Fic: Percy and the Midnight Quest (Merlin/Arthur)

[magog_83]

Title: Percy and the Midnight Quest
Characters: Merlin/Arthur (pre-slash) and Percy
Wordcount: 8,900
Rating: G
Spoilers: None
Warnings: None

Summary: In which there is a quest, a mysterious creature and some revelations.

A/N: This features an OC of mine, Sir Percy, who was in a previous series The Route To Advancement : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 - although

Comments

[xaritomene]

About to read the fic; mostly just commenting to flail over the fact that OMG DUDE, MORE PERCY!! \0/

...reading now. *skulks off*

[xaritomene]

Oh, god, this was just perfect! It's three in the morning, and worth every second of reading time; I just wish it could have gone on much, much longer. *grin* I... don't even know which bit I liked the most. You just write their relationship so well through Percy's bewildered, well-meaning eyes. :D And poor Percy, constantly confused, constantly put-upon.

Also, the moment of miscommunication between Merlin and Arthur was gorgeous. This is... they way they interact in this series is just gold, thank you so much! *mems, as always*

ETA: Alfred. Alfred the fire-breathing toad. Alfred, the blue, fire-breathing, faintly grumpy toad.

Here is my heart. I have no idea what you'll do with it, but it's yours all the same. Alfred! Brutus! Percy! You create the best OCs and only one of them is human. :D

[magog_83]

Yay! I'm so glad you liked Alfred :D He was a bit of a Brutus replacement in this one as I figured the three of them were conspicious enough without a horse following them through the castle, although Brutus is totally part of the Merlin/Arthur/Percy scooby gang (they solve mysteries, and combat awkward social situations and eat passing hats - although that's mainly just Brutus).

And I'm glad the miscommunication came over alright as well - I was a little wary of putting it in as it skated rather close to being angst in a Percy fic... But I wanted Arthur to really show he accepted Merlin's magic, and for Percy to be horribly confused too of course.

Anyway, thank you for your wonderful comment!!! I have no doubt there will be more OCs to come, I seem to be rather addicted to them :D :D

[bramble_rose]

Oh, that was a PLEASURE to read!!! I laughed all teh way through, except for those tucked-in angsty parts. You are a very expressive writer, I could just see and hear all this happening as I was reading :-) Thank you for that!!!!

[magog_83]

Thank you! I'm so happy you enjoyed it (except for the Angst of course) and that's such a lovely compliment to get - I tend to half act things out as I write so maybe that's rubbing off in the writing :D :D

[meek_bookworm]

Oh Percy is awesome! I'm just a tad upset that Brutus is not present, but Alfred may make up for it!

There may have been a smidgen of giggling. Well enough to incite little sister glaring, but really Merlin and Arthur and a fire-breathing toad that fails at appropriate expressions! <3

I love how Arthur and Merlin and their unique relationship shine through with a side of Percy's obliviousness. I thought though that when Percy met them they were already in a relationship, but I will reread all Percy related awesomeness. . .

Thanks for writing! This made my night!

[magog_83]

I was very sad not to have Brutus in this too! But he could never have crept through the castle with them, knowing Brutus he would have made a tremendous fuss and then legged it at the sight of Alfred and woken even Uther up. Needless to say, he is busy snoozing in the stable and dreaming of Sir Rhys's arm and when he might next attempt a bite :)

These are all meants to be pre-slash so far, but to be fair you can always read what you want into them. The downside with outsider POVs is that you don't get to see everything so we don't know what Merlin and Arthur might be getting up to ;)

Anyway, thanks again for your lovely comment!

[paradox18]

that was absolutely wonderful. I love knight percy and the arthur/merlin interactions

[magog_83]

Thank you! I can't seem to stay away from him for long - I blame my love of the outsider POV, it is addictive! :D

[magog_83]

Can't go wrong with a blue toad.

Well, you can, but as long as you have Percy there with his vase, you're probably alright :D

Thanks for commenting!