Why Not To Listen To Gwaine
Chapter Fourteen of Stranger Things Are Matters of the Heart
Disclaimer: I don't own Merlin, a TARDIS, a fire lizard or anything cool like that.
A drum beat at random intervals and a lute played an old tune. Candlelight danced from table to table. Ale and mead passed from tankard to lips. Everything from lies to meaningless blabber sailed in the air, but at on particular table, secrets and truth took center field.
No one was aware that the King, Queen and former Crown Prince sat at the table, in fact their eyes seemed to pass over them; Their ears deaf to the meaning of their words. Sunniva was very good at her talent and, unlike the adults, she was fully alert and sober. Gwen had objected in taking the children to the tavern but both of them had been to worse places. Neither of them admitted this because Mordred pointed out Sunniva had to be there, unless they wanted it getting out the Royalty were there. Also, they had their story to share as well and as much a Merlin distrusted them, they needed to tell it.
Gwaine was enjoying himself immensely,
"An' so I said to him-"
"Gwaine, you're of topic again." Gwen laughed, "Get on with the chickens!"
"Ah! The chickens, the chickens- very evil creatures. One was trying to kill me a'fore this lady saved me. So in return for saving me from the fowl pheasant, I'm 'elp'n you folk."
"Arthur has a very funny story about a chicken," Morgana smirked- but not evily.
"Do tell," Gwaine insisted, "What did Princess do?"
"Morgana!" Arthur complained,
"Will you tell it, or do I have to?" Morgana threatened,
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Oh, I would, wouldn't I Merlin?"
"Oh, she will!" Merlin agreed,
"I don't think going to the tavern was a good plan," Mordred sighed, whilst giving the adults a look,
"No… They're so drunk they won't remember half the things they've explained." The girl also watched them with a strange mixture of fascination and disgust, "Do you know any sobriety spells by chance? I think we're going to need them…"
Mordred shook his head,
"I'm just glad you're here…. To work your magic of course," he finished quickly, "Without you, all of Camelot would see their monarchs behaving like fools."
The two looked at Morgana who had just kissed Merlin and to their surprise he kissed back.
"So what are we going to do with them then?" Sunniva asked, "It's not like we can leave them here."
"I think we send them to bed." Mordred guessed,
"Where?"
Mordred blinked, he hadn't thought about that. He guessed they could try to get back into the castle but… that was a little far away. Gwaine had started swaying slightly and looked as if he was about ready to pass out.
"Do you know any place nearby?" he asked her,
"No, not for them at least." Sunniva said worriedly, "Oi! Oi, you lot!" she shouted at the adults, "What are you going to do after this?"
"I'm not sure." Merlin shrugged, and then he started singing along to the song playing.
"I don't know." Arthur threw an empty goblet at his former manservant,
"What was that for?" the warlock protested,
"You're off-key!"
"Well we can't all be perfect!"
"Great…" Sunniva hoped they wouldn't start fighting, "Is there a place nearby that we can go to?"
"There's Gaius's, its real close." Gwen volunteered,
"Merlin, before Arthur kills you, let's dance." Morgana demanded,
"Sure," he got up and started singing again,
Sunniva roared in frustration, she was used to drunks but she was also used to these particular people being sane! They were worse than- she forced herself to breathe. She needed to take care of this.
"Ok, look, it's time to go! Come on, and leave the money on the table. Out with ya'!" reluctantly Arthur and Gwen got up, shrugging slightly. Merlin gave Morgana one final twirl before rejoining the group. "And could someone wake Gwaine up?"
It was like herding kittens. Sunniva kept her tone sharp and was insistent in her ways. Mordred was stunned on how well she handled them.
Gwen was the least drunk out of all of them, which was good since she was giving directions. In comparison, Gwaine was very drunk and it took both Arthur and Merlin to hold him upright. Morgana's magic fizzed slightly, causing a few objects to explode along the way.
When they finally got to Gaius's, the old man's eyebrow shot all the way up.
"We may have more to explain…"
…
Morgause smiled an evil, evil smile. It was sort of a gloating and sort of a savoring smile. What she secretly called The Smile of Doom. This particular smile was so special she'd never even thought of teaching it to Morgana. Morgana hadn't even mastered the smirk in Morgause's opinion, and anyways, The Smile of Doom was hers and hers alone!
Mentally, the witch ran through her check list-
Evil Immortal Army- check,
Evil Eyeliner- check,
The Smile of Doom- check,
No "Little People" To Get In The Way- check,
And most importantly,
Dramatic Plot Against Camelot- check.
She would retake Camelot from her idiot sister and her bumbling husband. Then, she would rule and not as the puppet master. This time, she would be Queen.
She had tried to rule with her sister but… She shook her head. Tomorrow! Tomorrow she would have her pleasure of retaking Camelot… She could hardly wait.
A\N: I know it was a short chapter but sometimes that's how they are. On the bright-side the next will be out soon!
Kitty O- Yep, when I was writing Merlin and Morgause's little "fight" I was asking them, "Are you absolutely sure not siblings?" but they both just gave me the silent treatment.
And, yeah, Morgause went off into her own little corner of dramatic doom at the end... Something that she's continued this chapter. I'm glad you enjoyed it and thanks a lot for reviewing each chapter!
Elin Marc- She's planning to conquer Camelot! What else ;)
And, yeah, a lot is happening... But I'm not going to give anything away yet. Thanks for reviewing, and I'll have Chapter 15 out really darn soon.
Darkenwood- Yep. When I write the characters pretty much do what they want, I may have a vague idea about what's going to happen but the character live through it. I can't really force them to do much and if they decide to make a big deal about eyeliner and immortal armies... I can't really stop them either.
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