Hiya! First, I just gotta say I have to stop making new stories, but I had this one on my mind for quite some time now… so it decided to be written without my consent… Anyway, I would really like it if you guys could tell me if I should continue! It would help a lot! Please leave a Review and Favorite! Farewell and Enjoy!

-Let there be midnight

ME NO OWN MERLIN!

Morning Troubles

Merlin trudged into Arthur's chambers heaving a great sigh. He was still tired after yesterday when they returned from training. He scowled as he flexed his bruised shoulder muscle, wincing in slight pain when he flexed it a little too much.

Shoving the painful memory of yesterday in the back of his head, Merlin made his way to the window and pushed aside the great curtains and letting the sunlight leak in through the window, lighting up the dark room.

"Rise and shine!" he called out, turning about to fetch Arthur's clothing for the day. When he got no responds from the tousled of bed blankets, Merlin shook his head as he gently put down one of Arthurs neatly folded red shirts and made his way to the bed. "Up and Adam!" he shouted as he drew closer to the bed, expecting for the prince to wake up to that one. When he didn't even moan in protest, Merlin started to feel agitated. He was far too busy to deal with a pratty prince who couldn't wake himself up in the morning! "Arthur!" Merlin shouted, standing right next to the bed with a frown on his face. This time Merlin got a sleepy moan in responds, but what made Merlin more curious was that the moan wasn't as deep like normal. It was more high pitch and childlike. "Arthur?" Merlin asked with slight hesitation as he put a hand on the surprisingly small shoulder. Panic started to bloom in Merlin's chest as thoughts swirled around in his head. "Arthur?!" he sounded more worried as he yanked the blankets back to see a young child sleepily blinking up at him with an overly large nightshirt that Merlin swore he saw Arthur change into last night. The child had light blonde messy hair and bright blue eyes that stared at Merlin with sleepy curiosity as he sat up and rubbed at his eyes making him seem cute and innocent.

"Who're you?" the child asked Merlin, blinking up at him with his now wide awake blue eyes. All Merlin could do was gape at the child in front of him in pure shock.

"A-Arthur?" Merlin stuttered as he finally overcame his shock a little.

"Yes?" the boy asked, confirming Merlin's suspicions. "Now, who are you?" Arthur tilted his head to the side waiting for Merlin's answer.

"I'm Merlin! Your manservant?" Merlin pointed at himself hoping that the child-Arthur would remember him, but sadly, his hope didn't last very long before it was crumbled and stepped on by an evil mean dragon who just didn't like Merlin's hope. Mean dragon.

"Merlin's a funny a name." Arthur remarked, scrunching up his nose as he spoke the name. Merlin couldn't help but feel offended by the child.

"And Arthur isn't?" he retorted. Arthur smiled, shaking his head.

"Nope! But daddy has a really weird name. It's weirder than yours!" Merlin couldn't help but laugh a little at that, suddenly liking the younger Arthur.

"It is pretty weird." Merlin agreed as Arthur giggled.

"I like you! You're funny and not like the other maids that take care of me. They're so uptight! They won't let me play outside in the rain!" Arthur complained giving Merlin one of those disbelief looks.

"I know, curse those maids for not allowing you play in the rain." Merlin tsk'ed, shaking his head in agreement. "But I know! Why don't we go to Gaius and he can let you play around with some… interesting things… he has…" Merlin seemed hesitant at the end, not knowing anything the younger Arthur would deem as 'fun'. Arthur seemed very excited at this as he hopped off the bed, the overly big nightshirt hanging off one of his shoulders. Merlin would have to fix that later, it wasn't the issue at the moment.

"Well come on! But why don't we play a little game on the way to Gaius'? Huh? Does that sound fun?" Merlin asked, Arthur bobbed his head up and down in excitement. "Good! All you have to do is pretend you are a spy and try to dodge all of the servants and guards and make sure no one sees you!" Merlin warned, smiling a little at how excited Arthur looked as he bounced with anticipation. "And remember, make sure you are silent, you wouldn't want them to find you!" Arthur gave a quick nod as Merlin opened the door grabbing Arthur's hand and quickly slipping through the corridors to Gaius's chambers, keeping in mind to keep out of sight and stay quiet, which he had to remind Arthur a million times as he kept giggling adorably. When the two of them finally reached the court physician's room, they slipped quickly inside and shut the door behind them before they were seen.

"Gaius!" Merlin immediately called out as Arthur went to a stack of books and began to make them into something the resembled a big house. Gaius looked at Merlin with surprise as he put down some of his mixtures to give the warlock his full attention. "We got a slight problem, and when I mean slight, it's a bigger problem." Merlin said as he made his way to Gaius. Gaius raised his eyebrow at Merlin, still not noticing the small child who was making building blocks out of his medical books.

"Out with it Merlin!" Gaius ordered, motioning him to continue on and explain what type of problem this was. Merlin opened his mouth to explain, only to close it then opening it once more. Merlin was about to actually explain the problem when a loud clash sounded from behind them as Arthur's huge house of books came toppling to the ground, some falling into his lap as he giggled at the clasping book house. Gaius and Merlin stared at him as he looked up and smiled a big toothy smile at them. Gaius instantly recognized the small boy, his eyes widening in shock as his eyebrows arched high above his forehead.

"Merlin… Is that who I think it is?" Gaius asked as Arthur stood up, brushing off the few books that sat in his lap and busied himself on making a larger book house.

"Yes, Gaius, yes it is."