"Everything looked different than it had - radically different, frighteningly different. Each and every tree that stood was a black and burnt skeleton, reaching upwards in vain for help, and each tree that did not stand was mere ashes upon the ground. Arthur, loathe as he was to admit it, felt fear shudder down his spine at the sight." - Arthur has returned. oneshot with spoilers.

1500 years after Arthur's death at Avalon, Merlin works as a tutor with his housemate Kerry Mason, still waiting for his King. When Merlin's magic starts acting out of control, he is drawn to the lake and is certain Arthur will return. However it seems destiny has other plans, and it's not just the King who returns. Merlin now finds that he has some 21st century explaining to do...

When Merlin and Arthur are taken hostage by Morgana, they are unprepared for the new tactics she's willing to use to get the information she wants. What secrets will she uncover, and how will this new information change her plans? Reveal!fic and Merlin!whump. S4-ish.

Book One - Takes Suzanne Collins's Hunger Games and tells the same story from the point of view of Peeta Mellark. It explains a lot of the back story about why Peeta is the way he is and how he came to fall in love with Katniss Everdeen. This is a re-published of the original that was removed for revisions.