I just read chapter four of 'Could have sworn I'd heard that before' by Inky Spectacles and I just had to write something. I own nothing. No Queen Gwen, but Arthur is King. It's basically a 'Doctor who' quotes/references and speeches in a Merlin one-shot.
Merlin's P.O.V
It was just one of those days. One of those ridiculous days where Arthur is a King prat, again, Camelot's being attack by mystical beings, again. Except these ones know better and had exceedingly pissed me off. They'd left, taking with them the prisoner that they had threatened to burn down all of Camelot to get to when something in me snapped.
"Merlin are you okay?" Arthur asked me looking at my enraged posture and drawing the knight's attention to me. I stood there with my fists clenched and shook my head.
"They know better" I said forebodingly, "The dark fae court know better than to mess with the human realm and if they're starting then the rest of the fae will follow"
"What do you mean, there could be more of those things attacking us?" Gwaine said apprehensively, "How do we stop them?"
"You don't, I do," I answered.
"And how Merlin are you meant to do that?" Arthur asked in contempt. I knew I should have just kept quiet, but I couldn't help it. I made the decision not to hide anymore.
"You know how sometimes I have brilliant ideas?" I asked. There was a resounding no to that. I forgot, none of them are aware of these things.
"Merlin, you're beginning to scare me," Leon said teasingly. No more time for lies I thought.
"For what it's worth, I'm sorry." I said before doing a long distance speaking spell. "Oi, I didn't say you could go, article 57 of the shadow proclamation. This is a full functioning level five realm and you were just going to burn it. Did you think no one was watching? You lot back here now"
"Merlin, what did you do" Arthur demanded, before trailing on about the evils of sorcery.
"You just summoned the dark fae back to Camelot. Actual dark fae, fae of death" Gwaine rambled.
"Was that a good idea?" Percy asked practically, "They were leaving"
"Leaving is good," I say as they appeared, "Never coming back is better." I stepped forward and watched as they magically scanned me.
"You are not of this world," they said finally as one. I smiled innocently and straightened my neckerchief.
"No, but I've put a lot of work into it" I confessed, choosing to not look behind me to see there reactions.
"Is this world important?" they ask. I look at them, trying to keep the disgust of my face. It had nothing to do with there appearance. In fact they were rather beautiful with their wings and unique colouring.
"Important, what do you mean important?" I said angrily, "Thousands of people live here is that not important. Here's a better question: Is Camelot a threat to the fae?" they looked at me blankly in surprise.
"Well come on, you're monitoring the whole kingdom. Is Camelot a threat?" I demanded. Images floated to life around us showing the people of Camelot, the knights training and other assorted images.
"No" they said with increasing reluctance.
"Are the peoples of this realm guilty of any crimes against the laws of the court of the dark fae?" I continued dangerously. They flicked through the images once again.
"No" they say gently. I smirk.
"Okay, one more, just one. Is this realm protected?" I asked staring directly at them. Picture of everything that's attacked Camelot flash through this time, Goblins, the Great Dragon, armies, sorcerers, bandits, Morgouse and Morganna.
"Because you not the first to have come here" I said letting go of any pretence I had of calm my voice raising, "Oh, there have been so many… and what you've got to ask yourself is… what happen to them?" I say in an icy whisper.
Images of me using magic to save lives and battle former foes show now, much to my displeasure. I wasn't going to tell them about those.
"Hello," I said stopping before them smiling, showing way to many teeth, "I'm Emery's"
They turned pale at looked at me in fear.
"And basically…. Run" I told them, my eyes firing gold. They disappeared frantically.
"You can do magic" Arthur said slowly. I nodded.
"You probably want to kill me or something right now" I said, forcing my tone to sound dismissive. "It can wait till tomorrow, I still have that bottle of rum we confiscated from Gwaine. I'm off to go drink it"
"You're keeping the rum" Gwaine said horrified.
"I just saved you're lives again, the whole kingdom really, for about the 600th time free of charge and now you probably all want to kill me. So shoot me, I'm keeping the rum," I said smiling.
There was a moment of silence before a hand grabbed the front of my shirt and slammed me into a nice warm body. A pair of lips met mine hungrily, Arthur's lips I thought before my brain disengaged.
"What?" I said in surprise after he stopped kissing me. He pressed his lips to mine again.
"What?" I repeat dazed as all the knights laugh at me good-naturedly.
"Come on Merlin, you've still got to go fetch my lunch in five minutes" Arthur said taking my hand and walking in the general direction of his room.
"What?" I groaned shocked.
"Oh honestly Merlin, I'm in love with you, I'm not going to kill you" he said. I rolled my eyes and kissed his cheek.
"Good" I said when I found my voice, "Because that was next on my list of things to come out about"
And we all lived magically, gay and happily ever after…
The end
Well there you have it, Merlin comes the magical closet and Arthur comes out the normal one. Review me; I can be persuaded to make this a two-shot with Arthur's P.O.V and just maybe a sex scene if asked for. Thank you for reading, now I can go on with my Percy Jackson story.