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Sacrifice (Part 4b)--Merlin x Reader / Reader Insert (Le Morte D’Arthur)

Regular (Happy) Ending

As Merlin continued to think about both of your demises, he started to cry. He didn’t want it to end. Merlin had always felt like you were a part of him, and if you died, a part of him would die too. That part would have been the hopeful part, the courageous part, the part that found the strength to see the light in even the darkest of times. You always told him that true darkness was not the absence of light, but the belief that it would never return.

Slowly, his tears dried as he took a shaky breath. His eyes shot open.

Careful of the hole in his chest, Merlin steadily stood up. He saw Nimueh walking towards your slumped and lifeless body. She looked down at you and was about to reach towards you when Merlin spoke.

“You should not have killed my friend,” he said. His voice was low and husky with an angry passion that he had never used before. He almost hesitated at the sound of it, but he quickly recovered his senses.

Nimueh turned back to face Merlin as stared at him with a haughty look. She seemed to be thinking, “So what? What are you going to about it?” This only anger Merlin even more.

Merlin looked up into the sky and shot his hand out. Thunder clapped as clouds came rushing in. Nimueh was shooked at Merlin’s power and looked up instead of countering.

The hair on your body stood up as the air crackled to life. Merlin brought his hand down to face Nimueh. He focused all of his energy there and willed his magic to do as he wished. The sky flashed an electric blue as a white-hot rod erupted from the clouds.

Nimueh didn’t even have any time to scream before she was blown to pieces. The explosion was so bright and powerful that Merlin looked away and shielded his face with his arms. When Merlin looked back, her essence had faded into a giant puff of smoke and it had started to pour.

When the smog cleared, Merlin ran over to you. The rain was still coming down in torrents as thunder rolled and lightning flashed up above.

“(Y/N),” he whispered as he neared you. He said your name again as he sat down next to you and again as he shook you. “(Y/N)!” he cried. Tears were forming once again in his eyes as he looked at your colorless face. Your skin had already started to go cold. Merlin looked up to the universe and yelled at the top of his lungs, “NO!” He continued to yell at the sky until his voice wouldn’t let him.

When he couldn’t scream at the world an longer, he wrapped his arms around you and squeezed as tightly as he could. It almost felt as though you were becoming warmer. “Merlin,” a small voice said. The voice sounded so much like yours and it made him cry even harder. He almost didn’t hear you say his name again. “Merlin,” you said more forcefully. Your voice was still weak, but Merlin heard you.

He gasped and looked up, drying his tears. “(YN)?” he questioned, “(Y/N)!” He couldn’t think of anything to say as he grinned like a madman. He could only state the obvious. “(Y/N)!” he exclaimed, “You’re alive!” He tucked his head into the crook of your neck with his arms still around you.

“What did you do?” you asked softly. You knew that you had died and that Merlin didn’t have the power to bring back the deceased. Honestly, you were shocked, but you were relieved nonetheless.

Merlin looked up at you with a shit-eating grin. “Nimueh is dead,” he told you. The balance of the world has been restored.

You returned a small smile of your own. “You amaze me,” you said. “You have mastered the power of life and death itself. Gauis’ll make a great warlock of you yet.”

“So you believe in me now?” he joked.

“Well... I would so if-if you could... stop this blasted rain.”

You both laughed.

“Merlin?” you said. He looked into your eyes as his laughter died down. “I love you.” He simply stared at you as you looked at him worriedly. Just as you were about to look away, Merlin grabbed your face and lifted it towards him as he leaned down.

The kiss was soft and gentle and your lips fit perfectly together. They were soft and warm. You could have stayed like that forever, but you eventually pulled apart. “I love you too”

Angst Ending

As Merlin continued to think about both of your demises, he started to cry. He didn’t want it to end. Merlin had always felt like you were a part of him, and if you died, a part of him would die too. That part would have been the hopeful part, the courageous part, the part that found the strength to see the light in even the darkest of times. You always told him that true darkness was not the absence of light, but the belief that it would never return.

Slowly, his tears dried as he took a shaky breath. His eyes shot open.

Careful of the hole in his chest, Merlin steadily stood up. He saw Nimueh crouched next to you. She was holding a silver dagger. It was nothing fancy and the blade was about five inches long.

Merlin furrowed his eyebrows and wondered what she was doing. Faster than Merlin could see, Nimueh embedded the knife into your lower sternum. Dark blood started to flow from the wound instantly.

“No!” he shouted. “Don’t touch her!”

Nimueh turned back to face Merlin as stared at him with a haughty look. She was calm and relaxed. It was almost as if she knew something that he didn’t.

Merlin looked up into the sky and shot his hand out. Thunder clapped as clouds came rushing in. Nimueh was shooked at Merlin’s power and looked up instead of countering.

The hair on your body stood up as the air crackled to life. Merlin brought his hand down to face Nimueh. He focused all of his energy there and willed his magic to do as he wished. The sky flashed an electric blue as a white-hot rod erupted from the clouds.

Nimueh just looked at Merlin and smiled. Then she was blown to bits. The explosion was so bright and powerful that Merlin looked away and shielded his face with his arms. When Merlin looked back, her essence had faded into a giant puff of smoke and it had started to pour.

When the smog cleared, Merlin ran over to you. The rain was still coming down in torrents as thunder rolled and lightning flashed up above.

“(Y/N),” he whispered as he neared you. He said your name again as he sat down next to you and again as he shook you. “(Y/N)!” he cried. Tears were forming once again in his eyes as he looked at your colorless face. He ripped the knife from your torso and threw it across the field. Your skin had already started to go cold. Merlin looked up to the universe and yelled at the top of his lungs, “NO!” He continued to yell at the sky until his voice wouldn’t let him.

When he couldn’t scream at the world an longer, he wrapped his arms around you and squeezed as tightly as he could. It almost felt as though you were becoming warmer. “Merlin,” a small voice said. The voice sounded so much like yours and it made him cry even harder. He almost didn’t hear you say his name again. “Merlin,” you said more forcefully. Your voice was still weak, but Merlin heard you.

He gasped and looked up, drying his tears. “(YN)?” he questioned, “(Y/N)!” He couldn’t think of anything to say as he grinned like a madman. He could only state the obvious. “(Y/N)!” he exclaimed, “You’re alive!” He tucked his head into the crook of your neck with his arms still around you.

“What did you do?” you asked softly. You knew that you had died and that Merlin didn’t have the power to bring back the deceased. Honestly, you were shocked, but you were relieved nonetheless.

Merlin looked up at you with a shit-eating grin. “Nimueh is dead,” he told you. The balance of the world has been restored.

You returned a small smile of your own. “You-” you coughed violently and blood spewed from your mouth. “Merlin,” you groaned.

“No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no! She knew this would happen! That’s why she looked so calm. That little bitch!”

You tried to laugh, but you were quickly stopped by the jabbing in your stomach. “Ah...” you moaned. You held your hands to the wound to slow down the bleeding. Merlin looked down at you and started to freak out. He quickly copied your actions and helped you apply pressure to your stomach. His eyes flickered back and forth between your face and your entwined hands.

“Merlin?” you said. He looked into your eyes as his laughter died down. “I love you.”

Merlin stared at you for a moment before he spoke. “(Full/N),” he began.” I have loved you for the longest time. Sure, it wasn't love-at-first-sight, but that doesn’t mean it was any less real. That day that we went out to the courtyard and walked around the Camelot was the day I first realized I love you.” Merlin kept talking as you started to fade away. Your concentration was staggered and it was hard to listen to Merlin’s words.

“I love the rain so much, Merlin. Did you make it rain for me?” You were delirious and you couldn’t feel the pain in your stomach anymore. Merlin could feel your grasp on the world slipping. He put more pressure on your wound, wincing because he didn’t want to hurt you. You merely smile at him softly. “I love you a lot,” you told him again.

Merlin knew that you didn’t have long, so he continued talking. He rushed through everything, hoping that you would understand what he was saying. But everything just blurred together. “I realized... fell in love with all of you. Your eyes... shadows I wanted to kiss way. I fell in love... your body. I fell in... the sound of your heart, your smile, your laugh, your quirks... is when you value someone else’s happiness over your own... You’ll always have a special place in my heart.” Your eyes began to wander and you couldn’t hold yourself up anymore. You slumped and Merlin rushed to grab you. In doing so, Merlin had to release your stomach and blood flowed even more furiously than before.

Your head was rolling around and you were dazed. You knew that it was Merlin looking at you with such a sad face, but you couldn’t understand why he was crying. So you asked him, “Why are you crying, Merlin? The rain is that bad.” Your voice was soft and wistful. You were constantly distracted by the things around, but you wanted to look at Merlin. You knew that it would make him feel better if you concentrated on him.

“I know it’s not (Y/N). I’m crying because-” he paused. He didn’t know how to tell you that you were dying. He didn’t even know if you would understand him if he did. So he didn’t. “I’m crying tears of joy. I haven’t seen you for a couple days and I’m so happy I got to see you.”

All of your energy was focused on looking as Merlin. You didn’t process that he was talking, only that he was there. Along with the rain. The rain! “I love the rain so much, Merlin. Did you make it rain for me?”

That was the point when Merlin knew you were gone. Even if you were still alive and breathing, you weren’t here. It was only a shell of you talking to him.

For two brief moments, your mind came back to you. You wanted to tell him how you felt. Then it faded. You didn’t know what kind of feelings you should tell him, so you told him all of them. “Merlin,” you said quietly. Your voice was hoarse, but you continued anyway. “Merlin, I’m cold. I’m wet and you’re wet and I ‘m worried about you. I don’t want you to get sick, Merlin. Gauis and Arthur would kill me for letting it happen, then they would kill you for not taking better care of yourself. Merlin, I’m tired. I think I want to take a nap, but I don’t want to stand up. The courtyard is too far away from my bed. Will you carry me? I always hated the courtyard. It’s too dusty. I wish it had more color.” You kept talking on like this, your voice fading away as you went.

Merlin chuckled lightly at the irony. You were worried about him when it was you who was dying. When you finally stopped talking he looked into your eyes and said, “I love you, (Y/N).”

You smiled at him. “I love you too.”

Then you closed your eyes as Merlin wept on your shoulder.

Alright! I finished the series! I’m sorry for the really crappy endings, but it was something quick I did. Took a few hours to write, so I’d appreciate some feedback and a note. I’m going to start back up on my PJO x Reader story and hopefully finish it up by the end of the month. Stay tuned for that.

Also--PLEASE REQUEST!

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