Merlin's magic (Oneshots) 1

The magic realm (part 9)

A.N.: //  Not gonna lie...... I did drink a little. I know it's the early morning and it's not healthy, but I have like... three sips of rum left in my bottle, which I've been working on for an entire month XD
Any my dog is sick and brother is bying a house.... seriously man, you're 23 how can you afford.... whatever.
Anyway. I should probably not post this without rereading.
But I randomly decided this will be the second to last chapter. Next chapter, we will have Arthur and Merlin facing Morgana. I know I kinda rushed it at this point, but I am kinda tired of this story. I want to move on, before I get tired of my other ideas as well.

Fun fact: I work at a printing factory and someone just threw away half their book collection in one of our container. I found like... three arthurian legend books by lawhead in there. I mean... you can buy them for 2 $ on amazon at the moment, but hey.... free books are free books XD
I'm only missing one of them, which should be on the move right now. Maybe I'll finally get to read again. I dunno.
Anyway... I hope this piece of trash of a story is still enjoyable to you. Again, I want it to be over. So i'm kinda rushing the story along.

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Merlin was clearly tired. Even though he had slept through the entire night and morning, the rings under his eyes had only worsened.

They were standing in a slight wind on top of a hill, right outside the barrier.
Tanus, Rayleigh and Arthur stood there as well.
Enjoying his time outside the protection of fear, Arthur was playing with water again.

It had been him who introduced the idea of Tanus teaching Merlin to the servant. Merlin didn't really care anymore at this point, he just nodded.

What else could he do? He was staring at a shadow. He wouldn't even know how to defend himself. Even with the staff clutched to his side.
"Arthur, why exactly are we here? Am I supposed to do something?", Merlin looked nervous, if still willing to follow Arthur's request.

Arthur sighed, then let the water drop back to the ground. Apparently the sea water wasn't just confined in the sea, it was everywhere.
Every plant, every living creature had been soaked by the stuff. And Arthur was able to draw it out from everyone.
What that meant? Arthur didn't really know. Maybe he had the ability to take away Merlin's sorrows somehow.
At least, he liked to interpret this world that way.

"Merlin, please try to use magic."

Merlin blinked at him. "Arthur ...", he said and paused. But then he shook his head, deciding to trust Arthur's request and concentrated on the floor beneath him.
He pointed his hands at the ground and murmured something.

For a second, gold flashed in his eyes... Then, as if burned, he collapsed again.
As he had the first time he tried to use magic in this world.
Arthur had anticipated this. As he had what followed.

From Merlin's eyes, a golden wave errupted. It swallowed all four of them in a giant magical bubble. Which caused Rayleigh and Tanus to gasp in shock.

"What on...", Rayleigh asked. Arthur blinked. They hadn't known this?
Okay, to be fair, that made sense. Merlin didn't know, so of course his magic mind creatures wouldn't either.

"I'm pretty sure -", Arthur sighed and frowned at the loss of his own magic abilities. The water had lifted with the barrier once again.
"That the only thing holding you back from using magic is actually yourself. You're scared to use it . Or... something like that.
If you want to use magic again, you have to let go of your fears."

Everyone present turned towards Arthur, like he had just declared he was lifting the ban on magic.

"What?", Merlin asked dumbfounded.
"Merlin, this barrier is a fear of yours. I don't exactly know what you are afraid of or since when it's been there.
But I believe it's not good for you. This barrier protects you from your regrets, but it also blocks you from doing anything at all.