Yet another chapter everyone! I'm on a roll today, aren't I? Blame insomnia combined with summer vacation.
I wish I owned Merlin. I also wish that The Doctor would come and take me away from the hick town I live in, but that's not going to happen either.
"You, you're Emrys." Morgana snarls from where she had landed.
"I was beginning to think you weren't going to figure it out Morgana." Merlin says sounding far more serious and mature than the boy Morgana had once known. It scared her. The thought of Merlin being Emrys, that Arthur's idiot serving boy that everyone loved was prophesized to be her doom. It should have been someone else, someone older, wiser.
"That's impossible, I- I've met Emrys, he's an old man!" She hears Merlin mutter a spell and watches as he transforms into Emrys, into Dragoon.
"I've never wanted to have to kill you Morgana. Even the first time. I should have helped you myself Morgana, that will be my biggest regret in life. But you still had a choice." He starts shaking, crying. He shouts, "Is this really what you wanted Morgana!" Morgana gasps, and stands up as Merlin downs the potion and changes back to his old self.
"You are not my destiny, and you are not my doom Emrys. You will die here. Forlor se mann." Merlin flies backwards, but is basically unharmed.
"I'm sorry Morgana. I'm so so sorry. Feorh min algeddun drύt." He whispers and Morgana falls. Merlin walks over to Morgana, tears falling rapidly from his eyes, and checks her pulse to find none. Gwendolyn walks up behind him, having come out of her hiding place, and is shortly followed by Arthur.
"I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry." Merlin repeats through tears over and over again. Gwendolyn takes Merlin's hand while Arthur puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Is it over?" Arthur whispers, looking at the lifeless body of his sister and former best friend.
"Not yet. Mordrid is near. I can see it. This battle, the three of us. This is where destiny is decided Arthur. It can go either way depending on the outcome of this battle." Arthur looks stunned at Gwendolyn.
"I'm a seer Arthur, but not in the same way that Morgana was. My visions can come to me at any time, not just while I sleep. That's how Merlin and I have been able to plan this battle. Every step, every moment has been planned out for this exact battle. You have to trust us Arthur, and please, don't do anything risky ok?" Gwendolyn and Merlin smile sadly while Arthur processes this new information. Before he can fully think about it, Mordrid appears, yelling.
"Morgana!" He turns to face the three. "You will pay for this. Emrys, Lux, Animi, you will all pay for this. Arendan hie be tolslitness." He shouts.
"Flit pes andfeng ond sendan hit hrycg." Gwendolyn shouts while Merlin yells a spell of his own. Arthur pulls out his sword which Merlin and Isledir had enchanted to literally slice through magic.
"Arthur, we'll keep him busy, but you're going to have to be the one who kills him. This is how I've seen it." Gwendolyn tells Arthur in a low enough voice so that Mordrid can't hear.
"Abearran et ende to hime. Astingan se breost of acolitus. Oynestre angnes aet bieldu." Mordrid casts his spells in rapid succession. Merlin blocks the spell aimed at his, and Arthur's magically enhanced armor deflected the spell, but Gwendolyn is struggling. She's slowing down and Merlin can tell she can't keep this up much longer. Mordrid has become so much more powerful than when Merlin last saw him. It's not until she collapses that Merlin decides to use his last resort. After reading about it he swore he'd never, ever use it, but if it meant saving Gwendolyn then he'd do it.
"Arthur, I'm going to do something completely reckless and dangerous. You're going to have one minute to kill him before his magic goes completely out of control. Got it?" Merlin tells Arthur in bits and pieces in-between blocking and returning Mordrid's spells.
"Sounds like a plan." Arthur regrips his sword. Every time Arthur had tried to get near Mordrid it has resulted in him getting blown into the nearest tree. It was a miracle he was still conscious.
"Forlor min algleaca anda." Those four simple words send Mordrid into a hysterical fit of laughing and crying. "Arthur, now!" Arthur runs and runs Mordrid through. He drops dead, and they know that it's over. Arthur lets out a half sob half laugh in relief before joining Merlin next to Gwendolyn, who is waking.
"Did we do it?" Merlin grabs her and kisses her while Arthur just stands there awkwardly. "I'll take that as a yes." She laughs and Merlin helps her stand up.
"We should head back; we don't know how things are with the main battle. Gwendolyn, I assume you're alright then?" Arthur is still half sobbing half laughing.
"I'm fine, Mordrid's spell wore off before it did any real damage. Let's go." The three ran to the castle to find the knights and sorcerers that fought for Camelot celebrating their own victory. Gwaine runs up to the trio.
"There you three are! We did it! You should have seen it, the dragon showed up and Morgana's entire army ran like scared children!" He laughs. "I'm guessing the dragon was because of you Merlin."
"Me? What made you possibly think that?" He laughs in a way that those that know Merlin hadn't heard in a long time.
"Sire. I wanted to report that thanks to the magically enhanced armor and the druid healers we made it through with hardly any casualties. They had far too many inexperienced sorcerers; I assume that many of them were novices." Leon smiled and shook Arthur's hand.
"We've done it Arthur. This time we've really done it." Merlin and Arthur hug.
"I see I finally get that hug after all this time."
"Shut up Merlin." Gwendolyn laughs at the two men next to her. The other Round Table knights had joined the group and they begin laughing as well.
"Now then Merlin, I believe you were about to ask me something before we were interrupted?" Gwendolyn smiles, knowing full well what the question is. Arthur and the knights look at their friends, some with a knowing look in their eyes, and some with a questioning look in their eyes. Merlin grabs her hand and gets down on one knee. He pulls out a very simple pewter ring from his jacket pocket.
"Gwendolyn, will you marry me?" He slides the ring on her finger and before he realizes what's going on Gwendolyn pulls him up and kisses him.
"I'll take that as a yes then." They begin kissing. And kissing. And kissing. Which leads Gwaine to eventually yell.
"Will you two take a breath already!" They both pull away, mock glaring at Gwaine while everyone congratulates them.
"You asked my father right?"
"Give me a little credit Gwendolyn, despite Arthur's claims I am not that much of an idiot."
"Have I ever told you that I love you?"
"Have I ever told you that I love more?"
The group goes inside to find Gaius and Gwendolyn's father. They look at Merlin and Gwendolyn and how happy they are.
"So I see you finally asked her. It's about time Merlin." Gaius laughs and the two of them hug him.
"So when's the wedding?" Gwendolyn's father asks, smiling. Gwen, who didn't realize what was going on gasps.
"You two are getting married! Congratulations!"
"It seems like just this once, we're getting happy endings." Arthur slides Gwen's ring onto her finger.
Everyone is smiling, and for the first time in a very long time, Merlin feels truly happy.
Anyone who found the Doctor Who reference gets a cookie. Anyone who reviews gets a brownie.