The two weeks had frown by and Morgana's sisters were arriving a day before the King and his son. Morgana waited in nervous anticipation as a black town car pulled up to the palace's main entrance. Elaine was the first to step out with Morgause right behind her and Morgana bounded over to practically jump on them.

"Morgana!" Elaine greeted getting a big hug from her sister while Morgause stood next to her waiting for her hug. After their embrace Morgana stepped back to look at them.

They looked exactly the same although Elaine did get taller, Elaine was actually younger then Morgana by one year while Arthur was more around her own age. And how that happened is way too difficult to explain right now so I'll just wait on that, anyway back to the story.

"I've missed you both so much"

"We have missed you as well, sister" Morgause said

"Come on, let's go inside" Morgana pulled her sisters into the palace. After dropping of their luggage in the guest rooms, they all joined Gwen, Arthur, and Uther in the kitchen for dinner.

Morgana was the first to enter with Morgause and Elaine trailing behind her. Uther was already situated at the table with Arthur and Gwen seated next to him.

"Morgause! Elaine!" Gwen exclaimed jumping out of her seat to hug her old friends. Remember Gwen did live in Ireland and the Cornwall family had close relations with the royal family. "Gwen it's so good to see you" Elaine told her

It was at this point that Arthur finally decided to get up and greet the two women.

"Arthur" Morgause teased before pulling him into a hug, after which Elaine did the same and they all took their seats. But not before Morgana glared at her father and mouthed 'be nice'.

Uther gave her a sideways glance but complied just the same, "Morgause, Elaine" he said in the most civil tone possible

Morgause responded in kind "Uther" while Elaine nearly nodded and they all sat down to eat together. It was awkwardly silent and only the sound of clattering plated could be heard until Elaine spoke up

"Oh I forgot to tell you, congratulations on your engagement"

Morgause snapped her head up from her food "you two got engaged?"

"Right, you've been living in a hole for the past two years" Elaine commented

Morgause rolled her eyes "It wasn't a hole, they just don't have many teles in...Africa"

"Africa?" Gwen asked

"Oh yes I never got to ask you how your trip was" Morgana chimed

Morgause mentally kicked herself. Great. Now she would have to elaborate on her clever little lie. Thanks Elaine.

She glared at her sister before answering; thankfully she had been prepared for this type of situation

"Yes, I've spent the past year in South Africa helping with the epidemic of typhoid fever as well as other countries along the border, it was great fun"

"That must have been a... interesting experience" Arthur said choosing his words carefully

"Oh it was, well excepts for the part about getting shot at by Liberian gorillas but other than that it was incredible, I really do want to do it aging someday" she told them with a wide smile. That wasn't a total lie, she did get shot at and sometimes it was by gorillas, they just weren't Liberian ones.

"So is that how you got assigned to the Balinor's protection detail?" Uther asked abruptly

"Protection detail?" Morgana queried

Elaine answered this time "The King had a sort of… special faith in Morgause and I, well that and the fact that we're the best fighters in the kingdom"

Arthur almost chocked on his water, after collecting himself he fought out "The best fighters in the kingdom, you two?"

"Now Arthur, you should know better than to underestimate us" Morgause chided playfully

"Remember, Morgana has beaten you in a fight too" Uther mentioned

"Yes that's right, and if I don't recall, you cried as well" Morgana added

"I told you I had something in my eye!" Arthur shot back trying and failing to heal his wounded pride.

Everyone broke out in laughter at Arthur's frustrated exterior. It was defiantly going to be an interesting couple of days.

The next day everyone waited in the throne room for the Irish royal family to arrive. Morgana had put on her most suitable dress and plastered on her most polite smile. To say she was reluctant to meet the king and crown prince would he a slight understatement. After all the bad blood between their families, it was somewhat hard to be civil with these people but she would muster it, for her sister's sake. That and her father would probably kill her if she didn't. And Morgause Elaine and Gwen all said that these people were nice so she figured she would at least give it a chance.

King Balinor entered the throne room accompanied by several guards.

"King Balinor, welcome to our beloved home." Uther greeted in the most amount of fake enthusiastic Morgana had ever heard from her father's voice.

"Uther, it is a pleasure to be here" Balinor replied shaking Uther's hand. Morgana's evaluation of the man was limited to his face. He looked about the same age as her father but with longer hair and dark eyes. He was wearing a black suit and blue shirt, the normal business attire. He seemed to be a rather kind looking individual, not at all as she had imagined.

"May I present my daughter, Morgana" Uther gestured to her, "my son Arthur and his future wife Guinevere" They all bowed to the visiting royal.

"It's very nice to see you all again, you have grown so much over the years" Balinor commented

Gwen was smiling very wide at the King. Morgause and Elaine then stepped forward and bowed to King Balinor "Sire" they both chimed at once.

"Gwen, it has been too long, Hunith sends her best" Balinor told Gwen

Gwen's smile stretched from ear "Thank you sire"

"Where is your son?" Uther asked puzzled at the absence of the crown prince

"He had to attend to some issues in Ireland and will be arriving later today" Balinor informed them

The English royal family did their best hide the suspicion that was creeping on to their faces, but like a silent pact, they decided to brush it off now and deal with it later. Plus, they did remember the boy as a child and he was not the type to be very cunning, no matter how much time has gone by.

After the greetings, Morgause and Elaine were asked to meet with the two kings to discuss a private matter. Even though it left Morgana in a great state of confusion, she would just ask her sisters about it later. They were not one's to keep secrets, especially from her. Or at least that's what she thought. But regardless, with Gwen and Arthur meeting with wedding planner, her afternoon was left wide open. So, she decided to take a stroll around the grounds.

She was making her way around the corner of the castle, when she smashed into another person with such velocity that they both fell to the ground.

"Ouch"

"I am so sorry! Are you alright?" a males' voice called out he jumped to his feet and went to help her up.

"Yeah I'm alright, and it was my fault I didn't see where I was going" Morgana replied brushing the dirt off her jeans. She decided to change into something more comfortable, so, determining that with her luck she would most likely find herself in a fountain like the three other times she decided to tour the castle alone, she went with a white tank top, black skinny jeans and converse. Obviously, changing into casual wear was a good idea.

After she was done brushing herself off, she looked up at the man she had absentmindedly collided with and couldn't help but stare at his pure adorableness. He had shaggy black hair with a pale complexion, sharp cheek bones and a goofy lopsided smile. But what really got her was his eyes, a gorgeous cobalt blue that felt strangely familiar like she had seen them somewhere before. He was wearing jeans and a navy blue t-shirt that matched his eyes. It annoyed her that she couldn't figure out where she had seen his eyes before, and, being the stubborn person that she was, eagerly wished to find out.

And of course while she was thinking about this she had completely dismissed the fact that they had stayed in an awkward silence for a good two minutes.

His soft voice broke her out of her thoughts "Are you sure you're alright?" He asked again slightly worried that she had been permanently mentally damaged by their collision.

Realizing how she must look she shook out of the daze she was in and answered him "yeah sorry I wasn't looking where I was going, so… do you come around here often" she wanted to kick herself from what she said, it sounded like one of those cheesy pick up line that blokes had tried to use on her when she went out, he must think her a total freak now.

"No I just got here, but the grounds were just so cool I had to explore them" he told her "do you?"

"Do what?"

He laughed "Live around here?"

She smiled knowingly "Yeah you could say that"

"I have to say I'm somewhat surprised that the king allows anyone to wander the palace" Morgana stared at him completely taken aback by his comment. She had never met anyone who did not know who she was before, and she found that she rather liked it. Someone that wouldn't pretend around her because of her title so she decided just to go along with it.

"Yes, the king likes to keep in touch with the people"

He thought for a moment "hmm I never really thought of the king as that type of person"

He wasn't "Yeah well..." she trailed off there was an awkward silence before he finally spoke up, hoping that he would change the subject, which he did.

"So do you like to take walks a lot?" he asked lightly

She nodded "But my mind tends to wonder off when I do"

He nodded in understanding "I get that, I do it all the time. My girlfriend would always get so annoyed with me for it"

Morgana's smile faltered when he said this "You have a girlfriend?"

"I used to, we broke up about a couple months ago" He told her. She couldn't help the smile that played on her lips

"Yeah my boyfriend and I split up about a week ago, but I'm not that broken up about it" she commented

He furrowed is brown in such an adorable way that she just wanted to scream "Really why's that?"

She sighed " He cheated on me, had been for a while" she confessed. She didn't much like to talk about it and had no idea why she was talking about such a personal matter with a complete stranger but for some reason she felt like she could tell him.

"That's shit, I'm really sorry. But the sod must be the biggest idiot on the planet" He said nonchalantly

"Why's that?"

"Because any guy that would cheat on someone as beautiful as you is either a total wanker or mentally ill" he stated matter-of-factly

She felt her cheeks go red hot as she dipped her head in embarrassment. That was another thing that bewildered her about him. Loads of men commented on her beauty, hell she was even asked to model several times during fashion week because so many people had noticed her stunning physique. But for some reason when he said it, she felt the urge to blush like a school girl.

"Well thank you, so what about you? You're girlfriend didn't cheat on you did she?"

He laughed mirthlessly "No she didn't, but she broke up with me to date this other bloke that's still getting over his old girlfriend" he told her

"How do you know that?"

"Oh well the guy's kind of my best friend"

Morgana eyebrows rose "Sounds like a quality gent" she commented

"Nah he's not really that bad, he's only dating my ex to make his jealous"

"And that makes him not bad" she retorted

"Well his old girlfriend kind of just left for a while, without calling him or anything, I mean she couldn't anyway but still one day she was here and the next she was just gone, and he never saw or spoke to her for two years" he explained

"Oh wow, now that really sucks, but still he shouldn't be dating you're ex just to get back at his" she said

"Yeah but... I don't know..." he trailed off

She scoffed "You're just too nice a lad"

"Well thanks but I'm not that great"

"You could have fooled me"

This time he blushed then something occurred to him "Hey how do know, you don't even know my name"

She smiled bashfully "Well then tell me it"

"Alright , my name's-"

"Morgana!" Uther's secretary Sophia called out from across the garden "your fathers been looking for you"

Morgana let out an exasperated breath and shook her head at the woman's untimely interruption.

"Morgana?"She turned to him nodding "I use to know someone with that name, I'm Merlin"

"It's nice to meet you Merlin" she greeted formally, holder out her hand which he shook

"It's nice to meet you too, Morgana"

Morgana was reluctant to leave her new...friend but it couldn't be helped. When her father wanted her, she was obligated to go.

She met her father in his studies and to her surprise; King Balinor was there as well.

"Father, you asked to see me" she said trying to hide the suspicion in her voice

Uther looked up from his desk, "ah Morgana yes, the Crown Prince has arrived and I would like you to personally escort him while he's here, the first match is tomorrow and he needs to prepare.

Morgana fought the urge to roll her eyes. She could hardly refuse or even put up a fight of the task in front of the man's father so she just nodded. Uther gestured for the doors to be open. She felt like she got the wind knocked out of her when her eyes landed on the familiar blue eyed man entering the room.

"Merlin?"

"Morgana?"

AN: So chapter two done. I'm working on chapter three which is surprisingly easier then I thought. Although because of the five concerts I have this week I'm going to be slightly tied up but I'll manage somehow… I think. But anyway I'll try to update soon. Thanks for all my reviews. Love you guys.