Found

It was early in the morning, barely light out when Merlin had left his house in Ealdor to collect herbs for his mother. Winter was fast approaching and the trees were bare. Merlin stopped when he reached the evergreen bush he had been looking for and let out a breath of relief.

He would be home soon, back in front of the fire and his hands would return back to their normal colour and not the current pale blue colour. He stood up the herbs in the basket and turned to leave. That when he heard it. A cry. A child's cry. He looked around trying to focus in on the sound. There! Under some of the bushes was a child.

He looked about 4 to Merlin, lying under a bush with dying yellowing leaves and soaked to the bone. Merlin rushed over dropping the basket. The child's wide eyes stared at him wide eyed and scared. He whimpered. As Merlin reached him he could see the child was a boy with bright blue eyes and black hair. He also noticed that the boy was shivering and a pale blue colour.

"Hello, I'm Merlin" he said trying to keep his voiced calm and soothing slowly reaching out towards the child "What's yours?" The child stared at him nervously and slowly grabbed hold of Merlin's hand. He was freezing!

"I…I don't know" the whispered reply commented. "I..I.." The boy had tears in his eyes as he tried to say a name he had never known.

"Ssh…It's ok! Come here" Merlin said opening his arms for a hug. The boy slowly moved towards Merlin and walked in to his arms. He was cold. Merlin shook his jacket of and wrapped it round the boy before asking "How about you come home with me? We can get you something to eat and warmed up. What do you say about that hey?" the gained a thoughtful look.

Merlin could nearly see the gears turning behind his shocking blue eyes and then the hesitant nod. "Ok." the shy reply was given. Merlin picked him up with an internal wince at how light and bony the child was.

The he turned round and started his short journey home again with the treasured bundle in his arm.

There you have it the first chapter of found.

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