"….And that's how it happened," concluded Merlin. Gwaine just nodded/shrugged. He was like that, not questioning things too much.
"Okay," said Arthur, "Everything explained? Let's go home."
The four made their way back to Camelot, taking about a day. It was nightfall when they arrived, Arthur and Merlin in the front of their party, holding hands, and Gwaine and Morgana's shade subconsciously making sexy faces at each other while they argued (flirted.)
"No way," said Gwaine, "A dragon is way deadlier than a griffon."
Morgana snorted. "And how would you know, Sir Drinks-A-Lot?"
"I've fought wyverns and-"
"They're not dragons!"
"Well, you wouldn't know, would you Miss Sexy-Sorceress?"
The pair both blushed and silenced, looking away from each other.
"It's true love!" Merlin giggled to Arthur.
Camelot was alive with the night life, but the king, his warlock, Sir Drinks-A-Lot, and Miss Sexy-Sorceress made their way to the castle. Morgana earned a few odd looks, but Gwaine made sure no one could properly see her face (not many people liked her after she tried to take over Camelot multiple times.)
It was very late. Gwaine headed back to his chambers, and Morgana was sent to her old ones. Arthur had a plan to as where Merlin should spend the night.
"You know I-"
"Merlin," said Arthur, softly. "Not that. Just you. Me. My bed. Sleeping. That's it. Nothing else."
Merlin sighed, but soon gave him her Merlin grin. "Actually, about the other idea…"
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Queen Merlin Pendragon ran out of the physician's chambers, crying. Two months ago, her wedding had taken place. The week before, she had been crowned. Today, she had been told she was pregnant. Tears of joy.
"Arthur!" she called, skidding into him chambers, clutching her stomach.
"Merlin!" he said, rising and coming to her side. He noticed her tears. "What happened? Are you alright?"
"I'm more than alright! More than fine!" she cried eagerly. "You'll never believe it!"
Arthur looked wife up and down. "What?"
She leaned forward and kissed him. "I'm pregnant!" she proclaimed as she pulled away.
Arthur's face was a mixture of shock, joy, and a whole mess of emotions. His hands slid to her stomach. He felt a slight bulge. His eyes flashed to hers. "Merlin," he whispered. "We're going to be…" He couldn't finish his thought.
"Yes!"
"We need to tell everyone."
By 'everyone,' Arthur meant the Knights of the Round Table, Gwen, Morgana, and Gauis (but he already knew.) Merlin wrote a letter to her mother (who had nearly fainted when she found out Merlin was a girl. "My son has been turned into a woman twice," she had said. "Had a king fall in love with her, had the magic ban lifted because of her, and is now getting married? No one thought to tell me?") They told the council, of course, to inform them of the incoming heir. Merlin and Arthur couldn't have been more ecstatic.
"And so," said Arthur, at a Knights of the Round Table meeting. It wasn't just the knights, but Merlin, Gwen, and Gauis, too, so basically everyone who had been there when they had found the Round Table. Morgana was there, too, because for some reason, the Table seemed complete with her there. Arthur continued, "Merlin's pregnant. Gwen's pregnant. "We're expecting Gwaine to propose to Morgana any day-"
"Hey!" they both cried. They weren't even dating and claimed not to like each other, but even the townsfolk heard of the "Miss Sexy-Sorceress and her charming Sir Drinks-A-Lot."
"C'mon, Gwaine. Man up and get on one knee," said Merlin, rising to Arthur's side. Everyone laughed as the shade and the knight blushed. Merlin and Gwaine had grown close in the past months, almost as brother and sister.
. "Well, set her free. She may or may not come back to you."
"What if she doesn't?" asked Gwaine, feeling slightly inferior, but grateful for the advice.
"She will," said the old man, handing him his horse's reigns. "Your love for each other may be different from what you expect, though."
The knight finally realized what that old stranger meant.
"Or Morgana, you could," said Merlin, still joking. "Yeah, you could propose if Gwaine's not man-" she stopped.
"Merlin?" asked Arthur.
Her face was pale, her eyes wide. Her breathing became shallow. Her hands slid to her stomach. "Merlin?" Arthur asked again. No response. Her eyes flickered to his before she fell.
"Merlin!" Arthur had caught her. There was blood. So much blood. "Gauis!"
"Get her back to my chambers!" called the physician, already making his way there. It took ten minutes to get there. "Place her on the table."
Arthur complied. Merlin groaned in her unconscious state. Gauis then appeared with a small vial filled with a clear potion. "Open her mouth."
When the liquid was dumped in, Merlin opened her eyes and gasped. Her hands went to her stomach. Tears filled her eyes. "No," she said," No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"
"Merlin!" said a shocked/concerned Arthur. "Calm down!"
"NO!" she screamed. "I lost it! I lost the baby!"
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"Will she be alright, Gauis?" Arthur asked the physician three weeks later. The king had confined his wife to their chambers, making sure she couldn't get out. He became very overprotective of her.
Gauis sighed. "Physically, she's fine. Mentally, she's depressed. Give her time."
"I don't get it," said Arthur. "How did she miscarry?"
"Well, sire," said the physician, going for a lecture, "For a man to be changed into a woman, a woman would have to be changed into a man. It's to keep the balance of nature straight. Merlin, however, this time, did not swap genders with someone. A god forced her body to change. When Merlin first traded genders with Morgana, he, or she, became a woman on the inside and the out. Because Mortius forced her like this, she is only a woman in appearance. On the inside she is a man and balance is kept."
"Oh," was Arthur's reply.
"Ergo, she cannot conceive," concluded the physician. "Don't tell her this. It might upset her."
"Of course not," said Arthur, thinking. He had a plan.
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Morgana, yet again, was having a vision. It finished and she opened her eyes, which were gold. "Oh Merlin," she whispered, near tears for her friend. "Your troubles have just begun."
Okay, so asshole Arthur hasn't come in yet and there will be more of crying Merlin...and, yes, at least one more baby thing. I have an epic plan for the next few chapters.
Also, thank yoooooou sooooooo muuuuuuuuch to Luka Knight, Lady Blade WarAngel, ijusttaserdyou, bubzchoc, and Don V for reviewing! May the magic be with you! *waves hand like Obi Wan Kenobe*