Heaven and Hell (11/?)
Heaven and Hell (11/?)
Fandom(s): Merlin, Supernatural, The Secret Circle
Rating: PG
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Dean/Cas
Words (this part): 429
Summary: Merlin, Arthur, and the rest of the gang are constantly being reincarnated. The story plays out the same every time, until Morgana seeks out Faye and Merlin crosses paths with the Winchesters. Then the game changes.
And spread, like weeds, their poisons wide,
Fresh healing plants came blooming bright,
And stood, to check them, side by side
Notes: The first few chapters jump around quite a bit. As the story continues though, there's fewer time jumps.
In the summary there's three lines from the poem "Good and Evil" by Samuel G. Goodrich. (Fantastic poem, definitely give it a read!)
The enchantments necessary turned out to be very powerful. They took a lot out of Merlin and he didn’t wake up until around ten the next day.
“Hey, sleepyhead,” Sam teased. He was sitting at the small table on his laptop, an empty glass of something beside it. Though if it was empty, Merlin supposed there was no something. He wiped a hand down his face, still tired.
“Why didn’t you wake me?”
“Cas said you needed rest. Arthur came in to talk to you a few minutes after you were out, but Cas got all defensive. I didn’t want to set him off again.”
Merlin pushed his hair back and got up. “What did he want to talk about? Arthur, I mean.”
Sam shrugged. “He wasn’t very persistent about it. I think he just wanted to chat.”
There was the almost silent flap of wings and then Cas appeared in front of the door.
“You’re awake. Good.”
“What’s going on?” Merlin asked, acutely aware of the angel’s changed tone.
“I found Morgana,” he said.
Immediately, Merlin became 100% awake. “Where?”
“The next state over. She had at least two dozen demons in the house, but plenty more at her beck. I could feel it.”
“And Faye?” Sam asked.
“She wasn’t there. Morgana believes you kidnapped her,” he said to Merlin. “She plans to strike in five days. We have to be ready.
“I’ll call around,” Sam offered, “give everybody a heads up at what’s coming.”
“That would be wise,” Cas said.
After a moment, Sam began hesitantly, “Do you…What about heaven? I wasn’t gonna ask, but you haven’t mentioned anything. What do they think of what’s happening down here?”
“Heaven is…otherwise occupied.”
Sam’s brow furrowed. “What do you mean?”
“With God still missing, Raphael dead, and me not there…they have no one to take orders from.”
“You could tell them to help us, couldn’t you?” Sam asked, somewhat hopeful.
“No,” Merlin said quickly, in unison with Cas.
Castiel had already explained this to Merlin when they and the Winchesters were split up.
“They haven’t realized I’m back yet,” the blue-eyed angel explained to Sam. “I’m guessing it has something to do with the fact that Merlin brought me back, but I’m not certain. But when they find out, they won’t be happy. After what I did, I can’t say I don’t understand why. It’s better that they don’t become involved.”
“Right,” Sam said. “You should tell Dean that. He’d like to know.”
Cas disappeared without another word and Merlin heard him talking to Dean in the next room.
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