Peter ends up at Merlin's dimension

Chapter 14

Right now he was with three people. Two were his brother figure and one were by now a good friend Mordred. They were starting small with pranks. And at some point they started to prank each other as well. It started with small things, like stuff went missing etc. And now they decided to stop before it went too far. But it wasn't meaning that they would stop pranking no, Merlin still hadn't had his revenge for Arthur. Which they were now planning. The first prank was small. He suddenly was tripping and landing on his butt. Arthur was embarrassed and stared at the two of them. Gwaine was doing something else as a prank, hiding the socks of Arthur. Then there was another prank which was Arthur suddenly having some pink hair. The formula wasn't that easy but he managed to do this.

It would stay for three days or more.

The next day Merlin made a big mistake and accidently switched one word and it ended up multiplying them. Now they were two and lets just say this was pure chaos and he never had that much fun. Arthur was getting more annoyed which ended Merlin in the stacks, but it wasn't Merlin himself but his doublegänger. This led to him having a giggling feat. Why Arthur couldn't see him, well? He was invisible and caused more chaos.

Arthur by now was angry and all three were at the meeting, and this time it was him who messed the spell up. And so the meeting was disrupted as people were yelling about some butterflies. The hall that has become a swamp full of magical butterflies.

And you probably asked what had Mordred done, absolutely nothing. He was watching the entire thing with pure amusement.

"Merlin. Peter and Gwaine, you better run."

The three started to scramble away and running out of the meeting room. Each were laughing and him giggling like a small child. This was one of the funniest things he had ever done. In the end they all got caught and all were sitting on the ground. Arthur was walking around and ranting his frustration out. Peter felt a bit bad now, but he wasn't regretting the chaos he made.

"You all will be send to the stacks and then you will have to clean all of the boots of the knights. I hope that this will make you learn that you can't do this. And what did you think?"

He opened his mouth, but the look he received made him shut up and he started to fidgeting. It was the kind of look that reminded him of Ben. The look he had before he ran out of the house. It reminded him of that day. Which wasn't a good thing at all. It led to him to fear that this would happen now to Arthur. Even when Merlin has healed his mental scars and mental injuries. Some are just too deep to heal entirely. Not even Merls knew how deep that mental scar was and so far he was good, but this situation was too close to his past.

"M'sorry..."

His lips quivered at this and he bit his lips. As his head looked down and he fidgeting. A sigh was heard and his head was getting ruffled.

"I just can't stay mad at you when you look like a kicked puppy. Just...think of the consequences when you do these things the next time."

He nodded, but he wasn't really feeling relieved. Why was it that he felt like crying now?

"Arthur. Maybe can you do this not today?"

That was the voice of Merlin and his breath was shake. The hand left earlier and there was some eyes on him.

You doing alright?

Was he alright? Clearly now? Will he try to hide it, yes.

Don't hide it. I know that something is clearly not right. So talk to me.

I....you remember what I told you about Uncle Ben?

Merlin seemed to realize were this was heading and he he heard him let out a sigh as he felt himself getting pulled into a side hug. He leaned into the touch and felt a bit better now.

"Fine, but tomorrow you will end up at the stacks."

He nodded but not saying anything. And in the end, at the early morning they ended up getting dragged to the stacks and then had to clean their boots. And that all because they caused trouble for Arthur and the people in Camelots castle. He promised one thing since yesterday, Peter will do anything to protect Arthur. The king has done so much for him and he decided to tone it down with the pranks.

Merlin, Gwaine and as well Mordred were talking about what happened yesterday. They now understood his reaction. So that they as well would try to tone it down. Not just for him but as well for Arthur. The said male had enough issues and enough stress.

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It was a month later that he was getting confused with himself. To the point where he was stressing himself out. There was as well the thing that there will be a massive feast going on. His brows furrowed just at this and he was not training, but helping the servants out. It was just easier then having to be near Mordred.

Don't get him wrong, it wasn't that he hated him or anything, it's just that his emotions were around him...he doesn't even know what the hell his emotions were. This all was getting just frustrating to him. Like how his heartbeat skips a beat whenever he was near him. His heartbeat who speeds up whenever Mordred was coming towards him. The shyness he sometimes felt when the said male was talking with him. His cheeks which were feeling hot. The thoughts who were constantly on the said teen. It got to the point that he couldn't even concentrate on the training.

That was why he asked Arthur for a change of work. Arthur wasn't minding it knowing that he was liking helping other people. And assumed that he just wanted to help out now that it would get busy, but the reason was a different one...avoiding Mordred at all cost.