TEXT: 108 - The Beginning Of The End. "In a land of myth and a time of magic, the destiny of a great kingdom rests on the shoulders of a young boy. His name: Merlin." Camelot - Lower Town - Market Mordred walks through the market with his father, Cerdan. CERDAN: Do you have my supplies ready? We must leave the city without delay. STALLHOLDER: Everything you asked for, it's all here. I'm sorry. Guards approach. Mordred and his father duck under the merchant's table to run through the market. GUARD: Seize him! Stop there! Mordred and Cerdan are forced to run into the palace grounds. A guard jumps at them and slashes Mordred. Merlin hears Mordred's telepathic scream. CERDAN: *spell* The spell throws the guard into the rampart wall. Mordred can't run far, so he and his father are stuck on the drawbridge. CERDAN: Abannan át<unk>. The spell shuts the drawbridge gates. CERDAN: Run! Run, run! Mordred runs through the gates before they close. Cerdan allows himself to be caught. Castle - Central Corridor Merlin walks down the corridor. MORDRED (telepathy): Help! Merlin stops to look for the owner of the voice. Merlin enters the Square. MORDRED (telepathy): Help me! Please. Merlin stops to look around again and sees Mordred sitting by a stone ledge, looking at him. MORDRED (telepathy): Please. You have to help me. Merlin realises the boy is using telepathy. MORDRED (telepathy): Help me. Merlin sees the guards enter the Square. GUARD: Search in there. Take the other side. You, did you see a boy run in here? MORDRED (telepathy): They're searching for me. MERLIN (telepathy): Why are they after you? MORDRED (telepathy): They're going to kill me. GUARD: Guards! In here! Merlin runs to a side door, looks at the guard
SUMMARY:
When Merlin decides to help a magical young fugitive, he finds an unlikely ally in Morgana. The pair are desperate to smuggle the boy back to his own kind, but this becomes increasingly difficult, as the hunt for his whereabouts increases with every minute. Their task takes a dangerous turn when Uther declares that anyone hiding the child will be executed. With their lives now on the line, can they sneak the boy out of the castle without being caught? And perhaps more importantly, just who is the mysterious child, and how does he know so much about Merlin?