I'm back! Yay! So this chapter was inspired a lot by mysterygal12's "The Little Prince" it's really good if you like Royal Merlin fics so go read it and enjoy,

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Merlin was nervous and his heart was pounding in his chest so loudly he was sure Arthur could hear it, one of his biggest secrets was about to be revealed. He sent up a silent prayer to the triple goddess hoping against hope that his knights wouldn't recognize him. He knew it was futile; his knights would most definitely recognize him. He just hoped he could send them a message not to reveal him.

Suddenly the doors opened and Merlin's knights, his friends walked in. Merlin's breath caught and a tear came to his eye. He hadn't realized how much he missed them until now.

Richard looked older than he was, the years of war had not been kind to him. His sandy hair was streaked with grey and his face had a long scar on it. The scar ran from his left temple down to his chin and ran over his eye giving him a mean look even though he was one of the kindest men Merlin knew. He walked with a slight limp and favored his left leg.

Sir Nathan looked much the same as when Merlin had seen him last. His black hair, similar to Merlin's own stood up in random places messily yet somehow styled. He had grown into his long arms and legs, so he wasn't so gangly and awkward anymore. Sir James and Sir Thomas being twins shared the same light brown hair and strong square jaw. They both stood at about Arthur's height and they had roughly the same physique as the young Kind, the only difference between the two brothers being the eyes. James had piercing blue eyes while Thomas had warm chocolate brown eyes.

Merlin then studied Sir Owen. He had shoulder length blond hair and green eyes. His hair was long enough that he had to brush it out of his eyes. Before Merlin could expect them further, however, Arthur spoke.

"Welcome, Knights of Aria!" He greeted his arms open in a welcoming gesture and then his face turned serious. "You are welcome here in Camelot if you wish to stay, but I must ask as to why you are here?" The Knights all bowed respectfully; Sir Richard stepped forward.

"We have come in seek of help. Our kingdom was taken over eight ago when the king's brother betrayed the royal family and attacked in the dead of night." He spoke with venom in his voice as he spoke of the betrayal and the knights and Merlin clenched their fists angrily. "Our Prince was forced to flee; though we had to give him a sleeping-draught to knock him out. He wanted to stay and fight." Richard said with a slight chuckle of pride.

As Richard was speaking James, never one to be able to pay attention to anything he considered boring, looked around the throne room curiously. As he was looking around, his gaze slid passed Merlin who breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little hurt. As James continued to look around his brain finally seemed to processed who he had seen and he gasped, Merlin winced at the noise and his eyes flew back to Merlin in realization. His eyes widened and he jabbed Thomas with his elbow, making the said knight glare at him. James jerked his head in Merlin's direction and Merlin suddenly found the ceiling extremely interesting. Thomas followed James' gaze and then looked back at James expectantly but then did a double take. As his eyes landed on Merlin again they widened and he made a move to go to him but Merlin's voice sounded in his head.

"Don't." It said urgently "Don't reveal me. Not yet. They don't know who I am" This message played in all the knight's heads, if they were surprised at the sudden voice of their prince in their heads, they hid it well.

"Recently we heard rumor of our prince being in Camelot." Richard said shooting a glance at Merlin, his eyes flickering with some unrecognizable emotion, who quickly looked away. "and we wish to find him and bring him home. We have come to ask for your aid in finding him and gaining back our kingdom." He finished, once more bowing but this time Merlin could tell it was aimed more at him but to anyone else it would have looked to be directed at Arthur. The rest of the knights quickly followed suit. Then Arthur spoke again.

"Forgive me," he began "but I cannot tell you my decision right now, I must speak with my knights."

Richard nodded "Of course my lord." Arthur motioned to Merlin.

"My manservant Merlin will show you to your guest chambers." With that Arthur stood and left.

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The Knights of Aria followed their Prince down the hall eagerly wanting to talk to him. Suddenly a voice called out from behind them.

"Merlin, Mate!" A brown haired knight with shoulder-length hair called, the Knights of Aria recognized him as Sir Gwaine from the earlier patrol. He gave the Knights of Aria a suspicious look, obviously not trusting them with his friend. "How about I help you take these knights to their rooms? Then we can go to the tavern." Gwaine suggested. The Knights of Aria tensed as Gwaine drew closer and put his hand on Merlin's shoulder.

"No Gwaine, It's fine," Merlin said shrugging of Gwaine's hand. "I'm just going to show them their rooms and go to sleep."

Sir Owen's hand flinched toward his sword as Gwaine put his arm around Merlin, "Come on mate! Have some fun for once!" He said steering Merlin away.

"He said, No." Sir Owen growled, gripping his sword, the other knights followed suit. Gwaine shoved Merlin behind him protectively; this seemed to be the wrong move.

With a cry of anger, Sir Owen drew his sword and charged at Gwaine. The other knights also drew their swords but stayed put. As Merlin watched in horror he realized Gwaine wouldn't be able to bring his sword up in time. Merlin didn't have much of a choice, he had to use magic and Gwaine would see, there was no lying his way out of this one, But Merlin had to save Gwaine he was his friend. Merlin's eyes flashed gold, and Sir Owen ran into an invisible shield.

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So Gwaine wasn't really supposed to find out this early it just kind of happened so I hope y'all like it, coming up: Will Arthur help? How will Gwaine react? Also, do you guys want a couple flashbacks? Answer in you review *hint hint*

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