A/N: So chapter 14, this will also be the end. (Not completely I'm going to give you a alternative ending). I really enjoyed this story, but somewhere I know it is good that the story has come to an end, it may have been too long.

I hope that all of you enjoyed this story and I love to hear what you guys thought about it, the good and the bad. Have fun with this last chapter.

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Merlin just stared as he saw the skeletons heading to his friends, he could feel anger rise in his head. They may have been great fighters in their past lives, but these bodies were not used to fight. He stood up to help them, but an spell hitting him in the chest shoved him into the wall.

He let out an shout of surprise, soon changing in a shout of pain. He pushed himself up, feeling the weakness in his body, the emptiness in his heart. His hand reached for his chest, he was not sure what Mordred had done to him, but the best thing he could guess was that the druid had stolen his power.

He glanced once at his friends, feeling relieved that they all seemed fine and holding themselves against the skeletons, he then glanced at Mordred, he had to break the spell that brought those creatures to live.

Mordred glanced at him and the evil man's smile grew wider. 'So shall we play together now?'

'What did you use on me?'

'Oh, just something that will help in my plan... I have to say without you my plan would never have worked.' He walked closer to Merlin. 'But still I'm not finished!' Without an warning he fired an ice spell which Merlin was barely able to block. '... Well done.'

Merlin narrowed his eyes and hissed. 'What is your plan?'

Mordred let out an evil grin. 'Oh, that...' He stopped speaking and looked at Merlin before disappearing. Merlin stared shocked in front of him and before he could do anything he was hit in the back, thrown against the ground.

He gasped in shock while hitting the ground, he turned around, but immediately he felt a weight on his chest. His shocked eyes locked with Mordred's, feeling both the druid's hands on the sides of his face, while Mordred's eyes turned gold. He wanted to move, scream but felt that he was unable to do so, he lay there paralyzed while he could feel magic being drained from his body.

He could feel himself drifting in and out of conscious, his mind almost not realizing that Arthur shouted his name, he felt the pressure of Mordred's body disappear from his chest. He gasped, searching for breath and forced himself up, but his body was not able to do so.

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Arthur slashed the skeleton's head of his neck, it may not kill the creature, but I would at least give him some time. He took a deep breath and looked at Merlin, which caused pure terror to fill his mind. He gripped his sword even tighter in his hand and ran towards his lover. 'Merlin!' He tried, but the man didn't react.

But while coming closer he saw movement appearing in the white dragon. Aithusa slowly stood up, speeding up when she noticed what was happening. Her claw reaching for Mordred who effectively dodged the deadly claw, but was at the same time forced to jump away from Merlin.

Arthur kneeled down besides Merlin, taking the raven in his arms. 'Merlin? Merlin!' The man let out a soft groan, before giving Arthur a sad smile. Arthur let out a sigh of relief and pulled the raven tighter to his chest.

He then looked at Mordred and Aithusa, fighting each other. He was rather impressed by what the dragon was able to do, seeing how she was way too big to easily move around in the room.

'Aithusa...' He heard Merlin whisper, clearly afraid what he could do to her.

Arthur gave him a quick kiss, before settling him on the ground. 'I will help her!'

'No!' Merlin yelled and he grabbed Arthur's hand.

Arthur turned around, placing an gentle hand on Merlin's cheek. 'I will be alright.' Before the man could response Arthur pulled his hand out of his grip and rushed off. He hated leaving Merlin behind like that, but in that state the raven couldn't do anything to help them.

He held his sword in front of him, pointing it towards Mordred's chest. Mordred tried to dodge Arthur's attack, but the blond was able to cut the man's arm. The druid yelled in pain and backed away, glaring at his two opponents.

With one word the wound in Mordred's arm was healed, leaving only a tear in the fabric behind. 'Seems like you are better than I thought... guess I just have to skip to the end of my plan!' With a few words of the old religion he threw both Arthur and Aithusa into the wall, while he himself jumped to the throne.

Arthur groaned while he felt the floor beneath him, but forced himself immediately to get up. He glanced once at Aithusa to make sure that she was fine and picked Excalibur up before rushing towards the throne, seeing that Mordred was starting to cast a spell, runes appeared around the throne.

Arthur gasped feeling the power of the magic rush through the air, he saw that Merlin had come closer to Mordred and the blond ran towards him. He immediately noticed how Merlin's eyes were wide with fear. 'Merlin?'

But the raven ignored him and stared at the druid. 'What are you trying to do?' Arthur could hear the panic in the warlock's voice. The druid ignored Merlin's words and with the next word that was said the runes started to shine with pitch black light, it was then that Merlin seemed to realise something, the raven gasped in fear, eyes wide open. 'You're... you're trying to open a veil between the worlds, you can't do that Mordred!...'

It was then that Mordred looked at them and he opened his eyes. Arthur stared into two pitch black holes. The man spoke with a voice that was not of this earth. 'I will purify this earth, even if that means that I have to destroy it!'

Mordred was planning to destroy the world? That couldn't be right, he couldn't do something like that, but... he knew how wicked Mordred was.

He looked at Merlin, seeing the panic in his eyes turn into anger, without warning the raven stood up, holding his hands up. 'I won't let you, I'm Emrys and I will protect this world!'

Arthur could feel the magic around Merlin rise, the man's eyes turned golden and bright golden light appeared from his hands, fighting the black light that Mordred created.

Arthur only stared, knowing he shouldn't interfere, he slowly backed away. Only the gods would be able to match their power and that knowing Merlin himself was still weakened by Mordred's earlier attacks.

The others had also fallen silent, watching the faceoff between Merlin and Mordred, the skeletons had disappeared, probably cause all Mordred's energy had to go to his current spell.

The two energies mixed, causing the room to be filled with both colours. The light became brighter, stopping Arthur form being able to see anything. He heard a loud scream and panic rose in his heart. He tried to reach for Merlin, wanting to make sure his lover was fine, but he couldn't find him.

The light finally faded away and he stared at the only person still standing. The illusion on the castle had lifted, leaving empty ruins behind. The black haired man lonely body stood in front of the broken throne, face looking down at the runes, which started to disappear.

Arthur stared not sure what to do, but slowly reached for the man. 'Merlin?' His lover didn't respond, so Arthur grabbed him by the shoulders and turned him around. He stared into those faraway blue eyes. 'Merlin... are you okay?' The raven didn't respond, instead he sank to the floor, while Arthur was barely able to catch him.

Arthur sank with him to the ground, holding him in his arms. 'Merlin... Merlin look at me!'

It was then that Merlin blinked and his eyes fixated themselves on Arthur's. 'Arthur?...'

'I'm here!' He gently looked into Merlin's eyes and held the slender body against his one. 'Are you okay?'

The raven gave him a sad smile. 'I don't think I'm.'

'Wha... what do you mean?' He asked, not wanting to accept the truth he already felt in his heart.

Merlin's hand reached for his cheek, he felt a shaking hand being placed on his face and his own hand quickly grabbed it, squeezing it gently. 'You know what I mean.' The others kneeled down next to them, looking concerned at their friend, knowing there was no hope.

'No... no! I don't get it, everything will be alright and we-.'

'Arthur!' Merlin interrupted him.

Arthur could feel a tear roll down his face and he slowly lowered his forehead so it rested on Merlin's. 'Please stay with me.' He whispered to him.

Merlin didn't react and it was Gwen gasping that caused him to back away and look at Merlin. The man gave him a soft smile, but his body started to become transparent. 'Merlin?'

'... I'm sorry, I think that I have to go.'

'What's happening to him?' He heard Elyan ask in shock.

It was Morgana's reaction that caused him to clearly realise it. 'He... he's magic... he used up all his magic... all of his life...'

'No...' Arthur whispered, he placed a gentle kiss on those warm lips, wanting to brand them into his mind. More tears rolled down his cheeks, dripping on Merlin's pale skin.

'Ssshh... It will all be alright... Remember, no man is worth your tears.'

'You are... you idiot!' Arthur shouted in response.

'Prat.' Merlin whispered back and Arthur let out a soft laugh, remembering long forgotten times. Merlin gulped and looked him in the eye. 'Can you do something for me?... I want you to have a good life, find someone else and be happy, that's all I ask of you.'

Arthur's eyes widened in shock. 'No.. you're the only one I would ever love!'

Merlin sighed. 'Please... I have lived for so long, so many years and now that I have you finally back, I have to leave... but at the same time am I free now, something I have longed for, for many years, be happy for me... I will wait for you to return to my side.'

'Merlin?'

'No Arthur, please live for me, that's is all I ask.' It was then that a tear roll over Merlin's face, Arthur could clearly see the pain in the other's eyes. '... I love you.'

'I love you too.' Arthur said gently and he placed his lips on Merlin's. His eyes set upon the raven's, but in the corner of his eyes he could see the warlock's body starting to dissolve, disappearing into bright light, sparkles drifting off in the wind. 'I won't forget you.'

'Thank you.' The warlock whispered against the blond's lips. 'Goodbye...' Was his last word, Arthur felt the soft skin under his fingers disappear, their lips still locked together. He felt the warmth disappear, one last look at those bright blue eyes, before he only felt the cold, the emptiness.

He just stared off, looking at where his lover should have been, one last tear rolling over his cheek, before everything turned silent.

Warm arms reached for him, but Arthur only felt the cold. His friends dragging him away, knowing it all was lost.

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15 years had past since Arthur last saw his lover, only pictures remained of him, he didn't even had a grave to visit.

Arthur sighed, he remembered what he had promised the raven, but he wasn't able to love someone else, he had tried, but no one was as perfect as Merlin. He felt tears rising in his eyes, but he couldn't cry, he hadn't cried since.

Most of the others had been able to go further. Gwen and Lancelot were married, just like Morgana and Leon. Both Percy and Elyan were seeing someone and Gwaine changed lovers almost every month, they were happy.

And Aithusa... no one knew where she was, Gwaine had searched for her for months, but all of them knew that it was likely that she was no longer on this earth. She remained alive to support Merlin and now that he was no longer here, she also had no reason to stay, she could finally rest.

Arthur looked up at the night sky, wondering if Merlin watched over him, if he approved of the way he had lived. He ran a hand through his hair, knowing that the first stripes of grey ran through it. He sight, one day he would join Merlin, but not yet, he had to live for him, he had promised it. He would stay with his friends, love them and help them through their lives, but he would never love someone else.

The story of the mighty king Arthur and his warlock Merlin had ended with Merlin's dead. Arthur may have been an reincarnation of the once and future king, but he was never Arthur Pendragon and he would never become that man, how much Merlin had wanted him to be. But when the time was right he right he would join Merlin again and he longed for that day to come.

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A/N: I'm sorry for the people that hoped on getting a good ending. That is why I will make an alternative ending, for everyone that wanted this to end positive.