It had been a full 2 days since the Knights of Maybreak had shown up in Camelot and everyone had noticed the noticed the drastic change in behavior in both Gwaine and Merlin.

Everyone, the Camelot knights and the Maybreak Knights stood on the Camelot training grounds, three of the four men, Sir Kyler, Sir Markus and Sir Elliot stood next to Gwaine and Merlin, both the manservant and the Camelot knight seemed completely at ease, Gwaine wasn't acting as he had days before.
He was no longer acting as if he was overly protective and harsh, he was no longer keeping a hand on the Merlin as if he were ready to rip the man away from any situation.
Now, Gwaine stood with his hands crossed over his chest, a broad smile as the others joked and continued to laugh. Merlin stood next to him, perfectly fit between Gwaine and Sir Kyler, a broad smile on his face as he watched the Knights

Suddenly, Sir Elliott wrapped an arm around Merlin's shoulders and scrubbed his knuckles onto Merlin's scalp, everyone laughing and joking. The men continued to joke and laugh when Arthur jokingly turned and yelled,

"Sir Kyler, Sir Elliot! Why don't you and Merlin try fighting, you two versus Merlin! Come on!" Sir Kyler, Sir Elliott and Merlin all shared a look, Merlin looked as calm as possible and the two Knights looked as if they were going to bend over laughing, their faces flushing red and their lips in a firm like as if they were keeping from exploding in laughter.

After some 15 minutes later, Sir Kyler, Sir Elliott and Merlin with swords when Sir Marcus suddenly yelled from where he stood, to the side of Arthur and Gwaine, as well as the other Camelotian Knights.

"Merlin! Don't do what you've been doing, here in Camelot, fight for real." Merlin chucked loudly, Sir Kyler and Sir Elliott joining in. Soon, the training yard fell silent and the three men fell into fighting stances, Merlin's oddly skilled. Suddenly, Sir Elliott dashed towards Merlin, only to have the blade of Merlin's sword hit his, but at that moment, Merlin spun his sword and Sir Elliot's was thrown to the side. Merlin suddenly brought his knee to Sir Elliots chest, solidly knocking the wind out of skilled maybreakian knight. Everyone was shocked, except for Gwaine. Arthur, Elyan, Percival and Leon however, horribly shocked, their jaws dragging on the ground.

Sir Kyler suddenly dashed forward, only to have Merlin lock their blades together. Sir Kyler tried to knock Merlin off balance by swiping his feet under Merlin's, but Merlin brought an elbow to Sir Kyler jaw, causing the knight to stumble. Merlin, oddly enough, didn't take the obvious advantage and charge. Instead he waited where he was, when the knight rushed forward again, only to have his attack blocked by Merlin, everyone captivated by what the saw, the underlying grace they'd never seen before. Merlin was smirking cockily now, the grace still present. Again, Sir Kyler rushed forward, onto to have Merlin drop the ground, sweeping his leg. Kyler stumbled before catching himself again, and the fight continued.

Some time passed, Merlin quickly knocked the sword from Sir Kylers hand, the knight falling to the ground harshly, landing on his back. After several seconds of silence, Merlin walked over and plopped onto his heels next to Sir Kyler before saying simply,
"I win. Again." He smirked again, Kyler weakly brought his hand up and shoved Merlin weakly, the Raven haired boy falling to the ground in a fit of giggles and laughter.
After another stretch of silence form everyone, and Sir Marcus walked forward, and lifted Merlin up over his shoulder, the boy yelling out weakly,
"Viva la resistance! Victory!" Gwaine chuckled and said,
"What the hell are you talking about?" Merlin shook his head and lifted his head,
"No idea. All I know is, I win!" Merlin was grinning, Sir Kyler and Sir Elliott were laughing loudly. Sir Marcus suddenly started walking towards the castle, Merlin over his shoulder. Merlin was laughing still, his entire body shaking. Sir Elliott looked at Gwaine before the three Knights, Camelotian and maybreakian before they followed the two. Sir Elliott stopped for a moment before pulling something out from underneath his clothing. He revealed a necklace with an absolutely beautiful stone on it.

The stone was circular but not overly so with a black background, as if someone had thrown black ask into the stone and let it sit, while an electric blue was thrown inside, as if lightning had struck it and trapped it. It was an absolutely beautiful stone, everyone's eyes were glued on it. The look on Sir Elliott's face when he suddenly looked up was an unreadable one, thousands of emotions visible but he straightened, before quickly pulling the necklace over his head, enclosing it in his hand before he sped off after the other maybreakian Knights and Merlin, as well as Gwaine, their laughter still heard throughout the courtyard and citadel.

Hours later, Arthur had decided at one point or another, when he wasn't thinking about the odd friendship between the Knights of Maybreak and Merlin, he decided that the knights, Camelotian as well as maybreakian, should go on a hunting trip that would last for a few days at the minimum. Sir Kyle had joined the group so all of the maybreakian Knights were riding, Sir Markus, Sir Elliot, Sir Kyle and Sir Kyler.
After several hours of riding, Arthur noticed another thing. As well as Gwaine had been days before hand, the maybreakian Knights had an odd aura of protectiveness for Merlin surrounding them. Merlin rode towards he back of the group, Gwaine, Elyan and Sir Elliot near him. Sir Kyler rode a little ahead of Merlin though it was obvious the knight was keeping an eye on the Raven haired boy. Sir Marcus and Sir Kyle were ahead, speaking softly to each other with a sense of importance about them. Leon, Percival and Arthur were ahead, riding but subconsciously keeping an eye on the maybreakian Knights and Merlin, though they weren't fully certain why.

Night had started to fall soon after that, the blue sky soon turning several shades of twilight, the red melding with dark blue, the purples and oranges dancing in arms, the colors seeming to be extinguished as the sun rested in the line it would soon set upon, so Arthur held his arm up, hand closed in the sign to hold. The trotting of the horses and the talking soon stopped, before the king spoke,

"It's getting dark, well set up camp near the river." After a few murmurs of agreement and a few grunts, the camp was set up not 20 minutes later. Merlin had made dinner, a soupy broth with rabbit meat and vegetables thrown in as well, a known meal from Merlin, one everyone loved as Merlin had a way of cooking it just right, an eccentric taste thrown in to mix with the meat. The smell of the cooking meat and the soup cooking, it filled the camp and everyone smiled weakly, though the Knights of Maybreak seemed in odd content to watch Merlin, which earned an odd look from the protectiveness and oddity from the Knights of campy and their hearts. As Merlin cooked, he pulled off his neckerchief, revealing a metal chain beneath around his neck, the main part of the obvious necklace hidden beneath his tunic, it made the men of Camelot very curious but they spoke nothing of it for the time being.

When dinner was served, the Knights were content to sit around in waiting as Merlin filled each of their bowls with the rabbit and vegetables, when the servant shifted and leaned over to fill a bowl with the broth, the necklace fell from his shirt. The necklace Sir Elliot had been messing with before hand was revealed, or so it seemed. The Camelot men turned to see the men of Maybreak with exact stones on their necklaces, Sir Elliot, Sir Marcus, Sir Kyle and Sir Kyler all had necklaces exactly the same, they were all fiddling with their own necklaces, the exact same stones around their necks.
Merlin didn't seem surprised that his necklace was out of his shirt, almost as if he didn't seem surprised. The blue inside the stones seemed to glow brighter in the night, the seeming lighting inside of it seemed seemed to be alive again, bouncing off the inside as if it were alive.

The meal continued with laughter and light chatter, the Knights of Camelot, their eyes often returning to the necklaces that hung around that of Merlin and the other men's necks. As it be, Kyler and Marcus were the first to turn in to sleep, but there was a shared look between Merlin and the two. One by one, the men went to sleep until Arthur, Gwaine, Elliott and Merlin were the last ones awake, a quiet conversation between Merlin and Elliott, unheard by Arthur and Gwaine, though it wasn't for lack of trying. Merlin spoke with tone of voice Merlin didn't think was possible, his voice low and quiet as well as deep and calming, though the men of Camelot could not hear it, they felt somewhat calmed by Merlins unheard words. As the night got darker and the flame turned to tinders, Arthur and Gwaine fell into a slumber, lulled by Merlin and Elliott's deep, quiet voices and unheard words