Authors note: Ok stupid ideas are silly and won't leave me alone. This one has been bugging me for a while. Musical Merlin. I own nothing, none of the songs or characters. This has no connection to my other Merlin stories. This first song is by the Beatles, With A Little Help from My Friends. I'm messing with the lyrics a little here for space sake. Italicized lines are sung. This is a reveal story. Please review.
1. My Friends
Arthur should have realized something was wrong that first night. But they were in the tavern, strange things happened there all the time especially when Gwaine was involved. So when he started to sing after his sixth pint it wasn't that surprising. He had almost fallen off his chair and Merlin pulled him back up onto the bench. He looked dazedly at him and grinned.
"What would you do if I sang out a tune? Would you stand up and walk out on me?" Merlin took a swig from his own tankard and grinned. They all heard the music coming from nowhere but most were too inebriated to notice.
"Lend me your ear and I'll sing you a song, and I'll try not to sing out of key! Oh I get by with a little help from my friends! Oh I get high with a little help from my friends! Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends!" The other knights gathered around the table laughed and Lancelot, who was normally a quiet drunk, responded singing himself.
"Do ya need anybody?" Gwaine nodded to a pretty blonde across the tavern.
"I need somebody to love!" Merlin was watching a pretty dark haired bar maid with a wistful eye.
"Could it be anybody?" He sounded like he was asking himself but Gwaine threw an arm around his shoulder and answered.
"I just need someone to love. Would you believe in a love at first sight?" Merlin nodded, still watching the fair skinned dark haired girl. This time his singing was louder.
"Yeah I'm certain that it happens all the time." He was grinning a genuine grin now. All the knights joined in this time.
"Oh I get by with a little help from my friends. I get high with a little help from my friends. I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends." Then Gwaine took up the last line on his own.
"Yes I get by with a little help from my friends." He grinned and laid his head down on the table. No one in the tavern reacted to this sudden singing number or the fact that the disembodied music had disappeared again. Arthur noticed but said nothing. Maybe he'd had a touch too much to drink himself. Merlin stood and laid down some coins on the table.
"Come on. Somebody help me get him out of here." Lancelot grinned and stood setting down his own coins and slinging Gwaine's left arm over his shoulder. Merlin took his right and he grinned groggily.
"You guys really are my best friends."
"Course we are Gwaine. You liven the place up." Merlin grinned as he steered Gwaine out the door with Lancelot's help.