This story is just something that came to mind and I had to write it. Lots of Merthur. Personally I thought it was stupid at first until I kept writing. It seems a bit confusing though because a lot happens. I hope at least someone likes it because I know it starts off not so great, but it gets better.
Basically, for a quick summary they discover they all enjoy Arthurian legends and form a school club. They think its just for fun, but it turns out to have meaning later. Its kind of a reincarnation thing, but not really. It will be explained in the story when it comes up. Its mostly about Arthur and Merlin, anything from the perspective of anyone besides those two is still about them.
Please forgive Morgana's rude and disgusting sense of humour. I hope you find it funny though. :)
I don't own Merlin.
Merlin, Arthur, Gwen and Morgana were the best of friends. Well, Arthur and Morgana weren't because they were half-siblings. Arthur and Merlin were best friends while Gwen and Morgana were best friends. Gwen and Merlin were each others' second best friend. Does that make sense?
All four of them had something in common. None of them had mentioned it to the others because they figured they would find it boring. It took an all night Saturday movie marathon at Arthur and Morgana's for them to discover this one thing they all had in common.
"So, what film do you guys want to watch first?" asked Morgana.
"Merlin," they all said in unison.
"That is hilarious," Gwen said. "Well, not hilarious as in funny, I mean as in ironic."
"Why did you guys pick it?" Morgana asked.
"Well, I love the legends," Merlin said. "Merlin is one of my favourite fictional people."
"Really?" Arthur asked. "I love the legends too and mine is King Arthur. What about you girls?"
"Me too and mine would be Queen Guinevere," Gwen said. "Morgana?"
"I love them as well. I love this movie because Helena Bonham Carter plays me!"
"Isn't she like your favourite actress?" Arthur asked.
"Yes!" Morgana said. "She's beautiful and an amazing actress."
"Do you guys know who else likes the legends?" Merlin asked. He obviously was thinking about something.
"No, who?" Gwen asked.
"Mr. Gaius," Merlin said.
"Really? Maybe we should ask him about starting a club. Obviously it would only be us but we would get credit for starting a club and learn about something we love," Arthur said.
"Exactly why I bought it up," Merlin said.
"That is a great idea," Morgana said. "Since when were you so smart, Arthur?"
"Haha," he mocked.
Gwen and Merlin laughed at them.
They watched Merlin attentively even though they had all seen it a dozen times before. After it was over with, the girls wanted to watch some sappy romance rubbish.
"Merlin, videogame marathon?" Arthur whispered.
"Yes, please," he replied. They immediately left for Arthur's room. The girls were laying on their blankets in the floor tearing up over something sad in the film that they did not care about.
"So, how did we never know that about each other?" Arthur asked as he popped a game into the Xbox.
"Know what?"
"That we were all interested in the same thing."
"Dunno, maybe because it just never came up. I would've thought it obvious if you looked in my room. I have a shite ton of books about it."
"Never noticed that. So do I though. Top shelf," he nodded at the bookcase.
Merlin walked over to it. There were a lot of books including Avalon High, The Mists of Avalon, Le Morte D'Arthur, and The Once and Future Queen.
"Funny, I have most of the exact same books. Why do you like the legends so much?"
"Not sure really. I just thought they were interesting. You?"
"Same. Isn't it funny though? Four friends with the same interest in Arthurian legend and all have names associate with said legend?"
"I never really thought about it to be honest. Well, I did, but I thought it was just coincidence."
"Maybe," Merlin sighed as he and Arthur picked up the controllers and started shooting people.
The following morning, Arthur and Merlin woke up in Arthur's room. Arthur was sprawled across the bed and Merlin was slouched over a chair. Well, Arthur woke first and threw a pillow at Merlin's head.
"Prat," Merlin muttered sleepily.
They headed down to breakfast and met up with Gwen and Morgana.
"So where did you boys get off to last night?" Morgana asked.
"We left to play videogames because we had no desire to watch your mental romance film," Arthur said. Merlin nodded vigorously with a piece of toast in his mouth. "We are men after all. Well, I am, not sure about Merlin here."
"Hey!" Merlin bit back. "That's not funny."
"Oh, sorry, I forgot about that time we were playing football and someone kicked the ball into your crotch. You fell to the ground crying for a half hour."
"Well, it hurt! And its no worse than that skateboarding phase you had when we were thirteen. Remember when you fell on that rail?" During that particular incident, Arthur was attempting to grind or something across a railing and the skateboard slipped and the railing hit him in his you-know-whats. Merlin had to sit him on the skateboard and push him all the way home and Arthur cried the entire twenty minutes or more. He never touched a skateboard again.
"I thought we'd agreed to never speak of that again."
"Moving on gentlemen," Morgana cut in. "What are we doing today?"
"Morgana and I were going to go shopping," Gwen said.
"I don't know. Merlin, what do you want to do?"
"Um, what about..." he trailed off scratching his head.
"Oh hell, we'll just stay here and go swimming," he nodded to the pool outside the kitchen doors. It was a nice sunny day, the first in over a week. Morgana and Gwen got up and left the room.
"Arthur, I don't have anything to go swimming in."
"Go naked!" Arthur snapped.
"What?" Merlin asked turning red. "You're not serious."
"Of course not, though, its not like you have anything I've never seen before. If your that paranoid I'm sure Morgana will let you borrow one of her bikinis."
"ARTHUR," Morgana screamed from the hall. "That is not funny, stop picking on Merlin."
"Alright, alright," Arthur said, "I suppose I can let you borrow something of mine, though I should make you go swimming naked just because Morgana told me to stop picking on you."
"You wouldn't dare," Merlin glared.
"Arthur, if you want to see Merlin naked, you should just ask instead of teasing him," Morgana smirked, peeking around the corner. Apparently she and Gwen were still in the hall listening listening to everything Arthur and Merlin said. "Oh, I'm sorry you already have. Back when you were twelve and I walked in on you-"
"MORGANA!" both Merlin and Arthur shouted. Both of them were as red as a tomato. They heard something hit the floor in the fall and both ran to see Gwen laying on the floor gasping for breath.
"Gwen! Are you okay?" Morgana said shaking with laughter.
"Y-yes," she gasped. She was shaking with laughter as well. Once she finally calmed down Arthur and Merlin stalked up to Arthur's room and Gwen suggested that she and Morgana get ready to go.
"We really need to not make an enemy of her," Merlin said. "She could use that story against us."
"We were twelve! We didn't know what we were doing! Let's just forget about that, yeah? Here," Arthur threw Merlin a pair of swimming trunks from the drawer. "They're a bit small for me, so hopefully they fit you, if not, you really will have to go swimming naked."
"I believe I'd swim in my underwear before I got in a pool naked."
Five minutes later they were walking out into the sun. Arthur immediately went to the diving board and jumped in. Merlin followed but Arthur surfaced beside him and pulled him into the pool.
They wrestled a bit and Merlin swallowed water and choked on it. After that, they stuck to just swimming. They stayed in the water for about two hours before they got hungry and decided to eat lunch.
I can here you asking "Where's the Merthur?" now. Well, don't worry, it first appears in the next chapter and it becomes more prominent. As for what Morgana walked in on Arthur and Merlin doing when they were 12, use your imagination. I'm sure you'll guess correctly.
I used the film Merlin were Sam Neill plays Merlin because it was the only Arthurian movie I could think of. I also used some of my interests as well. Such as Morgana saying her favourite actress is Helena Bonham Carter because she's my favourite.
And for the record, I'm a guy and I know exactly how painful it is getting hit between the legs.. So my descriptions of Merlin and Arthur crying are very accurate. Though I knew a guy that it never phased when he got hit there...