A/N: This has been a long time coming. I've had this planned on a spreadsheet, in my head, with my sister, and on paper for about a year and a half now, but could never get it just right. So, here's my latest sad attempt to write this story.

Disclaimer: Merlin belongs to BBC, and Viva la Vida to Coldplay. I own only the words I say…. er, type.

Shuffle & Repeat

A Modern Merlin AU

By Athens Eternal Maiden

And consultation by Ninja Gwomp

Prologue: Viva la Vida [Coldplay]

Even after their time in this world ended, the people of Arthurian legend did not die; not completely. They lived on in spirit, waiting for their time to return, and begin life anew.

The year 2012 was supposed to be the end. However, it was really just the beginning. For, this was the year chosen by fate to reunite those legendary persons, and set in course events that could change the world. They, however, had no clue of their fate, their pasts, or anything outside the normal lives they had all lived thus far. No, their years at Pendragon University were going to be full of ups and down, twists and turns. But, really, it was all these events had, in some way, already happened in their past lives.

They were just on shuffle and repeat.