Disclaimer: this fic is co-written by Angry Email and Gonril123. We only own our OCs
Merlin is owned by people who are not us, with a lot more money. No money is being made from this and no infringement is intended, so don't sue us.
Pairings: Merlin/OC, Arthur/OC, yup we are overwriting the a large chunk of the legend, because we can, kinda written for laughs though. Also the ocs are kinda self inserts.
Rated T because of upcoming events.
Don't like, don't read, simple as that.
Takes place a month after chapter 4
~Thisisablankspace~
"Merlin?" Arthur yelled, over the past few days the serving boy had seemed more and more distracted. And Arthur was sick of it, he knew something was up, it was time to let the cat out of the bag, well that was kind of true, as Midnight didn't sound very happy from the bag he was being held hostage in, a potential attempt from Arthur to get Isabella to talk to him.
"Yes sire?" Merlin responded, but he still seemed dazed.
"You feeling alright? Not about to... I don't know, use my chambers to spy on innocent ladies" Arthur responded, acting annoyed, the prince had guessed that Merlin had feelings for Lady Cassandra, but Merlin wasn't as stupid as he looked, it seemed that the servant was concealing his feelings and Arthur would make him admit it.
"It would never work out between you and Cassie you know," He said sympathetically.
"I don't have feelings for her" Merlin feebly denied.
"Just admit it" Arthur replied
"No! And how have your attempts to get the Lady Isabella to actually talk to you going" Merlin retorted, knowing the reaction it would get from the prince, just a rather angry look that said the Lady Isabella hadn't fallen 'hopelessly in love' with him already, and the fact that this irritated the prince.
Merlin would have to have been a complete moron not to see the prince's feelings for Lady Isabella, he had slightly more important things on his mind, Cassie, no matter how much he cared, the serving boy knew she was out of his league, she was a lady, and he was a servant.
Even if she returned Merlin's feelings, he and Cassie could never be together, no matter how much he might have wanted them to be together.
The prince and the servant headed out to 'return' the 'lost' Midnight.
"I know about your feelings for Arthur" Cassie teased, as she dangled the ribbon in front of Star's white paws, the little blue, black and white kitten pounced on the strip of cloth, purring loudly.
"It's not true!" Izzy replied, stammering a little, before suddenly becoming very interested in the food that had been sent up.
"Really?" Cassie kept teasing, "The source I got said something very different, and judging by the blush, I'd say that source was right"
"What source?"
"Your dreams, he's been in your dreams whenever I dream walk into your head. It's obvious by your blush too, as soon as I brought him up that you like Prince Arthur"
Isabella looked, briefly into her twin's mind, she made note of her sister's feelings for Arthur's serving boy.
"And what about your feelings for Merlin" Izzy retorted, now it was her twin's turn to blush bright red,
"You can't tell a soul, I don't want him to be killed because of my stupid heart," Isabella noticed her twin's unsure mind, a second look revealed, that her sister was fighting her feelings, much like Isabella was with her own feelings for Prince Arthur.
"I swear I will not tell anyone about your feelings for the prince, if you swear to do the same for my feelings for Merlin," Cassie's expression was serious, she didn't want anyone else to die because her heart or her sister's didn't know their place.
"I swear that I will never tell anyone about your feelings for Merlin, unless you say otherwise" Isabella said, a little annoyed that she had to do this in the first place.
"And I swear that I will never tell anyone about your feelings for Arthur, unless you say otherwise" Cassie replied, as she finished, just as Arthur entered the room, Merlin beside him, holding a rather angry Midnight.
"I see Midnight showed up" Cassie replied, smiling slightly, "Well that's that mystery solved, I'm going out for a ride" She had a secretive smile on her face, a knowing one, that meant if everything played out well, her sister would finally admit her attraction for Arthur.
"Let me help you ready your horse" Merlin replied, quickly, and followed Cassie out of the room, he really didn't want to lose moments alone with Lady Cassandra, even if she couldn't know of his feelings for him. Knowing his master would probably send him out after her anyway, so Arthur could spend some time alone with the Lady Isabella.
After closing the door, Cassie let out a ring of uncontrolled laughter.
"Why can't they see their obvious attraction to each other" she said, fighting more laughter.
"I don't know, maybe because the prince is just a little bit thick"
"Probably," was all Cassie managed to say before there was more laughter, as the friends walked down to the stables, leaving Lady Isabella and Prince Arthur alone, a little confused about why there was laughter coming from the corridor.
"Thanks for returning Midnight" Isabella replied, coldly, she didn't want to show her potentially misplaced attraction for the prince.
She was warring with herself, part of her was attracted to the prince, and part of her had an extreme dislike of him still. She didn't want to grow close to him and let herself be hurt if they were separated by Uther and she would be heartbroken.
Her eyes softened for a minute as she saw his baby blue eyes and just wanted to fall in his arms and just be encompassed by his arms, but it would never happen. She wouldn't let that happen.
Arthur sensed the change in her eyes and his hand grazed her hand and she felt an electric shock course through her and then just closed herself off again, not wanting to show any emotion. The prince sensed the change again and drew back, frowning slightly, but inside he was grinning.
Arthur nearly skipped to his room, as he did he passed Merlin
The serving boy followed his master to his chambers, as the prince whistled a happy tune and tapped his foot. Merlin looked at him suspiciously, before asking "Why are you so happy. Sire, you never whistle!"
"I do so!" Arthur replied. "She softened up to me I saw it in her eyes"
"Did she talk to you?"
"Not exactly"
Merlin looked at him, mockingly, Arthur responded with defensive look, as his buzz from seeing Isabella soften up to him faded.
With his servant's words and mocking look, the prince realized that this was a start, but it wasn't a victory yet. But he would keep trying, because she would be worth it.
Merlin would be Cassie's friend because even though they couldn't be together, because he cared for her deeply. She seemed to like his company, so he would keep being her friend.
"I'm here for you" Arthur said in an almost mocking tone as he put his hand on Merlin's shoulder,
But the prince knew what it felt like to be in the serving boy's place, loving someone who could never never know, and never be with.
The mocking tone was more for Arthur's own benefit than then Merlin's, trying to make himself feel better after the brief thrill of the small victory with Lady Isabella had faded.
~Thisisablankspace~
A/N: This little bit has nothing to do with the story
In response to our first reviewer Nameless the Nameless, who doesn't have a account so I can't respond to them directly through a message.
Angry Email: Chapter 4 was kinda rushed and I'm actually currently fixing a few things at the moment, I'm gonna get someone to look it over after I'm done with some of the rewrites for that chapter and some of the earlier ones too, that should clear up any errors. And open office seems to be doing something odd to the file which might be part of it.
Thanks for the advice and for being our first reviewer! :D You made me bounce around like Pinkie Pie for an afternoon.
And as for the Cassie giving up her title thing, yeah, I didn't really like it, seemed kinda clunky for me and didn't really flow with the rest of the story, seemed to be resolved to easily. That is one of the events I'm fixing.