Authors Note:
Ok this is my first story.. please no flames ? I know it wont be the best story you ever read but I'm learning? some helpful criticism would be nice :)
And I appologize for any spelling or grammer errors I am curently only working with WordPad no microsoft office at the moment= nospell check
This takes place right after Balinor Merlins father is killed, I'm preteding for the sake of my story that Arthur says "No man is worth your tears" to Merlin right after Balinor is killed Also I appologize if any characters are OOC
Now on with the story:
"Merlin, No man is worth your tears," Arthur said, when he saw Merlin kneeling over the man Balinor the last Dragon Lord and admittedly Camelots only hope for salvation.
Merln looked up at him, with pure anger in his eyes, Arthur stared in utter shock, confused for he was so used to Merlins smiling face, had begun to think it was impossible for the youngman to frown let alone get angry."So you would not cry at your Fathers death bed?" Merlin said.
"What?!" Arthur shouted back at him, "What on Earth are you talking about Merlin?! This man is not your Father...he cant be." Could this man possibly be Merlins Father? No that was impossible clumsy incompetint Merlin could not be the son of a Dragon Lord/Sorcerer, could he? If he was would he follow in his Fathers footsteps?
"Balinor is my Father, or was now... And you tell me not to shed tears for him?! What gives you that RIGHT?!" Merlin shouted"
"I did not know! How is this man, your Father? that is impossible!" Arthur replied.
"After Balinor escaped from the king he came to Ealdor were he stayed with my Mother, he is my Father." Merlin said looking down at Balinor, his father, in true sadness.
"Why did you not tell me?!"
"How could I?! you would tell the king and he would have me execute for committing treason, you know your Father never listens to reason when magic is involved."
"Why? do you have magic?"
"THERE you are JUST like him, as soon as magic is added to the mix you loose your head your friends become enemies." Merlin shouted. Arthur took a step back Merlin was wrong, he was not his father and he never would be. If Merlin had magic that would be proof that not all magic was evil, because Merlin couldnt be evil could he?
"Merlin just answer the question do you have magic?"
"Yes I do, but how was i supposed to tell you?! 'Hey Arthur I have magic please don't have me executed?'and before you even start I am not evil, I use my magic only for good, I use my magic for you for Camelot in hopes of a better world in the future" could he be telling the truth? how could he ever be true he had lied to him, by the sound of it for quite a while.
"How can I trust you, you lied to me! How long have you practiced magic?"
"I have used my magic to save your life COUNTLESS times in the past Arthur! All of those tree branches falling on your enemies, their swords conveniently flying out of their hands, not to mention all of those times that you have passed out right after you defeated a MYTHICAL or MAGICAL beast! I had to kill all of them, with out me you would be dead 10000 times over! giving all of the credit to you! with out so much as a 'Thank you Merlin' and as an answer to your question I have been able to used magic since before i could talk I was born with it, its apart of me."
" But why, HOW? Why would you protect me I am the kings son he would have you dead with out blinking an eye?!"
"There is a prophesy the Druids have, about a Warlock named Emrys he is to be the most powerful Warlock in all Human history, a creature of magic itself, that warlock is destined to help and advise the Once and Future King to build the land of Albion and bring magic back to the land. I am Emrys and you are the Once and Future King. Our destines are entwined we are two sides of the same coin."
This was a new piece of information that quite baffled Arthur,he could not respond right away, he felt himself at a loss of whether or not he should believe this man he had thought of as a friend, and trusted adviser. had he ever even known him at all? What else had he lied about?
"What else was a lie, Merlin? What else isn't true? how could I ever trust you? how could you not tell me this? why didn't you trust me? Did you really think I could find it in my heart to have you killed?" Arthur said, thoroughly hurt now.
"Of course I did at first, I thought you were just an arrogant prat, albeit royal but still a prat. But then i learned you were so much more than that, that you were fair and just and would be good and faithful king, then I kept it a secret so you would not have to choose between me and your Father. How could I make you make that choice it would be selfish. Nothing else was a lie Arthur I SWEAR, you are a dear friend to me you have to believe me i would never betray you EVER I would rather die." Merlin proclaimed.
"Of course you would, you idiot it seems to be the only thing that you are good at." Arthur said, finding himself believing him, against all odds or logic, but this was MERLIN he would never betray him he was sure of that. Now that he knew about the magic everything started to click in his head falling into place it made sense he couldn't figure out how he hadn't seen it sooner.
"Yep seems like" Merlin replied snapping Arthur out of his reverie, "So your not going to turn me into the king?"
"Of course not Merlin, if I'm honest it makes sense, you the Druids they are both so peaceful, magic cannot be evil, from what you say magic has saved us at least as many times as it has attacked us."
"Magic is not evil nor does it corrupt, power, and circumstance do," and then Arthur understood why Merlin was the one in the prophesy he was the only one who could have such overwhelming power and still use it for good, who would not let it corrupt him. He had the kindest and purest soul Arthur had ever met, not that he would tell Merlin this.
"Come on lets start on our way back to Camelot we have much to talk about later, but in the mean time we have all of Camelot to save from the dragon."
"Speaking of the dragon... I may have set it free in exchange for him telling me how to breaking the sleeping enchantment... which may have led to me trying to poison Morgana because she may or may not be evil/corrupted by Morgause.. but it was for a good cause and I got my Fathers abilities as Dragon Lord now so Ill be able to fix EVERYTHING no problem, anyways we best be going we got a lot of ground to cover!" Merlin shouts as he runs up the hill from Arthur.
"MERLIN COME BACK HERE!" they really did have a lot of things to talk about, and apparently some more immediate than others, they could talk about them on the way to Camelot.
Well there's my story :) hope you liked it ! Please review no flames some pointers would be good though!