Timeless

"What happened?"

"Did you see that?!" Holly yells as she comes off the mini roller coaster laughing. "He threw up! On the ride. Like it's so small, and not really crazy. How do you throw up on it?" She asks coming over and sitting beside Merlin who's feeding Lilith french fries he bought for him and Arthur.

"He threw up?" Arthur asks them and looks at the ride Holly just came off of and frowns scrunching up his face like he used to do back in the days in Camelot.

Merlin looks down at the small dragon on his shoulder under his scarf and frowns.

"Hey you okay?" Holly asks and Arthur's attention gets taken away from a ride he was watching to Merlin.

Merlin looks up and pulls a fake smile on his face. "Yeah. Totally okay."

Arthur frowns and Holly scoffs. "Okay so I call bullshit. What's really wrong?" She says crossing her arms and turning her whole body to face Merlin.

Merlin's fake smile disappears as if it wasn't there to begin with and his frown replaces it in seconds.

"It's nothing. It's stupid and I'm dumb to even get upset about it." He says standing up and making his way towards the parking lot with a frown etched on his face.

He can feel the other two stare at him and it's not long after he hears foot steps crush the fallen snow as they rush up to him. "Merlin, hold up."

Merlin slows down just a little but doesn't fully stop for Arthur to catch up to him. Arthur gently grabs ahold of Merlin's sleeve making him stop and face the king who looks concerned and a little frustrated.

"What's going on Merlin? You were just happy two seconds ago." He says frowning. Merlin sighs and looks down at his snow covered boots.

"I was just thinking about what Holly said before. About reincarnation and everything and how if others from Camelot are here they probably wouldn't recognize us." He chooses his words carefully and frowns while saying them. He doesn't meet Arthur's gaze but keeps his gaze on the ground.

It's silent for a few moments before Arthur says anything.

"Merlin?" He whispers and Merlin lifts his gaze up from the ground up to the blue eyes of the Pendragon. "I'm sure they would come up to you, even if they thought they were crazy." He says his hand sliding down from his sleeve to his glove covered hand. "Would you recognize anyone of the knights if they came up to you? Or if you randomly saw them one day?" He asks and Merlin doesn't even think or hesitate before answering.

"Of course I would, unless they changed something about there features somehow." He says frowning. "There faces are burned into my memory. All those trips into the woods and tasks that we've done together are in my brain and I won't ever forget them. I would probably think I'm the one going crazy at first though." He says shaking his head and Arthur smiles softly at the sad Warlock.

"Well then maybe Holly is wrong and they would remember you and all those adventures we've been on." He says and Merlin slowly starts to grin at the thought of seeing the knights again even after all this time.

"Maybe. That would be amazing you know. To have them all back again." He says and Arthur squeezes his hand grinning at him before letting his hand go.

"Exactly. If anyone knows about waiting for someone it's you." He says and Merlin chuckles nodding his head.

"That my friend is very true. I waited so long for your butt that I've forgotten all about it." Merlin says and Arthur can't seem to get mad at how Merlin forgotten him.

"Hey. You're the cute guy who bought the bracelets." The girl from the booth says walking over to them grinning as she eyes Arthur up.

Merlin feels his blood boil and he feels his magic at the tips of his fingers, ready to be used.