Several days later, the young prince was healthy again and back to training with the knights.
"Glad to see someone's feeling better," Gwen said, standing next to Merlin as they watched Arthur and Gwaine.
"Oh yeah," Merlin laughed, "I could barely keep up with him as he got ready this morning."
"Good," Gwen said and laughed at the look on Merlin's face, "Not good for you, but good that he's feeling better."
"Yeah," Merlin laughed, but the smile quickly fell from his face, "Look." He nodded in the direction of the castle and Gwen turned to see the king walking towards the training grounds.
"How's he doing?" Uther asked, stopping next to Sir Leon.
"He's doing excellent sire," Leon said, "We're taking it slow since he was sick for so long." Uther nodded and turned back to watch his son. He was what was coming before it happened. Arthur placed his foot in the wrong spot and next moment he was on the ground. Gwaine was beside him in seconds, lifting the young prince to his feet. Arthur was sniffing miserably and it was easy to see why. The knee of his trousers had ripped and blood was dripping down his leg. Gwaine called Merlin and Gwen over and Merlin ruffled the boy's blonde hair.
"You alright?" he asked and Arthur nodded, determinedly wiping away the tears in his eyes. Merlin smiled at him and lifted the boy into his arms, being wary of his injured knee.
"I'll get Gaius to clean him up," Merlin said, "Do it now before Arthur decides to run all over the place and makes it worse." Gwaine laughed and said goodbye to them before Merlin walked off with Arthur, Gwaine turned back to where the others were standing and his face fell when he saw the king.
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Doing it Over
FanfictionAfter an encounter with magic Arthur is turned back into a 5 year old boy. Now Uther has a decision to make: Does he wait until his son's back to normal and allow everyone else to deal with it? Or does he fix all the mistakes he made when Arthur was...
