Hi everyone! It's MerlinPsych! Thanks so much for reading, or even just considering reading this! It's part of the new... (I guess it's kind of a seiries, but not really since they stand alone?) That I'm writing, the Merlinite Comics. They are stories based on these little comics my friends an I, who call ourselves the "Merlinites," drew in school. They're hopefully funny. :) This one is based off of one of the first comics we drew, about Arthur and Merlin's encounter with a sinister squirrel. It includes a reveal, (YAY!) but not a very serious one :) (Because it's, you know, a silly little comic-based fic,) and it also includes the spell I made up, "Sparklio" which is already refrenced in one of my stories and will probably be refrenced again.
I really hope you like this! :) Please review!
Merlin looked up as he heard a branch give a loud crack. "What was that?" he asked, nervously.
Arthur rolled his eyes. "It's nothing, Merlin. You're imagining things. Now would you shut up? We are hunting. A deer. Right there!" He indicated the mammal, which was about ten feet away.
Another crack sounded in the bushes. Merlin let out a shout of surprise and the deer bolted deep into the woods.
Arthur turned around to look at his manservant, teeth clenched in fury. "Do. Not. Follow. Me," he growled, racing after the deer with his crossbow held high.
Merlin sighed. Another day, another failed hunting trip. Maybe he had just imagined-
CRACK!
Merlin looked behind himself in alarm.
Nothing.
Just as he was about to turn back, an acorn hit him in the head. "Ow!" he shouted indignantly.
He was hit by another acorn.
"ARTHUR!" he cried, "That's NOT funny!"
Another acorn. Enough was enough.
"ARTHUR!" Merlin yelled, and stormed off into the forest, pursuing the source of the noises and acorns. It was so like that pompous, arrogant prat to pull some stunt like this when he knew that Merlin had been freaked out by sounds in this stupid forest all day. In his defense, they could have been being followed by some evil sorcerer, even Morgana or Mordred. Merlin was right to be afraid.
He stopped walking and took a deep breath. What if it wasn't Arthur teasing him? After all, he'd been pretty intent on catching that deer… It could be anything! What if it was a griffin, or the questing beast? Could it be… an afanc? A cockatrice? Maybe it really was Morgana!
Merlin froze as he heard another snapping noise, now terrified, despite his better judgment. He felt another acorn hit him in the back of the head and turned slowly around…
There was nobody there! Merlin stumbled backwards in shock and, tripping over a tree root, fell over backwards onto the forest floor with a thud.
He was really glad Arthur hadn't seen that, if he hadn't, anyways. He still wasn't altogether sure that it wasn't Arthur who was pulling a prank on him.
That is, until he noticed the creature staring back at him.
It was smaller than a rabbit, thin and brownish gray, with a gigantic, fluffy plumed tail and huge, shining blue eyes.
It was a squirrel.
Merlin laughed. Awww, it's so cute! He thought, I can't believe I was afraid of that little-
The squirrel's eyes suddenly grew small, black, and beady and ginormous claws slid out of its paws, and ginormous fangs out of its mouth as it sprinted at Merlin with its paws outstretched. It frothed and foamed out the mouth, letting out a ferocious squeak.
Merlin stared at it, frozen in shock, and suddenly, it leapt towards his face with a killer glint in its eyes.
Merlin's eyes shone liquid gold and the squirrel went flying into a tree.
Merlin let out a sigh of relief as he watched it slide to the ground. Thank goodness that's over.
The squirrel got slowly to its paws and started sprinting towards him again. Jinxed it, he cursed himself, and ran wailing into the forest with the deadly squirrel hot on his heels.
"ARTHUUUUUR! HEEELP!"
Uh oh... That squirrel is after Merlin! Will Arthur be able to save him in time?! I'll try to post the next chapter soon!
Thanks again for reading,
MerlinPsych
