This one is purely LC. I just did the final snipping- no eyes were gouged. I feel so proud. My baby is all grown up!

Now she just needs to open her own profile!

He remembered being surprised when Arthur called them all to the throne room. But he was a knight, and knights were expected to follow orders. Though to be fair, the announcement that the King made was more surprising than anything he had ever expected. He couldn't really imagine the girl that had been brought in front of them was a sorceress. She seemed so naïve and harmless. Magicians… The ones they had fought all those years were always surrounded by an aura of darkness. But this girl? No! She seemed so pure. If magic was really evil- as they had been told, then this girl was definitely not a magician.

The guards had brought her and forced her to kneel in front of the King, and her eyes- they seemed so familiar, filled with fear locked on the royal couple. She was so small that he was surprised when she stood up: she now seemed like a giant to him, surrounded by her confidence and her back so straight!

He remembered suppressing a laugh when the girl told Arthur he was a hypocrite. Sure, she was right. But still, no one but Merlin would have dared to say such a thing- and even Merlin would have waited to be alone in a room. But the King kept on smiling, and then he announced that magic would no longer be banned from Camelot…

Wait, did Arthur say that Merlin was a sorcerer too? Yes, yes he did and he really should start listening during meetings. Well, he shouldn't be that shocked, shouldn't he? That would explain all the miraculous times they were saved.

And then, the girl hugged the King! She really did hug Arthur, and he seemed to be very embarrassed. He would remember this moment his whole life! The King was looking at Merlin, as if the poor servant- or court magician as he would soon become, could possibly know what to do! Then she said: "You were right! He really does listen to you, father!" And she was looking straight at Merlin.

The time it took for his friends to gather their thoughts, the girl had already grabbed the Prince (was it a kidnapping?), and had left the room, leaving a passed out Merlin with a bunch of shocked knights, King and Queen. Things were about to become so much fun! First, Merlin would use his magic freely, and you could trust him to have some ideas of how! Secondly, Deryn- that was her name, right, and Emyr seemed pretty close. He stopped a second to imagine Merlin and Arthur being relatives and busted into the laughter he had suppressed for so long. The other knights turned to him, puzzled, leaving Merlin a chance to escape from everyone.

Unlike the others, he had not surrounded the fallen Merlin, so when his friend had regained consciousness he was the only one able to follow him. Spying on him was probably not the best idea right now. But he was convinced everything would be more interesting around Merlin from now on. Merlin, who was currently running through all the hallways and bumping into every servant to ask them if they had seen the Prince. Just for that, he knew he was right to follow his friend; his face was priceless as he was frantically asking his question.

Merlin led them to the stables where the happy friends– no, he would never believe those two were just friends- what he was seeing comforted his belief- were playing in the hay. Both of them were throwing handfuls of it and trying to avoid the ones coming at them. It was all over when Deryn chose to use magic to drop a large amount of hay on the defenseless Prince. One second she was losing and the next; she was standing there, her arms stretched in front of her and Emyr buried under the hay. It took a few moments for the Prince to get out of the trap. Moments, where Deryn was not looking since she was laughing. The prince then threw himself at her, pinning her under him.

When Merlin and he arrived, the two friends where playing in the hay, and the Prince was nicely trying to stuff hay under Deryn's dress- and none of them had seen the fight. He would have laughed, if he hadn't seen Merlin almost lose his temper.

Merlin then said, "Enough!" His friend's voice was so cold, so distant that he couldn't suppress a shiver.

The two stopped in mid-motion and jerked away from one another. Merlin regained his self control- it seemed to be very complicated, and added, "Don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

The girl blushed a little and answered, "Well, we wanted to go horse ridding. And… Oh! You meant about you being my father! Right? But you were unconscious… which you obviously are not right now; so I guess our escapade is rescheduled. Emyr, I need some alone time with my father."

With that she left the Prince sitting there in the hay, still blushing and grabbed Merlin this time to take him with her.

The Prince seemed lost. That's why he decided to come forward and sit by his side as he said, "Girls are always complicated, but this one seems like a handful. Good luck Prince!"

He stayed sat next to the Prince as a show of support, when the confused boy said, "I highly doubt that I should take advice from you, Gwaine!"