Day 21
15 days til Christmas
Christ, I haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. Probably doesn't help that I haven't got a car.
Another long one today for you all. I hope that you enjoy it.
Title: Immortals
Characters: Merlin, Morgana, Mordred
Paring: Mergana
Word Count: 1,119
Summary: Merlin was immortal. He had walked the earth for years. Maybe it wasn't just him that was meant to be immortal. Maybe there were others that were meant to keep him company. (3 Parts)
The years he had spent alone was hard. He barely had left the lake. The last memories of Arthur haunting him. It was still hard to think that everything he loved was gone. Camelot, Gaius, Gwen. His biggest regret was never returning to Camelot. It was just too hard for him. He couldn't face Gwen after not being able to save Arthur. She was counting on him and he had let her down.
The 1920s were in full swing and Merlin had wondered what all the fuss was about. He quickly bought himself some clothes and blended into the crowd, using his ever-weaken magic to make himself look young again. He actually started to enjoy himself and the way of the culture. He got himself a job and a house. It was nice for him to be surrounded by people again. He couldn't understand how he hadn't gone made because of it. But he knew why he hadn't. The memory of Camelot still hurt. He couldn't allow himself close to anyone else ever again.
If anyone was to turn up in his life again, the last person he would choose would be her. She slapped him, hard in front of everyone in the bar they were in. She obviously remembered. His new friends all ohh and ahhed, telling him that he must have done something wrong and asking why he had upset a beauty like her. The thing was they would never understand what he did do wrong. It was a different lifetime but the memory of it was still too raw. He turned and ran after her, hoping to catch up with her.
Her hand hurt from where she had slapped him but it felt good to do it. She heard him run after her but she didn't slow down when he asked her. She had been on her own for a while now. She had been reincarnated but with her memories and a seemingly extended life. She thought she was on her own until she happened to see him. Again he had left her on her own. He hadn't learnt from the first time. She disappeared down an alley and hopefully out of his life forever.
He had always kept an ear out for her ever since. She had disappeared from his grasp again and maybe they were never going to get the chance that he thought they should have. She was his biggest regret after all. He had thought about her over the years. How he could have done everything so differently. What if's flowed through his mind like water. What if he had told her about the spell? What if he had told her about his magic? What if he had let her in when she most needed him to? What if he wasn't so focused on Arthur and his destiny and gave her some of his time? And probably the more relatable question now, what if she was back for him to make amends?
The 20s quickly turned into 30s which quickly turned into the 40s and Merlin, still being a young man, couldn't stop himself from being swept up and signed up to be in the army. Maybe this would be the time for Arthur to rise. Rise to lead the British to victory against the Germans. He finished his training and was sent off to the front line. He would just keep his head down.
Mordred tapped his pen against his leg as he thought about what to write. He had already joined the army by the time Morgana found him and there was nothing he could do about it. He told her that he would write to her to tell her about his time but he was stumped at what to say. Most of what he wanted to tell her would be blacked out anyway. That was when Merlin entered his bunker, rambling on about how he was his new room-mate. He chuckled. He hadn't change over the years.
They fought side by side, as Mordred would always remind him that this is how it should have been done in the first place. Mordred knew that they were both to blame for what happened. He took care of Merlin when he was hit by the gas and was temporally blinded. Merlin was sent home, with a note from Mordred to Morgana to forgive him.
The decades continued to pass them by. Morgana had forgive Merlin in the end. It was the right thing to do as they were basically going to be stuck together. Mordred came back home, regarded as a hero. Merlin stood proud as he gained the medal he deserved. Morgana teased Merlin about it for years but he knew that Mordred needed that recognition. It was written down in stories that he was the man to kill Arthur, he needed to be remembered for something else as well, for something better.
The thing with not ageing, people start to noticing and then asking questions. There was only so long the phrase 'I have just aged better' could be used around the same group of people. They had moved up and down the country, sometimes living in the cities, sometimes in the countryside. But with the rate that people move around and had a number of different homes, led to them taking residence in one block for quite a few years now.
They each had their own room but it soon became apparent that they only needed two. With the years of being stuck together, Merlin and Morgana started to play on the feelings that had plagued them during Camelot. There was just something that clicked between them and it just felt natural that they should feel like that about each other. Merlin teased Morgana, telling her that there was another way. Morgana would just kiss him and tell him that it was his fault. Mordred cheered when they finally kissed, well that was in front of him.
Everything just felt right. There was just something about them all being and working together that just seemed so right. It was like it was destiny's plan for them to meet up like they did. That they were all immortal not because of their magic, but because of the decisions they made while magic was still about. Maybe the Golden age of Camelot and Albion would have been made if they had all worked together. There was just one small problem because of how everything went in Camelot, they didn't know how the dynamic that they had now would last if and when Arthur did rise.