Scars

Chapter 3

Arthur pov

Percival, Elyan, and I took off Merlin's shirt only to see scars littering his body. He had so many that I couldn't count them all. Merlin probably had more scars than any of us combined.

There was a huge, nasty burn mark that took up half of his chest. He also had stab wounds, whipping lashings, scars from manacles that took long periods of to obtain. Merlin just what had happened to you.

Elyan threw up away from Merlin and Lancelot (This is before Lancelot died) looked like he was about to. Percival and Gwaine looked like they were about to cry. Leon and I just had mournful looks on our faces.

Leon pov

I saw a few scars that others couldn't see from their viewpoint. There was a scar on Merlin's neck that looked like someone tried to kill him that way. I also saw mace marks, sword slashings, and when they turned Merlin over a serket  stung was there for all to see on Merlin's lower back.

The serket sting had blackened the veins around it that indicated that it was a serket sting. None of my men that went up against a serket had survived their sting. But Merlin had. How was that possible? I thought. "Arthur do you know how Merlin had obtained such horrible scars?" He took a while to answer, but he did, "No I had no idea how he managed to get scars since he was usually out of the way, with me, or with Gaius. I just don't know.

We all watched Elyan and Percival patch Merlin's stab wound up, and once he was done we all allowed Merlin some peace and quiet and rest. It was silent until Gwaine started to state, "Whoever did this to Merlin I am going to kill with my bare hands. Merlin did not deserve this." We all had agreed because Merlin was our friend who treated us as his friends in return.

Merlin pov

I was warm and no longer in pain. The pain going away was probably my magic healing the wound on its own. I know that the others had seen my scars, and I knew that the bandit attack was going to lead up to something even more drastic but my god I wouldn't have suspected this. Well Merlin we'll just rest tonight and wake up in the morning and explain the scars at the minimum. I just hope they don't ask about the more severe ones such as the burn and the serket sting, but it is most likely that those are the ones they are going to ask about. I'm just going to sleep tonight because I haven't gotten any in the past few days and I am extremely hungry since I haven't eaten in the past couple days, so I'm going to sleep in a well deserved rest. And just like that I was out.

Gwaine pov

Merlin just what had happened to you for you to have this many scars? I would expect a few because of Arthur but not this many. That has been running through my mind since we have seen Merlin's body full of scars that told many stories of what he had been through. Morgana had probably been the cause of a few of those scars as well.

I was on watch duty as the other knights were asleep, and they'll be surprised that I haven't had a drink since we have seen the scars that had racked Merlin's body. I can't get the wrist scars out of my head because it takes a long while to obtain those. Those scars hold the meaning the Merlin had been captured and withheld against his will.

I have been up all night. The night is slowly drifting into the early, misty, cold morning. When Merlin wakes up, we are all going to have a talk.

Merlin pov

The morning is coming soon. It is almost time to tell the others the stories behind the scars.

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Yay this is maybe a little longer than the last chapter I don't know, but let me know if I have any spelling errors because I need practice at it. Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

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