rushing to death with open eyes

“Look out!” Merlin yelled, and the Guardians all ducked, but his apprentice was too slow.The knight sent a wave of yellow-tinged shards streaking through the air after them, several impacting the side of the ship and whistling past their heads, but Merlin saw Douxie flinch and crumple the last few feet onto the deck of the ship.“Hisirdoux!”Merlin felt something deep inside him freeze as he saw one of the knight’s shards embedded in his apprentice’s chest, glowing unnaturally red.///An AU where the Arcane Order and the Knight didn’t target Jim; they wanted a magic user, and tried for a living spellcaster instead of going to all the effort of resurrecting Morgana. (aka an AU where Douxie has the shard in his chest, not Jim)