Wait! Merlin yelled as they hit the ground in a grassy field. Phoebe giggled. "To slow merry bear! "Phoebe said hopping up and bobbing merlins nose.
"Hey what did you just do?" Arthur asked struggling to get up.
Phoebe giggled once again. "I brought us to the past artie! Do you not listen to a word i say? "She asked going into a slight pout.
"I am the king of camelot i do not need to listen to a blonde magical bimbo!"
"Oi watch it ya hypocrite!"
"Would you stop changing the subject i am the king of camelot and i demand that you tell me what you have done right now!" Arthur screamed at her.
She spun around away from arthur and silently sobbed into her hands.
"Great job princess you made the girl cry." Gwaine said while helping leon up off the ground.
"She's a sorceress!" He exclaimed eyes widened.
"She freed us from Morganna!" Gwaine argued .
"Wait i thought she was working for morganna." Lancelot said puzzled.
"No she said the triple goddess" elyon countered.
"No she didn't! "
"Yes she really did!"
While the knights argued amongst themselves about the mysterious girl in gold, merlin crept away from the group and over to the tearful girl. He cleared his throat not very sure of how to comfort the strange girl who randomly popped out of no where and postponed his likely session of torture and insults.
"Arthur gets a bit jumpy whenever magic happens" merlin decided on saying.
The girls shoulders stopped shaking slightly. "You know it's not his fault that he is so prejudice about all things magic. It was just the way he was brought up." He continued as if he had not gotten any semblance of a reaction.
"Well he doesn't have to be rude about it..." She said rubbing her eyes.
"I know but he is a prat so i think that evens it out a smidge hmm?"
"Yeah i suppose it does..." She said smiling at him.
"Oi Goldie can you help us settle somethin?"elyon asked having enough of the back and forth.
She smiled cheerily. "It would be an honor sir elyan!" She said back to her usual peppy attitude.
"Are you working for morganna or for the triple goddess?" Gwaine asked rubbing his hands together. A bet had been made and now that he's sober he's sure he picked the right one.
"Both!"She said her blue eyes shining.
"What?"they chorused dumbfounded.
" i work for both morganna and the triple goddess" she explained to them slowly as if they were small children by the age of 5.
Before the knights broke out into another series of questions and exclamations Arthur spoke up.
"Okay um..." He said gesturing to the other blonde beside merlin
"Phoebe" she said goading Arthur on.
"Okay umm phoebe so we're in the past correct?"
"Yes thats correct artie"
"Merlins past?" He asked uncertainly.
"Wow you actually did listen to me! I have to say your majesty i'm impressed."
"Yeah well where in merlins past exactly?" Arthur asked staring at something in the distance craning his neck eyes wide in disbelief as he stared.
"Ummm he should be born in about a year why?" She asked cocking her head to the side confused.
"Merlin?" Arthur asked a bit of worry in his voice as he questioned his man servant completely ignoring the time spirit.
"Yeah" he answered back while sharing a look with lancelot.
"Does your mother know Balinor?" Arthur asked.
"The dragon lord sire!" Leon asked alarmed.
"The what?" Elyan asked confused.
"He controls dragons or something!" Phoebe whispered to him.
"Oooh" elyon said nodding.
"Uuummm... She never mentioned knowing him" merlin lied smoothly dodging the question.
I mean merlin didn't really lie exactly. It wasn't as if arthur asked if he was his father or anything like that. Truth be told merlins mother rarely ever talked about his father let alone give him a name to know him by. So merlin just stretched the truth a bit. Merlin could feel the hairs on the back of his neck rise as he spoke to arthur. He could feel phoebe's eyes on him and he prayed to the triple goddess she wouldn't say anything to arthur.
"Why do you ask?" Merlin questioned his best friend curiously.
Arthurs cheeks burned slightly as he pointed to a spot on the trail leading into ealdor. Balinor had merlins mother held in a passionate kiss, she was crying and it looked as if she would never want to let him go.
"What the hell..." Lancelot said for a speechless roundtable.
Merlin spun around faster than you could say emrys. "Arthur what- a little warning next time! " merlin hissed his blush making his ears burn red.
"Aaaaw thats so sweet!" Phoebe giggled smiling.
"No its disgusting!" Merlin said distraught suppressing his magic.
"Your just saying that because those are your parents!" Phoebe said smiling than clasped a hand over her mouth eyes wide. What had she just done...
"Wait how do you know if balinor is the father or not?" Lancelot asked trying to come to merlins aid.
"I don't i'm just assuming thats all..." Phoebe lied. Phew that was a close one. Thank god for lancelot. Phoebe thought.
"Wait shh their talking i can't hear" gwaine hissed.
"Balinor you don't have to go!" Hunith exclaimed tearfully.
"Hunith i'm sorry but i must... The guards of camelot will be searching for me and if they find me with you... I fear what might become of you"
"Then let me come with you! Balinor we can be happy together!" There was a slight pause in huniths lament. It seemed as if she was debating something in her head. "We can be together!We can start a family! "
"Holy crap merlin your dads a dragon lord no doubt about it." Elyon said nodding his head.
"Errr... Thanks i think..." Merlin said somewhat timidly eyes never leaving the scene before him. Soaking in the appearance of his father as much as he could.
"I'm still not convinced" arthur said crossing his arms with a royal scowl.
"Thank God" phoebe muttered.
No hunith you can't i'm sorry but the life i lead... You can not follow me. Its far too dangerous and isn't much of a life at all really. But my love you'll always be with me. As i will be with you. I'm sorry but i must go!" Balinor said pulling out a horse hiding in the bushes with supplies for the journey. "I love you!" She said trying not to stop her tears. "And i you! Goodbye hunith!" With that he sped off into tge night and out of the line of sight.
Arthur frowned. "All because of me..." He whispered. He staggered over to a rock and sat down. He put his chin on his now folded hands deep in thought and deeply upset. He muttered throughout his thinking process. Mostly profanities thrown at his father.
"Arthur are you... Okay?" Merlin asked sitting hesitantly next to his friend.
Arthur turned slightly to eye merlin with a confused expression. "I honestly don't know merlin i just don't know!" Arthur sighed. "We should probably tail your mother learn some more stuff... Maybe this will explain why morganna so interested in you." The once and future king said pushing his waring emotions to the back of his mind as he stood up and started following a distraught hunith.
"Merlin are YOU okay?" Lancelot whispered to him concerned for the young warlock.
"Umm yeah totally fine" merlin lied as he quickened his pace to walk next to arthur. Merlin didn't know how much longer he would be able to be next to arthur once his secret was reveiled. So he decided to make the most of it while he could.
He only hoped arthur would accept him.
"Please let this all work out" phoebe whispered as she walked behind the group.
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Hey readers! Tiffany here let me just start off by saying i am sooo sorry! I will update more frequently but the good news is that i don't have school on tuesday so i can update then! Please tell me what you think! And i was thinkin about doing a once upon a time crossover with merlin set in the future where arthur has a daughter! Also been thinking of creating an arrow fic but i won't start them until this one is finished! So please tell me what you think! Tiff out peace!?
