Authors Note: Hey guys! Big thank you to those of you who reviewed. I've got 12 followers! On only one chapter! *Screams into pillow* Again any more comments/constructive criticism you got I will be happy to listen. And because I forgot it last time; I don't own Merlin, I never will, and if I did the show wouldn't have ended Chapter 2 here we go:
Over the next few days Merlin found he was actually quite good at handling a sword in this new form.
"Your not as useless as I thought Merlin." Arthur remarked nodding in approval after one of the knights training sessions.
"I think we're retaining each others physical attributes, like I've got your fighting ability in this form and you've got my.." Merlin trailed off before he could let a certain precious secret slip.
"I've got your what?" Arthur prompted wondering what special abilities Merlin could possibly have.
"Legendary cleaning skills of course." Merlin finished weakly trying to laugh.
"Legendary!" He scoffed "Yeah right Mer-Arthur." He suddenly changed his tone when a guard walked by.
"Sire." He addressed Merlin making Arthur bite his lip to keep from saying something. "The council requests your presence urgently." Merlin nodded to the guard and started making his way to the council chambers whispering urgently to Arthur.
"How am I going to do this? I don't know what I'm doing; I've been making this up as I go along! How do I address council members, give advice on an apparently urgent issue! I don't know how to do that!" He rambled barely stopping for breath.
Arthur waited until he stopped hyperventilating. "Just calm down, they'll probably do most of the talking themselves, it's what they always do. They'll explain the situation and then start arguing like small children." Arthur rolled his eyes then continued, "When they do, I'll tell you what I'd advise them to do. Got it-OUCH." Merlin turned back towards the King. He saw himself hopping around on one foot holding the other, hissing in pain.
"How the HELL do you steer this thing!" Arthur yelled.
"With great difficulty." Merlin choked out his sides hurting from trying not to laugh.
Arthur grumbled crossing his arms as Merlin practically dragged him to the council chambers.
"Ah Sire." One of the council members spotted him. "Thank you for coming on such short notice."
Merlin inclined his head respectfully.
"We've heard reports of men seen around the ruins of an old castle out in Cenred's kingdom. Men baring the Red Tree on their armor. Now we all know that the Red Tree is Morgana's crest. So we were discussing if we should follow up on the rumors." The council members turned to him questioningly.
Merlin didn't need Arthur's advice on this matter; he knew exactly what he would say.
"Of course we should. If Morgana is gathering an army we should head it off before it becomes a real threat. I'll take a few of my most trusted knights to this castle ruin to measure the truth in these rumors." Merlin said with an air of importance. He himself was surprised at how regal that sounded. He must have picked something up from Arthur on one of his many, many sit-ins on the boring council meetings.
"Yes Sire." The council members nodded as if they already knew that would be his answer and just needed him to say it out loud.
Arthur was surprised at how well that went, Merlin sounded like a leader back there, he, well he sounded like a king! Not that'd he ever mention that to him. He followed him to the door and asked;
"Which knights are you planning to take?"
"I thought; Gwaine, Percival, Leon, and Elyan?" He phrased it like a question, like he was asking Arthur's permission. Arthur nodded, those were exactly the men he would have chose.
"Arthur, ready the horses." Merlin grinned, enjoying ordering Arthur around. Arthur rolled his eyes and gave another one of his famous looks the 'If we ever get out of here I will kill you' look. But he did what he was told acting like the good little servant Merlin had never been.
The knights were saddled up and ready to go in a matter of hours and Gaius came over and bid them farewell casting a warning glance between Merlin and Arthur. (They had told him what was going on as soon as they had found out) Merlin knew what that glance meant. It meant 'Keep a close watch on Arthur, do NOT let him discover you gifts' and Merlin meant to.
Sorry for the short chapter Guys! But this felt like the right place to end it, plus we don't want things going to fast. I promise chapter 3 will be longer and will include; Action and Arthur starting to discover Merlin's secret YAY.