ive been obsessed with the concept of merlin who actually runs away with freya because after she got injured he panicked and healed her right in front of arthur. so he panicked, again, and ran away with her to live next to the lake. and they do build their lil cottage and have a strawberry farm and some cows. and they also have time to explore their feelings.
and its the funniest thing, because merlin has also been slowly crushing on arthur, and that much is clear whenever he talks abt him to freya. it doesnt make her jealous or anything, just sad that she knows they'll probably never be together. that the only time that merlin and arthur do "interact" is when merlin secretly saves his ass every week or so. like merlin technically never left, but now he gets creative, uses glamours, learns shape shifting after helping freya with her own curse.
he gets to meet with morgana now, because freya urged him to not leave her alone in this mess, so now we don't get evil morgana (yay!). merlin also tentatively tries to do the same with mordred whenever they do meet with the druids, especially when they were figuring out freya's curse, and mordred grows on merlin, so we also dont get evil mordred (great bonus).
and another thing that ive also been obsessed with thinking is that when the great purge began, nimueh tried to sought out balinor since i think they were friends, being 2 magic users with special abilities (high priestess and dragonlord). and she ended up at ealdor just in time to see merlin be born.
and then they meet later on, and nimueh kinda doesnt believe that that's merlin from ealdor since hes in fucking camelot. but then the questing beast happened. and when merlin goes to kill her, she manages to shield herself last second. and feeling that great power that she felt when merlin was born, because he was almost glowing golden and so potent she almost dropped him when she held lil merlin, her brain fucking stopped. she cannot kill merlin. and so she does something that she almost did when she met hunith, and she understood in that little time why balinor had stayed with her, and nimueh decides to use the power she has for her immortality to ensure arthur lives. so now she will age like a normal human, gaius is alive, and so is arthur. and now merlin and nimueh are very awkward with each other.
especially when a bit of time later they end up meeting with the druids to help freya and theyre also helping nimueh. she felt as if her powers were weaker, but merlin was like "yh no ure lying u feel exactly the same" n leaves thinking nimueh is plotting. when in reality she actually did think her powers were dying and that fear made it seem as if it was actually happening. her mind played tricks on her, and she almost believed her magic was dying.
so after this lil nimueh interlude, lets go back to freya and merlin.
the funniest thing abt theyre situation is that. while merlin is obviously crushing on arthur (and brooding abt it cuz yknow), freya is just. "merlin, i think im crushing on gwen." "???? have u met her?" "no but ive seen her and she smells like a good person and also i like what i know abt her from you." "ok-" "also im crushing on morgana." "freya." "also elyan." "GWENS BROTHER????" "HES. PRETTY. YOU CANT TELL ME THAT NOT TRUE CUZ LAST TIME I CHECKED UR EYES ARE WORKING FINE."
i do think that when freya finally gets control over her curse and has her lil space with merlin, her true sunshine gremlin nature comes out and she manages to be more chaotic than merlin, just also more sweet. and dangerous. she can turn into a literal monster.
also. merlin and freya getting married. and having babies. twins. its been on my MIND non stop yall, this has never happened before idc abt kids-
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"Guardians"
Chapter 2: "Love"
Legend is still standing, but only barely. He knows he can't win this one...
But thankfully, his mother is a fierce guardian in of herself, and she does not appreciate his (unintentional) attempts to die in a blaze of glory at all.
Febuwhump 2024 | Prompt 29: Not Allowed To Die
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Legend leaned on his sword, panting heavily as he forced himself to stand again.
He'd managed to get the monsters all on one side of him, but that guardian had friends now and there were four of them circling him. The monsters had thinned out, now only about two dozen. He was fast but even he wasn't fast enough every time.
His left arm was useless, having taken a guardian beam to the bicep and broken his wrist by stupidly blocking a swung club with his injured arm. He had barely dodged a beam that had went for his head, and it managed to miss his eye but not his cheek and the bridge of his nose. He was lucky it missed his eye.
Even with the guardian beams, he had been hit by clubs, giant swords, even took a spear to the thigh and still was forcing himself to stand one more time.
He was so dead here.
He glared, wiping his mouth of blood with the back of his hand. He stumbled back as he forced himself to stand one more time.
The wind rushed all around him, a surge of energy in his veins, and a sharp ozone filled the air. He couldn’t help but laugh.
"S'rry... Sorry f'r makin' you step in,” he slurred as he fell to one knee. Then the world exploded.
They say lightning never strikes twice, but clearly, they haven't seen a battlefield after Farore decides to step in.
"I told you to stop almost dying, darling." Legend felt a hand land on his head as he struggled to keep upright. A feeling of warmth and serenity filled him. "Only a couple more years before you grow into your power, and some time after the immortality will set in."
He let out a soft breath. "I know."
"This is the third time."
"Third time's the charm?"
She gave him a stern look, he grinned dazedly. "It better be."
He didn't respond, even if she healed him he still felt the effects of almost dying. It was her way of making sure he understood how close he had come to death, even if they both knew full well he was no immature, naive child. He knew what mortality was and that he was extremely mortal as he was.
She softened, kneeling and pulling him close. He collapsed into her arms.
"I know it's hard," she promised, carding a hand through his hair. "The world has it out for you, it had it out for Hylia too. Nayru made sure she made it, and I will make sure you do too."
He nodded into her shoulder, his body shuddering as he inhaled slowly.
"Now you listen to me, and you listen well, Link." Farore held him at arm's length, summer-warm hands cupping his face. "You’re not allowed to die."
He snorted. "I know, Momma."
"Well you don't act like it," she huffed. "Now,"
She snapped her fingers and a portal appeared beside them.
"--if they ask, it was your cousin who saved you; she needs all her heroes on this quest."
Legend sighed, he shook his head to try and clear away the dizziness from the blood loss. "Yes ma'am."
"Now go. Have fun and goodness gracious, be safe." She pulled him into a hug and kissed the top of his head.
Just as quickly as she came, she disappeared with a rush of warm wind.
Legend sighed softly. He moved over to the portal and looked back. There was a burnt crater where the horde had been, and the flames put out by the storm that was just beginning.
He stepped out, immediately about to collapse as he stepped out and his legs even gave out beneath him.
"Holy shit--Vet!" Someone grabbed his arm. "Are you--"
"I'm fine," he forced out, pushing Sky off him. "I'm fine--Just exhausted."
"Exhausted--We thought you were dead!" Wild screeched.
Legend winced, but he got himself to stand and face them. "Yeah, well, I did too. Turns out our patron goddess ain't too happy with that idea, said I'm not allowed to die."
They stared at him.
"Let's not test how far that grace goes," Time said. "We're glad you’re alright, vet... Sailor cried himself to sleep thinking he left you to die."
Legend winced. "Ah... Yeah, he's gonna kill me himself."
Twilight laughed weakly. "Yeah he probably is, Apple."
Legend looked over at Wind rousing, noticing him, and then moving on.
Legend sighed softly. "Not a ghost, Sailor!"
Wind's head snapped back toward him. "Vet?!"
"Goddess said no. If she could slap me I think she would've."
Wind stared at him. Then he was scrambling to get up. "YOU SON OF A BITCH I'M GOING TO KILL YOU MYSELF!"
Legend managed to take a deep breath, gathering his remaining energy, before he bolted.
Wind screeched at him for one, tricking him into thinking he'd died, which was not his fault, and two, for making him leave him behind... which was 100% his fault.
He managed to run about five laps before his body finally gave out and he skidded to a stop over by Sky and collapsed behind him.
"Whoa, you good?"
"Noooo," he groaned. "Protect me. Surviving death might fix a body but it definitely doesn't recharge it."
Wind slowed to a jog, panting heavily, and he dropped into a cross-legged position beside Legend.
"You look tired."
"I am, can't you try to kill me tomorrow when I can actually fight back?" He whined, totally acting all of the seventeen years old he was.
Wind clearly debated it.
Sky, goddesses bless his in-law, intervened. "Leave him be, Sailor. I think he should rest, genuinely."
Wind nodded, then proceeded to flop over beside Legend and press against him. Legend sighed and shifted to accommodate him.
"Guys you’re half on Sky's--"
"They're fine," Sky promised Twilight, who easily backed off. Sky ran a hand through Legend's hair as Wind took one of his hands and fidgeted with his fingers.
Legend let that lull him to sleep.
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