Day Three
Time: medieval
Character(s): Merlin, Morgana, Uther
Pairing: /
Merlin couldn't exactly remember anymore how he had been dragged into this one. It had something to do with Arthur wanting to tease him and Morgana doing something resembling puppy-eyes, he was sure. So now the warlock was buried under tons of boxes and had Morgana giving him orders in a way too cheerful tone.
Merlin fought his way out of the pile of red and gold ribbons, candles, mistletoes and other leafs. "Um, Milady…"
"Stop complaining Merlin, we still have more than three fourths of the castle to decorate."
He sighed.
It's not that Merlin didn't like Christmas, don't get him wrong! And decorating Gaius chambers had been much fun… but having to 'help' Morgana with decorating the whole castle (which basically meant her giving orders from a safe distance and Merlin having to do all the hard work and carrying stuff around) was just a tiny bit too much for one servant.
If Morgana could just be gone for a minute or two, then he could help himself with magic, but like this… there was really no hope for him.
Couldn't someone just come and save him?
Cue the king, Uther Pendragon.
Okay, that was not exactly how Merlin had wanted this to go. Because Uther didn't really seem amused. Nope, not at all.
"What do you think you are doing?" His voice rang loud and clear through the hallways of the castle. Morgana didn't flinch or back down one bit.
"Merlin, get back to work", she ordered. He had stopped when he heard the king's angry voice, but now had to get back on the ladder to put the mistletoe up above the door.
He didn't understand much of their following conversation since they spoke rather quietly and he was up pretty high. But it was apparent that Morgana tried to charm the king. It didn't work though, much to the lady's dismay.
Okay, so Merlin really didn't want to support slavery, but he just couldn't let Uther destroy Morgana's Christmas spirit. She tried her best to mask it, but Merlin had seen through it and felt pleasant warmth spread through him when he noticed her excitement. That and he didn't want to take down all the Christmas decoration that he had already placed up till now.
So he might've used one little spell on Uther to change his mind. It's not as if it would really harm anyone…
Morgana seemed a bit surprised though, as Uther suddenly smiled at her and told her to go on with her work. She didn't dare ask about his change of mind.
Merlin almost fell off his ladder when he heard the king loudly singing 'Jingle Bells'.
