My brother asked me if any more Knights were going to die. Up next for us to watch is "The Dark Tower." Yeah...

At least I wasn't a bobble head at the awards ceremony. I got the one award I actually wanted, and I'm happy.

Disclaimer: I cheated in a dice game in an attempt to buy Merlin once...I got caught.

Prompt: From me: What did Merlin do with his dice winnings?

Rating: K+

Genre: Tragedy

Characters: Merlin, mentions of Arthur and Gaius

Time Frame: Post Season 5

Summary: No amount of gold can heal a broken heart. Post Season 5.

Let's Go On An Adventure

"You cheated."

"That's right, I did," Merlin admitted sullenly, staring at the bag of gold. Arthur's gold.

At first, he had been pleased that he was able to win this money from his king. Now he found that he didn't want it.

Merlin tried to give it to Gaius, who proceeded to send it back to Merlin with a note saying that he should keep it for himself.

Arthur would've wanted him to.

Merlin instead hid it inside the Lonely Mountain.

No amount of gold could afford to fill the gaping hole left in his heart.

Here's the other friendly reminder. First the stupid "favorite meal," now the "dice game winnings." Have a good day/night.

The thing with the gold was loosely based on "The Goblet of Fire" book when Harry tried to give Cedric's parents the prize money and they tell him to keep it (or something like that).

The Lonely Mountain is in Tolkien's universe. Eventually, dwarves make it their home and bring more gold. Then Kilgharrah's great-nephew kicks them out.

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Next: A companion to "Dumb and Dumberer."

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