One eight letter word changes their lives forever. Leukemia. Pony struggles to beat the disease. But through the struggle, he finds new friends, repairs old relationships, and learns what it really means to live. The bond between the gang is stronger than ever as they realize just how much they've taken for granted. Johnny and Dally are alive!

Soda said he'd grow out of it, but after Mark Jennings decides they'll be buddies, Pony begins to understand that he's not just a late bloomer after all. [Mark/Pony]

He ain't dead yet, Darry says.

Ponyboy reveals to Curly that he's never been kissed and Curly intends to change that

Sodapop Curtis was a lot of things, but superhero wasn't one of them.

Five times someone saw how much Darry cares about Ponyboy, and one time Pony finally saw it too.

It was a horrid way to die, he thought to himself, alone—not even looked for, it would be hours before anyone worried over his absence and possibly days before they looked going off the past—in a dark forest with men who did not even know his name. They wouldn't hold him as his lifeblood soaked the forest floor. Full Summary inside; angsty!Merlin-one-shot. Immortal!Merlin.

After four years at Berkeley, Ponyboy can successfully write a deductive logic proof, pretend to understand Hegel, and judge whether or not pornography has artistic merit. If only that gave him any insight into his own feelings.

His magic revealed before he was ready—Merlin is banished from Camelot. Arthur has turned his back on him, because of who he is—because of what he is, confirming Merlin's worst fears of never being accepted. For three years, Merlin lives his life running. He barely remembers what he felt like living in Camelot nor the warmth of a caring embrace. He has been reduced to nothing.

Merlin was always there, offering a comforting hand on the shoulder or a quick grin that cheered people up, but sometimes Merlin needed to be the one reminded of his own worth. Sometimes, Merlin was the one who needed to be comforted. AKA: Five times the Knights of the Roundtable comforted Merlin. Hurt/comfort. Brotherly!Knights. Angsty!Merlin.

Magic had always been instinctive to Merlin-as easy as breathing. The Dorocha left his magic recoiling and blocked from him by a barrier of cold iciness, but he had always been the exception to many rules. And, seeing Lancelot, resigned to a fate he had done nothing to deserve, caused his control to snap and issue his challenge to destiny and fate. Complete summary inside.

A regular, bunny-slaughtering excursion by Vampiric Arthur Pratdragon (in Merlin's opinion of hunting) is made infinitely worse by the anniversary of a loss that Merlin would rather forget. Not entirely reveal-fic. But, consists mainly of Brotherly!Knights & Hurting!Merlin. Friendship. Hurt/Comfort, Angst. Title is from the song "Saturn" by Sleeping At Last.

It's 1967. Tim Shepard is out of jail, and Curly will do anything to gain his brother's respect, no matter what the cost.

Ponyboy has been sinking for a long time, and lately, it seems like Tim Shepard is the only one who can reach into that abyss— of all people.

ponyboy had drowned in that fountain. sucked up so much water, held so long by those socs.

So many things in Camelot go unnoticed.

Ponyboy knows there's something not right about the way he's been feeling lately. It was easy enough to hide in the house and pretend it wasn't happening over the summer, but with school starting back, it gets a lot harder to act like he's not choking on the anxiety that gets caught in his chest.

Soda convinced Steve to let Ponyboy help work on the truck. Things went wrong, someone is hurt, and now a life hangs in the balance.

It started out as a simple favor. But Ponyboy should have known that nothing was simple when it came to helping Curly Shepard, and now they're all in over their heads. The Shepards are being targeted, there's been an explosion at The Dingo, and Pony is hurt and missing. "...the Dingo was bombed and had burned down..." -That Was Then, This Is Now

New to the Throne, Arthur starts pushing Merlin away to help keep his friend safe. As Merlin seeks for a way to fill the emptiness of winter, new spells and connections burst into his life. Especially, Aithusa. As the two begin to heal together, forming a bond unseen between man and dragon for years, Arthur and the Knights make a mistake they will never forget.

16 year old Ponyboy has been in an accident...a strangely familiar accident that someone won't walk away from. Pony himself isn't unscathed. He's hurt, in more ways than one. Based loosely on the song Teen Angel by Mark Dinning.

Dream or reality? What is going on? Merlin isn't sure. Originally a very odd one-shot, which turned into a trio of chapters that peel back the layers of a single hurt/comfort scene. No slash. Rated T as a precaution for violence done to Merlin and some images that could be frightening to children.

Darry just wanted a relationship with his only living family member. Was that too much to ask? [coming-out fic, set in 1972]

They were friends, right? They'd fought alongside each other, hadn't they? He had saved Gwaine, and Camelot, time and time again. Right? So why couldn't he remember the young man named Merlin? Did he want to remember? And what about everyone else? And what if it was too late? Rated T. No slash. Reveal fic.

Before becoming one of the Knights of Camelot, before meeting Merlin and Arthur, it was just Gwaine. All alone. But he was fine. Absolutely fine.

"I had a good time, I really did—especially driving to the hospital with Ponyboy." Cathy Carlson, TWTTIN This is a small story of that car ride from Cathy's perspective. [Cathy/Bryon, Pony/Mark]

The first question Merlin asked himself when it came to protecting Camelot was always the same. If he could protect it with his magic, even if it would seem terrible to the people he cared the most about, should he? The answer was yes, always yes. But sometimes, the consequences are harder to deal with than the decision.

Tony Stark would never describe his relationship with his father as anything other than difficult. So what would possess him to agree to become the guardian of some random kid from Queens? Peter Parker lost his parents when he was barely old enough to remember them. But when tragedy strikes again during the Stark Expo, it's none other than Iron Man, his hero, who rescues him.

Pony wasn't really sure what was wrong with him. The gang was complaining that his head was in the clouds more often and when he thought about it, there were gaps in his memory. To be absolutely honest, he wouldn't have thought anything was wrong with him and neither did the gang...until he started having seizures.

It's only a matter of time until he and those bottles shatter; and when they do, the glass shards are going to cut them all to pieces, and tear them all to shreds.

If series five left you disappointed, read on. Starts soon after series four, and goes in a new direction where Arthur is smarter, the knights do more, Mordred is badder, Gwen is not brainwashed, and Merlin makes much better decisions and actually uses some of that power he is supposed to have. AU after series four, not slash. Work In Progress, updates irreregular.

The Royal Seal used to seal Camelot's official documents is magical - and missing. Merlin needs to retrieve it before Uther realizes it's gone. The retrieval doesn't go as planned, and Merlin awakens in the woods injured and confused. AU - Gwaine wasn't banished. Rated T solely because of damage done to Merlin. No slash.

"It brings me no pleasure to suspect one of my oldest friends," Gwen half-sobbed, moving around the bed to grasp Arthur's pale, limp hand, "but there is no other who had the opportunity except myself, and I would never do such a thing to my husband." / A missing moment in 5x07, A Lesson In Vengeance, that fills a few gaps. Spoilers, obviously. Oneshot.

With Soda in Vietnam, I needed control - I just never noticed when I started to spin out of it.

Leon can't help but think sometimes how there's no one to look after Merlin. One-shot. Literally just ridiculous fluff.

Arthur was sleeping, mouth open and chainmail on. Mordred was sleeping a little ways away, looking innocent just to spite him. Gwaine was keeping watch with a borrowed shirt and an untroubled face as he drew in the dirt. Merlin considered, just for a moment, what it would be like to leave now. / Merlin is angry about being abandoned in 5x02 and ends up discussing magic and Morgana.

One's tired. One's sad. One's scared, and one's angry. And the other - he's gone.

The one time Sodapop doesn't get it. The one time he doesn't understand what pain his younger brother is bearing.

After the kind-hearted Johnny Cade died, (Dally is still alive) The gang changes, but for better, or for worse? Dally stops caring, Darry gets stern, Two-bit's no longer his jokester self, Steve is quiet, and Soda, well Sodapop does something he'll forever regret to his beloved little brother.

Darry reflects on his friendship with Two-Bit

At the funeral, Ponyboy reflects over the man the gang all knew, gone too soon as just eighteen. (Sequel to The Right To Die but you don't have to read first). Drabble.

Merlin's magic can't banish fear, especially the one he keeps hidden from Arthur and the knights. Set between series 3 and 4. Written from a prompt.

The gang starts feeling uneasy when a new trouble-making greaser starts hanging around Pony. When Pony goes missing, the new greaser is oddly calm about it. Is he really the greaser that he claims to be? "Damn you! What have you done to my little brother?" Darry threw him against the wall but all he did was laugh. "Odd. I always thought you were the smart one, Darrel."

Lancelot and Gwaine quarrel, each believing himself to be the better friend to Merlin. Naturally, though, they can't just leave it at that. They have to find out from the source! Secret Santa story for StarlightInHerEyes22.

Gwen and Merlin still have a kingdom to rule.

If you're being honest with yourself, you've thought about him a lot in the past few years. But now that he's in your life, you don't know what to think of him.

Whilst an innocent Guinevere has been wrongly exiled from Camelot, Sir Gwaine, receives a cry for help from a familiar Kingdom. The young Knight travels towards the slave ridden boarders of Mercia to encounter the horror in which awaits beyond the lands of Mercia. AU

Arthur, Merlin and the knights of Camelot are sent on a quest to rid their kingdom of a terrible banshee, a creature that can get into your mind and convince you to give up your soul. They all thought they knew the risks going in - but no one is prepared for when the monster goes after Merlin, or the consequences it will have on them all.

Ponyboy dies that fateful night in the park. Now he has to helplessly sit back and watch as his brothers and the gang spiral out of control.

It will always follow us, our past. The past that makes the lies fit into my mouth as they never have before. Sequel to On a Long Road.

"Oh, glory. I don't know what's worse, Curly. Watchin' you wax poetic or the fact that I'm in the hospital for a knife wound I wouldn't be gettin' if you weren't stupid enough to put it there."

We're all just scared kids.

Merlin is poisoned with curare through a dart in his neck. Leon and Percival are sent after the killer. Elyan is tasked to find help, and fast. Gwaine and Arthur stay behind to keep their friend alive. Or, to watch him die. Angst!Whump!Merlin!. Bromance. NO slash!

"In public, Ponyboy and I don't talk much. We just stand side by side, silent like statues, and let everyone else run their mouths. Once we got ourselves alone, though, we talked enough to fill a book or two. Sometimes we talked about important stuff, sometimes we talked about nothing... I blew out a breath of smoke and flicked my cigarette. "You ever kiss anyone, Ponyboy?" "

"I don't believe Mordred is the mastermind of the attack. Someone else is responsible. Someone with funding and connections…" The once and future court of Camelot is reconvened in the 21st Century, with new objectives... and new enemies. Sequel to A Once and Future Destiny.

"I failed." Percival had said his goodbye, had held Gwaine in his arms, waiting for the other knight to breathe his last. Only Gwaine never did stop breathing. Tag and Spoilers to 5x13: a quest for the Cup of Life featuring the continuing adventures of Gwaine, Percival, and Merlin.

Young!Merlin Twelve year old Merlin has been Arthur's manservant for two full years now. He's reached a good point. But then he starts seeing things that no one else can. Doing things that he shouldn't be able to. Who can he trust to be there when he breaks? And is everything as it seems? Whump!Reveal!fic, though not in the way you you'll expect. :) Full summary inside!

The knights, Arthur and Gwen are planning a surprise for Merlin...only to overhear a shocking conversation between Merlin and Agravaine. Spoilers up to 4x02, really just an excuse to write out a plot bunny I had. Inspired by 'Poison Truth' by Lovable Loner. Warning: Brief but graphic violence. Last chapter AND epilogue are up!

"You don't get it," Ponyboy moans, pale face bright in stark contrast to the lingering darkness. "You don't understand." Oh, Pony's wrong about that one. He understands, alright.

Gwaine may be known for his tavern brawls and his willingness to prank his fellow knights, but he is nothing if not loyal. So when Merlin begins acting strangely, Gwaine goes to great lengths to figure out what's wrong, unaware of just what he will uncover in the process: blackmail, plots, danger, and a dark secret hanging over the head of his best friend like an axe. No slash

The attack had come out of nowhere. The sorcerer wanted someone of noble blood and someone with powerful blood. So why, for the love of Camelot, were Merlin and Gwaine the ones to be taken?

Sometimes, I wonder what my life would've been like if I'd never written that stupid theme. If I'd been allowed to stay with my brothers. If I hadn't been forced to move from home to home.

Nearly two years have passed since Ponyboy's encounter with Everett. Now he and Iris are back, bringing along a whole new set of troubles, and a very specific task, to their favorite child. [Sequel to Esoterically Yours]

"Merlin had to dig his fingernails into his hands 'till they bled in order to drag his mind out of the forests of Longstead and back into Camelot. It was just like the Lamia all over again." Gen, friendship. Tag to 4x08.

Because second chances don't come along every day. Particulary not ones who stick around after you throw drinks on them.

Newly knighted Sir Leon is appointed the arduous task of preventing eight-year-old Arthur Pendragon from throwing himself headlong into danger at the first whiff of adventure. Things don't always go according to plan.

Alternative ending to Merlin 5x07, because Merlin always takes things in stride, but what if he didn't? What if enough was finally enough? What if sorry just wouldn't cut it this time? I hope you like it! Spoilers for season 5! NO SLASH!

Merlin and the knights find themselves tasked with caring for Arthur when he falls gravely ill. With dark creatures threatening the borders of the kingdom, will Merlin be able to prevent Arthur from sacrificing his health in favour of protecting Camelot? And to make matters worse, there's a new knight in Camelot. A knight who dislikes servants who don't know their place.

Arthur awakes to horror beyond which he can grasp. Merlin's eyes are vacant, his pulse nonexistent. How could this have happened? Sequel to Remembrance, detailing the reactions of Merlin's friends to his sudden death. Rated T for images of death, and some heavy emotions.

A week. That was all Merlin had left. A week. And Merlin couldn't help but speculate how slow or fast time passes differently when it is no longer measured by minutes and seconds, but by every beat of your heart. Warnings: Character death! Disclaimer: I do not own Merlin. No slash!

Sodapop leaving was only the beginning. The Vietnam War takes its toll as Darry Curtis struggles to hold on to his remaining brother, while remembering what he's lost in the process.

When one story ends with disastrous consequences, Ponyboy Curtis is sent back to Tulsa where he finds a bad reputation, a psychic and another story waiting for him.

Life goes on after Camlann, whether or not Guinevere wishes it to.

Fire and water. Dead heroes. I am not the same anymore. I am floating on the surface, dazed, so afraid that someone, something, will come and grab me and drag me down. Because this time, I'm not sure I can get up again.

This is what happens when Merlin is lost. This is why destinies are never simple. - Reveal fic. Set after Series 4.

The knights try to forget about what has just happened by a trip to the tavern. The consequences for Merlin are not what anyone expected. Spoilers for 5x11.

Camelot is hit by a harsh and unusually brutal winter. Merlin finds himself having to make a journey with only Gwaine for company, while Arthur remains in Camelot to help his people. As always, Merlin finds more trouble than he bargained for. Reveal!fic Arthur and Merlin friendship. No slash.

It's not fair. Ponyboy's life has never been very fair. He had seen more than his fair share of suffering and death in his sixteen years of life, mostly just in the past two years. How can he handle it when his family is hit once again by a horrible tragedy? How will they make it through when not even Darry can hold himself together? What had they ever done to deserve this?

Morgana would pay, they would all make sure of that. But first, they had to get Elyan home. Spoilers for 5x06.

An AU version of SE04 EP09, 'Lancelot Du Lac'. Merlin is determined not to let Lancelot's honourable name be defiled. Together with Percival, who also notices something amiss with Lancelot, he vows to keep Morgana's latest plan from succeeding. The results may lead to Arthur finally realising where his true loyalties should lie.

Sequel to Darker. The beginning, the middle, and the end. "I know you can keep a secret." But I'm not three years old anymore.

Once again, Merlin finds himself in a bit of a situation after he performs a transfiguration spell in his sleep. Things can only get worse when Gwaine gets involved - not to mention when a stressed-out prince and the rest of the knights join in. Can Merlin keep his secret and change back? Set between series' 3 and 4.

After a failed kidnap attempt, Merlin begins acting strangely. As Arthur and the others try to figure out what really happened that night, dangerous attacks begin on Camelot. Will Arthur ever discover what's wrong with his servant, or will this just be another one of Merlin's secrets? No slash.

What happens when Merlin visits his mother, leaving his friends unprotected? What happens when Morgana begins burning villages in search of Emrys? What happens when Merlin's secrets revealed? NO SLASH! Post S4. Reveal fic!

Everyone has secrets. They just never knew one of their parents had something like this. Some shocking revelations threaten to unravel what's always been known as truth.

On waking with no memory of the previous night, Merlin finds himself accused of Arthur's attempted murder. With all evidence pointing to him and no way to disprove it, Merlin must face the possibility that he is now a threat to the Once and Future King.

They were all struggling after Morgana's attack. But time, friendship and loyalty can allow any wound to heal. Set after 4x13.

Five times Ponyboy was slammed into, thrown through, or pinned against a wall, and one time it was he who was slamming someone else. Oneshot. Please read and review!

Gwaine has a problem. A big problem. A possibly treasonous, very dangerous, uncontrollable problem that may or may not get him killed and put all of his friends in danger. He once told Merlin that he was the only friend he had, and maybe that isn't true anymore. But Merlin is still the only friend he can trust. And he needs help. Non-slash. Post S4. Rated for drinking/drunkenness.

When the witch came into her senses she found Emrys staring down at her, an indescribable expression in his withered face. He sighed heavily as she panted for breath, feeling the familiar warmth of blood dripping from her head wound. "Help me, Emrys" she whispered.

A week after my parents' accident, the nightmares start. I tell my brothers I don't remember them, but that is a lie. They're not just dreams. I'm starting to think they're memories.

When Morgana has Gwaine moved to a different cell to have some fun, she doesn't end up liking what he has to say. The story of what went on in Camelot during the Season Four finale. Mergana, Merwaine, or Morgwaine, depending how you look at it.

A parody of all the outsiders cliche Mary-Sue stories on here. I dont do this to flame, hopefully it will help some people and show them how to not write their fan fictions.

Gwaine ponders a few worrying observations while on watch one morning. Missing scene for "Aithusa".

Merlin is guilt-ridden and depressed after Lancelot's death. The knights are concerned. Set after 4.02.

Borrowing Darry's truck turned out to be a bad decision. Over the course of a night, chaos reigns and does what it does best. Cause trouble.

Morgause plans to turn Arthur and Lancelot against each other through jealousy, but things don't turn out as expected when Gwaine enters the picture...

20 Jobs only Two-Bit Mathews can hold. One-Shot

The taste of freedom and the written word get to Ponyboy Curtis. And with a mystery hanging over his head, brothers breathing down his neck, Ponyboy is about to discover that sometimes the story's in you. So are the lengths you'll go to find it.

An unintentional interruption leads to an impromptu sex talk from Steve Randle. Pony is struggling a bit with growing up, and once again trying to prove he is a greaser like everyone else. Rated M for mature themes, no slash, nothing graphic.

It's the day of Arthur's coronation. The whole Kingdom is celebrating and it's not just the people that are dancing - thanks to a certain warlock. Gwen/Merlin friendship, with a little bit of Gwaine and Lancelot thrown in. One-shot.

It's summer. Pony's older, Darry's tired. Pony doesn't want to listen and Darry makes a mistake. For the both of them, taking off is only the beginning.

After the lost of two friends, Ponyboy is haunted by the eyes of a delinquent.

The last letter Soda sends home from Vietnam. Everything he wants to say to his brothers and never did. Post-novel Oneshot

"...and Two-Bit came blubberin' over here with some tale about how you were running a fever before the rumble and how it was all his fault you were sick. He was pretty torn up that night." Two-Bit's thoughts; rated for mention of death and some language.

Two-shot. "Yeah, they were buddies, but far from friends." An exploration of Steve and Ponyboy's relationship. Rated T: Language, violence, and innuendos, no slash. Two months post book.

Ponyboy's lost so much and gained so little, but will the remnants of what's left be enough to keep him from imploding upon himself? Sometimes, help is nearer than he thinks - if he'd just know how to listen.

Two-Bit, in a typical drunken stupor, makes an unusual suggestion to the unsuspecting Ponyboy. ONE-SHOT. As a fair warning, it may contain implied slash, depending how you choose to read it.

She screams and it's all Ponyboy can hear. One-Shot.

He makes it through his first semester and then drops out.

I'm not the only one sick of the OOC-ness on this site—the boys have got somethin' to say about it too. WARNING: Boys will be boys, and their mouths are not censored.

Steve Randle is going off to Vietnam, and things immediately start to change for everyone, except for Ponyboy. Pony will always be a tag-along to Steve and he will always be a pain to Ponyboy. That is, until Pony gets a letter from Steve in Vietnam.

Ponyboy Curtis meets an acquaintance he has been trying to dodge for years.

Ponyboy Curtis and the 20 lies he tells.

They had found the boy. But just because he's found, doesn't mean he's still not lost. Continuation

Steve finally gets Ponyboy alone, and it's not for the reason Pony thinks. But as things start to unfold between them, family, friends, and social workers seem to get in the way, and Ponyboy has trouble keeping it together. StevePonyboy slash.

20 reasons why Steve Randle severely dislikes -- or so he likes to think -- Ponyboy Curtis

Welcome to American Literature, Part Two. Make sure you bring sporks and Advil, because this semester we'll be studying the vile Mary-Sues plauging the Outsiders fandom.

You know how it began. You know how it ended. From the fainting of Ponyboy and the death of Dally to Pony waking at home in the company of Soda, here's the part S. E. Hinton left out. Version 2.0

When Ponyboy Curtis had the accident, everything fell apart. The letter simply pushes everything forward as things will never be the same again.

The curve at Heather Ave & Bentley Street did the kid in. He is already gone. [ONESHOTCOMPLETE]

What if instead of stabbing that Soc, Johnny had gone for help ...

Life was turning out just fine for Ponyboy Curtis. However, the summer before college proves to be anything but calm. Story continuance.

one shot Ponyboy was just standing there, waiting for Two Bit to give him a ride home when a prank being pulled by some Socs went terribly wrong...

Oneshot. Dally wrote a letter to Ponyboy, not Johnny. Ponyboy reads it. I still suck at summaries!

Continuance of Changing Tides. Back from the war, Pony realizes not all things will go back to the way they were before...including himself. Now completed!

Sometimes you have to step back to go forward. Ponyboy returns to Tulsa after a near fatal encounter.

Soda receives a letter that could change his life. Instead it changes Ponyboy's.

Before he dies, Dallas is given the opportunity to see how things would have been in Tulsa had he never left New York City.

After the events in the book, Pony tragically gets himself in some trouble. But will two important friends from the past see him through? Warning: drug use mature language...

A strange black cat crosses Ponyboy's path...

This was not a Soc Darry’s muscles could scare off, not a nightmare Soda’s arm would chase away. This was inside me, eating away, and no matter how much my brother’s wanted to get rid of it they were helpless.