Sorry for the delay! With all the work I've had to do, NaNoWriMo, and writing an application for a writing program I haven't had time to work on this fanfic. More chapters are to come this weekend!
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Back at the Manor, Paige was sitting on the couch next to Piper. Jethro sat across from her, and Leo was probably in the attic. The three of them had sat in near silence ever since Jethro had explained…some things to them.
"I'm a warlock. From nearly two thousand years ago. I was King Arthur's manservant, Merlin Ambrosius, and protected the land of Albion, later to become Britain. It was a different time. I had a mother, a mentor, shortly what you would call a girlfriend, friends. It was taken away by Arthur's sister Morgana. She spent ten years trying to overthrow Arthur and take Camelot for herself…I ended up killing her to protect Arthur and the knights, but it was in vain. The age of Camelot past and I've always been here…it took a lot of magic to return me to how I was in my youth."
Paige was the first to speak. "So your name isn't really Jethro? It's Merlin? Like the old wizard from the tales of King Arthur and the Round Table?"
"Actually that bit of the legend is wrong. I was never a hobbling old man until after Camelot had had a couple generations pass by. While Arthur was alive, I was a young boy and then young man."
It was difficult to wrap her head around this. Jeth- Merlin was the man she loved now â€" she knew that â€" but she wasn't sure how they would work. The fact that he had been alive for most of recorded history was scary.
At the same time, she was perfectly okay with it. At least there weren't any more lies.
Right before Merlin had explained himself, Piper had told Merlin about the Charmed Ones and all the important stuff about them.
"We're from the line of Melinda Warren, a witch from a long time ago. She predicted her descendants would be more and more powerful, eventually resulting in the most powerful witches to ever live - the Charmed Ones. There's only supposed to be four of us, but Paige was also born, so the power of the Charmed Ones is in four people instead of three. Somehow it made us more powerful."
Merlin had listened attentively, finding it fascinating.
Paige got up, going over and planting a kiss on Merlin's cheek. Piper smirked and crossed her arms. "I'll leave you two alone for a bit." She informed them before leaving the room to go find her husband.
"I hope this doesn't change anything between us." Merlin said tentatively.
Paige shook her head. "Of course it won't. I still love you." Her cheeks turned a bit pink as she sat next to him on the couch.
Merlin smiled back. "I love you too." His torso twisted slightly in his seat, his left hand cupping her cheek and pulling her into a tender, loving kiss.