A/N - *Peeks out from the corner* Hi I'm back! Okay so here's the second chapter and I will update god knows when because I haven't finished some work I didn't even know I had but hey that's life. Enjoy ! :)

Previously

"Merlin, may I ask how exactly you know these royals?" Arthur asked through gritted teeth, he was getting annoyed now and confused. He's never seen Merlin act this way, much less for a bunch of royals that no-one knows, but he just wants to know how the royals would have such a reaction to Merlin of all people.

"Umm, ye I do know them—"

"Well i hope so, Merlin. Prince Arthur, I see you already know Merlin and are friends with him I presume?. May I introduce to you Prince Merlin, first born son of myself and my late wife Queen Ariella , crown prince to the kingdom of Mageia, older twin sibling to Princess Melanie and brother to Prince Mordred." King Balinor explained to a shocked Arthur and Camelot's court members.

Prince Merlin Of Mageia

To say that Camelot's court was shocked was an understatement, and if asked correctly, they were furious.

There was stuck up nobles screaming indifference, saying that 'Merlin's a worthless servant, how the hell could he be a Prince !?'

Some of these comments hurt Merlin, but he didn't show it, just kept his face neutral, like his Father always taught him.

The Royals of Mageia were furious with how they spoke of Merlin, but none were more furious than Arthur with his court.

"SILENCE!" Arthur shouted, and all went quiet."How dare you speak of him in such a disrespectful way! As soon as it was revealed that he's the crown prince of a powerful kingdom, and be that as it may it doesn't matter about titles, you must always show respect to those who are above and below your station, is this how you show respect to royalty? you should be ashamed of yourselves!"

"Don't defend him, Sire" One member of the court said, " After all, he befriended you, and shared your bed, He's lied to you!"

"WHAT!?" Screamed all the Mageian royals.

Merlin winced as his family screamed, and then proceeded to panic as his father turned on him

"Merlin, is this true?! Are you sharing a bed with this...this...this vermin?!"

"I-I-I-I-I don't know what the man meant Father, you know i would never condone myself-"Merlin lied, trying desperately to find a way out, but his father could see through his lie

"You lie, Son! I taught you how to lie better, so I know when you lie, how could you? After what the Pendragons did to us?" The King told his son, spitting the word 'Pendragon' out as if it left a bad word in his mouth.

"Arthur is not his father" Screamed Merlin as he moved forward from behind Arthur's chair " He is a better man than Uther will ever-"

"Be that as it may" The King growled back, interupting his son" But he is still the son of the man who killed your mother, my wife, tried to kill your brother, whilst still in your mother's womb and attacked our kingdom- our kind- all for the sake of his own idiocy!"

"What?" Arthur whispered. He knew a lot of things his father did, and knew that his father hurt Merlin, but always thought it was because Merlin couldn't stand to see his kind being killed, not because his father had murdered his lovers mother, tried to kill his brother and attacked his kingdom. "Merlin,...is...is...is this true?"

"Oh, didn't Merlin tell you ?" King Balinor sneered " Shows how much you truly know my son, and pay attention to him"

"Father, please" Said the Princess, as she took her veil off," Obviously he couldn't tell him the truth, as it would destroy both of them"

"And that would be a bad thing, his heart being destroyed, because?" Said Mordred sarcastically as he pointed at Arthur

"Because then Merlin's heart will be destroyed" The princess said simply " and we have not seen one another since we were ten and you two, Mordred, so it would be quite a shame if Merlin died after we just found him" The Princess finished as she finally succeeded in taking her veil off.

There was no denying that Merlin and her were twins as both looked a lot alike.

Both had dark raven hair, same cobalt blue eyes, sharp features and a slender form, only difference was that the princess' hair was longer than the warlock's, down past her shoulders, her chest puffed out to reveal her breasts, which were covered by a pale blue dress.

They were basically identical.

" I see you haven't changed at all, Sister" Merlin commented, smiling at how his sister had grown up.

"Neither have you, Brother, still as stubborn as ever, although," The Princess replied, eyes roaming over her brothers form,"You seem different, kinder, almost human... i take it i have a certain prince to thank for that, for finally getting into that stone of a heart of yours and giving it feelings"

"Neither have you lost your sharp tongue" Growled Merlin in response.

The Princess smirked and Merlin glared at her, Mordred stood beside his big sister and rolled his eyes at his siblings antics.

"Anyway" Mordred drawled out, butting into his siblings antics "From all that i remember of you brother, and that was only two whole years, Sister is right, you haven't changed at all, but your heart has softened, it is true."

Merlin groaned in response "Don't agree with her, she'll get smug and use it against me!"

Princess Melanie mock-gasped "Oh, me? Im apalled that you think so little of me, brother dearest" She smirked

Merlin glared at her, which prompted her smirk to turn into a grin. Merlin's glare softened and he finally turned his features into a matching grin.

"Something's never change" Mordred muttered.

Prince Merlin Of Mageia

The King of Mageia watched on as his children teased and argued with each other, and then turned his eyes to the arrogant Prince of Camelot.

The Prince of Camelot was still sitting in his chair, arms on the arms of his chair, holding his head, watching as the three royals argued.

The King didn't see what his son saw in this man. He was just a bloke, and due to the fact that Merlin was unique in his own way, he could still have men and women falling at his feet. Why settle down, especially with the son of the man who killed his mother and tried to kill his brother and then went and attacked their kingdom, resulting in them all splitting up at such a young age, probably to never see each other again.

He remembered when they all last saw each other, the fierceness and fright in their eyes as they watched their kingdom burn. The pain he felt when he ordered three of his knights to take his children and flee as he fought to gain back control of his kingdom from Camelots knights. And to find his children years later one by one, Mordred, Melanie and now, finally, Merlin. He wished it would be in better circumstances, but alas, life is never that kind to him. And to make it worse he had to find out that his son was bedding the enemies son.

"Children" He said, and all three looked at him.

They stuck their chin out as they met his gaze, as taught from a young age by him, set their shoulders in a line, features neutral as they replied.

"Sire" All three said

His eldest looked down for a brief moment before looking back up

"Come, we must leave" He said

Merlin's eyes widened in horror. He didn't want to leave, he liked living in Camelot, even if things would be different now that they knew he was a prince, but that didn't matter, he had to explain to Arthur why he lied.

As his siblings moved to stand beside his father, he walked back to Arthur's chair and told his father,

"No"

All three Mageian royals stopped walking towards the doors and looked back at him. His siblings, as always, knew what he was planning on doing andworried how their Father would react.

"Excuse me, what did you say?" The King asked

" I said no, im not leaving. I like living here, and im not leaving my friends" Came Merlin's voice. He knew his father would react badly but it was worth a try.

"You mean Arthur, your not leaving Arthur" Balinor spat out.

Merlin flinched at his father's tone.

"My destiny resides here, with him, and I will not leave." Merlin replied as he grabbed Arthur to stand besides him out of his seat.

"I see" Balinor said quietly. He said some words in whisper and Merlin's neck became hot.

Merlin grabbed at his neckerchief and pulled it off to reveal a glowing gold falcon pendant that he recieved from his childhood.

"Father, no" Screamed Mordred and his sister as they rushed over to Merlin and pushed Athur out of the way.

Just then a falcon crashed in through one of the windows and flew towards Merlin, screeching in the air.

But failed to reach it's master as Balinor grabbed it's talons in a tight grip and never let go, even when the falcon bit him to reach his master.

"If you do not come with me, I will hurt your Falcon." His father growled

"No, please" Merlin screamed

The King grabbed at the falcon's neck and squeezed.

The Falcon screeched in pain, and Merlin's hands scratched at his neck, choking, as his air supply was running out.

"Whats happening?!" Arthur screamed confusedly as he watched his lover being choked and the siblings hovering over him, while the king held a Falcon by the neck.

"The bird- Falcon- it's Merlin's. When we were children we were given a pendant and a bird that matched the pendant." The princess said as both Prince and Princess pulled out a pendant from around their necks." I recieved a Red Kite Falcon along with an identical pendant, Mordred a Peregrin Falcon and the same shaped Pendant, and Merlin recieved a Merlin bird with the same shaped pendant. They came from us. They have a part of us- a part of our souls- within them. Its basically the only thing that can harm us, if our falcons are harmed, then we will feel their pain. We are one of the same. Our pendants control them and now that Merlin has angered father... I've never seen him like this" She finished quietly.

Merlin tried gulping fresh air but it was in vain, as his throat got closed of even more when his father tightened his grip on his soul-bird.

"Will you come with me, Merlin?" The King questioned,"Will you come home and leave this place?"

" You know I can't!" Merlin choked back. He began to see black spots and knew that he was about to die.

"Merlin!" Screamed Arthur "YES! YES! YES! He'll leave! He'll go with you!"

"Arthur, no, im not leaving you!" Merlin choked out

"I can't see you die. I promise, I'll see you again, I give you my word, My Sweetheart" Arthur whispered.

The king finally released the Falcon and watched as it flew to his master.

Merlin grabbed his falcon from mid-flight and proceeded to check him over. When he saw he was fine, he let his Falcon go and watched as he flew out the window.

Arthur walked back over to Merlin and pulled him into a hug.

"We will see each other again, My Love" Whispered Merlin in his ear.

He pulled away as he felt tears falling from his eyes, and saw as Merlin was the same state as him.

He leant into him and gave him a kiss, but stopped suddenly as he felt Merlin get dragged away from his lips.

He stood by his chair as he watched his everything, his Merlin, being pulled by his sister to stand by their father, the young Prince following with quick footsteps, behind them.

He felt more tears fall out of his eyes as Merlin screamed back "Ill find you, I promise you this Arthur, Ill be back!" and looked on as Merlin then got dragged by his arm, out of the council chamber doors by his father, his siblings trailing behind them faces set in a worried mask as they watched their father drag their brother out by his arm.

Before he collapsed into his chair, sobbing in front of his entire court, Princess Melanie stopped by the doors, her brothers and father walking ahead of her. She turned around and addressed Arthur,

"My lord, I know you are not like your father and i know you truly care about my brother, as he does you, but my father will not tolerate it, as he has shown. He may grow to put up with you for my brother's sake, that being if my father comes round to my brother's ways and listens to him, rather that rivalling each other in their stubborness, but he will not like you. You need to show him that your different, do something different to make up for what your father has done to our family"

"What should i do? I'll do anything to get Merlin back"

The Princess looked him in the eye and what she said next shocked the court and put horror and discomfort in Arthur's heart.

"When the time comes and we return, which we will, and my Father meets yours, let my father kill Uther Pendragon. If you ever want to see Merlin again, let your Father die by my King's hand." She said, then turned and walked away.

Arthur Pendragon sat in his chair and cried.

He had a choice to make.

Let his father die by King Balinor's hand, or never see Merlin again.

A/N - I'm officially a bitch. I've just made Balinor into an arse and Arthur into a baby. But, hey... I didn't even know what the hell I was going to write, let alone how I'd finished it, so it turned out like this and I quite like it.

Next chapter will be up when I get my head around it.

Oh, and I'm writing a prequel to this, I've already started the first chapter but it won't be up until I finish this. If you want it up to read, just tell me and I'll put it up. It's basically a story about Merlin's past how he came from Mageia, to Ealdor and Hunith and then went to Camelot to meet Arthur and how he fell in love with him.

Until next time, My Lovelies

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