BONJOUR! CHAPTER 4 IS UP! i am embracing my new found love for french! thanks soooo much for everyone who reviewed! you guys make me smile! :P

Arthur POV

Stupid Merlin! Why did he have to go and get cursed into and 8 YEAR OLD! Just because of that he gets to temporarily stop being my manservant. Stupid Merlin! There were hundreds of rumours flying around the castle about how cute he was! Ha! When I first heard it, I almost doubled over in laughter! I mean how cute could he be? Sure, I've never seen him but.... it's Merlin! Merlin the clumsy idiot with overrly large ears and that... that... ridiculously, red, NECK-SCARF!
There was a knock at my door,
"Enter," I said menacingly, hoping they could hear the frustration in my voice and just... just... GO AWAY! Alas, they didn't and the door opened to reveal Morgana standing there with her maid Gwen.
"Morgana and Gwen, to which reason do I owe this lovely visit?" I asked trying to put on my usual, dreamy type of voice.
"Don't worry Arthur there is no reason, but I do have a surprise..." she grinned widely.
"Oh?" I asked, coming from Morgana, a surprise would actually be a surprise, a bad one too. Her face turned to look at something outside the door.
"Come on Merlin." she whispered. Ahhhh.... Merlin is here, I would love to see how he turned out as a child.
"No! No no no no NO!" His voice, it sounded so childish yet it was also quite cute.
"Do you want me to smack you?" snapped Morgana.
"Wha?" he said confusedly, "A smack! Are you kidding me!?"
"Merlin, merlin, mer-lin," purred Morgana, "If you haven't noticed, I am kind of like the Princess of Camelot and I can send you to the stock with a click of my fingers..."
"Okay... okay... i'll do it!" He said sheepishly, stepping into my veiw.

H.O.L.Y.S.H.I.T.!

He looked way better than I thought he would look like. He actually looked... cu-cute. Great I've just called Merlin cute.
"I don't look that bad do I Arthur?" Merlin asked. His voice sounded like an angelic child from one of those over-the-top cheesy fairytales. I was always a cynical child. Stay normal, stay normal, stay normal.
"No you look much worse," I said, trying to regain my usual prince tone, to cover up my shock.
"Thanks," Merlin said sadly, "Thanks a lot, 'preciate it," I could see pain written on his face as he turned around, shoulders slumped, walking to the door. Morgana and Gwen were looking at me angrily. Great! Now I feel guilty!
"Do something!" my head screamed at me.
"Merlin," I said. He turned around slowly. His eyes looked empty. "You don't look that bad, you look... you look good." I rubbed my neck sheepishly.
"Really?" Merlin asked with a thoughtful look,
"Yer, really." I said. His face grew into a small smile.
"Thanks Arthur." He said before leaving my room with Morgana and Gwen following in pursuit.
At last this day is over!

MERLIN POV

Gaius has been telling me to make friends. He says I should start making friends around my appearent age. I didn't have any complaints about making new friends, but it's just that.. how you make friends? It's easy for little kids because they're all stupid and don't know anything. With little kids all you have to do is say "Hi!" and two years later your best friends! But I'm still my old self, just trapped in my 8 year old body. The only friend I made when I was 8 was Will. Actually... we were the only kids around, the rest came later.

I was currently staring at a large group of kids running around the gardens outside of the village. The kids were running around. Obviously playing tag. I can run! I can play tag! I'm just like them! Only I'm not... I took a deep breath. Some new friends wouldn't be that bad!
"Peter! Your so fast!" A girl called.
"Yer!" a boy agreed.
"Peter! Can we take a break?" another boy said. Huh... Peter must be the leader... All the children sat down and started to chat about something. Okay me! You can do this! Be dumb and no words over 2 syllables.
"Hey," I said to Peter, waving my arm slightly.
"Hi!" he replied. Everyone turned there heads to look at me. A couple of the girls blushed.
"Can I play?" I asked. Am I doing this right?
"Sure!" said Peter. "We were playing tag but Johnny was too tired," he rambled on. Huh... hallelujah for little kids.
"What's your name?" He asked me, breaking me away from my thoughts. I sat down with them.
"Merlin," I said.
"Hey, aren't you the Prince's friend?" Asked one of the boys.
"Yer, I guess," I said shrugging my shoulders. Were me and Arthur friends? Hope so.
"WOW!" all the kids gaped together. Ah... kids, impressed by anything.

ARTHUR POV

Where on earth is my cursed manservant? I was walking around the village with Morgana and Gwen chatting behind me about what Morgana should wear to the ball next week. Finally I saw the black figure of Merlin and he was sitting with a bunch of... kids! He was chatting with them and seemed to be fitting in.
"Aww..." cooed Morgana and Gwen. Girls, impressed with anything cute.
"Arthur, maybe we shouldn't disrupt him, he's with his friends!" Morgana told me.
"Nah, he'd rather spend time with me,"
"Why?" Gwen said boldy, "My lord," she added quickly.
"Because Guinevere, I'm the prince of Camelot," I said. Merlin would want to spend time with us? Of course! Why wouldn't he?
"Merlin!" I yelled out to him. His head snapped to look at me. All the kid's eyes widened in shock.
"Oh, hey Arthur!" He yelled back.
"Come on! You need to clean my room right?" I shouted.
Merlin groaned. Even though I couldn't hear it, I could tell from his face. But he got up in the end. He turned around and said "bye" quickly to everyone before running towards us.
"Come on Merlin," I said before ruffling his hair. That should make all the kids shocked. Merlin looked up with a confused face.
"Turn around idiot," I said. He turned around for a brief while.
"Thanks Arthur," he said. I turned around too, to see all the kids staring in shock at Merlin.
Ahh... kids, impressed by a simple hair ruffle.

Ah... the end! kinda short. sorry I updated so late! Hey can any of you figure out why the girls blushed? (haha easy question :P)
Has now also come up with a new story for Merlin, but too lazy to write two stories at once... lazy much!
Anyways... review please!!!