The Past

Hello, hope you are having a good day. This is the 3rd story for my Albion series. This is sort of hurt/comfort story. This is a week after Albion 2: Pains In A Lie.

It was a beautiful and sunny morning, everyone was eating breakfast.

"Grandmother, what happened when father was born?" Imogene asked.

"It was a very harsh winter in Ealdor. Gaius came to visit me. One morning, I woke up feeling a bit ill. Gaius checked me over. He told me that Merlin was going to born that day. So for several hours I was in pain. When Merlin was born, he was very pale. His lips were blue. Gaius said that he wouldn't survive. I held Merlin close. In the middle of the night, he opened his eyes. His eyes were gold. Magic surrounded us. When Merlin's eyes turned blue, he looked normal. I named him Merlin because he was strong." Hunith explained.

"Can you tell us what father did when he was little?"

"Oh, no." Merlin sighed.

"Once when Merlin was little, he was causing trouble. He was in the woods playing. He saw a baby snake and picked it up. He put it in a clay jar and gave it to one of the ladies in the village. When she opened it up, she screamed." Hunith said.

"Yeah and then when you found out about it, you scolded me."

"Well that didn't stop you from doing it again. You also showed Luke how to do."

"No I didn't."

"Yes you did. A few months back he played that trick on me."

"Grandfather showed me that trick." Luke replied. Everyone looked at Balinor.

"Ok, yes, I did. I use to do that when I was little." Balinor confessed.

"Now I know where I got that from." Merlin realized.

"Balinor also used leeches." Gaius said.

"We should get to work."

SO they all got up and went to work. That night, after supper, they talked. Merlin was holding Imogene. Imogene started to fall asleep. Merlin noticed it and smiled.

"You need to go to bed." Merlin whispered to Imogene.

"Ok." Imogene answered. Imogene and Luke went to bed. Freya put Rosemary and James in bed. When Freya came back, she put Sabrina in Merlin's arms.

"I want to know more about what Merlin did as a child." Balinor wondered. Merlin glared at Balinor.

"Did Merlin ever try to stop using magic?" Arthur questioned.

"Yes. Several times. Once when he was 3, he accidently hurt me with his magic. He got so upset that he stopped using magic. For a week, he didn't use his magic. One night, I woke up hearing him scream and cry. I went to him and picked him up. He finally screamed as loud as possible. Then his magic poured out of him. I was so scared." Hunith explained sadly.

TBC