A thousand years passed by and Camelot became lost. It's people died, its king vanished was buried near his only son and his sons lover. The only proof that these things existed was a round table that was faked repeatedly and the genuine one is lost within fakes, a sword in a stone lost in Avalon, and a circular stone shrine to replace the willow around the grave of the lost prince of Camelot. Over the years that circular stone has been mistakenly thought that merlin himself had moved the stones to prove his magic and was buried between them. They were half right. Merlin is there. But he didn't move the stones.
One knight, the Druids of the old religion accomplished a task they had set out to do for many millennia. And yet, they didn't know it. They managed to raise their leader.
Druids had risen people before. Gwaine was living proof of that. Leon didn't die. Now Merlin joined them in the modern world.
Merlin and Gwaine and Leon moved in to the same house. Leon helped Merlin and Gwaine to get a job in the castle. It was the easiest and most convenient thing to do because Leon was the only one with a car. He drove them all over and drove them home.
Except today, he got a date. (No thanks to Gwaine - out of stocks anyway!)
"Boys, can you walk home?" Leon said.
"Why?" merlin said.
"You know why!" Leon said.
"No I don't. Why?" merlin said.
"Because I have a date!" Leon said.
"Oh you think you're going to get lucky!" merlin said.
"Well… shut up!" Leon said.
"Yeah you got it Leon! Good luck!" Gwaine said.
Leon was really suspicious now. He had no idea what Merlin and Gwaine were planning, but it was something. Something embarrassing.
Merlin and Gwaine hid behind the bushes near Leon's hair. When Leon led his date to his car, they lept up and started singing:
"When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore! When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine, that's amore! Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, Ting-a-ling-a-ling and you'll sing, "Vita Bella"!"
Leon turned a shocking shade of Scarlett and Gwaine and Merlin laughed so hard their chests ached. Leon's date was grinning and blushing. Leon was planning how to kill them.
Leon hurried his date into the car and drove off leaving the others laughing in the car park.
"We're never getting a ride again!" merlin said.
"Worth it though!" Gwaine said.
Gwaine started walking towards home. Merlin paused for a second before they walked on.
"Merlin? What's wrong?" Gwaine asked merlin blinked in surprise.
"Nothing. I just… I thought I saw… nothing. It's ok. Let's go!" Merlin said.
Gwaine slid his arm around Merlins shoulders and they headed onwards down the hill. Merlin didn't mention that he thought he had seen Arthur. He just grinned, slid his hand around Gwaine's waist, and continued to talk about the prank.
And for the first time in a long, long time, he was happy.