#my eyes keep watering and i keep going 😞☹️🥺

[chrisbangs]

opening my 5star pobs and bawling my eyes out all over again bc of how much channie pcs i have i cant take this

[larluce]

Merlin as Arthur's familiar/Arthur's shapeshifter falcon AU

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LINK TO THE OTHER PARTS: PART 1 , PART 2 , PART 3 , PART 4 , PART 5 , PART 6 , PART 7 , PART 8 , PART 9 , PART 10 , PART 11 , PART 12

In the morning. At Morgana's chambers. Gwen, Morgana and the chicks cuddled in bed sleeping cause the chicks keep poor Gwen and Morgana all night awake chirp crying for their Mama and Papa.

Gwen: (still sleepy but forcing herself to wake up, mumbles) Chores... I have to... (Yawns) Do my chores.

Gwen gets off the bed careful to not wake up Morgana and the chicks and cleans the room a bit. Then she picks up some of Morgana's clothes and leaves the room... Not noticing she left the doors ajar.

Blizzard: (Opens one eye to make sure Gwen left and then opens both of his eyes) Finally! (chirps quietly to Brave) Brave? Brave! (Pecks him)

Brave: (wakes up) Ow! What?

Blizzard: They left the door open!

Brave: Really? 😨 (Looks) You're right! 😃

Blizzard: Is our chance! 😃

Guardian: Your chance to what? 😑

Blizzard: (to Brave) Well done, egg-head, you woke him up. 😒

Brave: You are an egg-head! 😠

Guardian: Don't even think I'm going to let you go outside. 😠

Wary: (wakes up and looks around) Mama? Papa? 🥺

Rain: (wakes up) Are Mama and Papa back yet? 🥺

Guardian: (sad, but comforts them) No. But auntie Morgana said they'll be back so they must be safe. Do you want me to wake her up to get you something?

Blizzard: No! Don't you see, Guardian? This is one in a million oportunity! Haven't you ever wondered what's in "the outside"?

Guardian: Papa's room.

Blizzard: Apart from Papa's room.

Brave: More rooms?

Blizzard: And what's in those rooms? They could contain anything! Remember that time when Papa took us to a large room with lots of human dancing and tables with food?

Rain: Yeah, it was fun. 😊

Brave: And exciting! 😁

Wary: And scary. 😞

Guardian: And You almost drowned on purple water. 😒

Blizzard: Exactly! Maybe Mama and Papa are in one of those rooms! Maybe the reason they aren't here is because they are trap in purple water!

Rain: Mama and Papa drowned? 😨

Wary: No! 😭

Brave: I'll save Mama and Papa! 😠

Guardian: Mama and Papa are not in purple water. Stop scaring them, Blizzard. 😠

Blizzard: Fine, they are not in purple water. But something must be holding them from coming. We have to go find them!

Guardian: Papa says never leave the nest when Mama and Papa are not around.

Wary: Yeah, the nest is safe. I love the nest. 😊

Blizzard: But Papa also says the castle is his and therefore ours. If you think about it, the whole castle is our nest! 😃

Rain: Like a princess! 🤩

Blizzard: And doesn't a princess deserves to know her castle? 😏

Rain: I do! 😄

Brave: To find Mama and Papa! 😄

Guardian: No! 😠 I know what you're doing. We are not leaving!

Rain: But I miss Papa. ☹️

Brave: And I miss Mama. ☹️

Guardian: Wary and I and miss Mama and Papa too and you don't see us planning a mischief. 😠

Blizzard: Yeah, but you are boring and Wary never does anything.

Wary: Of course I do something! I do this (makes himself a ball and rolls on the bed) Wiiii! 😊

Rain: I'm actually impressed. That's the most extreme thing he has ever done.

Blizzard: And it wouldn't be a "mischief". It would be a... A Quest! Like the ones Papa told us about.

Guardian: Those are dangerous! We are too young for quests.

Blizzard: An expedition then. A very short expedition to "the outside" and if we don't find Mama and Papa we'll come back inmediatly.

Rain: Come on, Guardian. You can't tell us you're not curious about "the outside" or that you aren't worried about Mama and Papa too.

Guardian: (stays silent because is true, but still doesn't want to give in)

Brave: (impacient) Guardian, is 3 against 2. We can go without you or we can go together and you can't look after all of us if we're separate.

Guardian: (sighs) Fine, we'll go.

Blizzard, Brave and Rain: Yay! 😄

Guardian: IF auntie Morgana give us permission.

Blizzard, Brave and Rain: (their faces fall) But-

Guardian: I said. 😠

Blizzard: Fine, I'll ask her. (Chirps whispering) Auntie Morgana, can we go?

Morgana: 😴.

Blizzard: She says yes 😁.

Guardian: (Gives Blizzard a look and chirps more loudly) Auntie Morgana!

Morgana: (not opening her eyes, more sleep than awake) Uh?

Guardian: Can we go to a short expedition to "the outside"?

Morgana: (mumbles) Yeah, yeah, sure. Take care. (Goes back to sleep)

Guardian: (surprise to have permission but also pleased) We will, thank you 😊. (To his siblings) Alright, we're going to "the outside".

Blizzard, Brave and Rain: (lifting a wing) To the outside! 😄

Wary: Wait, you're going to leave me alone? 🥺

Rain: You can come with us if you want.

Wary: But "the outside" is scary. 🥺

Blizzard: You think everything is scary. 🙄

Guardian: We won't force you to come, Wary. If you decide to stay, auntie Morgana will take care of you and if you decide to come with us I'll be protecting you. You'll be safe either way.

Wary: (thinks for a moment) Alright, then I'm coming.

All chicks: (lifting a wing) To the outside! 😄

All chicks minus Wary: (jump from the bed to the floor)

Rain: Wary, you have to jump!

Wary: But it's too high 🥺.

Blizzard: Oh, come on! You jumped from that high before.

Wary: When there's a pillow on the floor. Now there isn't.

Brave: Can we still go without him?

Guardian: Shut up. (To Wary, calmly) Wary, remember that trick you showed us? When you rolled on the bed?

Wary: (Nods)

Guardian: When I tell You I want you to close your eyes and do it again. Got it?

Wary: (Nods again)

Guardian: (to Brave and Blizzard) Hold the sheet and stretch it.

Brave and Blizzard: (hold the sheet with their becks and then with their claws so the sheet is now a soft slide)

Guardian: Perfect, hold it steady. (To Wary) Now, Wary. Roll!

Wary: (rolls down the "slide")

Guardian: (catches him so he doesn't roll far and doesn't hurt himself) See? it wasn't that hard, was it?

Wary: (pretty dizzy) I'm never doing that again 😵‍💫.

And the chicks go to "the outside".

Meanwhile with Merlin and Arthur.

Arthur: (riding on his horse, looking at the sky)

Knight 1: (riding a horse too) Sire? Are you alright?

Arthur: Yeah, it's nothing. (thinking) He said he would check the perimeter. He should be back already. Where are you Merlin? (says) Everything seems fine here. I don't know why my father says there were riots. They look like very peaceful people.

Merlin: (aproaches the knights walking in his human form) Excuse me? You aren't from here, are you?

Arthur: (looks down, surprised) Merlin? 😨

Merlin: It's Marlon actually. It's not everyday we have nobelty in our village. And I'm the best guide there is. 💁‍♂️

Knight 2: We are in no need of a guide, peasant.

Merlin: No, but maybe you need some information, nobel. And you won't get any from our people. (looks them up and down) Especially dress like that.

Knight 3: You insolent- 😡

Arthur: Enough. Let him speak. (to Merlin) What are you trying to tell us, "Marlon".

Merlin: People here distrust nobelty a lot. They either hate them or are scare of them. They will smile at you and respect you, but they won't be honest with you. And us peasants (looks at Knight 2) are not dumb. If a knight patrol is riding around is obvious they will hide whatever you're looking for.

Arthur: (nods in understanding) I see... And what do you suggest?

Merlin: A change of look and clothes will do, my lord. And of course an expert guide (points himself) to take to crucial places. I fly around this village a lot so I know plenty.

Arthur: Walk you mean.

Merlin: Uh?

Arthur: You walk around this village a lot.

Merlin: Oh, yeah, that too.

Arthur: (facepalms himself)

Merlin: I think we can come to an agreedment, my lord. So we both benefit from the other.

Knight 4: (whispers to Arthur) Sire, are you sure we can trust this boy?

Arthur: We don't have many options, have we? (gets off the horse and goes to Merlin) Alright, Marlon. Name a price for your services and we have a deal.

Merlin: (puts a hand on his chest seductively) Oh, it's not money that I want, my lord. But we can talk about that later.

Knights: (almost fall of their horses)

Arthur: (whispers, flustrated) What are you doing?

Merlin: (whispers very close to Arthur's ear) I just want to pass some time with my mate. Is that so bad? (separates from Arthur and shouts) Follow me nobels! (walks away)

Arthur: (blushing, but smiling, goes back to his horse and he and his knights start following Merlin)

Knight 5: (whispers) Sire, do you want me to cut that boy's hand off.

Arthur: Wha-No! Why would you do that?

Knight 5: Well, he... touched you in-in a-a very inapropiate manner, Sire. And he-he basically hinted-

Arthur: It doesn't bother me, Sir Horace. You don't have to worry.

Knight 5: Oh... Alright.

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Referencial picture of the chicks I made in AI