Yo guys! thanks for all the positivity! And the feedback! Merci! Merci!
So here's a different chapter. Merlin is 13, and this is not cute. I always thought that Merlin was bullied in Ealdor. So here is my example of that. A bit of Will and Merlin bromance. Will is in this. So is Merlin and Danny...and Gregour...
Me no like Danny and Gregour. Meano casinos (My sis made that phrase up)
so read on and review! :)
"Freak!"
"I'm not a freak!"
"What are you then? What are you then, freak?"
Danny laughed and pushed him again. Will struggled to escape Shaun's grip as Merlin was thrown onto the floor. His baggy blue shirt fell slightly down his shoulder. The inky haired teenager shivered in the cold and pulled the fabric around his skin. The red neckerchief usually found around his neck was in Danny's hand. Merlin looked up with defiant blue eyes.
"Give that back!"
"Or what? What are you going to do, freak? Are you going to, oh I don't know, suffocate us in those rags that your wearing?" Danny laughed, turning on the spot to face his comrades. They all sniggered. Will struggled again.
"Leave 'im alone, will you? Leave 'im alone!" he cried. Merlin looked up. He shook his head warningly. Will stared back arrogantly.
"Shut up, you little runt! Shut it, you hear me?" Daniel stormed up to Will and smacked him around the face. Merlin scrambled to his feet.
"What fight have you with us, Danny? We were friends once," Merlin said quietly. Danny turned to him.
He rushed over to Merlin, and pushed him to the ground. He raised his fist and let it collide with Merlin's face in a speed close to one of a rock being thrown. He pummeled it down again and again, arousing a groan from the thirteen year old boy each time.
"I. Would. Never. Be. Friends. With. A. Bastard," he snarled inbetween blows. When he stood again, Merlin spat some blood into his face. Danny slapped him.
"Manners, Merlin..." he sniggered. The other thugs laughed. Merlin frowned.
They taunted him. They pulled him up and pushed him down. Daniel waved the neckerchief in front of his face.
"You want this, freak?" he leered. Merlin reached for it, blood running down his chin.
"Give...give it...give it..." he gasped. Danny grinned sickeningly. He tossed it into the mud, and stood on it.
"You're so weak...the freak was weak, poor weak freak!"
Merlin growled at him as Daniel's foot twisted on the red cloth. His eyes flashed gold, and Danny's eyes widened as he was flung backwards, and stayed still, along with the others.
Merlin gasped and put a hand over his mouth. His now blue eyes filled with tears. "Oh gods, oh gods...I'm sorry, I'm sorry...I promised I wouldn't, I'm sorry, oh gods..."
Will stumbled to him. "It's alright, mate...it's alright...c'mon, you're hurt...let's go..."
He supported Merlin up, and grabbed the neckerchief from the puddle of mud, and embraced the sobbing Merlin in a brotherly hug.
As the rain started to fall, Will and Merlin limped back to Ealdor, where people stared at them. Some sniggered at Merlin, while others - who knew him as the loving, kind, innocent boy - watched them with concern and pity.
Gregour, Daniel's father, snarled at them loudly, "Where the hell is my son?"
Both Merlin and Will ignored him. Milly sprinted out of her house and ran to her son.
"Oh, my poor William...Merlin, look at you! Hunith!"
Hunith ran to Merlin and embraced him. "Merlin, oh Merlin, why do you let them get to you?!" she half shouted, half sobbed. Merlin mumbled something about not wanting to cause trouble.
"Mother...I...I lost control...I'm sorry, I couldn't help it..." he whispered, and burst into tears.
"Sometimes, your gift can be used for good, and you will learn to control it," Hunith whispered back. Merlin sobbed into her shoulder.
"I'm a freak..."
"You are not a freak!" Hunith cried exasperatedly.
"I am...I am...I'm weak..."
"You are not weak, Merlin. You are a brave young man, and noble and loyal and kind. You could befriend a king."
Merlin laughed weakly. "A king? A king would throw me in the stocks at first sight."
"Oh, Merlin. Where's my witty, confident, cheeky son gone? Was it Daniel?"
Merlin said nothing. Hunith stroked his face, thanked Will, and took the young warlock into the warmth of home.
"Mother..."
"Merlin?"
"Why does Danny hate me now?"
"Because you are very smart and he is stupid, you have many talents and he has none, and you are special. He is not."
Merlin sighed, but looked into his mother's eyes. He smiled. "Thank you, mother."
Hunith kissed him on the forehead. He would go far.
"Thank you for being a wonderful son."
Aw, there we have it! Review!
live long and prosper, amigos.
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btoa xxxxxx
