Chapter 9: The One True King
My name is Death and here's the ending!
Picture is of the one true king.
Summary: Merlin wins the war. He is crowned king.
Meanwhile, Merlin and Karayan's fight had come to an end. Merlin knocked Karayan off his feet, accidentally flinging him over a cliff.
Merlin rushed over to see Karayan picking himself up and brushing himself off. Suddenly, Nimueh and the twins appeared in front of him.
"Ah! My friends!"
"Friends? I thought he said we were the enemy."
"Enemy? Now why would I say that?"
"Don't lie to us! We know the truth!"
"The spirit's told us."
"And the visions warned us that you would betray us, just as you've betrayed everyone else."
"And it's time you were punished."
At this point, Merlin stepped forward. "What's going on?"
Nimueh turened the full force of her glare in Merlin. "We are doing what must be done, little prince. This man must be held accountable for the betrayal he has committed and the unnecessary deaths he has caused."
"Then we are in agreement. But he is not the only one who has caused this war."
"We were wrong, young sorcerer. We were led astray by our greed and our desires. We will atone for this, we assure you. But he is another matter." She spat out the word he as if it was poison in her mouth.
"How about a truce?" Merlin suggested.
"There has not been a truce between our people since the time of your great great great grandfather, Agdar the Mighty."
"Then let that be rectified today at this very moment. All I ask is that you leave our kingdom in peace and never again harm our people."
"And in return?"
"We shall extend to you this same courtesy."
"And what about...the traitor?"
"What would you do to him if I let you take him?"
"What we do to traitors is our own business. But, rest assured, we will leave this place in peace."
"Very well. Take him and go in peace. But, if you ever harm a single person here again, I will personally hunt you down and kill you all."
"As you wish, milord." Here they bowed then turned and dragged Karayan away to be dealt with.
With that, all the members of the Old Religion left and the guards laid down their weapons.
All of the noblemen and ladies, as well as Gaius, Nyx, Gwaine, and Lancelot were called into the throne room.
There, Merlin thanked all of them for their help. Then Gaius led Merlin to the throne. "With the passing of your father and your uncle removed from the throne, we have only one who has the right to rule. Will you accept the responsibility of this kingdom?"
Merlin took a glance at his mother, then his friends, and finally settled on Rose, the woman he loved with all of his being. "I will."
"Then Prince Merlin, son of Nicholas the Kind, it is my pleasure to crown you King of Paradise."
The crown was set on Merlin's head as the congregation applauded and shouted, "Long live the king!"
It was a happy ending at last. Naturally, Merlin needed a queen to rule by his side for a king was nothing without his queen. And so he chose the love of his life, Rose, to be his queen. She accepted and they were soon thereafter married in what came to be known as the wedding of the century.
Everything went back to normal after that. The kingdom was stripped of every evidence that a war had taken place and, with Merlin's guidance, the land returned to its former glory.
Soon all of Karayan's evil was erased, never to again be remembered.
Paradise was at peace for it had found the one true king at last.
THE END!
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