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Arthur was now twenty two, he had a girlfriend, Gwen. Morgana finally let him ask her out and she said yes straight away. Morgana took up Ygraine's advice and asked Merlin out. He said yes straight away, and when they told Arthur he wasn't very happy, like Ygraine said, he can't bad mouth Merlin, so instead he said that a bloke doesn't date his best mates sister because there are some things you just don't do, but when Morgana pointed out that Arthur wants to be with her best friend Gwen, he did what he always did when he knew he was wrong and they were right. He told them to shut up and stormed off. At first, she did it just to she how Arthur would react but she ended up falling for Merlin and him for her.

Arthur walked into the house one afternoon. For about a year now, Arthur had been wanting to do something with his life, instead of getting a job and working for someone, he wanted to make something up from scratch and work for no-one but himself. Morgana, Merlin and Gwen had liked what Arthur wanted to do, so he told them that all four of them should do something together.

About three months ago the four of them anounced that they wanted to open a youth centre for kids between the ages of eleven and sixteen to go after school or at weekends or when it's school holidays. The only thing that they had to do now was find a place big enough. And this morning, Arthur found it.

He walked into the kitchen to find his mum getting food prepared for dinner. "You look happy Arthur. What's happened?"

"I've found a place big enough for a youth centre. It's an old building and it needs doing up but I don't mind. It's the perfect place I think. It's not too big, it's not too small, it's just right."

"Are you going to get it then?"

"That's the problem. I inquired about it, to see if we could make a down payment first but it's being auctioned, it's between me and someone else who has big plans for the land, apparently he wants to knock it down and turn it into something else. If it's being auctioned we don't stand a chance in getting it."

"You have money Arthur."

"Do I?"

Ygraine sighed and stopped what she was doing and turned to face Arthur. "When your father found out that I was pregnant, he set up a trust fund, he put quite a lot of money in, that no-one, even him, could touch. It was to sit in the bank and just gain interest as the years went on until you were twenty one and could make a withdrawl. You're twenty two now. I still have the documents and papers that say you were born Arthur Pendragon. All you have to do is go to the bank, prove that you are in fact Arthur Pendragon and you can withdraw all the money that has been growing for the last twenty two years."

"I don't want Uther's money."

"If you want this place as badly as I think you do, then taking the money is your only chance of getting it. Let me just wash my hands and I'll get you all the required documents you'll need."

"Do you know how much is in the trust fund mum?"

"No. I know that when he opened it, he put twenty one thousand pounds in. He put twenty one thousand in because you wouldn't be able to touch it until you were twenty one. Since then it's just been gaining interest. How much interest it's gained, I don't know." Ygraine walked out of the kitchen and into her study, where Arthur followed her.

The next morning all four of them had something to do. Arthur was going to the bank, Morgana was going to find out just how much the building was worth, and Gwen and Merlin were going to find out who the other buyer was and try and find out what they could about him.

That afternoon, Arthur slammed the front door shut. "What a tight bastard."

"Arthur's home." said Tristan.

Arthur walked into his mum's study to find her sitting in her chair whilst Tristan was leaning against her desk. "Have fun at the bank?" asked Tristan, knowing full well what the answer will be. "No I didn't."

"Couldn't you get your money?" asked Ygraine.

"Oh I got my money. I got it all out and put it in my own account."

"How much did you get?"

"I got just under twenty seven thousand. How is it that he puts twenty one thousand in and in twenty two years it's only made just over five thousand interest."

Tristan frowned. "It depends on how he sorted it when he set it up. If he set it with low rates then that's all you will get."

"Tight bastard. All the money he has."

"Arthur. Don't talk about your father in that way." Ygraine said.

"He's not my father. I don't have a father, just a mother and Uncle."

Ygraine slapped Tristan on the leg. "Why are you slapping me? Arthur said it."

"They're your words though." Ygraine looked at Arthur. "He's still your father. You shouldn't hate him for what he did to me."

"If he cheats on you and hurts you, then he cheats on me and hurts me. I want nothing from him."

"You took his money." Tristan pointed out.

"Technically it's my money, but if I didn't want this place so much then it would still be sitting in the bank."

Uther had turned from a person who would get on with anyone and help if he could, to someone who didn't trust anybody, who snapped at anyone who'd say hello or good morning. The only time he was nice to someone is if he was using them to get what he wanted. There was only a few selected people who he trusted and not one of them people were female. To him, women couldn't be trusted, from the day he came home from abroad of trying to find Ygraine all them years ago, he changed overnight. He didn't care any more. He ran his hotels and treated people how he thought they ought to be treated.

Even though he did all of this, he still tried to find his son. He wasn't interested in Ygraine, she took his son away from him. When he knew that Arthur was ready to start school he checked them all but had no luck. He hired another dectective, who, after a few weeks of investigating and a lot of Uther's money spent, Uther found out that there was no Arthur Pendrgon with a mother whose name was Ygraine. He guessed that she must of changed both of their names and when he went to find out, they refused to tell him saying it's confidentiality.

One morning Uther was sat at his desk when one of the few people he trusted entered his office. Uther looked up. "Chris. What brings you here?"

Chris had known Uther for twenty years and always helped Uther whenever he could. He always kept an eye out and informed Uther if ever he found something out, and this morning, he found something.

"You know what my job is, don't you Uther?"

Uther frowned. "Of course I do. You're the manager of the bank that I'm with."

Chris nodded and passed an envelope over to Uther. "This stays between us Uther."

"Of course." Uther stood up, took the envelope off Chris, opened the envelope and took out what appeared to be some photos. Uther started to look through the photos as Chris sat down. "These photos where taken from the secruity cameras at the bank this morning."

Uther was looking at the photos and every one of them shown the same thing. A young man in his twenties with blond hair wearing jeans, a t-shirt and a jacket holding documents in one hand and what looked like car keys in the other. "Who is this Chris?"

"The man you see in the photos made a withdrawl of just under twenty seven thousand pound this morning."

"Yes and?"

"He made the withdrawl from a savings account and the documents he carries in his hand say that he was born Arthur Pendragon."

Uther dropped the photos in shock. Seeing his reaction, Chris stood up. "I'll leave you to it friend." he said before leaving.

Uther picked up the photos and told his secretary not to disturb him. He sat at his desk and slowly looked through the photos, he came to one which was a close up of Arthur's face, looking at the photo closely, he could see Ygraine in him, he looked a lot like her.

Morgana, Arthur, Ygraine and Tristan were sat waiting for Merlin and Gwen. Morgana came with the bad news that the building and land is worth about half a million pounds. Arthur sighed in defeat when Morgana told him but Tristan came to the rescue. "I'll buy it."

"No Uncle Tristan. Thank you but no. I want to start up and work for myself, not for someone else."

"You won't be working for me. I have too much money, you know that. How much interest I get a day I couldn't spend in a day. When it goes up for auction make sure you get it. Once paid I will sign it over to the four of you. You can use your money to do the place up."

"I'll go out tomorrow and get planning permission." Morgana said.

Just then the front door opened and Merlin and Gwen walked in. Ygraine stood up so Merlin and Gwen could sit down.

"Have you found out who the other buyer is?" asked Arthur.

"Yes." Gwen said as she sat down.

"Who is it?"

"Someone called Uther Pendragon."

SMASH! Arthur turned at the smash and saw a cup that his mum was holding in pieces on the floor. He looked up at his mum to see an incredulous look on her face.

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