Sorry this is like 2 or something weeks late. I've had my Year 10 Mocks and they consisted of a lot of revising so I didn't have the time to update. But you will be pleased to know that so far my test results are good (As and maybe Bs). Here is Chapter 9. It is officially the start of 'the angst'. There is a lot of homophobia here so please don't be offended as I don't agree with homophobia at all. Dun... dun... DUNNNN! Oh well. Enjoy.


Two Sides of the Same Coin- Chapter 9

"ARTHUR? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Uther boomed. The two boys hastily separated, both flushing.

"Father?!" Arthur asked in a small voice.

"WHAT WERE YOU DOING?" Uther shouted, angry.

"Father please!" Arthur replied, trying to calm his raging father down.

"WHAT WERE YOU DOING?" Uther shouted again, fuming.

Arthur knew it was futile to try to evade the question so he admitted the truth. "Kissing my lover."

"LOVER? HE IS A MAN AND A PEASANT! HE CANNOT BE YOUR LOVER! IT IS UNNATURAL!"

"NO FATHER IT IS NOT! I CAN LOVE WHOEVER I WANT TO LOVE AND I LOVE MERLIN!"

"YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF CAMELOT! YOU WILL ONLY LOVE WHO I CHOOSE FOR YOU TO LOVE AND NO ONE ELSE!"

"FATHER! BE REASONABLE!"

"I WILL NOT! I WILL HAVE YOUR MANSERVANT FLOGGED FOR THIS! HE HAS CORRUPTED YOU! A MAN MUST NOT LIE WITH A MAN!"

"FATHER IF YOU LAY A FINGER ON HIM…"

"QUIET!" Merlin bellowed, frustrated. Was it too much to ask to be able to get a say in this argument? "I LOVE ARTHUR! I WOULD TAKE ANY PUNISHMENT FOR FEELING THE WAY I DO BUT I CAN'T CHANGE HOW I FEEL NO MATTER WHAT!"

"YES I CAN! I WILL BEAT THIS UNNATURAL PROBLEM OUT OF YOU AND THEN I WILL TAKE THIS ENCHANTMENT OUT OF ARTHUR!

"ENCHANTMENT? IT THAT WHAT EVERYTHING IS TO YOU FATHER? SOMETHING GOES AGAINST YOUR WISHES AND SUDDENLY THEY ARE UNDER AN ENCHANTMENT! THIS IS NOT AN ENCHANTMENT, I WOULD KNOW IF IT WAS!"

"YES IT IS! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING OR DOING!"

"YES I DO FATHER! WHY ARE YOU EVEN IN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?"

"Morgana told me to come and talk to you. And now I'm glad I did because I know what you are getting up to behind my back." The red in Uther's angry face was starting to fade.

"Morgana? Why? She knows though… Did she do this on purpose?" Realisation dawned upon Arthur, confusing Merlin.

"What?" Merlin asked, confused.

"Morgana snitched on us. She's trying to break us up." Arthur ran out of the room leaving a confused warlock and king.


"WHY MORGANA?" Arthur shouted, forcefully entering his foster sister's chambers.

"Why what, Arthur?" She asked, feigning innocence.

"DON'T ACT INNOCENT WITH ME MORGANA, I KNOW YOU ARE THE ONE WHO FORCED MY FATHER TO COME AND SEE ME!" He shouted, fuming.

"Oh I only told him to go and see you to tell you something. Nothing else. You know I would never do that, I care for you and Merlin too much."

"NO YOU DON'T! YOU DON'T CARE FOR HIM BECAUSE YOU ARE TOO BUSY PLOTTING WAYS TO GET RID OF HIM AND BECOME QUEEN OF CAMELOT! THAT'S WHY YOU WANTED TO MARRY ME INSTEAD OF ME MARRYING MITHIAN! YOU WANT TO BE QUEEN!" Morgana knew there was no point playing the innocent card now.

"DO YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY? BECAUSE WITH ME BY YOUR SIDE, THINGS IN THIS KINGDOM COULD BE BETTER! PEOPLE WOULDN'T HAVE TO STARVE AND THERE WOULD BE PEACE WITHOUT EVIL SORCERERS AROUND TRYING TO DESTROY EVERYTHING! I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN! THEN I CAN GIVE MORDRED, THE DRUID BOY, FREEDOM! AND ABOVE ALL OF THAT, I CAN GIVE YOU AN HEIR, AS MUCH AS I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO! MERLIN AND MITHIAN CAN'T GIVE YOU ALL OF THAT BUT I CAN!"

"YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW MERLIN AS WELL AS I THOUGHT YOU DID! HE IS THE BEST PERSON FOR ME! HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE ME AN HEIR BUT I LOVE HIM AND SO I SHOULD BE ABLE TO BRING PEACE TO CAMELOT! I COULD NEVER LET YOU BE MY QUEEN, BECAUSE I NEED TO BE WITH SOMEONE I CAN TRUST WHO I LOVE AND THAT IS NOT YOU, IT'S MERLIN!

"Pfft, if anything, you can trust me more than you can trust Merlin. At least I'm willing to admit my secrets to you."

"What do you mean?" Whispered a perplexed Arthur.

"Ask him for yourself, it isn't my secret to know, let alone tell." Morgana replied cryptically.

Arthur unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the girl he always thought of as a sister. "Tell me."

"I can't. It's his secret and I have no right to know and to tell you. Just ask him. Go now and ask him."

"Fine. But from now on, you are banished from the kingdom of Camelot upon the pain of death."

"If I must. But I will be back one day and I will be Queen." She smirked and he ran out of the room.


"You're disgusting." Uther snarled at Merlin.

"For loving? That's not a reason." Merlin retorted.

"Your feelings are unnatural. I shall burn you to stop this disease from spreading."

"I would know if it is some sort of disease seeing as I live with the Court Physician. It isn't though. Yet again, your ignorance is ruining your family."

"My family was perfectly alright before you came along."

"No it wasn't. Before, Arthur used to bully servants to keep you happy and Morgana used to just sit around brushing her hair all day. Since then, Morgana has started to stand up to you when it was necessary and Arthur is now a loving man who can stand on his own two feet. I don't see your family as being perfect."

"I love them."

"You don't know the meaning of love. You are far too ignorant for loving. Too busy unnecessarily hunting sorcerers for love."

"I hunt them to protect those two. I love them. You are a peasant. You do not know the meaning of love."

"Just because I grew up on a farm doesn't mean I don't know what love is. I know that what I feel for Arthur is love and you can't change that."

"YES I CAN!"

"NO YOU CAN'T! MY FEELINGS WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE ARTHUR NO MATTER WHAT!" He screeched.

"THEY CAN! I WILL GET GAIUS TO REMOVE THIS DISEASE FROM YOU AND YOU SHALL BURN!"

"I REFUSE TO BE BURNT FOR HOW I FEEL! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"

"I CAN AND I WILL! I AM THE KING!"

"SO WHAT! I LOVE ARTHUR NO MATTER WHAT! AFTER ALL, THAT HUNTING TRIP YESTERDAY, THAT WAS A COVER UP FOR US BOTH TO ELOPE AND MARRY! HE IS MY HUSBAND TILL DEATH DO US PART!"

"NO! ARTHUR WILL MARRY MITHIAN! I SHALL HAVE TO KILL YOU FIRST!" He then unsheathed his dagger and lunged towards the boy, aiming for his heart.

By instinct, Merlin's magic protected him, throwing the king back so hard he broke his neck falling and died instantly. Whilst all of this was happening, Merlin didn't notice Arthur coming back into the room, being shocked over what he saw.

"What did you do?" Arthur asked…


Yes Uther's dead. Merlin killed him. I was inspired by Agravaine's death, the whole instinctual magic throwing him into a wall, making him break his neck causing instant death. Lovely Jubbly!

Expect next week a double bill of chapters (because you'll murder me if I don't!)

I know this is going off Merlin but I was listening to Capital FM. They were playing Nelly's new song Hey Porsche. The DJ was saying it sounds like something One Direction would sing. I wonder if you agree or not. Well, do tell me as I would love to find out what you think (I have to agree tbh... don't judge me for it ;) ). So please review/follow/favourite as it makes me very happy. And if you do review, tell me what you think about the whole Hey Porsche thing. You know you want to!