Here's chapter 2. Thank you to all of you who have read and reviewed so far. I think I replied to all the signed in reviewers and thank you to equine 14 for you tips as well. :)

I hope you enjoy this chapter. Usual disclaimers and all mistakes are my own. :)

Leon

The spinning bottle had grabbed everyone's attention and they collectively held their breath. The bottle started to slow and stopped at Leon. Leon huffed and rolled his eyes as the bottle came to a stop.

'Truth of Dare?' Gwaine grinned. Leon considered his options. He was going to have to do both and getting one out of the way was preferable over the other.

'Dare,' he sighed and looked around. He was never going to let Gwaine give him a dare so he tried to work out who would be best.

'Who you picking?' Gwaine grinned.

'Lancelot,' Leon answered hoping the man would not be too harsh.

Lancelot leaned forward a bit, 'I'm honoured that you think I'm the most sensible here,' he smiled leaning back knowing Leon would certainly never trust Gwaine to give him a dare. Leon was starting to get slightly worried at the look on Lancelot's face.

'I am offended that you think Lancelot is more sensible than me!' Gwaine said mockingly acting shocked but with an obvious overreaction.

'Yeah so am I?' Elyan pitched in as he sent an amused angry glance in Leon's direction.

'Me too,' Percival shoved Leon's shoulder playfully but a bit harder than he meant to and Leon nearly toppled over making everyone laugh.

Once the laughing had ceased the attention turned to Merlin.

'It's alright Leon. I'm not offended,' he grinned back and in their somewhat drunken state the laughing started again.

'So who did he pick again?' Gwaine asked as he wiped a tear from his eye as the laughing subsided.

'Me,' Lancelot answered seriously. He was deep in thought and had someone to play a prank on in mind but he wasn't really sure how it should be done.

Leon was starting to worry now but he also knew that he would have the chance to cause trouble for the others later on.

'I don't actually have a dare in mind, as such,' Lancelot's voice brought Leon out of his thoughts, 'but I do have a person in mind.'

'Intriguing,' Gwaine was smiling wickedly now.

'Who?' Leon asked curiously.

'Geoffrey of Monmouth,' Lancelot grinned.

'Why Geoffrey?' Leon asked shocked by Lancelot's choice.

'Because he constantly tuts when you're in the library and then makes sounds if he thinks you might damage a book,' Lancelot had obviously held this back for a while. 'He constantly 'needs to know' what I'm reading and to be honest I'm sick of it.' The room was silent as the rant Lancelot had just delivered was very unlike him.

'He does do that,' Percival agreed nodding.

'And he hovers over you sometimes,' Elyan remarked.

'Looking over your shoulder!' Gwaine exclaimed to nods around the room.

'I think he just doesn't like me,' Merlin pitched in as everyone turned to him. 'I'm there a lot and I think he gets a bit sick of seeing me,' Merlin shrugged.

Leon's eyes lit up as he thought of the perfect prank and started to smile. They would have to be quick though as the cover of darkness would be needed.

'Leon?' Lancelot asked looking at the knight curiously.

'Can I have help?' Leon asked Gwaine.

Gwaine pulled on his beard as he thought, 'I suppose...you can have one helper,' he declared.

'Lancelot. You can help as you're the most worked up about this,' Leon tipped his head to the side slightly as if to say 'ok'.

'Does this count as my dare?' Lancelot looked around the room hoping it could be.

'NO,' came the resounding answer from everybody else. No-one noticed Percival shift slightly due to his tender backside.

'If that's settled, spin the bottle,' Gwaine announced as Leon took the bottle and spun it vigorously. It slowed and came to a stop in front of Elyan.

'Pick someone to ask you a truth,' Gwaine was truly enjoying this.

'Can't I do a dare?' Elyan pleaded but Gwaine shook his head in amusement.

'Alright,' Elyan sighed considering his options. 'Percival,' he answered after a moment. Percival wouldn't be nasty.

Percival sat thinking for a moment as the others drank some more ale. He was close to Elyan but Elyan did keep his life before becoming a knight to himself. Percival was certainly curious but he didn't want to embarrass or hurt his friend.

'Anytime you like Percival. I'm getting old here,' Gwaine quipped with a smile.

'Ok. What was you most embarrassing moment growing up?' Percival finally asked.

Elyan felt a shiver run through him. There were many moments that struck him and most had led to him getting into trouble but there was one reason for his behaviour. He hadn't told anyone about his life before becoming a knight and thankfully Gwen had always kept quiet where Elyan was concerned. Should he just tell one of the events that had happed or tell them the truth that he had been keeping from them? He didn't want them to think him unworthy of being a knight and he supposed that was his greatest fear. That he was unworthy again.

Silence enveloped the room and Percival was starting to wish he hadn't probed his friend. The last thing he wanted to do was upset Elyan. He was about to say something when Elyan spoke.

'I suppose you could call my whole life before I came here an embarrassment,' he smiled weakly as everyone realised that Elyan had taken this question seriously. This was not going to be funny but rather more honest and heartfelt. He was finally letting them in.

'I suppose it was difficult for our father when our mother died. He had everything to do and two children to raise,' he was looking at the floor although he was aware that all eyes were on him.

'Gwen was always organised and much more mature,' he continued. 'I was just wanting to do anything but help. Dad tried to teach me to be a blacksmith but I didn't want to know and I know he was disappointed in me for not trying.'

Elyan fidgeted slightly as he was aware he had everyone's attention. He wondered if they would think less of him but he had already started and found he wanted to finish.

'So he taught Gwen instead,' he sighed with anger apparent. Anger at himself not his sister. 'Of course, she was brilliant. Dad couldn't praise her enough. I felt...unwanted,' he finally looked up and saw that everyone was looking directly at him but he felt no judgement from their expressions.

'I lost my way. I started to steal and always seemed to end up near a fight even if I didn't start it. Dad always blamed me and said I must have had something to do with it because I was trouble. Gwen used to give me her most pitying looks and that was worse. But it wasn't their fault, it was mine. I see that now,' he said with an air of resignation.

He sighed and stretched his arms out.

'I said I was leaving in a fit of resentment. Dad gave me some money and in the end I somehow managed to run my own forge. It wasn't great but manageable and I did have some skill,' he paused slightly before continuing, 'Gwen wasn't happy that I left them but I did tell her where I was. When Dad died I wanted to come back but I was afraid. Afraid of how my sister would see me.'

'Afraid she would reject you?' Lancelot asked quietly and Elyan nodded.

'I couldn't blame her if she did,' Elyan replied truthfully. 'So I stayed away. The next time I saw her was when Cenred's men took me from the forge to that strange castle.'

'Castle of Fyrien,' Merlin confirmed.

'Yeah that one. Of course after that Arthur did give me some money to get the forge working properly, not that he ever told Uther I'm sure. Being Gwen's brother helped,' for the first time Elyan had quirked a smile. 'I felt a closeness with my sister after that so when the immortal army came my first thought was to get to her which was where you found me.' Elyan looked up hesitantly to gauge his friends' reactions.

'You know Elyan...I'm disappointed,' Gwaine's voice sent and ice cold shiver through Elyan. This was what he dreaded. 'You're not in my league...I got banished by the King!'

There was a moment's silence as everyone registered what Gwaine had said and then laughter filled the air. Elyan laughed as he realised that his friends would not judge him on his past mistakes as he would never judge them on theirs.

Percival reached over and placed his large arm around Elyan's shoulders and whispered in his ear, 'Thank you.' Elyan smiled up at Percival. He had to admit he felt better now.

'Hey, it worked out alright in the end,' Lancelot commented with a small smile and Elyan felt gratified that he had told his friends the truth. He also knew that some of the others had felt the same way so he should never have thought they would judge him badly. Perhaps he had misjudged them.

'Right. Lancelot. We have a job to do,' Leon's voice broke through the laughter and Lancelot sighed as he got to his feet. He wasn't sure about this after all.

'What are we doing here?' Lancelot whispered.

'What is the best place to annoy Geoffrey?' Leon grinned back. He was a genius and he knew it.

'How long is this going to take? You know Arthur likes his training.'

'Never took you for one who needed beauty sleep,' Leon teased. 'Come on. Just try and keep quiet and work as quickly as possible.'

Leon and Lancelot set to work as quickly and quietly as possible but it still took them many hours.

Far too early it was morning for Leon and Lancelot. Both arrived late at the breakfast table and had to ward off questions from the others. Geoffrey liked to sleep late so their ruse had probably not been found yet but they knew they would know when it had.

'Arthur's almost ready for training,' Merlin appeared looking around the door at the knights and looking far too fresh.

'Urggghhh,' Leon and Lancelot let out simultaneous groans and rested their heads on their arms. Their dare had taken a lot longer than previously anticipated and neither had managed a restful sleep. Training was the last thing they wanted to do.

'You two look terrible,' Gwaine grinned.

'Are you going to tell us?' Percival asked smiling while popping some toast in his mouth. Both Leon and Lancelot looked up tiredly and shook their heads but smiles crept onto both of their faces.

'Seriously!' Elyan whined as he ate porridge.

'Trust me, you'll find out,' Leon sat up and tried to shake himself awake while Lancelot rested his head back on his arms.

Leon pushed some porridge in Lancelot's direction, 'Eat. You'll fell more awake,' the blonde knight stated. Lancelot thought that was doubtful but surprisingly found that he was hungry and ate with gusto.

'Come on. Let's go and do some training,' Gwaine got up followed by Elyan and Percival. 'Look on the bright side, last training session for a few days,' Gwaine said to Leon and Lancelot who were still firmly in their seats.

'We'll catch you up,' Lancelot said quietly.

Soon the knights and Arthur were out on the training ground but Leon and Lancelot were flagging and Arthur had noticed.

'Did you two have an eventful night?' the Prince asked. Fear filled them as they thought they had been rumbled.

'Don't know what you mean,' Lancelot replied quickly while Arthur frowned.

'I merely meant were you entertaining last night?' Arthur tried to clarify but Leon and Lancelot still looked confused. Arthur sighed. 'Entertainment of the female kind,' he pushed.

'Oh,' Leon smiled embarrassingly. 'Afraid not. Just didn't sleep well.' Arthur turned to Lancelot.

'Drank too much,' Lancelot felt himself blush at his lie.

'How boring,' Arthur turned away non-the-wiser to the knights' real reasons for lack of sleep.

'Indeed, very boring,' Gwaine quipped with a smile and raised his eyebrows. Percival and Elyan had to stifle their laughs.

Arthur stopped as he saw Gwen walking purposefully towards him.

'Guinevere,' he said as she stopped before him.

'There's something you need to see,' she was trying to be as controlled as possible but Arthur noticed her mouth twitch slightly as if she was stifling a laugh. The knights' noticed this as well as looked enquiringly at Leon and Lancelot.

Leon and Lancelot shared glances as they realised their prank had come to fruition.

The knights, Arthur and Gwen walked through the castle until they came to the library. Geoffrey was sat in his usual chair talking heatedly with Gaius.

'It is an outrage that someone would do this!' they heard Geoffrey state. 'Ah Arthur.'

'Geoffrey, what has disturbed you so much,' Arthur asked calmly.

'Look at my library!' Geoffrey exclaimed loudly his voice ringing in anger. Arthur and the knights looked around but could see no discernible differences.

'I can't see anything wrong,' Arthur stated wearing a look of confusion. The knights looked around in confusion as well apart from Leon and Lancelot who were desperately trying to hold expressions of ignorance.

'Look at the books,' Geoffrey said angrily. Arthur moved over to the first row of books filed under A and found the problem.

'Tyrannical Kings and the Terror they Wrought,' Arthur read. Clearly it didn't belong under A. He looked further down the line to see, 'Gruesome Tales to Scare Wicked Children' and further volumes that certainly weren't where the belonged. 'Destruction caused by Dangerous Magic' clearly did not belong under S and 'Mythical Beasts' did not belong under W.

'I see the problem,' Arthur sighed managing to just cover the smile that wanted to be known. Someone or more than one someone had rearranged the library during the night.

Having realised what Leon and Lancelot had done the knights had to do their best to stop themselves laughing while Geoffrey stood looking most put-out with his arms folded across his chest.

'When did this happen?' Arthur asked.

'It must have happened last night,' Geoffrey was calming down. 'It will take days to rectify.'

'No problem,' Arthur smiled. 'I'm sure the knights will help you. Oh and you can have Merlin as well.' The knights stared at Arthur in shock. Was he really suggesting that they help sort this? Of course two of them had done this in the first place but Arthur couldn't know that. Could he?

'Don't look at me like that,' Arthur said to his knights as he ushered them out of the library. 'Geoffrey needs this sorting and a lot of the servants can't read and all of you can. The last thing I need is Geoffrey causing problems.'

'You often say I can't read so does that excuse me?' Merlin smiled at Arthur hopefully. Right now he'd rather be polishing.

'You can read Merlin, you just tend to be a bit slow. This should help you,' Arthur replied back looking smug.

The knights all sighed. This wasn't what they had planned.

'Look on the bright side,' Arthur smiled cheerfully, 'no more training today.'

'This is your fault,' Elyan directed at Leon and Lancelot once Arthur was out of ear-shot.

'How were we to know Arthur would do this?' Lancelot retorted.

'It was a good prank...until this,' Gwaine said despondently while Percival nodded.

'Still...did you see how angry Geoffrey was?' Leon whispered quietly and with an amused smirk. Everyone took account of Geoffrey's face and the laughter started loudly and continued for a while. Yes it was a good prank but now they had to sort it out.

'Whenever you're ready gentlemen,' Geoffrey's face peered around the door towards the laughing knights as Gaius exited the library. Geoffrey moved away and the knights shared glances and started laughing again.

Once in control (mostly) of their emotions the knights entered the library and spent the day being bossed about by Geoffrey. It was tiring work trying to get everything back in alphabetical order while Gwaine was chastised for reading 'How to Engage the Female Sex' in passages to his friends. They did have one mishap where Merlin pushed past Percival knocking the bigger man on the still tender part of his backside making Percival move sharply away and caused him to knock into a shelf sending already replaced books crashing to the floor.

This delayed things even more as laughter was once again apparent and Geoffrey voiced his displeasure subsequently making them laugh even more. As much as it was boring work the knights and Merlin found it rather fun to be in each other's company all day even if they were arranging books

After a long day the knights and Merlin ate their supper and returned to Gwaine's room. Merlin momentarily left to make sure Arthur didn't need him anymore before returning a few minutes later.

'Right who's turn is it to spin?' Gwaine asked enthusiastically.

'Maybe we shouldn't continue with this,' Lancelot warned. Gwaine turned to Lancelot making clucking sounds and moving his arms as if they were chicken wings. 'Ok,' Lancelot held his hands up in defeat.

'It was my turn,' Elyan said as he took the bottle and set it in motion.

A/N: Elyan's truth was my interpretation of what had happened before. We don't know a lot about his background but I took most of my prompts from season 3 Episode 7: Castle of Fyrien. :)