Ok so I know it took ages but here it is! The new chapter! Hope you enjoy and thank for all the reviews etc. loving them!
The sun outside the palace room was well...dull. The fact was there was none, and it was raining rather heavily. Gwaine had woken up, much to Arthurs relief who had been moments away from dropping him in a puddle. Leon had stopped crying, and walked with Percival in front. Arthur was quieter than usual, making small talk with elyan who seemed to be the only sane one there. Gaius walked in front whistling to an unknown tune, his long hair constantly getting stuck in the many thorny bushes lining the path. Soon, they came to a small house within the village, a straw filled cart sat outside it. Gaius turned round and fell back into the cart with a grin.
"Home kids! Isn't she a beauty?" he asked, stroking the edge of the hut fondly. None of the children replied, staring intently at the door...and Gaius. Leon was very surprised he could see anything under all that hair, but Gaius soon caught the message and began searching for the key.
"Oh man! I've forgotten, like - ya know - like, they keys! Ha ha, we'll all have to walk all the way back!" he said cheerfully, struggling to remove himself from the cart. Leon looked like he was about to cry.
Again. With a sigh, Arthur pushed past Gaius to the door, holding out a key on a piece of string in front of the physician. Gaius promptly fell back into the cart.
"Daddy gave me a spare key – he knew you would forget again."
Arthur explained with a giggle, glaring at the physician. Percival and Leon were rather intimidated by the prince, him being posh and well… the prince. But Gaius seemed nice. Weird, but nice. Arthur pushed open the door, and held out an arm to let the others walk in. He smiled at Leon and Percival in reassurance.
The small 'hut' was much nicer than any of the children had thought from the look of it outside. It was warm inside and cosy looking – small, but no doubt pleasant and would very much do for the children. A small oak kitchen lay behind one of the doors, and three bedrooms splitting off from that, with a small 'play room' in the centre. Elyan smiled at Gaius, wiping of the rain on his head.
"This is nice, I like It." he commented cheerfully, poking his head through the door to the kitchen. Arthur nodded in agreement.
"Yes, I like it too. Now, Gaius – daddy wanted you for something, and we want to go see some friends, so can you go please?" He asked politely. With a bob of his head, Gaius nodded and left the room with a grin at the children. Arthur turned to the others. "Don't worry, he's always like that. Oh, and all your possessions and stuff are going to be dropped off soon, so we can go see some of my friends now if you like! Yes?" he asked excitedly, practically bouncing on his feet. Elyan smiled and nodded.
"Yes, Gwen said she'd meet us at the farm today with Merlin and Morgana so we could introduce everyone." he said proudly, handing a towel he'd found to Leon.
"I only know Gwen. She is my best friend." Leon chipped in quietly as he attempted to dry of his honey locks. "I've never met Morgana though, Merlin I know a bit." he added quickly, giving up on drying his hair and passing the towel to Percy. Arthur smiled as he sat down on the floor.
"You're lucky you don't know Morgana Leo, she's horrible, a horrible girl! All she does is play with dolls and dress up as princesses." he said glumly, sticking out his tongue at the thought of it. Leon smiled nervously.
"Well I don't really know anyone here." Percy said looking at the floor. "All my friends are in the other villages." he explained glumly. Leon turned to Percy.
"We can be friends if you like. I like having friends and you seem really nice." he whispered quietly, and Percys face lit up as he nodded.
"Thanks Leo." he replied happily, giving him a hug. Suddenly, a knock at the door sounded, and Arthur quickly ran to the door to see who it was.
"Hi!" stood outside the door was a group of children about the same age as the boys, consisting of two girls and a small boy. One of the girls (dressed in a pretty pale pink dress) pushed past Arthur to the others, flinging her arms round poor Leon and kissing him. In surprise, Leon stepped back and they both fell over, knocking Percival down with them on top of a sleeping Gwaine. Merlin, Gwen, Arthur and elyan exchanged odd looks, staring down at the heap of their friends.
"Morgana!" Arthur groaned, helping Leon and Percival back to their feet again. "Not everyone wants to be kissed its disgusting." he complained, turning his back on her when she asked to be helped up to her feet. "Leon, that's how bad Morgana is! And this is Gwen and Merlin. They're a lot nicer than Morgana!" he giggled, Morgana sticking her tongue out at the prince. Gwen sighed, and gave Leon a hug.
"You two always argue, can't you stop for once? You're gonna scare someone soon, just like Leon now!" she cried angrily, folding her arms and glaring at them for a moment. "Anyway, some new piglets were born this morning at the farm and bob said we could go see them." she added once calmed down. "They're gonna be really cute so can we go now please? I've been waiting all day!" she fluttered her eye lashes sweetly at Arthur, who looked away in disgust.
"Fine. The rains stopped now and I guess it could be fun…"
"Piggies!" Merlin cried with delight as he began to chase one of the small pink creatures around the pig pen. Arthur rolled his eyes.
"Merlin the piglets are chasing you, not the other way round" he yelled at his friend, who turned round and pretended to growl at the group of piglets, who squealed and ran back round the pen, causing Merlin to fall into fits of laughter. Leon had wandered over to the horse stables and was feeding them carrots with Percy, while Gwaine lay asleep on a haystack. Elyan Gwen and Arthur were sat under a willow tree making daisy chains and Morgana had stormed off to her room. It was nice out now, the grass had dried pretty quickly from the rain and the sun was shining overhead. It was odd, thought Arthur, because they had only really just met and they were all great friends already (excluding Morgana), and he couldn't wait for school to start. Lessons wouldn't be as boring as he'd once thought, he thought smiling happily at a butterfly flying past, Merlin running after it leaving the gate to the pig pen wide open…
"Merlin! Merlin the pigs!" he yelled, jumping up off his feet as the piglets squealed happily and ran across the yard, free. Many of the people in the farm dropped what they were carrying and ran about aimlessly trying to catch the piglets. Merlin didn't seem to notice and had run off after the butterfly.
"They're getting away!" bob (who ran the farm) yelled. Leon and Percival came running over, each holding one of the piglets in their arms.
"Put them in the pen!" Arthur told them, but Leon looked horrified.
"But…but won't they escape again? The gates still open!" he exclaimed, struggling to keep hold of the squirming piglet in his arms. Arthur looked slightly annoyed at this, but nodded anyway.
"Oh I don't know…" he trailed off, when Gwen pointed over to the field.
"Look! Its Gaius!" she cried, and Arthur groaned in the nicest way possible. The physician came running over, failing at jumping over the fence, and ran through the screaming people and pigs. He panted heavily, hands on his knees as he got back his breath in front of the children.
"The king…wants to see you…first lesson, in the palace…" he panted. Grinning at the thought of getting out of the pigs situation, Arthur ran past him and up to the palace, Leon and Percy letting go of the pigs and dragging Gwaine with them behind…
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