Merlin had woken up late that afternoon, at first he had been happy as the knights and Gwen had visited him, but as soon as he was alone again his smile fell. It hurt him to know that he shouldn't use his magic for the next eight months, magic was part of him and even now he could feel it twirl around inside him. Still he knew that his baby needed it more than he did. It was for the baby... a small smile crossed his lips as he closed his eyes.

Not that he had much time for himself as the door was slowly opened and in response he opened his eyes again. He glanced in Gwen's shining eyes as the woman made her way inside and sat down next to him. 'Hi.' He said as she wobbled to the chair, sitting down with a sigh before she placed a hand on her stomach.

'I wanted to talk to you without those noisy men.' She said with slight irritation as she remembered the fussing men. The knights were way to protective over him, even Lancelot who should be more worried about his own wife. 'How do you feel?'

'I feel fine, even with the knowledge that I'm not allowed to use magic.' The last he said with a pout on his lips. 'I guess I'm still a bit shocked about the whole situation, just a week ago I heard that I was pregnant and now... I still have a small eight months to go.'

'You should just enjoy your pregnancy as much as possible.' She gave him a reassuring squeeze in the hand.

His eyes shifted over her stomach, remembering the last time he had touched her baby with his magic. He should ask Iseldir to also watch over Gwen and her child, he didn't want anything to happen to his best friend. 'I'm sorry.' He mumbled.

She blinked at him, not completely understanding why he was apologizing to her. 'What?'

He shifted nervously. 'I promised that I would help you through your pregnancy, but now I'm not able to do so.' He met her eyes. 'But I will ask Iseldir to watch over you during the rest of your pregnancy.'

'Oh Merlin, I just want you to be healthy, there hasn't been any problems with my pregnancy so you shouldn't worry about it, but I would like for Iseldir to watch over me.' The last she said with a smile. Gwen's eyes then shifted to his stomach. 'Can you see your child like you did with mine?'

'Uhh... I... I don't know. I have sensed the baby just once, but I'm too scared to do so again.'

'Why?' She asked confused.

He placed his hands over his stomach. '... It feels so strange and... I guess I'm scared. What if something is wrong with the baby?' The last he asked in panic. This pregnancy was the only way to give Arthur an heir and what if... what if he had done something wrong?

Gwen looked for a moment stunned at him before she placed her hands on her hips. 'Merlin!' She said stern. 'I'm certain that everything is fine with your baby, just wait and see, Iseldir will tell you.'

Merlin sighed. 'I hope so.'

Her eyes softened as she lay her hand on his. 'As I said, you don't have to fear anything. I'm certain that when you will see the baby with your magic that you will see that it's fine.'

'You want me to do it?' He asked, still slightly unsure.

Gwen gave him a warm smile and he nodded. He was still scared to 'see' his child, touch it conscious with his magic. Merlin took a deep breath as he closed his eyes before he let his magic flow through his body. He hesitated for a moment before he touched the child.

Immediately pure excitement spread through his mind as a laugh left his lips. It was strange, but at the same time it was wonderful. There was another soul, another living being inside of him. The child felt as a mix of both him and Arthur, the soul was still pure and...

He just froze up in shock as his eyes snapped open, panic clearly spread in his eyes. It clearly shocked Gwen as her eyes widened just as far as his own did. 'What's it?'

Merlin gapped at her, unable to speak as he was still to shocked. Still... he wasn't sure if he should feel panic, fear or... joy.

'Merlin, please answer me!' Gwen pleaded as she placed her hands on his shoulders.

He focused his eyes on her, the smile returning on his face as he felt tears well up in his eyes. He gapped for a moment, as he again tried to realise what he had just discovered. 'Gwen... I'm having twins.'

They stared at each other for a moment before a yell left Gwen's lips. She screamed in shock and excitement as her eyes lit up with joy, she was clearly happy about it. For Merlin is also felt good, it gave him some sort of reassurance and he couldn't help but let his mouth turn in a wide goofy grin.

Apparently he wasn't the only one that had heard her rather enthusiastic scream as footsteps came running towards them. The door was slammed open and a rather scared looking Lancelot stumbled into the room, immediately making his way towards Gwen as his hands shot over her body. 'What happened? Are you okay? Did something happen?' His questions went on and on and he didn't give either Gwen and Merlin a change to explain.

'Lancelot, quiet!' She suddenly snapped at him as he started to repeat his worries. He immediately closed his mouth as he looked shocked and a bit guilty at her. '... Good, both I and Merlin are alright, just... a but excited.' The last she said as her eyes shot to the raven.

'W-what are you talking about?'

The two pregnant friends smiled at each other before Gwen responded. 'We will tell you later, I guess we should first tell Arthur.'

'I think he will appreciate that.' Merlin said with a laugh as he thought of his husband, knowing that he would be hurt if someone else learned about it before him.

'Lancelot.' He asked and the man he cared for like a brother looked at him. 'As both Arthur and Gaius don't allow me to get out of this room would you mind doing something for me?' The knight nodded. 'Would you go and fetch Arthur?'

His eyes narrowed for a moment. 'You really aren't going to tell me?... Fine, what do you want me to say to him?'

'Just tell him that I need to speak with him.'

A sigh left Lancelot's lips, but he nodded and kissed Gwen on the lips. 'I will tell him.' He had barely said those words as the door to Gaius' chambers opened itself and he heard the physician shuffle into the chambers. 'I shall get Gaius up here and then go on to find Arthur.'

Lancelot left the room and soon Gaius walked in, a frown spread over his face. 'Is something wrong?' The man asked as his eyes shot from Merlin to Gwen.

Merlin shook his head. 'There isn't anything wrong... We just discovered something.'

Gaius lifted his eyebrow. 'Did you use magic?' He said accusingly as if Merlin was just a little boy.

'I... I went to see my child with my magic.' He answered, knowing that he couldn't lie to Gaius, the man that he saw as his own father. Merlin glanced for a moment to Gwen and they immediately knew that they had to tell the man. 'When I did this I discovered something... I'm pregnant with twins.'

Gaius just froze on the spot, his eyes going wide before he quickly stumbled to one of the chairs, almost falling into it as he sank through his old legs. 'T-twins... My boy...' He mumbled. 'You really got yourself in a lot of trouble this time.' But soon a smile spread over Gaius' face. 'It seems we have to prepare for two.' He said with a soft chuckle.

For the next ten minutes Gaius just watched them, asking questions about their health. He mostly focused on Gwen as she had just one more month to go. It was when he had asked his last question that the door was slammed open and a rather distressed looking Arthur ran inside, it felt rather familiar to when he woke up, soon followed by Lancelot.

'Merlin, what's wrong!' Arthur asked as he took his lover in a tight grip.

Merlin glared from over Arthur's shoulder at Lancelot who just shrugged under the glare. 'What did you tell him.'

'Just that you needed to tell him something important.'

A sigh left Merlin's lips before he pushed Arthur away from him. He looked once from Arthur to Gwen and the woman immediately understood what he was asking her. She stood up, with slight help of Lancelot, and walked together with the knight down stairs, soon followed by Gaius who closed the door behind him.

A soft smile left the raven's lips as he leaned to the king, kissing the man on the lips. 'I don't think that you will dislike what I will tell you.' Relief spread in Arthur's eyes before a soft smile spread over his lips. Arthur kissed once back, his hands rubbing softly over Merlin's belly. '... We're going to have twins.' Merlin said as he locked eyes with Arthur.

The king just froze, his expression was totally blank and he dropped his hands to the bed. For a moment Merlin feared for his husband's reaction, was it not good that they were having twins?...

Long seconds past and they were both completely silent, it was eventually Arthur who broke. The blond eyes widened before he let his head sink onto Merlin's shoulder, his arms wrapping themselves around the warlock's back '... You're serious, right?' He whispered.

Merlin's face softened as his hands brushed over Arthur's chest. 'Yes, I'm serious... I saw it myself.'

Arthur pushed himself up, his eyes looking shocked at his lover. 'What?'

Merlin bit his lips as a small blush spread over his cheeks. 'It's the same I did with Gwen... I touched the baby with my magic and then... that was when I noticed that there were two.' He smiled nervously. 'It's strange to feel them like this.'

Arthur just laughed in response. 'It's shocking... but I will definitely love both of them and of course you.' He ended before pressing a soft kiss on his lips.

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Hello all of you boys and girls out there, so this is already the sixth chapter of this story... We're going fast! This chapter, the previous ones and the next one (maybe more) will all be close after each other. Merlin is currently 5 weeks along. I still have a lot to do during this time of the pregnancy, but after that we will jump a bit in time. Are you surprised about my decision? I gave in to all your demands, but I guess I also enjoy that he's having twins.

Oh and have you already guessed that I like overprotective Arthur and knights. :P

I hope you have all enjoyed this chapter, still I'm not really happy about this one and I will make it up to you in the next one, I promise. Oh and genders and names are still open.