A/N I swear this was suppose to be shorter! Roughly the same length as the las tone. Can you count them as drabbles? Anyway, it's a christmas one. :P
Disclaimer: Don't own Merlin, BBC does and don't own Father Christmas, childrens minds do ;)
Summary: Arthur is 5 years old and it's Christmas. He's that excited and want's to meet Father Christmas. He does but he looks familiar to the 5 year old.
"When's Father Cwistmas coming?" the five year old Prince asks his father.
"Tonight when you're asleep. He won't if you're not." the King replies, tucking his son in. people might say he isn't fatherly but he has got better over the years as the pain that came with Ygraine's death has numbed somewhat and he understands how important stuff like this is to young children. Arthur looked slightly unhappy and a pout was visible on his young face. Uther couldn't help but chuckle. "Goodnight Arthur. I'll see you in the morning to open presents." He hugged his child and the young boy wrapped his small arms around the King's neck. He made sure Arthur was settled before exiting the room and retiring to his own chambers.
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Arthur listened to his father's retreating footsteps. Once he could hear them no more, he slipped out of bed and put his slippers and cloak on. His father had said that Father Christmas won't come unless he's asleep but the young Prince was determined to see him or at least catch a quick glance. Arthur put a few cushions under the blanket to disguise as himself and then hid himself behind his screen. He made sure he had a blanket to protect him against the bitter cold that manages to escape the heated grasp of the fire. Arthur waited for what seemed like eternity but was only a mere two hours.
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His eyes felt heavy from tiredness but when the sound of a door opening caught his attention, they shot right open. Peeking round the edge of the screen, Arthur saw someone dressed in red and white with black boots and belt. He had a sack thrown over one shoulder. Father Christmas! Arthur barely contained the gasp that wanted to escape his lungs. He saw Father Christmas glance over to the pile of pillows under the blanket and seemed to accept that it was the Crowned Prince. He walked over to the end of the bed and pulled out parcels that held presents for the young Prince. There was many parcels. Once they were laid out in a pile at the end of the bed, Father Christmas looked at the pillow Prince and smiled softly before turning around and heading out the door. Arthur managed to catch a glimpse of his face before he left. He had a white beard and hair and looked strangely familiar. Arthur put it down to his books.
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Once Father Christmas had left, the blonde haired child went over to his presents. There was a huge smile plastered over his face. He desperately wanted to unwrap them but had a rare amount of self-restraint for a child. Arthur climbed back into bed and decided to wait for morning. After all, he wouldn't want his father to find out what he'd done. His father was quite scary when angered. Somehow, he managed to fall asleep dreaming about Father Christmas.
In the King's chambers.
There was a knocking on the door. "Come in." Uther announced from his bed. Someone wearing red and white with black boots and belt came in with a sack over his shoulder. "Ahhh. You're done I presume." Uther said to 'Father Christmas'. The white bearded male dropped the empty sack by the door as reply. "I swear this gets harder each year. The parents have decided to go with different versions of Father Christmas now, I barely know what to do with the individual children! I also believe Arthur was not in bed but hiding behind the screen Sire." Uther did nothing but chuckle.
"How did I know he was planning something like that? Thank you. You have no idea how happy this makes Arthur. If Arthur's happy then I am." Uther thanked the man in red and white sincerely. The male nodded his head before saying goodnight to the King. "Goodnight Geoffrey."
A/N sooo what did you think? Not as funny as i hoped :( I'm not a funny person really once you know me. The ending was hard to write as i originally thought of Arthur older and realising it was Geoffrey and then Arthur blurting it out after Christmas but decided on seeing bit more Uther. :P Please review. It's like early Christmas presents (less then a month now!) :D
