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The rain is pelting down and the rocks are hard under Arthur's feet as he flees through the forest looking for somewhere to hide.

Behind him are thundering footfalls, the sound of a band of knights in pursuit.

Arthur picks a bad moment to look over his shoulder to see if his pursuers are gaining ground on him, suddenly he's tripping on a fallen log and tumbling down a steep embankment to the bottom, collecting any number of bruises and scrapes.

The wind is knocked out of him for a moment and he finds himself unable to move for a moment, which is long enough for faces to appear at the top of ditch, the knights of Camelot! Coming for him!

They have however, grouped themselves together and Arthur sees his chance. He scrambles to his feet and makes a desperate gesture, his eyes momentarily flash gold - so quick one would be hard pressed to notice - and a large heavy branch falls on top of the knights knocking them down.

It gives him precious time, time that he can use to escape...

If there even is escape.

Magic in Camelot will get you killed.

(OOC: No prizes for guessing the Chessboard flip - Arthur's warrior skills have been replaced by magic. He's now a Druid and an enemy of Camelot...)

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[Arthur nods and once the girl's hand is in his, he sets off.

It's quite clear he's run this route many times, he can practically do so blindfolded. Every so often he looks over his shoulder to make sure the girl is all right.

And every so often he mutter's a spell to move branches out of their way.]

She keeps pace easily, legs pumping as they both run fast enough for it to be obvious they're running away. With luck, they won't meet anyone to question it.

She'd expected to end up scraped up by the branches and limbs of the tree, when she realizes they're obligingly keeping themselves out of the way. It must be him, and she shoots Arthur a quick look. Her own command of fire may be impressive in this dream, but she's never been quite as skilled with magic in general. She learned it mostly in the Dark Kingdom.

"You're useful," she manages around a quick breath.

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[Arthur doesn't answer until they're in the cave, which is all but hidden under a thick moss curtain. It's unlikely even other Druids could find them if they didn't know where to look.]

"Useful? What do you mean?"

She brushes it off. "It's nothing. More importantly, don't slow yourself down looking behind you next time."

It's well-meant. Really. It's practically a thank-you. A very awkward thank you that doesn't in fact say thank you at all, but there it is nonetheless.

"I had too, to make sure you were all right." [He may not be a knight, but chilvary is not a dead concept to Arthur.

He tilts his head curiously at her.] "What spell was that? I've never seen anything like it."

Someone chivalrous over her is... noticeable. However, before can let herself dwell on that, Mercury shakes her head at Arthur.

"It's not exactly the same as a spell. That was just me." Whether ice or fire, her connection to her element is that basic, that innate, that natural; she feels it inside her as another person might feel their heart beat.

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[Arthur looks at her confused.

He had heard tell of sorcerers with power so great the elements rise with their thoughts. But he'd never expected to meet one.]

"I'm lucky you came by when you did. My powers are more...fiddly. I couldn't have taken those knights on by myself."

She smiles. She's pleased at the compliment, of course; but she also likes the thought of what she's about to say.

"Then become stronger until you can." Hunt down those who hunt you; take them out for turning against you.

[Arthur gives a chuckle.] "If only it was that easy. My teacher says that magic can be schooled and controlled, but not drastically increased." [He sighs.

But then grins slightly once again.] "But one can get smarter with how they use what they have."

If you choose not to find ways to become stronger, you may as well wait for the swords of those guards. Is that what you'd rather do?

[Arthur looks a little put off by her comment. He straightens his shoulders.]

"Of course it isn't. I only meant I could conjure a wall of fire. But I have my ways, I've kept alive so far."

"Good." She says no more on the subject; it's on his head whether he chooses to strain for power and strength as she has, making it her driving force for the past several years.

"Where are we exactly?" Has he used this place before? What do they have available here to make their stand? "Don't get comfortable assuming they won't find this place."

"The Darkling Woods, a few miles north of Camelot. There's not much food in the outer areas, so someone needs to come here for food." [Arthur had volunteered and had been hunting rabbits when the knights came upon him.]

"We're very well hidden, I don't think they'll come after us."

With that assurance, she can begin to ask questions.

"You were too kind," she decides. "It won't stop them. You get nothing from it. But you plan to keep on helping the humans of this world?"

[Arthur looks at her quite puzzled.] "What do you mean? We're all human."

[The King would say otherwise, but Arthur's hardly going to listen to him.]

"And someone has to go for food, otherwise the children will starve."

That's different. She's alert at once. "Do you mean there are children in hiding?"

"Of course there is." [Arthur assumes that the girl is from Albion and thus somewhat familiar with what is going on.] "We Druids won't allow ourselves to die out. At least...not without a fight."

[Although, the children should be kept out of it.]

She's from the furthest thing from his world. Magic in hers is wielded only by a small handful of people, not a portion of the population. And magic brought them forward, in the Moon Kingdom that developed and advanced beyond anything Earth could have imagined.

But it is often hated and feared in her world as well, throughout its long history.

"Suffering for nothing more than that..." She trails off, then becomes firm. "I won't forgive the ones who drive it to this."

[Even magical!Arthur would never imagine something like that. Even if she tells him it's unlikely he'll believe her.

He clenches his jaw.]

"The King of Camelot claims all magic is evil, but how could children be evil? He has shown us no mercy and we will have to fight back."

[Which isn't as easy as it sounds...magic, even powerful magic has it's limits.]

Her motives are so much more mixed, and less pure, than his. They aren't the motives of the noble prince still inside Arthur's dream self. She simply wants the ones who'd deny her the power that's hers by right and by her heritage, to suffer. And, she'd say, the ones who should rule are the same ones with power.

"Power is the same, no matter the source," says the warrior whose world was equally threatened by the demon of darkness from the sun and the moon's princess of light.

[Arthur doesn't want to see anyone unduly suffer, in his mind even the King's death should not be prolonged. It's more than likely he'd be horrified if he could read her mind.

He can't though, so he nods.]

"I have seen those who would use magic for evil, just as I have been helped by those with no magic at all." [At great risk to themselves.]

"There's water in this cave, I should at least collect that if nothing else."

[She has not become a kind person in the Darkness.]

Magic is the same. It's the person who uses it, that you should accept or hate.

[Arthur nods.] "Some fail to understand that, unfortunately...they're the ones in power."

[He reaches into his cloak for a waterskin.] "Come on, this cave has an exit out the other side. I doubt the knights would go that far even if they knew where we'd gone."

"And if I go?" she asks coolly. "You plan to stay here in this kind of life?"

[Arthur has begun heading deeper into the cave, towards the sound of running water. He looks over his shoulder at her.]

"I can't leave my community," [he looks at her in surprise.] "They took me in when no-one else would."

LOL! Sorry for the delay just saw Ep 1 of Season 4 and DIIIED!

aww. XD man i'm so behind on Merlin. i miss it T_T

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