Merthur/Merlin one shot

Unintentional Time travel or is it dimension travel? Part 1

Merlin hated everything about this. It wasn't enough that he ended up de-aged, to his 7 year old body (which looked more as a 6 year old). Lucky he used his magic to shrink his clothes to fit himself. Worse he had to fend up a boy that was adorable and had green eyes and fluffy black hair. The height was around his hip and making him believe that he might be around 3 to 4 year old. Yet this could be deceiving. This tiny bean was tiny and adorable but he could see that whatever was with their home life was not good. For sure at least neglected but maybe even abused. That was what he could gather with how dangerously thin the boy was. He had to drag this boy with him as a big fat pig of a man was running after the boy and now they were lost in the forest.

His heart went out for this boy and he was worried about how he was not saying much. Merlin could tell that this person was traumatized and unsurprising with how little he knew from the interaction and from what the boy explained.

His heart went out to the boy and he had the feeling that his magic had made him a kid again to help the poor bean. A heavy sigh went out and to make his luck even worse, it was getting colder. The wind was making it howling and not helping with the eerie feeling this all got.

But what made him suddenly confused was that these woods were familiar. Too familiar for his liking and he swallowed the lump in his throat at the thought were he could be. His heart was thundering and he could see that the adorable bean was looking at him with worries.

"Am fine, just think I know these woods." He softly replied and the boy looked around and back to him with an adorable thoughtful look.

"Shut up Princess. You know that Merlin told us to be careful and now you almost lost your life because not listening to him. Could at least apologize as it's not like my best friend had rescued your bloody life for countless times, prat." Gwaine's familiar voice sounded both done dealing with whoever he was scolding -which knowing his best friend was for sure Arthur and it pained his heart because this could not be- and the last part was said in a sarcastic tone.

"But-"

"I know that you are against magic and that was why I had hidden it. I just was scared of your reaction and scared that you would reject me. That is why I never had the heart to accept your love confession." It startled him to hear his own voice and now he was freaked out.

This was not how it went and he had no idea how to deal with this. It was too much and with him being his childish self made the tears flow. Never again had he thought he would see anyone of the people he held dear in Camelot.

Not to mention that he had loved Arthur as he was his soulmate yet now him being a child he could never do this. Making his heart shatter and he started to sit down, curl himself into a ball and sobbing his heart out. There was no way that he could handle this and even as the other boy was trying to calm down, there was nothing that could help him right now.

"That is- Oh for Camelots sake now everything- Am I the only one who hears a child cry?" Arthur's startled yet concerned voice was heard and this was the last straw for his mentality. He could not meet them, his heart could not take this anymore. Why him? Why was it always him or the people that he cared of that ending up suffering?"

"Your right. Let's check this out because these woods are dangerous for children alone." Next was his voice again and he was pretty sure that this was not anymore in his time. God he was not even sure what he could do now and he could not calm down.

"Dun cwy pwease. Wanna see ya smile because ya being niwe a-and no' meanie." The boy was sounding distressed and he could tell that even the other was now crying with how he sounded. He hated making the other upset but now he was even more distressed when feeling footsteps getting closer.

The smaller of the two pulled him into a hug, to his surprise, leading for him first stiffening and soon he slowly wrap his arms around the other. The bean was first stiffening but soon relaxing yet he could feel the shaking and he continued sobbing and crying his heart out. All this time he bottled his emotions inside and hearing now the people that were long dead was bringing the heartache he long ago had locked inside.