Emrys has always known that it is her destiny to turn the spoiled Prince Arthur Pendragon into the greatest king Camelot has known since magic was expelled from the kingdom. But if Emrys guides Arthur to his destiny, she leads herself to her own doom. Emrys hopes to be able to change her fate, but it's hard to focus on that when she's busy trying to keep the prat of a prince from being killed by everything else. ***This is a fanfiction based on the BBC show Merlin and features MAJOR canon divergent. There are original characters in this, some taking place of canon characters and others added in as side characters. Many of our favorite characters will both look and act a little differently, as such, but this is just to help them all fit better together. This story contains a lot of original plot points, with a sprinkling of beats from some favorite episodes, but I hope you'll give it a chance and still enjoy it!***

Merlin told herself that if she was going to die. She was going to go out with a legacy on her back. What she didn't know was that she literally needs to carry her legacy on her back. And that Prince comes with way too much baggage. ~~~~~~ "You're-teaching me a -lesson?" Arthur wheezed out in disbelief. Merlin nodded, "Yeah, did you grasp it yet?" He said nothing as the colour slowly bloomed in his cheeks his tensed muscles uncoiling, his jaw unlocking as the pain faded into an uncomfortable throbbing. "No one, no one, no matter their station, no matter their lineage deserves to be treated anything shy of human," she told him softly, her thunderous expression morphing into something calmer, only slightly more patient. Arthur released a choked laugh of disbelief, "You are unbelievable." Merlin shrugged, "I try."

❝ i no longer believed in the idea of soul mates, or love at first sight. But I was beginning to believe that a very few times in your life if you were lucky, you might meet someone who was exactly right for you. not because he was perfect, or because you were, but because your combined flaws were arranged in a way that allowed two separate beings to hinge together ❞ ⸻ lisa kleypas, blue-eyed devil ═══════════════════ ♔*·˚ |THE ALBION ESCAPADES - A SERVANT'S FRIENDSHIP: BOOK 1| [Season 1] ...in progress...