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Merlin's POV

I'd slipped out during Uthur's speeches and walked around the corridors to stretch my legs. I knew pretty well that later I'd be trapped inside the Grand hall only moving when Arthur's goblet runs dry so I decided to take the chance of freedom now before the boredom of the monotonous evening came.

When I approached the throne room again I heard a woman's voice, which meant that if other people were giving speeches the feast would soon begin. I slipped noiselessly through the door and went to join Gwen but then I recognised the woman's voice. "Mum?!"

The whole court looked at me shocked but I only had eyes for one woman. She sounded like my mother. She looked like my mother. And the presence was my mother's. Only problem is that my mother doesn't have magic and even if she did she'd have told me about it and wouldn't have hidden this from me. She wouldn't have allowed me to be alone not understanding who I was.

Before I could apologise for my mistake my-not-mother spoke eyes glued on me, "Hello Merlin." The small sad smile was all I needed to realise I was right: this was my mother.

Anger such as I had never felt before swelled up inside of me. "You lied to me!" I screamed and I felt the widows shake with me in my anger. "All these years!" Tears were now rolling down my cheeks freely but I made no attempt to wipe them away.

"Merlin, what the hell is going on?" This came from Arthur, who was looking at me caught somewhere between appalled and confused. "Is this really your mother?"

"No!" I spat ferociously. "This woman is not my mother."

"Merlin." The woman spoke calmly but there was a slight steel to her voice. "I understand-"

But I interrupted her. "How could you ever understand?! I don't even know you anymore!"

I felt Gaius' hand on my shoulder and then his calming voice. "Merlin, let your mother explain."

Before I could reply cuttingly to Gaius' 'wisdom' the king interrupted. "You knew about this Gaius? You knew that Ambrosia was still alive?"

That brought up another wave of fresh anger to the surface. "Hunith is not even your real name! You lied to me about everything!" I yanked myself from Gaius' grip and walked in front of the woman I didn't recognise anymore. "I don't trust you anymore. I never will again." With that I yanked off the necklace she'd given me and threw it at her feet. "I won't lie anymore about who I am. I'm not you."

Arthur's POV

When Merlin had first claimed the witch Ambrosia as his mother I thought he was merely confused but then when the witch had spoken to him I'd had my doubts. When he started screaming I knew that she actually was his mother and apparently she'd never told him that she was a witch. I felt anger and pity build up inside me for Merlin's sake and I was glad when he renounced her- it would make a pardon easier.

Then the necklace hit the floor and things went a little crazy...

Gaius cried out. "Merlin!"

Ambrosia dropped her cool facade and became angry. "Merlin! Do you have a death wish?"

At first I had no idea what they were so worried about-it was just a necklace after all- but then a blue light seemed to surround Merlin and I had to turn away so that I wasn't blinded. When I looked back I saw Merlin was gone and a slightly smaller curvier figure with long inky black hair trailing down her back was standing in his place.

Gaius groaned very loudly. "Merlin... Will you ever learn?"

The girl turned and I saw her face. She was beautiful, with elfin like features yet there was a strong defiance marked in her face which made her look almost wild. But her blue eyes were what struck me- bright blue orbs that shone and seemed to hold both wisdom and naivety- they were exactly the same as Merlin's eyes. "I am not my mother's daughter. I will not lie to those I claim to care about."

The voice was undeniably Merlin's but higher and I took several steps back in shock. Obviously seeing my distress she walked over to me and met my eyes unwavering. "I'm sorry Arthur but apologies will have to wait until later. I have a bad mother to deal with."

Then she turned back to face her mother again. "18 years you lied to me! You left me all alone struggling with a power that I couldn't control since I was a babe in your arms! Didn't you feel some kind of loyalty to your own child? Some kind of mercy perhaps?" I stared at Merlin wondering if she meant what I thought she meant. "You knew who I was didn't you?" This I really didn't understand what this meant though I mean surely a mother would know who their daughter was.

But the witch seemed to understand. "Yes I knew you were Emrys." She'd whispered it but in the huge all it echoed so that everybody heard and a few people gasped in shock and looked at Merlin awe evident in their eyes.

My father finally seemed to come to his senses at this. "Who is Emrys?"

Neither Merlin or her mother seemed likely to reply since they were staring each other down so Gaius took the mantle. "Emrys is known in the druid prophecies to be the salvation of magic. Emrys is the most powerful magical being to ever and will ever live." His eyes averted to Merlin who'd since broke the staring match with her mother and was now looking at me. A worried expression drawn on her beautiful face. No, I reprimanded myself sharply, stop thinking Merlin as beautiful.

My father's face contorted in anger and fear. "You kept all this from me for years, physician? I trusted you with my own and all the citizen's of Camelot lives and you would betray both me and them by harbouring a dangerous sorceress amongst us. Allowed her to become my son's personal servant and never said a word. How dare you! Guards arrest the physician and the brat Merlin!"

Nobody moved an inch and I felt relief surround me as Merlin turned to my father and curtsied but I could tell form the tilt of her head it was mockingly. "I'm so sorry for existing, my lord, next time I shall be more careful."

I had to admire her courage going against my father like that but the slap that resounded through the hall was unsurprising. However it was not my father's hand that had struck Merlin's cheek but Ambrosia's hand that had slapped my father's.

Ambrosia's POV

So things hadn't exactly gone to plan, I hadn't wanted Merlin to find out like this, although I probably should've known she'd be here as this is her place of work... But when Uthur had gone to slap her I couldn't allow that.

"Don't you dare touch, my daughter! If you have even a shed of conscience left you will be a good little king and sit on your throne and listen!" Part of me was amused by the looks on everybody's faces at how I'd addressed the king but I was too concerned about keeping my fierce expression up to laugh at their comical expressions.

Uthur thankfully just slumped back on his throne and waved a lazy hand for me to continue. "Go on, say what you came to say, Ambrosia and then take your brat and leave."

I smiled ruefully at the king but Arthur Pendragon seemed angered by his father's submission. "Father! How can you allow this sorceress talk to you like this?"

"Guilt, Arthur Pendragon. It's a very powerful weapon." Arthur seemed puzzled but Uthur sat up straighter on his thrown.

He seemed to have only just realised that the whole court was assembled and barked out in harsh voice. "The court need not be assembled for this! You are all dismissed."

"Arthur and Gaius should be present Uthur. They have a right to know."

Uthur actually scowled at me then and then spat at my feet. "Fine! But the rest of you out!"

Morgana's POV

I was beyond shocked at the way events had turned and was very reluctant to leave with the rest of the court. However it was clear that the history between Uthur and Ambrosia was one best kept private. So private that not even the King's beloved ward was privy. So it was reluctantly that I left the throne room, that was until I heard my name being called softly. "Morgana, stay please." It was the witch Ambrosia, the look she was giving me shocked and at the same time convinced me to trust her.

I nodded and walked back into the room properly so I could observe all the occupants. Uthur was sitting on his thrown, his stance taut and wary. Arthur stood to his left and seemed to be caught between standing with his father or going to Merlin's side. The girl (that was a surprise)herself had moved to the side and was staring at the floor as if she wanted it to swallow her up and I really couldn't blame the poor girl. Observing Merlin in her true form I realise that she was beautiful in a pixie sort of way, and she could only have been a few years younger than me if that. So she was probably a woman. Gaius was standing opposite her and seemed, like me, to be hanging back unsure of where he fit into this discussion. But I could see his eyebrow was permanently raised, as if studying a particularly hard problem. Finally there was Ambrosia, who looked most comfortable in this incredibly awkward situation. She too was beautiful but in a more common way than Merlin who seemed to be other worldly, she had kind blue eyes and a sweet smile on her face when she noticed I was looking at her. I quickly looked away and instead went over to Merlin and put a hand on her shoulder to comfort the poor girl who I noticed was close to crying. Then I looked up to Ambrosia and waited for her to tell her story.

I swear the stories going to come out soon.