BANG!
'Gwaine! You prick, you just dropped my bloody laptop'. A voice from outside shouted.
'What the hell is going on outside?' Elyan asked.
'Let's find out'. Gwen suggested.
As they opened the door they saw the flat next door open and a load of boxes outside it.
'Sorry Lance'. A voice shouted from inside the flat.
'You better be. Just go and get another box. Preferably one that isn't marked Fragile/ Not for Gwaine to pick up'.
'Very funny Lance, your fucking hilarious'.
Gwaine walked out of their new flat to pick up a box labelled fragile just to spite Lancelot, when he came across 2 familiar faces.
But how can they be familiar if I have never seen them before in my life? Gwaine thought.
'Gwaine?' the man asked.
'How do you know my name?'
'It's me Elyan' the man answered.
'I don't know anyone of that name'.
'GWAINE! What's keeping you?' a pissed of sounding man called from inside the flat.
'Lance come here a sec'.
'Fucks sake Gwaine'.
Lancelot walked out of their flat to find Gwaine talking to what appeared to be their new neighbours.
'Hi I'm Lancelot' he politely said and reached out his hand for the neighbours to shake.
'Elyan' the man said.
'Guinevere but call me Gwen' the woman said.
'This is Gwaine, he usually can't keep his mouth shut'.
'Hey!' the man named Gwaine protested.
'If you don't mind me asking don't you remember us?' Gwen asked.
'Always nervous around me eh Gwen' Lancelot said before grimacing with pain. 'Ah what the hell was that?' he cried out.
'Elyan take him to Merlin' Gwen ordered her brother who quickly took hold of Lancelot and took him into Gwen's flat.
Gwaine followed and said to Gwen 'do I know you?'
'You will do soon enough'.
'What does that mean?' Gwaine asked before following Gwen into the flat.
Inside the flat it was dark and the curtains were all drawn.
In what Gwaine assumed was the living room was a black haired man and sitting next to him was Lancelot.
'Lancelot? What the hell is going on?'
'Gwaine, my dear friend come take a seat' the man sitting next Lancelot said.
Gwaine felt his legs obeying the man before he'd had time to process what the man had said.
He sat down on the other side of the man and the man grabbed his hand. Suddenly a wave of images passed over his head. Images of long ago.
A castle.
Knights.
Magic.
Women.
Kings.
Queens.
Swords.
Taverns.
More taverns.
Fights.
Fights in taverns.
His head started to hurt as he remembered who he had been. He had been Sir Gwaine. A knight of Camelot and a friend to King Arthur and the his knights of the round table but most importantly Merlin. The man sitting next to him. Merlin. The two were connected.
'Merlin' he said as his hand was released. He grabbed his friend in a hug and said 'it's been a long time'. He looked up to see that Merlin hadn't hugged back. 'Merlin?' he cautiously said.
'It's fine Gwaine, he usually gets exhausted after giving people their memories back. You two are the third and fourth people to have it done to you'. Elyan explained.
Gwaine nodded and hugged Elyan and then Gwen who had just finished kissing Lancelot.
'How could we not know you or remember you' Lancelot said.
'It's because you were re-born and Gwaine is usually drunk' a voice from the floor said.
'Merlin?' Lancelot said.
'The one and only', the voice replied.
'You right about Gwaine being drunk though, he still likes ale' Lancelot said as he helped his friend up.
'Hey!' Gwaine protested.
'You know it's true' Merlin retorted with a big goofy grin.
Gwaine smiled back 'yep'.
About three hours later they were in the local pub and everyone knew about each other's lives. It was just like they used to before in old Camelot. They all said that they preferred old Camelot to the new one where they lived. They had told each other where they studied and worked, Lancelot and Gwaine worked together for a man named Percival who they said was the incarnation of their old friend Percival. They said that they would bring him around the next chance they got. They also said that they were going to kill Arthur the next time they saw him for what he had put Merlin through, even though Merlin had defended him and said 'he didn't know me' and 'he did one time'. To which Gwaine and Gwen replied 'yeah after you got hit by Uther!'
As the day progressed Lancelot and Gwen explored the old feelings they had for each other to find that they were still their waiting to be rekindled. Before they knew it, it was the end of the day and most of them were drunk. As the nightlife started coming alive Gwaine found a woman and had just said he would meet her at another bar whilst he said goodbye to his friends, Merlin said he was going back to his and Elyan went home to his girlfriend; Elena and Gwen stayed over at Lancelot and Gwaine's.
As they left they bumped into a man (well I say they more like Merlin).
'Hey watch it you idiot' the man barked before pushing Merlin into his friends.
They looked to see the man who had pushed Merlin.
It was Arthur.
Arthur Pendragon.
The man they said they would all kill if they saw him again.
But they just remained stock still.
Like a rabbit in the headlights.
'Well aren't you weirdo's going to move?' Arthur asked.
It was Gwaine who threw the first punch and the second and the third until someone pulled him off Arthur.
'Gwaine you prick! Stop it! I won't have you hurt him. Like it or not I protect him and I won't have you or either of you hurt him!' Merlin said and helped the man up.
Arthur flinched as Merlin held out his hand.
'Get away from me!' he said whilst thinking who the hell are these people. They do look familiar though? Why haven't anybody came over to us?
'Look you prat just accept the hand' the man named Merlin said.
Grudgingly Arthur accepted the hand but grimaced with pain as he stood up.
'Right you lot bugger off I'll look after him' Merlin said shooing everyone away.
Reluctant to leave Merlin with Arthur they obliged calling goodbye and that they would see him tomorrow.
After they had left Arthur said 'why do I feel like I know you?'
'It will come don't worry' Merlin replied.
'What does that mean?' Arthur asked.
'Look, are you going to shut up. I need to assess the damage Gwaine did to you'.
'Why did he?'
'Complicated and a long story'.
'We've got all night' Arthur smiled at Merlin.
Merlin could feel his magic bubbling and he tried to repress it but found he couldn't instead it hit Arthur with all the story and emotions he had been building up since he saw him earlier.
'Gah! My head. What's wrong with me?' Arthur gasped.
Merlin knew he had been given too much information to handle at once.
'Come on, come home with me and it will be ok'. Merlin said to Arthur.
Arthur agreed, surprisingly and let himself be dragged to Merlin's apartment.
'Merlin, help me please my head hurts, I keep seeing these images of a castle and knights. Please help' Arthur whimpered as Merlin laid him down on his bed, sensing that he would feel better on a soft bed rather than an old battered sofa.
'I'm here Arthur. I'll always be here. I'll always protect you'.
'Merlin' Arthur whimpered whilst clutching his head.
'Shush' Merlin soothed and massaged Arthur's temples 'shush'.
'You know you're the first person not to make me feel tired after having your memories back' Merlin said before Arthur moaned again.
'Help me' he cried out.
'I'm here Arthur. It'll all be better soon. Just hold onto me'.
Arthur grabbed at Merlin's arm and soon fell into a deep sleep. Satisfied that Arthur was asleep Merlin let the tears role down his cheeks. He had his Arthur back.
His Prince.
His love.
He'd finally come back.
As he felt the waves of sleep come over him Merlin closed his eyes and smiled. Everything was going to be fine. Before he fell asleep he heard Arthur let out a whimper which Merlin used his magic to make better.
The end. Sorry it's only a two shot thing but I could only see it going this far. Bet you thought that the Bang. Would be an explosion and the whimper would be Merlin and Arthur in bed. Please tell me what you think and check out my other stories and review them. It makes my ideas go faster. I have school tomorrow so updates for the rest of my stories will be slower.