So this is a weird one… could be Merlin's POV could be an OC's you decide. I tried not to be too repetitious but it's difficult.

Disclaimer: whilst I seem to have at least partial ownership of my brother's cat (the cat's choice not my brother's) I still do not own Merlin.


I know that I must hate you, that you deserve to be hated but I cannot feel hatred towards you, you are not my true enemy.

You have certainly made my life almost impossible. You loath my very existence but I cannot return that anger. I should despise you for the childhood of fear, or the self-doubt I have known since the first time an object moved before I had the chance to touch it. But I do not hate you.

You have the power to destroy me, just as I have the power to end your life. The difference between us is that I do not have the desire to use it. You on the other hand would not hesitate at having me executed if you knew what I was. You see me as a monster, I see you as an old man, lonely and afraid.

I used to fear you, I thought that you must be evil, some form of demon sent from hell to destroy the lives of so many innocents, but I have seen true evil now, creatures and people who have destroyed simply for the sake of destruction, who enjoy the panic and fear they induce, you, on the other hand are acting on your beliefs – however twisted – you genuinely believe that you are doing the right thing, you dislike the terror you have caused but despite everything the fear that fills your heart will not allow you to do anything else.

You might seem so powerful, a king, a leader. You have fought and won battles that would have defeated lesser men, you have overcome injuries that might have stolen your life. But you are not eternal. You will one day die, whether by age, illness or another's hand you will not live forever. You can never hope to be more than a chapter in the book of history. You do not intimidate me.

Yes, there was a time when a mere mention of your name was enough for me to dread my next breath, because you just might make it my last. But I do not feel that anymore, not from you.

No Uther Pendragon I do not hate you.

I pity you.


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