Merlin took the golden dog home with him, as if he had a choice. After he asked a dog the question, his friend turned to look at him as if he had lost his nut and decided that they better get him home so with Arthur on one side, Gwaine on the other and a golden dog at his heels, they arrived home.
Athur and the Knights realised that they were hungry and went in the direction of the kitchen. Merlin rolled his eyes and went to his room, he knew that Giaus would be talking to Andrew. Gwen would more thanlikely be spending time with the teenager, Abby, and the Knights were stuffing their faces.
The dog followed Merlin to his room, and soon enough in walked the white dog.
"So, I seriously hope that I am not going mad" muttered Merlin as he sat on his made bed.
No young warlock, it is me thought Kilgarrah.
"So I am not losing my mind" said Merlin as he looked at the golden dog.
No, but destiny says that it is time for you to know the truth said Kilgarrah. Merlin looked at him.
"Truth?" Merlin asked.
Lancelot and Percival sat in the living room, just staring at the walls.
"I missed you, you know" said Percival.
"I know" Lancelot nodded.
"Why did you kiss Gwen, that time when you came back" said Percival. Lancelot looked at his friend.
"I never came back" he said.
"You never came back?" asked Percival.
"No, Morgana resurrected a look alike of me to split up Gwen and Arthur" said Lancelot.
"That is got to be the best news ever" smiled Percival.
Lancelot smiled.
Arthur sat watching as the two girls skipped around each other. One was chopping while the other was cooking.
"What was it like the first time you met Merlin?" Molly asked.
"He insulted me" smiled Arthur.
"What did he say?" asked Abby as she stirred the soup.
"Well he called me an Ass" said Arthur and he laughed.
His laughter got Molly laughing.
"I can remember a time when I was young and Merlin was left to look after me" said Abby suddenly.
Arthur and Molly looked at him.
"Mum and Dad had to go and do something in the village so Merlin watched me play with dolls. He smiled at me when I ran up to him and passed him one of my Barbies. He refused to play because he was tired. So I left him because Mum told me to never bother him when he was tired and soon enough he fell asleep. I was only four but I covered him with my lucky blanket. He just slept there while I played with my dolls and then he said something in his sleep that made me laugh until Mum came home. He said "how long have you been training to be a prat?" " Abby looked at Arthur, "when did he say that?"
"He said that to me when we encoutered for the second time. Shorty after that, we had a mace fight through the market place" smiled Arthur.
Giaus sat next to Gwen as Andrew quickly finished off marking grades for his class, he was a primary school teacher. He finished with a flick of his wrist and turned to face the pair.
"What do you want to ask?" he asked them.
"Merlin" said Giaus, "I noticed he looked rather ill when we ... arrived here"
"Yes, it was written as far back as Katrina. She and the descendants would not take him back to Camelot because he never stopped grieving. In fact, they stayed away from anywhere with news of Camelot until not long after Gwen's death. She and the others wrote about how he would go days with eating or nights with sleep. The people looking after him began to drug him and even a couple had to tie him to a chair and force feed him. We've had to do it a couple of times. But he has gotten really healthier since everyone came back" smiled Andrew.
"He was always an idiotic boy" muttered Giaus.
Elyan was in the attic. So far a bed had been made for Gwaine, Elyan, Lancelot, Percival, Arthur, Gwen and they were making a bed for Leon.
"So Giaus is sleeping downstairs in the spare room and Merlin is getting his room back" said Elyan as he followed Lucy's instructions.
"That is the plan" smiled Lucy.
Elyan nodded.
"Did Merlin make these beds?" asked Elyan.
"Yes, around a hundred years ago, someone married a man who worked with wood and he helped, he got her permission to use the attic into a room for everyone" said Lucy.
"You know that plan everyone is talking about?" asked Elyan.
"Yes" said Lucy.
"What do you hope that the outcome would be?" asked Elyan.
"For you all to be back in Camelot."
