Title: Royal High
Pairings: Uther/Morgana, Gwen/Arthur Merlin/OCC
Summary: Merlin and Morgana are Gaius's children. When they move to work for the Pendragons, what will happen when Morgana falls in love with her father's best friend? Set in 2012. AU.
Note: Morgana is NOT Uther's daughter in this! Everything is mainly AU. :)
"Father, where are actually going?" Morgana said, flickering her long black hair behind her.
Gaius features softened as he loaded the boxes into the car. "We are going to be working for Uther Pendragon,"
"Your best friend?" She asked curiously. Gaius nodded, a smile on his face.
"That's fantastic! I believe he works for the Royal High College?" She asked.
"Yes, he does. He is in fact, the headmaster at the school. Now, where is Merlin..." Gaius said curiously, stopping the packing as he looked around for his son.
"Merlin! Where are you?" He shouted. A young man with black hair came out of the front door, carrying three big heavy boxes in his arms, panting.
"I'm here!" He panted and as he walked down the steps, he tripped over the last one, causing the boxes to fall. Gaius rolled his eyes.
"Merlin!" Gaius tutted at him and Morgana went to help her brother. Merlin blushed.
"Sorry!" He said, picking up the boxes, this time treading carefully on the way to the car.
"Is that everything?" Gaius asked.
"Yup. I doubled checked everything, so everything should be okay," Merlin said, getting in to the front seat of the car while Morgana took the back seat.
"Right then, I'll lock up and give the key to the neighbors," Gaius said and he rushed outside to do as he said.
"So, excited?" Morgana smirked.
"A bit, more nervous though," Merlin replied.
"Nervous? How come?"
"Well, it's a new start isn't it? Ever since mother died..." Merlin trailed off. Morgana nodded sadly.
Their mother Hunith, died unexpectedly, causing Gaius to grow into depression. That was, until Uther helped him.
Morgana has only met Uther a few times in her life. Twice when she was a little girl and once when Uther came to comfort Gaius after Hunith death. But she couldn't stop thinking about how strong and firm his arms were...
Uther too, has also lost his wife due to his son being born. Morgana has met Arthur a few times and could say he was an arrogant prat, but was a good friend.
"Right, we're off!" Their father said, climbing into the drivers seat. His white hair tied up. No matter how many times Morgana tried to insist he should cut it, her father always refused.
"How many miles will it take to arrive?" Merlin asked.
"About 10 miles. It's on the edge of Wales,"
"Near the country side?" Morgana asked.
"Yes. Apparently, it has an interesting history near the area we are staying."
"What do you mean by interesting history?" Morgana has always loved history, anything about the past just fascinated her.
"The time of Prince Arthur and Camelot. It's just a legend of course," Gaius said and he rambled on about the legend and Morgana looked out of the window, sudden images playing in her mind and she felt suddenly tired.
She was in the woods, no houses or cars or modern day technology about. The forest looked undisturbed and she heard the sound of horse hooves behind her and she smirked, knowing who it was. She lifted down her hood and shook her hair, letting it free.
"Morgana," A voice called and she closed her eyes, letting her imagination run wild.
"Uther," She replied, not turning round. "Catch me if you can," And with that, she legged it. Uther smirked and ran after her, leaving his horse behind.
Of course, with him being older and stronger, he caught up with her and she squealed with delight as he tackled her lightly to the ground.
"You dare run away from me?" He asked, a twinkle of delight shown in his eyes and Morgana squirmed underneath him, liking how he pressed close to her.
"Only to make you want me," She smirked and he leant down to kiss her on the lips.
"Morgana!" Hands shook her body gently and Morgana blinked hastily.
"Mmm?" She mumbled. What an unusual dream she had! Her and a man called Uther...Impossible.
"We're here. Time to awake," Merlin said smiling and Morgana yawned.
"All ready?" She asked, surprised. Merlin nodded.
"You fell asleep as Father talked about Prince Arthur. So he stopped because he thought he was boring you," He grinned
Morgana chuckled and got out of the car, smelling in the fresh air.
Somehow, it seemed familiar to her, but she couldn't place why.
"Want to have a look at the house?" Merlin smirked and Gaius came out, holding the keys.
"Yes!" Morgana said excitedly and then she turned around and gasped.
The house was like a country mansion. It was beautiful and had a small front garden, the trees bending down, as though trying to dig the ground.
"It's beautiful," Morgana whispered and hurriedly she entered inside, excited to see it.
But apparently, they weren't the first arrivals.
There was all ready somebody else there.