Hey guys/girls.

Please give my story a chance. Ok. That's all I ask. Give this fic a chance. Oh, and if you think that this fic should be a humour fic, then please tell me.

Here is the first chapter. Please review, hope you enjoy.

Merlin woke with a feeling. You know the feeling. That feeling where you know that something bad is going to happen. Merlin trusted this feeling. He knew that something bad was going to happen. He wished that he could stay in bed. However, Merlin was Merlin and being Merlin, he had a life, which he had to live... sooner or later. He got up and stretched his arms and legs. He then took off his nightshirt and put on his (only) day time shirt. He then put on some trousers and popped on his (only) shoes.

Merlin staggered towards the door. He stopped. That bad feeling had gotten worse. He shrugged it off and went to open the door. He stopped. That feeling had gotten worse. He pulled his hand back. It was less bad. He put his hand out to open the door. Most people would have gotten back into bed, but Merlin being Merlin, he opened the door to face the bad feeling.

He then wished he had gotten back in bed.

There in front of him was a boy. He had short brown hair and deep, dark blue eyes. The type that you could be searching in forever, and never find what you are looking for, and when you give up, you cannot find your way out. He wore a blue top and brown trousers and had some very tatty looking boots. His skin was white and pale, gently as snow.

This boy is called Phillip.

Phillip is Merlin's cousin.

Phillip is ten.

When Phillip is around, Merlin's trouble doubles.

When Phillip is around that then means he's around and staying.

And with Phillip, staying means two months or more!

"Phillip." Merlin crocked. He couldn't believe that his cousin was here.

"Merlin, I swear, if I knew that you would be here then I wouldn't have come, but your mother has to look after Blob. So, I get stuck here. With Gaius... And you."

"Who's Blob?" Merlin had no idea that his mum was looking after someone.

"Oh you know your cousin Flam's daughter."

"Didn't Flam die of child birth?"

"Yah. That's why your mum is looking after her, until someone close to Flam offers to raise Blob. Idiot." Phillip added on the end. Merlin just frowned.

"I didn't know that she named it Blob?"

"Oh, she didn't. Her real name is Barbra, but we call her Blob, because... Well, she is a blob." Merlin got that. Two years and does nothing.

"Why does my mother mum always get the bad jobs in this family? Poor her." Phillip nodded.

"By then way I'm here for three mouths." What! "Oh, haven't you got to tend to Arthur. Idiot." Phillip smiled, evilly. This meant war. Merlin scowled at him and pointed his finger out at him.

"You." Merlin said darkly.

"Me." Phillip said darker.

Merlin was going to say a comeback, but remembered that Arthur would give him aloud of chores to do.

Merlin ran off leaving Phillip to his evil thoughts of how to make his life an even more of a living hell.

However, Merlin was a lot smarter than Phillip thought... Then again, maybe not, but he had a few new tricks.

Merlin skidded along the corridor, to get to the kitchens. He skidded in front of two servant girls, just missing them, saying sorry as he ran off. Luckily, the two servant girls knew Merlin (everyone knew Merlin) so, they knew that he was late and needed to get to Arthur.

In the kitchens Sandra, the head cook, was looking at the time candle. She knew that Merlin just about to burst through that door to get Arthur's breakfast. She picked the plant up and told no one to go near the door. Then, right on cue, Merlin burst through the door. He stopped and before he could say anything, Sandra pushed Arthur's breakfast into his hands and chucked him out the door, with a:

"Good reddens," she said with a smile on her face. Everyone knew that it was a joke, but still took it serious. However, when they left the kitchen, they couldn't help, but laugh at Merlin, and deep down, Merlin laughed at it too.

Merlin skidded along the corridor (again) to Arthur's chambers, trying not to drop his breakfast. He almost dropped an apple, but managed to catch it.

He ran to the door and burst in. Arthur jumped out of bed.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Merlin stopped and looked around.

"You're still in bed?" Arthur was almost red in the face.

"Yes Merlin, it's too early you idiot." I'm not an idiot. Merlin thought darkly remembering what Phillip had said.

"I'm late you know. You just slept in." Arthur frowned then his mouth flung open.

"You idiot! This is your fault; you gave me too much wine last night!" Oh great, what next. Oh, I know, it's my fault that Camelot is under attack by giant worms. No such thing as giant worms. Merlin smiled evilly at his thought. Arthur. Giant worm. Arthur fights giant worm. Giant worm eats Arthur. Merlin giggled. Arthur stopped running around.

"What's so funny?"Merlin smirk grew.

"Nothing. Sire." Arthur shrugged it off. He hadn't noticed that Merlin was practise for Phillip. The eviller he can get the better. He needed to have the upper hand. Evil, smart, good pranks and a good choice of words should do the trick.

Oh, and giant worms.

Merlin giggled again. He was in love with his own mind. No. His evil side of his mind.

Merlin stumbled through the forest, carrying Arthur's hunting stuff. He had been sweating for almost two hours, and he was doing this just to kill time!

Merlin wished that they could go back. He had asked Arthur, but he said just two more minutes, which means two more hours! Phillip would make so much fun of him that Merlin just might kill him.

Merlin walked to keep up with Arthur and the knights. Arthur had found something to kill (again); Merlin really wished he knew what made Arthur want to kill! Arthur flashed his hand at Merlin. Merlin frowned. Arthur did it again. Merlin frowned even more. Arthur then grabbed him and pointed at him then at where the kill is.

He wanted him to go and flush out the kill.

Merlin turned to Arthur with a panicked looked on his face. Merlin was about to talk when Arthur put his hand over his mouth and chucked him forward. Merlin fell forward. He then stumbled to his feet. He couldn't go back, so he had to go forward and face the kill. Merlin gulped then walked forward. He was praying that it was just a dear or a rabbit.

Merlin walked forward and he saw the kill...

Arthur waited. Merlin took forever to walked only two meters. Arthur saw Merlin turn the corner. Finally, Arthur thought. Merlin is dead slow. He waited. Nothing. Waited. Nothing.

"Mother." Arthur's head pocked up. He looked at the knights. They then ran forward to have a look.

They turned the corner to find Merlin, a woman and a baby. The woman wore greyish, green dress that went so far down it covered her shoes. Was she even wearing shoes? She also had a headband on to keep her hair off her face. She had an old white face. She was old enough to be Merlin's mother, but looked a lot younger than Arthur's father. The baby wore a dirty white baby outfit, a one piece. The baby had normal white and brown eye.

To the knights, this was new. They hadn't met Merlin's mother, where Arthur had. The knights had always tried to image the boy's mother, but not like this. Arthur stepped forward and coughed, bringing both mother and son apart and back to the real world.

"Oh, um, Sire." Huith bowed, where Merlin just rolled his eyes. She was so embarrassing him.

"Oh, no need for that Huith. I think I might want to say sorry for nearly making you Camelot's dinner." He looked at his bow and arrow and hid it behind his back. The knights got the message and put theirs behind their backs, just in case Merlin wasn't happy.

Merlin smiled at this. They didn't want to upset him. AAAAWWWW. How sweet. He turned to his mother.

"What are you doing in Camelot mother?" Merlin asked, whistled playing with the baby.

"I'm here to see Gai-"

"Why?" You could hear that he cared. He was happy to see his mother, but if she was going to see Gaius then that wasn't good.

"I... Just haven't been feeling myself latterly." Merlin's eyes flicked from Blob, to his mother then to her stomach.

"Please don't tell me that you're pregnant."

Merlin and the others had gotten back five hours ago and had taken Huith to Gaius. Phillip was playing with Blob, while Merlin passed up and down. Phillip would normally make a joke or wind Merlin up, but this was his mother, Phillip didn't dare make a joke in a moment like this, unless he wanted to die for real.

Phillip remembered when Merlin came to stay with him and his father. One for his father's mates had gotten utterly drunk and had insulted Merlin's mother. Luckily, she wasn't there, but Merlin wasn't drunk and knew what he was doing! He grabbed the man's shoulders and kneed him in the crutch, then flung him out a window, in the bar, then jumped through the broken window and kicked the person in the head and walked off home as if nothing happened.

Phillip knew not to mess with Merlin on family matters. Even the one that are utter scum.

Like his father.

Phillips father wasn't exactly a role model. Well, in getting drunk and beating people in, then yes, but as a father bringing his son into the world. Then no. Phillips father didn't like Phillip. He thought that his son was a scrawny, smart-ass geek that was an easy target for robbers. Oh, how he was wrong. If only he knew that Phillips brains have done so much. However, that's all another story.

Gaius finally came down from Merlin's room.

"Well?" Merlin ran up to him. Gaius signed.

"Merlin, Phillip, come sit down over here." Merlin led the two boys and baby over to the bed, sat them down, and got a stall to sit on.

"The good news is that your mother isn't pregnant." Merlin and Phillip nodded. They were waiting for the bad news, because you can't have good news without bad news.

"However, she has depression. It's where you are sad, worried, confused and stressed at the same it. And you mother has got it." Merlin and Phillip looked as if they would cry.

Merlin cared for his mother deeply and had looked after her since he was old enough to look after himself. Phillip cared for Huith too. She may have not been his birth mother, but was kind like one and had always treated him like a son. He knew that he wasn't her son and never could be, but he like her. She was nice, kind, generous, loving and a proper mother. This couldn't be said for his father. Merlin had no idea how lucky he is to have a mother.

"She will get better right?" Phillip only asked the question, because it needed to be asked and that Merlin wasn't going to ask it. He was in shock too much.

Gaius signed.

"I don't know. I asked Uther and he has been very kind in giving us one of the free chambers. We are going to have to look after Blob in the mean time." Merlin and Phillip shook their heads to say that they understand.

Merlin got up and walked out of the room. He carried on walking. He didn't stop and he didn't look back. He walked out of the castle and sat down on the steps outside. It was raining. Winter. Have to love it. Merlin loves the rain. He looked up to the grey sky. In seconds, he was soaked. Merlin sat there and thought. One thing popped into his head.

I should have stayed in bed.

Well, what do you think? Hope it was good. Please review and give the next chapter a chance. Oh, and tell me if it should be a humour fic.