Magic pt.2
When the king and I
Go walking together
Side by side
In a heavenly place
Unaware of time
In the land of forever
There in his kingdom of grace
Nobody
Just the king and I
The King and I by: 4Him
Hello, hope you are having a good day.
Gaius came over and found that Hunith was right. Balinor came over and managed to wake Merlin up. Merlin was weak.
"How do you feel, Merlin?" Balinor asked softly.
"Not good. Can I have some water?" Merlin weakly rasped.
"Sure."
Balinor went and got some water. He came back and helped Merlin drink the water. When Merlin finished Balinor stood up.
"Tomorrow morning we can watch the rest. Right now let's get some sleep." Balinor explained. Balinor used magic and bedrolls and blankets appeared as well as some food. They all ate. Merlin could barely eat. Gwaine went over to Merlin and sat next to him.
"You have one cool father. When we get back to Camelot I'm taking you to the tavern." Gwaine sighed.
"No, you are not." Balinor answered sternly. Gwaine sighed sadly and left. That night as they slept Merlin had a nightmare. Merlin was sleeping close to his parents and they woke up when he started whimpering very loudly. Balinor got to Merlin first and put Merlin on his lap and started to calm him down. Merlin started thrashing and couldn't hear his father. Hunith came over with and damp cloth and put it on Merlin's forehead. Then Gaius came over. He checked Merlin's pulse. Then he put a hand on Merlin's forehead.
"His fever is very high. You need to use magic to wake him up." Gaius sighed. Balinor nodded and did. Merlin woke up and then passed out. The next morning Merlin woke up feeling better. They watched Merlin's first days in Camelot. They watched as Merlin went to Camelot and why. They saw what happened when Merlin got to Camelot. When they got to the part where Merlin was in his room Hunith hugged Merlin.
"Merlin, sit up. Take your shirt off." Gaius sighed. Merlin did. Gaius treated Merlin's wounds slowly.
"You don't why I was born like this?" Merlin asked.
"No."
"I'm not a monster, am I?"
Arthur, Gwen, and the knights gasped.
"Merlin, mate, you are no monster." Gwaine said.
"I know that now but then I wasn't sure." Merlin replied.
"Don't ever think that." Gaius sternly ordered.
"Then why am I like this? Please, I need to know why." Merlin begged.
"Maybe there's someone with more knowledge than me."
"If you can't tell, no one can."
Gaius sighed.
When they got to the part where Merlin managed to get the guards to leave, they all laughed.
"Now, I know why the guards say strange things." Arthur laughed. He smiled at merlin and Merlin smiled back.
"Hello, where are you?" Merlin greeted. Then a dragon came.
"I'm here. How small you are for such a great destiny." Killgarrah said rudely.
"Why? What do you mean?"
"Your gifts Merlin were given to you for a reason."
"SO there is a reason."
"Arthur is the once and future king who reunited the land of Albion but he faces many threats from friends and foe alike."
"Cryptic dragon. Father, can I punch Killgarrah or something?" Merlin scoffed.
"No." Balinor answered.
"Right but what does this have to do with me?"
"Everything. Without you Arthur will never succeed. Without you there will be no Albion."
"No. No, you've got this wrong."
"There is no right or wrong, only what is, and what isn't."
"But I'm serious! If anyone wants to go kill him, they can go ahead. In fact, I'll give them a hand."
Hunith slapped Merlin and Arthur looked at Merlin.
"What? You were a prat. You were so stupid." Merlin explained.
"None of us can choose our destiny, Merlin. And none of us can escape it."
"No. No way. No, no. There must be another Arthur because this one's an idiot."
"Perhaps it's your destiny to change that."
"That didn't change." Merlin chuckled.
"I'm not a prat." Arthur said.
"Yes you are." Merlin, Gwaine, and Gaius chanted. They watched Merlin's first days. When they got to when Merlin was poisoned Hunith gasped and looked at Merlin. Merlin watched what happened. When Merlin saw that he chanted in front of Gwen he looked at Gwen who was shocked.
"I didn't know I did that. Gaius says that I still do it in my sleep." Merlin said quietly. Gaius nodded. As they watched Merlin suffer and Arthur find the antidote Hunith hugged Merlin closer. When it was all over Balinor looked at Hunith and Merlin and smiled.
"Mother, you're squeezing me." Merlin breathlessly reminded.
"Don't do that again." Hunith sternly commanded as she let go of Merlin a bit. They watched what happened. Merlin cried as he watched Will die again. Hunith comforted Merlin. When they saw what happened to Freya, Merlin cried a lot. Then he started coughing.
TBC