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#Merlin and his magic and realising all that he missed all that he didnt see and now it's too late because he's dying
tiredcowboyy · 18 days
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I cant stop thinking ab the idea of merlin one day post s5, where they all survived, becoming really secretive and protective of his room and not telling anyone at all whats inside. Not even gaius. He even gets a lock installed and whenever anybody asks he brushes it off with jokes like “its to stop arthur from finding me” or smth.
he also unrelatedly really hates any talk of destiny, going to war, and anytime morgana mentions her fear of her magic turning her merlin slightly freaks out.
That is until one day gaius manages to catch merlin off guard while hes rushing between the main room and his bedroom and walks in.
Only to see a whole bunch of stuff that hes never seen before.
Merlin freaks out, tries to play it off as some weird experiments and stuff hes been collecting but gaius can feel it, somethings different about these items, not wrong but not right. Not really magic either.
It takes 3 weeks of gaius pestering him before merlin breaks and explains to him that he IS A TIME TRAVELER. after the battle of camlan as we know it that lead to arthurs death, merlin did wait, he really did, but in the year 2020 when arthur didnt return for yet another global crisis, merlin broke and did spell upon spell until he figured out how throw himself back in time.
And holy shit did it work well. He managed to come back just at the perfect time to change everything that needed to be done to assure that everyone lives happily and safely, and when he realises hes done it, he decides to stay in this time. See his friends and family grow old as they should have. See arthur rule as he should have. Live the life he has been craving to go back to for centuries now.
Until a month in he realises how old everything is. Sure merlin can survive without his phone and stuff but theres a few things he really misses. Like his slippers, his potato peeler, his favourite hoodie, and especially his favourite tea flavours.
So once in a while he allowed himself to go back to the modern day and bring one thing back. He started with a scented candle, because candles exist in camelot and having one here shouldn’t mess up time right? Then moved onto a herbal tea that he knows if he traveled past the boarders he may be able to find similar ingredients.
Then he brings a new release of his favourite book series because he cant help it and realises small things like that dont change time.
And so thats what he’s been hiding away in his room, all of his modern day stuff. Ranging from trinkets hes collected over his life to his favourite scarf to his stuffed lion that he won at a fair in the 80s. He doesn’t go back often, only when his tea runs out or he really needs something, he tries to limit it he really does.
It takes gaius another 4 weeks to wrap his head around it all. Another 2 weeks after that to touch merlins stuffed lion thinking it may attack him at any moment.
He makes gaius promise to not tell a soul, offering him tea bags as payment. They have a nice system from then on, gaius would try a new flavour of tea everytime merlin returned, once in a while he would also bring a modern day snack (gaius yelled when he first tried salt and vinegar crisps).
A yell which led to leon finding out. And so a cycle began.
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dorothea - J.P
evermore masterlist | happiness | coney island
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Warnings: fame, sadness, not many that I can think of, Canon divergent timeline
Summary: you had left the magical world to become an actress but have come back after a few years to realise its lonely
Wordcount: 1.6k
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The forest was silent, the only sounds were the crunching of autumn leaves and the vivacious laughs of two children. 
You and James were only ten years old and running through the forest on a fake wizarding mission. 
You both lived next to each other in the small wizarding community and your families were close friends and they had been since you were both born. 
You laughed, a high pitched giggle as you raised a stick above your head, pretending pretending to cast a curse on hi.
James fell to the floor, laughing as he pretended to he caught in a curse. 
You walked over and helped him up, brushing the autumn leaves off of him. 
"Hey Y/N," he said, his voice more timid then usual. 
"Yeah," you replied, looking down at him - you were taller then him at ten years old.
"Promise me you'll always think of me, you'll never forget me," he said, almost sounding worried. 
You chuckled, reaching your hand out and holding your pinky finger out, "Promise Jamie," you said. 
He smiled at you, wide toothy smile despite the fact that he was missing one of his front teeth, "Promise," he replied, linking his pinky finger with yours. 
Years later, as he watched you from afar from the other side of diagon alley, he wondered if you ever thought about him. If you remembered your days shared in the wood, running around with no other care. 
It was back before either of you cared about the wizardinf war or school or relationships. It was back when you were just James and Y/N.
You were the first girl he had ever been in love with, like truly in love with. 
Lily had reminded him of you. You both had the same humour and the same morals towards life and the same wide smile whenever something would make you happy. 
Just seeing you again made James' heart flutter and he couldn't take his eyes off of you. 
You'd become a muggle actress since you left town and you were famous for the Hollywood films but here in diagon alley, you were almost anonymous apart from muggleborns who knew you. 
You had a wide smile as you talked to two eleven year old girls, their brown hair tied in braids. 
"Prongs," Sirius said before freezing when he saw you again. 
He knew all about you and James. 
The two of you had been inseperable during school, practically best friends. You would do everything together and you were an honourary member of the mauraders. 
"Why don't you talk to her James?" He asked, watching as you waved goodbye to the two kids and waked into madam malkins. 
James had many dates, girls and boys who all wanted to be with him. But he never wanted any of them, he only ever wanted you. 
He had broken up with Regulus after leaving the school and that was his first heartbreak. It was even more heartbreaking to hear of his passing last year. 
After that he had a small fling with Lily to quell his gried but they weren't compatible, constantly arguing and yelling at one another. 
"She's famous now Sirius," he said, sighing, "I'm sure she wants nothing to do with me,"
He never saw you anymore. The last time yiu saw each other was over a year ago at a wedding that both of your families went too. 
The only place he saw you was on the muggle screen bit he was proud of you and wanted you to succeed in your dreams. 
Two weeks later, he went to a school reunion that a Sirius was hosting at his and James' house and they had invited you. 
He was nervous to see you again because he hadn't talked to you in 18 months. 
The home didnt feel the same without your cheerful smile that could light up an entire room. 
James spent the first hour of the party not able to talk to you. He just kept staring at you from across the party, a smile on his face as he looked at you. 
"Merlin, Prongs, just go talk to her," Remus said, shaking his head as he looked between you and James. 
James sighed. He wondered if you ever thought about when the two of you went to prom together before you left, when you pranked the whole school. 
He wished that he would have realised how special you were to him then but he was still fixated on Lily Evans and her perfect orange hair and her big green eyes. 
"She wouldn't want to talk to me, she's all perfect and I'm not," he said, his self doubt and insecurities breaking in and ruining his confidence, knocking him down. 
Remus scoffed, shocked that his best friend, a total ladies and man's man would ever be nervous to talk to anyone. 
"Come on, don't be a coward," sirius said as he walked over. 
"Shut up," James huffed, folding his arms across his chest in annoyance. 
Remus sighed, looking at sirius before calling out, "Oy, Y/N, over here!" He called out. 
James blushed, afraid you'd turn them down but you rushed over, pulling the three boys in for a big hug. 
"I've missed you all so much," you said. 
It had been four years since you'd moved to Hollywood and you might be 22 now but it felt like something was nodding. 
"How's work?" Sirius asked.
"Good, good," you said, not sure what else to say about it. 
You loved your job but sometimes it tired you out and you missed openly being a wizard in your society. 
"If you're ever tired of being famous, you could always come back here," Remus suggested, half joking and half serious. 
You nodded, chuckling slightly, "Yeah, it's nice to come back here and know that not many people care about how famous you are outside of the room. 
You loved fame and you loved the joy that came with acting but you did realise that you sort of had to chose between the wizarding world and muggles. 
"I miss all of you, all if this," you said, a smile on your face as you talked to Remus and Sirius and James. 
James' heart fluttered and he opened his mouth, about to ask to talk to you in private when Sirius cut on. 
"Me and Remus actually have to go do something, we miss you too Y/N, you should visit more," he said, the two saying goodbye to her before walking away, leaving you and James together. 
You thought about all those childhood afternoons spent with him, your best friend and soulmate, whether that be platonic or romantic.
"How are you doing?" He asked and you shrugged. 
"I'm feeling okay, I've been filming for a while but I'm taking a break for six months, then I have this TV show I'm filming," you explained, "It's tiring,"
"Sounds like it," he said. 
It was quiet. Not a comfortable silence but an awkward one, a silence where neither of you quite knew what to say to one another. 
"Is it too late?" You asked, leaning into the warmth of his hand on your cheek. 
"Too late?" He questioned. 
You nodded, "Too late to come back to you, I missed you James," you admitted, the weight lifting off of your chest after years of keeping the secret. 
He looked into your eyes, seeing everything he had ever wanted like stars in the galaxy, glowing brighter then anything before. 
His breath hitched in his throat, "It's not too late, I've sort of been on love with you since we were eighteen," he said, a nervous smile on his face. 
You let out a nervous chuckle, "Merlin Jamss, I've been in love with you since we were fifteen," you said, leaning closer to him, feeling his breath warm against your lips. 
He smirked, "You always try to one up me don't you love?" He questioned jokingly and you smiled, too enamoured with him to fight back right now. 
"Just kiss me," you said almost breathlessly and he nodded, leaning in and pressing his lips against yours. 
It was better than you had ever imagined, the soft yet slightly chapped texture of his lips and the taste of mint and alcohol on his tongue. 
You leant in closer, deepening the kiss as your hand moved up, running through his hair and tangling through it.
All the sounds in the room and the music and the loud talking all faded away and all that mattered was you and James together. 
He sighed into the kiss. For the first time in his life, he felt completely at ease, like nothing bad could ever happen to them. 
It was like he didn't need to worry about the war, or his auror training or anything else bad going on in the world. 
You pulled away, both of you resting your foreheads against one another. 
You both hust relished in the peace and quiet and the comfortable silence you both basked in.  
"Hey James," you said, interrupting the silence. 
"Yeah," he replied, his voice deeper and slightly giddy. 
"Did you ever stop and think about me?" You questioned, eyes on his. 
He chuckled, "Every single day love, every God damn day," he said, glad that he plagued your mind just as much as he plagued yours. 
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Ashes To Ashes
Pairing: Fred Weasley x Reader
Request: ‘Please could you write a Fred Weasley imagine where you’re inside the burrow when Bellatrix sets it on fire and Fred runs in to get you out?? Thank you, I’m really loving you writing!’ For anonymous
Ps- i havent read the books or seen the movies in a while so I kinda went w the time it was fleur & bills wedding & intergrated it w that, sorry if its not what u wanted but I did write Bellatrix’s attack in x
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Today was the big day. For today was the the day where Fleur & Bill were finally to be wed. For their celebration to erase war from anyones thoughts, today they were just two kids in love, not undercover Order Workers. Today they were simply girl & boy.
“Oi Y/N hurry up, Fleur’s asking for you” Ginny shouts practically breathless as she runs past your room, trying to find Hermione for the bride.
You pick up the gorgeous bouqet that earlier today you picked up from the florist for the woman and made your way downstairs into the living room. As you take a closer look, you notice something is off. Fleur was standing rigidly still, looking in the mirror unblinking.
“Fleur, darling, are you alright?”
The woman remained silent, Y/N had no idea what to do, she’d never seen her friend so paniced, so immobile. Ever since Y/N’s sixth year (after the Triwizard Tournament) the two kept in contact, maintaining a solid friendship with the other, who wouldve known that years later Fleur would join the family that you had already been apart of.
“Its okay to be nervous.” You sit beside the Frenchwoman “Just talk through it” grabbing her hand you pull her down to sit beside you.
“It’z all so scary Y/N. I love Bill, I really do, but what if he realises he doesnt feel the same about me and leaves me there?” She faces you, eyes glossed over
That caused you to frowm slightly “Bill loves you more than he loves life itself Fleaur, everybody knows that he’d do anything for you just to see you happy- not many can say that they have a person like that.” You smile lightly, thinking about your person. “You constantly say how much you love him, so if you stil feel that for him, theres no need to be scared of getting married-These are the normal pre wedding doubts, none of them are true. Besides, I’m sure if Bill tried to run away from such a gorgeous and talented person as you, Molly would raise havoc and go to the ends of the earth to get him back.”
Fleur looks up at you, smiling, but with stray tears going down her face “Thank you Y/N” she throws herself forward and hugs you “It’s just a big step & I’ve been so emotional lately because of-“ she hesitates
A look of realisation dawns on you and you beam, hugging her once more but tighter “You’re joking? Congratulations!” You give her a peck on the cheek “Does Bill know?” You queried as she shook her head
“Non, I only confirmed it a week ago. Please dont tell anyone Y/N.” She looks at you with pleading eyes and you vigorously nod
“Of course. I wont say a thing, this is your secret. But how about we start getting ready for your wedding hmm.”
As Y/N started to do Fleurs makeup, Hermione rushed in with the wedding dress that her and Molly had been making final adjustments to, Ginny was running around frantically trying to get all the guests in the right places and seats. Once commisioning your help to shout at a group of loiterers to leave the premises because they wouldnt listen to the red head girl. All in all, after many hours, Fleaur was ready.
“You look gorgeous.” Gabrielle beamed at her sister
“Stunning.”
“Ethereal.”
“I might just steal you from Bill” you wink and cause her to laugh and blow you a kiss “I’ll go get everyone ready, you still have plenty of time to relax.” Handing Gabrielle the bouqet, you rush out of the room, which proved to be quite difficult in heels. But bearing through the pain, you get outside and see rows and rows of the fragile golden chairs set on either side of the long purple carpet. The supporting poles to the gazeebo top were entwined with gorgeous white and gold flowers. As you look to where there was supposed to be an enormous bunch of balloons, you frown to see it bare.
“George!” You shout getting his attention “Wheres Fred? You were supposed to the balloons up ages-“ you feel strong arms pick you up and spin you around, making you let out a shriek of surprise, thankfully not loud enough to get the attention of the others
“I’m here my love, disposable at your command.” He purrs into your ear, sending chills down your spine
“Put me down asshole” you laugh and turn to face him, before you could manage to say anything you were taken aback at how he looked. “You got a haircut.” You stated plainly and ran a hand through his hair as he put his arms around your waist.
“Correction, George cut my hair when I wasnt paying attention so ‘people would be able to tell the difference between us’” he wrinkled his nose
You stare at him, dumbstruck “As if the hole on the side of his head wasnt enough.” Fred laughs and says thats what he said “I like it, it suits you.”
Fred grins and kisses you, “Lets face it Y/N you like anything when its to do with me.”
You roll your eyes and hum in agreement “Thats because I love you Fred. But I will seriously consider breaking up with you if you dont get the balloons up as you promised.”
Fred gives you a small peck & jumps back from you “I’m on it!” and runs over towards his brother to finally do what he had to. You smile at him, reminiscing at how you managed to fall in love with such an idiotic man, yet you could never wish for more. Fred Weasley was truly perfect.
Shaking your head you turn back to the guests that were not where they were supposed to be before shouting “Get to your seats and away from the food please! Thats for after the ceremony!” You swat their hands before adding “If you dont know where youre supposed to be, go to Hermione and Molly, they will tell you.” You motion to the pair before walking around to make last minute adjustments.
The wedding ceremony went beautifully, Fleur was walked down with her bridesmaids: Gabrielle & Ginny. When in sight, she rendered everyone breathless, she was ethereal, the most gorgeous a person could possibly look. Molly teared up from the get go at the sight of her eldest marrying, many more joined in when they said their vows. You could not believe that the day of your friends wedding had finally arrived. Throughout the entire sitting down portion of the ceremony, Fred was holding your hand and rubbing circles on it, an assurance that through everything you went through- you were still together- still alive.
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The loud music was ringing through the field, dancing bodies surrounded you, but you paid them no mind, your main focus on Fred.
“Did I tell you how gorgeous you look Y/N?”
You laugh lightly as you sway to the beat “No, I must’ve missed it the other ten times you said it”
“Well you do, absolutely bewitching, are you sure you didnt use a love poition on me? I never knew feeling this was possible.” He jokes as he spins you
“Must be my natural charm and charisma that got you so captured Fred.”
“Must be.” He mutters softly looking into your eyes. Fred was completely besotted by you, more than anyone had ever seen him be, he just knew that Y/N was perfect. The way that she’d light up any room she walked in, the way that she’d never back down from a challenge, and just simply how she made him feel. Dear Merlin he loved the girl. “After this do you fancy going away for a bit?”
You look at him sceptically “Planning out your murderous fantasies are we?”
He laughs and shakes his head “You’re impossible. No, since the shops closed I thought we could go away somewhere before everything with the war kicks off, I want as much time with you as I can get.”
“Oh” you forgot that the wizarding world was on the brink of war “Yeah. Yeah, I’d like that. But if you sneak George along i swear to Merlin I will live through my murderous fantasy & kill the pair of you.”
Fred chuckles again, before nodding “Promise, no George. I think he got an eyefull when he barged into our room without knocking.”
“Serves him right.” You mumble “I told him on multiple occasions to knock.”
The rest of the song died down and you stayed in Freds arms for a moment, before he was being wisked away to dance with Aunt Muriel, he held an awfully sour look as you giggled when she hounded on him to straighten his back, then saying that he was too tall.
“I’m a bit cold, I’ll go get a jacket then I’ll be right back” Y/N kissed his cheek & left to get back inside the burrow. Thinking nothing of it, she poured herself another drink, smiling to herself at how Fred would have to have another dance with Muriel. What an awful woman.
Unbeknown to the girl, a silver patronus intruded on the celebration to announce grave news. “The Ministary has fallen. The Minister of magic is dead. They are coming. They are coming.” Everyone scrabled to find their loved ones, to make sure that they were safe, but before Fred even had the chance to look for Y/N, everything burst into havoc. The gazeebo was now engulfed in flames, Death Eaters showing up everywhere to curse them.
“Y/N!” Fred shouted, frantically looking around for the girl “Y/N!”
He turned around and was greeted by a paniced Mr Weasley “Theres not much time Fred, I dont know where she is, you need to get to safety and leave. Now!”
Fred ignored his fathers protests and ran, dodging various spells being shot from either side. He had to find you, he had to know you were safe.
An abrupt crash jolts you back into reality, you get up to run and go outside but with a sudden ‘whoosh’ and black smoke- two Death Eaters appear infront of you.
“Shit.” You mumble & grab your wand, quickly dodging their spells you manage to knock one out & try to deal with the other. “You’re quite persistant-“ blue sparks shoot from your wand, the figure ran upstairs & you follow.
“And you’re associated with mud-blood scum!” A flash of green emerged from their wand that narrowly missed you, you grin
“You missed.” You kick a chair at the figure, momentarily distracting them to cast a spell “Stupefy! Petrificus totalus!” As the figure was knocked out & bound together, you walk over and spit out “Get a life, prick” snapping their wand in two.
In the middle of your fight, you had not noticed that the commotion outside had turned to an arsonists playground. looking through the window you call for Fred, hearing no response your heart stops, you leave the room & try to get down the stairs but now they were already engulfed by flames.
“Oh shit” you panic and shoot spells at it to stop the fire from spreading, but to no avail, it only got worse. Smoke was now clouding your vision, realising that if you were not to jump down you’d perish in this fire. Letting out a short breath, you hype yourself up for the leap of your life “You can do it Y/N. Come on” violetly coughing, you jump. Unfortunately landing a fair few stairs too high. Unbearable pain shoots up through your leg & you cry out in pain.
Sinking to the floor you couldnt even move, the pain in your arm and leg restricting you. This was it, this would be how you die. All alone, with no one to help you, no one to save you. In a burning house. Yet the only thought racing through your mind was ‘Is Fred safe’. Thankfully most of the fire was behind you, the staircase had completely gone up in flames however, the roof was begining to crumble down. A plank toppled down, narrowly missing you, but making the room next to you catch on fire.
As you were losing conciousness you hear a strained yell “Y/N!” You try to respond, but all that came out was a series of violent coughs “Y/N im coming, hang on!” You couldn’t see what was happening, i dont know if it was the thick cloud of smoke or the fact that you were breathing most of it in, but your vision blurred.
A faint figure emerged, breathless, trying to get through the flames & to you fast enough “Hey Y/N ive got you, im here.” You felt yourself being picked up & your body fell like a ragdoll. “Oh merlin dont die on me Y/N.” Was the last thing you heard before passing out.
*
The abrupt light and noise woke you up, yet you were unable to open your eyes, they were far too heavy for the little energy you had. Were you dead? Is this what death felt like?
“Stop pacing Fred, she’ll be fine.” You heard a voice say, however, unable to distinguish who it belonged to “shes a strong girl, the nurses said so.”
“Yeah they also said she’d wake up yesterday, so my apologies if I dont believe what they have to say.” He snapped
Fred. Oh yes, Fred. He came into the building to save you didnt he? So that answered your question of being dead. You were very much alive, but dear Merlin you were in unbearable pain.
“She’ll be up and about soon though? Her body was exhausted thats why shes sleeping so long right?” He continued, sounding unsure. Well if this is how they reacted to you passing out you wouldn’t want to know how theyd react if you died.
“And id appreciate it if I could sleep some more.” You croak out as you let your eyes open. Coming to face the whole clan of distressed red heads, Harry, Hermione & Fleur.
Fred snaps to face you and a look of relief washes over his features “Y/N” he whispers and rushes to your side hugging you “You’re okay. You’re alive. Thank Merlin.”
You try to chuckle, which abruptly turns into a wheze “I’m okay yeah, in a lot of pain but I’m fine.” Fred retreats from you, an apologetic look on his face.
“Come on kids lets give them some space.” Molly ushers everyone out of the room “I’m glad you’re okay Y/N” she sends you a smile and leaves the room for you and Fred to be alone.
Moments pass with Fred just looking at you with glassy eyes before he abruptly let out “You bloody scared me half to death!”
You motion for him to help you sit up “Oh I do apologise that me nearly burning in a fire scared you. I wasnt very happy about it either.”
Fred looks at you speachless, confused at how you can joke about it so soon. He remains quiet before letting out a big sigh and hanging his head into his lap “I thought I lost you.” He mumbles, barely loud enough for you to hear
“Hey, look at me.” You say and put his face into your left hand with the little energy you have “I’m okay, I’m alive. And so are you” he smiles faintly before you continue “Obviously as gorgeous as ever, so nothing irreversible happened.”
He laughs “Obviously.”
While in the room Fred filled you in on what happened, that after the Death Eaters showed up & they fought them off- Bellatrix Lestrange set fire to the burrow & he ran in to get you out. He told you that you passed out & that you had to be taken to St Mungos to treat your broken leg and the burn on your arm.
“The nurses said you were lucky to get out alive Y/N” he said lowly, not being able to bear the thought of your death.
“Im alive because of you Fred. Thank you.” You offer a weak smile “There were two Death Eaters in the house when it burned up-“
“Thats not on your concious to bear, Its on Bellatrix Lestrange.”
You nod, in all honesty you didnt feel bad that they perished in the fire- their downfall was their own undoing. But what was on your mind was the fire burn “When I’m better do you recon I’ll l have a cool badass scar?”
Fred shakes his head as he holds your hand, of course thats what Y/N is thinking about “‘course you will, It’ll become part of badass backstory.”
“Good” you mumble and close your eyes. After a long silence you relax back into your pillow, the sleeping draft & skelly-grow hitting you like a brick. You begin to mumble incoherent sentences
“Hey Freddie?”
He looks at your peaceful face, all calm against the pillow and responds “Yes my love?”
After a little pause of small mumbles, you ask “When I’m better, can we leave for our trip?”
“Whatever you want Y/N.” He smiles lightly & watches you drift off to sleep, hoping that ‘better’ would come along faster.
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Ahh okay hi! Omg this took so long to write, again sorry its not the actual bellatrix fire story, i jus forgot how it happened & when I remembered I wrote too much of it. <33
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Euphemia Potter and Sirius Black
The first time Sirius went to James’ house, was in the second break from their first year. James was going home to his family and he had asked him mom if his new beste mate could come with him to join them for Christmas.
At first, Euphemia didn’t approve of it, having another 11 year old in their house while she wanted to celebrate Christmas with her small family. But after having heard James talk about how the boy had a bad home situation, she said yes to James’ idea.
Euphemia and Fleamont were carefull with the black haired boy. They knew he was vulnerable, (even tho Sirius claimed he wasn’t) They were carefull because he do, in fact, was a Black. But after having him at theirs for one night, they realized he really wasn’t like a Black, not at all.
Sirius was polite, he smiled and talked a lot. He was nice to both Euphemia and Fleamont and he cared a lot about their son.
The first moment Euphemia realised how bad Sirius needed a real mom, was when she walked in on the boy having a nightmare one night.
Sirius was breathing heavily. Whimpering and silcent tears walking down his small face.
Euphemia softly touched Sirius’ cheek as Sirius flinched awake. He sat up fastly, gasping for air and breathing fast.
“Shhhh, its alright sweetheart.”
Euphemia hugged the boy close, ignoring the flinches and his shaking body. Just talking softly to him, telling him it was alright.
“Everything will be alright, shhh, it’s okay.”
Sirius had stopped crying, feeling safe here.
The second time Sirius was at James’ home, was when he was around 16.
He had had an awfully huge fight with his mother and father. Being beaten up and his body still shaking from the curses.
When he made the Potters he collapsed on the grass of their garden. Feeling the blood drip from his body and every bone felt broken.
He was gasping for air heavily, trying to breath but not getting any air. He saw everything going black, letting out a last frustrated cry.
When he woke up he saw Euphemia bending over him, looking worried, sad and angry.
Sirius let out another cry, trying to say he was sorry but not getting everything out of his mouth.
“Its okay hun, I’ve already told James and Fleamont. We’re all mad at the Blacks and we’re letting you stay here for as long as we can, we’ll find a solution.”
Sirius’ eyes changed from scared till peacefull.
He was home.
Sirius’ his body still hurted a bit but he was doing better and better. The Potters had taken him in, he didn’t think he’s deserve it but they hadn’t listened to that and had said it should’ve always been this way. He was one of theirs.
Sirius heard a knock on his door.
“Sweetheart, James is getting the food at the store with dad, can you help me with preparing the dessert?”
Sirius knew this was honestly just a moment for Euphemia to be with him. She had been trying to be as much with Sirius as possible. Let the boy show he was safe, and theirs. Sirius didn’t mind.
“Coming!”
As Sirius walked downstairs he saw Euphemia was already melting some chocolate. She gave him a sweat smile as he smiled back, rolling up his sleeves and putting his hair in a loose bun.
“You can call me mom you know, I’ve told you thousand times, you never say it.” Euphemia smiled.
Sirius shrugged.
After half an hour Fleamont and James came back as Fleamont spoke.
“... so as I talked to Mia she asked about what you were doing and I told her you were with our other son and-“
Sirius interrupted.
“Uhm, Flea- no wait. Uhhh. Okay listen... I really appreciate you guys calling me your son and all but I’m still a Black and you have James and I’m not your son as much as I’d love to be..”
James, Fleamont and Euphemia looked at the boy.
The short boy with the black hair till his shoulders. The boy who tried to hide his feeling even tho he was falling apart. The boy who always got a bright blush when James called him his brother.
James smiled. “It’s alright bro, you are my bother honestly you’re not going to change that.”
Fleamont nodded as Euphemia gave him a hug.
Sirius hugged back, closing his eyes knowing he didn’t want I any other way, really.
The third time Sirius was at the Potters was when he stood at their door, well Euphemia’s door.
Fleamont had died from Dragon Pox, and James... He was hiding, hiding with the love of his life. Lily and James were safe, together with Harry.
Sirius used to be the secret keeper of James and Lily, but he had changed with Peter last moment.
Sirius hAd to tell someone, anyone who listened really. He couldn’t tell his friends tho... There was a spy in the middle of them and Sirius didn’t know who it was. It could be anyone. He had to tell someone who would definitely not tell anyone else.
Euphemia had be the first person Sirius thought of.
She was James’ mom and would never ever betray him.
Euphemia opened the door, pointing her wand at Sirius.
“What did Sirius say to me the first time he met me?”
Sirius smirked, it had been truly hilarious.
“Hello miss Potter, I’m James’ new friend and I would like to inform that James once peed his pants while brushing his teeth walking on his hands.”
Euphemia laughed, letting her boy in.
“What’s wrong honny?”
“Well...”
After having talked to her for hours, Sirius finally felt a little lighter. Sirius had felt weird but he whole situation and didn’t really know what to do.
“So Peter is the secret keeper?”
Sirius nodded.
“Merlin I made a mistake didn’t I.”
Sirius talked silently, his head in his hands, shaking furiously.
Euphemia pulled him in a hug.
“You did nothing wrong, and it’s gonna be alright.”
Sirius nodded.
Two weeks later everything went wrong.
Sirius had sent Remus to Euphemia after having heard nothing of Peter.
He was going behind him, making sure everything went alright.
Sirius arrived at Godrics Hollow, his stomach hurting from the nerves and his wand ready. As he walked around the corner he began to run, seeing the house of James and Lily.
He only began to slow down when he saw no lights shining. The house wasn’t a house anymore. Only ruins were left.
Sirius began to feel hopeless.
“N-no! JAMES!”
He ran towards the house, not bothering to look around for anyone watching.
“JAAAMES!!! LILYYYY!!!”
He ran inside as the first thing he saw was his best mate lying on the stairs, motionless.
“N-no... No please no- James.”
Tears streamed down Sirius’ face as he felt his stomach drop.
He fell over his best friend hugging his bother close.
He only realised he still had to be strong when he heard a soft sound coming from upstairs.
“L-LILY?!”
Sirius ran upstairs, a second heartbreaking sight crashing over him.
Lily lying in the ground.
“Fuck-“
Another wave of tears hit him as Sirius realised the two most important people were dead.
Sirius heard a cry. Harry.
Harry was still sitting in his little bed.
Sirius took him out as fast as he could. Hugging Harry as close as he could.
“S-shhhh, it’ll b-be alright P-prongslet.”
He heard a loud sound as Sirius drew his wand. Tears still streaming over his face, holding Harry tightly with his other arm, protecting him at all cost.
It only took a few seconds when Sirius saw Hagrid. The giant had a sad look on his face as he looked at Sirius, who began shaking his head, crying harder, stepping back.
“N-no no no, please no, not Harry.”
Hagrid looked at Sirius with sad eyes.
“I’m sorry, Dumbledore’s order. Said I should get baby Harry to take him to his aunt ‘n uncle.”
Sirius shaked his head, disbelief showing in his eyes.
“No but, but he’s everything I have- please...”
Hagrid stepped closer as he pointed his umbrella at Sirius.
“I don’t wanna do this.”
Sirius kept Harry close to his chest. Thinking about Remus and Euphemia.
He gave Harry a small kiss to his head.
“T-take care of him.”
Hagrid took Harry as he walked away.
Sirius stood there, a numb feeling in his chest, breathing heavily, tears still streaming down his face. Hagrid had taken his motorbike.
Sirius slowly walked out of the house, seeing dementors everywhere. His eyes grew as he started running, the dementors on his heels.
Sirius heard someone scream, “THERE HE IS! ITS BLACK!”
Lights fired beside him as Sirius casted a protection charm.
After what felt like hours of fighting Sirius proceeded to arrive at Euphemia’s, hoping she and Remus weren’t also dead.
“EUPHEMIA! OPEN THE DOOR PLEASEE...”
Sirius fell against the door. Just when he thought he wouldn’t take it anymore, the door opened.
Euphemia opened it, her eyes full of concern.
“Oh sweathear-“
“They’re dead... Pettigrew killed them and they’re after m-me. I DIDNT DO ANYTHING... Please...”
Remus walked up behind the two of them as Euphemia was holding Sirius close.
A group of people of the minestry came running towards them, they heard them scream in the distance.
“WHAT DO I DO.”
Sirius was screaming hopeless, everything falling apart and not knowing what to do.
“Keep him safe, p-please keep Remus safe, and make sure y-you’ll get to take care of Harry, he’s alive, t-they’re taking him to Petunia and Vernon. I love you and thank you for everything.”
“No Sirius-“
The people of the minestry got close, Sirius felt a hand grab his clothes.
He screamed, seeing Remus run into the house.
He felt a hand hit him as Sirius hit and knocked everything he could hit.
Screaming and crying.
“Let him go he didn’t do anything!”
Euphemia was screaming against the people, trying to get her son back.
“MOMM! I DIDNT DO ANYTHING PLEASE MOM HELP ME!”
Sirius stopped fighting back as saw even his Euphemia looked hopeless.
She stepped forward slamming the door behind her so Remus was safe.
“GIVE HIM A TRIAL! HES THE ONLY THING IVE GOT LEFT AND YOU WONT TAKE MY OTHER SON FROM ME! I WONT ADMIT BOTH OF MY SONS LEAVING IN ONE NIGHT, BESIDES, HES INNOCENT.”
The people of the minestry of magic stopped hurting Sirius as they loosened the grip, not letting go yet.
After what felt like hours Sirius was sitting in the middle of a large room. People of the hearing looking at him. He felt so small.
His body was hurting and he felt the bruise they aurors hit grow.
The Veritaserum he has gotten at the beginning of the hearing started to impact him and he felt like something was taking over what he was saying.
The minister was about to talk when he cought Euphemia’s eye, his mom smiled at him. Sirius have her a faint smile back.
“Tonight we gather around for the trial of Sirius Orion Black. Mister Black,” Sirius flinched as he heard the name. He hadn’t been called so since he was 16.
“Is it true that you were James and Lily Potters secret keeper?”
“Partly.”
“Partly?” The minister looked confused and mad.
“I was in the beginning, but we changed the secret keeper.”
“Ehhhjj- Okay who is the secret keeper now then mister Black?”
Again Sirius flinched.
“Peter Pettigrew.”
The whole hall was looking at Sirius.
After a short silence the minister spoke again.
“And we’re is, Peter Pettigrew?”
“I- I don’t know.”
“We found the finger of Pettigrew. It was the only thing left from him, you blew him up.”
“No, Pettigrew is an animagus, he transformed into a rat and ran away.”
“Why would Pettigrew be an animagus?”
“Be.... Because our friend Remus Lupin is a werewolf and because Pettigrew James Potter and I became animagus for him... It’s easier for animals to be with werewolfs...”
Sirius looked down, knowing Remus would be so mad... He looked at Euphemia, she gave him a comforting smile.
“Find Peter Pettigrew!”
Euphemia took Sirius home, his case had been dismissed, they were going to keep an eye on him untill they found Pettigrew but he was allowed to go home.
Sirius was crying softly, cuddled up by his mom in her car. Not able to wait to go home. To see Remus. He was exhausted.
Euphemia opened the door as Sirius ran inside.
Remus stood up instantly, running toward Sirius.
Sirius threw himself on Remus, tears and limbs everywhere. Remus let out a harsh laugh, keeping Sirius close as he cried as well.
Sunlight was slowly rising trough the windows. A new day had started.
Euphemia looked at Sirius, smiling softly as she wiped away a tear.
Her boy would be okay.
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fantasyfandommaiden · 5 years
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Adrien’s Mentorship: Telling the Truth
Ladybug didn't know what to expect when Chat Noir asked to talk about something serious with her one night during patrols. She half expected him to confess his undying love for her again, or to have some sort of over the top date planned… She did not expect her partner to be sitting quietly at the top of the Eiffel tower, patiently waiting for her with a serious expression on his face, and an even more serious discussion he wanted to have with her.
In which Chat Noir reveals to Ladybug how someone knows his identity, and how she is giving him the help and attention he needs. 
The two hero’s of Paris sat at the top of the Eiffel tower, staring out over the city. Ladybug was waiting for Chat to tell her why he called her here at the end of their patrol, however he seemed hesitant to start, and the more the silence carried, the more she began to worry. 
“I have something to tell you, Milady…” he began softly, not looking at her but over the city. Ladybug looked at him with a concerned expression on her face as he continued “And I ask that you don’t interrupt me until I am finished speaking…”
Ladybug looked at her partner, eyebrows furrowed slightly as she nodded “Okay…”
Chat Noir took a deep breath, as if steeling his nerves before he began to speak. “I know secrets are important. I know there are some things you can’t tell me because they arent your secrets to tell, or the Guardian asked you not to, and I get that. It still hurts a lot, but I get that, and secret identities are super important to you, I get it. It hurts that there are so many secrets between the two of us, I’m not going to lie.” he told her softly, his hands gently gripping the edge of the platform where the two of them were sitting.
“That's not what I want to talk about tonight though.” he stated, taking a deep breath “... I’ve gotten a magic mentor, and she knows my identity.”
Ladybug’s eyes widened as she stood up suddenly, staring down at her partner in horror “WHAT?!” she yelled, recoiling slightly when she noticed Chat flinch and his ears fall flat against his head. “Chat how could you let this happen?! Our identities-”
“Are very important, I know. Can you please let me finish?” he asked her, still looking out over Paris and not at her. Ladybug looked at her partner, her concern for her partner over writing her shock. 
She slowly sat down, taking a deep breath as her partnered continued.
“I didn’t tell anyone my secret identity, least of all my magic teacher.” he explained “My teacher can see through glamour, and we run in similar circles, so apparently when she saw me up close in person the first time she recognised me…” Chat stated to her “She only told me recently however when she saw that I… wasn't doing well.”
Ladybug looked at Chat, her frown ever present “... why weren't you doing well?” she asked him softly. She knew that this was going into civilian lives territory, but this was her partner! Her best friend… he never really spoke of his home life but she always just assumed he did well for himself with how happy he always was. 
“...Without going into detail Bugaboo, my home life isn’t the greatest. I’m not abused or anything, no one hits me or denies me food, but my… parents aren't exactly the warmest towards me.” he explained softly, looking everywhere but at Ladybug. “... The only ones that pay any attention to me at my house are the people who are employed by my parents, and they have to remain professional towards me otherwise they could lose their jobs, they try to be there for me but its just… I don’t really have anyone to give me guidance, or teach me important skills.”
“And then with Master Fu trusting you so much with the Miraculous and getting training from him…” Chat said, frowning “... that hurt too, and she saw that. She saw that, and offered me the chance to teach me.” 
He finally looked at Ladybug, his eyes misting over slightly as he tried his hardest not to cry “... she actually takes me out to do things with her not out of obligation or because its her job but because she really, and TRULY wants to. She is teaching me magic to help me become a better asset to you and the fight against Hawkmoth, and she doesnt turn away from me or tune me out when I have questions. Milady, I can tell you have a great support both in and out of the mask, I can just tell…” he looked at her, a sad smile on his face as he sniffled “... I don’t. I NEED this, and I didnt want to keep this from you… so please trust me.” 
Ladybug looked at her partner for a long moment. Every single logical part of her brain told her this was a bad idea. Even if Chat has not revealed his identity on purpose, anyone knowing who they were was a danger not only to the hero’s but also the person themselves, but the more she looked at Chat… the more she realised how much he desperately needed this.
“... What's her name?” Ladybug asked him softly, and Chat let out a small sniffle, laughing.
“So, um, funny story. I asked her if I could tell you about my magic lessons, and she agreed under a few conditions, one of which was that I couldn’t use her real name, so I'm going to call her by a fake one, so I chose the name Kiki.”
Ladybug blinked a few times, looking at him in confusion before she let out a small laugh “Please tell me you did not-”
“Name her after Kiki’s Delivery Service? Of course I did Milady, it was such a purfect chance I couldn’t afford to miss it!”
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Adrien didn't know what to expect the five days when he was informed that Mr. Chan wanted to squeeze in another lesson. He knew that Ladybug would have most likely told Master Fu about his new mentor, he hadn’t told her not to. 
So he sat there in his room, his knee bouncing as he waited for Master Fu. 
“Kid relax, your making ME anxious!” Plagg started with an eye roll.
“He is going to be mad isn't he?” Adrien asked, his leg continuing to bounce “What if he decides I can't be Chat Noir anymore because of this?” 
Plagg looked at Adrien with wide eyes, and was about to say something when the door opened and Master Fu walked in, closing the door behind him.
Master Fu looked at Adrien with a neutral expression as he walked up and Adrien found himself gripping his ring tighter. “Master.” Adrien said to him. 
“Chat Noir.” Master Fu said, giving a slight bow before he sat down. “Ladybug has informed me that you have recently gained another teacher as of late…” 
“Yes.”
“And that they know your identity.”
“... Yes.”
Master Fu let out a small sigh “... I understand the reason for your impatiences Adrien, however to go out and seek a magic teacher when you yourself are already the wielder of a Miraculous was very unwise-”
“I didn’t seek her out.” Adrien interrupted him, giving him a hard look “She came to ME offering ME the chance to learn magic from her. She isn’t afraid to give me the answers I seek, or to give me a chance.” he stated to him.
Master Fu gave Adrien a hard look in return “You do not know if she would even be a good teacher to begin with in regards to the magical arts-” 
“Oh, and you would?” Plagg stated, speaking for the first time. Adrien and Master Fu looked at the kwami in shock at his statement as Plagg looked at Fu with an almost condescending expression.
“Tell me Master, what is YOUR qualifications to teach magic exactly~? Sure, your guardian, you have the skills to heal us kwami’s when were sick, and you can now make these magic potions to help me and Tikki get power ups we need in order to fight Hawkmoth, but outside of that, you aren’t exactly Merlin.” Plagg stated as he floated closer to Fu, not stopping till he was no more than three inches from the elderly man’s face.
“But the kids magic teacher? The lady were gonna be calling ‘Kiki’ whenever we talk about her? She is a real, genuine, bonafide, born and raised mage.” Plagg stated, smirking widely as Fu’s eyes widened noticeably. “I couldn’t tell at first, since she was hiding it so well, but now that she doesn't bother to hide it with me and the kid around? The air vibrates with the amount of magic she emmits!” Plagg exclaimed, continuing to smirk. “In regards to teaching magic, you could barely hold a candle to her.”
“Plagg, there is no need to be disrespectful-” Adrien tried to intervene. 
“No kid, I am not being disrespectful. I’m being truthful.” Plagg stated, not taking his eyes off Fu. “We aren't gonna find a better magic teacher than Kiki anywhere close. If you're not gonna teach my kitten a useful skill, at least someone is, if you aren't happy about it, too bad. You can’t control what Adrien does outside of the mask.”
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so like,,,, couldn’t focus and did this instead
- time for a hunting trip or patrol or whatever everyone’s there and alive we got the whole gang: arthur, leon, percival, elyan, gwaine, lancelot, and merlin
-this is an au so gwen and lancelot just are together and there was no drama with arthur
- gorgeous day, kinda hot though so they decide to stop for lunch and fuel up
- le bandits sneak up on them, and attack
-everything is just like a typical fight, everybody but merlin is whirling around, doing their thing
-merlin is behind a tree, doing little stuff to make sure no one is wounded badly or killed
-our shining knights wipe everyone out, just a ton of bloody bodies scattered around the clearing except they missed one
-this little rat sneaks up behind merlin and he’s got a knife poised to kill merlin
- arthur yells desperately for merlin to move, he cannot lose him not after morgana, not after his father, no no no 
- merlin whips around to defend himself, but he has no weapons, everyone else is too far away to help, and without thinking he blows the man back twenty feet, where he hits a tree and dies 
- everyone is frozen in place
-merlin slowly turns around to see arthur because oh shit
- arthur says no in a strangled, desperate voice
- arthur’s face contorts and he then starts to scream: how could you, you lying bastard, i trusted you, you were my best friend
- gwaine preemptively moves towards merlin, fearing for merlins safety
- lancelot does the same
-merlin just quietly says im sorry and then whirlwinds out of there but lancelot and gwaine were close enough to get sucked in with him
-the trio lands in a forest pretty far away from camelot, and merlin just curls up into a ball
-gwaine and lancelot look at each other and merlin in shock and have a silently mouthed conversation above merlin’s head
- Gwaine: what the fuck Lancelot: shit ok did you know Gwaine: I kinda had some idea but I never dug too deep into it, did you know? lancelot: yes, he saved my life by killing the griffin with magic Gwaine: so what now Lancelot: I guess we’re fugitives with him now Gwaine: he’s not gonna move for a bit, we need to take care of him until he recovers Lancelot: agreed, lets find shelter for the night
- and they do they just build a fire and make sure merlin’s warm and has some water but he refuses food
-back with arthur the remaining knights suggest going after the trio but arthur shuts them down, hes not letting himself show any emotion
-they ride back to camelot, everyone finds out, gaius is just broken at this cause he cant see merlin or help him anymore, gwen decides to leave camelot without telling anyone to search for her best friend and love, she forgives merlin but wants an explanation, arthur turns in on himself and closes himself off, hes curt and cold, the other knights just dont talk about it though they each slowly forgive the trio over a long period of time
-after a week of no talking, merlin finally speaks to gwaine and lancelot and says: “lets go back home, I can face arthur, and you two can rejoin the knights
-they immediately refuse, saying that they trust and love merlin, and they chose to stay with him
-merlin brings up gwen in hopes to convince at least lancelot but he says its safer for her in camelot and he trusts he’ll see her again someday
-merlin just cant argue anymore, hes tired, and mourning everything he’s lost
-in the morning, they decide well we gotta live somewhere so they figure out where they are, which is western camelot on the very edge at the foot of a mountain range that marks camelot’s border
-they set up a little cabin just outside a nearby village and live their lives
-pretty soon, after occasionally being in the village for supplies, the villagers get suspicious and ask them questions
- they just so happen to catch merlin, who’s a terrible liar, and he blurts out hes a healer
-this village has 0 healers so they start to bring their sick to merlin, who heals them for free, which results in lots of gifts of food and other stuff
-gwaine and lancelot start teaching sword fighting to keep themselves sharp and help out the village
-things are chill like this for a few months
-gwen is still wandering around, learns a bit about magic, and is just traveling through western camelot, hoping to find the trio
-back in camelot, arthur is cracking down on magic
-he isn’t killing people, but anyone found guilty of magic or anything is locked away in these cells uther had made under the regular dungeon out of sorcerers’ bones that contains magic, its like a second purge, just without the executions
-gwen knows this and wants merlin to come back and stop arthur
-lancelot and gwaine slowly gets merlin’s entire story out of him, and see him as a leader now
-merlin is quieter, more reserved, and rarely uses magic at all
-one time this little girl, maybe 10, is brought to merlin wiht a weird set of symptoms
-merlin immediately knows shes developing magic, so he sends the parents away, promising he will heal her, and then he tells her
-she is scared of not being abole to control her new powers but isnt scared of having the magic itself, and tells merlin that her parents are ok with magic too
-the next day he meets with her family, and they discuss it, and eventually, they all decide that he can train her
-so like a few weeks go by of this, and then another person comes to merlin
-this time its an older woman and she wants to learn how to control her magic
-pretty soon merlin is training a lot of people and gets a reputaion
-gwaine and lancelot are worried about how little he sleeps, and how little he talks about the past, they cant help him though
-gwen hears about this village, where magic is celebrated, and finds it
-she arrives, and runs into gwaine, who takes her hand and runs shouting throught the village back to the cottage where lancelot is training 
-happy reunion yay
-she and merlin talk, she gets his full story, and he is just a little happier knowing that she’s there but he also finds out about whats going on in camelot
-in camelot, all of the knights just dont talk to arthur anymore, for fear of his verbal abuse
-hes crushed that gwen is gone too, and feels that he has been abandoned 
-more and more magic users flock to this village until rumors reach all the way back to camelot
-arthur orders a raid, he orders no killing
-he doesn’t lead it, but eventually, 20 knights or so attack the village
- a lot of magic users are taken, and a few people killed in fires set by the knights
-merlin feels responsible and decides that his merry band of misfits needs to be safer and a whole lot more defended
-so he and a majority of the village move into the mountains
-merlin is now the accidental leader of a rebel camp
-its called camp maxia(magic in galcian/gaelic) and its inhabitants maxians
-years go by, as the camp grows with refugee families and those from villages attacked by bandits because the knights are all out looking for magic users and not protecting anybody
-merlin, with his right hands gwaine, lancelot, and gwen run maxia as a safe place for everyone, and he creates a name for himself as lord maxia to protect his real identity
-arthur knows about maxia, obviously, but doesn’t have the forces to take it down
- during this time gwen and lancelot have this huge wedding, very magical, and very nature themed
- so arthur has most knights out around camelot, and morgana knows this, she joins forces with cenred and takes camelot with ease
-arthur, leon, percival, and elyan get out together
-percival suggests going to lord maxia for help, as he’s got quite a sizable force and has been kind to camelot in not attacking them
-arthur immedietly shuts him down 
-they camp outside of the city for about a week, a couple civilians find them and tell arthur whats happening in camelot
-morgana is starving the people and killing those who act up
-arthur still loves his people, more than he hates magic
-so he agrees to go to lord maxia
-arthur, leon, percival, and elyan set out with the few civilians; the knights are each secretly hoping to see merlin at camp maxia, arthur is secretly terrified of that happening
-they’re picked up by a maxia patrol and held in a makeshift cell until lord maxia accepts them into the camp, cause they’re wearing camelot stuff 
-merlin is told of a group from camelot in the cells and knowing of camelot’s state immedietly send gwen and lancelot to meet them
- they expect a few knights and prepare to ask how they can help take back camelot
-when they see its elyan, arthur, leon, and percival they have the civilians released and cared for and sit down to talk to them
-arthur wont look at them, so leon speaks, and talks about whats been happening
-gwen offers maxia’s help, and lancelot says that planning would be a lot easier if they weren’t in a cell, and asks if they want to be processed into camp maxia
-the processing entails a quick truth potion along the lines of veritiserum 
-leon says he couldnt speak for the whole group, so lancelot says its a personal choice
-percival volunteers first, and then the other knights agree to it as well
-arthur is silent, but livid
-the knights are processed, and meet merlin, and for a night they all have a meal together and its almost normal 
-in the morning, merlin goes to see arthur, except he conceals his identity
-they talk, arthur is bitter, merlin is cryptic
-after a few days arthur realizes that in order to help his people he needs to set his anger aside and is processed
-merlin, identity still hidden, administers the test
-under this truth potion, arthur is honest about his views on magic in ways he didnt even realise
-merlin keeps his identity hidden for the planning, much to everyone’s dismay, but they respect his decision
-an attack on camelot is planned
-arthur at this point is slowly trusting knights again, and gwaine, lancelot, and gwen
-they ride for camelot, with camp maxia’s army
-the knights, including lancelot and gwaine, are with arthur and merlin, who’s identity is still hidden
-gwen leads the medical group behind them
-the battle begins, fought by merlin’s men against cenred’s army
-morgana threatens to kill the imprisoned sorcerers 
-arthur and merlin, still hidden, fight their way to the throne room
-its just them and morgana and the sorcerers
-arthur is thrown by morgana into the sorcerers
-then its down to merlin to stop her
-so they fight, a big badass magical fight scene 
-merlins cover is blown, hes hurt, looks like hes losing
-arthur is flipping out because its merlin and he forgot how much he missed him
-merlin is about to be stabbed by a magical bolt from morgana and arthur just screams merlin’s name
-merlin hears this and needs to live so he can talk to arthur so he defeats morgana
-battles over, people are freed
-merlin is chilling on top of the castle when arthur comes up
-they talk, for a long long time
-when they come down, merlin is forgiven, but not trusted, and magic is now not illegal
-merlin is made the court sorcerer, lancelot and gwaine knights, and gwen is a lady too cause she’s married to lancelot
-the foursome is now part of the round table and camp maxia is disbanded, no longer needed, and becomes a city at the foot of the mountains
-the knights can protect villages now
-all is right, except merlin and arthur still have this great distance
-gaius retires and just chills in merlins tower
-one time he’s out doing something important and arthur breaks his leg in training
-hes brought to merlin, who very very quietly asks if he can heal arthur using magic
-arthur agrees, and he sees merlin use good magic for the first time ever 
-this breaks down a barrier
-arthur visits merlin and talks about matters of state
-eventually just his day
-and then he trusts merlin again
-they become best friends once more
-then one night at a ball, merlin is being flirted with by a very attractive knight
-arthur gets really possesive and jealus
-he grabs merlin’s arm and tugs him away, saying something about court matters
-he dragsmerlin back to his room, huffy and angry, not letting go of his arm
-merlin asks what they need to talk about, and he doesn’t get an answer
-next he asks gently whats wrong
-at this point they’re at arthur’s chambers
-there’s no gaurds, they’re at the ball
-he tugs merlin into his room and just glares at him
-merlin is confused and asked what he did wrong, scared to lose arthur again
-arthur just groans and looks away and mumbles something about nothing
-merlin walks over, puts his hand on arthurs back, and says: “well its clearly not, tell me whats going on.”
-arthur just stays quiet
-merlin persists: “arthur please dont shut me out like this”
-arthur suddenly pins merlin to the door
-he just growls, “dont flirt with him”
-merlin is very confused and kinda scared because hes always loved arthur but arthur definitely doesn’t never ever in a million years feel the same way
-he quietly says why not
-arthur just. stares at him. “are you serious?”
-”yes?”
-and arthur just does the whole possesive door kiss thing
-merlin got a light bulb
-a few months later they’re married
-merlin is crowned king
-the end
just, random idea thats been bouncing around. should it be a fic?
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