Merlin held the baby girl in his arms, for one so small she had such a great destiny. Merlin looked over to Gwen who sat silently in the bed.
"Have you decided on a name yet?" Merlin asked looking down at the baby's face.
"No…we already had a boy's name picked out but we were hoping…Arthur was hoping that…maybe you would like to name her?"
Merlin looked up grinning awkwardly as he rocked he girl in his arms. "Me? Really?"
Gwen laughed, "Arthur and I spoke about it…and we wanted you to be a godfather that is if you would want to?"
Merlin felt slight tears build up in his eyes. "It would mean the world to me Gwen."
"What about Freya rose?" Merlin suggested, Gwen didn't reply but when she did she simply beamed.
"Frey Rose Pendragon…the perfect name for a princess."
Merlin smiled as he handed Freya back to Gwen, "I'll drop in later, until then I'll let you rest."
The warlock left the room still smiling to himself, naming Arthur's child had meant so much to him, it finally showed that Arthur saw him as an equal and more importantly as a friend.
Merlin knew that the other godfather was Sir Leon and he knew that Leon was the more responsible choice but Merlin vowed from the announcement of Gwen's pregnancy that we was going to protect this child.
Gwen was asleep when the ex servant came to see the child again, he picked her up in his arms once again and sat in a chair the otherside of the room.
"You have the greatest destiny ahead of you…the most difficult but the greatest of us all."
Freya would never be a queen like everyone thought, she had the hardest destiny but one that had to be fulfilled.
Merlin stood up and smuggled the child out of the room, he would one day regret doing this to his friend but the girl could not be queen in Camelot her destiny ran alongside that of the old religion without her the world would be doomed.
Merlin made his way to the woods and stepped into the clearing. He very nearly gasped as he always did when he saw the witch come out of the trees, her blue eyes shining and her dark ahir mixing with the black sky.
"this is my niece?" she whispered and merlin nodded in reply.
"she is beautiful" Merlin nodded but looked away as he passed the child to his once friend.
"Look after her morgana. I mean it."
Morgana rolled her eyes. "Calm emrys, I shall protect this child she is my own blood, I will teach and train her and when she is ready she will return to Camelot."
Merlin looked sadly at the child "arthur will never forgive me."
"Arthur will never know merlin, as far as he knows I stole the babe from the queens bed. I must play my part and you must play yours. I will protect her until she his strong enough, then you will take her to Camelot and protect her their until, she serves Camelot under the reign of her brother, we agreed this. You cannot turn back now."
As merlin walked away he shook his head, did he really believe that the witch and the warlock could control the girl's destiny?
Author note: should I continue this? The story of arthur's daughter freya rose? Or should I leave it like this you decide!