Merlin
This is a squeal to The Cycle Begins Again (Please read that one first). Arthur remembers his past lives and now has to search for Merlin before the latest threat tries to take him out. Arthur/Merlin romance. DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN MERLIN!

The Cycle Continues

Part 1

The streets of London were busy. A cloud of grey covered the city. The sun was making a valiant attempt to break through the clouds but wasn't having much luck. Tall buildings loomed over the streets where people hurried to get to work.
You could often see tourists milling about, taking photos of each other, saying the catch phrase 'cheese' before the flash went off and they could relive the moment somewhere down the track.

So nobody paid any attention to the older man taking photos of a building. After all, it was a beautiful building. It was old and historical and the architecture was fantastic. It screamed history and you could tell that many interesting stories were associated with the buildings.
But that's not what this man was interested in. He was more interested on the sign that stood out the front of the building and what painted on the glass doors.

'Pendragon Lawyers' was painted on the doors and sign. They were, of course, the finest lawyers that were in London. They had a ninety precent success rate in any and all cases that they took on. They were expensive too and could only be afforded by the richest.
The man grinned and snapped a few shots of the building before turning and taking some of the street.

Satisfied with his pictures he put him camera back into his bag and strolled away with a casual look about him, a grin on his face. Everybody took him a tourist. He disappeared with the crowd and nobody was any the wiser.

Merlin

Arthur Pendragon of the Pendragon Lawyers smiled at his assistant Gwen. She grinned back and set his tea on the table.
"Is there anything else I can do for you?" Gwen asked. Gwen was a beautiful girl with coco coloured skin and dark hair. She was so kind and polite. Arthur smiled at her.
"No, that's all," Arthur said. Gwen nodded and walked out. Arthur watched her leave. He sighed. She didn't remember. Not of the past lives that she had lived.

Arthur however, for once, did. He remembered being King Arthur of Camelot so many years ago. He also remembered he most previous life where Mordred (his arch enemy) had tried to kill him and everybody else who would stand in his way of taking over the world. He also remembered that he had survived all thank to Merlin. His best friend and recent husband.

He smiled sadly at that thought. Ever since their souls had been bonded by Nimueh, Arthur remembered everything that had happened when he woke in his new life. However, he had still yet to find Merlin.

There was a small knock on the door and he looked up to see Morgana (his step sister) standing in the door way. She smiled and waltzed in as usual.
"Brooding again I see," Morgana mused and Arthur scowled. Morgana (Arthur regretted) also remembered this time around of their previous lives. Meaning she remembered the wedding.
"I'm not brooding," Arthur huffed.
"Don't worry. I miss Merlin too," Morgana said, smiling in sympathy.

Arthur sighed and threw his pen down. He lifted his tea to his lips and took a seat, watching Morgana drop into the seat across his from him, on the other side of his beautiful mahogany desk. He placed his tea back down and stared at the stunning women across from him.
She hadn't changed. She was still stunning, with pale skin and long dark hair.

"Have you found anything?" Arthur asked. Both Morgana and Arthur were using their contacts that they had made in the Pendragon firm to try and find Merlin. Both of them were lawyers (thanks to Uther Pendragon) and they were the best among the firm. Uther demanded that they were. Both of them were relieved that Uther hadn't remembered their previous lives and they were hoping that it would stay that way. But, he usually did, so it was really only a matter of time.

"Nothing," Morgana sighed. "I can't find any trace of him. It's like he doesn't exists."
"You don't think..." Arthur said, trailing off, unable to finish his thought.
"No," Morgana said firmly. "You destinies are entwined. If your here then so is Merlin."
Arthur nodded. Right. Of course. He had forgotten about that.
"Does he not want me to find him?" Arthur asked, an acid taste forming in his mouth.
"Don't be stupid," Morgana snapped, glaring slightly. "Merlin wouldn't have married you nor would he keep trying to save you every time you're reborn."

Arthur scowled at Morgana and bitterly thought that she was right. Like her ego need any more fuel.
"I just...miss him," Arthur sighed. Morgana smiled sympathetically again.
"We'll find him. I promise," Morgana said.
"Before someone tries to kill us?" Arthur asked. Morgana shrugged.
"Makes life interesting," Morgana grinned wickedly. "On another note, how's your case going?"

"Miss Jones," Arthur sighed. "I'm confident I can get her the house and the grand kids."
"Its awe full what the mother did," Morgana said, shaking her head. "I really hope you win."
"Me too," Arthur said, looking at his notes in front of him.
There was another quick knock and Uther appeared in the room. Both Arthur and Morgana straightened and eyed each other.

"Arthur, Morgana," Uther greeted. "How's everything going?"
"Good," Arthur said. "Morgana and I were just discussing my latest case."
Uther nodded. "I hope that you are on top of everything."
"Of course," Arthur said, catching Morgana's eyes quickly. "I'm very confident that I will get the best deal."
"That is what this firm is about," Uther said.

Morgana rolled her eyes. Uther turned to her.
"I hope that you are on top of your case load," Uther said, peering at her.
"Of course," Morgana said, shifting ever so slightly in her chair. "I just wanted to discuss some points over with Arthur."
Uther continued to peer at her and then nodded once.
"I shall leave it with you then," Uther said and then he left as swiftly as he had come.

Both Morgana and Arthur slouched back on their chairs. Arthur ran his hand through his hair.
Morgana rubbed her eyes tiredly.
"I need Merlin," Arthur growled. "He'd make some witty comment right about now."
Morgana laughed.
"Yes," She beamed. "I wonder..."
"What?" Arthur asked.

"It's just strange," Morgana said. "I haven't seen Gaius yet."
Arthur's eyes widened.
"No, either have I," Arthur agreed, his voice sort of breathless. "Usually he's a good friend of Uther's."
"Maybe they are now," Morgana said. "Maybe, he just works in a different field."

"Maybe," Arthur said. "I don't want to have to ask Uther though, in case it triggers something and he remembers."
"Yes, I want to avoid that too but you know that he will remember eventually," Morgana said. Arthur sighed.
"Yeah. I know."
"I hope Gwen remembers soon," Morgana said, looking wistfully at the door. "It would be nice to talk to someone who remembers."

Arthur smirked.
"Am I not good enough company?" Arthur asked. Morgana glared at him.
"I need a woman to talk with and gossip with, not a pining male," Morgana huffed and stood up. Arthur scowled at her again. Of course, she was right.
"Oh," Morgana breathed, swaying slightly. "I just had an idea."
"What?"

"What if we put a notice in the newspaper?" Morgana said. "Like a love letter or something. Maybe Merlin will see it."
"When is Merlin ever update with what's going in the world?" Arthur asked. "I'm pretty sure he's never opened a newspaper."
"It was just an idea," Morgana snapped slightly. "I'll work on it."

And with that she stalked back out, closing the door behind her. Arthur sighed and ran his hand through his golden locks again.

"Where are you, Merlin?" Arthur whispered to himself. He was hoping that by now, Merlin's magic would have sensed him and found him. Last life time, after they had been wed, he could feel Merlin wherever he went, always dimly, but it was electrifying when they were close by.
He could feel him, though, now. It was only dimly but it was there in his heart.
He turned to his computer and quickly opened a browser page.

He typed Merlin's name in and waited for the results to show. He sighed. They were all of the legend, of Camelot. Depicting that Merlin was old and wise. Arthur snorted at that. None of the images were even close to looking like his Merlin. He sighed and shut the computer off. Looking at the pages was making him miserable. They only told him of Merlin's magic, not the way he felt under Arthur's hand, how he flushed he could get, what he tasted like.
Morgana and Arthur had searched the forest for Merlin's and his hideaway. Merlin had been there, but not recently, their stuff had a thin layer of dust covering it. Arthur had left a note, telling Merlin where he could be found if Merlin returned to their hid away.

Arthur and his right hand had become best friends since Merlin was nowhere to be found. Arthur didn't know how much longer he could last without him. Merlin always had that effect on him. He needed a distraction; take his mind of Merlin for a while before he got back into the search.

He shook his head and focused on the case in front of him, determined to win.

Gwen watched as Morgana exited Arthur's office and smile happily at her. Morgana grinned back and made her way over to her.
"Hi Gwen."
"How are you today?" Gwen asked politely.
"I'm very well. I was wondering if you wanted to get a drink later on tonight." Morgan offered.
"I would love that," Gwen beamed.
"Excellent, I'll pick you up at seven," Morgana said and walked away.

Gwen found it odd that she was so comfortable with Morgana, after their very first meeting. It was like they had been friends for ever. She felt as if she knew her from somewhere, but couldn't quite place it. Morgana also knew of her favourite things and it was always a shock. She also would say some things, stories, that seemed like they were in another life time.
But Gwen always shock the feelings away and focused on that fact that they were such good friends.

Gwen went back to work. At the end of the day she watched as Arthur tiredly came out of his office and shut the door. He smiled at her and wished her goodnight. Arthur was the same as Morgana. It was like they knew her better than herself.
"Good night Arthur," Gwen smiled.
"Good night," Arthur grinned. She thought the smile was a sad one, but she didn't comment and just watched him walk away.

She sighed and quickly closed her computer down and went home to get ready for drinks with Morgana.

So I hope you enjoyed this first chapter and please review!