A/N: Hello everyone, so here is the next chapter. The last chapter had kind of a cliffhanger so what will happen next? So as I told you guys I just started with my new study and it's really tiring, but I hope it will be a lot of fun, so the chapters will take more time to be written and you just have to be patient. Enjoy this new chapter.
Disclaimer: Sadly I have to tell all of you that I don't own Merlin.
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Merlin stared in those cold hard eyes, he felt those uncomfortable lips on his own, it just felt so disgusting, he wanted to scream, yell, but was just to shocked to react.
He saw how Mordred's eyes widened, they panicked as if he saw the world come to an end in Merlin's eyes, the druid pushed himself away and sank to the floor and stayed there, his whole body shook in what could be both anger and fear.
Merlin's hand reached to his lips, he was still able to feel the other man on him. He then turned his head to face Arthur, the blond stared at him, Arthur's eyes were filled with anger and shock.
Mordred let out a soft scream of pain and Merlin turned back to him. The eyes he met looked like they just had seen a ghost, it probably was not far from the truth. 'You... it can't be... what.' Mordred immediately stood up, his eyes filled with fear. 'You're Emrys.' He heard Mordred speak to his mind, voice filled with pure panic.
The raven gulped, how he wished the druid would have never found out. Mordred gave him one last terrified glare before running of.
Merlin looked at the druid until he disappeared and then looked at Arthur. The blond stared shocked at him, before reaching for the raven. 'Merlin... are you alright?' Merlin blinked for a moment and then nodded. Arthur immediately ran to him and embraced the raven. 'I'm so sorry!'
'What?'
Arthur then immediately released him, looking shocked up as if he had made a terrible mistake. 'I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that!'
Merlin gave the blond a small smile. 'Thank you for being concerned.'
The blond looked stunned at him. 'It was... it was my fault, I and Mordred are rivals and he always tries to upset me... so, so he wanted to use you to get to me.' The last Arthur said whispering and he looked away.
Merlin let out a sigh, he wanted to look Arthur in the eyes, he wanted to see what the other thought. 'So why would he use me?' Hope spread through his head, he wanted Arthur to love him again, like he had done so many years ago.
He saw Arthur's cheeks turn red, it was just so adorable, Arthur wanted to walked away, but Merlin immediately grabbed his shoulders. 'It's nothing I-.'
'Just say it.' Merlin said with a strong but gentle voice.
Arthur finally looked at him. 'Merlin, It... it's because I love you.' Merlin stared in those scared eyes, the blond looked afraid, afraid that he was going to be rejected.
The raven gave him a smile and confusion spread over Arthur's face, Merlin leaned forward pressing his lips on Arthur's. It took the blond awhile, but eventually he kissed back, Arhur's hands reached to Merlin's hair, his own placed on the blond's muscular chest. It felt incredible, those soft lips under his own, the feeling of Arthur's body against his.
After long minutes they finally withdraw, both men panting, while looking with pure lust at each other. 'Do you understand my answer?' Merlin whispered.
Arthur grinned, he looked so relieved. 'I couldn't have hoped for a better one... I was... I was afraid you would reject me.'
A warm smile spread over his face. 'I fell for you the first time we met.' He again leaned forward giving the blond a quick kiss on the cheek.
Then Merlin turned his head to the side after hearing giggling and he stared at three very familiar faces, the raven rolled with his eyes. He heard Arthur growl next to him, when he noticed the three girls.
Gwen let out another giggle while holding hands with Aithusa and Morgana wore a big smile. 'Little brother, didn't I tell you?'
'Morgana!' He heard Arthur yell at her and Merlin sighed, he gave the blond another quick kiss on the lips making the girls squall in excitement.
'They're just happy for us, so calm down.'
'I know, but...' Arthur's face turned red and the girls giggled again.
The raven grinned. 'Lets just enjoy the party.'
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Arthur stared out of the car's window, his mind by a certain person, a smile spread over his face. He heard Elyan next to him speak to the two girls in the front, he then heard Gwen call him and he looked at her. She stared at him and he figured that it wasn't the first time she had called for him. 'What's it?'
A big smile grew on her face. 'Awhh, thinking of your boyfriend.' He heard Morgana giggle. 'Don't worry, we're glad that you two are together. So what is your next step in your relation?'
'Ehmm, I'm not sure. I never thought I would come this far, but I guess that I will just see what is going to happen.'
Elyan laughed. 'It was quite a surprise for us to hear you had a boyfriend and I have to say that he's indeed quite cute.' He went silent for a moment before speaking again. 'It feels as if I knew him from a long time ago, I have a feeling that I want to care and protect him.' Elyan blinked when he saw Arthur and Gwen look confused at him, while Morgana glared at him in the rear view mirror and he tried to laugh it off. 'I'm sorry, it's nothing... so what are you going to do when you see Mordred again?'
Arthur sighed, he would definitely see Mordred again tonight. Adrian, their leader, called them together to, again make an important announcement, so everyone would be there, that meant Mordred. 'I'm not sure, I'm really angry at what he has done and I'm not sure if I can hold myself when I see him.'
'You shouldn't do anything, it will give only problems.' Elyan said, Arthur knew that his friend's words were wise, but still he wasn't sure he would be able to do so.
Gwen stared angry at her brother. 'He has every right to be angry at Mordred. Mordred should never have done that, it was evil to do so!'
Arthur smiled, he knew how much Gwen wanted to see him happy, she was a great friend. He leaned forward and placed a hand on her shoulders. 'It's okay Gwen, I... I just have to find a way to control my anger. He's the one that was wrong, he was the weaker one.'
She pouted but didn't say more. They were almost there and it didn't take long before they reached the clearing. Ygraine was not able to make it, she was still in London with Uther, so Morgana and Arthur had to explain everything to her when she got back.
The four of them decided to first go to the tree of dreams, Morgana was almost obsessed with it, she didn't even know why herself. They reached the tree and Arthur frowned, he wasn't really sure about it, but the tree seemed to shine, it looked more healthy then it had looked in all those years he had seen it before.
He heard Morgana whisper next to him. 'What happened to it?'
He looked to her, so she thought the same, when looking at the other two he saw that they thought the same. He looked around, seeing how some of the other druids stared at the tree, while others didn't seem to get what was happening, but then he felt anger rise up in him, Mordred stood not far from him, just looking at the magical tree.
Arthur grabbed Morgana's arms, not sure if he wanted her to stop him or not. She looked at him and then at who he was looking at, her eyes widened and she grabbed his hand. 'Don't do it.' She hissed at him, causing both Gwen and Elyan to look at what they were doing.
He nodded and tried to calm himself, it had worked if it wasn't for Mordred who turned around and glared dark at him. He walked forward, Mordred did the same and they stood in front of each other.
Arthur clenched his fists in anger, Mordred laughed. 'So did you enjoy the party?'
He growled and Morgana grabbed his hand, he looked back and saw her eyes tell him to not do it. 'Mordred, leave us alone. I'm not responsible for what I will do if you ever do something to him again.' His voice was dark and filled with anger.
An evil grin spread over Mordred's face. 'But he's really cute... and I'm not scared of you, little prince.' The last he almost spitted out.
Arthur roared and punched Mordred in the face, the boy fell, his eyes stared dark at Arthur, but a grin was spread over the Mordred's face. Arthur felt Elyan drag him back and Gwen's protecting arms embraced him, while Morgana stood in front of him, looking angry at the druid on the ground. 'Leave us!' The blond looked stunned at his sister, he had never seen her this angry before. Mordred probably thought the same, he slowly stood up, giving them an evil glare and turned around, walking away.
When he had disappeared they finally let go of him and he let out a sigh. 'Thank you guys.'
They nodded and Elyan patted him on the shoulder. 'We should stay away from him for awhile.'
Arthur heard Adrian call for them and they turned back. They soon reached the place were they were supposed to gather and everyone was really exited. The four of them made their way to the front and Adrian climbed on the small platform.
Adrian smiled, his old eyes were filled with excitement. 'My dear people, I have asked you all to come here to thank you for the work you have put in the arrival of Emrys... Together with the other elders I have looked into the prophecy and we think we know who our leader... who Emrys is.'
Many gasps came from the crowd and Arthur's eyes grew wide. He almost forgot the fight he had with Mordred and smiled. He finally was able to be with the one he loved and they probably knew who Emrys was.
Adrian smiled, seeing the happy faces of his people and lifted his arms into the air to silence them. 'Yes my friends.' He climbed from the platform and walked through the crowd, before pulling someone with him to the stage. Arthur's eyes widened seeing that dark haired man walking to the front, next to him he heard Morgana gasp.
'I want to introduce everyone to Mordred.' Arthur closed his eyes and frowned. 'As you all know he's one of or best students and as I assume Emrys... I still have to say that we're not completely sure about this fact, but we have high hopes.' Not that the people listened to that maybe part, they cheered, they celebrated for the arrival of their long lost Emrys.
Again Adrian lifted his arms. 'But people don't forget, we still have to find our once and future king, so I ask all of you, don't stop searching for his reincarnation, Emrys is nothing without him... Go back to your houses and don't forget to keep looking.' The people spread.
Arthur stared at his sister, he knew that she thought the same as he. 'He can't be Emrys.' She whispered to him and he nodded.
Gwen sighed. 'Even so, I don't think that the others will listen to what we have to say.'
'Then we just have to find Emrys ourselves.' Arthur said, in his mind he was still really angry at the druid.
The other frowned and Elyan shook his head. 'And how do you want to do that?'
The blond grinned. 'Morgana.' The girl gasped, before glaring at her brother. Elyan and Gwen looked confused at each other.
'What do you mean?'
Morgana sighed and looked around to see if nobody was listening to them. 'I think I see visions of the past.'
Gwen and Elyan's eyes widened, both stared at their friend. Gwen gulped before saying. 'Why don't you tell the elders about it then?'
The raven looked away. 'I don't want to...' Was the only thing she said.
Gwen looked around and frowned, before dragging the others away. 'Lets find a better place to talk.' They sat down under the tree of dreams and both Gwen and Elyan stared intense at the raven. 'Tell us.'
Morgana sighed. 'Fine... I... the first time was at school, I think that I saw Emrys in his older years standing over me...'
Gwen gasped. 'You think that you're a reincarnation of someone from Camelot?'
The raven looked down. 'Yeah... but I don't think that I was a good person... I was evil, so that's why I don't want to elders to know it.'
Brother and sister looked at Arthur and he nodded. 'But you don't have to be that person now, we all care for you.' He gave his sister a hug.
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Aithusa looked at how her brother cooked, she smiled, he looked so happy and he almost danced through the kitchen. 'I'm glad it worked out like this.' She just said and he stopped and looked at her. 'I'm talking about you and Arthur, I'm just so glad you're together.'
Merlin smiled at her. 'I'm just relieved that he feels the same.'
'So when are you going to tell him?'
He frowned. 'Tell him what?'
'That he's king Arthur.' Aithusa told him and she rolled her eyes.
Merlin shook his head and he got a sad expression. 'He's not ready for it yet, I really want to tell him, but he should remember on his own.' He gave the girl a sad smile. 'But I fear I have to explain everything to Morgana soon.'
Aithusa nodded, she understood why he was scared of talking with Morgana. She knew how the witch once was, both of them hoped that she would make other choices in this life, better ones, things could be totally different this time.
Merlin stirred in the pan and looked at her. 'Show me your symbol.' He suddenly asked and she looked stunned at him. Then she smiled and pulled her shirt over her head, she didn't mind doing that in front of him, he had seen more of her and she just didn't care, he was the one that made her how she was.
She looked at her side, just above her right hip there was a blue mark, she never understood what it was, only he knew the language he had written on her body. He touched it, she felt a stream of power rush trough her body, it felt pure and she smiled. The mark turned white, even paler then her own skin and Merlin clicked with his tongue. 'I have to redo some of the spell, but besides that it's holding up perfect.'
She gave him a warm grin. 'At least this one is holding better then the last one, I don't feel like I want to change back.'
He nodded absentmindedly. 'Mmmm...' The raven closed his eyes to concentrate and whispered a few words, causing the mark to glow again, she felt it change. He then opened his eyes again and smiled. 'This should work.'
She smiled and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. 'I love you.' Before she ran out of the room.
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A/N: Not much Merthur in this chapter, but I promise more will come. I'm not happy about Adrian's speech, but I guess it will do. I would love to hear what you guys think of the story.
