A/N THANK YOU ALL SOOO MUCH FOR THE LOVELY REVIEWS! IF THERE'S ANYONE I'VE NOT REPLIED TO, I'M REALLY SORRY.
RECAP: It's no good, thought Arthur in dismay, as he watched the Dark! Merlins conjure up a storm that whipped the leaves around in the wind. Then he had another thought and groaned. I'm going to lose to Merlin twice in two days!
That thought was enough to spur Arthur on, if not for his knights and Gwen, then at least because he did not want to, and would not lose to the worst fighter in all of Camelot. Of course, he had already done that, but to let Morgana see him do it would be a real, living nightmare. He'd never hear the end of it.
"You'd think that being evil would make her less annoying," he muttered as he swung his sword and parried a blow made by one of the Dark! Merlins. He was finally gaining on his opponent, and managed to pierce his left shoulder. The Dark! Merlins all gasped in pain and, popping back into one person, vanished. Morgana sighed, relieved, and put down her cup of tea. She gave her signature smirk, and left to join her companion.
Arthur ignored all of the cheers and pats on the back he was getting, and simply wiped his forehead and started walking in the direction they'd walked the other day He knew that, even though this battle had been won, they hadn't won the war. He told the others this, and later AU! Merlin spread the message to the modern 2012 folk. It eventually became a proverb. (A/n Is 'they may have won the battle, but they haven't won the war' a proverb? I don't know :P). Arthur looked out into the horizon and for the first time thought about what a strange place Merlinland was. No roads, no towns, just hills and Merlins. Everything except the Merlins and them was green. There were even little frog! Merlins jumping around, who had ice blue eyes. Probably because Merlin was a girl and loved nature so much, thought Arthur fondly. Then he realized he was talking about his friend in past tense and immediately stopped thinking. He was never any good at it, anyway.
They carried on through the mist, though for once they were unchallenged by any mystical creatures. Since they were in Merlin's head, they figured it was probably because he had had enough of those to last him a life time, maybe even two of them. Now all they had to worry about was Dark! Merlin…and Morgana, sort of. (A/n hehe, Morgana's spotlight is getting stolen xD)
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"Grrrr!" said the she-witch, baring her teeth at herself in the mirror she was holding in her hand.
"Keep that up and people will start to think you're crazy," commented Dark! Merlin, flipping through his herbal and medicine book.
"Well, it's not my fault that no one thinks I'm scary anymore," Morgana pouted. "What was up with that stunt you pulled today? We almost had them!"
Dark! Merlin stood up from his chair and moved to the other side of the bed that held Whump! Merlin. "I was angry," he said softly so that he wouldn't wake his friend. "About what they've done to him."
Morgana sneered at the obvious care in his voice. "What do you have to do to get some green eye shadow in this joint anyway?"
Dark! Merlin face palmed.
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Meanwhile, Arthur was being driven crazy. Fem! Merlin had turned Gwaine's hair pink and purple, and now he was clutching his locks and wailing in despair. Baby! Merlin had started crying and Percival was growing frantic. Clumsy! Merlin kept falling over. Gwen and Swordsman! Merlin were arguing about whether all was fair in love and war. Angst! Merlin was being grumpy and generally depressing. AU! Merlin was telling Musician! Merlin, who was playing the loudest song he knew to Leon, that he was getting it wrong, And Leon was being very un-knight-like by putting his fingers in his ears and screaming at the top of his lungs "Lalalalalalalalalalalalala!" in order not to hear, with Cheerful! Merlin joining in so that Leon would not feel left out, with a big grin on his face. Afraid! Merlin was full out bawling by this time because of all the noise.
But worst of all was Lovesick! Merlin.
"Oh woe is me!
Oh woe is me!" he cried, holding a hand to his heart as he walked. Gwen mouthed 'Do something!' to Arthur.
"Well, you're the one wanted to bring him," he hissed. Lovesick! Merlin stopped suddenly, and turned to Guinevere.
"Will you marry me?"
Arthur's eyes popped. A vein in his head throbbed, not unlike his father's, and his hand went to his sword. One way or another, Merlin was going to die.
A/n hee hee, I'm mean xD
