Merlinus Ambrosius

 My Name is 

Jackson Van de Kamp. 

That's what My Parents called me 

when they adopted me 17 years ago. 

My original name was William, 

I've come to learn. 

That's what My Birth Mother called me. 

Dana Scully. 

I have never really met her properly, 

but I can feel her in these... 

Aah! Is this a message for me? 

...violent episodes in which I can feel us 

connected to The Future in ways 

that I'm just beginning to understand. 

Or am I sending a message to you? 

I don't know My Role in The Future, 

but I'm beginning to understand that as well. 

I-I have visions of it. 

It's A World of Confusion 

and Pain and Loneliness 

that I can't escape, 

nor can I prevent, 

but I want no part 

in the suffering that it brings. 

I've known Happiness. 

I had a happy childhood. 

Until I grew older, 

I had a life where I could dream 

of anything that I ever wanted to be, 

but even then I knew that I had... Powers. 

Special Powers. 

When I turned 11, 

My Powers grew. 

I got in a fight with Jerry Marriott. 

He was this bully 

who used to pick on the smaller kids 

who couldn't defend themselves. 

Whoa. 

So I sent him to The Hospital. 

I had to change schools many times. 

The kids... would catch on that I was different. 

And then I, uh, just kind of became 

A Criminal. 

So I was sent away to a school for bad kids. 

It devastated My Parents, 

but I just couldn't help myself. 

Yeah, I guess that's why I've been lashing out. 

I talked to psychologists, 

and I would just make up stories 

and tell them what they want to hear. 

I'm so scared that I'm gonna, 

I'm gonna find out one day that 

I'm My Father, all of a sudden. 

But then this man came 

from The Government to talk to me 

and I could tell something was up, 

so I decided to just cool it. 

Then I had to come home, 

but every day there was this car on the street

 with these guys in it, 

watching our house. 

And I was smart. 

I-I didn't make any mistakes 

until I decided to play a stupid joke on these two girls. 

My Whole World came crashing down. 

My Parents were killed 

by those men on the street. 

Oh, no.

And they're hunting me now. 

They found me. 

I'm afraid they'll kill me, too... 

if they catch me. 

What I need most right now is 

Answers. 

Jackson? 

About Who I Am, 

about How I Can Get My Life Back. 

You seem like a nice person. 

I want to ask My Real Mother 

these questions, but I know that 

The Truth  can only come from My Father, 

A Man I've only seen in My Visions... 

but who I know I already hate.

 

“But I need you to know, Fox, 

when I gave you life, 

I never fathomed a moment when I would need to end it.”

“I don't think you can do it.”

We have Our King! 

Thanks be to God! 

Arthur :

Rise, Father, please. 

I was your son before I became Your King... 

...if I am king. 

Sir Ector :

You are King —

The more so, because 

You are Not My Son —

and I am not Your Father. 

Arthur :

Not My Father? 

Then Kay is not My Brother? 

Sir Ector :

Merlin The Magician brought you to me 

when you were newly born,

and bade me raise you as My Own.

At first I did so because I feared Merlin, 

but later... because I loved you. 

Arthur :

Who is my True Father? 

Sir Ector :

Only Merlin can tell you that. 

Arthur :

And Who is Merlin? 

Merlin :

I am Merlin. 

Arthur :

Whose son am I? 

Merlin :

You are The Son of Uther and Igrayne... 

...You are King Arthur. 

We haven't forgotten you, Merlin..!! 

What Trickery is this? 

He's trying to foist a Fatherless boy upon us. 

Do you want A Bastard as A King!? 

Lord Leondegrance, join us against The Boy. 

Leondegrance :

I saw What I Saw. 

The Boy drew The Sword. 

If A Boy has been chosen --

Then A Boy Shall Be King. 

No, I challenge that. 

Leondegrance :

The Sword has been drawn. 

Are you with Us or against Us? 

Leondegrance :

Against you. 

Arthur :

Why have you done this to me? 

Merlin :

Because you were 

Born to Be King. 

Arthur :

What does it mean To Be King? 

Merlin :

You will be The Land, and The Land will be You. 

If you Fail, The Land will perish. 

As you Thrive, The Land will blossom.

Arthur :

Why? 

Merlin :

Because You are King. 

Arthur :

No!

Merlin :

What are you afraid of? 

Arthur :

I don't know. 

Merlin :

Shall I tell you what's out there? 

Arthur :

Yes, please. 

Merlin :

The Dragon. 

A Beast of such Power 

that if you were to see it whole and complete 

in a single glance it would burn you to cinders.

Arthur :

Where is it?

Merlin :

It is everywhere. It is everything. 

Its scales glisten in the bark of trees. 

Its roar is heard in The Wind. 

And its forked tongue strikes like.... 

Like lightning. 

Yes, that's it. 

Arthur :

How can I...? 

What shall I...? 

Must I...? 

Merlin :

Do Nothing. 

Be Still. Sleep. 

Rest in The Arms of The Dragon. 

Dream. 

Arthur :

Excalibur --

It's part of The Dragon, too. 

Merlin :

Oh, yes. Oh, you learn quickly. 

That's good. I like that. 

Arthur :

What kind of Man was My Father? 

Merlin :

Oh, he was brave, he was strong. 

He was A Great Knight. 

Arthur :

Was he A Great King? 

Merlin :

....Well, he was rash. 

He never learned 

How to Look Into Men's Hearts. 

Least of all his own. 

Arthur :

You loved him? 

Merlin :

....Well, it is easy to love Folly in A Child. 

Arthur :

Merlin, will you help me to be Wise, not to be rash? 

Where are you going? 

Merlin :

Where do you think? 

You have A Kingdom to Rule. 

Arthur :

But how? 

Merlin :

I don't know how. 

You knew How to Draw The Sword from The Stone. 

Arthur :

That was easy. 

Merlin :

Was it? I couldn't have done it. 

Arthur :

You couldn't? 

Merlin :

You're The King, not I. 

Arthur :

But where to start? 

Merlin :

Well, what do you think has happened since you ran off? 

King Arthur :

Sir Ector and Kay --

They must be waiting all this time. 

Most of the Great Knights were against me. 

Except Leondegrance of Camelyarde. 

But if he supports me, 

the others will turn against him. 

Merlin :

Even now They lay siege to His Castle. 

King Arthur :

I need him. 

We must help him. 

Merlin :

There you are. 

That was easy, too, wasn't it? 

King Arthur :

We have to get back. 

Merlin :

That's it. Now.... 

There they are. 

Well, you go and show them. 

Sir Ector :

Arthur, I knew you wouldn't fail us. 

Go on. I picked out a horse for you. 

Kay :

All these men are loyal. 

Now what do you want us to do? 

We waited here for you. 

King Arthur :

Any Man who would be A Knight,

and Follow A King --

Follow Me. 

Kay :

Where to? 

Where are we going? 

King Arthur :

Leondegrance, 

His Castle is under siege. 

"There really are 

Four Quarters of a Whole. 

And I think that maybe threw some people 

at the beginning of last season, 

and even at the end of last season. 

But I think that you see, 

as you have seen, that they were puzzle pieces, 

Four Puzzle Pieces to A Circle.

I wanted to tell 

Mulder’s Story — Mulder's Struggle.

I wanted to tell 

Scully's Struggle.

I wanted to tell 

The Cigarette Smoking Man's Struggle,

and I wanted to tell 

William's Struggle.

For me, 

The Four Characters 

who are central to The Mythology.”

— Chris Carter.