Chapter Two:

The list that Sir Kay had brought with him from Lady Verran was quite long and extensive. Sir Kay was not looking forward to showing it to Arthur as walked down through the courtyard as large wagon bring huge table and Arthur looking annoyed. "What is that," Sir Kay asked as came up to his foster brother.

"Engagement present, from unknown benefactor," Arthur answered.

"It's big table," Kay stated.

"Why would anyone send something like this," Arthur went on.

"And you asking me because," Kay asked.

"Because I thought the closest thing I have to a brother would care," Arthur reacted with fake shock.

"And that is where you would be wrong," Kay answered quickly before he started laughing.

"Thank you Kay at least I know that I will always have your support," Arthur smirked.

"Now that we have an understanding, here is the list preparations that need done before the Lady Verran comes," Kay said as he handed him the list that Lady Verran had made.

"What would this be," Arthur asked as the end of the scroll hit the ground.

"The list of request that the Lady Verran has call for to be done before her arrival in a fortnight," Kay answered.

"She wants my courters to scrubbed from top to bottom so she will not have to smell them, it is not as if the smell of manure anymore, and since she was the who made them smell that way in the first place when she was seven, I do not see the need for it," Arthur ranted at the crazy list before him.

"She only did that after you put toads in her bed if you do remember," Kay reminded Arthur.

"Well did have that one coming to her, and was quite brilliant on her part when she shrunk all my clothes and then covered the one set that was not shrunk in itching powder," Arthur emitted, as he tried not to smile.

"Just look over it and use your good judgment on what you think is necessary and I will have them implemented for you," Kay answered wisely to his friend.

"Very well I can take look, in the mean time you look as if you have been enjoying married life to much care to show my knights what hard work really is," Arthur asked as the engagement gift was being brought into the castle.

"You do know how much, I like showing younger knights what hard work is," Kay answered with a smirk slapping his friend on the back.

"Then come let us go then let us go 'work' them into shape," Arthur agreed as he rolled up the list and then walked towards the training grounds.

The table was set up in the only room that was large enough to hold the old solar that had not been used since death of the queen. Wynn was sent to polish it by herself, since she had no rank among the servants. Wynn had broken five plates and a set of goblets this morning. The Steward had set her to a she could not break, but she did not mind since it was the most magnificent table she has ever seen. It was an engagement gift for the royal couple, it could seat at least a fifty if not more, with a stone centre carved out was the symbol of the five-fold. It reminded her of birth fathers work with it intricacy and exotic woods inlayed the work of a master with magic infused inside its very core. 'But why would someone send a gift like this to Camelot' Wynn thought as she heard foots steps behind her. Wynn's instincts came into play as turns her rag into a rat tail ready to fight.

"It's quite extraordinary isn't it," Merlin greeted Wynn when he saw that she was her lost in thought. "But it is a little impractical being round I think at least, there's no place in castle for it but here in the old solar, then there is the fact that there is no head of table Uther won't like that at all," Merlin said to her trying make her laugh; when he gets just a blush and a smile he was encouraged to continue. "Since there is no head he, and Arthur won't know where to sit then there we so much confusion only making my job harder,"

"Are you trying to make me laugh or smile Merlin," Wynn asked as she worked the wax into the wood, with a slight pink coming to her cheek. "Or did the Steward send you in here to make sheer that I have not broken the table yet," she went on.

"Maybe if it's working, and the latter I do not answer to the Steward, but the Crown Prince," Merlin answered with smirk as picked up another rag and started helping polish the table. "I thought you could use some help since you seemed to such masterful dishwasher," Merlin stated with a bright smile.

"So he did send you," Wynn asked as her face turned bright red.

"I'm afraid so," Merlin answered as he polished the table.

"Do you not think it's wonderful," Wynn said as she rubbed the table changing the topic from not wonderful skills as a dishwasher.

"What your smile," Merlin asked her as put some beeswax on his rag.

"Merlin, are you trying to woo me," Wynn asked as stopper her work to look him and his sparkling blue eyes.

"Again only if it's working, if not I am just making friendly conversion," Merlin answered with a twinkle in his eyes and started to work the wax into the wood.

"I was not talking about my smile, but the table it reminds me of my father," Wynn said as started buff the wood Merlin had waxed and blushed.

"Why does a table remind you of your father?" Merlin asked as kept working.

"He was a master carpenter, his work is extraordinary or what I have seen of it, you see he died before I was born. In fact, I don't even think he knew about me at all, but few pieces my mother had are wonderful," Wynn told as she worked alongside him and hoped up on the table to work from the stone center in front of him and giving her some height so she was now almost eye level with Merlin.

"I barely knew my father before he died," Merlin told her as he watched a strand of hair fall from her long amber braid into her face and all he wanted to do was push it back in place.

"I am incredibly sorry," Wynn said as smiled up at him.

"You know you use some big words for a servant," Merlin observed of Wynn.

"What can I say I picked it up from my Lady," Wynn answered quickly as Merlin caught glance of bear feet and smiled.

"I didn't mean anything by that, I was just saying that you're clever and I like that, in a lass it right up there with bear feet," Merlin said as Wynn started covering her feet.

"Thank you Merlin," Wynn thanked him.

"So beyond reminding you of your father what is about this table, which enamors you so?" Merlin asked as he picked up some more wax on his rag.

"Beyond the magnificent craftsmanship, there the symbol in stone center it the five-fold, the outer rings represent the four elements, air, fire, water and earth," Wynn answered as moved her skirts to show the carving and to hide her feet.

"So what does the fifth one mean," Merlin asked as looked at her sparkling green eyes.

"Magic, it is what binds all them together making it one so that a person with the gift can use all four of the other elements," Wynn answered as she leans towards him so he can get a better view of the stone center.

"Magic binds all together, huuu…," Merlin whispered as he breathed in the sweet smell of wild flowers coming from her hair; again his hand brushed hers and her eyes flashes silver again. 'What was this girl' Merlin thought knowing she had to have a magical gift.

"Merlin ware is that incompetent idiot!"Arthur shouted from the down the hall, "I have to go," Merlin told Wynn as moved away from her.

"I understand," Wynn said as got down from the table to continue work on the outside.

Later that night Merlin explained to Gaius about Wynn. "So every time you have touched her eye change color this could many anything, but I think your instincts correct she has magic," Gaius answered.

"But what is she, something is not right with her, I don't think she is evil or means any harm, but I have been wrong before. I'm being pulled towards her like I have never been before even with…" Merlin asked as paced through their small apartment not wanting to think about Freya or Wynn in that way but not succeeding.

"She could be many things, a succubus but they tend to live in tribes and she would have made her intentions clear by now, or a vampire but they don't tend to be servants have to feed everyday and are known for their grace with how many plates Wynn broken I do not think she could be that," Gaius explained to Merlin from his seat at the table. "You said that her eyes only flash she touches you and no one ells?" He asked Merlin who had still not sat down.

"Yes, just me… why," Merlin asked as looked at his uncle confused.

"Do you know of the Dragon Lords and their traditions," Gaius asked.

"Not much, but what does that have to do with Wynn," Merlin inquired as stop pacing to look at the older man.

"Maybe a great deal, normally Dragon Lords only fell in love or bonded with Ladies of the Dragon; your father being the expectation," Gaius responded.

"What are the Ladies of the Dragon," Merlin asked as he sat down across from Gaius.

"An order of female warriors who had the ability to absorbed idle magic from anyone with enough to give off any. Such as you, who gives it off in spades. They hold themselves to strict code of honor and morality, but that was because if they did not keep themselves pure, it could kill them…" Gaius was explaining with Merlin cut him off.

"How so," Merlin asked.

"I was getting to that part before I was interrupted. The Ladies of the Dragon are also gifted with strong fertility magic that lets them not only bear child easily, but cause others woman to become pregnant when they do, it is said to come from their kinship with dragons. When the Ladies give up their innocence to someone who they have not bonded with in heart, spirit, mind, body and magic they will die giving birth to that person's child. It was the Dragon Lords and their strong magic that called to them and bonding with theirs that is how they got their name. It is one explanation to what this girl could be and one that makes since," Gaius finished.

"So you are say that her magic is calling out to mine if she one of these Ladies of the Dragon and I could be bonding with her," Merlin asked looking distraught at this news.

"Yes, is that so bad Merlin, she a pretty little thing from what you have told me," Gaius asked with a laugh.

"Yes, but don't know if can bond with anyone after..." Merlin could not even say her name anymore it hurt too much to do so.

"She could be any number of things, but I told seem the logical one from the information you have so far, so I can only tell you keep a close eye on her," Gaius answered. "Well am off to bed and you should do the same," The old man encouraged the younger.

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