For any who've read my other fic, Ideas, apparently I lied in the first chappie. I AM going to write a fanfic! *proceeds to throw confetti in the air*
I've been told that I'm good dialogue, and I believe that I'm not as good at action sequences.
Therefore, I have decided that this will be mostly dialogue (probs), and a lot of character analysis (hopefully). I have no beta, I'm not sure I really want one, but that could obviously change.
I have absolutely no idea where I'm gonna go with this, but I'd like to know what the dear readers who manage to scrounge up interest for it think! (R&R) I don't know if I'll finish it, but whatever happens, I won't take it down (*shifty eyes* And NOT bcuz I don't know how!) SO, if you'd like me to continue, tell me. Otherwise I might not.
A/N: Pretend that Morgause cast a blurrifying-memory spell on Arthur after he left so that he wouldn't quite remember what she looked like.
P.S. This is my first actual fic, but I'm only thirteen, so if you'd like to flame it, please use moderately appropriate words. Thanks!
Disclaimer: All rights to their relevant parties, and even though I wish I could own the show (and with it the whole of BBC), I don't even live in Britain. However, I do own Aerys
Some things are better left hidden to rot,
taken and cared for by the slop,
because the day that they decide not to fade,
is the day the secrets come out to play...
-So said the great poet Aerys in her twenty-fifth year
Maybe two years ago Arthur would have believed the man standing before him. Hell, maybe even a year ago. But not now. No, not now. He had tried so hard to find the one who had gotten away, tried so very hard. Because he knew that he wasn't the only betrayer. Even now his parting words to his manservant haunted him.
"Arthur, please, believe me!" he shouted one final time.
The prince turned away from the sound to hide the single tear tracking its way down his face.
"No, Merlin, why on earth would I believe someone who allies himself with my worst enemy?" His voice dripped with contempt.
He turned once more to focus his dagger-eyes on the broken man sitting in front of him.
"Why, traitor? Why, betrayer?"
"Milord?" The peasant man snapped him out of his reverie.
He raised an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"What of my news?" Oh, the man wanted a reward. How very droll.
"You shall be given accommodation whilst the search is in progress."
"Thank you, milord." He bowed.
Arthur, looking down at his shoes, decided then and there that he wouldn't keep the search on., couldn't keep it on. He just needed to forget and move on. He wished that he could have Guinevere to consult on this matter, Gwaine, Gaius, anyone. Maybe they'd help him forget about the blue-eyed wonder.
But no. Gaius had died shortly after his manservant's "sudden disappearance", Guinevere had left for a time, telling him she needed space (he rather thought that her space was also inhabited by two traitors, and Gwaine had left in the night after he'd gotten Arthur to tell him what had truly happened to cause Merlin's leave.
And now he was all alone.
He looked up at the man, now joined by a fair-haired woman, both with eyes glimmering golden.
The woman spoke first. "My name is Morgause, milord, and I've come to take your throne."*
"You are?" He unsheathed his sword, "I think not."
OOOOOOOO, cliffie. Aren't I evil?
*For all her foreboding-ness, she IS related to Morgana, right? She has to be sassy at some point, right? And besides, I've seen that Morgana loses a LOT of that in the later seasons, so, I've decided that Morgause is going to have a little kick-ass-ness too. (I am really looking forward to when I can have them sass each other!)
And Arthur's feelin' betrayed by Merlin, but he still needs him, so I'll leave it up to your imagination how it came to be that be that he started seeing people who had "news" about his bestie. Btdubs, this is purely bromantic Merthur. While I don't ship Arwen simply because I don't particularly care about it, there will be some in this fic (if I get that far), and there most definitely be Mergana. EEEEEEEEEEEEP! Be warned, Freylin shippers! (Not that I have anything against you, please check my faves tab on my profile, I'm sure that there are a few Freylin fics there, like "The Forgetful Reincarnation" by ErinNovelist, that fic is A-MAZING)
Please review, it's the only way I'll ever get better!
-Secret *grumbles as she picks up earlier confetti*