Sorry for the long wait… I had a ton of work & tests for school :( But I'm on break now! Plus I'm sick so I'm curled up in front of my computer with my snuggie and hot chocolate, listening to music and writing stuff.

Anyway…

This story is based off the Jon-finds-out-Alanna-is-a-girl scene in The Song of The Lioness series.

Disclaimer: IDOM

Merlynn rubbed her hands nervously, was she frightened? Of course, the creatures the Roundtable knights were facing were called Daemons, it was said they were even more ancient than the Dragons! Gaius was worried that she would be forced to reveal her magic, or that the ancients would reveal both her magic and her gender. Luckily Lancelot was here just in case of those things. She was brought out of her thoughts by a harsh laugh,

"Oh ho! What do we have here? Little dragons come to face us? No one but Emrys can even hope to defeat us, and you won't go to him as he has magic!"

Merlynn bristled, why did everyone automatically believe that 'Emrys' was a Warlock! She was a Witch!

"We've heard the words 'can't be defeated without magic' before, we always manage without!" Arthur boasted.

The Daemons simply laughed, "Foolish men! Emrys has obviously been helping the Pendragons from the background, most likely he has a spy in the castle, someone close to you," the leader looked around at the knights before its eyes settled on Merlynn, "Well, well what do we have here? Why I have never seen such trickery! Come friends look at this human!"

"Leave Merlin alone!" Gwaine shouted, "what has he done wrong?" "Oh silly little dragons, see your servant for what she truly is!"

"She!?" the men, save Lancelot exclaimed. Merlynn's eyes widened but before she could do anything a blast of magic threw her back, and when the dust cleared, her clothing had disappeared, leaving her naked in front of her friends. Lancelot was quick to remove his cloak and drape it over the blushing young woman.

"So, Emrys' spy is a girl, who are you? A druid? His daughter? Obviously you have a lot of power if the old man chose you over a boy." The Daemon questioned.

Merlynn chuckled, ignoring the betrayed looks on her friends' faces, "You are so close yet so far," she started, wrapping the cape around herself and standing, pushing the pain in her ribs aside to deal with later, "I am the daughter of Balinor and last Dragonlord, I vanquished Nimueh, and Cornelius Sigan, I have defeated every magical being, human or not who dared enter Camelot. I am the protector of Arthur, the Once and Future King. I am MERLYNN EMRYS!"

"No! Emrys is an old man!" the Daemons cried, trying to convince themselves.

A small smirk appeared on Merlynn's lips, "Think again," she told them before shooting a pure gold beam of light at them, the knights averted their eyes to avoid being blinded. A terrible shrieking noise was heard and the Daemons evaporated on the spot.

Blinking the spots out of their eyes, the knights turned to face Merlynn, Arthur opened his mouth but quickly shut it when the girl's eyes rolled up into her head. Lancelot lunged forward and caught her before she could hit the ground. He quickly checked her for injury, and cursed when his hands reached her ribs.

"Really Merls? Why did you fight with broken ribs?" Lance sighed before ripping the bottom of the too-long cloak into strips and wrapping the makeshift bandages around her ribs.

"Lance, did you know?" Gwaine asked, when the man in question nodded slightly Gwaine scowled, "Why did she tell you and not us?" the others nodded in agreement, wondering the same thing.

"Tell me? She didn't tell me anything, I figured it out, I saw her using magic and her voice is feminine when she uses magic, she can't hide it. It's her destiny to protect you, Arthur, when she came to Camelot she disguised herself as a boy for safety on the road, then she was told her destiny and decided pretending to be a boy and being your servant would be the best way to protect you."

"So the only reason she stayed is because of this so called destiny?" Arthur asked, hurt evident in his voice. "Of course not!" the other man replied incredulously, "You know Merlynn hates listening to orders, she wouldn't have stayed so long if she didn't truly see the goodness in you. She thinks of you as her best friend, even though I know her secret you still hold the position of her best friend, nothing will change that."

A groaning was heard from behind Lancelot, "I just had the weirdest dream," Merlynn glanced around, "Oh… it wasn't a dream."

"You have a lot of questions to answer Merlynn," Arthur told her, "But from what I hear, you're not as useless as you pretend to be."

"Yeah well, I am the most powerful Witch who will ever live so…"

The knights just laughed, some things would never change, and the relationship between Emrys and the Once and Future King was one of them.

Ok, I'm out of Ideas for other chapters so please give me some!