Merlin fic: Nothing Has Changed (7b/8)

Title: Nothing Has Changed (7b/8)
Author: dk323
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, others
Spoilers: Merlin ~ Tag to season 1 finale, “Le Morte D'Arthur”
Disclaimer: The show “Merlin” is property of the BBC. The Dark Is Rising book series is property of Susan Cooper. No money being made.
Summary: Fearing losing control of his magic, Merlin gives his magic up. But then Arthur gets involved…

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7a | Part 7b | Part 8a

Part 7b: Because the older Merlin is not fond of the underground cavern, Merlin gets taken outside of Time to have their talk. Arthur gets a surprise visitor.

Author's Notes: Some scenes planned for this chapter didn't make it in. They'll be in Chapter 8 (the final chapter), which may be divided up as Chapter 7 was. This chapter took quite some time to write and I'm overall satisfied with it. I'm sorry to leave this chapter on a cliffhanger for Merlin and Arthur...shame on me. ;)

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“And now we may have rest, in the quiet silver-circled castle at the back of the North Wind, among the apple trees. And those we leave behind may think of us in greeting each night, when the crown of the North Wind, the Corona Borealis, rises above the horizon in its circlet of stars.”

(Silver on the Tree, 268 | The Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper)


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