Board Thread:Fan Fiction/@comment-5367080-20130102201028

 Merlin has survived the attack by the Dorocha but is dying from his wounds. Arthur plans to take Merlin back to Camelot so that Gaius can cure him but Sir Leon tells him that they cannot abandon the quest to the Isle of the Blessed as more people will get killed by the Dorocha. He then volunteers to take Merlin back to Camelot with him while Arthur, Sir Elyan, Sir Percival and Sir Gwaine continue on the quest. Leon stops along the way and encounters some creatures called Vilia who are spirits of the rivers and they tell Leon that they will protect them from the Dorocha and heal Merlin and also reveal to him that Merlin has magic!

 The next day, Merlin has recovered from his injuries and he, along with Leon, pursues Arthur and the others as they will need their help to complete the quest. As they go they discuss Merlin’s magic, at first he calls magic evil and warns Merlin that he would report him to Arthur, however after Merlin explains that he was born with magic and has only ever used his magic for Arthur and Camelot but still he is adamant that he must report his crimes to Arthur. Meanwhile Arthur and the others take a shortcut towards the Isle of the Blessed by going through a cave infested with Wilddeorren creatures and they narrowly escape them with their lives. Merlin and Leon stop at a deserted house where they stay during the night, where Leon admits that he always saw Merlin as a loyal ally to Arthur and over the year has come to see Merlin as a friend rather then a servant. However he does not know what he thinks of Merlin’s magic. A Dorocha later attacks them during their sleep, forcing them to escape. Merlin summons Kilgharrah, the Great Dragon, who repels the Dorocha with his fire and tells them that the Dorocha cannot remain in the living world and that a sacrifice will be demanded by the Cailleach to close the veil between the living and the spirit worlds so that the Dorocha are defeated. Merlin in reply to this claims, to Leon’s surprise that he would sacrifice himself in Arthur’s place.

 Meanwhile, back in Camelot, Agravaine, who has taken charge of the kingdom in Arthur's absence, has the gate to the lower town closed to prevent food from running out of the castle Lancelot angrily confronts him about it. Gwen and Lancelot persuade Agravaine to reopen the gate and he reluctantly agrees. Later after talking to Agravaine, Gwen and Lancelot speak to eachother, Gwen expresses to Lancelot her worries for Arthur, to which Lancelot replies that Arthur is strong and brave and if anyone could survive this quest it was Arthur. Gwen thanks Lancelot kindly for his comfort causing him to sadly state that the two had hardly spoken since he had come to Arthur’s aide all those years ago, she then says that it was hard for her after all that had happened in Hengist’s castle which he understands. As they are speaking Agravaine passes and notices how close the two seem to be.

 Agravaine meets Morgana in her hideout, telling her about Gwen and Morgana, after telling him that she had a vision of Gwen becoming Queen and marrying Arthur, plans to kill her so her vision does not come true. As Gwen tends to Uther, Agravaine apologizes to Gwen and summons her to his chambers to give him advise while Morgana enters Camelot through a secret tunnel. When Gwen leaves Agravaine with some knights guarding her, Morgana knocks them unconscious with her magic before leaving. Lancelot finds Gwen and takes her to Gaius who nurses her back to health, telling her that someone wanted to get rid of her but knock her out so that the Dorocha would kill her.

 Merlin and Leon catch up with Arthur and the others and rejoin them as they continue their journey to the Isle of the Blessed. Arthur still plans to sacrifice himself to close the veil despite Merlin telling him not to, Leon decides to keep Merlin’s secret for now so that they could finish their quest without any more problems. They eventually arrive at the Isle of the Blessed but are attacked by Wyvern. Merlin commands the Wyvern to leave but more Wyvern arrive. While Elyan and Percival hold off the Wyvern, the others move on and encounter the Cailleach. Arthur tells the Cailleach to close the veil but she tells him that she does not have the power to do it as she did not tear open the veil.

 After she knocks Gwaine unconscious with her magic to prevent him attacking her, Arthur then tells her that he can sacrifice himself but before he can, Merlin knocks him unconscious with his magic to confront the Cailleach himself. Merlin then attempts to sacrifice himself but the Cailleach tells him that his time among men has not ended and that he cannot sacrifice himself. Leon then comes forward saying that he now knows that Merlin truly was a loyal servant to Arthur and that he would die happy knowing that he had such a great man at his kings side, then before Merlin could stop him he enters the veil, closing it.

 After Arthur, Merlin and the remaining knights return to Camelot, a funeral is held for Leon where Arthur says that Leon was one of the most loyal men he had ever known and that he had lost a brother that day. Gwen then tearfully says to Arthur that her and Leon had grown up together and she was sad to see him dead, Lancelot looks across to the woman he loves sadly as he sees Arthur comforting her.

 Meanwhile, Morgana is enraged that her plans have failed and tells Agravaine of her belief that Emrys was the one who thwarted them as the Cailleach warned her about him, telling her that he was her destiny and her doom. She tells Agravaine to help her find Emrys and kill him. Agravaine then goes to Gaius's chambers and asks him if he knows of Emrys but Gaius just replies that he doesn't know. Gaius tells Merlin that Morgana had also seen the Cailleach and that she knows of his identity as Emrys. He also tells him that he suspects Agravaine is loyal to Morgana before warning Merlin that Morgana should never know the truth that he has magic and that he is Emrys.  