A/N: A new story written by me, I hope I am able to write it as I have it in my mind. This will be a story based on the movie daredevil, won't be the same though. This story will also contain a bit of violence so I have warned you.
It will also be a merthur story, so for all the merthur haters, don't read!
I'm not sure how it will all end out, but enjoy this story and tell me what you think of it.
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For me the night is dark, but so is the day. As others can see for me there is only darkness as I open my eyes. I am Merlin and I'm blind.
Not that I always have been this way, when I was younger I could see the light of the sun and the blue of the sky.
Years ago I was a happy young boy and lived together with my father Balinor and my mother Hunith, until my father disappeared when I was just ten years old. Till this day I have no idea where he's or more importantly if he's still alive, my mother never told me and I didn't ask as I saw the tears in her eyes.
Two years later I was in an terrible accident and what made matters worse was that it wasn't a normal accident. I was playing together with my friends as a truck crashed against a large building, liters of toxic waste streamed over the street and I just was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The liquid reached my eyes and immediately blacked out from the pain and from that day I would never see again. I was one of the lucky ones, most of my friends died as the toxic burned through their skin and killed them. The owner of the wagon was a rich man, Uther Pendragon, a man that owned many of the factories and many of the companies of the city. Instead of helping the families of the victims he bribed politicians and now it's a long forgotten case.
My eyes may have darkened forever, but both my hearing and my magic became stronger. Nowadays my magic are my eyes, I can sense almost everything with it, not that I don't long to see again, if only I could see colours again, it's what I long for.
At the age of seventeen my mother was murdered in an robbery. At that sad moment in my life I made a promise to myself, I would protect the people of this city every way I could. So even for me, a blind man, I decided to become a lawyer. Together with a good friend of mine I help the poor people in need.
But as I may live my life as a lawyer by day, I have another job at night. I fight for justice on the streets, I justify the cases that the law isn't able to justify.
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Merlin let himself fall down in his chair and he let out a deep sigh, while placing his cane besides him against the wall, he hated that devilish stick, it wasn't as if he needed it, he saw with his magic, but it was just forced onto him. He glared forward as he waited for his friend to arrive.
It wasn't long before he heard someone laugh in front of him. 'Don't glare like that, you will chase away the ladies.'
The warlock rolled with his eyes. 'Gwaine... are women the only thing you can think of?' He teased his friend.
Gwaine didn't respond and just handed him a cup. 'Here's your coffee.'
'Thanks.' He mumbled to his friends and Gwaine sat at the opposite side of the table.
It where Gwaine's next words that shook him out of his thoughts. 'So coming back towards the girl topic... are you going out with Michelle?'
'No.'
'Why not, she clearly likes you and believe me she's a hot chick!'
Merlin sighed. 'She isn't my type and... there is nothing that I can offer her.'
'Don't think so less of yourself, you're a great man, strong and kind.'
The raven didn't answer as he took a sip of his coffee and immediately he bit his lip, it definitely needed sugar. He let his magic spread over the table only to discover there wasn't any sugar on it and he stood up.
'Where are you going?' His friend asked.
'Getting some sugar, you know that I don't drink my coffee without it.' Gwaine just shrugged and Merlin grabbed his cane as walked over to the counter.
But as he walked towards it he felt a warm familiar feeling spread through his body. Something his magic acted strong towards, screaming to him that he needed to give the source of the feeling attention, not that he knew where it came from. As he tried to figure it out he walked against a large body and with a startled scream both of them fell onto the ground.
The man that he had walked into groaned and cursed before he growled at him. 'Watch where you're walking... now there's coffee all over my cloths!' Merlin as startled as he was just blinked as he tried to get his grip back over his magic. 'What? Can't you talk!' The man said in anger as he didn't receive an answer from the raven in front of him.
'Uhh... I am sorry...'
'You are sorry?! I-.'
The man was interrupted by a strong voice that Merlin immediately recognized as Gwaine's 'Are you stupid?' Gwaine growled to the man and he pointed at the cane on the floor. 'He's blind!' At hearing these words the anger in the man just dropped.
The man gapped before he said. 'Oh... I am sorry.'
'Yeah, right.' Gwaine hissed and he grabbed the warlock by the waist and put him on both his feet. 'We are leaving.' He said softly towards the warlock, picked up Merlin's cane and dragged him out of the cafe.
The brunette dragged him forward for several minutes before he stopped and placed both his hands on the raven's shoulders. 'Are you okay?' Merlin, as stunned as he still was just nodded and Gwaine let out a sigh. 'Good... What happened to you, don't your magic warn you when you're about to walk into someone?'
Merlin gulped and nodded. 'Yeah... I don't know exactly what happened, but... I just lost control of it.'
His friend grimaced, but immediately he forced a smile on his face. 'Everything will be fine. Come on, we still have work to do.'
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Merlin sat on the edge of the rooftop as he let his magic spread over the city, trying to feel for people in trouble. But today was definitely not his day, his magic was still acting weird since that afternoon. His mind never really left the man he had met that day. He wondered what the man looked like.
But his mind came back to the present as he heard a loud scream spread through the streets. He jumped up and ran to the other side of the rooftop, he wasn't scared that someone would notice him as he knew that his magic would make sure he wasn't easy to spot, not that his tight black spandex costume didn't help.
He jumped to an other rooftop as his magic searched for the source of the sound. He soon found a young woman as she was threatened by four large muscular men. 'Come here my dear, we just want to have a little fun.' One of the man said while smirking.
The woman let out a loud sob as she tried to back away, but her back was already pushed against the wall. Merlin himself glared at the men and jumped down. He landed several feet behind the men and they all turned around in shock. 'What-.' One of them was able to let out before the warlock's fist met the man's chin and the man was thrown backwards.
His magic reached towards the other men and he threw two of them against a wall with his magic. The last man just looked at him as his face became paler and paler before he let out a high scream and ran away.
Merlin grinned for a moment before turning to the woman, he already knew the men were unconscious and he didn't give them anymore attention. But as he came closer to the woman he felt the same familiar feeling that he had felt that afternoon. His eyes grow wide and he gasped, luckily his magic didn't get as much out of control as it had done before.
The woman then asked worriedly. 'Are you okay?'
He straightened his back and his eyes set themselves upon the woman. 'No, I am fine... Are you okay, did they hurt you?'
She shook her head. 'No, no you were just in time. Thank you.' The last she said softly. 'Who are you?'
'Just someone that whishes to help the people in need.' He heard one of the men groan and added. 'It would be wise for you to leave, just head straight home.' She gave him a quick nod before she ran away.
At the end of the alley she looked back at him and smiled. 'Thanks again, my name is Gwen.' As that said she immediately disappeared from his sight.
He smiled as she left, it was for people like her that he did this.
He brought his attention back to the men as he heard the large one groan and the man pushed himself upwards. As the man saw him looking at him he laughed with a pain filled voice. 'So... so you're really the man they call The Watcher.' He didn't answer to that, he knew the people called him by that name, even when it was rather ironic as he wasn't able to see.
'Who are you working for?' Merlin asked the man.
'You would really like to know that, wouldn't you? The only thing that I will tell you is that my boss is way more powerful than you could ever handle.'
Merlin glared at him, he knew that the man wouldn't tell him more and he slammed his fist against the man's chin again, there was a loud breaking sound and the man went limp.
He had to find out who the mastermind behind most of the criminal activity in the city is, he had to do it, for his mother. A tear rolled over his cheek as he walked away, he still had a lot of work to do.
