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I really liked writing this chapter, the bond is quite nice and the person who is meeting Arthur, I always imagined that this is how she would react to Arthur's death, I have always seen her as a kind person and I didn't want to show her in a mean way because it doesn't sound like her (not that we saw much of her but from all we've heard from her story she sounds nice enough.) so it's good to finally share it on Fanfiction

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Lancelot and Elyan had been back for a while now. Mordred had left to go back to Kara. Arthur still hadn't seen a glimpse of his sister yet. What was she playing at? They were half brother and sister after all.

Arthur had only saw snippets of the vision, not important ones though just Gwen in meetings with the remaining Knights, making plans for the future. Arthur thought she looked different, not about the fact that she never smiled but something, Arthur couldn't put his finger on it, and maybe his mind was playing tricks on him. He hadn't seen Merlin yet, Gwen hadn't told anyone about his magic yet, and Arthur wondered when that day would come.

It had been (What Arthur suspected) a day since he saw Mordred. He and Lancelot had a conversation about shades but that was pretty much it.

They hadn't had some visitors for some time now. Arthur thought that it was weird that they could barely make conversation when in real life they would be much more talk and less awkward silences. Maybe because nothing was happening, no quests, no council meetings, no Kings, Queens, Princesses coming to visit them. Not even Merlin making an appalling attempt to dress him in his chainmail. The basin was the only thing that provided entertainment. Arthur wasn't used to sitting around all day, normally he would get interrupted. But now he could think for hours, sit in silence, he wouldn't have to go to sleep or eat, the only thing that would distract him was a visitor, the vision or a conversation with Gwaine, Lancelot or Elyan.

Arthur wanted to see so many people; he would probably see a few people he had forgotten about over time. He tried to think about who would see him, after Freya he didn't know how many strangers would visit him. He also listed people that he didn't want to see, Kara was one of them. He didn't know why, she wouldn't be angry anymore but he still had a bad feeling about her. Guilt played a small part of it.

They sat in silence for a few more minutes; Gwaine and Elyan were sitting a few metres to the left of him and Lancelot a little to the right. Arthur suddenly had the feeling that someone was standing behind him. He turned around; he knew that there was no one there. But his mind was wrong.

A woman with Arthur's eyes, she had a smooth face but looked paler then the rest of them, she had light blonde, wavy hair that came just below her shoulders.

"Mother?" asked Arthur. He stood up slowly so he was face to face with her.

"I have longed to see you." She smiled. They walked towards each other and were soon in a tight hug. They broke apart a few moments later.

"We'll go." Lancelot said.

After they had gone Ygraine said

"I'm proud of you Arthur."

"I've missed you." Arthur said.

"And I have also missed you." She said. "But I have watched you all your life and you have come into the King Camelot deserved."

"I have not been. I have executed innocent people. People have expected me to be the perfect King but I-"

"No one can be perfect no matter, who they are." Ygraine said. "You were as good as any King could be. You were different from your father, you understood the people more, you broke the rules, you made the Kingdom a fairer and just place." Arthur shrugged and then looked at the floor a few moments later he said

"There's been something I've been wondering about for ages, is it true, that I was born by magic?" Arthur asked. Ygraine sighed,

"I'm sorry, Arthur," Arthur ran his hands through his hair several times this couldn't be true. "I truly am."

"Father lied to me even though he said it wasn't true."

"You were going to kill him, you were driven by anger, and it could have put you in a bad place."

"But my father…"

"He has done many bad things but he only did it to protect you, we, Camelot needed an heir and it was the only solution. I'm sorry he never told you but it was for the best, for your safety. We wanted you to live your life without knowing that you were different, we didn't want you to feel different."

"I was a Prince all my life I felt different." Arthur said.

"I'm sorry Arthur." Ygraine apologized. Arthur knew that her words were true.

"I never knew that it was true, Merlin said it was an enchantment." Arthur explained.

"Merlin," Ygraine said.

"What about him?" Arthur asked.

"It's just that, I'm glad you got a servant who was so loyal, it helped you a lot."

"Did you know of his magic?" Arthur asked.

"It was clear to me the day he saved your life."

"The time where then witch pretended to be Lady Helen," Arthur said "And then put us under an enchantment?" Arthur asked.

"Yes, your servant was the only one awake; he used magic so the chandelier would fall on her. He also saved you from the dagger." Ygraine said. "It's just unfortunate that I never got to thank him for saving my sons life so many times."

"I never paid attention to what he did for me." Arthur said.

"You didn't know. But Merlin didn't want praise he just wanted to serve you, protect you."

"How do you know that?"

"A mother always knows." Ygraine smiled.

"There is something else," Arthur said slowly. "If everything you told me in the past is true, then my father went to that woman…" Arthur tried to remember her name.

"Nimueh," Ygraine reminded him.

"Yeah her, he traded my life for you," Arthur said, he felt guilty; he could see that she was kind person; she didn't deserve to die for his sake.

"Arthur, don't start feeling sorry for me, I would die for you a hundred times and so would many other people. Your father needed an heir and luckily magic brought us a perfect baby."

"I thought you said that no one can be perfect." Arthur said.

"No one can seem perfect to everyone but you can seem perfect to me." Arthur felt tears fill his eyes

"I wish you could have been around all my life, why did that Nimueh woman need a life?"

"That magic was dark and powerful," Ygraine reminded him. "It wasn't going to come cheap."

"Is that why father banned magic?"

"Yes, he wasn't fully aware of the process, he didn't know that I would be sacrificed, he thought she was committing treason so he banned her from Camelot."

"Do you still see him, my father?"

"He was grieving my death for the rest of his life; as soon as he was able he came to visit me."

"And how did you feel about seeing the man who partly killed you?" Arthur asked, reminding himself of Mordred.

"He was relieved to see me; he said it was like 'receiving his sanity back.' It was a bit stiff at first. He did have an affair with Vivienne after all but I did not think of myself, I thought of our son, you. Uther had raised you up in a good way, except for the magic that you had grown up to believe that it was evil, but by the time your father died he had made you ready to be a King." Ygraine told.

"But when he saw me he sounded so disappointed."

"Your father has many mood swings. The After World exhausts all of hatred out of people but your father was killed by an enchantment, my brother, Agravaine, wanted to avenge my death. You knew that he betrayed you. He went to Morgana. Your uncle knew that you were going to use magic to try and heal your father after that sword stabbed him. So any magic used would be reversed and magnified ten times. Agravaine slipped a necklace round his neck so it would help the enchantment."

"What?" Arthur asked. So this was how his father died, he always thought it was caused by that old man 'Dragoon'.

"I know the truth can hurt Arthur." Ygraine said. "I truly do."

"My own uncle all this time, he wanted to kill my father?"

"Agravaine thought that he had known that he was going to kill me that his desire for an heir was more important then me." Arthur was finding it hard to take in, were all the secrets he found out about going to hurt.

"The After World took away most of Uther's anger but because the magic was so dark some of his anger still remains like a curse he will hold with him forever more."

"No man should have to suffer when every other person spends the rest of time in peace."

"I know Arthur, but Uther had lied to Morgana all this time, she probably saw it as justice." Arthur nodded while his eyes stayed on the floor. He remembered when he saw Uther, he was angry. Maybe the next time Uther saw him he would treat him like someone he actually cared about, he hoped so.

"The woman you married," Ygraine said. Arthur gulped. "It was a brave decision, I'm proud of you; you must love her a lot. She runs the Kingdom as well as you did, I hope she takes care of Camelot. The Kingdom is in save hands, I wished I could have spoken to my daughter in law; we have a lot in common."

"Thank you and yes I love her, more than I can say."

Ygraine stroked his cheek.

"My boy, you've turned into a man." Arthur laughed.

"I've waited all my life to hear you say that." He smiled.

She had tears in her eyes and just looked into his eyes for a few minutes.

"I need to go." She explained.

"Why can people never stay for two long?" he asked.

"It's just the way this place works. If we spend too much time together the stories we tell will not be as special. Your friends, the ones you were with before I arrived, they are the people you trust most, who you could call your friends without a second thought. But they still have to go from time to time," Ygraine said, "You have to spend time with everyone who cares you and if you have touched their lives it can't go unseen forever." Arthur just nodded.

"Promise you'll see me soon," he begged.

"Cross my heart." She smiled and then disappeared.

Arthur looked at the place where his mother just stood a few moments ago, he gave a shaky laugh as he stood in his room alone but not entirely, he would never be alone again.

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And a kind of response to 'Lady Blade WarAngel' reviewing

"Isn't it a little strange how Uther is still bitter and hateful but everyone else seems much happier?"

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