Thank you for your reviews and patience.

I am back and in a slightly better place than I was when I said about the break (in terms of writing).

I think I said in The Dragon's choice that when I got this idea, I had been watching a lot of Game of Thrones. So any similarities can be blamed on me watch the first six series in two and half weeks and getting this idea at the same time.

Anyway, let's get on with the story.

Chapter 11

Merlin sighed heavily as he checked himself in the mirror. He smiled at himself as he realised for the hundredth time that he and Morgana were going to be married in just a couple of hours time. He turned around to his friends.

"How do I look?"

"The same as you did a minute ago. You look fine. Sit down and drink some of this wine. It might help with the nerves." Gwaine said.

"Who says that I am nervous?"

"Sire, I don't think you would be constantly looking at yourself in the mirror if you weren't. I do think Gwaine is right. Sit down and we can try and take your mind off of it." Drystan said.

"I don't want to take my mind off of it," Merlin said as he joined them at the table. "I am marrying the most beautiful woman I have ever known. She is kind and everything I would want in a Queen. She makes me believe that when the time comes, I will be a good king. Because I will have her and you three by my side and I feel like I will have no better council."

"Maybe just focus on today." Lancelot said.

Merlin smiled at them all and knew that he was surrounding himself with the right people.

"I still don't get it though. How could you have had magic all your life? I have known you since before I can remember. You have never once used magic." Arthur said.

"It has been dormant. It just expressed itself through my dreams." Morgana replied.

"And then once you got to Drugonia is … wasn't dormant?"

"It was. I have only know about it myself for just over a month. I keep being told that it was good that I got out of Camelot when I did. Anything could have set it off at any moment."

"I don't know what would have happened if it did show itself in Camelot." He commented.

"I have thought about it a number of times. If he didn't kill me, I would have expected Uther to have locked me up, away from the world to keep the fantasy he has created."

Arthur just sighed.

"You have taken it better than I thought you would," Morgana said as she stood up from her dressing table. "And I am glad that you are here. I don't think I would want to get married without someone next to me and as my father is no longer with us, I suppose you will have to do."

He smiled up at her knowing that she was teasing him. "I might not. You haven't asked me."

"I thought it was the reason that you were here, in my chambers." She paused. "Arthur, will you do me the honour and give me away to Merlin?"

"Of course I will."

As soon as the door opened, Merlin took a deep breath before turning to look behind him. He smiled when he saw how beautiful Morgana was and that Arthur was on her arm to bring her down to him. Arthur being in Drugonia wasn't the best thing in the world, but it had made Morgana happy and she needed someone now.

Now that he was standing at the altar, waiting for Morgana to join him, he couldn't understand why they had decided to wait for so long. He knew the reasons that were laid down but in that moment, he felt stupid for waiting. This is what they should have done as soon as they got home.

He smiled at her as she finally joined him.

Morgana couldn't stop laughing as Merlin stood in the middle of the hall, judging. She never thought that he would be one to show off but he was definitely showing off as he threw the three eggs into the air and spun around, catching them before they hit the floor. She turned to see that Arthur was sitting there in amazement.

"I love the North." She said to him.

"But he is one of the clumsiest people I know. I swear he tripped over his own feet the other day." Arthur said in reply.

"That is just him Arthur."

"What? He is just an idiot."

"Like you are just a prat." Merlin said as he rejoined the table.

Morgana turned and kiss his cheek. "Why didn't we do this sooner? I feel like I am on top of the world."

"I thought exactly the same thing as you were coming down the aisle. We should have got married sooner but if we had, Arthur wouldn't have been there." He took the jug off Gwen as she returned to fill up their goblets. "Gwen, have the night off. Your friend has just got married. You should be enjoying yourself."

"Merlin..." She started.

"Gwen, I am being serious. We can pour our own drinks. I also feel like I am getting a look from Lancelot. Go on, enjoy the night."

Gwen looked at Morgana before turning back to Merlin. "Thank you Merlin. I suppose I will see you in the morning."

"You too Drystan."

"Thank you sire." Drystan said before he raced off.

"I want a kingdom like the North," Arthur muttered as he watched the manservant.

Merlin and Morgana had retired a while ago and Arthur had gone and joined Gwaine, Lancelot and Gwen as so he had some company. It was then that one of the councillors had tapped him on the shoulder to tell him that a letter had arrived from him.

He knew that it was from his father and he knew what it was going to say. It was going to tell him to hurry up and bring Morgana home.

The problem was, Arthur knew that Morgana was already home. She was the new Princess of Drugonia, the wife of Merlin Wyllt, the heir to Drugonia. She didn't belong in Camelot any more. Especially now with her magic.

He knew that his letter would get to his father in a couple of days time but he didn't know what to do. He sighed as he sat into the chair in the chambers that he had been given. This would be so much simpler if everything was how his father thought it was.

In reality, it was the complete opposite.