First thing in the morning when a maid came into the guest chambers, she was met with a sleeping couple in a bundle. She gasped softly, smiling at the smiles on their faces and the bright atmosphere.

It was time for them to leave after breakfast and to say goodbye to Maree.

"You have a good time at school alright Maree?" Merlin said, giving her a hug, "Make some friends and learn a great deal"

And then Arthur bent down to her, "You have a great advantage, so I don't think you won't not have any friends" He whispered, and she laughed. "Just because I have already been to university doesn't mean that everyone else can copy my papers!"

Merlin gave him a small kick in the leg. "She smart enough not to"

She gives her Father a hug before looking at Mordred who looks white sad to leave. "You are going to stay with my Father and Dad aren't you Mordred?" She asked and Mordred's frown deepened.

"I understand, they need you. We don't want Morgana making an attack on Camelot without you there don't you? Not when Merlin is pregnant, he is weak during this time"

She then looked at Arthur, "I am sad to see him leave, but it's not like I am going to bawl like a child!"

Merlin chuckled, and Arthur rolled his eyes, Mordred smiled. "Thank you, but I have to say that I don't want to leave as much as you don't want me to leave. We are friends and we can always write letters and talk to our minds"

Maree brightened, "Yes, I'll send you an owl if you want. We can be pen pals!" She gave Mordred a hug, "I'll tell you all about my studies"

"Then, you will have some fun for me"

"I will"

Maree gave Mordred another hug before the bell rang and she had to leave, "Goodbye!" She waved as she ran off to her first class.

"I hope she goes well" Mordred said as they saw her off.

"Mordred, let's go home and take of Morgana. We have to get married and protect our kingdom" Merlin proceeded and they all went into a car.

The first thing that they were met with was a few distressed guards, Merlin's brow raised and they approached them.

"Sire, something has been stolen from the Museum, leaving with no evidence on the security cameras" They said to Arthur. Arthur felt himself get concerned, "What was stolen?" He asked.

"It was an ancient artefact called "The Cup of Life"" The guard was white as he told them and then Mordred, Merlin and Arthur's faces went just as white as his own. "When was this?!" Arthur was nearly close to screaming.

"It happened last night around twelve o'clock, the cup was checked on at seven to see if security was in good condition and safe in the dungeons but it disappeared without a trace…..the cameras show no evidence of the person who took it"

"Tell me what you see on the cameras"

"Nothing, the cup….just…vanished…." The guard was looking at the ground now to evade Arthurs seething face, he looked at Merlin who looked pale as a sheet.

"Morgana" He seethed, "The cup of Life is extremely dangerous and can be used as a weapon, we need to have Camelot in a full lockdown and we need everyone to evacuate!"

The guard ran off to do his job and Merlin went up to Arthur with Mordred behind him.

"Arthur, we need our armies, our soldiers on the ready, battle wizards, I'll gather my senior pupils. We need all the support, the police, FBI, anyone and everyone. You know what Morgana can do, she will gather other countries that oppose against you and she will create a war"

"Yes, and she has picked the worst time to do it" He grabbed Merlin's hand and took him straight into the castle along with Mordred staying right close to them, it wasn't long until Gwen joined them.

"Arthur!" She was panicking, "We have already been starting to lock down everything in the entire Kingdom"

"Good, that is what we need. And we have to have everyone out of here, contact anyone, police, the forces, anything. I am going to have Merlin secured inside the castle with heavily armed guards to look after him" Then he looked at Mordred, "And you are not to leave his side, do not worry about me. Merlin is our full priority"

Mordred nodded, his hand holding his sword to show that he is battle ready.

"Arthur" Merlin spoke as if he was realising something, "This might what Albion needs you for, to keep Morgana away from this world. The world we build, the world we strive to protect"

Then he looked into his eyes, "Albion needs you, your- our people need you, our once and future King"

Arthur nodded, "Now I will play my part, you will keep in hiding, safe, away from harm, you and our son. I will make sure that Hogwarts is safe as well, Maree is a fighter, she will live"

Merlin nodded back, "Go, take of everything. Have a potion at the ready" He said and took out a potion from one of his pockets and gave it to Arthur. "Be safe"

"Come on Merlin, we have to go straight to your emergency chambers" Mordred informed him and Merlin went straight with him and they hurriedly went to the emergency chambers that kept spirits well out, locking the door after themselves Mordred double checked the door as Merlin sat down on the bed.

"Does Morgana know of these chambers?" Mordred asked, "I cannot be sure about that, this section of this castle wasn't touched after the west side was remade with an extension. So she may know, she was Uther's ward"

"Good thing that she won't be able to get down here then" Mordred went ahead and lit the candles around the room to make some light, it was pitch black because there isn't a window. And cold too, so he needs to make sure that Merlin keeps warm.

"She doesn't have to. If she gets people to side with her, then they can get in here in her place" Merlin huddles up and makes a fire at the fire place to keep warm. "So that's why I am here, with magic, I will make sure that you are kept safe at all costs"

"Thank you" Merlin said as Mordred grabbed a blanket and put it over Merlin. "Camelot is only ten years old in this era, it's still young so it's no wonder why Morgana has chosen to attack us now. And we don't know how long she has been around, she may have been preparing an army while we were building our kingdom"

"Camelot is much stronger than it ever was Merlin"

"The world is stronger, Mordred. German Nazi's, ISIS, the FBI, there is even strong voices like Luther King. I have fought the world wars Mordred, I just hope that this doesn't make a new one"

"We have more countries siding with us, we all have strength, and love, like yours for Arthur will always overtake hate. We will win, no matter what it takes" Mordred said.

"Thank you, you are right. We will win"

Mordred goes over to the electrical heater but Merlin stops him, "No. Morgana will be able to trace this place by the electricity, better not turn it on"

"You're right" Mordred said, surprised and left the heater alone. "Any gas or electricity devices are left to be turned off, therefore I am only using the fireplace"

"But the smoke…."

"It connects to the kitchens chimney, no one knows"

"Smart, good thing that you know every inch of the Castle, even things that I don't know"

Merlin smirked, "Right now, we have to stay safe in here, and look after the baby"

A little hole opened up from the door and a plate of fruit comes in for Merlin before the hole closes, food, just when Merlin gets hungry. "Food, great" Merlin collects it and starts eating, munching the fruit down to slithers before swallowing to prevent morning sickness.

"I will make sure that you will get some too, you cannot protect me without any strength" Merlin said through gobbling his food, and then the hole through the door opened again which slid through a plate for Mordred as well.

Mordred grabbed it and ate next to Merlin.

A few boring hours later, Merlin was full of goosebumps" "I wonder how Arthur is doing….?"

And then the door opened with Arthur coming through, he sighed of relief and hugged him after the door closed. "Is everyone safe?" He asked. "Yes, the whole field of police is with me and Camelot is heavily guarded. We have picked up suspicious movement from opposing countries, it could be war that Morgana is setting up, she's working fast"

"How much support do we have?"

"Everyone's, everyone came right away. We have armies at the ready, they heard me, and they came…."

"Merlin, what can we do to destroy the cup of life?" Mordred asked, "You know it cannot be destroyed Mordred" Merlin said sadly, "You're a druid, you know that"

"I know, I just wish that if anyone had an idea to destroy it in some way, it would kill Morgana's plans somehow. Unfortunately, we don't have a single idea"

Then Merlin looked down at Excalibur, "Maybe….with the magic of Excalibur, you could destroy it. I don't know but it's not impossible right? It's the only weapon that can kill the immortal"

"Can it kill ghosts?"

"No, but you will need the horn, and a spell, I know one, you'll just need to practise it" Merlin goes and gets one of the spell books from one of the shelves, "It is very difficult for your own magic, but we can destroy her soul with this…." Merlin went flipping through pages and pointed to a spell. Arthur's eyes widened at the writing.

"That is too difficult for myself Merlin, I'd die"

"I can't do it myself, it'll put too much stress on the baby. Maybe even kill him"

"Then I'll do it" Mordred spoke aloud. "But Mordred, it requires effort-"

"I'll do it, even if I die, millions of people's lives are much more than myself"

Merlin gasped, "Are you sure?"

"Merlin…..I don't want to see a Camelot with destruction and hate. I'd like to have it with peace and harmony, no matter if I will see it or not"

"Alright. Then Excalibur must be full protected, no one else should touch it"

"You're right" Arthur nodded, but he refused Merlin to enchant it, and have Mordred do it instead.

"So if we can find out where Morgana is hiding, we can destroy her and kill the cup of life"

"That can be an effective way to stop her"

"And we have to move as soon as possible"

Arthur then looked at Mordred, "I guess you are coming with me" Then he looked at Merlin, "I will have Gwen with you"

"She's head of the court" Merlin pointed out, "She can't be looking after me, Camelot needs to stay strong"

"Merlin, I can't just have a guard with you, it's not enough!"

Merlin sighed, "I can't believe I'm still saying this" He then put his hand on his sword, "I am coming with you then, it's not like Morgana can kill me"

"Merlin" Arthur sighed, "What about our baby?"

"No one is touching him either. You know he's safe with me, even with little magic, I am magic, I can still access some more magic as needed, it is just harder to access because of the baby"

Arthur sighed again. "I guarantee you that he will be perfectly safe" Merlin assured him and gave him a kiss. "Alright. You never listen to me anyway"

Merlin grinned. "Too right. Now let's get out of here and find out where Morgana is"

"Alright but be careful, the castle is quite full of guards. And the court is seriously unhappy" Arthur motioned for Mordred to follow and they all went out the door and to the light of the court room. All of the members were chattering amongst each other and the entire police force was there and it was overcrowded with guards.

"King Arthur" Gwen spoke and bowed, then everyone stopped speaking and the chatter died down. "Merlin" She breathed, "Aren't you supposed to be in the emergency chambers?"

"I am here with Arthur because I am here to be by his side and be his support to protect Camelot at all costs"

"You are pregnant Merlin" Gwen pointed out, "Doesn't mean that I cannot do my duty, the greatest sorcerer that ever walk the earth cannot be cowering in an emergency chamber. I will do what is needed with Arthur, because Camelot comes first"

"And that will be the end of it. Now do we have any updates?" Arthur asked, and looked at the chief policeman. "Morgana has been sighted by one of our sorcerers, she is in the forest nearby. Clearly because she cannot go any further than she has been in her life, however it seems that she has been in contact with the crystal cave and an army is coming here straight at Camelot"

"How big are the numbers?"

"It seems that Morgana has been using the crystals to contact enemy countries. They seem to claim that their own god is giving them messages, and they are responding to her own orders"

Arthur sighed, "Merlin and I have a plan to carry out. We know how to stop her. I am going to gather all of my Knights. In the meantime, Gwen, you are in charge, I need you to make sure that Camelot stays protected and that we have our armies at the ready for anyone that plans to attack"

"Yes your majesty" Gwen nodded and the court stood. "We will be off, we will make contact as soon as we stop Morgana, the sooner, the better we will prevent a war"

Arthur eyed his knights and they stepped up to go along with him. They went straight to the round table where their maids came with their armour, swords, chainmail, new weapons such as guns and bullet proof suits. Also Arthur's katakana which he was delighted to see, "Thank you" He said and dismissed them all.

"Right" Arthur sat down in his chair where Merlin sat right next to him, Elyan, Lancelot, Gwaine, Mordred, Leon and Percival all joined them. "We have tried to reason with Morgana, but it seems that she doesn't want to reason with us. However on the plus side we have a way to get rid of her once and for all" He then looked at Merlin, and he stood up. "Centuries ago after Uther had died, we had done the same thing with his spirit. And the only way to send it off to the spirit world is to blow a horn that was given to us. However, this is a spirit that has mended through to the physical world. To send her away where she can never interact with us again"

"A horn?" Elyan asked, "It is a horn that calls someone from the spirit world, you can step into it so you interact with a person you want to see, but if you look back at the person before you leave, the spirit will set free from the spirit world"

The knights looked at each other, "What happens when one is set free?"

Merlin cleared his throat and looked at Arthur who frowned, "Strange things happen, a cold gust of wind, broken chandelier….opening doors….accidents"

"Merlin" Arthur raised his voice, and then Percival's eyes widened, "My shoulder mysteriously got cut by an axe…."

"The chandelier at the meeting…." Gwaine pointed out.

"Gwen got mysteriously attacked…." Leon said which Elan flipped his head to. "What?"

Arthur sighed heavily. "Sire, was someone set free in Camelot those centuries ago?" Mordred asked, "It was my Father" Arthur said and their mouths dropped, "But let's get back on course, Merlin has an available spell that Mordred can use in order to get rid of Morgana if we blow the horn. If possible it'll cancel anything she plans to throw at us"

"I can use the crystal cave to stop whoever has sided with her" Merlin added, "That is our plan"

"Wait- you're coming with us Merlin?" Elyan exclaimed, "Are you alright to come in that sort of position to put your child in danger?"

"I am coming with you all, because this is our fight. Besides, I can't stay here waiting for you to come back, I want to do at least something" Merlin concluded and sighed, "I have enough magic to keep our child safe and fight at the same time"

"Don't worry, I trust Merlin. If he can do it, then he can do it. He's stronger than any of us"

Merlin blushed a bit.

"Alright"

Then two men came in, it was the church priests. "Oh" Merlin breathed, surprised to see them. "Sorry for interrupting this meeting but we have just developed something that we believe to be useful for you Lord Merlin" Gary spoke.

"You do?"

A maid from behind him handed him a box, he opened it to reveal shining gold armour. "This…"

"This is an enchanted armour, I believe that it will protect you from dark magic, first of its kind. So this will look after your child whenever you are on the battlefield"

Merlin smiled, feeling grateful. "Thank you. This will be very helpful, I am delighted to receive this gift" He looked at the engraving on the armour, there showed the Pendragon symbol and below a shining sun as if it was marking his own pregnancy. "I asked the makers to create that sun, to show your gift Merlin"

"Gift?"

"It doesn't matter what we believe Merlin, you are a good man. The fact about what you have done for all of us doesn't change anything"

"Thank you Gary. But there is one thing that I have forgotten to tell you"

"Yes sire?"

"Religion descended from magic, they have a connection that is ignored most of the time. You have a belief that there is some sort of force that creates everything and magic is created into many different beliefs from many minds, and that is what makes religion special, that is why I am no against it. It guides you and boy does it! So when you pray…..magic can hear you, because it is the air, it's in you and all around you"

Gary's mouth gaped, Merlin stopped him. "Don't start worshipping me Gary, you'll over flatten me and I don't think I'll be able to handle that"

Arthur snorted quietly. Gary closed his mouth, "You are all good people, let respect guide you, but don't let your beliefs take away your own opinions. Follow your heart and what is good and fair, and just, that is what Arthur represents"

Gary nodded. "I thank you good man. And you will be given back so much more, for the gift you have given me"

"I bid you good luck my Lord" Gary bowed, and he left.

There was a bit of silence before Arthur spoke, "What did you mean by that?"

"I was your servant, I did your chores for ten years in the past, and what did I get?" Merlin asked, Arthur blushed, "Friendship…..love"

"Then I gave love back, then a child, along with another"

"I get your point, let's move on shall we?" Arthur turned around to the knights who were sniggering, Merlin just smiled.

"We set off as soon as possible. We have to stop her intentions of creating a possible war"

And they all set to work, Merlin and Arthur had to put on appropriate wear for fighting. Whilst Merlin put on Arthur's bullet proof suit before putting on his armour, Arthur put on Merlin's new armour that he was just given. Merlin handed him his katakana for him to have alongside Excalibur and a gun that held silver bullets just in case if anyone immortal comes by, everyone else did the same as Arthur and packed everything including the horn up, they all swallowed down a potion for them to see Morgana and once they were geared and ready, they went back to the police to confirm her location and go went.

They went on some horses with Mordred settling behind both Merlin and Arthur.

"We could be going into a trap, she's at the crystal cave" Merlin pointed out, "Yes but she isn't giving us much of a choice now is she?" Arthur said, "We have to act fast like we did last time to prevent any disaster, and one is coming up, she has an army. The ISIS people are rising up thinking that their god is talking to them or something"

"They lost a war years ago, there is no surprise that they would want revenge. And a strong point to take would be Camelot, whilst it's weak with my magic all loose"

Arthur groaned, but they sped up and kept going.

Once they arrived there, they got off their horses and approached the cave cautiously, quietly they went inside.

"Hello dear brother" Morgana sneered once they saw her, "What a lovely surprise" and gave them an evil smile before looking at Merlin, "I am surprised, you never leave Arthur's side. Even when you are carrying Arthur's unborn son"

"We are here to finish this Morgana, you have threatened our peace in Camelot"

"Well I am not surprised, you were brave enough to fall into my trap" She then turned her head at Merlin and her spiritual figure started to move into the air and straight at Merlin.

"She's trying to encase herself into him!" Mordred warned, but it took no effect, the armour repelled her off, sending shock waves into her. But she acted fast, "Gah!"

"The horn" Mordred breathed, and the rest of the knights surrounded her. Arthur pulled out the horn from his side and Mordred started to cast the spell, he backed away from her as to not let her interrupt his spell and Merlin drew out his sword.

"You'll never hurt my son and get away with it. What did you do with the cup of life?!" Merlin asked, almost yelling. As Morgana settled, she snarled at him, "It may not give me immortal life, but it will give my army immortality"

Merlin went pale, "No, Camelot will be surrounded. Where is it Morgana?"

"It will be somewhere you will never find it"

Merlin frowned, and then Arthur sounded the horn. Like Uther did, she exploded and her spirit broke apart in pieces, leaving no single trace of her.

"We need to find that cup" Arthur said, and they ran out of the cave, immediately they were met with violent shouting and roaring from all around them. "It's the army!" Arthur exclaimed and pulled out Excalibur. And the rest of the knights roared into battle, immediately Mordred put up a barrier around themselves, "Go and ask the crystals about the cups location Merlin!" He shouted.

"Right" Merlin nodded and ran straight back in, approaching the crystals he placed a hand on one of them. "Please tell me…where the cup is!". Looking straight into the crystals they gave him multiple images of a different country, the army's home country he supposed and found it laying in an area heavily guarded. He swore, and ran back out, "The cup is back in another country Arthur!" He shouted amongst all of the noise.

"SHIT!" Arthur swore, he really didn't have any time for this. "I will have to teleport the both of us there!" Merlin suggested, "Of all things Merlin, you really are convenient during these times" Arthur commented.

"Will you be okay?" He asked Mordred who looked quite strained and physically exhausted, "Yes, I can hold out for ten minutes"

"Alright, Arthur, we need to get right there as fast as we can before Mordred is unable to hold the armies off"

"Come on" Arthur grabbed his hand and Merlin quickly uttered a long spell and teleported themselves to the area. As it was guarded, Arthur moved quickly to knock the guards out before they got to the cup, "Come on Merlin, time to break this dangerous thing"

Merlin nodded before Arthur raised his sword with magic, and the cup came in contact with a blow against the sword, with all of Arthur's strength, it snapped in half and fell to the ground with blood spilling out of the cup and onto the floor.

"YES!"

"We didn't exactly destroy it, but we put it out of its use" Merlin smiled, feeling mighty relieved and then they picked the two pieces up, "Time to go home and end this Merlin"

They teleported and Merlin frowned, he felt his stomach feeling quite strained so he collected up more magic to calm down. Approaching the crystals in the cave again, he put his hand on and closed his eyes to the armies.

"Retreat, Camelot has won, you are to leave and never set a foot in their territories again" He thought, hoping that the soldiers will have heard, he let go, unsure and looked at Arthur. "Has it worked?" He asked, and Arthur went outside to hear the knights cheer, "They're retreating! They did it we won!" Gwaine hollered.

Arthur and Merlin sighed heavily, thank god it was over. Hopefully Camelot wasn't touched. "We did Mordred!". With no reply, Leon turned around to see Mordred who looked awfully exhausted and looked like he was about to faint. "Oh, Merlin! Guys- Arthur-" Percival called out and Merlin ran out before Mordred could fall and caught him in his arms. After taking a look at him, he could feel that he was right out of energy.

"He's alright, barriers for Mordred himself are very difficult to do, it absorbs your energy" Merlin assured, explaining as the knights gathered around Mordred, "He probably absorbed all of the bullets the army tried to shoot at us, it's terrifyingly hard work" He put a hand on his forehead, he was hot, "Can you guys please help him up for me?"

"No worries" Lancelot grabbed his body and hauled him up to carry him over his shoulder, "Thank you Lancelot" Merlin said. "Now let's go back to Camelot to handle everything else that may be hanging around to try and interfere with us"

They all nodded and mounted their horses without a single word.

Merlin held the cup of life in his hands as they got back and the court were happy with their return, "The predicted armies seemed to have retreated your majesty" The head police said, "I see that your quest has been successful"

Lancelot carefully laid Mordred down, and Gaius hurriedly went up to him. "Yes, we have retrieved the cup of life. If it were in Morgana's hands the armies would have been immortal and Camelot would have fallen, it is now broken and out of its use. It's over, Morgana is gone"

Gwen smiled happily. "We will have to hold track of those armies and take a hold of them before we can be sure that Camelot is safe" She said, "Please do, give me updates whenever one comes up. Then I will give my word for people to come back"

Gwen nodded and the rest of the court started clapping happily, "For the love of Camelot!" They all shouted in unison.

They all wanted to celebrate, but it wasn't over yet until it was all under control and clam again before anyone can feel safe to come back to Camelot, plus, they turned their attention to Mordred first.

"Will he be alright Gaius?" Arthur asked, "Yes, he is merely exhausted, he will need a good rest"

"I will have him carried down to his chambers, are you comfortable to look after him in there?" Arthur asked, "That is no worry, Camelot is empty, might as well look after him to spend time"

"Thank you Gaius, let him know that we are alright if he wakes" Arthur received help for Gaius and let them go off to Mordred's chambers.

"Well princess, we will be waiting if you ever need us, we'll be in the armoury" Gwaine said and the knights bid their farewells. After they were long gone, Arthur sighed, "Come on Merlin, I am all sweaty, let's go to our chambers and take a well-earned bath shall we?"

Merlin nodded, "Let's go Arthur, I am sweaty too" He agreed and they went off to their own chambers, first Arthur took off Merlin's armour and stripped off his clothes before tending to his own to leave Merlin to prepare the spa.

Merlin had taught Arthur how to dress and undress himself when he isn't around, it's surprisingly easy to do in the end except for the struggles at the start which was a laugh for Merlin to see Arthur struggling to put his pants on, Merlin received a lot of glares from Arthur that time. But after time he just let it sink in.

He heard running water, and soon it stopped, so he walked down to the antechambers and into the bathroom where he saw Merlin unexpectedly jump into the spa which caused a major splash across the room. "Whoo!" He cheered.

"Merlin!" Arthur complained, shaking his body off the water that splashed on him. He smiled, "What are you doing? You're sweaty, pregnant and you just jumped in!" He laughed. "It just feels good Arthur, why don't you try it, just stretch yourself out and be free, loosen your strings as a King"

"But what about you? You're about to become my consort"

"Well….I enjoy working and being by your side, so loosen up and enjoy working alongside myself. You'll get someone to annoy and dump some papers on"

Arthur rolled his eyes and smiled. "He still remembers the time when I told him that I usually dream about escaping my duties and becoming a farmer rather than a prince, but really….when I work with him I forget about the pressures"

Merlin smiled, he knows that he can hear his thoughts. "One word. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

Arthur was bewildered by that word, "What?"

"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Merlin chuckled, "Can you say it?"

Arthur frowned, "That doesn't seem possible for me at all, I haven't had centuries to practise that" He said, going into the spa and relaxing right next to Merlin. "It didn't take me long, you just have to have a twisty tongue"

"Oh, what can I say, you are really good with it"

Merlin laughed. "Insulting me…." Arthur added, "Calling me a prat and whatnot, whining….and" He raised an eye, "Kissing me"

"Is that an invitation?"

"It's your words coming out of that mouth of yours Merlin" And he leaned in to kiss him, straight away after the first their tongues came in contact and their mouths allowed each other in. Arthur put a hand on Merlin's cheek to feel those bones working at it as his tongue moved along his own and Merlin put his arms around Arthur's neck.

Their kisses were absorbing, they both knew that and they were drawn in without a break for what felt like hours. It was intoxicating, after time they could feel drool going down their lips and finally they gave up when their mouths started to feel tired. To finish up, they kissed with only their lips. "Time to bathe Kingy" Merlin brushed Arthur's still dry hair with his wet hands.

Grabbing a small shovel that was bought for Maree when she was three years old, he scooped up some water and poured it over his hair, ruffling it he got some shampoo and got to work.

In the middle of washing down Arthur after washing his hair, he started to feel tired and his eyes started to droop. Noticing this, he didn't want to fall asleep so he opened his eyes when he felt his eye move down. "Tired?" Arthur asked.

"Yeah, just let me finish…."

"I'll do the rest, let me do the rest of the work for us. Just sleep and I'll take care of you" He said, taking the wash cloth out of Merlin's hands and holds him as Merlin nodded and let himself fall asleep.

Arthur carefully washed Merlin through fully, "He must be tired after today's events, he used a certain amount of magic too. Like Mordred, he just needs sleep"

After washing him down, he carried him out of the spa and dried them both up. He wrapped a towel around his waist and hauled Merlin up, once he went of the antechambers and to his bedroom he almost had a scare when he saw John the Christian priest standing there. John almost had a fright himself. "Sorry sire, I was awaiting your presence"

Arthur looked down at Merlin and back at John, "Just be silent, Merlin is asleep, he's tired"

John nodded with understanding. And Arthur laid Merlin into bed and put the covers over him, automatically, Merlin put an arm over Arthur. "I'll be there in a moment" Arthur whispered and gave him a kiss on the cheek. He took Merlin's arm off and put it back close to his chest to cling to the sheets and turned to John.

"What can I do for you John? Have things settled a bit?" He asked, raising his head. "Yes sire, things have been held down under control and the police are quite happy with the situation. If nothing happens tomorrow, you can allow people to come back"

"Good. I will tell Merlin in the morning, he gets concerned for me. Thank you for bringing me the news, it is getting late, the sun will go down soon, take some rest. You deserve some after all the mayhem"

"Thank you sire" John bowed and turned around to leave, but the stopped to see Arthur going over to Merlin to caress his cheek and hair, soothing his love. Love reflected in his eyes, his eyes were also shining.

Arthur, not noticing that John hasn't left yet, he started to sing.

"You're the song that the trees sing, when the wind blows. You're a flower, you're a river, you're a rainbow"

John's mouth almost dropped at the sweet sound of his voice, as if it he was also hearing the love for Merlin in his voice. Still there, he listened.

"I've loved you the first time, I saw you. And I will always, will love you Merlin"

How does a great King possibly love such a powerful sorcerer? It was said that in the legends that Merlin's Father was an incubus that impregnated women, which was how merlin was born, and how he got such powers. But this Merlin had a human Mother and Father, and unlike other sorcerers at the time, he wasn't feared, he was like everyone else. Only with a certain gift.

"Sire….."

Arthur flinched. "John?!"

"I apologise sire. I am afraid that I don't understand why you give him such love"

Pulling himself together, Arthur sighed. "Like Merlin says, people fear things that they don't understand. Like when you first came in, you started to accuse Merlin of things that he isn't before even getting to know him. I understand that very well. When Merlin told me that he had magic, I experienced a great deal of shock. I didn't know what to believe, but after coming to understand how much he took care of me and saved my life so many times. He wasn't like the other sorcerers that we have encountered"

John frowned. "So, don't judge people straight away based on your own beliefs. That's called generalising, one person may be evil but that doesn't mean that Merlin is"

"But still sire, why do you love him?"

"I should be asking myself that question. I don't understand what kind of love you give your own god"

"I think you already do sire. A love a king has for his own people is similar to gods own"

Arthur smirked, "Of course. But he chooses to love his people, I didn't choose to love Merlin"

"Sire- did someone force you to-"

"No! Of course not! It wasn't a choice, it is a feeling that I have for him. And it was always there since we met, it just wasn't noticed. But…..after a while you start to notice…"

Arthur looked at Merlin again, "There are so many wonderful things about him, he cares so much. And noticing that makes me happy alone. I may be a prat to him but I guess that is a positive thing on my side, it is what keeps us going. But it's the feeling alone that keeps us together"

John sighed, "He is pregnant at the moment as I have heard?" He asked. "Yes. Want to see him?". "By magic?" John asked, startled by the word of magic. "Yes. It's alright, just a peek"

"If you insist sire"

Arthur lowered the blankets a bit and placed his hand on Merlin's belly, as if it was responding to his touch, a golden glow revealed on his belly, showing a small little embryo inside. Arthur's eyes glow gold in response. "I can only do this because I am the Father"

"Extraordinary!" He gasped. Arthur smiled, "Looks like he is healthy, better leave him to rest" He raised his hand and the gold glow faded away. He grabbed the sheets and put them over Merlin.

"He makes this possible by magic am I correct?" John asked. "Yes, using magic itself makes it possible for people to have children"

As if he understood, he nodded his head. "Thank you for showing me. I must be leaving now, you need your privacy my lord"

"No worries at all"

When John left, Arthur joined Merlin in bed.

"Is he gone?" Merlin asked, Arthur jumped. "You were listening?!"

"I am all ears when you sing that lullaby to me. Of course I was listening" Merlin rolled over to snug up closer to Arthur. "I am tired. Goodnight"

"Goodnight Merlin" Arthur gave him a kiss on his forehead and went to sleep.