AN) hi I hope that this is more successful than the last one I wrote. I hope you enjoy

Summery: Merlin or Emerlin is the son of Aragorn. Who left his home after the death of his wife and daughter. And now he has to come back home to aid the fellowship to destroy the ring of power. He is the tenth member of the fellowship.

Spoken in elvish

spoken in westron

AN) I'm back so here we go hope you enjoy.

Memories, black and white, hide behind the glass
In the mirrors and the smoke, its all fading fast
Written word, turn the card winter into spring
Dancing through the witchwood we began to sing...
Cartouche Blackmore's night

What happened last:

And that is my story. So If I die while I'm gone, I'll be with Sarya. You've always been my friend Arthur I'm sorry if I betrayed you. I hope one day I'll see you again.

~Merlin. Or should I say Lord Emerlin of Imladris son Lord Aragon.

Back to the story:

Merlin folded the letter.

"Seal!" Merlin called holding out his hand. Elrohir placed one in his hand and he waxed and sealed in.

"Give this to Arthur if he comes for answers." Merlin said holding out the letter.

Gaius took it in his hand. And Merlin hugged him.

"Thank you Gaius." He whispered into the old man's ear.

"I been through much loss, I haven't forgotten but you helped ease the pain. I'll miss you." Merlin said pulling away and running up to his room. He crawled under his bed and lifted the lose board that hid his magical items and pulled them out. He swung his pack on and was about to leave when his uncles blocked the way holding out a set of clothing.

"You are changing first,nephew."Elrohir said holding out the shirt

"we won't let you leave..." Elladan said handing him the pants.

"till you do."Elrohir finished.

Merlin shot the two a look and quickly changed into his old elvish clothes.

"Are you going to do my hair as well?" Merlin asked scarcasticly.

"Not.." Elladan started

"Quite yet.."Elrohir continued

"We'll get.."

"out of here.."

"first."

Merlin nodded slowly.

"Stop doing that it's creepy." he said before walking past them.

"Ready the horses I need to say goodbye to a few people." He said handing them his things and took off running.

He ran to Arthur's chambers to find Gwen who was sitting on her bed stitching one of her dresses. She looked up and smiled.

"Wow look at you all dressed up... Merlin what's wrong." She asked looking at his worried face.

"I'm leaving, I don't have time to explain I'm sure Arthur will tell you something." he said walking up to the bed and kneeling.

"I wanted to thank you for the kindness you have shown me. I was in great need of it. I will always consider you my first true friend so thank you." He said talking one of her hands.

"Merlin stop you're scaring me." she said.

"you probably won't see me after this, but I hope I'll see you again, should I die." He said standing.

"Merlin wait!" She said but he had already turned and ran from the room. He could hear her pursuit but ignored it. He ran down the stairs, tripping only once, to the training grounds.

He ran onto the field to where Elyan and Leon were training. The two stoned as he came up to the two.

"Wow Merlin new look." Elyan joked.

"I don't have time to explain but I wanted to goodbye before I left, You've been great friends, I've learned a lot from you. If I see you after this and am still alive I would like to duel you if that would be alright, but if not I'll see you in the next life." He said and turned and walked up to Arthur. Arthur stopped his duel but did not lower his sword. Merlin stopped five feet in-front of him and knelt.

"I'm sorry things changed between us. I wanted to thank you for your friendship, it helped ease the pain of my heart. I have always been loyal to you Arthur and that will never change. Till my last breath you shall still be my once and future king. And If you are ever in need of an elven warlock, find me and I shall help you in anyway I can. Gaius holds a letter for you, should you wish to know about my past." He said and stood.

"I'll miss seeing you Arthur." he said and walked up the hill to where his uncles stood waiting with three horses.

"Wait Merlin!" Gwen's voice called. Merlin turned to see Gwen com running towards him.

"Why are you leaving?" She asked as she neared.

"Because I am magic Gwen and right now my homeland needs my help. I-" He said but stopped as Elrohir placed a hand on his shoulder.

"We don't have time, nephew. I see you king already is preparing to chase after us for your head we must leave now." Elrohir whispered in his ear. Merlin nodded and hugged Gwen.

"I'm sorry but I need to leave now." he whispered and let her go to mount his horse.

"Are you ready Emerlin?"Elladan asked

"I am."Merlin answered softly.

With a click of their heels the tree elves took off riding to the west. Merlin's long black hair flew behind him as he rode and looked to his uncles who rode on either side of him.

When they exited the city they were joined by twelve knights of Camelot.

"Damn it."Elrohir hissed.

"Looks like we got a exiting party." Elladan joked.

"We have three hours till nightfall, we won't have enough time to reach the boarder!" Merlin shouted. They pressed harder when a thirteenth rider joined riding closer to the three elves. Merlin looked at the rider and low and behold it was Gwaine.

"Sorry mate but I haven't been to any taverns in middle earth, sounds like fun to me."

"Gwaine it won't be safe for you, we are preparing for war." Merlin said as Gwaine rode up beside him.

"Good always I always liked a good fight." Gwaine said cheerfully.

"We'll talk when we get over thee border." Merlin hissed as he looked up at the sky.

Two hours later the sun disappeared and the sound of a crossbow being fired sounded through the forest.

"VALAR!" Merlin shouted as an arrow imbedded itself in his shoulder.

"Are you alright?" Elladan asked.

"If you ask that again I will seriously strangle you." Merlin hissed. Then the border was in sight. As they crossed it the knights held back and Merlin fell off his horse.

"You are losing too much blood." Elladan said putting pressure around the shaft sticking out of Merlin's shoulder

"thank you Mr. Obvious." Merlin hissed through the pain.

"you won't make it half way there."

"We will have to try." Elladan nodded and lifted Merlin back onto his horse.

Gwaine tied the reigns of Merlin's horse to his and they took off. They rode across several kingdoms before coming to a large river.

"Are we crossing that?" Gwaine asked.

"Yes." Merlin muttered

"Alright... how?"

"We ride across."

"Okkkkay."

slowly they rode into the river Gwaine's horse the only one making a fuss. When they were in the middle of the river, the water was up to the middle of the horse's chest. By the time they made it across Merlin's eyes were closed and was slouched over his horse.

They stopped and Elrohir got off his horse and walked up to Merlin placing a hand on his brow.

His snatched his hand away quickly and looked at his brother worriedly.

"He's burning up." He whispered.

"And we still have quite some time left." Elladan said.

"Then we won't stop till we get to where we need to go." Gwaine said.

They made the 8 day trip in 3 days.

Merlin was unconscious and was sweating heavily. His face was white and his lips had long gone blue. When they crossed the river into Rivendell Merlin tipped sideways and fell off his horse.

"Emerlin!" Elrohir cried and jumped from his horse.

"Get father!" he ordered Elladan as he placed his hands on Merlin's face. Gwaine got off his horse and dropped down next to his friend.

"Come on Mer. Hold on just a little longer then you can sleep. When you wake up you can take me to one of those lousy elvish taverns and we'll share a drink. Alright?" Gwaine said as he took his hand.

The sound of feet running came into the clearing and when Gwaine looked up there were eight elves running towards them. The one leading the charge was a beautiful woman with long beautiful black hair. She dropped down pushing the elf Elrohir out of her way.

She brushed her hands against his face and bent her head to listen to his heart. A male man came up and knelt above his head

"Emerlin, hear my voice, come back to the light." the elvish man said. Merlin took a huge gulp of breath but still looked unwell.

"We must get him inside for healing." the man said and the other elves picked Merlin up and carried him off. The girl turned to the elvish man and buried her face in the folds of his robe.

The elvish man patted her back and tried to sooth her as Gwaine stood.

"Where are they taking him?" He asked looking at the two.

"they are bringing him to the palace for healing. Who are you?" the woman asked.

"I'm a friend of Merlin's" Gwaine said.

"Merlin? Ah yes Emerlin, strange nickname is it not?" She said.

"If you don't mind, who are you?" Gwaine asked looking at the two elves. The woman smiled.

"I'm Arwen, Emerlin's mother." She said. Gwaine's eyes widened.

"Uh.. you.. uh... you look great for being … his mother." Gwaine stuttered. She smiled slightly and turned and followed where the others went.

Gwaine followed unsulrly walking up a hill to a pathway. He saw Merlin's 'mother' turn a corner into a large house and he followed quickening his pace. She turned into a room and he followed but stopped outside the door watching from a distance. The room was full.

The twins that he had grown somewhat friendly with were sitting up on the window seat backs against the wall facing each other with closed eyes. Their legs were touching slightly and seeped to be having some sort of unseen conversation.

Merlin's 'mother was standing at the foot of the bed Merlin was placed on. Her one hand was covering her mouth and her other was wrapped around her waist. Her black hair was still against her pale skin. And when Gwaine thought about it Merlin did look a lot like her. Her dress was dark blue with Camelot red sleeves.

Next to Merlin's head was the elf that talked to him bring him back from the edge. His hair was also dark but it was straight as an arrow. Two strands of hair hung in front of his ears but was tied in some kind on knot. His hair line was high and he had a HUGE widow's peak. He wore a tan robe that looked like silk and had tan embroidery. He looked up at Gwaine just as was looking at him and pierced him with steel gray eyes. Gwaine looked away quickly eyes glancing over 4 blonde elves that were tending to Merlin's wounds.

Then Gwaine spotted one put of place figure that stood near the twin elves but was darker. His dark brown hair was down to his shoulder the hair that would be in his face was pulled back with a tie. He was taller than the other elves and wore a dark vest over a dark blue silk shirt. He wore black pants and high black boots that were spotted in mud. His back was to Gwaine as he leaned against his arm that was propped against the wall no skin was visible to Gwaine's eye.

There was a strangled cry that rose from the bed and the dark man jumped and Gwaine got a look at his face. His face was rugged. A beard covered his tanned skin. His eyes looked at the bed with a wounded stare. It was then Gwaine noticed one major difference between the other elves and this one. This one did not have pointed ears. He looked older than most of the elves in the room.

The twins moved at the same time, both putting a hand on a shoulder of the mortal man and led him to the window seat and forced him to sit. When he sat he buried his face in his hands and totally shrunk into the seat. The straight haired elven man said something and all 4 blonde elves turned and walked out and he and Merlin's 'mother' took a seat.

"Is he going to be alright?" Gwaine asked quietly but all eyes in the room turned to him.

"He should live, but it will take time to heal his arm, he won't hold his bow for some time."Elrohir spoke up. Gwaine bit his lip and nodded. He slowly started to turn to leave when a rough voice spoke up.

"You can come and sit down boy."

Gwaine turned and saw the mysterious man looking right at him. His eyes were dark blue but teary. Gwaine nodded once and walked and sat down next to Merlin.

The room was silent like everyone was quietly praying. Then Gwaine broke the silence.

"You do know Merlin that your are supposed to dodge arrows not let them hit you?" Gwaine said.

"Oh shu' up 'waine." Merlin mumbled back.

AN) WOW! I finished it again! I hope you guys enjoyed it. Please follow, favorite, and most importantly review. I love involved readers.

sorry for the cliffy but I had to.

special thanks to Maverick 14th for giving me an awesome and great constructive criticism.