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A/N I know I am posting a bit early, but I am working on Wednesday so I wont be able to do it then. I've had this finished for a while and already working on Chapter 5. Any feedback would be really appreciated. I also put up a Prompt story and that already has 6 of them on there. So please Enjoy have a great week!

Mae groans and clutches her head, opening her eyes slightly an unknown man standing over her with a smile. She jumps back scared out of her mind, she ends up falling on the floor with a thud. "Are you alright miss?" Mae fully opens her eyes and takes in her surrounding, It seems like a medium sized room, books lining up on the top of a wall across the room with a small balcony, a table full of herbs and empty glass bottles, a door a little off ways and a small staircase on the opposite side. She then looks up at the old man standing in front of her, she squints, this man seems really familiar to her, but she can't seem to place him. A pain shooting through her head again and another pain in her stomach..oh good lord she is going to throw up, The man notices her facial expressions and runs to find a bucket, in good time he hands it to her as she spills her guts into it. "Thank you." The man nods in her directions and motions her to sit upon the cot. Mae sets the bucket down and slowly makes her way to the cot in a defensive position. "Dont worry miss, If I was going to hurt you I would have done it already. You've been unconscious for a few days. My name Is Gaius, What may I ask is yours?" Mae's eyes open wide and she presses her hand against her chest where the letter Merlin had given was hiding. "My name Is Maelona." Gaius face falls and goes pale, eyes wide then narrows, "Don't play games girl." Mae abruptly stands, offended at his tone, "I beg your pardon? My name IS Maelona." before Gaius could reply the front door swings open, a man with short black hair enters, "Gaius, sorry im late for dinner, Arthur asked me to clean out the horse stalls AND take his bloody ho-" Maelona take a close look at the man and widens her eyes, "Merlin!?" Merlin stops in his tracks and takes a look at the girl that Arthur and himself had found a couple days ago, A look of confusion flashes across his face, "Um, Im sorry but how did you know my name?" Mae throws her hand to her mouth and covers it, Shit she wasnt suppose to say anything. Come on Mae give Gaius the letter, she fishes the letter out of her clothing "Oh, um sorry. Actually this is for you." She hands the letter to Gaius, Giving her the one eyebrow raised look and takes the letter from her.

Opening it up, he reads the contents and quickly rises his head and looks between Merlin and Mae, he chokes and tears run down his face. "Your not joking about your name, are you my dear." Mae shakes her head, her long brown hair following its movements. Merlin stares between the two feeling a bit out of place, "Gaius what's going on?" Gaius make his way to Mae and pulls her into him, giving her a tender hug. "Merlin, go get Arthur, he's going to want to talk her." Merlin still a look of confusion nods at the old man and leaves. "So my dear, do you remember me?" Gaius takes a step back and looks upon Mae, Mae bites her lip and starts to mess with the hems of her sleeves, "I'm sorry, No I don't. I don't have all my memories back yet."

Gaius frowns for a moment and then smiles again, "That's alright, you'll get there." Mae nods, "I'm assuming Merlin wrote down everything you needed to know? I hadn't looked at the letter, I'm sure it was somewhat private and I didnt want to intrude on that." Gaius sits down at his table, note still in hand. "Yes he did. I fear for now, your magic will be kept a secret from everyone, but I'm sure he had already told you that." She nods, just as she was about to go on the door swung open once again, a tall man with sandy blonde hair and piercing blue eyes, familiar eyes staring at her.

Gaius quickly stands up and motions Mae to stand next to him. "Dear, would you be kind enough to tell the young prince your name?" Mae gulps, she stands tall trying to appear unshaken. "My name is Maelona" She bows slightly, Arthur and Merlin both make the same expression as Gaius had when she first said her name. Arthur looks to Gaius and he nods toward the prince. "How is this possible Gaius? Everyone said that she just disappeared." Mae steps toward the prince, he takes a step back, she goes back and stands next to Gaius "I'm sorry, but I don't remember much, only a few memories from when I was younger, I don't remember the last 12 years of my life. Whoever I was with didn't want me to remember or so it seems."

Arthur laughs, "Are you serious?" Merlin, walks beside Arthur and looks toward Gaius, he shakes his head toward Merlin, meaning we'll talk later. "I know it's unbelievable…" Arthur crosses his arms against his chest and lifts his chin up a bit, trying to look intimidating.

Mae scoffs and rolls her eyes, "You don't look a bit intimidating to me" Merlin smiles and chuckles, " I like her!" Arthur glares at his servant, "Shut up Merlin." Merlin closes his mouth, still trying to hold back a bit of laughter. "If there's any truth behind who you are, tell me something that I would remember." Mae smiles lightly at her brother, it really sinking it that this man right in front of her is actually her bloody brother. Smiling at the few memories that she could remember of them together, playing or just talking like close siblings would. She picks one that, would probably embarrass the hell out of him. "I remember this one time, father had made a few of the older knights start training you with a sword, It was a particularly sunny day and I had just gotten out of my Lady studies and seen you in the field below. I had made my way down to you, and I asked if I could try it out." Arthur seemed to know where Maelona was headed with this memory and tries to stop her, "Sorry, but let me finish if you please." Arthur turns a deep red as Mae continued, "at that time neither of us could hold up a real sword even if we wanted to. So the knights thought it would be cute to see Arthur and I take a crack at it with a couple of toy swords. As soon as Arthur rushed me, I swiftly tripped him and he landed in mud." A Wicked grin splayed across her face as she finished her story. "Do you believe me now?" Arthur faces Mae, and takes a close look at her, Her long light brown hair falling to the middle of her back, blue eyes that match his own, he takes her clothing into account, she looks like a proper lady. She looks like a Pendragon, She looks like his sister.. He rushes to her face full of tears, he sobs and pulls her into a hug, she wraps her arms around him and buries her face into his chest. Arthur shaking as he held her close and whispers into her ear, "Oh gods Mae, I've missed you for so long." tears falling onto her shoulders, "I don't remember much Arthur, but what I do remember is this feeling of loss and a sense of not belonging to anything. And I knew as soon as you opened that door, it was you I was missing all this time." She hugs him tighter, taking his scent in, the scent of home.

Merlin takes the scene in, remembering how Arthur sometimes talked about his lost sister. He was confused, how did she know his name? Something about her seemed off and he was going to get to the bottom of this. Could she really be his sister or something worse? Gaius shook him from his thoughts as he spoke. "Sire, I think it would be wise to tell the king" Arthur steps back from Mae and wipes his face, "Yes, Father would definitely want to know about his long lost daughter." Mae seems to stiffen and everyone notices, but doesn't comment on it.

All 4 make there way down to the king's council room, Arthur turns to Mae and smiles, she nods to him. Merlin and Gaius right behind them. Arthur knocks and a older gentleman yells to come in. Mae closes her eyes and takes a deep breath,she feels her heart beating against her chest so loud that she feels like they could hear it, as she opens her eyes she exhales, trying to calm herself. From what she does remember about her biological father is that he was not a very nice man to her or Arthur half of the time. She had thought about him often after the dream she had of him, hoping that maybe what Merlin had told her about him was false. She should have known better. Arthur walks through the door, Merlin in tow. "Father, I have come to you about the girl that we had found in the forest the other day." The king sitting in his chair at the end of the table, "Ah yes, did the girl finally awaken?" Arthur nods toward our father, "Yes" Arthur motions for Gaius and Mae to enter. Gaius walks through first and Mae walks slightly behind him, She bows slightly, "Your Majesty." Uther looks up from his papers, staring in disbelief at the young familiar women in front of him, "Maelona?" Mae holds back a sob, she was so scared that he might recognize her, after all it has been 12 years. Uther quickly makes it across the room and pulls Mae into a tight hug, "Oh sweetheart I have missed you so much, After you had disappeared I had everyone look for you for years. I'm just so happy that you are back, But I don't understand, What happened?" Mae gently lets go of her father and looks up to him, "Honestly, I'm not entirely sure. I don't remember anything from when I was away." Uther just nods, "Either way, you're back now, Your safe here." He leans and kisses the of her head, warmth surround her. Suddenly a low growl radiates from her stomach, her face turns red, "Sorry, I guess I'm hungry." Everyone laughs except Merlin, who standing off to the side ,giving Mae a weary look. Mae looks toward Merlin and smiles, Merlin faintly smiling back. "Merlin?" Merlin looks toward his prince, "Sire?" Arthur tells him to go get some food for them and bring it back here and to find Morgana. Merlin nods and rushes off.

Merlin contemplates on the days events as he rushes to go find morgana and then to the kitchens for some food. Standing in front of Morgana's chambers he knocks softly, Morgana yells through the door, "Come in!" Merlin walks into her room and see Morgana in front of her vanity brushing her hair, "Ah yes Merlin, can I help you with something?" He nods toward the king's ward "Uther and Arthur wish for you to join them for dinner." Morgana sighs as she sets down her brush, slipping on her heels, "They are already waiting down there for you, Also I should tell you about the girl that we found, I know you had been asking about her." Morgana nods, "Oh she has finally woken?" Merlin pursed his lips and nodded, "Yes, in fact it turns out to be Maelona the lost princess." Morgana's eyes go wide and lets out a low gaps, hand covering her mouth. "Are you serious?" Merlin nods, "I think that's why they want you to join them. To see her." A smile is shown on the wards face, "I'll be down presently Merlin." Nodding once more Merlin leaves and heads toward the kitchen. A frown is placed on his face, How the hell did she just appear? Where had she been hiding..He has to get to the bottom of this. What if she was sent here to kill Arthur? She had been gone for a very long time, she could be lying about not remembering...Maybe he could cast a spell or something. He going to have to watch her closely.

Mae watches Merlin leave, and then turns to her father. "May we sit?" The king and her brother nod and motion Mae to sit at the table. She turns to Gaius and whisper, "Thank you Gaius for coming down with me." Gaius smiles warmly to her, "Anything for you My lady." Gaius perks up and nods toward the King and the prince, "I'll just be off" They nod toward the physician. Uther let's the guards know to go and get Maes chamber ready for her by the time they finish their meal. Then Mae sits quietly at the table sitting left to where her father sits, Arthur sits opposite to her. She shifts uncomfortably in her chair as she realizes that both her father and brother are quietly staring at her. She laughs nervously, "Yes I am real if that's what either of you are wondering." She tucks a peice of her long hair behind her ear, Arthur and Uther both glances at each other realizing they have just been staring, Arthur speaks first as he lays his arm toward her, she grasps his hand in hers and smiles, "Were just so happy that you are here Mae, The castle hasn't been quite the same without you," Uther pipes in, "It's definitely quieter" Mae looks at her father and just straight out laughs, the sort of laugh that shakes your body and puts tears in your eyes. The trio not noticing Morgana walk in, "What's so funny?" Mae takes a look at the gorgeous and very familiar women standing in front of the door, "Ah, Morgana you've made it" Arthur motions toward Mae, "Morgana, this is my sister Mealona" Mae quickly stands and makes her way toward the ward and smiles, "Please just call me Mae." Morgana looks up and down at her, taking her in and smiling politely at her, she bows slightly, "It is very nice to finally meet you Mae, I am Morgana the King's ward." Mae motions Morgana to sit next to her, Just as they both sit, Merlin and several others enter the room and start setting down the food. Mae takes a look around and takes a deep breath smelling all the delicious food, her stomach growls loudly again.

After getting almost every food laid out onto her plate, Merlin starts to fill each goblet with wine, when he reaches Mae's she covers it with her hand, "Sorry, but I don't drink Wine, Id like some water please." Merlin nods and grabs a pitcher of water. Arthur looks toward his servant, "Thank you Merlin, you can go ahead and get something to eat Im having you show Mae around tomorrow." Merlin bows to everyone and quietly leaves the room.

The next several hours pass by quickly as they ate and Arthur and Uther recite some past stories of Mae, some of which she remembers and some she doesn't. Morgana cuts in and asks Mae what she had said to Arthur to trust that it was her, A wicked grin is splayed across her face and she turns to Morgana and recits the story. Morgana couldn't hold back her laughter, Arthur red as a tomato, even her father was laughing hysterically, he chimes in, "Yes I do remember that, Arthur came rushing up to me absolutely covered in mud and yelling about Mae tripping him. Following behind him was Mae with a proud smirk on her face" Mae shrugs and smiles at the memory again. Yawning, "Oh excuse me" they all laugh, "That's alright Mae, it is late. Arthur would you please show Mae to her chambers." Arthur and Mae stand at the same time, a smile on both of their faces. She turns to Morgana, "It was very nice meeting you Morgana, Im looking forward to being here and hopefully we can become the best of friends." Morgana nods toward the princess, "So do I Mae". Mae motions Arthur toward the door, "Come on then, show me to my Chambers"