Take two. I honestly have no idea how the code crept in but I'll try again.
Here is my brand new written a long time ago Merthian (at least that's the plan) fic. It's been sitting on my laptop for a while and my Christmas Holidays have just begun so I figured I should put some effort into it. The Updates will probably be slow and irregular as my internet been crazy for a while but I promise I will finish. This is only the prologue so the chapters will be a lot longer.
I don't own BBC Merlin.
Forgotten Life, Missing Truths
A Merlin Fanfic
He caused quite a stir in the constant life of Ealdor. Of course, this was to be expected. A young boy of fourteen with only his first name and age to fill the blank spaces in his mind. A boy in clothes that once would have been fit for a king but were now tattered, torn and faded. A youthful face with regal features; high, sharp cheekbones, a strong jaw, prominent ears and deep blue, crystallite eyes.
He was found in the forest by Hunith, a middle-aged widow whose child was still-born and never had the courage to try again. She took him in and cared for him like he was the child she never had but always wanted. She fed and cared for him patiently as the frustration of not remembering anything built. She protected him from the rumours and gossip of the other villages…
And kept his magic a secret from everyone.
Over the next three years, Merlin started to remember small details- a name, an eye colour, a voice, a laugh, a sweet, tarty flavour- but mostly his mind sub-consciously focused on a friend. Long dark hair, pale skin and a kind smile.
Hunith did everything to keep him safe, but no one ever said that raising the great and powerful Emrys was going to be easy. With an extra mouth to feed, the frustration of not knowing who he was and the looming possibility of someone finding out about his magic, Hunith was constantly living in fear, frustration and desperation.
It was one of the hardest things she'd ever had to do, but soon after Merlin's seventeenth birthday, she sent him to Camelot.
This is where our story begins.