laughing.

The food was amazing. Everything tasted so good I just kept on eating, and eating till I felt something in my stomach. Everyone was laughing at Gwaine and me trying to beat each other by eating more. Clearly I won. But some of the slaves were a bit surprised by my eating habits.

I’m a princess, so what? I’m still human. The  evening was really fun and relaxing. We all needed a little sleep to escape the reality. But I was still really confused about the girl and Mordred. What does she mean to him? Wait, why would I even care. Uhg, I really need to sleep.

In the morning I went to the training ground to practice a bit with Leon and Percival. They’re really funny. Then I saw Merlin coming down to us and decided to tell him about what happened yesterday.

“Merlin, We need to talk in private. Now!” I shouted rushing to him and he was just standing there confused. I took his hand leaving the boys looking with a wired face expression.

“It’s really important.” I said looking that he was somewhere else with his mind.

“And a simply hey, how are you?, couldn’t make it? ” he said.

“It’s about Mordred. When we had a break in the forest I saw-“ I started to say but Merlin interrupt me.

“A Saxon escaping and Mordred let him go.” He said.

“What? How?”

“I think the prophecy s starting… I did the same thing as you, I saw him letting her go and from there the chaos started. It all starts again. He tries to help her but she got caught and brought here. She wanted freedom but was to stubborn to forgive.”

“What happened to her?”

“She was hanged…”

“That’s horrible!”

 “I know, but it was her choice. Anyways, Mordred from that moment went against us…” there was a minute of silence between us when a question started bothering me

“Did he love her?” I asked finally.

“I think he did.”

“Oh…” I said looking down to the ground.

“Emma… Do you love him?” Merlin asked quietly.

“What?! No, no… I was just curious…” I said trying to avoid eye contact.

Merlin just stared at me knowing that I was laying. “Emma…” he said again.

“OK. Maybe I have some feelings towards him, why do you bother anyways. ” I said pissed and walked back to the training ground.

“Oh, Emma! We were talking about your excellent sword technique… ” Percival said.

I just walked past them and throw my sword and shield to the ground.

“What happened?” Leon asked.

“Nothing, just leave me alone!” I said walking away.

I stopped walking after a few blocks and leaned down at the wall. I don’t know what came over me at that moment but I started crying and thinking about all my family and friends and this stupid prophecy and Mordred.

“What happened?” I looked up to see Arthur looking down at me.

“I just thought about home.” I said.

He sat down next to me and said “Thank you…”

 “For what?”

 “For coming with us and saving this whole place...”

”But I didn’t do anything yet…” I said smiling.

“Soon…” he said smiling down at me.

I just leaned my head next to his shoulder and asked him various questions about Camelot.

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AN: Thank you for being so patient and wait a while:)
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Love, Tea