Rating T
Word Count: 250
Challenge Given: Choose one major decision a character has made on the show, then have them choose a different path.
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What Might Have Been
Merlin sprinted into the Court Sorcerer's chambers, slamming the door behind him as he raced to his cluttered desk; blue eyes wild and haunted.
"No, no ..." he muttered pushing things aside frantically. "Won't let this happen ... not to Arthur ... I can't ..."
Grabbing a magical gem, he ran to another desk, his eyes glowing gold as a bottle flew into his hand from the far corner, before sitting down, pushing his mid length hair out of his eyes and scratching his short beard. He knew he was breaking all the rules but, he didn't care, it had to be done – Destiny owed him.
Merlin cast the spell and disappeared.
He re-appeared in the central corridor and instantly fell to the floor, disorientated. Jumping up with surprising ease he held out am arm to note an especially skinny wrist poking out from a tatty red shirt and, with a laugh, he moved his hands to his head to note short hair and a clean shaven face. It had worked! He'd travelled back in time to the first year he'd arrived in Camelot.
Then he heard it.
"Help!"
The sound of a small scared child's voice in his head. Mordred.
"Help me. Please!"
Merlin moved into the square and saw the lad, wrapped in his green cloak; blue eyes visible even from here and gritted his teeth as he realised what he was going to have to do.
For Arthur ... this is for Arthur.
"The boy's over there!" Merlin shouted to the guards.
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