sorry about the line breaks all they mean is the beginning of a new paragraph because my fan fic doc manager is being a pain so hope you enjoy the story and sorry for this chapter being so short the next one will be longer I promise

Chapter 6

Two hours later the feast had started and Merlin was definitely enjoying himself even with the looks he was getting from some of the Lords and ladies of the court, at least

until Uther stood up to make his announcement. As soon as Merlin heard his father say he had an announcement to make, he tensed up knowing what he was about to say.

He was worried that the other lords and ladies would not take this well but he had to trust his father's judgment.

"Lords, Ladies, and friends of old, for the last eighteen years rumors spring up here and there that the night my late wife Ygraine died that she gave birth to twins, I never

confirmed nor denied these claims. The reason I did not is because I protecting one of them, the rumors are true I have two twin sons one of them has magic and is very

powerful. The night they were born a sorcerer wanted to take him and raise him to be used against us. We drove her off but she swore she would find him so to protect him I

sent him and my twin brother Balinor into hiding. Balinor kept him safe all these years until he came of age. You are all wondering who this young man sitting next to Arthur

is, well his name is Merlin Arthur's twin. The lost prince of Camelot has returned. Tonight we celebrate the birth of two princes of Camelot. So let us rejoice that the

Pendragon family is whole again and both of my sons eighteenth anniversary." Right after Uther's speech the whole room erupted in applause until a woman in a deep blue

dress and cloak stepped into the center of the room.

Upon seeing her Balinor and Uther tensed up and Uther said "You, what are you doing here?" the woman sneered at Uther "I told you I would have your son Uther now

Merlin has a choice because he is old enough to make it." "He won't go with you." Uther said while sounding as if he was trying to convince himself that it was true

"You aren't sure are you, but he will choose me and you know it." the woman then turned to Merlin and said "Hello Merlin, my name is Ailya. I know that your brother

hates you and that your feel out of place here. I can offer you more than your family ever could, I can offer you power, riches, glory, I can offer you everything you

have ever dreamed of. I can make so that the world bows at your feet. I know you want a life where people won't shun or make fun of you . I can give you all of

that if you come with me, why stay here when you have chance to be more than you ever imagined. Come with me and have all your dreams come true.

What say you Merlin?" Merlin smiled deceivingly "Do you even need to ask Ailya?" his ploy worked "Good then we should go." Ailya started to walk towards

Merlin but stopped when Merlin held up his hand and said with a threatening tone "You misunderstand me Ailya, you are right on one thing I do not want

to treated wrongly anymore, but you are deluding yourself if you think for one second that I will come with you. I know what you plan to do you want to

teach me dark magic and then use me for your selfish gain. I want no part in what you offer you will never have me. If you try to harm my family or friends

I promise you this if you cross me no where will be safe for you, no one not even the gods themselves will hide you from me and I don't break my promises."

At his words Ailya's face drained of color but she recovered just as quick and said "Then let's put your convictions to the test shall we, say goodbye to your

brother for the last thing he will see is my knife in his chest." with that Ailya drew a dagger from the sleeve of her robes and threw it at Arthur then used

a spell to teleport out the room. Merlin was quick to act his eyes flashed gold to slow down time then he grabbed Arthur and pulled him to the floor away

from his chair and as soon as Merlin had Arthur out of the way Merlin released the spell and the knife imbedded itself in Arthur's chair right where his heart

had been. Merlin and Arthur were breathing hard. Merlin released Arthur as soon as Arthur was sitting up he turned to Merlin and asked in a completely

shocked tone "You saved my life even though I treated you horribly, why?" "I told you Arthur you may be an ass but you are still my brother and I will

protect you as such no one harms my family and gets away with it. As that witch will soon find out." Merlin replied as he helped Arthur to his feet.

Arthur shook his head a little while looking at Merlin "I was wrong about you Merlin, you have every right to be here. You're right I do treat people

horribly and after what you just did I can see you are right everyone deserves respect no matter their station. I promise I will try as long as you don't give up on me."

Merlin got a lopsided smile and his face as he said "What are brother for Prat." Arthur pulled Merlin into a brotherly embrace as he said "Shut up you idiot"

Arthur paused then said "Well I did not say this before but welcome home brother." Merlin just smiled back knowing that no words were needed he just

nodded his head and made a joke "Well you're stuck with me now so you might as well get used to it Prat cause I will still knock you back into place

if you mess up and I expect you to do the same to me." "Of course and you're stuck with me Idiot your still going to have to put up with me so you

might as well get used to it." both of them just smiled at each other both knowing that the problems with the sorcerer were only beginning but neither

of them would face the threat alone because they have each other, the Knights, and even dragons on their side the witch will fight but in the end she will fail.

For now though it was just time to have a family and for the two princes of Camelot to get to know each other so that they could fight together as it was meant to be.