This is kinda inspired by the Doctor Who episode, Nightmare in Silver.

You will understand when you read it.

I am so sorry this is so short but all of the chapters like this are. I just cannot extend them somehow.

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Yosef coleman - Haha, yes everyone should bow before Morgana ;)


Conflict

Merlin woke up.

He remembered falling asleep but he had no idea where he was now.

He looked around and took in his surroundings.

He seemed to be in a forest. He couldn't really tell where he was because of the thick fog at covered the place.

"HELLO!" Merlin decided to scream in to the unknown.

His voice echoed around him.

Where the hell am I?

Merlin started to walk, hoping he would find something or someone. Or just a clue to where he is


After about half an hour of walk Merlin hadn't found anything. It may have been longer or even shorter, Merlin had no idea where he was and he was certain that at he was going round in circles. The fog was still as thick as it was when he woke up.

Where was he? Could he get out? Where was everyone?

An evil laugh brought Merlin out of his thoughts.

"HELLO! ANYONE THERE?" Merlin shouted into the fog, hoping this time someone would answer him.

He was surprised when his self walked into the area, smirking like Morgana would.

Merlin didn't move. How could he be seeing himself/

"You seem confused." The other Merlin said.

"Who are you?" Merlin breathed.

The other Merlin cocked his head to the side. "Why I am you, just a better and stronger version. See, Gaius doesn't know everything as you may believe, there is a hidden knowledge to the Forromah. You are Emrys, the most powerful being to ever exist. The Forromah has taken that and has made you into something wonderful. Poor little Arthur won't know what has hit him as you are now under the Forromah's control and Morgana's."

Merlin couldn't help but open and close his mouth like a fish. Morgana had control over me.

"At the moment you cannot remember a thing but I will keep control of you."

"How?" Merlin asked.

The evil Merlin laughed. "Poor native Merlin. You know nothing do you?"

Merlin tried not to react. "Well you have made this forest, haven't you?" Merlin started to loss confidence.

"No, you made it. It's put us both in a place where the shell felts safest. I would have thought it would have been Camelot but shows that you belong with Morgana more. You feel safer in a forest."

Merlin did always feel safer in the forest than at Camelot. Even now with Arthur as king, he still doesn't feel safe because of his magic.

"I can feel the magic around me, yet I cannot see it. I see the forest come alive, yet no one notices." Merlin said.

"But if one person was to notice, oh what a show they would see. Yet the show will only be for those who accept it." The evil one finished off. "Why say the rhyme that Hunith told us?"

"Because that is me." Merlin said. "I am magic. I can see the forest come alive and that's why I feel safer there."

"Oh but Merlin you will never be safe. Not now."

Merlin's eyes followed the evil one round.

"You know, you shouldn't have told Morgause what the poison was. This would have never happened. But it has and now the darkness will descend over you. You have scummed to it many times before but now you will not escape it."

Merlin pushed his hand out, trying to force the other him backwards, trying to take back control.

The other Merlin just brushed off the spell. "My, my Emrys you are weak. That's why the darkness will always win."

Merlin ducked as the other one threw a spell at him.

"I WILL GET BACK CONTROL. I WILL NOT LET MORGANA TAKE OVER MY LIFE." Merlin couldn't help the anger rising in him. Maybe because I am not in control any more.

"Keep calm now Emrys. As I said, You don't remember a thing. We both have the same memories, the question is which one of us will be the one to remind the body of them?"

The other Merlin then bolted to his left.

Merlin was slow to start off and took off in the same direction as the other him had gone in.


After following the other him for a while, Merlin had lost him.

Merlin cursed as he looked around for any clue to where he had gone to.

Merlin had a small suspicion that he wasn't going to win.

What will happen to Arthur, Gwen and Gaius if I am not in control? My destiny is at its end.

Merlin started to panic so much that he became short of breath and the world started spinning around him.

He fell to the floor, thinking about the golden age of Camelot that he will never make with Arthur. Tears had formed in his eyes, he had lost everything trying to save Arthur.

He now wished that Morgana had just killed him or tortured him for information. It would be better than the pain of thinking that he had failed.

Arthur could be dead.

Merlin shock his head. He had to get these thoughts out of his head. He had already given up too easily and he need to find the drive to keep going. He was going to get control of his body, even if it killed him.

He got up and closed his eyes and tried to see if he could sense the other person running around this place.

Instead of finding a person, there was a source of power.

Merlin tried to keep his senses on the source as he ran through the forest.

The fog was starting to rise and Merlin could now see some of the place where he was.

Merlin pushed himself harder, trying to get to it before his other, evil self.


Merlin kept his magic at the ready. He didn't want to lose control so would have to fight the other him.

Merlin's legs hurt from the running that he was doing but he could see that the light that the source was giving off.

Once he had reached it he walked around it a couple of times.

"What are you?" He said.

He could hear something coming and didn't know what came over him when he stepped into the light, letting it take over him.