"Merlin!" Arthur called. "Merlin!"
"Yes, sire?" Merlin asked the sleep deprived prince.
"Are you deaf?" He asked over the pounding of the construction.
"I wish," Merlin said irritably.
"I want you to go down there and tell them to stop" Arthur ordered.
"But working they're under the king's orders," Merlin protested.
"Yeah, and you're working undermine!" Arthur growled.
As Merlin walked down to the lower part of the castle you could hear him mumbling about clot pole princes and being over worked by said prince.
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When Merlin finally got to the construction site he was nearly trampled. All the workers ran out screaming. Merlin, who was beginning to believe he had lost all since of self-preservation since coming to Camelot, ran into the newly opened chamber.
The first thing he noticed was the fact that the chamber was in fact a tomb. The second was the man who appeared to be kneeling in front of the coffin. He walked around gawking at the gold. Then he noticed the man hadn't moved a muscle.
"Hello?" Merlin looked more closely at him. He put his hand on his shoulder, and the man fell backwards. Merlin finally understood why the workers ran out. The kneeling man was dead, killed by what looked like a dart. The worst part was the fact that the man was gray with glowing red eyes. He could only think of one thing that could do that to a person. The dart was cursed and that meant this was the tomb of a sorcerer.
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"How do you think he died?" Merlin asked the physician as he looked around the room. "Gaius?"
"Hmm?" Gaius's eyes were fixed on the coffin. He wore a stunned and worried expression.
"Do you know whose tomb it is?" Merlin asked suspicious.
"Not sure," He said.
"Do you think it's cursed?" He asked, wondering why his mentor was acting so peculiar.
Gaius walked to the coffin, his eyes glued to the glowing blue heart jewel in the center of the chest of the man on the coffin. He stepped up the two steps to look at it closer, and a hidden trap was sprung. A dart like the one in the man shot out at Gaius. Merlin was just barely quick enough time to make a tray fly in front of him and intercept the dart.
"You just saved my life. Thank you!" Gaius said, in obvious shock.
The plate stayed suspended in midair until Merlin heard voices in the halls. He immediately drooped it, and it rolled right to the feet of Uther, who was being led by Kenna and Arthur to the newly opened excavation site.
"...guarded at all times," He said to Arthur. He saw Merlin scrabbling to pick up the tray and muttered, "Idiot."
Kenna shot him a cold glare. Arthur caught it and made her stop before the king noticed. Merlin quickly picked up the tray and with a slight bow scrabbled out of the way.
"Do you work hard to be insubordinate, or is it something you like to do for fun?" Arthur asked her.
"I guess it's just one of my more natural talents," Kenna said with a disgusted look on her face. She had it learned well from working with Morgana. Morgana had her staying with her at night so Gwen could get some rest.
"Well this is quite a find! You see, Gaius, I was right," Uther gloated. "There is treasure to be found under Camelot. Which of my predecessors do I have to thank for this? Gaius?"
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Merlin's Sister
FanfictionMerlin never knew much about his father. What was his life like before the Purge? When Merlin asked him what he would do if he had a son living in Camelot he said he didn't have a son. He never did say any thing about a daughter. Why did Balinor agr...
