Title: A tale of a De-aged Merlin
Author: Black Eyed Kids
Chapter: 11
Rating: Teen
Words: 1249
A/N 1: Boozhoo! Hope you like this chapter! the next installment should be written in a day and typed in a couple and posted a day after its typed!
The castle Merlin and Morgause rode up to was tall, large and made of dark stone that was warn and chipped. It took he young warlock a moment, but soon he recognized it was the castle Fryien, the place where Cendred and his men had taken refuge.
Merlin let out a shaky breath, "The castle is a lot less intimidating on the inside" Morgause told the young warlock, then ushered the horse over the draw bridge.
Once they reached the main palace of the castle, several large men exited the palace waring dented, scratched and darkened armour, they were coming to greet them. "My lady you brought a guest?" the one that spoke was tall and well built, with a mop of sandy brown hair that hung in his grey green eyes.
"Yes his name is Merlin" the man nodded and extended his arms out to the seven year old Merlin. "It's alright little one, he just wants to help you down" Morguase told him softly and kindly.
Giving a small nod Merlin swung is legs to hang off the side of the saddle. then grabbed onto the man's shoulders and dismounted with his help. Margouse dismounted next, she did it with a fair amount of elegance, Merlin noted.
"Merlin, this is Alexander." Alexander the man that helped him dismount gave his a small smile, Morgause turned her attention back to Alexander, "You will be taking care of every one of Merlin's needs" She told Alexander sternly, not giving the sandy haired brunette an option.
Alexander bowed, "Yes M'lady" he spoke with much respect, then followed Morgause who took Merlin's hand into her own and walked him into the palace.
The palace, the moment Merlin walked in lit up, Morguase's magic having lit the various torches and candles that lay around. With better lighting Merlin noticed the main entrance had high ceilings and grand and large iron chandelier that was made with different colored glass and other abstract pieces of metal that reflected the candles light in different colors. On the floor was a sidewalk thin strip of warn, tattered and frayed rug that stretch from the palace doors up to the top of an open large and beautifully detailed staircase.
Merlin's attention had just drifted to several ornate tapestry's hanging on the walls when someone spoke, "My Lady Morgause!" looking away from the tapestry and to the stair case, he saw Cendred descending the staircase with a grin.
"Cendred" Morguase wore a flirty smile and used a tone dripping sweetness with a subtle hint of authority.
Said man walked over to Morgause with confidence in his stride, he then reached out and gave Morgause's blue silk covered arm an affectionate squeeze. He then turned his attention to Merlin, examining him up and down, "Alexander, take our young friend here to get shoes...his feet must be freezing" the knight/servant/warrior nodded, and instead of just leading Merlin, he picked the small warlock up.
"Woah!" Merlin let out a startled yelp when his bare feet left the ground.
Then the lady Morgause took a step towards Merlin and patted him on the head kindly, "I shall see you again at dinner my young sorcerer." She told Merlin with a kind and reassuring squeeze on the shoulder.
Her smile must have been infectious because Merlin found himself smiling shyly back.
. . . . .
It was no more then five minutes later, when Merlin was sitting on a-his large bed covered in navy blue velvet and silk bedding. he swung his seven year old legs back and fourth, the tips of his toes not quite reaching the floor due to the bed being so high.
"I have brought a couple pars of temporary shoes that should fit well until Lord Cendred orders someone to create a proper new pair." Merlin's head snapped up to see Alexander entering the room with two pairs of boots.
The young warlock nodded, and took the shoes from Alexander. He slipped them on with ease, "Do they feel alright?" Alexander asked with a smile that reminded him of Ar-
Arthur...
Sea blue eyes of anger, betrayal, sadness and hate flashed through Merlin's mind. "They fit perfectly...thank you Alexander" Merlin responded emotionlessly as his mind was busy remembering Arthur's anger filled yells.
"It was no problem Merlin," Alexander headed for the door, "Ask for me and I shall come as fast as I can" With that said, Alexander left...and Merlin collapsed onto his side when he heard the door latch shut.
Soon Merlin was having a panic attack, his breath was coming out as ragged pants as his heart beat accelerated. He was scared, so scared. He knew he shouldn't, he knew this is what Arthur wanted, so he shouldn't be sad... because he was making Arthur happy by being gone. Wasn't he?
Tears leaked out of the corners of his eyes as he thought that. He wrapped his arms around himself, What if Arthur was happy he was gone? was he having a feast because he was finally ridden of his clumsy servant that was stupid enough to get turned into a child? He probably was... probably because right now, Merlin realized he needed Arthur a lot more then Arthur needed him.
He openly sobbed and it wasn't quiet...but no one bothered to check in on him, and he didn't care.
The pants got worse as he realized he didn't just lose Arthur but he lost Gauis, Gwen and Morgana...he was also a little bit sad he wouldn't see Uther (being that Uther had been exceedingly kind to him).
Soon the sadness disappeared and was replaced with anger, "YOU GODDAMN ARSE!" He slammed his fist into the pillow, several feathers flying out of it, "I'VE SAVED YOUR LIFE MORE TIMES THEN YOU CAN COUNT ON BOTH HANDS!" He punched the head board this time and his small seven year old knuckles split open and leaked out blood steadily. His head fell into the pillow and part of him wondered if he could suffocate laying face down like this.
Rolling onto his back Merlin rested the back of his un-injured hand on his forehead, "W-Why won't you come and take me home?" he whimpered as the sadness took control again.
A/N 2: I hope that wasn't too angsty for you, did it make anyone cry? don't be ashamed to tell me if you did! Oh also Idea's and reviews are loved! Thank you Red Skittle and anyone else who didn't give up on me during my extremely long writers block...And I also found the original version of the chapter before this with Balinor in it... ^^; OOPS!
Well C'ya
Love
~ Black Eyed kids