A/N

PLEASE DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THE SERIES 5 FINALE

Okay so I was disappointed with some aspects of the finale, mainly the deaths of two AWESOME characters. So here is my fix it fic for the series 5 finale.

I recommend listening to Brian Eno-An Ending (Ascent) with this fic-it gave me the inspiration to write this.

I don't own Merlin and I don't own Brian Eno's An Ending (Ascent)

Enjoy-Read, review, favourite, follow, PM, whatever!

Insanity :D xx

Morgana Pendragon's body lay on Avalon's shore, still and unmoving.

Her life was a beautiful, but destructive one-her death was the same and the time that transpired after her last breath was inhaled would also be the same.

Emrys stood above his doomed destiny, Excalibur still clutched in the pale warlocks hands. With watery eyes, he took his eyes off of the once beautiful person to The Once and Future King's. Merlin felt a sorrowful presence fill him; he was supposedly the most powerful warlock ever to walk the Earth, yet he couldn't stop the paling of Arthur's skin from the immense blood loss from the wound inflicted from the late Sir Mordred.

Merlin loosed his grip on the sword forged in Dragon's breath and walked over to Arthur's weakening body.

"Just hold me." Such simple words uttered hung in the air as if they were a marvellous speech for all to hear. The two sides of the same coin were both silent and still for but a second as the world awaited The Emrys' response to The Once and Future King's request.

The answer was in the form of a gentle embrace filled with soft sobs.

"Merlin. I need to tell you something that I've never told you before..."

A pause for the world was, once again, listening.

"... Thank you..."

Something so normal, yet so foreign to fall from the king's lips filled Merlin with unbelievable grief. This was the most arrogant, cabbage-headed prat of all time and he was thanking him?!

No.

No. He couldn't lose him.

No. He couldn't let him die.

NO!

"No..." Merlin murmured. Merlin picked up the now unconscious Arthur and carried him, his head resting on Merlin's chest, to the soft lapping waves of Avalon's lake.

"Please..." Merlin whispered to no-one in particular, the plead carried by the breeze. "Please don't let him die... please!" The cries were heard; a faint cry encompassed the many kingdoms of Albion.

The Once and Future King's body lay on the sandy shore of the lake and The Emrys' body was hunched over Arthur's body, protecting his King even in death as he sobbed his heart out for the lake to hear-the breaking of a destiny and a soul would be unbearable for any mortal to bear, but anyone who had met Emrys knew that he was magic.

Unknown to the many creatures that wandered the Earth, the heavens looked upon the scene to see the Once and Future King's aura start to mingle with The Emrys'; the gold and blue intermingling together, creating an intricate stranded web of colour.

And unknown to Emrys, his eyes swirled gold: not flashing like they did when he cast a spell.

For he was using the magic of life and death.

As Morgana had been slain to protect her half brother's life, her life had been sacrificed for Arthur's. However, because she was slain by Excalibur, Arthur would have to be touched by the water's magic that had protected the sword for many years before it was placed in the stone and then later placed in the hands of a young king.

But protecting The Once and Future King had become a subconscious act for The Emrys, so while the warlock manservant sobbed, he was oblivious to the ever increasing tempo of the lake's waves-the waves were still soft, but they now had a purpose.

The world was silent as the Gods sung for The Once and Future King and his Emrys.

And slowly, ever so slowly, Freya, the Lady of the Lake, rose from Avalon's waters, her hair curled and her white dress flowing around her just like the lake's waves. Her quiet movements never gave her love any reason to look up from his crouched position as he cried.

As Freya joined in, singing with the heavens, Arthur's eyes, under closed lids, started to swirl just like Merlin's.

They were truly two sides of the same coin.

And so the brothers of different blood both went through the same emotions-one showing his grief to the world and the other trapped in the prison of his mind-they showed the world the greatness of what was once prophesised at the dawn of time.

And painstakingly slowly, Arthur regained his strength as Merlin slowly lost his. And because of Merlin's mass magic, he fell unconscious, his head landing of Arthur's chest, the slow rise and fall of life flowing through his body.

Many hours passed, the sun moving across the sky: The Emrys still holding his Once and Future King. But many hours away, you will find a distraught Sir Percival sobbing over Sir Gwaine's broken and limp body, dry blood still found from the incision that the Lady Morgana made, trying to get the snake to feed off of the mind of such a noble knight. But not even the gods would have predicted the next thing to happen.

The Emrys' magic had flowed throughout the land of Albion, rising the ones that had sacrificed for fates foul intentions. And every one of them was shown the mercy of The Emrys' magic: a choice was made for each and every man that fell on that fateful day; to either choose to stay with the living or pass to Avalon. So every man, woman or child was given the choice, whether in the forest or at the bloody battlefield at Camlann, to live or die.

Every one of them saw the blue and gold magic that flowed throughout the land.

Sir Strength chose to stay with the living.

The slow rise and fall of Gwaine's chest alerted a very bleary Percival to the wonder of such a miracle.

The wonder of magic.

So, under the sky of sunset, The Emrys awoke to the colours of blue and gold across the sky-the sun and the blueness, mingling together. The Once and Future King was smiling at him, knowingly.

Singing erupted once again for the brothers as the whole land itself roared with the euphoric state of simply being alive.

"Thank you Merlin."

"I suppose you're welcome. Can I have those two day off now?"

One more chapter to go!-Hope you've enjoyed it