"M-morgana?"

Melinda was confused by Merlin bewildered face until she touched her own.

Oh my god!

Quickly, Melinda took several steps back to create some distance between Merlin and herself. But she tripped and landed on her behind as well. This thus gave everyone a better chance to look at her.

The young, fair snow white skinned girl before them had curly black hair resembling much like Morgana but hers scarcely touched her shoulders. Her facial features were strikingly similar to Morgana's too but somewhat softer and more delicate. But what stood out the most about her were her eyes. They were just like Merlin's, a beautiful blue.

Lancelot came forward and held out his hand to Linda, "I knew it, you're Merlin's daughter."

Reluctantly, Melinda gave him her hand and Lancelot helped her to her feet. Lancelot couldn't help himself from smiling.

"That means your name is Melinda right? You said you were named after your father."

Melinda nodded but looked away as Merlin's stare was too much for her.

Morgana noticed and snapped.

"Merlin! Get up this instant! And stop staring at her!"

Immediately, Merlin sent a glare at Morgana before getting up on his own.

"I'm really sorry…" mumbled Melinda.

That's when Morgana and Merlin turned to look at Melinda's apologetic face. Immediately their hearts softened.

But someone else felt otherwise.

"I don't understand any of this! What the devil is going on? I have no clue!"

Immediately, Merlin tried to calm Arthur down.

"Arthur, just-"

"Don't! I don't want to hear anything from you!"

Merlin took a step back, afraid.

Arthur then turned his attention to Melinda pointing a finger, "And you! Explain everything this instant!"

Melinda shuddered slightly; she had never seen anyone this angry before.

"Uhm…it's kind of a long story so perhaps we should-?"

"NO! I WANT TO HEAR EVERYTHING NOW!"

Melinda tightened her grip on Lancelot's hand and bit her lip, enraging Morgana in the process.

"Arthur stop this right now! She's frightened of you for god's sake! Calm down!"

"Shut up you witch!"

Out of nowhere, Arthur felt water bring splashed on him and wiped his face with his hand.

"What on earth-?"

"Calm down Sire."

Arthur turned to look at the culprit, "Leon? Why are you-?"

"Sire, you are not acting yourself so please calm down and get some good night sleep. Tomorrow, I'm sure Melinda and Merlin will explain everything properly. Right?"

Melinda and Melin nodded vigorously causing Arthur to sigh, "Fine."

Immediately, Merlin and Melinda let out a breath of relief, thankful to Leon.

The next morning

Everyone was seated, waiting for Melinda to speak.

"Introduce yourself."

Melinda blinked, surprised at Arthur's order, "Why?"

"Introduce yourself again, properly this time."

Melinda nodded, took a deep breath and began.

"My name is Melinda Emrys. I'm 13 years old. I am the second child of Merlin and Morgana Emrys. I am next in line for the role of High Priestess."

This piece of news surprised Morgana.

"My specialty is magic. Like my father, I have a natural way with it, making it easy for me to learn spells. And like my mother, I excel in horseback riding and sword fighting too."

At this, Morgana and Merlin couldn't help but feel a sense of pride well up inside them; they felt proud of Melinda.

"Alright, good enough for now. Sit" ordered Arthur.

Melinda nodded and sat down on one of the logs.

"Now Merlin…"

"Yes Sire?"

"I'm going to ask some questions and you're going to answer with the HONEST truth. Do you understand me?"

"Yes Sire."

"Good. Firstly, Merlin, if you have magic, why on earth would you come to Camelot? Where we forbid magic in the bloody first place?"

"Well, I was born with magic," Arthur's eyebrows were arched at that. "And my mother thought that Gaius could help me with it."

"Right…Gaius did used to practice magic."

"Right, anyway," said Merlin; he took a deep breath and said quickly: "To cut the long story short, I have this destiny where I'm supposed to help you become the greatest King of all of Albion by uniting the 5 kingdoms and removing the laws of banning magic."

Arthur felt a migraine coming on and rubbed his temples,"Right...and how on earth did you know that, Merlin? Who told you this?"

"Uhmm...the dragon told me?" Merlin awkwardly answered.

Arthur gave him a look that told his manservant, he wasn't buying it but Leon felt otherwise.

"Would that be the same dragon that was held prisoner till it escaped?" Leon asked.

Merlin laughed nervously at that, "Ah, well, about that-"

"You released the dragon!? MERLIN!" Arthur said.

"Well yes! But I thought he was going to leave Camelot! HONEST!"

"Merlin," said Arthur slowly. "You sent the dragon away didn't you? With your Dragonlord powers?"

"Yes"

"Couldn't you have done so earlier?" asked Leon "Many were injured by that dragon!"

"I didn't have the power yet."

"Yet?" asked Elyan.

"The Dragonlord's power can only be passed down to father to son. However the gift can only be received when the father dies."

Arthur was taken aback by this, "But Merlin…you've never mentioned your father! All you ever talked about was your mother!"

"I didn't know about him until Gaius told me!" Merlin retorted.

"So you've met him?" Percival asked.

"Arthur too."

Immediately all eyes swiveled to Arthur.

"But I-!"

"Ballinor you idiot! He was the last Dragonlord before me and when he died I received the gift!"

Immediately, Arthur froze as his mind went into overdrive.

"I-"

"Excuse me Sire. I'm going to go clear my head." Merlin got up from the log and walked away, venturing into the forest.

There was long pregnant silence until Lancelot went off to search for Merlin. Arthur buried his face in his hands, disbelieving everything that had just happened.

What have I done?