Merlin's Apprentice

Merlin’s Apprentice



Gavin was a scrawny young man of 18, he had always been scrawny. He lived in a crowded home with eight brothers and sisters and a miller father and a mid-wife mother. They worked hard in the fields and always made ends meet, but never more. If fact, all the children were scrawny and lean from the hard work they did. Their cottage was at the end of a long windy dirt road that lead right into town; they lived in the kingdom of Camelot under the reign of King , and once a week the town had a large market gathering where the best merchants tried to sell their goods to the townsfolk. Gavin always found a way to sneak out of his daily duties to get away to the market. He never bought anything, as he did not have the means to, but he loved to check the message boards and see if there were any tasks he could complete. He made many friends this way and was sometimes rewarded with a loaf of bread or a basket of fresh vegetables, and on those occasions he would be sure to share them with his family.

On one particular occasion, however, Gavin made his way to the market and saw a particularly interesting post for help. “The Presiding Wizard of King Arthur’s Court requires assistance from a strapping young lad willing to work. Please contact Merlin at his home in the wood.” Gavin didn’t have any clue where this home in the wood might be but he quickly snatched up the notice and made his way to find Merlin. He traveled deep and far in the wood searching and wandering; finally just when he was about to give up after what seemed two hours of aimless wandering he saw a puff of blue smoke in the distance. Gavin forgot about his aching feet and his empty stomach ceased its hunger pains. Gavin’s heart filled with excitement as the noonday sun shined brighter through the trees as he approached the house. Gavin suddenly got nervous, “What if I’m not the one for the job? What if I’m not strapping enough? What if he’s not home and now I’m lost? What if Merlin doesn’t want my help and this was all a joke? What if…” and just then Merlin appeared as if by magic…well actually probably really by magic…and interrupted Gavin’s thought, “Nope, you’re perfect. Just what I requested. Now I need you to go into market and bring back sapphire shavings, pure calf milk, and dried snake tongue.” Merlin handed Gavin what seemed the biggest bag of gold he had ever held in his life, “And this time feel free to use the direct path to the market.” Gavin looked and there it was a path leading right to the market, “Had that been there before?” “Well I can’t take just anyone can I?” Merlin seemed to reply, and with that Gavin was off. Gavin made it to the market in no time and set off to purchase the items Merlin required. He looked around at many tents and found the calf milk easily, but dried snake tongue and sapphire shavings seemed to be a different story. Gavin found dried snake tongue in an alley way at a very shady looking tent and sapphire shavings a jeweler’s. The market was very interested in where Gavin got such a large sum and what prompted him to buy such unusual items, but Gavin didn’t stop to talk long he wanted to get back to Merlin quickly, except for when he saw a particular girl he had had his eyes on for quite a while. “Gavin, right?” she stopped him. “Yeah, and your Penelope?”

“Yeah! How did you know?” Penelope mused. “I could ask you the same, but you’re the baker’s daughter; my father the miller sells your dad flour,” Gavin answered. “Oh yeah,” she giggled, “What are you doing around here making purchases? You usually just browse.” “Well I’m actually running an errand for Merlin.” “The Merlin, The Presiding Wizard of King Arthur’s Court!?!” “Yup that’s the one, but I really have to go.” Gavin shouted as he started to run. “Yeah, well maybe we can hook up later and talk or something.” Penelope yelled. “That’d be nice!” Penelope never noticed how cute Gavin really was…a little scrawny…but cute none the less.

Gavin made it back to Merlin’s cottage and gave him the ingredients he requested. “Good work, young Gavin.” “Had I told him my name?” Gavin wondered. “I have my ways,” Merlin eerily added…that was getting weird. “I’ve never had anyone successfully complete my task in such short time. If you would like I would like you to be my apprentice.” “Yes! Yes! I would love to! Oh thank you!” Gavin quickly answered. “So I will require one last job for the day: cut wood and start a fire.” Gavin quickly finished these tasks as well and with that Merlin handed Gavin three loaves of bread for his duties. Gavin set off for home and started to eat a loaf of bread. Gavin didn’t realized how tiring his running around had made him and before he knew it he had eaten half of the loaf. It was the best bread he had ever tasted and continued eating and before he got home he had eaten all three loaves. Gavin felt his full stomach. He loved the taught feeling of his stretched skin and the way his small tunic pressed against his little belly. Gavin had never felt full before…and he loved it. Gavin went inside and told his family the great news about his new job. The family was so excited, this meant maybe a little more income and perhaps a better life. Gavin told his family he would have to move into Merlin’s home; they were sad, but knew that this was the best. They said their goodbyes and the next morning Gavin left. He didn’t have much to bring with so off he went with his tattered blanket and one other tunic. He told his family that he would send money and visit often as he could and off he went. Gavin reached Merlin’s house and his adventure began.

Gavin had been working for Merlin for many weeks now and had always done his tasks well, they were always errands and then one day Merlin sad, “Gavin, help me with this spell.” Gavin’s heart leapt, finally some fun! Merlin was creating a weight gain spell for King Arthur. He had recently commissioned Merlin’s help after a large famine had left the court’s knights very scrawny and underweight. Gavin didn’t ask questions he just helped by holding a large book and throwing in specific ingredients when asked. Merlin finished the potion and turned to Gavin, “Now bring this to King Arthur, and don’t dally.” Gavin went off to the castle, he had never been there before. He smelled the sweet aroma of the potion, it was like a fresh baked cake. Gavin arrived at the castle and addressed the guards, “I’ve been sent by Merlin on a special task for King Arthur.” The guards seemed to know what he was talking about for they didn’t say anything but just brought Gavin directly to the dining hall were a feast was occurring. The biggest guard looked at him and directed, “Now put the potion in the barrels of ale over in the corner of the hall,” and left. Gavin surveyed the hall and saw the puny Knights of the Round Table all gathered for the feast and as he made his way to the ale barrels in the corner he poured the potion into three barrels. King Arthur approached him, “Thank Merlin much for this great favor he has done for the Kingdom of Camelot, and if it would please you I would like it if you would stay and partake in the evenings feasting.” “It would be my honor.” Gavin took a seat and listened meekly to the knight’s conversation about their great conquests of conquering dragons and the many fair maidens they encountered, but now they are unfit to undertake such adventures with their sad pathetic bodies. All the knights wore their smallest tunics and still they were drowning in all the extra fabric and their belts pulled as tight as they would go only emphasized the tiny bodies they now sported. As the feasting began the ale was passed out and given to each knight. As the feast went on through the night and the knights consumed more and more of the magic-laced ale they began to fill out their tunics more and more. One knight in particular, Andres, felt it happening first and as he drank his third glass of ale he felt his stomach begin to fill more and more, the potion really started to take its full effect. Andres grabbed his tight belt and undid it to the net notch, but by the time he placed it there it became too tight and he had to move the belt out again and again and again until he just removed the belt completely. Andres’ belly began to pull tight on his tunic his fabric stretched tight across his filled gut and then he noticed his shrinking pants. As the belly expanded the pants got smaller and more strained. His tunic split up the side and he was forced to remove his pants before his thickening thighs busted out. Andres called over Gavin to help him out, “You paige boy, over here, help me out of these wretched clothes!” Gavin ran over and ripped the clothes off of Andres body. He sat on his chair his underwear with his belly still expanding and his pecs filling out and becoming soft mounds on his chest. Gavin looked around, they were all definitely Knights of the ROUND Table know. All the knights sat around with their massive guts filled out and thickened bodies encased like sausages in their now too small tunics or tattered remains of their once baggy clothes. King Arthur winked and Gavin and Gavin we on his way but not without one last feel of Andres’ plumped gut…“Keep up the good work,” Gavin said as he exited.

On Gavin’s way home he continued to reply the expansion of the knights and the more and more he thought about it the more and more he wanted a fattened body as well. Gavin pulled out the potion bottles in hope of one last drop, but without avail, every last drop was used up on the now rotund knights. Gavin decided right then that he would get fat too, no matter what it took.

Over the next few months Gavin snuck as much extra food as he could, which was not actually much, as Merlin was a scraggily man himself and kept very little food in the house as it was. Gavin bought a little extra at the markets for himself and Merlin never said anything, although he noticed Gavin’s body plumping up. Gavin took his tunic off as much as possible outside while cutting wood and Merlin noticed that his once flat stomach and showing ribcage starting to look less and less flat and defined. His slowly softening body was still not big by any means but Gavin loved it, every day getting closer and closer to the knights he admired.

One day Merlin sent Gavin off to the market to get some potion ingredients and gave him a little extra money for some sweets from Penelope’s father’s tent. Penelope and Gavin had grown to be great friends now that he lived close to the market and frequented it much more. Gavin finished his tasks and made his way to the baker’s tent and saw Penelope from afar she ran to him and started, “How have you been? I haven’t seen you in a while.” “Busy, Merlin’s kept me occupied, its been crazy at the cottage lately and I haven’t had time to stop by the bakery lately, but today he gave me extra money for some sweets.” “Well, what do you want?” “I’m not sure how much can I get for this,” Gavin reached for the coin satchel on his belt and as he did Penelope noticed his softening figured as it pressed against the tunic. Penelope could help but add, “Not too busy to eat I noticed,” as she patted his fleshy middle. Gavin liked it a lot, “No, never too busy for a good meal.” Penelope liked that…and found herself strangely more attracted to Gavin. He poured out the gold pieces on the table and asked what he could get for that. “That’s a lot of gold, Gavin, You could have everything at the tent for that much.” “Then that’s what I’ll have,” he said proudly. “How will you ever eat it all?” “Maybe you could help me.” Penelope smiled and packed up her tent, after all Gavin had bought everything and she made her way with Gavin to a small clearing in the woods. “What do we do now?” Penelope started. “I guess you could start feeding me,” Gavin replied eagerly. Penelope picked up a pile of cream puffs and began feeding Gavin; he quickly devoured those and moved on to an apple pie. Penelope noticed as they moved farther and farther into the decadent desserts Gavin seemed to grow hungrier and more rapid. He ravaged two more pies, a full cake and half a dozen muffins. Gavin slowed down and begged, “Don’t stop, Penelope, I can do it. There’s only on cake left.” Penelope’s eyes grew wider and slowly fed Gavin the last cake. His belly was fully distended and protruded in his small tunic she rubbed his filled belly and Gavin felt himself getting aroused. She soothed and massaged his balloon-like gut as she fed him more and when they finished Gavin removed his pants and fell asleep in Penelope’s arms in the grassy knoll. When he awoke the swelling of his belly had gone down and he was able to put his pants back on. Penelope looked over and was slightly disappointed when she saw Gavin’s flat stomach again…it had been soften lately and a thin layer of fleshy fat had covered his once emaciated body, but it was still nothing underneath his small but baggy tunic. “Gavin,” Penelope whispered, “I want you to gain weight.” Gavin just looked at her, “Really?!? Because I had been trying to gain weight for a while now, but my body’s high metabolism and the crazy work that Merlin has me doing just keeps the weight off.” “Oh, I don’t know, you look a little meatier to me. I could help you to gain if you want.” “I would like that.” And with that the two walked back to town speaking of how he could gain weight and then it hit him…he could try the potion that Merlin had created for the knights…who still look big as ever…in fact some of them had even increased their girth in the past few months; once again Camelot was filled with the best and biggest knights around.

Over the past few months Merlin had been teaching Gavin some simple magic, mostly illumination and plant growth, which helped his family out a lot, but never any magic from the big book he had used to create the weight gain potion. Gavin rarely saw that book, Merlin kept it hidden somewhere secret. Gavin wasn’t sure why but he was determined to find it. Gavin looked everywhere and then he was embarrassed when Merlin found him looking in his room. “Looking for something, Gavin?” Merlin said in a way that seemed as if he already knew the answer and exactly what it was Gavin was looking for. Gavin meekly replied, “Yes, sir.” “I didn’t know if it was true, but I had noticed that you put on a little weight since you started to work here, and now you want more. Here is the book, I trust you, you have been a very good apprentice and I this is the least I could do for you.” Gavin eagerly stuck out his arms as Merlin conjured the book out of thin air and handed it over. Gavin paged through the book eyes filled with wonder. “Thank you so much.” “Just be careful Gavin, Magic is dangerous if not used properly.” Gavin took days to research all the spells in the book and during those days he spent a lot of time in the market with Penelope, and a lot of time munching on the goodies in the bakery. Gavin finally decided on a spell to lower his high metabolism; after all he didn’t know how big the weight gain potion he used on the knights would make him; he’d only seen it in action once. So that night Gavin performed the spell on himself and just waited for something to happen… “Did it work?” Gavin would just have to wait and see.

Gavin had been spending more and more time with Penelope in the bakery as it was Merlin’s slow season. Everyday Gavin helped Penelope make the sweets and breads and definitely ate his fair share. Soon enough Penelope began to notice the change in Gavin…well, his waistline anyway. Gavin began to fill out his tunic more and more each day. His belt got tighter and tighter and soon enough he had to move it out a notch. Penelope found herself often times getting closer to Gavin in the bakery and take every opportunity to rub up against his growing gut. Gavin’s face also started to fill out and his back side was getting a little more rounded.

Gavin of course noticed his growing body, but Penelope loved it. She started to feed him more and more, and it seemed Merlin had recently started having more food available in the house. It was winter and Merlin’s work really slowed down. Gavin spent hours of the day at the warm bakery with Penelope. All the cold days spent inside really hit Gavin’s waistline hard. The combination of bakery goods and lazy winter days inside with very little activity had made Gavin balloon. His belly had expanded a good five inches and his once small tunic now began to stretch to fit the growing girth of Gavin. His belly started to protrude over his pants and he was now forced to wear his belt closer and closer to the last notch. Penelope found herself more attracted to Gavin every day, but still even with the added thirty or so pounds the gain was never enough. Penelope remembered that Gavin had once mentioned the weight gain potion used on the knights; Penelope was determined to find this potion and went to Merlin.

Later that night Penelope made her way to Merlin’s cottage. “Excuse me sir, but my calf has grown weak and I was wondering if you had any potion or spell I might administer her to fatten her up again, for my family fears she shall perish soon,” Penelope inquired. “A calf you say?” Merlin questioned. “Yes…” Penelope had a feeling Merlin might be on to her. “You are sure because my spells for animals and for humans are very different and could cause catastrophic results if misused.” “Ok…I’ll admit it…I intended upon using it on Gavin, your apprentice boy.” “I see, well that is very different, now isn’t it. I can give you a weak dosage of weight gain potion it you’d like, how much gain were you hoping for,” Merlin replied calmly. “Not much, maybe another 20 or 30 pounds,” Penelope said coyly. “Not much! Well I’ll see what I can do for you.” Penelope waited in Merlin’s home while her mind raced in anticipation of her bigger Gavin. Merlin finished the potion and gave it to Penelope; Penelope handed over a bag of gold and left.

The next day when Gavin came to the bakery Penelope admired the small tight tunic from afar and then even closer as he entered. She placed her hand on Gavin’s flabby middle and gave it a shake. Gavin looked up and smiled. Penelope then grabbed Gavin’s hand and a picnic basket and lead him to the clearing in the woods. Gavin was excited for the picnic and could smell the treats form inside the picnic basket. Penelope set up the picnic and they began to eat. Gavin quickly ate-up the sandwiches and then moved on to the cookies and pies and breads and pastries. Finally when all the food was gone, save one last pastry laced with the weight gain potion, Gavin looked down and said to Penelope, “I think I’ve put on a little weight, Pen.” She smiled, “I’ve noticed,” as she placed her hand lightly on his taught little belly, “Maybe you need a bigger tunic.” “Yeah, maybe you’re right.” Gavin’s belly had definitely grown in size, but by best it was a best a little beginner belly. The first 15 pounds went to just filling Gavin out to look like an average boy, but the next fifteen Gavin really started to look like a man to Penelope. She admired the growth he had accomplished, but he was maybe 175 pounds and was rather tall…so she was let desiring more and with that she fed him the last magic pastry. Gavin’s lips parted and she placed the pastry to his mouth. He begins to salivate as he gets his first taste of the cherry filling. His eyes close as Penelope begins to slowly massage his belly, knowing the effects that are coming; she begins to rub harder and more sensually. Gavin’s body quivers as he devours the last of the pastry, and as he swallows the pastry it begins to take effect. He feels an odd warming sensation and his fingers plumped and resembled something closer to a sausage instead of the twigs they once were. Gavin’s face filled up like had take a breath in and his features softened under a layer of fat. Gavin wondered what was happening to him, but at the same time he was in such ecstasy; a tingling feeling slowly made its way up from Gavin’s toes to his head. The feeling was followed by a plumping of his body. His shoes felt excruciatingly small as his feet swelled and then his knickers started to get tight as his calves and thighs became meaty and thick. His pants strain at the waist when he started to expand his gut. As Penelope continued to rub his belly she felt it soften and he fingers sink deeper into his fleshier exterior, and then he ballooned. He rapidly swelled up and his belly plumped up and out and pushed hard against his pants he reached for the drawstring to undo it and tugged at it until the pressure was released and his expansive gut filled out and his tunic stretched to its limits and his pecs now resembling puffed marshmallows, were two plush mounds of fat. Gavin felt his new body up and down as the expansion slowed and eventually came to a stop. He sat up and his gut filled out into his lap, the strain on the tunic was too much and it ripped up the side, as did the seams on his pants begin to give out. Gavin striped off the now useless clothing that was skin tight as spandex. Penelope smiled, the potion worked better than expected, Gavin probably put on another 40 pounds, “And that was low dose?” Penelope thought. “Hey, Penelope, help me out of these wretched clothes,” Gavin said; Penelope started to take off Gavin’s clothes and as he sat there in only his undergarments she admired his new fuller figure. Penelope ran her finger down Gavin’s fat torso and grabbed his puffed out pecs and then mounted his waist. She massaged his chest and wrapped her arms around his body her fit body sunk into the plump body of Gavin and she lightly ran her lips against his stubbly cheek. Gavin felt himself getting aroused. Penelope worked her hands down onto Gavin’s love handles, which now pushed out over his tight underwear, and then onto his now bubble butt. Gavin realized how sensitive his new body was and he seemed to love the gentle touch of Penelope’s dainty body on his. She rubbed his butt and he rolled on top of her. She felt the pressure of his gut weighing her down and she kissed him harder. His newly acquired fat jiggled and Gavin felt the pressure in his underwear get tighter. Penelope and he continued on like this for close to an hour until he and Penelope fell asleep in the clearing. When they woke both Gavin and Penelope were naked and she lie there with her arm over his slowly expanding and contracting stomach. Gavin looked to have gained another ten pounds since he fell asleep. Gavin stood up and walked over to a nearby pond to check his appearance. “Did this really happen? How did it happen so fast?” Gavin grabbed his fat gut and squeezed it, “Yeah I guess so.” Gavin admired his body in the reflection of the pond and noticed how big he seemed; he wasn’t huge but definitely the biggest he had even been; he thought he was probably right around 210 now. Just then he felt Penelope’s smooth hands slide over his shoulders as she jumped on his back and kissed his cheek, “I love your new body Gavin.” “Yeah, just how did I get it? Did you have anything to do with it?” “Well, I did go to Merlin…” “You did! You used the weight gain potion!” “Now don’t be mad Gavin, you said you wanted to gain weight …I thought I was helping, I thought the magic would be a good idea.” “No it’s perfect,” Gavin said shaking his gut, “Now let’s gain for real.”

With Gavin’s new figure he could eat more and more and Penelope helped him really pack on the pounds. Gavin’s duties for Merlin still kept him busy, but there was always time to eat. Gavin got a new tunic, a much bigger one, but that soon began to look more snug. Merlin watched his apprentice continue to grow and one day suggested he go see his family; it sounded like a good idea seeing as he hadn’t seen them in….well he couldn’t remember the last time he had seen them…probably back when he was closer to 130 pounds much smaller than his chubby 225 pound frame now. Gavin decided to take Merlin up on his idea and one day set out with Penelope to his home. When he arrived his family was in shock, there once scrawny boy was definitely no longer scrawny. His father patted his son’s gut and said, “Apprentice life treating you well, I see.” Gavin just laughed and told them, “Yeah, I guess… got anything to eat?” The family played some lawn games; Gavin was not as strong and athletic as before. His brother’s teased him a little seeing him a bit more sluggish and breathing heavily. Gavin took it in stride and tried to keep up but eventually had to stop and take a break. His mother came over, “I just want to say how proud we are of you for making a better life for yourself and thank you for all the money you send to us; we have been able to make much needed improvements to the farm and our lives are much easier. Now come inside for a feast...I’m sure you’re hungry,” she said with a smirk. His mother called the family in and they all packed around the small table, which seemed even smaller with Gavin’s added girth and the presence of Penelope. The dinner was delicious and there was much more food than they had ever had in the house. Course after course, Gavin and the family stuffed their faces. Gavin felt his belly distend and it began to push farther and farther out with each bite. His mother finally brought out the most delectable cake he had ever seen.“So, I see you’re treating my son well,” Gavin’s father addressed Penelope. She blushed in response, “I try.” “You must try really hard cause he’s a fatty,” his younger brother yelled. “Yeah he’s huge…look his tunic doesn’t even fit!” Gavin looked down, he didn’t even notice that he had undone his belt a course or two ago to make room for his inflating gut and it proceeded to stretch outwards to the limits of his tunic. “Now, now,” Gavin’s mother defended, “he’s not that big, he’s a growing boy.” “Yeah growing out, not up!” Gavin laughed and joked back shaking his gut. He ate dessert and then as the evening winded down he said good bye to his family and left. “Boy you really packed it away today,” Penelope said as he placed her arm around his waist and gave his love handle a squeeze on their way home. “There’s more where that came from, I promise,” Gavin replied and smiled. When they got home Gavin said goodnight to Penelope and they parted ways.

As the next month passed Gavin and Pen got together often and after seeing his family and hearing their comments about his weight only spurred him farther in his quest to gain. Pen often force fed Gavin excessive amounts of bakery and it showed. Gavin expanded more every day and his tunic showed more of his fatter body. Merlin helped Gavin out as much as possible and found it amusing when Gavin worked shirtless; his once scrawny apprentice was becoming a burly beefy wizard right in front of his eyes. On day in late May during a romantic dinner with Penelope Gavin felt his tunic start to tear again, “It’s official, I’m fat,” Gavin announced as he removed the unbelted tunic from his 254 pound body. “Just the way I like it, “Penelope said. She began to force feed Gavin pastry after pastry. She fed him until he was filled to capacity. They lay next to the fire and Pen began to worship Gavin’s belly. She wiggled his belly in her hands and burrowed her face into the pudge. Her soft lips kissed his torso and hands like magic over his body. She loved he hefty man who was no longer and would never be the scrawny apprentice again. Gavin and Penelope eventually married and this caused Gavin to gain even more weight and ended somewhere around 275 pounds and Penelope secretly wanted more and so did he.