A/N: This is a songfic I wrote a long time ago... a REALLY long time ago. I mean, this is from before I got MS Word. I only found it because I was going through and deleting my old files. This was actually written before I had watched season three. So anyway, this isn't my best, but... it's ok. And I don't own Merlin, or the song Love the Way You Lie. All rights go to respective owners. Onward!
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Love the Way You Lie
You just gonna stand there and watch me burn.
That's all right because I like the way it hurts.
You just gonna stand there and hear me cry.
That's all right cause I love the way you lie.
I love the way you lie.
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He was pulled through the crowd of weeping people, his hair covering his eyes. The soldiers shoved him onto the platform.
"Merlin! No… Merlin…" His mother screamed. Gwen stood beside her, comforting her, comforting herself. Gauis couldn't stand it, he left earlier, not able to see his, what he would have called, son die. Tears streamed down many peoples faces, servants mostly, but also the few knights that had known him.
You just gonna stand there and watch me burn.
The fire was lit, its scorching flames tearing at his body. The people around his screamed. He stood in the middle, his gaze always on the Prince, on Arthur, on his destiny, on his love. In his head he could hear as his destiny shattered. He bathed in the pain, felt it flow through every vein.
That's all right because I like way it hurts.
Then he cried. It was not a cry of pain, but a cry of sorrow. A cry of a lost friendship… a lost destiny. It echoed through the kingdom, to the commoner it was only the cry of a dying person, to a druid it was the cry of the downfall of magic, and to Arthur it was a cry of lost love, of lies.
You just gonna stand there and hear me cry.
The last image in his mind as he died, was of years before.
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"Merlin, your not going to die!" Arthur yelled. He turned around.
"How would you know?"
"Because I'll stop whoever tries, they wont hurt you. I promise. And if they do hurt you, I'll take revenge." Arthur promised, then walked away.
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That's all right because I love the way you lie.
"Lies…" and his vision faded to black.
I love the way you lie.
Fin.