Catching the Wind"
It was a day when the sun was so high up in the sky, if it was as if you could see the edge of the world. As Sefa walked through the woods, with Merlin at her side, she felt completely free of worry. As they walked talking as they went, Sefa sensed that a strange mood had possessed Merlin. It was something she couldn't quite put her finger on, not that he wasn't being attentive to her, as ever she felt completed spoilt by his generosity and loveliness. But she sensed there was something on his mind. Yet it didn't alarm her, she felt sure he would tell her in time.
As they walked further into the forest, Sefa felt as if she was entering a different world. One where her senses suddenly took over she could smell flowers on the breeze, Merlin suddenly pointed. Following his finger she saw the biggest deer she had ever seen.
"Oh he's beautiful." She breathed, "how come we managed to get so close?" she asked
"The breeze must of masked our scent, the breeze is such an important part of the natural environment." He explained.
She smiled at him, just happy to take everything in.
"Sorry I go off on a tandem about nature sometimes." He apologised.
"I don't mind. I've never really thought about it, you keep opening my my mind to so much." She smiled, then blushed thinking she sounded a bit dull.
"Why did you blush then?" he asked his hand touching her face gently.
"I must sound so dull at times. I mean you seem to know so much, I do wonder what you see in me on occasions." She remarked.
"Don't you ever say that about yourself. We all have qualities and you have plenty." Merlin said.
She laughed, "If you say so."
" I do say so. Arthur use to think I was so stupid. Having to hide who I was all the time, it was easier to hide myself into that context. Pretend I was a nothing." Merlin explained, a slight frown on his face.
"That must have been so hard, considering who you are." Sefa said.
Merlin laughed, "It served it's purpose, that was not why I did it. I served him because I totally believed in him, and what he would do."
"You must miss him." Sefa said holding his hand.
"More than I can say. His last words to me where, he wanted me to be me, but the truth is I spent so long in the shadows, I had forgotten who I actually was. To tell you the truth it has only been recently that I have remembered."
He picked up a leaf, she watched as his eyes glowed gold, all of a sudden, she found she was holding a big red flower, she recognised the smell as the one she had so loved while they'd been walking.
"How did you know?" she laughed
"I noticed you smelling the air." He replied.
"Have you learnt to control the wind yet?" she asked
"Let's see." He replied getting up.
Sefa watched as he walked away a few yards. Her eyes opened wider as she saw his hands suddenly move as his eyes glowed and he softly spoke, all of a sudden Sefa was aware of a change of atmosphere. She got up as she felt a gust of gentle wind blow around, all of a sudden flower petals where swirling around them. She took a deep breathe her arms out wide as she flew around in circles, laughing as she moved . Merlin watched her for a moment before taking her in his arms, and hugging her to him.
"I could stay here forever." She breathed. "thank you for this afternoon."
"No thank you for giving me a reason to live again." He said. Their lips met, as they fell to the ground the wind diluted and eased away.