Chapter ten everyone! (or fumi Ju for anyone who drabbles in Japanese) Okay- I need opinions, am I dragging this on too long? do you just want it to end soon? or should I keep going? 'cause I could write a million chapters for this, I'm having way too much fun with it. And for some sadistic reason, I like writing hurt/comfort (as in: I hurt someone, and then they get better, but then there's the whole 'are you okay?' feels you get to write, so yeah..) It's probably because I listen to really sad songs when I write this.
I love even numbers, (especially ten, so yay!) don't you? anyway, I'm so proud of this fic! it grew from a tiny little ficling (patented) to a big grown up fic! :D
I don't know how many chapters more I want to have, but I've got a lot of idea's floating around in my brain. So we'll see. OH GOD guys, I am so sorry this took so long! wtf is wrong with mee?! I've really been getting into drawing lately, mostly Sherlock and Supernatural, so I guess I got sidetracked. I hurried along to finish this, so sorry if the ending is cheesy and rushed k? I really miss writing though! I've just been soo lazy.
disclaimer: Merlin's not mine, its sad really, because I could have done so many evil things if I was on the writing staff. Once again, this fic is like borrowing your friends stuff, you give it back when your done and when people ask, 'is that yours? I like it.' You say, 'no it doesn't belong to be, I'm just borrowing it.' And I take good care of other peoples things. :)
Enjoy! and please review, reviews are nice. I like them. :D
IreneGypsy:
That's okay! hiragana is difficult on the computer. I have done some katakana, but not much. The way my teacher (or sensei) teaches us, is a little different then how you would normally learn. :P (but hey, I'm still learning pretty well) Speaking Japanese is easy for me, writing is a bit more difficult. Like, apparently my name is rechieru in Japanese? (he wasn't sure, so he just guessed :P)
Thanks! :) He bumped it to tuesday, because everyone in my class was being a slacker, and no one knew the whole alphabet.
No, haven't read any spoilers as of yet, I try to stay away from those :P Ooh! perhaps I will try that.
The bloopers are funny, and I really enjoyed seeing him in Doctor Who! I flipped out when I saw him, and I texted all my friends like 'Anthony Head is on Doctor Who! my life is complete!' that and when Colin Morgan showed up for that other episode, the one with the weird copy-cat monster thing? (oh yeah, and I remember seeing Angel briefly)
You should hit me up if you do. Yeah, I get that. When I get another dog, and a job, I don't know how much time I'll have for writing. (I'll still budget in time obviously) I always make the joke that writing is like oxygen for me. xP
Haha, sounds funny! whenever I drink red punch, if I am around family I usually pick between a vampire and a mosquito. (I'm so child-ish xP)
I know! I kinda felt bad for her after a while. Yeah, Merlin is pretty hilarious all around! :) Well, I'd say it was a good plan, but you know how not everything goes according to plan..
Originally, if you look at the summary; it says revealing secrets or some crap. (I forgot what I wrote on my own summary o-O) so yeah, it was going to be, and it might still be, but I can't figure out for the life of me, how Arthur would react!
You too! :P (my maths teacher says salut when I sneeze xP is that weird?)
Now, on with our scheduled programme- I mean fan-fiction..
Merlin knew what he was doing- or more like had to do. But that doesn't mean it wasn't total insanity. The odds of it working, were pretty slim. But he trudged out to the forest edge any way, with determination and courage, if he was going to die, he was going to die for Camelot- for Arthur, for the safety of thousands of people, even for a day. Merlin thought it was worth fighting for, and if he lived through this, Arthur wouldn't be able to call him a coward anymore, and if he lived through this, he may never see Arthur again. How would he explain that he fought off hundreds of creatures- creatures with magic- on his own? even Arthur's pigheadedness couldn't deny that it was a little suspicious.
And if he needed help from Kilgharrah? If anyone ever saw the dragon, the one Arthur supposedly killed, let's just hope Uther is merciful enough to make it a quick death. For both of them. Merlin stood his ground, knowing that Nina would be there any minute and probably kill him- or at least try to. "Ah, Merlin" a cheery voice said, walking to meet him at the top of a small hill, her heels dug into the earth as she walked, and Merlin made a note of that- at least he could outrun her if necessary. "Nina." Merlin replied politely, saving his voice for when the real argument started. "You've made your decision I take it?" she asked, tugging his red neckerchief playfully. "Yes. I choose Camelot." Merlin said seriously, and she frowned a little. "I'm not surprised. Well, Camelot is doomed anyhow, so step aside." She said, and Merlin just smiled, did she really think he would cower off to a corner with one threat from her?
So she tried again, "run along now. I have no use for you. Unless- you want to fight?" she asked, and Merlin nodded. "Don't be ridiculous I'll squash you in five seconds, shoo!" Nina said, making a 'shooing' motion with her hands and smirking when it just added fuel to the already large pissed off warlock fire. "I can't let you do this" Merlin said quietly, and she rolled her eyes, whistling. Merlin heard footfall, and knew she didn't come alone. He should have seen that coming, Nina wasn't stupid enough to actually come alone- and unarmed. Two rows of men stopped behind her when she held up a fist. "A whole entire army at my command, little warlock. Still want to fight me?" she asked, Merlin wasn't sure if she was trying to be impressive, or intimidating, but it didn't matter, because she wasn't either.
"I also didn't come unprepared" Merlin said, hanging his head and chanting a long string of complicated words. "Merlin? What are you doing? I demand to know!" Nina said, stepping forward. Merlin stopped and sucked in harsh breaths, as if he had just run a mile. He rested his hands on his knees for a minute, catching his breath. He straightened up and smiled at her, he had the upper hand- because she had no idea what he had just done. "What was that?" Nina demanded, and it was Merlin's turn to roll his eyes. "Secret." He said, putting a finger to his lips. Ignoring the clawing pain that was snatching the breath out of his lungs.
"Well, this has been fun- and I'd love to stay and chat- but I have a kingdom to destroy, and I'm already off schedule." She said, looking at her bare wrist and motioning for five of her guards over to Merlin while the rest followed her. They all came at him at once, swords unsheathing. "Five against one? that's not fair!" Merlin yelled, as he dodged a quick swipe of a sword at his side. Merlin hastily looked for something to defend himself with. A large stick would have to do.
He picked it up and blocked a slice to his head, grunting and holding a hand to his head, the barrier was a heavy weight on his magic, slowly draining it. He managed to throw one of the men into a tree and knock him out, still leaving him with four others. Merlin did not enjoy playing cat and mouse, it was really quite annoying. A quick whack to the back of the head when one of the men wasn't looking, proved to be effective. Now only having three left- he felt a little better about the odds.
Merlin had managed to kill or injure the other three not long after, so he stumbled back to Camelot, taking his time- because every second longer he took, was a second longer Nina would have to stand there and become more and more furious. Merlin laughed at the sight of hundreds of guards and one sorceress absolutely puzzled at the fact that they simply could not walk into Camelot. And no one could get out either, Merlin had put a force field around the whole kingdom, and it was seriously starting to wear him out, if he could just stall a little longer.. But his laughing became coughing, and the coughing lead to him sitting on the ground and leaning against a tree, he was exhausted "MERLIN!" Nina screamed, her voice flowing through the forest and cracking branches, scaring wildlife, and hurting Merlin's ears. "What?" Merlin replied, he smiled, obviously very amused.
"You- think this, IS FUNNY?" She yelled again, and Merlin stuck a finger in his ear as he watched her stomp her way over to the tree he was resting on. "Well, sorta yeah." Merlin said, and she looked like she wanted to rip her hair out. "I gave you a chance you know, by not killing you myself. You could have just ran, I GAVE YOU A CHOICE!" she said, balling her fists at her sides. "I've grown tired of our banter, and these silly childlike games." Nina said, raising her hand to her eye level. "Stand up." She ordered, and Merlin snorted, crossing his arms over his chest. She said a word or two in an ancient language known only to those with magic, and Merlin rose to his feet.
"I want you to die with dignity, hence making you stand up." Nina explained, placing a quick kiss to his cheek before grasping the air with a fist, and twisting. Merlin's fingers rose to his neck, as he tried to pry the invisible hand around his neck, that was choking him. He tried to retaliate, but it was coming out as hoarse, broken words that didn't make sense. As Merlin's strength drained- so did the barrier protecting Camelot. Nina looked over her shoulder and saw the force field dying, flickering like candle being breathed on. She smiled and turned back to Merlin, continuing to thoroughly enjoy watching Merlin attempt to fight back. Just then, she heard something from above her. "No, it couldn't be... It's just not possible" she said, looking up at the sky in genuine fear.
Kilgharrah; the last of the dragons. Merlin; the last of the dragon lords. They really made a great pair.
He swooped down and breathed fire on her army, Camelot remained untouched and the flames merely disintegrated on the barrier. Her whole army; burnt to a crisp. She shed a silent tear for them, after all- they were like children- before turning towards the sky. "You'll have to kill him to get to me" Nina said, grabbing Merlin and forcing his body in front of hers. Letting go of the hold on his neck, he gasped for air, and tried to pull away from the vice-like grip she had on his waist and around his neck. And of course, Arthur chose that moment to show up. Stupid, stupid, Prince Arthur. He was going to ruin everything and get them both killed. "Merlin?" Arthur asked in astonishment, an Merlin shrugged, despite being held tightly against Nina. Kilgharrah noticed Arthur's presence and Merlin quickly told him to leave, before Arthur saw him and started some sort of uproar.
"I was hearing complaints from the lower village, something about a fire?" Arthur said, sheathing his sword. "Um- Arthur. Do me a favor, and don't move." Merlin said, because Arthur was dangerously close to the force field. Arthur fixed him with another confused look, "Who's that?" he asked, pointing to the woman still holding Merlin as a shield for a creature that had already flown away minutes ago. "Um- Nina. Just a... Sorceress." Merlin said casually, clearing his throat and staggering away from her when she let him go. "Until we meet again Merlin, since you obviously won't fight me now." She whispered, walking away.
"HEY!" Arthur yelled, running towards them. Merlin quickly lowered the barrier, dropping his head and whispering as fast as he could, just in time for Arthur to run right through it, without noticing. "I can't let you escape " Arthur said, pointing his sword at her.
"You? I could kill you right here right now" She said, and Merlin jumped in front of Arthur, just wanting to get the whole mess sorted out, he could have killed her, but Arthur was standing right behind him. Magic was out of the question.. "But you don't want to kill him." Merlin said, knowing that Nina's first priority was to kill him, and that Arthur would only die if he got in the way, or with the rest of Camelot if Merlin failed.
Arthur coughed behind him. "Sorry" Arthur said, pushing Merlin aside. "Merlin's a little delusional. Don't mind him." Arthur said, and Nina seemed impressed.
She laughed, sweet and sadistic at the same time. "Sorry boys, places to be, things to do- I don't have the time to play toy-swords with you." She said mockingly, easily whipping the sword out of Arthur's hand and hitting the tree right above Merlin's head, Merlin didn't flinch, just looked up and crossed his arms over his chest. Merlin and Nina made eye contact before Merlin wiped his hands on his pants and began talking, "Leave. And don't come back." Merlin said, getting to his feet again and walking in the direction of Camelot. Nina blew him a kiss, and winked at Arthur before disappearing in a cloud of white dust."Alright, care to explain what that was all about Merlin?" Arthur asked, turning around to see that Merlin wasn't there.
Arthur rejoined his knights that were waiting on pins and needles for his signal. He waved them off, and they trotted away, some going back to training; others back to their posts. And Arthur headed back to the castle.
Merlin collapsed in his bed. Not wanting to talk to Arthur; he walked off and hid in Gaius' chambers, he knew Arthur would be angry and he needed his voice back so he could yell at the prat. Merlin was glad he had managed to protect Camelot today, but what about the next day? and the day after that? Nina knew about Merlin's force field now, and she'd surely figure out a way around it, he was going to run out of idea's- and time. He knew there was no way to keep Camelot alive, and also keep her alive. One had to die. Merlin hated having peoples lives in his hands- especially Arthur's. And he hated not knowing when she was going to attack next, she needed a new army- that much he knew, but how long did that take? were the men simply clones? too many unanswered questions. Merlin estimated that he only had a few days, to find a way to kill Nina, preferably without killing himself.
Otherwise Arthur would have to defend his own royal arse, and find another servant to do ridiculous things for him, like wearing hats with feathers, or being the live target for his knights target practice, or the target of his temper when Uther did something he didn't approve of, or the occasional shoulder to lean on.
Merlin just hoped someone would look after Arthur if he died. He frowned, trying to shut off his brain. He turned over in his small bed and squeezed his eyes shut, trying to fall asleep. Nina plagued his dreams that night, images of her destroying Camelot, killing women and children, and forcing him to stand by her side, and watch his world burn. Merlin knew she was manipulating his dreams, because he would die before he would let any of that happen.
Fin! well, that's the end of chapter ten. You like? and if you are wondering how Merlin got to Camelot before Arthur (since he was still really tired from the force field draining-ness) he went as far as he could, and then hid behind a tree. Either that or he got his breath back and ran. And I suppose he just followed Arthur back, and he didn't notice? I dunno. ANYWAY: Please review! it would make me really really happy! its just the little button under this chapter. If you are just visiting and don't have an account, drop me a review anyway! :)
I don't know what I'm going to do for the next chapters, I've got the next one sorta planned out I guess. OH! sorry about the chapter lay-out, I didn't have time to space this one out properly (this is how I write the chapters, and then I edit them because someone said they were difficult to read) I'll do it later.. Ugh, sorry for lack of updates, I'm such a lazy ho. Well anyway, I promise eleven will be up soon! :) p.s Yay! another cheesy ending, I gotta stop writing these. xP