A/N - OMG, I AM SOOOOOO SORRY! It's been a hectic month, and I won't lie, I honest to god tried remembering how this chapter finished, seen as though it refused to save when I tried to save it so I basically had to redo it all! Then my computer went back to the shop because it broke... basically I've been knackered for a while and I honestly thought I'd just delete this fic, then thought better and decided I'm going to finish it, no matter how long it takes. I really am so so sorry that its up late, and my life is in a shambles what with my coursework just building up, and my exams and stuff, I'm so tired.

But enough about me, Here is the 5th chapter of this story, hope you enjoy! :)

Previously -

Revenge is sweet

Forgiveness is sweeter

I wish my father thought that

I hope I can change his mind, before it's too late

Because not only has Arthur got a choice to make, but I have too

A choice of who lives and who dies

Arthur or Balinor?

My love or my Father?

My destiny or my creator?

Let's hope it doesn't come to that.

Prince Merlin Of Mageia

Months went passed for both princes, in two very different kingdoms.

Both missing each other deeply, they'd gaze out of the window of their room at night, wishing they were together, but knowing that it would never happen.

For Prince Merlin, things were difficult.

His father still believed that Arthur was scum, and all Pendragon's deserved to die, his sister, Melanie was slowly coming around, but she didn't fully trust Arthur, only trusting in Merlin's decisions.

And then there was Mordred. Merlin knew that his brother would be torn if he had to choose between him and his father. The Warlock knew, no matter how many times they reasured him, Mordred still believed that he had a hand in killing his mother. And if the youngest prince of Mageia had to defy his only parent...He'd definitely be torn.

So that only left Merlin to deal with Balinor. Great

A soft knock on his door, made Merlin blink out of his thoughts. He sat up and streched his arms as he tried to get comfortable in his chair.

"Enter" He comanded, and smiled as his sister popped her head throught the door.

"Hello, Brother" She smiled back, as she came in and closed the door behind her. She took the seat opposite Merlin by the table.

"Hello" He greeted back, "To what do I owe the pleasure of your company at such a late hour?"

The Princess laughed at her brother, which made him frown, "It's not a late hour, it's early" She commented pointing at the window, "Have you been up all night?"

Merlin looked back at his sister and sighed "I have been up every night, Mel, since we came back"

"You miss him don't you?" Melanie said quietly, eyes downcast.

Merlin nodded, tears in his eyes, and sobbed earnestly as his sister brought him into a hug. He grabbed onto her tightly, afraid that if he let go, she'd dissappear.

She petted his hair lightly, soothing him as she traveled her hands up and down his arms, "Ssshhhh, ssshhh, it's okay, Merlin, we'll figure something out, you'll see him again, I promise! We just need father to change his mind"

"He won't! You know he won't and so do I! He will kill Uther and then Arthur, and then... oh god.." Merlin whispered back, eyes widening in realisation, "I'd have to kill my father!" He finished, sobbing into his sister's nightdress.

Melanie pushed her brother back into his chair, and loomed over him, making him look up at her, "That will NEVER happen, do you hear me, Merlin? You will never have to kill Father, because if you actually spoke to the King, you might change his mind!" She whispered fiercely at her brother, her eyes showing anger that made Merlin look down into his lap, his head nodding quickly. This was one of those times where he actually feared his sister, as she was so much like the late queen, temper and all. They were the only two people, during his childhood, that could make him lose the mask that he wore around his Father and people, and brought him out off his shell to see how bad he was acting.

Melanie looked at her brother as she sat back down in her seat, her eyes taking in the darkness under his eyes, the paler skin and the baggy clothes, and ignoring the tears.

Merlin scrubbed at his eyes, his father's words echoing in his head about 'how crying was sign of weakness, and that a prince never shows any emotion, he never shows that he cares or has feelings'. He made his father proud every day since then, never showing emotions, acting cold towards servants and his people. He snorted as a thought popped into his head.

I think this place brings out the worse in me. I was so cruel, to my people, my friends. I was worse than Arthur. How ironic, that I repremanded Arthur for being cruel when I was just like him, maybe even worse.

He looked to his sister, grateful that she was alway there for him in his time of need. He opened his mouth to speak to her, only to be stopped as a another knock, louder than his sisters, came from the door.

Both twins looked to each other, confused as to why someone would be knocking at such an early hour.

"Enter" Merlin commanded for the second time. The door opened to reveal a guard,

"My lord, My lady" The guard greeted as he bowed, receiving a nod off both siblings, "A message has come from a Kingdom, It is with the King. He would like for you to meet with him and Prince Mordred in the council chambers, with the council later, at a presentable hour" He finished, eyes trained to the floor.

"Do you know who this message is addressed to?" Melanie asked the guard, frowning as the guard started looking nervous.

The guards eyes darted to Merlin quickly before looking back down, "It... is addressed to... Prince Merlin, My Lady" He stuttered, jumping slightly as Merlin jumped from his chair and asked, "Which Kingdom?"

"My -My lord?" The guard stuttered.

"Which Kingdom?!" Merlin spat out of clenched teeth.

Melanie stood from her chair and made her way to her brother, who was now standing infront of the scared guard. She pushed her brother back leaving a gap between the both males, giving her brother a look that told him to be quiet and calm down, before she turned away and addresed the guard, "He asked you a question so I suggest you answer, before I leave my brother to deal with you" She said, voice cold as she held the guards eye, smirking slightly as she saw the guard swallow uneasely.

"Camelot, My lady. The letter is addressed to Prince Merlin from the Prince regent of Camelot, Prince Arthur" The guard whispered.

Both siblings looked to each other before Merlin ran out, Melanie running behind him, leaving the guard in the eldest Prince's chambers, wondering what to do next.

Prince Arthur of Camelot

A couple of months before -

It had been a hectic few months for the Prince of Camelot, after the scandal of the his manservant being of royalty and that the prince regent having to choose between his lover and his father.

Whispers carried around the castle to the prince's chambers of the people wanting the 'tyrant of a king dead', saying that 'he deserves death' and that 'they should give the prince a chance', that 'he'd be a better ruler that his father'.

The knights of the round table worried for their prince as the whispers got worse and worse, people would shout up to Arthur's window, saying that he should 'get it over and done with and just kill the tyrant!'. They also missed the scrawny idiot that would bring life to the prince in the worse times and make them laugh. It seemed to them, that without Merlin in Camelot, the Kingdom was a dull and boring place.

Arthur Pendragon, Prince Regent of Camelot was in a state. He spent most of his time in his chambers, curled up in a ball sobbing his heart out, leaving the Kingdoms trouble in the hands of his best knights.

At night, he'd sit by his window staring up at the stars, imagining Merlin doing the same in his Kingdom. He pictured the good times he had with Merlin, how Merlin was always there for him in his time of need. He'd remember how their lips felt as they slotted together, bodies mingling and hands fumbling to get clothes off during times of comfort and love. He'd remember their banter and the laughter they shared with friends. But the one thing that he desperatly wanted to forget was the encounter with the Mageian royals. He wanted so desperately to forget Merlin's face as he was dragged out of the council chambers and the choice he had to make, between his Father and his lover.

He had been visited from many of his people, telling him to kill his own Father, which made him wonder what his people truly thought of him and the King.

He knew what he wanted to do and what he knew was the right thing but still, it didn't mean he knew the consequences of the choice he made.

After a while he made up his mind, after the constant nagging from his friends and people, telling him to choose between both, one day after months of pining and decision making, he got up from his bed, walked to his desk and wrote a letter to the kingdom of Mageia. He called for a messenger and told the boy to take the letter to the Eldest Prince of Mageia.

The Prince stood from his desk as the boy left his chambers and softly closed the door behind him, and went straight back to his bed, happy with his decision as he pressed his face into the pillow his lover slept on, tears clouding his eyes but stubbornness refusing to let them fall, the prince slowly fell asleep dreaming of better days in his life.

A/N - I know, I know- Cliffhanger and its a bit short, but I think you deserved this chapter, after the long wait. I hope it's to your liking, I'm guessing you probably already know which way its going to go, but hey, I've been known to give a double meaning and a twist into the things I do, I'm weird like that.

I also have a new fic that will be posted as soon as I've finished the first chapter, I've nearly finished, so that should be up soon,(I hope).

The next chapter will be up soon, I promise you this! :)

Until Next Time, My Lovelies,

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