what it means to be good.

chapter 2: merlins encounter

Merlin was back in his room lying down on his bed with his arms crossed behind his head. He was in a good mood after the funny charade they, well mostly Gwaine pulled off in the meeting room. He was still smiling. They did a number on Arthur that's for sure. Putting Arthur in a bad mood always lifted up his spirit. When he entered the physicians room he saw Gaius sleeping in a sitting position with his face planted on the dinner table. Merlin shook his head chuckling and helped him up as he used magic to make Gaius lighter which merlin used a lot to do on his daily chores. He was holding back his laughter as he still remembers Gaius face, he never saw the physician make such a ridiculous face except from that time he was possessed by that goblin. He still got chills from remembering that strange yet funny ordeal. His smile vanished, The day tomorrow is going to change everything, he won't hesitate no more fulfilling his destiny. He will put an end to morgana once and for all. The morgana he knew is gone. She is now full of hate and a hollow shell of her former self. He knew that too, he still remembers the conversation he had with Gaius. Gaius asked him whatever happened to the young boy that came to Camelot. He answered with " he grew up". And he did however he still feels responsible for her. He sighed out loud as he knew that he wouldn't feel at rest to mull over these past events. "Emrys..." He shot up into a sitting position and blinked a few times. His name was being called through his mind " Emrys". It's been a long time since he was being summoned by that name that the druids call him. That was second time today he was being called out, he put his hand through his hair contemplating if he should follow the voice. He turned around and looked down upon his bed, it looked so inviting but he knew better than to ignore something like this. So he got of his bed went over to his night table took his red scarf and dressed himself up to meet someone or rather something, he really really hoped it was a someone. After leaving the physicians room, merlin looked for an easy way out of the castle walls. He was round a corner when he heard footsteps." well, your wife always knows what to say" a familiar voice said. Merlin looked from his left to his right to find a place where he could stay out of sight. He noticed a carol cart next one of the nearby houses. He went to hide behind it almost stumbling on his own feet." Gwaine what do you know about marriage" James retaliated " well I don't know about marriage but I know my fair deal about women" Gwaine replied bragging. "yeah well sir 'I know all about women' Mary thinks I should do more in the household, I already have enough to do with being a knight and all" James answered frustrated. Meanwhile merlin looked for a way to sneak out without making too much noise. He looked around for any sign of distraction he could use and noticed a bunch barrels stacked together " well let's go with usual" he murmured to himself as his eyes turned gold for second causing the barrels to break out and start rolling towards the said knights, gwaine and james both got hit by them as they rolled in the other direction. Realising his mistake he scrunches his face and made a mental note to make it up to gwaine.He passed the poor knights who were on the floor knocked out. Merlin took one last look behind and exited the castle. Outside, he felt like he was being pulled by a invisible force towards a certain path, it's like he knew where he was going just by walking. The path he took went through the forest he used to go out on to gather flowers for morgana. It ended into a clearing that he was strangely familiar with although he has never been here before. "well that is strange" he mumbled to himself, he was obviously still in Camelot as he didn't walk that far but there was no sign of actually being in Camelot. He looked around and searched for any signs of something he recognized but he found nothing yet he was still overly familiar almost like....magic. he face palmed himself. Why didn't he think of that or rather why did he forget, it's not like he was being called through mind speech by his druid name, oh wait that's exactly what happened " great going there merlin" he stated out loud. " hello young warlock " merlin instantly on alert turned around as he stretched his arm in order to perform his magic. "there will be no need for that" the creature said with an amused expression. Her voice sounded so soothing that he immediately felt at ease. merlin never encountered such a fascinating creature In his life and that says a lot. He only could stare in awe. The creature came forward slowly towards the warlock, as she came closer the air around seemed to become more clear more peaceful. Magic radiated from her. She walked or more like glided over the ground with such grace that merlin felt need to bow down. It had a humanoid form and was obviously female because of her well you know. Merlins cheeks colored a bit as he now looked now at her face. The first thing he noticed, were her pointy ears. Her face was picture perfect being symetric. The other unusual thing about her were her eyes, they were completely white. Her hair waved in the air with no presence of any wind as if it had a will of its own. The color of her hair matched perfectly with her skin, her skin had a clear crystal blue, her body glowed with a warm light surrounding her. she wore a white dress that perfectly blended in with her body. The dress was sleeveless and it went all the way down to ground covering her feet. " I see you are not familiar with a high elf visiting you." the elf apparently, voiced out loud after merlin was done checking her out. He was startled a bit but quickly regained his composure as he cleared out his throat " ehhm good day to you milady" merlin awkwardly started "so what's the big danger I should prevent" he finished with a serious expression. The elf blinked more than a few times "How would you know that I called you for stopping a great danger?" the elf asked amused "well getting called in the middle by a magical being often leads to "THE GREAT EMRYS SHOULD STOP A FAR GREATER THREAT THEN THE ONE BEFORE" merlin exclaimed while waving his arms around. He didn't know why he was acting like that be has honestly tired of everything and wanted to just rest forever, is that too much to ask? Apparently. The elf could only watch with amusement written on her face. " well great Emrys, do you want to at least know who I am or what I am" the elf asked with a smirk playing on her lips " I got beyond that point of asking, they mostly introduce themselves and then tell me the danger" merlin replied dryly. The elfs smirk only got bigger and giggled softly " you truly are a interesting fellow young warlock. Well my name is Celestia and I am a high elf" the elf said curtsying. Merlin didn't how to react so he just bowed down. " I have heard of the elves only in legends and fairytales, I never knew they truly existed" merlin said full wonder. " well they are and not only that, there are far more things you don't know about. But let's not dwell. I have been send here to inform you of a great danger oh great Emrys." She said in a mocking tone with a grin plastered on her face." Har har har" he fake laughed with a hint of sarcasm." Will you tell me what the oh so great danger is?" he asked slightly annoyed. " why the rush merlin, you know we have all the time of the world to get to know each other." She said winking. He was pretty confused now as he was about to voice his thought she continued speaking "you have noticed that this place is not in Camelot and yet feels awfully familiar well mostly because it's a piece land that you have already seen in the future." She explained. If the dragon was confusing then this was an whole other level. He just frowned at her and responded with a very high pitched "what?". Celestia started giggling uncontrollably and wiped a tear from her eye " you truly are one of a kind Emrys" She commented as she was calming down. Throughout their conversation merlin noticed that she kept changing her way of addressing him. It didn't bother him too much but he still would have liked it if she stuck to one." I am not going to bother asking about that but I guess that means time passes here differently." He observed." Well done young warlock" She praised him. He felt rather proud of himself and smiled to found himself smiling at her. " well now back to the serious matters. There will be a foe coming greater and far stronger than you ever will venture into this lands. " she said "all of Camelot no all of Albion will be in danger, human and magic cease to exist" She continued. Merlin wanted to give a snarky remark but he bit it back and just nodded along. " you will have to join forces with people friends and enemies" Celestia implied, he was squinting his at her at what she just voiced. " with enemies, who do you mean exactly?" merlin demanded with such authority that showed her that he truly was the great Emrys. She felt the need the look away from his piercing stare but kept her head held high.

"the enemies you will have to 'befriend' are of no importance right but if you insist than I will comply. Cenred, the Saxons, Mo-----." Suddenly the earth started to shake and to world around them seemed to shift for a split second. Merlin took a step back, he was quickly losing his footing as he felt his magic crying out. He soon started to get dizzy. He frantically looked around for a sign of what exactly was happening and felt someone elses magic calling out to him in anguish. "morgana" were his last words before darkness succumbed him.