If anyone asked what exactly the siblings wondering into Camelot were like, most would describe them as two sides of the same coin. Emilia skipped happily singing a small tune she had learned from an older girl in their village, while Casper walked with his hand down and his hands in the pockets of his trousers.
But of course they were both awfully kind at heart. As a young child passed them carrying a stolen loaf of bread and a man waving a knife followed him, they noticed. Emilia blocked the child's path while Casper stopped the man from chopping their heads off.
"Please sir, don't kill me. My mother is sick, and my older brother is always working, I'm just trying to keep my little sister from starving to death." The young boy said. Casper looked to Emilia giving her a pitiful look and she smiled.
"We will pay for the loaf." Emilia said.
"In fact, give this boy a carton." Casper said, reaching into his pocket and placing the appropriate amount of money for an entire carton of loafs of bread.
"Fine then." The man replied.
Emilia and Casper walked the young boy, Every, back to his small home. They had to both duck their heads at the size of the doorway. There was a small sound of a little girl whining and a mother coughing. Every led them into the room where a woman laid on a bed while a small girl clutched her stomach.
"Every, who are these people dear?" The mother asked.
"Mother! They've bought us a whole carton full of bread!" Every shouted.
"What are you talking about?" The mother asked as the little girl walked over to Casper. Casper leaned down and opened the carton for her to see the amount of bread in there.
"Woah." The little girl said.
"What's going on in here?" A young man said behind them. Emilia moved so that he could enter the bedroom and he looked suspiciously at them but they just smiled.
"Duncan look what they've bought for us." Every said showing the boy the box.
"How can I ever repay you?" The mother asked, sitting up.
"Well as long as Every stays out of trouble here, we'll call it even." Casper said leaning down and brushing the young boy's hair.
"Now we really out to be going, our brother is waiting for us." Emilia said pulling her brother out of the house. He bid goodbye and watched as Duncan split a loaf between the four of them.
The pair walked in comfortable silence, however Emilia kept her head down much like her brothers only looking up to turn and when she did she would smile at someone returning her head to the downward position. Funny enough, Casper was the one to break the silence.
"Reminded me too much of ourselves at that age." Casper said kicking the dirt at their feet.
"Mother would have chopped your head off if you had done what that boy did." Emilia said with a sigh.
"What mother doesn't know, won't hurt her." Casper said. Emilia looked up and over at her brother for a minute but then she laughed. He laughed as well and soon the pair were in hysterics for no reason at all in the middle of the town.
Merlin paced the king's bedroom quietly, Arthur was supposedly working but he had spent most of his time looking out the window down at Gwen. He swears to God that Arthur spends more time thinking about his personal needs than his kingdom's, not that Merlin came blame him he is an awfully attractive male who could have any women or man for that matter in Camelot.
"Merlin! You're going to put a hole in the floorboard!" Arthur shouted throwing his hands down on the desk.
Merlin jumped either at Arthur's volume or the loud noise but either way it made Arthur feel slightly guilty. The blonde sighed circling the desk until he stepped forward catching Merlin's attention.
"Is there something you need, sire?" Merlin asked.
The name made Arthur shiver, any other time he would gotten a little pride boost from it but right now it made Arthur realize that sometimes Merlin didn't treat him as the friend he should. Yes he was his servant, but first off he was his friend and he only wished for Merlin to see that.
"Merlin, what's the matter?" Arthur asked.
"I'm very impatient." Merlin said and Arthur chuckled.
"I know that." Arthur said.
"I just can't stop pacing." Merlin said almost starting to pace again but Arthur grabbed him by the shoulders to stop him. Merlin hissed as Arthur squeezed unintentionally and mumbled an apology. Just then there was a knock at the door, Arthur let go of him and a knight came in.
"King Arthur, am I interrupting?" The knight asked.
"No, what is it?" Arthur asked.
"Well there is two young people at the gate-" The knight began to say but didn't get the chance to finish as Merlin ran past him and out the door.
"Merlin!" Arthur shouted following him.
Merlin's heart was beating fast, not only had the king grabbed him in such a fierce way that kind of scared him but as he nearly tripped on the steps he felt his breathing oddly irregular which didn't help him. He could hear Arthur behind him but chose to ignore him as he caught a glimpse of dark brown hair by the gate.
"Merlin, as your King I order you to stop!" Arthur shouted running down the steps. But as Arthur reached the bottom he watched Merlin run up to the pair.
"Emilia!" Merlin shouted as he lifted her up in the air and spun her around. After she hit him over the head he set her back on the ground, with a goofy grin across his face that Arthur only got to see once in a while.
"Casper!" Merlin shouted, he reached over and brought the boy's head in his armpit. He messed with his hair and Arthur smiled knowing that Merlin had learned that move from himself.
Arthur laughed as the boy tried to fix his hair, but what Merlin did next surprised him. Merlin brought the door in close and despite the distance Arthur could see tears falling from his face. He didn't enjoy watching Merlin cry, so he stepped closer to the three, noticing that now they all were crying. The boy looked up at Arthur and coughed, causing the three of them to break apart momentarily.
"Merlin?" Arthur asked.
"Oh, right. Emilia, Casper, this is King Arthur Pendragon." Merlin said motioning to Arthur with his hand.
"Nice to meet you." Casper said shaking Arthur's hand.
Arthur motioned towards the girl but she gave him a look that told him to put his hand back. Merlin apparently didn't notice so Arthur just waited for Merlin to continue with the introductions.
"Arthur, these are my baby siblings. Emilia and Casper." Merlin grabbed each one of them by wrapping his arm around their neck as he said their name but the three laughed so it was okay.
Casper and Merlin shared the same hair color, while Emilia's was slightly lighter. They didn't have quite as large ears, but Casper shared the bright blue color of Merlin's eyes, while Emilia's was green. As he watched them laugh harder, Arthur noticed they all had similar goofy smiles.
As they stood there, Arthur also took in their separate appearances. Emilia had on trousers, which was not common among girls her age in Camelot, and Casper's trousers seemed to be the exact same. However his seemed to be larger as he was a fit male and she was a fit male. They both wear tunics, she a green one and he a red one.
"Would you like a tour of my castle?" Arthur laughed.