A/N: No infringement intended. I do not own Merlin just the plot and one character in this story! Enjoy, and tell me what you think!


That night, Julie was startled awake; she felt magic being cast, she tried to look and feel for the source but it was too far for her reach and she hasn't trained that much since her father died that her magic felt out of her reach sometimes. After her father's death she had noticed that her magic have been amplified especially after meeting Kilgharrah; but it wasn't only her, her brother had noticed it too. Who wouldn't notice it when a little sneeze could bring down Gaius' leech tank? Needless to say Gaius had advised them to practice reining their magic in or Uther will all have their heads! But with what has been happening in Camelot ever since Morgana's return, Julie and Merlin had little time to practice.

'Merlin!' Julie thought as she leaped out of bed and stepped out of her room.

Gaius was in deep sleep on his bed in the corner but when Julie looked at Merlin's bed, it was still made; she told herself that he must've slept in the castle but there was this feeling at the pit of her stomach that told her she was lying to herself. As she walked back into her room another she felt another jolt of magic but this time it felt like there were chains wrapped around her and she couldn't breathe; the tightening in her body lasted for a few minutes and when it released her she hurriedly dressed to look for her brother. She went into the servant quarters next to Prince Arthur's room but when she saw it empty, she knew that the magic that had been cast was not her brother's. she stood there for a few minutes trying to calm herself, to concentrate her powers into finding him; as her breaths started evening out she saw herself in the forest and in front of her was her brother tide up in chains with a blonde lady standing over him before throwing him down to the ground and the woman turned to face Morgana they smiled at each other before turning to leave.

'NO!' Julie thought as she opened her eyes and started running towards the gates, she had to make a few stops to avoid the guards but she soon reached the forest clearing

"Merlin!" she called out but got no reply. She started running deeper towards the forest although she had no idea where she was going. She kept calling out to her brother but she didn't get any reply back until she felt a small surge of magic to her right and she started running towards the direction. When she reached the clearing, she saw her brother surrounded by serkets and he was fighting off a group of them on his left when one of the creatures stung him on his back.

"No!" Julie shouted sending the creature flying on the opposite side of the clearing. She ran towards her brother cradling his head

"Brother, wake up! Please, open your eyes" she called as tears streamed down her face

"Julie" he said in a strained voice "it's Morgana and Morgause"

"Hush, save your strength" she whispered, she tried to break the chains around him but when she tried with magic it held tighter to his brother body. More serkets were making their way to the clearing and the color was leaving her brother's face when she summoned Kilgarrah; it didn't take the great dragon to arrive and as soon as he did he breathed fire towards the serkets

"We don't have much time young one, climb on my back" he ordered Julie and she did. Kilgarrah grabbed Merlin careful not to scratch him with his talons and flew away.

When they finally landed, Kilgharrah put Merlin down on a cave's mouth and closed his eyes for a few seconds and breathed on him, as he did this, the enchanted chains holding Merlin melted away. Merlin stirred a little and color went back to his cheeks. Julie breathed in relief checking his brother's temperature; she then took his brother's neckerchief and held it under a stalactite to soak in the cold water dripping from it to put on Merlin's forehead.

"I didn't think you would answer my call" she said facing Kilgarrah

"Julie, I couldn't ignore a dragon lord's call even if I wanted to" the great dragon explained

"Thank you" she said sitting next to her brother

"What happened?" Kilgarrah asked

"Morgana and Morgause" Julie answered and Kilgarrah nodded in understanding

"It was fortunate that you found him or it would have been too late for him" he said

"How is it that I could feel it? Ever since I met you my magic seemed to have grown stronger" the girl asked the dragon

"You are a piece of the puzzle young one, it is not me who made you stronger; it was him" He nodded towards Merlin. "When you met your brother the bond that connected you to each other at birth was reawakened; you have always been and forever will be bonded by your magic, one cannot be without the other. It has always been your fate to meet again, because without you he will never be able to fulfill his destiny with Arthur; without you, Albian will never be" the dragon ensued.

"But what about Morgana and Morgause magic? I was awakened by it." Julie inquired

"In some ways that you and Merlin are connected, they too have this bond; but beware of the witches, for they will be you and your brother's undoing; for after Merlin saved Morgana from death, your futures have intertwined. They are the darkness to your light and the hatred to your love."

Julie pondered for a few moments what the great dragon has said, looking at the far off distance towards the horizon where Camelot stands.

So it has begun, the unforeseen destiny that her father had always talked about; why he trained her all those years with a sword on her hilt, helped her hone her magic but never really used it for anything and raised her under strict orders to only use her magic when necessary and only for the good of the people who surround her. He had always told her that she was born with magic for a reason when she rebelled against it; she never understood any of it until now. There were so much at stake as everything dawned to her; Camelot needed her, Arthur needed her, but most importantly Merlin—the brother she longed to meet ever since her father told her about the family they left in Ealdor and who shares the same destiny as her—needed her.

She looked at her brother who was in deep sleep as she stroked his cheek.

'From the moment I met you I have never understood why you always had to put Arthur Pendragon first before your safety, even risking exposing yourself by using magic in Uther's kingdom just to save his son, when Uther himself would slay our kin without question just to rid himself of our magic and our kind! But now I know how it feels to be called upon by your duty and your destiny. Know this brother, as you protect the once and future king of Camelot, you will never be alone anymore; I will always be there by your side'.