Hullo everyone,

So I saw this prompt today at kink me and it won't get out of my mind so I had to write it for my sanity's sake really, otherwise the plot bunnies would reproduce after having bunny sex and the last thing I need is my brain being compromised because of unchecked hatching of plot bunnies!

I altered it a bit from the original prompt! Duh!

Things you need to know….

This fic is meant to be a oneshot but since I'm so bad at writing one shots let's say it probably won'tbe a oneshot, timing is somewhere in season 2 where Uther is still a strong king, Balinor is not Merlin's father and neither is Hunith(though I love her) Merlin's mother.

I'm writing this in the hopes that this will cheer me up after my illness because my birthday was on Monday and I couldn't even celebrate my 20th birthday with cake or classmates! Sigh! I'll end my rant here! REVIEWS WOULD MAKE ME SO SO HAPPY!

Summary: Merlin gets lost in the forest when he's looking for herbs Gaius had asked him to fetch and as he stumbles his way through trying to find his way back to Camelot he get's kidnapped by someone. When he wakes up he finds himself in front of his real parents and in a castle that is hidden from everyone except magic users. Seeing that Merlin wasn't going to stay with them willingly his parent's wipe his memories clear off Arthur and anything to do with Camelot convincing him he is Prince Emrys.

WARNING: SLASH obviously, Merlin/Arthur, Arthur/Gwen,Lancelot/Gwen, Gaius, Uther, Morgana, Gwaine(yes yes I know he isn't supposed to appear until series 3 but I don't care!), Percival, Elyan, Leon, Hunith are pretty much the main characters.

Let's start the music!

I have some questions! I really want to write a bottom Arthur, do you think I should make this as bottom Arthur and no don't tell me both of them can bottom! And by the way this ain't a question but heads up "Arranged marriage" on the way people and mpreg too if I feel like it, want it to be mpreg or no?

Chapter 2

Gaius looked up from his workbench as the Prince of Camelot entered the room with a grim look on his face.

Arthur hesitated for a moment before saying "Gaius, Gwaine and Lancelot have returned from the patrol, they found no sign of him."

Gaius sighed, he had suspected as much and knew it was only a matter of time but it didn't make the disappointment any less. Merlin had been the son he had never had and now he wondered if he would ever get to see him again.

Arthur came into the physician's quarters as Gwaine and Lancelot appeared as well, "Are you sure you searched the entire border?"

"Yes Arthur" Gwaine said in a gruff voice, they had exhausted themselves trying to find their friend.

Morgana came striding in next and all of them turned to look at her when she explained, "I heard you had returned, I wanted to know if you found what happened to Merlin!"

Gaius shot a weary look towards Morgana, ever since Merlin had revealed his magic to Morgana they had become the closest of friends after the angry indignation of Morgana's of course but still he didn't want Morgana involved in this quest as it would put her and the others in great danger if Gaius' suspicions were right.

"Maybe all hope is lost..." said Arthur with his head bowed down.

"NO!" Morgana screeched and Arthur turned towards her in annoyance, ever since Merlin and Morgana had gotten chummy Morgana always saw it fit to annoy him about not going after Merlin himself and how he was such an ungrateful bastard and all manner of ill things, looking at her tear stained cheeks though Arthur's annoyance melted away and he said "Morgana, it's been a month, if someone were holding him for a ransom we would have heard!"

Morgana shook her head, "I cannot believe you! He is alive! I know he is! We have to find him and bring him back!" Morgana gave a pointed look towards Lancelot, 'he cannot be dead!'

Arthur himself had had enough and he shouted "And where do you suppose we could find him? Gwaine and Lancelot searched the entirety of Camelot, Cenred's kingdom and Bayard's!"

Morgana looked contemplative for a moment before saying "Maybe we're all looking in the wrong place."

Arthur could not stop the condescending comment before it was out of his mouth, "Ah, my point exactly Morgana!"

Morgana who was always vying for a fight with Arthur remained silent and contemplative though and after a few minutes she said "I know of only one person who could tell us where Merlin must be!"

Gaius warned "Morgana!"

Morgana looked at Gaius with a beseeching look, "We have to find him Gaius!"

"What? What is it you both know that you aren't telling us?" asked Arthur as Gwaine looked on with interest.

Morgana took a deep breath before answering, "The is a dragon beneath the castle who is a friend to Merlin, he might be able to help us find him."

Arthur looked incredulous, "A dragon? Morgana really…."

Morgana was indignant at once, "I'm not lying! Your father captured it during the great purge! I've seen it below the castle's dungeons!"

"I always thought that was a myth!" said Arthur turning to look at Gaius hopefully, willing him to prove Morgana's claims wrong but Gaius looked only faintly amused by the shock on Arthur's face.

"There is a bleeding dragon in my castle and I didn't know about it?"

Morgana huffed, "Trust you to get the point that is entirely irrelevant Arthur, we should go down tonight!"

"MORGANA!" Arthur screeched his eyes wide and mouth open saying "IT'S A DRAGON, YOU CAN'T JUST GO IN THERE AND HAVE A TEA PARTY! IT'S DANGEROUS!"

Morgana frowned, "Maybe for you, but not for me it's not dangerous!"

"What is that even supposed to mean? It's dangerous for everyone!"

Morgana smirked at Arthur, "Oh Arthur, if you are afraid you could just stay safe and secure in your chambers."

"I AM NOT AFRAID!" snapped Arthur.

"Then we go tonight!"

"FINE!"

"FINE!"

Arthur turned and signaled to Gwaine and Lancelot who were looking on amused to follow him out.

"I don't think it is a wise idea to try to find him Morgana" said Gaius.

Morgana turned, "Why not Gaius?"

A long suffering sigh later Gaius said "I fear he maybe lost to us Morgana, perhaps forever!"

Morgana frowned before walking away purposefully out of the physician's chambers.

Meanwhile in the kingdom hidden to all but people who possessed the gift of magic Prince Emrys trained with Master Ambrosius as his father watched from the stands.

They were learning how to turn inanimate objects into animated magical creatures which could be used to attack an enemy in battle.

Merlin had his hands raised and eyes glowing gold as he turned a quill into a golden eyed eagle for a moment before it fizzled and faded out of his sight. Merlin frowned, he had been trying to get this spell for the past twenty minutes and he had yet to maintain the spell for a length of time.

"Perhaps you could try another form Sire, a magical creature would make it easier and since you are a dragonlord you could think of your dragon." Ambrosius instructed and Merlin nodded his head and closed his eyes picturing the white dragon Aithusa which he had named himself.

He opened his eyes and looked at the quill willing it into the shape he wanted it to take and the air sizzled with his power as a dragon's snout first appeared followed by the limbs and the tail, it was white like Aithusa and barely the size of a large dog but the spell remained and the dragon opened its mouth and blew and breath of fire before flying in low circles across the training field.

Merlin grinned and looked at his father and the Knights as they clapped their hands in encouragement. Ambrosius gave him a nod in acknowledgement before he announced "Let todays match begin!"

Merlin took the center of the training field as Knight Brom stood opposite to him, they nodded at each other Merlin smirked saying "Think you could beat me this time Brom?"

Brom smirked back as he said "You're getting pig headed dear Prince, I would love to deflate that ego of yours!"

Merlin's smirk turned into an all out grin as he shook his head to the side and said "Well, winning every time against every knight can do that to you!"

Brom's smirk never faded as he said "Not this time, I have a new trick up my sleeve"

Ambrosius released the golden ball of light from his hand which came to rest in the middle of the two contestants, "Begin!" he said and the ball of light exploded between them and disappeared into sparkling dust in the surrounding air.

After another hour when Merlin had beaten three knights in a row he went into the castle teasing Brom as he said "New trick up your sleeve Brom, to your credit I will say it took me a moment to figure out the counter curse!"

Brom scowled as Merlin, Ulric and Althalos laughed saying "Oh shut up you! You did not do a counter spell, you just made something up with your instinctive magic as you went!"

"But I won anyway!" intoned Merlin and another round of laughter followed this time Brom joining in as he said "Yes I suppose you did, I wish you could have been with us a lot earlier!"

Merlin frowned "I wish so too but alas I am here now and that is all that matters!"

Just then they saw Queen Esmeralda walking towards them and Merlin stopped laughing so raucously as the knights took their leave. "Emrys! I have been wanting to see you!"

Merlin walked forward with a smile on his face as he said "Mother' and kissed his mothers cheek, 'what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh nothing, how was training today my dear?" the Queen asked as she linked her hands with Merlin's and led them in the direction of the library.

"It was brilliant; I managed to defeat Brom, Althalos and Ulric in just under an hour! Though I must admit Brom's tricks were a bit confusing to get around!"

"Perhaps you should duel with your father; you need practice with someone with equal power."

"Mother, if you will excuse me, I have to go tend to Firefreeze in the stables, he's been getting ansty without seeing me!"

"Run along then!" the Queen waved her hand and Merlin ran off in the opposite direction humming a tune to himself.

"Morgana, are you sure this is a good idea?" asked Arthur for the umpteenth time as they descended the stairs of the dungeons. They had asked Lancelot and Gwaine to take care of the guards while they crept past them into the deepest part of the castle.

"Yes Arthur and if you ask me that again god help me I will spike your drink with something that causes warts!"

"How dare you? And how is it that you know about this dragon while Merlin never saw it fit to tell me about it?"

Morgana huffed, "He wasn't required to tell you anything! He was your servant!"

"And therefore supposed to tell me these things as any master is due honesty from his servant! Why did he tell you?"

"He's my friend, of course he told me!"

"He's my friend too! And he was my friend before you became his friend!" snapped Arthur getting irrationally jealous and angry at the thought of there being any romantic relationship between Merlin and Morgana.

"Well, perhaps he would have told you if you actually ever listen to anything he says! You never believe him anyway so why must he tell you?"

"What? When have I not believed him?"

"The troll, the unicorn, Cedric and a dozen other things I'd rather not talk about!"

"He told this all to you!" Arthur accused and Morgana glared after which they silently trudged through the tunnel.

They reached the dead end of the cave and Morgana whispered "This is it, he must be here!"

Arthur nodded and surveyed the depths of the dragon's lair feeling faint when Morgana screeched "Great Dragon, we seek an audience!"

Arthur turned shocked eyes to Morgana but before he could properly express his fear he heard the beat of massive wings and turned around to catch sight of the dragon landing on its perch.

"Arthur Pendragon, I never thought this would be the day I got to see you!"

If Arthur was surprised at the dragon being able to talk he didn't show it. He held the torch tightly in his hand and tried not to cower and run back into the safety of the castle.

"We need your help, Merlin is missing and we have searched but he cannot be found!" said Morgana.

The dragon hummed before saying "Perhaps he simply does not wish to be found."

Morgana shook her head refusing to believe this was all the dragon had to offer, "You must know where he is! He would never want to be away from Camelot willingly, he considers Camelot his home!"

The dragon blinked his huge golden eyes before saying "Very well, Merlin can be found in the great Kingdom of the Banraven's who have once again returned to the realm!"

Before Morgana or Arthur could refute the existence of the Banraven kingdom the dragon flew away from its perch its last words of advice being "You must go with them to find him Morgana!"

When they came back Gaius had explained about it all and about how they should just leave well enough alone because Banraven's kingdom was magical and there was no telling what they would do to Uther's son were he found loitering it's walls.

But as usual they never listened and at the next dawn Arthur, his most trusted knights, Morgana and her handmaiden Guinevere set off to the magical kingdom that was now only visible to those with the gift, Gaius had quite understandably excluded that information about that and now Morgana had to struggle to lead the men in the right direction while not being too obvious about it and miracle of all miracles Arthur followed silently. Perhaps losing his only close friend had taken its toll on Arthur as well, she mused and wondered if going into a magical kingdom dressed as they were would be wise at all as they had no means to defend themselves against magic and her own magic was too fragile at the moment to be of any use in combat.

However, she knew Merlin must return at all costs otherwise all hopes for Albion would be lost, not to mention Arthur would most probably die from the next magical malady heading towards his head. Gaius had told her though that Merlin would probably be disinclined to leave the Banraven's kingdom as he was the sole heir to the throne and as such the esteemed Prince Emrys Banraven but Morgana was sure she could convince Merlin to come away if only for the sake of destiny if not for Arthur. This was another detail Gaius had shared only with Morgana and Lancelot, she only hoped they could spot Merlin in this Banraven kingdom before they got caught or worse executed on spot.

"Who are they all father?" asked Prince Emrys as he stood with King Phineas in one of the towers of the castle. People from all over the land had been trickling into their kingdom for the past few days and this was the first time he had the opportunity to ask the king about it as he had been gone on a hunting trip for the past two days.

"Refugees my son, all of them sorcerers seeking protection from Uther and his laws, now that our kingdom is once again strong and mighty I expect no more to suffer under Uther's tyranny."

"Father, are you going to wage war with Uther?" asked Merlin although he suspected it a long time ago.

"Not yet, I want to bide my time, snuff out Camelot's weaknesses, it is rumored that Prince Arthur is the greatest warrior the lands have ever seen."

"But surely his talents are no match to magic!" Prince Emrys exclaimed and Phineas smiled before favoring his son with a warning look.

"Never underestimate the power in numbers my son, many a battle has been lost simply because of it and Camelot's men are seasoned warriors, we must bide our time, train and improve our strength."

"Yes father."

"See to it that the refuges are well taken care of and given a job, and I want you to patrol the castle gates at night with a contingent of knights in case word got out of our return and Uther's men arrive and if you catch someone you are to bring them to me immediately!"

Merlin nodded his head before making his excuses and leaving.

As they set up a camp Morgana quietly conversed with Lancelot while Gwen was cooking their meal, Gwaine getting drunk out of his flask, Arthur brooding while sitting on a log, Elyan and Percival gone to look for more firewood.

"Are you sure you could find it when the time comes?" asked Lancelot.

Morgana rolled her eyes, "The problem is not finding the kingdom, and the problem will be explaining our presence especially in Camelot's knight garb! It is a magical kingdom, if word got out that they have Uther's son in their midst…."

"But Merlin would surely not any harm come to Arthur!" insisted Lancelot.

Morgana frowned uncertain anyway, she had a bad feeling about this quest and her instincts were usually right, "And there is the fact that Arthur doesn't know about Merlin or me and I can't imagine him not finding out when he finds out Merlin is the prince of a magical realm."

"Never fear, we will all handle him!"

"Maybe Gwaine, Percival and Elyan can, but I'm afraid he's going to be too angry at you and me to even look at us for days and that is if he doesn't run us through first!"

Lancelot gulped and then said "Then we shall defend ourselves!"

Morgana shot the night a smirk as she said "You would challenge the Prince?"

Lancelot shrugged before saying "I am sure he will regret killing us."

Morgana laughed quietly at that and Arthur and Gwen looked up at them, Gwen with a hurt expression and Arthur with bewilderment. Morgana then noticed why Gwen looked so forlorn and moved away from Lancelot not before saying "Talk to her Lancelot!" and sitting next to Arthur as Lancelot tentatively moved towards Gwen.

"You're not bothered then?" asked Morgana as Arthur tilted his head towards her.

"Bothered by what Morgana?" asked Arthur still looking pensively at the fire.

Morgana gestured towards where Lancelot and Gwen were and Arthur looked confused for a bit before he smiled a bit ruefully, "Strangely no, I don't feel bothered at all."

"A few months ago I'm sure it would have bothered you!"

Arthur looked heavenward before he rounded on Morgana "How do you even know? I didn't exactly make it public knowledge!"

Morgana scowled and then Arthur looked betrayed before he said "Merlin! He told you! When we find that idiot! And what on earth could a magical kingdom want with a manservant of Camelot, its not like they can suss out any important information about our army!"

"No but they can suss out information about you!" said Morgana meaningfully before continuing "I think you all must really change into your formal clothes, it would not do for us to be seen with the emblem of Camelot let alone them finding out you are the Crown Prince."

Arthur scowled but nodded his head anyway, "We will change when we move tomorrow, I'll inform the others."

"Morgana, where are you going?' asked Arthur but Morgana paid them no heed not wanting to explain exactly how she knew the way as she rode past the thicket of trees and came to a stop near a river, she could feel the magical aura of the kingdom just beyond and she led the horse through the water as Arthur and the Knights all in their normal clothes struggled to catch up with her with Lancelot leading the party right next to Arthur.

The horse crossed the river to the opposite side coming ashore and when Morgana burst through the thicket of trees she gasped when she saw the tall winding castle of the Banraven kingdom, it's turrets and towers more majestical and tall than Camelot's ever was. The towers were made of white stone just like Camelot's castle but they were adorned with precious stones of all kinds forming intricate patterns of magical animals and legends throughout the walls. Morgana saw the gate to the castle just as Arthur and the knights finally reached them and Morgana incanted a soft spell Gaius had taught her to make the castle visible to the others as well.

"Dear god!" exclaimed Arthur as he gazed with complete admiration at the castle twice as big as Camelots.

The knights and Gwen also stared in open awe at such a thing of beauty before Arthur cleared his throat and said "It still doesn't look better than Camelot!"

"Really Arthur?" Gwaine asked sarcastically and Arthur nodded solemnly to which Gwaine smiled his gruffy grin and asked "How do you figure that Princess?"

Arthur scowled while Morgana smiled at the nick name before saying "It's studded with stones for god's sake…..it's far too….' They all watched Arthur hunt for a suitably insulting word but he only came up with 'girly."

Morgana and Gwen threw Arthur a look of disapproval but Arthur just shrugged and said "It's fitting really, that we should rescue Merlin who is a total girl by sneaking into an equally girly castle, now I'm sure we'll encounter no problems at all!"

Morgana snorted at that and Arthur turned to her to mock her for it when she put her hand out, "Better not insult anyone while you're inside, and remember Arthur your sword cannot protect you against these people!"

Arthur and the Knights sobered pretty quickly at that and Morgana threw a silent prayer to whichever god was listening for their rescue mission to not go completely haywire as she pulled the horses reins.

Ahem, so those two questions at the top, let me repeat it for you guys, bottom Arthur or no (though I probably will make it bot Arthur), and mpreg or no?

Let me know in your reviews and I am so trying to complete this fic soon but mah...let me see how it goes! REVIEW!