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A/N: I know I should be working on some of my other stories at the moment but this idea came to me whilst I was catching up with season five of Merlin. I'm not entirely sure if I am going to continue this or not so any feedback (positive or negative) would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.
A/N 2: This chapter has been re-posted void of the mistakes previously made, sorry about that! =/
Alyssa Johnson was just a few streets away from her home when the heavens opened and tiny droplets of water fell from the sky towards the ground hard, 'Great! What else could possibly go wrong today?' she thought bitterly. The day had begun like any other day in the life of a seventeen year old, she woke up, showered, got dressed in black skinny jeans, a white tank top, a cropped brown jacket and brown heeled boots, grabbed some breakfast and then made her way to school with her best friend Jess, the only good thing about the day so far. Upon reaching school the day went from bad to worse, not only did she fall running to her seat because she was late during morning assembly, she then failed some of her mock exams which meant that her parents were finally going to care enough to realise they had a daughter only to yell at her, then to top it all off her boyfriend, Zack, decided to break up with her for no reason at all, completely out of the blue and the day was still nowhere near over.
Alyssa ran all the way home looking forward to a warm shower followed by a healthy session of drowning away sorrows using ice cream and wallowing in self pity using any romantic comedy she could get her hands on. As soon as she reached her house she unlocked the door, quickly walked inside, shut the door and then turned around whilst taking off her jacket only to find she was no longer inside her house but what appeared to be more of a hut of sorts. A slight scream escaped her lips when something attached itself to her leg, looking down she saw it was a young child looking up at her innocently as a woman casually walked into the room whilst wiping her hands on the apron she wore.
"Is this some kind of sick joke? Where the hell am I? This is supposed to be my house, what the hell is going on? And why is this kid still on me? What's happening right now?" Alyssa said rather hysterically. The woman upon hearing Alyssa speak looked up startled, carefully analysing Alyssa who had started shivering due to her still wet clothes.
"Oh dear, look at you, you're shivering come over here while I light the fire. Merlin let go of the poor girl and give us a hand," the woman said before working on starting the fire but before she had a chance a fire appeared out of nowhere. The woman's gaze snapped towards Merlin and then towards Alyssa who was staring at the boy with wide eyes, realisation slowly etched across her features along with dashes of confusion and panic.
"Oh my god," Alyssa whispered
"Look it's not what you think," the woman said standing protectively over the young boy, "He's always been like this; it's not his fault he was born this way. Please don't tell anyone about this please!" she said panicked, Alyssa said nothing but continued to stare at the boy while her mind tried to make sense of what was happening.
"I'm sorry momma, I didn't mean to do it," Merlin said apologetically looking up towards his mum. It was the sound of the boy's voice that snapped Alyssa out of whatever thoughts were running through her head.
"Merlin; you're Merlin," Alyssa said in awe making her way towards the boy and his mother, "how old is he?" she asked the woman.
"I'm five," Merlin replied having counted the years on his fingers.
"Please he's just a child, you can't say anything to anyone, please," the woman begged. Alyssa frowned.
"Why? What he can do, what he will do, it's amazing," Alyssa replied confused.
"What do you mean why?" the woman snapped, "They'll kill him if anyone ever found out,"
"Who would kill him?" Alyssa questioned.
"Do you know nothing? Magic is outlawed in these lands, punishable by death as ordered by King Uther Pendragon –"
"Pendragon? As in Arthur Pendragon?" Alyssa interrupted.
"Arthur Pendragon is his son. Do you really not know anything?" the woman enquired. Alyssa shook her head slowly.
"No, I'm afraid I don't. Unless this is some weird, elaborate joke I don't belong here in this time and I have no idea how I got here or how I'm supposed to get back home but I just walked through my front door, all I wanted was ice cream, DVDs and for this horrid day to be over but no I don't get that I get stuck, in Camelot of all places!" Alyssa replied in an annoyed tone on the brink of tears.
"What are you talking about child? And we are not in Camelot but in Ealdor," the woman replied gently.
"I don't care! The point is I'm not at home, I'm not in my house back in London and I'm stuck I don't know how to get back," Alyssa said exasperatedly. The woman slowly hesitantly made her way towards Alyssa and put her arms around her in a comforting manner as Alyssa broke down unable to stop the tears.
"I'm sorry," Alyssa said stepping away from the woman slightly, "this is all just a bit too much right now. And don't worry about Merlin I can't exactly tell anyone especially seeing as I don't know anyone added to the fact that I just appeared in your home out of nowhere, from the future no less. I'm no expert but I'm sure that's some sort of weird magic or whatever. Thank you though for not kicking me out straight away though," The woman gave Alyssa a strange look before pulling her into a hug.
"I'm sorry for accusing you of the worst I'm just protective of my son," the woman said looking towards Merlin who was stood watching the two woman with wide eyes laced with curiosity, "And as you no other place to go, you shall stay here with us until you can figure out what you will be doing,"
"Thank you," Alyssa whispered
"You're from the future you say? Tell me about it?" the woman asked. Alyssa smiled slightly.
"Well it's a lot different from here I can tell you that much," she laughed humourlessly, "I'm Alyssa by the way,"
"Hunith," the woman replied.
"Well Hunith it's a pleasure to meet you and thank you so much for your kindness I don't know how I'll be able to repay you," Alyssa said sincerely. Hunith smiled.
"Well you can start by helping me prepare dinner," Hunith said making her way towards the small kitchen area.
"Of course," Alyssa replied following after her. And so Alyssa began preparing the vegetables whilst Hunith prepared the little meat they had. Midway through chopping up vegetables Alyssa looked up having heard a sigh to find that Merlin had moved towards the window and was looking out at the other children playing and running around with longing in his eyes.
"Why can he not go outside to play with the other children?" Alyssa asked Hunith. Hunith looked up and smiled sadly.
"Because of his gifts, he cannot be allowed to spend much time outside in case someone see's what he can do. I can't risk it, I cannot, I will not risk his life" she replied
"What if I went with him, somewhere away from the other children but where he could still run around outside?" Alyssa questioned. Hunith gave her a hard look before looking towards Merlin who had turned towards the women with big pleading eyes having heard the direction of the conversation.
"Fine, but do not stay out too long" Hunith sighed. Merlin's eyes brightened immediately.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you," he said excitedly as he ran towards Alyssa practically dragging her out of the house and towards the trees surrounding the village.
Alyssa leaned on one of the trees as Merlin ran around the small clearing he had found, smiling and laughing, telling Alyssa stories of what he and his friend Will do on the few occasions Hunith does let him out of the house. Alyssa watches him with amazement as she tried to reconcile what she little she knows about the Arthurian legend with the young boy in front of her so full of life, nothing like the old man the stories made him out to be. She smiles as the boy runs towards her and opens her arms for a hug. Merlin runs into her arms and Alyssa picks him up and swirls him around, making the boy laugh before he pleads for her to put him down which she does eventually.
"Do you think mum will ever let me out the house without being worried about my gifts? Like when I'm older?" Merlin asked suddenly as the pair made their way back to Merlin's home; Alyssa looked down at the boy surprised before answering.
"I think because she's your mum she is always going to worry about you no matter how old you are, it's what mum's are supposed to do," Alyssa replied smiling
"Does your mum do that?" Alyssa's smile faded.
"My mum is different, she's always so busy, and sometimes she forgets about me," she replied sadly. Merlin looked away sadly.
"Well I'm never going to forget about you," he said suddenly giving her a massive hug before running into house. Alyssa slowly made her way back towards the house and into the living area just as Merlin had run into another room. She smiled slightly watching him go.
"You know, I probably shouldn't say this but that boy of yours is going to help change the world one day so much so that people will tell stories about Merlin and King Arthur and all the good that they did together," Alyssa said smiling at Hunith
"Oh I very much doubt that, especially considering what Merlin can do," Hunith replied sadly.
"No just you wait and see, that Merlin of yours is going to be the stuff of legend,"
"If you say so," Hunith said sceptically, "But do me a favour and go make sure the boy hasn't fallen asleep before dinner?" Alyssa smiled knowingly but let the matter drop.
"Of course," she answered making her way through the door towards the bedroom, only to walk in and find herself back in her own home; she gasped and turned around only to find her front door. Looking up at a clock that hung on the wall she found no time had passed when it felt like she had been gone for at least an hour or so, confused she shook her head believing it all to have been some weird, extremely vivid daydream and made her way upstairs towards the shower.
1 year later...
Alyssa made her way home after having a few drinks with some friends having finally finished sixth form and for getting into the universities of their choices. She made her way down the street whilst on the phone to Jess, only hanging up once she reached her front door. She opened the door, stepped inside and then dropped her keys. Alyssa groaned and shut the door before bending down to pick them up, only to drop them again when she looked up and found herself in a room that did not belong in either her house or her time.
"Great," she muttered before picking up her keys and then slowly making her way through her new surroundings.
A/N: Thanks for reading! Again any feedback would be greatly appreciated!