hey guys! this is my first Merlin Fan-fiction! I hope its good. The plot gets more interesting as the story progresses. I think I've got the general idea of how to write the characters- but then again, I'm just starting.
chapter rating: K+ (overall fic rating: T-ish.)
disclaimer: I don't own Merlin, or Merthur probably would have already happened xP
Merek strolled into Camelot observing the lower town. He had intended on visiting his brother; Merlin. But seemed to get lost along the way. "Excuse me, can you tell me where I can find Merlin?" he asked, tapping a woman's shoulder. She turned around and looked at him.
"what are you talking about Merlin?" Gwen asked, wondering if it was some kind of joke.
'Merlin?' Merek thought.
"actually I'm his brother" he said. Gwen laughed, "I didn't know Merlin had a brother." She replied. "Merek" he said, holding out his hand. She smiled and shook it, before pointing him towards the castle. "That can't be right, he said he lived with 'Gaius' "
"Gaius is the court physician" She replied.
"oh. Thank you" Merek said, "Nice meeting you." Merek added, "you too." she replied, and he made his way towards the castle. Once inside he walked the great halls looking for Merlin, he saw a blonde man talking to some guy in armor and made his way over. "Excuse me-" he tried, but the blonde man cut him off.
"Merlin, where have you been?" he asked, dismissing the other guy.
Merek laughed nervously before answering, "you don't understand I'm not-"
"what are you wearing?" Arthur asked, and Merek looked at himself, he dressed very differently from Merlin, it was the only way most people could tell them apart. "Clothes" Merek retorted sarcastically. "Very funny" the annoying blonde man said, walking away.
Merek just stood there, forgetting what he was going to ask him in the first place. "Are you just going to stand there?" he asked, Merek shrugged, 'maybe this guy gives tours of the castle?' he thought, following the strange man.
Merlin was going out to fetch some supplies for Gaius when he saw Arthur and himself walking by. 'Merek?' he thought, walking up behind him and grabbing the material of his tunic, and dragging him behind the corner. "Hey!" Merek yelled, he turned around and it was like looking in a mirror. "Merlin!" he said, pulling Merlin into a tight hug, Merlin returned the hug and pulled back, looking at his brother.
"Merek, what are you doing here?"
"I came to visit you, but this annoying guy thought I was you and started ordering me around" he said, rubbing the back of his neck. Merlin chuckled. "that's Arthur. he's the prince"
"what? oh, Merlin. Am I going to get hanged or something? I was being really rude." Merek said nervously, but Merlin waved him off "its fine Merek, I call him a prat most of the time." he said, motioning for Merek to follow him. Merlin opened the door to Gaius' chambers and Merek walked inside.
"Wow, Merlin. you have a lot of books" Merek said, looking around. "Most of these are Gaius' " Merlin said, walking past Merek and going into his room, to put his bag down. "You can sleep in here with me" Merlin said, emerging from the room and joining Merek at the small table.
"hows mom?" Merlin asked. "Fine, she misses you though."
"I know, I just haven't had the time to visit her" Merlin said sadly.
"so what have you been up to Merek?"
"I've been around, juggling a few different jobs, but staying pretty close to mom. Didn't want her to get lonely" Merlin smiled, he could always count on Merek to watch out for her.
"from what I've read in your letters your job sounds pretty awful" Merek said, and Merlin chuckled "its not that bad, Arthur can be frustrating, but I can't leave him."
"Why?"
"its a long story" Merlin said, and Merek leaned forward "I came here to visit you, so talk." Merlin laughed, before telling Merek all about his so-called destiny with Arthur.
"wait, so do you have to marry him?" Merek asked and Merlin burst out laughing. "marry him? no! I just have to protect him, and between you and me I wouldn't marry him anyway."
"well, he is handsome" Merek said casually, winking at Merlin, who made a disgusted face in return.
"then you marry him! he won't know the difference" Merlin said, and Merek couldn't help but giggle. A few minutes later, Gaius walked in and looked at Merlin and Merek at the tab, blinking a few times. "Hello Merlin" Gaius said, and Merlin smiled.
"Gaius, this is my brother Merek" Merlin said. Gaius laughed "I thought maybe my eyesight was failing me" he said, shaking Merek's hand.
"you know, I can't tell you apart at all, except for the clothes." Gaius said, looking between the two.
Then Merlin got an idea.
"Merlin? do you really think this is going to work?" Merek asked, stepping out from Merlin's room in his clothes. "Gaius?" Merlin asked, standing next to Merek. "perfect, but why do you want him to look like you?"
"I need to get out of Camelot to practice my magic, think Arthur will notice?"
"I don't think so." Gaius said, looking at the pair of them.
"Merek, I'll only be gone for about a day, do you think you can find your way around by yourself?"
"I'll be fine Merlin!" Merek replied, heading for the door. "Nice meeting you Gaius" he said before stepping out and finding his way to Arthur's chambers.
'This should prove interesting' Gaius thought, going back to his potion.
Hey everybody! so I went back and edited this first chapter slightly, I could have just completely changed it around, but I wanted to leave it as-is. (Somewhat) If you look at the difference between this chapter and my seventh, I have gotten a lot better at writing, so please stick around and read more! and feel free to drop me a review, I'd love to hear peoples opinions.