Magic Reveal
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"I have magic."
"Yes Sire, I have magic."
"Please listen to me sire, I have magic."
"Sire, the magic I have is entirely yours to do with as you see fit."

"No, no no, that is not good. Fool, you can't just come out and say 'sire your manservant has magic' he will look at me like I am crazy. Though really when you think about it I am talking to myself, which is a sign of craziness."

Merlin stops and laughs for a moment before beginning one of the other random projects that he has to work on for Arthur. Not that he will forget that the reveal needs to happen.

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"Look Arthur, I need you understand that everything I do, everything I am is yours. Its not that I didn't tell you cause I don't trust you, its just that its scary. To reveal the truth could shake up everything we are. It could be horrible."

"No, that is not good. Too wordy, I doubt he will let me say all that when I bring forth the reveal."

Merlin says before changing the mental subject which drawing the portrait of Arthur led him to. He figures he still has time to decide how it will go on.

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In a voice pretending to a girl, "Prince Arthur your manservant is a user of magic."

And then again in his own voice, "She tells the truth, but sire, believe me, I have only used it to aid Camelot never to harm it."

Merlin stops gathering the herbs, "Well that won't work, I could never assume that some witch would be the one who reveals me. Let me think of something else."

And so Merlin continues to go picking herbs.

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Said in a deep manly voice, "Father, I know he has magic but he is a great person and you should spare his life because I love him and I need him and we are two sides of the same coin."

Said in a slightly different manly voice. "My Son, you speak truth and I will listen to you. Your manservant is declared innocent and will not die by my hands. In fact let it be known that since there is love I must reconsider my thoughts on magic, and thus from this moment forward magic is now legal in Camelot."

In his normal voice, "That is stupid. Why would it happen that way. No, no, no, rediculous."

Merlin continues making bandages for Gaius in order to top off the supply of them to get ready for the next attack.

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Once again there is a false female voice, "Merlin, I know you love him, and that is okay. But I know you have magic and you will need to tell him."

His normal voice continues, "But Gwen, I cannot tell him he will hate me."

Then he stops and pauses. "No, bugger that, that is as stupid as the others."

Merlin says as he is fetching water for Arthur's bath, its such a heavy bucket to be carrying in these back halls of the castle.

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When it happened it was not like anything he actually prepared or planned for. They were gathered in a forest clearing surrounded by various monstrous dog-cat-rabbit-owl looking creatures that wanted to eat their face. Merlin was tired, grumpy, and had been made fun of by Arthur for the last few hours since he got them lost. Well potentially lost, he still thinks he knows how to get away.

Angry and in pain and just wanting to be done with it he finally snapped. His eyes grew golden, words in the Old Tongue were said, and a blast of energy washed over the clearing to form a dome of energy. Where the blast touched the monsters it turned them into the various animals that made up the monstrosities. Said animals than began barking, purring, hopping about, or even flying away right after they transformed.

Merlin took a deep breath cause he was just done, when he turned towards Arthur who was looking at him with a smile on his face.

"I have magic."

"I know."

Nothing more was said, at least not about that. Though Arthur did take the moment to hug Merlin, uttering a heartfelt thank you, which was kind of wierd.

What was even more weird, at least to the residents of Camelot who didn't know about the reveal of magic, was when Arthur and Merlin came back to the castle hours later. That wasn't what was weird, no, the fact that they each carried dozens of rabbits on poles while being followed by an equal number of dogs and cats was. The dogs kept close to their heels while the cats took one look at the city and started disappearing throughout it.

Standing on the balcony was King Uther who just looked at them, shook his head, and went inside.

Merlin and Arthur shared a look and a moment, and all was right in the world.