Alive
A/N: This starts with that moment when Sigan tries to posses Merlin. No !dark Merlin,just my thoughts of the scene from Cornelius POV.
Spoiler for series 2 episode 1, so if you haven't watched that, don't read!
When Sigan let go off Cedric's body,for a moment he felt like as if he suddenly lost the ground beneath his feet. He couldn't really feel,or know what was going around him,he couldn't control anything in this form. But, he could continue the last thing he thought in the body. Posses Merlin.
Ohh,how he wanted to do that! Every desire was for that boy! Not out of love,or anything,no… Cornelius Sigan wanted power.
That brat probably didn't know how much power he had,probably couldn't control it. But Sigan knew, and Sigan also knew that in Merlin's body he'd be immortal and he could rule this kingdom, yes he could rule the whole world, because he had felt the power which was used to defend that prince. He couldn't understand the cause of Merlin's actions,but he didn't need to. Soon Arthur would kneel at his feet,beg for mercy,when he watched how Cornelius destroyed everything he loved, how he killed him that arrogant bully.
But first of all he had to face the other sorcerer,well if anybody would call the thing Sigan wanted to do,face.
And slowly blue smoke entered Merlin.
Sigan, was completely stunned. He could see Merlin's memories, flashes of scenes. And he could feel Merlin's feelings, he knew the boy's thoughts. And it was so different from what he'd feel. There was so much love and compassion there, sometimes also anger, but the power behind it all was simply amazing. Oh this was gorgeous! That was when he realized Merlin was casting a spell. It's power was beyond imagination, and that was the moment Cornelius Sigan knew that he had lost, that this boy didn't have magic, that this boy was magic.
And in the next second a gigantic wave of craving hit Sigan. And then he mentally attacked. But what he hadn't reckoned on, was that Merlin, that not even really man, that still half a child, that complete brat, could control his magic.
He tried to block Merlin's soul from the rest of the body, meaning to imprison in it in a far away corner of the body's mind, allowing him to take over the whole rest, with no way out for the victim. As long as he didn't release them. It had worked perfectly well for Cedric, but Merlin, Merlin was defending himself! He was casting a spell without talking or golden eyes. Well they had turned golden a long time ago, and stayed this way. But that wasn't very impressive, because Merlin had closed his eyes at that time. And his eyelids hadn't changed their position since.
And while there was fog at the outside, and Gwen was talking to Gaius, and Arthur was being unconscious, Merlin and Sigan were fighting a silent battle, for the power of the most powerful warlock to ever walk the earth, and for Merlin, certainly also other things like protection of his friends, the people who lived here, and just to save a certain blond prince. And then Sigan won.
For a few moments he felt infinite power. He felt everything. As if he was the earth itself. No also the sky. He was earth and sky, and water. He could feel every living creature in the sky, in the water, and in and on the , animals, and human beings, and everything. He was nature, he was life. He was being pulled away. Into a cold stone heart. "NO!" he yelled. "NO!" and he could do nothing to stop it.