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Chapter 8: Coming to Terms

Cade POV

When Cade woke up, the first thing that went through her head was, What the heck happened? She looked around her surroundings, hoping to have her question answered. She was greeted by the sight of a kindly-looking woman sitting in a chair across the room. She turned when she heard Cade moving. Once her eyes lined up with Cade's, she smiled.
"Hey there, Caden." she said. "I'm the school nurse here at Camelot high." Cade cocked her head, confusion showing in her green eyes. The nurse, thankfully, understood the mute girl's unspoken emotion. "You passed out after learning about your long lost brother." Cade gasped and laid back down, putting a hand on her forehead.

Oh yeah. Merlin is actually my long lost older brother. Cade thought. She looked up to see the nurse looking at her with concern.

"Are you okay, sweetheart?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice. Cade smiled an extremely fake smile and nodded. This was probably one of the few times where being a mute came in handy. She took out her notebook.

"I'm fine, thanks." she wrote and showed it to the nurse.

"Well, if you're sure, then you can go." she said. Cade stood and silently thanked the nurse for her help. She then walked out of the nurse's office and down the hall. As she walked, she collided with something and found herself staring into Astrid's violet eyes.

"Are you okay?" she asked. "I was so worried after you collapsed like that!" Cade smiled a bit at Astrid's enthusiasm and nodded, taking out her notebook again.

"Like I told the nurse, I'm just fine. It was just a bit of a shock that's all." she wrote.

Astrid smiled. "Well, I went ahead and called the Pendragons and Arthur said that at the same time you made your revelation, Merlin made his and, like you, he passed out."

"Really?"

Astrid nodded. "Yeah so Arthur's coming to get you so that you and Merlin can talk things over."

Cade groaned. "Great. A mute like me is related to the best guitarist and artist in town. If that doesn't say weird I don't know what does." Astrid chuckled.

"That's not weird." she said. "That is very cool!" Cade grinned up at Astrid.

"Thanks." She wrote and began walking towards the office. When she had arrived, she found Arthur standing waiting for her.

"There you are." he said, smiling at her. "Your brother is still out cold at my house, though, if we're lucky, he'll have woken up by the time we get there." Cade's shoulders shook with silent laughter. Arthur was right, though chances also were that Merlin was still unconscious. Arthur grabbed her round the shoulder and led her to his car where she sat in the front seat. When they were on the road, Arthur began to speak again. "So Astrid had mentioned that at the same moment Merlin had passed out, you had too."

Cade nodded and began signing, Yeah. I guess it was just shock. Arthur smiled.

"That's certainly what it was for Merlin." Arthur said, chuckling. Cade smiled widely. Soon, they pulled in front of the Pendragon residence and Cade immediately bolted out of Arthur's car, running straight into the house. She looked wildly around for Merlin, finally spotting him on the couch, a cup of tea in hand and a thoughtful expression on his face.

Merlin POV

Merlin looked up from his tea to see Cade standing at the front door. Her face was paler then usual and her hair was ruffled, as if she had just woken up. Then Arthur came in after her and placed a hand on the seventeen-year-old's shoulder. "Apparently," The museum curator said. "Caden here, passed out just like you did, Emrys." Merlin looked at Cade again, who blushed and grinned sheepishly at him.

"Sounds like fun." Merlin said. He patted the seat next to him. "Come sit down, Cade." She nodded and came over to sit next to him. There was a knock at the door and Arthur answered it.

"Ah, Guinevere." they heard him say and both Merlin and Cade looked towards the door as said girl walked in. She looked around the room and spotted Cade next to Merlin.

"You must be this Caden I've been hearing about, apparently you have just found out that you and Merlin are siblings?" Cade nodded. "But you introduced yourself as Caden Catrin." Again, Cade nodded. Merlin suddenly stood.

"I'm sure Mother could help us find that out." He walked across the room to the phone and dialed Hunith Emrys's number.

"Hello?" her voice said and Merlin sighed.

"Mother," he began. "I have just discovered my long lost younger sister. Care to explain?"

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry, Merlin." Hunith said. "Yes, you do have a little sister. Her name is Caden Catrin Emrys. When she was three and you were six, she was taken from us. Your father and I tried all that we could to find her, but we had no luck. For all we knew, Caden was lost forever, so we had no choice but to stop the search."

"Mother, She's here in Camelot City." he said. "She said she had parents who raised her, but died in a car crash that left her mute."

Merlin heard Hunith gasp in shock. "My baby girl is mute?"

"Yes, she has vivid scars on her neck. She keeps them hidden with neckerchiefs." Merlin answered.

"Oh, Merlin. I have to see her. Where is she?"

"Living with me at the Pendragons." Merlin answered. "She's quite a writer as well as an artist and Uther has given her a job doing art for the museum."

"That's wonderful! I will be on my way to visit and should be there by tomorrow evening. Make sure she's ready to meet her real mother." Hunith said. Merlin chuckled.

"Of course mother." he said and hung up. He walked back into the living room and explained everything his mother had said to him to Cade, whose grin widened with every word that tumbled out of Merlin's mouth. "She wants to meet you." he finished. "She wants to see what a talented girl you've grown into." Cade blinked and suddenly began signing rapidly.

What do I do! Oh man I'm so scared! What if she doesn't like me when she sees me? The signing just kept coming until Merlin grabbed her and pulled her into a hug, effectively shutting her rapid sign language up.

"You'll be fine." He said, running a hand on the back of her head. "I promise, Mother will be ecstatic to finally see you after all these years. I promise."


YAY Chapter 8 is complete! The next chapter is going to be so adorable and sweet, (but dont worry it wont be that sickly sweetness that nobody can stand.