Nevera

The fight

Arthur lunged at the queen in a rage before suddenly collapsing on the floor writhing in pain. He glared at the heartless queen until he saw her eyes fade from gold to her natural crystal eyes. She sneered at him, waving her hand to magically restrain Arthur and his knights and yanked back on Arthur's hair.

"Arthur Pendragon...for attempting to assault the queen I will fight your lover to the death. And believe me I know who he is and what he has. I am not the weak thing you think I am. I will kill him and all of your precious knights and make you watch them take their last breaths. Then when I'm done with them I will kill you. "

With that being said the queen let go of the little prince's head with some force and walked over to Merlin and grabbed him, pressing her face close to his ear.

"I know who you are lord Emrys. Do not be afraid to use your magic."

The queen smiled sharp at merlin's distress and turned to one of her knights,  with a wave of her hand they grabbed Merlin and led him out the room.

"Where are you taking him?!" Gwaine growled out.

"To get his armor of course! I may be heartless but I don't fight dirty. " 

Gwaine scoffed and rolled his eyes but kept his mouth shut for once.

They dressed Merlin in basic leathers and chainmail before roughly shoving him out toward the arena. It lay surprisingly empty for the most part, aside from the black knight, six knights, Arthur and the knights its seats bearen. 

When Arthur saw the black knight he tensed and pulled at his restraints worry and fear bleeding off him in droves. The Knight holding him, fed up with the constant fight, looped his chains through the ring bolted into the ground and yanked until Arthur nearly lay with his head to the ground. 

"How dare you! Let him sit up!" Merlin raged.
"He needs to understand that is unruly and arrogant behavior will not be tolerated so I will do no such thing."

Merlin's shoulders sagged in defeat before reluctantly giving in.

"Do you think they could go in the dungeons as well? I don't want to miss and accidentally hurt them in the process."

For a second Merlin thought he could actually feel the black knight give a genuine smile before dismissing the feeling. The black knight just waved it's hand again allowing the other knights to be brought back into the stands out of the way of any friendly fire. 

Merlin nodded in thanks before getting into a stance that Arthur had taught him. Merlin took a deep breath and let his magic flow freely and before the black knight could utter a word, gold shot forward and backhanded him in the chest.

Merlin couldn't help the smile that creeped across his face as he fought with his magic, he could is power seeping into his bones. His moves becoming smoother like liquid with every spell he threw at the black knight. Flashes of gold and red brightened the arena for a short time before both merlin grew and the Black Knight grew frustrated.

Merlin, irritated, threw a particularly powerful spell at the knight. The knight stopped short of one of Merlin's spell letting it hit at full force. The knight flew a few feet back and landed on his back, by the time he looked up Merlin was already on top of him ready to give the killing blow.

He paused when the knight raised its hand and a purple flame exploded in his face forcing him back a few meters. Merlin's eves grew wide in recognition before shifting from horror to a murderous rage.