A/N: Hello Merlin lovers! The past chapters didn't really have any comedic aspects and possessed more plot, so I hope that this one is more like the first chapter and makes you laugh! Please enjoy, and thank you for reading!

Chapter 4

The doors to the prince's chambers were burst open with immense force. Morgana was furious; she slammed them shut with a loud bang, and pointed an accusing finger at her brother.

"You're a rat, Arthur Pendragon!"

The said rodent sat alone at a table, carefully finalizing the list of girls that his knights had written for him. He looked up, but with less enthusiasm than his fuming sibling.

"You sold me out to Uther, you told him about my trip into the woods this morning!" she had been called to the throne room earlier to be scolded for her escapades in the surrounding forests.

"Well if you would sit at home, and brush your hair and do whatever it is that girls normally do, it wouldn't be an issue,"

Arthur stared pensively at the paper sitting on his desk, scrutinizing every name. After a bit of thought, he crossed one of the names off, his eyes squinted as he tried to remember the faces of every choice.

"Besides, you deserve to get in some trouble without dragging me into it,"

"I swear Arthur, do you know what I had to agree to make up for my 'reckless behavior'?" she threw her hands up in the air and stalked up to him. Her eyes got dangerously close to the paper in his hands. Arthur warily folded it once and placed his forearm over it protectively.

"Don't bother hiding that forsaken list, I know what's on it anyways," she said, now leaning on the edge of the table, facing him with her side.

He looked up at her, trying to keep his composed front up.

"That infamous list has been a hot topic of all girls in court," she stuck her chin up in the air, "You know half of your knights have already asked me to go to the banquet,"

He cursed inwardly, he had a disorderly bunch of men as his knights. He had specifically instructed them to wait for his approval before inviting their choices.

"Naturally, I turned each of them down," she smiled deviously, "so you don't need to worry about their honorable intentions,"

Arthur scowled, he was going to have to teach his knights how to keep their mouths shut. One slight warning to his knights about their intent towards the king's ward, it news had already spread like wildfire. Seeing as Morgana already knew, Arthur grudgingly removed his sleeve and took out a pen. He crossed Morgana's name off of the list as many times that it had appeared.

"You should really keep them in line, tell them to stop asking, because I don't want to go with any of them,"

He looked up again, met with a smug expression of victory. But Arthur wasn't one to accept defeat so easily.

"You're one to talk," he growled, "You should control your half of the court! Do you have any idea how many girls have thrown themselves at me in the past two days?"

Morgana raised a delicate brow, biting her lip in frustration.

"They're following me around all day, begging me to ask them. They've deeply impaired my knights' abilities to train properly,"

"Well Arthur, unlike you, I am not responsible for the other ladies in Camelot. I do not care for their company, just as they do not care for mine,"

He glared at her, neither of them seemed willing to concede. Backing down at this point would be a humiliating loss.

Morgana spoke up again, "By the way, your little plot to ruin my dresses were pathetic,"

It was Arthur's turn to question her words. "What are you talking about?"

"Bumping into my maid, distracting her, making sure that she wouldn't be able to get my dresses back to me," she waited for the bells to go off in his head.

After her visit from Merlin, Gwen had returned empty handed. She confessed to Morgana what had happened earlier that day, and how she had been so completely sidetracked that she forgot to bring the basket back to her chambers. Morgana had assumed that everything was due to Arthur's malicious intentions.

Arthur on the other hand, remembered his encounter with the serving girl completely differently. In truth, memory of the girl had consumed most of his thoughts since she ran away. He had been so enchanted with her that he let her remain on him for a good minute before she came to her senses and got off. Though he found most girl's in the castle to be little more than nuisances, he found himself attracted to her. But before he could say anything, or even ask for her name, she had run away. The fact that she had left a basket filled with Morgana's clothing completely escaped him.

"And stay away from my maidservant," Morgana warned, leaning in closer to Arthur. "She's really a sweet and innocent girl. I don't want her to be traumatized by the likes of your idiotic plans,"

Arthur's stability wavered, "Well excuse me Morgana, but maybe you should be the one staying away from my servant!"

"What?" she didn't know how to respond.

"Don't think I don't know about your little interactions with my manservant, Merlin,"

Morgana's mouth fell open, "Merlin works for you?" she asked in disbelief. She had been trying to understand more about his identity, but failed to gather information.

"Exactly," Arthur reclined in his seat, his arms crossed behind his head, he started to lean his chair so that it was tipping back. This time it was his win. "He's new, but he's decent,"

"Well," an obvious blush flushed on her cheeks, "You just stay away from my servant!" Morgana got up and started her way back to the exit.

"And you from mine!"

A stare down proceeded between the young Pendragons. Morgana slowly made steps backwards so that they could hold eye contact as she made her way out. She reached the door, but not before giving a last warning to Arthur.

"Don't forget to tell that to the rest of your knights too!"

"What now?"

"Don't play dumb Arthur, I saw the list,"

Arthur didn't seem to follow, he just continued to tip further back in his seat, waiting for her to leave.

"A good number of your knights are planning on asking Guinevere to the banquet,"

He didn't have time for this. "Who?"

She rolled her eyes, "My maid! Who else?"

His eyes went wide.

As Morgana shut the door behind her, Arthur lost his balance and crashed onto the floor.

He quickly got back onto his feet, rummaging on his desk for the list again. His eyes confirmed Morgana's words.

Arthur almost had a panic attack, had it not been for the unbridled joy of finally learning her name. He stood there on his knees with a grin reaching both ears.

Guinevere.

It had a nice ring to it.

End Chapter 4

A/N: I thought it would be fun to revisit this sibling relationship, in my interpretation, they're really funny. I just love the way that Arthur pronounces 'Guinevere' in the show, so I thought it would be nice to say that Arthur felt the same. The character's personalities are really like they were in the beginning of series 1; Arthur's a prat, Gwen is awkward, Morgana's outspoken, and Merlin is innocent.

And regarding a question I got in the reviews, as much as I am concerned, magic is banned. But unlike the series, it doesn't really play a huge role in the whole plot line, but hey, who knows? Maybe outlawed magic will be brought into this. Thank you for the reviews, they're the reason why I'm updating so often.