King Arthur Pendragon was not happy. His lazy manservant was nowhere to be seen, Gwaine was so drunk that he started flirting with Arthur, mistaking him for a hot blonde, and Gwen had been avoiding him all day. So, doing what he usually did, he was going to take all his anger out on Merlin, after he found him, of course. He stormed to Gauis' chambers and flung open the door.
"Gaius-" he started, then stopped, seeing only Gwen and another woman, who was sobbing, there. "Oh, sorry."
Gwen stepped in front of the other woman, shielding her from view. Her fake smile told him something was wrong. "Arthur," she said in a falsely cheery voice, "What brings you here?"
"Oh-um….I was looking for Merlin." The king was trying to catch a glance of the hidden woman, but Guinevere still blocked his view. All he saw was a flash of blue eyes that looked vaguely familiar.
"I haven't seen him all day," said Gwen, her voice still feinting cheerfulness. Arthur could swear the woman behind her was rolling her eyes.
Arthur raised an eyebrow. "Alright. But are you going to introduce me to your friend?"
"Umm..no, she's very shy."
"Can she attest to that?"
"Yes, but she stutters when she speaks, so she'd rather not."
"Can she-"
"She can speak for herself!" snapped the woman. She stood up and passed Gwen. "No, I'm not shy, I do not stutter, and you should know me, prat!"
Arthur looked at her. She was fairly young, maybe mid-twenties, with a gorgeous face and prominent cheek bones. Her hair was long, silky and black, which she was using to hide some remarkable ears. Her eyes were a piercing blue, with just a hint of gold surrounding them, which currently were red-rimmed as she was crying. She reminded Arthur of someone…..someone close to him. What had she called him?
It then hit him. He was staring at a girl version of Merlin. Merlin had a sister? Why didn't he tell him? And why should he know her?
"Alright, clotpole, close your mouth, you'll catch flies," she said, almost defensively. Arthur snapped his jaw up, realizing it had dropped when he saw her. "It's me, Merlin."
Arthur's jaw dropped again. Then he laughed. He wasn't sure what was so funny about all this (maybe because Merlin was a GIRL) but he laughed, in almost a cruel way. "Merlin's a girl!"
"Shut up!" said the woman Merlin, turning red, making her look just adorable. Arthur laughed harder. "It's not funny!"
"It most definitely is!"
Merlin stormed out, tears in her eyes. On her way out she smacked the back of Arthur's head. "What's her problem?" the king asked Gwen.
"Problem?" Gwen started sarcastically, "Well, I don't know. Maybe because she was a he yesterday, she discovered the joys of menstruation, and her best friend just laughed at her crisis. Gee, I don't know."
Arthur felt guilt bubble inside him. Why had he acted that way? If Arthur had been turned into a girl, he knew Merlin would've at least tried not to laugh. And the joys of menstruation…poor Merlin.
"You're right Gwen," he said, hanging his head in shame. "I'll go apologize."
"You damn well will!" Whoa, when had Gwen become so…..angry?
"Guinevere, you may a sister of a knight and have a relationship with one, and you may be me my friend, but remember, I am king of Camelot," said Arthur with a very serious face.
Gwen gasped. "Of course sire. I'm so-"
Arthur laughed. "I really need to work on my humor skills. Sorry Gwen, I had to mess with you."
Gwen glared/pouted. "Don't you have to apologize to you manservant, or should I say maidservant?"
"Correct you are…."
So what up people of Camelot? Did you love it? Hate it? Well, whatever but please review! Merthur will ENDURE! With Gwen/Lancelot on the side and Gwapple too! And maybe some Gwaine flirty time... So whatever! :D