Scars Untold (Merthur)

Part 8

"Percival is well and so are others, thanks for asking," Mordred smirked and it grew as Gwaine blushed "As i was saying, Arthur and the other knights have been held captive under the dungeons by Morgana. We have to set a plan on getting them out,"

"What have you got?" Gwaine asked rubbing his hands as he sat down and motioned for others to the same

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Merlin wasn't sure what had woken him up, the sound of constant thunder outside, his constant nightmare or Arthur's snores. But whatever it was it didn't let Merlin  sleep for the whole night and he mostly blames the nightmares, he cursed under his breath. Usually Gauis gives him a potion for the dreams though of course Merlin hadn't told him about what and he hasn't taken the potion for two days now and that's why they are back 

It's always the same thing, Min running ahead as Arthur and Knights of the table ran after him including Lancelot after they found out about Merlin's magic. They would beat him, treat him like dirt, call him names until finally Arthur raises his sword as Gwaine and Lancelot hold him down and as soon as he swings the sword, Merlin would wake up drenched in his own tears with shortness of breath, though he wanted never to admit it, he knew that at the end of the day he was just a servant 

He didn't even know if the kiss meant anything to Arthur now, of course they didn't get a chance to talk about it but Arthur didn't show that something had happened between then anyway. Merlin was thinking all of those times Arthur and the others could execute him the minute they found out he was a sorcerer, just like the others before him. His people. His people who he couldn't save. Sometimes when he is very distressed he can hear the screams of the little children and everyone who Uther burned at the pyre and it haunts him greatly, knowing that he could've done something to help them   

"Emyrs, i have found Lancelot and Gwaine," Mordred's voice rang in his head "They are safe and we are formulating a plan to save you lot,"

"Thank you Mordred," Merlin answered back as relief washed over him knowing that his friends are safe 

"How are things with you guys?" Mordred asked a little wary 

"No sign of Morgana yet," Merlin sighed 

"Better stay that way," Mordred muttered back 

And that was the end of their quick exchange before the sun was making it's first appearance behind the clouds and the thunder was to a minimum now with a little rain still falling. There was a clicking of heels which was of course Morgana who was coming down with a smirk and upon the sound of her heels and the cell opening, Arthur and the others had woken up instantly 

"Good morning dear brother," Morgana said 

"What do you want Morgana?" Arthur hissed controlling his anger 

"Nothing i was getting a little bored and thought i would play a little," Morgana said "Who should i pick today? How about i start with you dear brother,"

She motioned for the guards to take Arthur as they unlocked his shackles and yanked him on his feet by his forearms, Merlin perked at this not wanting Arthur out of his sight 

"Don't you dare touch him Morgana," Merlin shouted at her

Morgana cackled as she herself binded Arthur with magic and took hold of him pressing her dagger into his neck drawing a little blood 

"Morgana i swear to the gods i will hurt you in so many ways," Merlin screeched "Let Arthur go,"

Merlin reached inside Morgana's mind, muttering the words of the old religion and hid his eyes from his friends though he didn't need to but he of course didn't know that. Morgana screamed as she left pushed Arthur aside, bringing her hands to her head crouching down. Her screams subsided after a few seconds and she got up, her eyes black from anger, and if looks could kill, Merlin wouldn't have been here a second ago 

She advanced over to Merlin and grabbed his throat, lightly squeezing it. Merlin whimpered as Morgana's smirked at him struggling to breath 

"Don't you ever to that again understand?" Morgana hissed at him 

Merlin couldn't hear anything except for his own gasps and slowly he could see black from the corner of his eyes which completely filled but not before hearing the distant shouts of the knights through he couldn't tell who exactly was speaking. Morgana laughed as she left Merlin's neck, his head falling to a side as the colour was drained from the warlock's face 

"MORGANA!" Arthur shouted "TELL ME ISN'T DEAD?" 

"Calm down brother," Morgana said relaxed "Didn't i tell you that i wouldn't let you lot easily?"

Morgana snapped her fingers and the shackles around Merlin's wrist were unlocked and during that time, the guards had shackled Arthur back to the wall. Morgana muttered a spell as to her eyes flashed golden before Merlin's lifeless looking body started to float and followed Morgana out of the room with the knights screaming for her stop 

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(Time Skip) 

About an hour later Merlin slowly gained control of his own body, his eyes adjusting painfully to the sudden amount of light shun on him through the windows. Merlin's wrist felt heavy as he brought his fingers to his hurting throat and he felt completely drained of energy and exhausted. For a minute when he got up against a wall, his mind was fuzzy and he could see double but he shook his getting back his sight. Merlin tried to remember what had happened before and his eyes widened as everything came crashing back to him 

"Arthur?" Merlin gasped 

The said warlock looked around the now large room for his king but it was a little hard considering the large black which danced around his eyes and he couldn't focus on anything. What bothered him more was the metal which was biting into the skin on his wrists. Merlin studied the cuffs and saw the writing of the old religion 

of course Morgana has done her homework 

The cuffs prevented him from doing any sort of magic exceot for there were small cracks through which Merlin was still alive since Magic was his life force. He was about to get up when suddenly the doors thrust open and the clicking of heels only indicated one thing and that was the presence of Morgana. Merlin used all his strength to get up leaning a little on the candle stand which was vacant from flame 

"Merlin!" Morgana said enthusiastically