Guilt, was something Merlin was becoming very accustomed to in his life. Though it had been months since the great dragon had saved his life he didn't have to courage to tell Arthur the beast was still alive. He knew he would have to eventually though. What if he needed to call on Kilgharah in battle? What would Arthur say then?

He kept putting off, saying he would defiantly tell Arthur tomorrow, then the next day...or the day after that. Till eventually he managed to build up the courage one night to go and talk to him, knocking on his door nervously before entering, much to his brothers surprise.

"Merlin! You never knock" Arthur greeted

"I want you to come riding with me tomorrow" Merlin spat out, Arthur raised an eyebrow in suspicion.

"Uh, sure" He shrugged, "Why are you so nervous about going riding?"

"I...need to introduce you to somebody" Merlin said awkwardly, making Arthur snicker.

"You haven't decided to elope with somebody have you?" Arthur teased making Merlin blush.

"God no!" He rebutted, "I just want you to meet a friend of mine, he is a little...different"

"Have you been meeting with druids?" Arthur asked, "I know they are peaceful and all but they can be dangerous, remember Alvar?"

"No no he's not a druid!" Merlin sighed exasperated, "Just, come with me tomorrow, I'll explain everything"

...

"So what is your friends name?" Arthur asked trying to lighten the mood, He had not seen Merlin so nervous since Morgana's return when he though she would tell Uther about trying to poison her.

"Kilgharrah" Merlin replied, Arthur felt his eye brows shoot up to his hair line. What sort of name is that?

"Sounds magical" He added subtly, he had been trying to goad his brother into revealing something about this 'friend' but so far Merlin had remained tight lipped. They continued to ride in silence until they reached the a large clearing a few miles from Camelot, the city was obscured by the trees.

"Alright, I'll call him" Merlin sighed, "Promise you won't freak out?"

"Ummm sure..." Arthur sighed, feeling weird. This feeling sky rocketed when Merlin opened his mouth and positively roared in ghiberish.

"What the hell was that!" Arthur yelled, in the back of his mind he knew he had heard Merlin say similar words before but he couldn't place where. He got his answer when a huge shadow loomed over the valley, Arthur could only stand, mouth wide as his eyes in surprise as the dragon landed softly in the grass.

"I thought you sent him away" Arthur growled, positively glaring at his brother.

"He saved me from the serkets" Merlin tried weakly, Arthur still glaring at him.

"Fear not young Pendragon, I will not attack your city" Kilgharah cut in, "Merlin has made sure of that"

"How could you keep this from me?" Arthur yelled, ignoring Kilgharah completely, and considering his size and the fact that he's a dragon thats a pretty impressive thing to do.

"I wanted to tell you really I did" Merlin mumbled, "I just didn't know how"

"Why do you keep so many secrets!" Arthur contiued, "I trust you but sometimes I question why"

That had hurt. A lot. Arthur could see it in Merlin's eyes. Deep down he knew Merlin told him as much as he could, only keeping things from him when he felt he had to but his temper was getting the best of him.

"Calm yourself Arthur" The dragon chided

"You wont hurt anybody in Camelot" Arthur confirmed glaring at the beast with as much hate as he could muster, "You'll do what he says?"

"Yes" The dragon nodded, "Also, I am sorry"

"What?" Arthur's glare fell, replaced with a mask of shock. The dragon was, appologising?

"I had been imrisoned for twenty years, I wanted revenge" He stated, "On your father, I should not of killed innocent people"

"No you shouldn't of" Merlin growled before letting his face sofen a little, "Kilgharah is a good dragon Arthur, really"

It was just like Merlin, he couldn't stay angry at people, or dragon apparently. He was looking up at the beasts face with the same softness and compassion he did his friends and family. Then again, Dragonlords were family to their dragons weren't they?

"I...understand" He said finally, "About you not telling me, I'm sorry I yelled at you Merlin"

"It's alright" He beamed, "Kilgharah will rub off on you, you'll see!"

"Indeed, I wanted to give you something" The dragon said suddenly serious, revealing a small object hidden in his talons. A small pure white whistle in the shape of a dragons head the size of a small fist. He dropped it into the eldest princes hands much to his surprise.

"Merlin can call upon me at any time, you cannot" The dragon stated, "Now, if Merlin ever needs my help and cannot call me himself, you can summon me"

"Thankyou" Arthur breathed, still in awe of the beautiful object, "Is, this made of dragon bone?"

"Carved by dragonlords, for their families" Kilghrah nodded, "I've had this one for some time"

Arthur felt a little repelled that he was holding a tool forged from dead dragon, but it was indeed beautiful. He was tempted to blow it now to see what it sounded like but he knew it was childish.

"Understand, this is not for anything less than an emergency" The dragon said seriously, "Do not abuse this"

"I won't" Arthur promised, still amazed that the dragon would give him a gift of such great value. Esspecially after the greeting he had given. He couldn't honestly say he liked the dragon. Not yet, but for now he would put up with him if he had to for Merlin's sake. It wasn;t as if he would be seeing him every day, odds are he wouldn;t even come with his brother to talk to him. It wasn;t a huge sacrifice. Who knows maybe Kilghrah would grow on him in time.

Sorry this chapter is so short, I wanted to go straight onto the Crystal Cave cause its my fave episode but I needed this done pretty soon. I have had it for a hile but Fanfiction isn't letting me sign in!