A/N

So this is another young Arthur and Merlin from the Dragon Lords son universe, so enjoy


A six year old Merlin was started awake by a very excited Arthur.

"Merlin! Wake up wake up!" Arthur shouted shaking his friend awake. Groaning, Merlin peeled his eyes open and glared at Arthur. Merlin had recently recovered from a nasty flu, but still felt weak as an after effect of the ordeal, he hadn't been able to eat in days, losing what little weight he'd gained.

"What?" Merlin groaned miserably.

"I told Morgana that theirs a ghost that lives underneath the castle!" Arthur exclaimed, grinning evilly.

"So?" Merlin asked.

"She believed me! Well… sort of. She's going down tonight to see if it's true!"

"She'll kill you when she finds out you lied!" Merlin exclaimed.

"She won't find out," Arthur assured.

"But there isn't a ghost down their…" Merlin began, not liking where Arthur was going with this.

"Not yet," Arthur corrected, grinning.

"No! I am not helping you!" Merlin exclaimed, "Remember what happened when we put that rat in the kitchens?

"No one was hurt…" Arthur protested.

"No!" Merlin shouted, pulling the covers over his head.

"I thought friends helped each other!" Arthur hissed pulling the blankets away.

"Not when they've been sick for the past three days!" Merlin grumbled.

"Please?" Arthur begged, "I need to get back at Morgana for what she did!" Arthur exclaimed.

"Arthur…" Merlin groaned.

"I thought we were brothers," Arthur pouted. Merlin, grumbling the whole time, dragging himself out of bed and followed an ecstatic Arthur.


The plan was simple; Arthur and Merlin would hide in the dungeons and make spooky noises to scare her. It was silly and childish, but Arthur seemed to think it would be enough to scare Morgana out of her mind. Shivering, Merlin was kneeling next to Arthur, silently planning his revenge on Arthur for dragging him out of bed and making him kneeling to cold miserable dungeons. Merlin couldn't be sure, but after what felt like an hour of just sitting their Merlin had enough.

"Arthur she's not coming!" Merlin hissed, "I'm going back to bed…"

"No wait!" Arthur whispered urgently.

"N-mmmph!" Merlin exclaimed, Arthur grabbing him and covering his mouth.

"It's Morgana!" Arthur hissed, silencing Merlin.

"Whose their?" A terrified Morgana asked. Grinning Evilly Arthur groaned in a deep voice,

"Who disturbs my slumber?" They heard Morgana sequel in terror before squeaking,

"T-the l-l-lady Morgana!"

"I've seen your heart…" Merlin added in a deep voice, using all of his willpower not to laugh. His voice echoed menacingly off of the dungeon walls and Arthur kicked some nearby chains, causing Morgana to scream.

"Please don't hurt me!" Morgana begged.

"You've been a mean girl," Arthur continued.

"I promise I'll be good!" Morgana begged. Merlin let out a bark of laughter before freezing, eyes widening in horror, thankfully Arthur was able to quickly recover,

"You're lying!"

"No I'm not," Morgana replied, sounding eerily calm.

"Yes you are!" Arthur loudly declared, knowing things were going terribly wrong, "but we're going to give you one last chance too…"

"Ah-ha! I knew it!" Morgana shouted, jumping into the cell they'd been hiding in.

"No it's not!" Arthur exclaimed.

"I can't believe you two!" Morgana exclaimed.

"Now you know how it feels to be pranked!" Arthur exclaimed.

"You didn't fool me for a second!" Morgana declared.

"Oh please" Arthur replied as they continued to bicker, Merlin tuned them out, his eyes starting to droop shut, he was so tired. Merlin opened his mouth to ask if they could move their argument somewhere else when a low growl filled the dungeons.

"Guys… this isn't funny anymore!" Morgana squeaked, sounding terrified one again.

"I-I'm not d-d-doing anything!" Arthur stammered, sounding just as scared, if not more so, than Morgana. They were deep inside the dungeons where no prisoners where even kept, they should have been alone… a roar suddenly filled the chambers and the three ran out screaming in terror. Merlin tiredly stumbled after them, adrenalin the only thing keeping him going.

Merlin ran into something and toppled to the floor. Merlin looked up to see what he ran into and was surprised to see a very angry Uther.

"What is going on here?" Uther growled looking furious. Merlin weakly scooted away from Uther, terrified to face the Pentdragons wrath. Morgana and Arthur started talking at the same time, both trying to get Uther's attention. Merlin curled up against the wall and tried to drift off.

"Merlin?" Uther asked, startling Merlin awake, "are you ok?"

"…tired…." Merlin mumbled weakly. Uther sighed,

"You're getting sick again." Merlin nodded his head and Uther walked over and picked up Merlin gently saying,

"Let's get you to bed." Out of the corner of his eye, Uther saw Morgana and Arthur trying to slip away, "I'll speak to you both in a few minutes." Arthur and Morgana nodded their heads dejectedly and Uther carried Merlin to his chambers. Merlin buried his head into Uther's shoulder and mumbled,

"M' sorry…" Uther patted Merlin's back as he continued, "shouldn't 've listened to Arthur…" Arthur's shoulders dropped as Uther and Merlin vanished around the corner.

"Good going Arthur," Morgana snapped.

"It's not my fault!" Arthur shouted.

"You where the one who dragged him out of bed!" Morgana retorted.

"It's your fault! You shouldn't have dumped water all over me!" Arthur snapped. The two continued to bicker until Uther returned.

"Both of you stop!" Uther snapped, silencing the pair instantly, "you both need to stop this bickering and get along." Once again the pair started talking, trying to defend themselves, but Uther had, had enough.

"Be quiet both of you! Now, both of you will stay in your chambers tomorrow and neither of you will make a peep…"

"What about Merlin?" Morgana snapped, "He was down there to and he's not in trouble!" Uther glared at Morgana and asked,

"What do you want me to do? Ground him? Keep him from going outside? In case you hadn't noticed, he already practically lives inside his chambers." For a moment, Arthur swore he saw a look of guilt flash across Uther's face, but it was gone in an instant and Arthur wondered if he'd even seen it, "how do you expect me to punish someone who's always sick? That to me seems like punishment enough." Morgana refused to look at Uther, instead glaring heatedly at the floor.

"Dad?" Arthur asked tentatively.

"Yes?" Uther asked darkly.

"I think there's something down there," Arthur explained.

"Why?" Uther asked looking concerned.

"When we were down their… we heard something roaring. Uther could have sworn he saw Uther's lip twitch slightly, but Arthur was sure he imagined it, why would Uther laugh about this?

"Don't worry, I'll send some guards to investigate it, now go to your chambers." Morgana turned on her heel and stormed off, followed by Arthur with a little more dignity. Even though they were caught, it was still a successful prank. He couldn't wait to tell Leon all about it.