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Jill is aware that one day, this final part of her childhood, her dearest companion, will be taken from her, too.
She tries not to be. She tries not to feel as if an hourglass has been flipped, its sand trickling to a new bottom as minutes and hours and years begin to slip by in a blur.
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When the day finally comes, it is both far later than she expects and earlier than she ever wishes. Jill thinks that eternity would not have been long enough.
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And like the cycle of the year, we begin again by katherynefromphilly
Fandoms: Merlin (TV)
27 Nov 2016
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Set after the Merlin Series 5 Finale "Diamond of the Day".
Canon Compliant. In Character. Arthur Pendragon Returns.
Cover art by Lao-Pendragon------
For many long years Merlin waited.
For the other part of his soul, for the other half of his life. He was born to serve Arthur. So that meant he was also born to wait. Even if it took a thousand years. Even if the wait seemed never to end.
Until one day, suddenly, it did.
When Arthur stumbles from the Lake of Avalon 1,500 years after his death, he finds a world unlike the one he knew. Faced with the loss of everyone he loved, and the threat of impending prophecy, Arthur must learn what it means to be not just a king, but the Once and Future King. Merlin does all he can to guide him, even as he struggles to hide his love for his king, and his fear of losing him again.
Story includes sass, banter, horseplay, & True Love.
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- Part 1 of We Begin Again
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Bookmarked by banalvhenan (growing_stronger)
20 Sep 2025
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In the 21st century, Merlin Emrys is recovering from his stressful job as a paramedic at his father’s veterinary clinic in Wales. While undertaking a hike of the surrounding area, he stumbles upon a mysterious stone circle that seems to call to him...
In the sixth century, King Arthur Pendragon finds a young, confused man in the woods. Even though the stranger doesn’t speak Britonnic, he immediately makes it clear that he thinks Arthur and his knights are a bunch of prats…
Displaced in time and burdened with an unexpected new gift, Merlin needs to find his way back home. Meanwhile, Arthur is facing tough decisions of his own, as he too has to choose the path he’s going to follow.
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Update: 2022-09-03: Additional fanart in Chapter 10 by evaelisaa- Language:
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Bookmarked by banalvhenan (growing_stronger)
15 Sep 2025
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King Arthur sets out to keep his promise to the spirit of the Druid boy by repealing his father's ban on magic. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done, for reasons including but not limited to the following:
(1) He can't change the law until he understands magic better, but no sorcerer is willing to explain magic to him until he changes the law;
(2) The sorcerers all have some strange obsession with Merlin, which is awakening all sorts of feelings in Arthur that he really doesn't fancy examining too closely;
(3) He is starting to feel like the butt of some Druid-population-wide inside joke involving the mysterious phenomenon called Emrys; and
(4) Oh yeah, Morgana is still trying to kill him.
Thus he embarks on a journey of discovery, diplomacy, accountability, and self-improvement, and maybe even falls in love along the way.
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Bookmarked by banalvhenan (growing_stronger)
08 Sep 2025
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A hand grasped his arm, sending a brief thrill down Merlin's nerves as he was forced around to face the person behind him. Armour gleamed in the firelight: supple chainmail glinted, and the solid iron of a pauldron curved lovingly over one broad shoulder. The length of a sword blade separated them. The point hovered, steady and sure, over Merlin's heart, braced to run him through, but he did not care about any of that. He was too busy drinking in the sight of the man before him.
He could never forget him, no matter how many centuries had passed.
'Arthur?'
When Merlin ultimately fails in his destiny, the fading remnants of magic that linger in the modern world fling him not just back in time, but sideways as well. He ends up in a Camelot where all his friends are alive, well and aware of his magic.
He ends up in a Camelot where his alternate self died almost a year ago.
Can he, Arthur and their friends still forge the golden age he was once promised, or will grief and suspicion tear them apart?
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- Part 1 of Hiraeth Universe
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Bookmarked by banalvhenan (growing_stronger)
05 Sep 2025
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Avalanche. by OurLadyMuffin
Fandoms: Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VII (Video Game 1997)
19 Jun 2020
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Cloud realizes that, SOLDIER or not, there is no power a human can wield that can contend with the force of an avalanche.
It rocks through him. It yanks him under. Drags and pulls him. White and black and white and black, tumbling around and around - the weight and press of snow so crushing that it’s all he can do to snatch short rasps of breath and Gods where’s Tifa he can’t feel her hand anymore where is she where is she where is she-"
Following Aerith's unexpected death, Cloud and Tifa work through (some of) their grief over their friend.
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17 Jun 2025
