Chapter 3 - Thank you for the reviews, they are amazing, i am so grateful.
"Sire" Merlin walked into Arthur's chambers to see him sat at the window asleep again, this was a regular occurence, he'd not had a good night sleep in 4 years "Sire, wake up"
Arthur slowly opened his eyes and looked to see Merlin stood there.
"Merlin, why are you here?"
"I am your servant, i came to check on you"
"Oh, yer of course. Sorry Merlin ... I was thinking about court matters, just going to go to bed"
Merlin raised an eyebrow "Sire, you've been using that excuse for 4 years, We both know you fell asleep at the window again"
"Merlin ... Do you even know how it feels to be in love and to lose that person"
Merlin felt a sharp pain through his chest, he could hardly say well actually Arthur you killed the one person i was truly in love with and the other person who i thought i may have loved tried to kill you and the entire kingdom and oh by the way is your half sister.
"Believe it or not Arthur, i do" Merlin admitted reluctantly "She was ... perfect, she made everything feel better, no matter what had happened during a day as soon as i spent a moment with her everything was perfect again, nobody could ever compare to her, she was the entire wor"ld and more to me and the day she was taken away was ... the worst day ... It's a feeling you can't explain to anybody, the feeling of something missing ... like a hole in your heart"
Merlin hadn't noticed Arthur staring at him in shock
"That ... That is exactly how it feels Merlin. I just miss her so much, it hurts, i thought being in love with her and not being able to be with her hurt, it did, but nothing compared to losing her ... i have to have her back Merlin, i love her so much"
Just then they heard a knock on the door of Arthur's chambers.
"Enter!" Arthur called
"Sire, The Knights have been spotted on the borders, they have others with them also, but are unable to tell who the others are"
Arthur sat up at this news
"Thank you"
The next morning Arthur was changing for the day ahead, he hadn't slept since the message had come, he just needed to know if it was Guinevere that had been seen with the knights.
Then came a knock on the door.
"Enter!"
"Sire, The Knights have entered Camelot, Guinevere is with them and also two others"
"Who are the others?" Arthur asked curious
"I am unsure sire"
"Thank you anyway" Arthur sighed pulling on a jacket, he had about a million things going on in his head, he couldn't think straight.
A few hours passed and The knights entered Camelot citadel with Guinvevere and the two children.
"Could you take them to Gaius please?" Guinevere asked "I need to break it to him before he sees them"
"Of course Guinevere" Percival said getting off his horse "Right you two, come with me"
"Where is mama going?" Anna asked putting her arms up to the tall knight
"She is going to speak to the King, Anna, you will see her soon, i am taking you to a very nice man who will look after you"
"Oh, okay!"
"Guinevere!" Elyan shouted running down the steps and throwing his arms around her
"Elyan! I am sorry" Guinevere said nearly crying "I missed you so much but i had to leave"
"Why Guinevere? Why!"
"Later Elyan, I need to speak to Arthur"
"Guinevere" Elyan grabbed her arm lightly to stop her "What is it?"
Guinevere looked up at her brother and then towards Percival who was taking the twins bags off the horses and then to Gwaine who was trying to chase after them, they had decided running off to explore seemed more fun.
"You're an uncle" Guinevere whispered
Elyan's eyes widened and a smile grew across his face.
"They are my neice and nephew?" He asked watching them, Gwaine had caught Anna who was a lot slower of a runner, he was catching up on Gwydre when he hopped a wall and started to laugh.
"Come on" Guinevere laughed "Leave Gwaine to sort them, you need to take me to see Arthur"
They walked up the steps and up to the council chambers, The guards opened the doors and Guinevere and Elyan entered, it was just Arthur, that was a relief to Guinevere, she really didn't want to announce Arthur's children to the entire court.
"Guinevere!" Arthur sighed walking over to her, his heart was in his mouth, his stomach was going crazy, 4 years he had lost her for, 4 years and she was here again, in front of him looking as beautiful as the last time he had seen her.
The night before she vanished he had visisted her at home, she had seemed very nervous on and edge, but he soon calmed her down and they'd had a lovely evening together, the next day she was gone "Elyan, leave us"
"Sire" Elyan said bowing his head and walking out of the room
"Arthur ... I am sorry i ran" Guinevere started
"Guinevere, why did you go? what happened? Whatever it was you could have come to me"
"Arthur ..."
"Please tell me Guinevere, what ever it is, i can handle it"
Guinevere broke down into tears before she could speak, she didn't know what to say to him, she loved him so much but telling him could break him, not knowing he'd had children all this time, for almost 4 years now he'd been a father and not known.
"Guinevere ... don't cry, please, what is it?"
"Arthur ... you're ... You are ... You're a father Arthur"
Arthur stopped right there, he didn't know what to do or say, he couldn't even fuction his brain at that moment, everything stopped around him, he was struggling to breath, everything was going dark around him and he felt himself falling.
"Gaius!" Percival said when he opened the door, himself and Gwaine with a child under each arm
"Boys, hello" Gaius said looking down at the children confused
"We have a fun job for you, can you look after these terrors please? It's at the request of Gwen"
"Gwen?" Gaius asked eyes wide "She is back?"
"she is Gaius" Gwaine said throwing Anna into the room "And these two lovely little monsters are her children"
"Her ... Her Children?" Gaius asked thinking he'd misheard "Are they .." he looked behind him to see the two children climbing up onto the tables "Are they Arthur's?"
"What do you think?" Gwaine laughed
"They are Arthur clones" Percival added
"Indeed"
*Knock knock*
"Gaius! It's urgent, the King is unwell"
Don't worry, that isn't it on Arthur's reaction, there will be more to it.