"So...who are you going to try out for?" Merlin asked Lancelot as they all found a long wooden bench, under a large oak tree providing plenty of shade from the hot sunny day outside, to sit on.
"To be perfectly honest...I'm not sure." Lancelot admitted as he shrugged his shoulders sitting down in between Arthur and Merlin on the bench while Gwaine sat down next to Morgana and Gwen earning a harsh warning glare from Arthur that he completely ignored.
"Oh come on! It's so obvious! You're name is Lancelot so why not be Lancelot? Who better to be Lancelot than a Lancelot himself?" Gwaine blurted out in a very typical blunt fashion as if the answer itself was more than obvious.
"Yeah, you'd be perfect for playing Lancelot." Morgana added with a smile.
"You really think so?" Lancelot asked. He seemed to be a little shy with the whole idea.
"Of course and besides it'll be amusing hearing you sing in front of all those people." Gwaine grinned.
"Sing?" Arthur asked in surprise.
"Yeah, didn't you know you Blondie? This Camelot thing is a musical. Everyone sings in it." Gwaine replied.
Arthur didn't reply but from the look on his face it was more than obvious he didn't like the whole idea about the singing thing.
"What's the matter, Arthur? Not going to back out now are you?" Morgana teased him smirking.
"No! I never back out of anything!" Arthur argued. He would never let Morgana have the satisfaction of seeing him back out of anything, no matter how much he hated it, because she would never let him live it down.
"Good because seeing you sing in front of everyone will be hilarious, Arthur." Morgana replied laughing a little at the complete thought of the idea while Arthur rolled his eyes.
"Are you two brother and sister?" Merlin asked as he watched the way the two interacted with one another.
"Sort of. We're half brother and sister." Morgana answered her good mood changing slightly due to the new uncomfortable question.
Merlin seemed to be able to sense that the question had made her uncomfortable and decided the best thing to do was apologize since he didn't intend to upset her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause any offense. Sometimes I just ask things without thinking."
"No it's alright. You see Arthur and I have the same father but we have...or had...different mothers...my mother died a couple years ago in a car crash so I've been living with Arthur ever since..." Morgana explained. She never really talked about her mother because she hated to think about the sad memories that came with it but Merlin was new and didn't know so she thought it best to explain it to him even if it did hurt to talk about it.
Merlin nodded. He felt bad for Morgana. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to lose his mother. If he ever lost his he sure he would certainly be devastated. He may not be living with his mother at the moment but that didn't mean she was gone forever. She just wanted him to get away from home for a while and stay with his uncle Gaius that was all.
Gwen gently placed a hand on Morgana's shoulder as a silent form of comfort knowing how much it upset her to talk about her mother.
Morgana turned to face her and gave her a small smile as a silent way of thanking her.
Not liking the way the conversation had turned, Gwaine decided to take over and change it back to a much more lighter and happier mood.
"So which one of you wants to preform for us?" he asked Lancelot, Gwen, and Arthur.
Gwen shyly shook her head. "Not me."
"Me either." Arthur objected as well leaving only Lancelot left.
They all turned to face Lancelot as if waiting for him to begin as he sighed and stood up holding a thick script in his hands. He was about to open it and recite something from it but was interrupted when Gwaine snatched it from him and randomly flipped it open to a page and handed it back to him with a mischievious grin.
Lancelot looked down at the page his eyes widening slightly. Gwaine had managed to open to the very first page Lancelot appeared in which unfortunately resulted immediately in song.
"Go on. We're waiting." Arthur spoke grinning clearly he too had seen the page Gwaine flipped too before Gwaine had given it back to Lancelot.
Lancelot took a deep breath bracing himself. 'Well...here goes nothing...' He thought to himself.
In a clear, soft, and melodic voice he began singing the words on the page he held in front of him trying hard not to blush with embarrassment as this was the very first time he had ever sang in front of someone.
"Camelot! Camelot! In far off France I heard your call.
Camelot! Camelot!
And here am I to give my all."
He stopped when Arthur interrupted him shaking his head.
"What's wrong?" Lancelot asked. Surely he didn't sound that bad, did he?
"You're too soft. It's an introduction to your character not a love ballad. You need to sound louder and bolder." Arthur criticed him before gesturing him with a wave of his hand to try again.
Lancelot nodded trying to take the criticism without offense knowing that Arthur wasn't doing it to mock him or to be a jerk but trying help him out in order to ace his audition later that afternoon. When he sang the verse over this time however he managed to keep his voice clear but a little more louder and bolder as Arthur had told him too.
"Camelot! Camelot! In far off France I heard your call.
Camelot! Camelot!
And here am I to give my all."
"Much better." Arthur commented with a smile. Gwen, Morgana, Merlin, and Gwaine seemed to agree as they smiled and nodded.
Before long the bell rang once more indicating that it was time to return to the rest of their classes for the day.
Grabbing their stuff the group quickly made their way back inside the building as they did their best to make sure they were not late for their next class.