Uploaded September 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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May s4 of Merlin (which is just a week away! So excited!) bring on a King coronation scene for Arthur! I'm so tired to always have to use 1x09 clips with that not-at-all-kingly crown for it :D

First, I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to my friends and 370+ subscribers...I would've never thought to go this far, but here I am, and all thanks to your support which always warms the heart and makes me want to keep and try improving in vidding :) love you guys! Sorry I wasn't much active in the past months (those were holiday reasons xD), and unfortunately I'm not gonna be this year either, because it's my last and most difficult year of high school and I need to concentrate on it and on preparing my final exams. I definitely won't stop vidding though, I'll probably just be slower with my personal projects :)
I've been working on this idea since the 2nd half of June, so I'm particularly happy to have finally finished this video (even though there are still a couple of glitches I couldn't fix). The historical periods of the film and the series are completely different, but I think it isn't too evident -- you'll tell me! If you know me you probably already know that I love these two fandoms to death, so when I accidentally thought how similar the 1x11 Merlin labyrinth scenes were to the ones in Pan's Labyrinth, I couldn't resist crossing them =)

{End of usual random rambling and start of actual plot xD}
While on a hunting trip, Arthur and Merlin find a mysterious girl, Ofelia, wandering frightened in the woods all covered with dirt, and take her along with them to Camelot, offering her shelter. The girl becomes close to Gwen and most of all to Merlin, who discovers in her another one of the magic kind when he sees her transforming a strange bug into a beautiful fairy. However, Ofelia hides a secret much more threatening than her just being magical: she's really under the control of the Faun, an evil magical creature who lives in a hidden labyrinth and wants to use the girl to get revenge on Uther for persecuting his kind. Merlin finds out, but is discovered as well and knocked out while the girl is sent to kill the King using the mandrake root's magic. When he wakes and runs to Camelot again, he's too late: Uther's already dead. He finds the Faun visiting Ofelia's chambers to congratulate her about doing her part well, and in rage he orders him to leave her alone, and casts a powerful spell that manages to make the Faun disappear. The little girl is in pain and remorseful for her terrible actions; Merlin understands though that she didn't act on her own will, and tells her that now she's free, and he will protect her.
Time pass, and Arthur and Gwen become the new King and Queen, and have a baby son. Everything seems to have gone for the best, but one night the Faun appears again to haunt Ofelia, not having had enough of revenge, and forces her to steal the little prince and taking him to the labyrinth; Merlin finds himself on the run again to try to set things right and save his friend, but this time things have gone too far...

I can't believe myself for making this ending happen! =S

Songs: Bittersweet Dreams, Connection and Last Chance by Brand X Music
Clips: Merlin BBC s.1-3, Pan's Labyrinth

*Quotes*
Merlin: "We rescued her in the woods."
Gwen: "I'll stay with her."
Gwen: "I knew it. I said you'd be alright."
Merlin: "I didn't mean to frighten you. I know what it's like to keep secrets..."
Ofelia: "Hello."
Faun: "How kind of you to pay me a visit... You must play your part well."
Arthur: "Father! ...What's wrong with him?"
Merlin: "Go! Leave!"
Merlin: "I'm going to look after you, I promise. You're safe now."
Merlin: "We're heading for a new time."
Arthur: "For the sacred laws vested in me, I pronounce you Guinevere, Queen of Camelot."
Faun: "You can bring me the Pendragon boy."
Ofelia: "I can't!"
Faun: "I don't care how you do it, all I care is that it is done!"
Faun: "You will bring him here!"
Ofelia: "No!"
Merlin: "Arthur, no!"

Note: Pan's Labyrinth is a Spanish film, and it hasn't been dubbed in English; so for the Faun's and Ofelia's voices I used some pitched audio clips of King Cenred (from Merlin) and Padmé (from Star Wars).

I own only the invented plot and the editing :)