Arthur lean up to him and kissed him, he could feel the heat of new blood burn in his body and his suddenly felt like a lung short "M…Merlin." He gasped as he felt the cool hands on his chest pushing him back onto the bed his bloody hand smearing blood all over the princes' chest.
"I'm sorry it hurts but this will tie you to me." He smiled sadly as he watched Arthur struggle to breath as his eyes started to slowly slide shut. "I hope you will forgive me for my other secret."
Arthur woke up with a splitting head, he lid there with his eye closed and let out a pained sigh as he felt his body achy but then there was something else. There was something or someone poking his cheek repeatedly. Frowning Arthur open his eyes letting the blurry vision focus on the small face above him. Once the face as in focus he jerked quickly to the side as there was a blonde girl looking down at him. She was kneeling on the bed with bright blue eyes that reminds him of Merlin's beautiful orbs the curly blonde hair girl let her lips spread into a cheeky grin "Uuuuh what?" Arthur said…oh wonderful Arthur you sound like a real Prince…he thought
"Granddragon said you will be part of the family." She grinned watching the bright rich blue eyes looking up at her
"Granddragon?" Arthur asked as he pushed himself up on the large soft bed and rest against the pillows before looked around the room he was laying in, he knew this wasn't his bed room in Camelot this was a place much grander it looks like it was built into cave. He heard the blonde girl giggled as she saw his confusion
"Yes… he's been looking after me and mummy." She said as she frowned slightly and pushed out her bottom lip pouting "He said that my granddaddy doesn't like me and mummy and had hurt my mummy badly." Arthur frowned at the girl's words and wondered who would hurt just a sweet child
"Freya leave him alone he still needs to catch up with happen to himself." Came the soft voice, Freya looked up with a bright smile that also made Arthur turn his head to the voice.
"I just wanted to see the prince mummy." She said softly blushing as she jumped off the bed.
Merlin stood in the door way leaning on its frame as he watched his daughter and the love of his life talk. He saw the confused look on Arthur's face and knew he had a lot to explain to him "I know sweet bean but how about you go and find Granddragon and let him know Arthur is a wake." Merlin said softly. Freya hugged Merlin as he kissed her forehead before sending her on her way before look back at the confused Arthur "I know I should have told you back in your chambers but I was afraid what you would do if I told you before I could bring you here." The dark haired man said with a soft smile as he walked to the bed
"S….She mine isn't she." Merlin grinned happy that Arthur caught up quickly as he sat on the bed before a sheepish look appeared on his face "How old is she?" The dark haired warlock dropped his eyes and looked into his lap
"10." Merlin whispered, but it was enough for Arthur to hear and for the prince pale at the implication.
"You mean to tell me that when my father…you were… and he murdered…" Arthur couldn't catch his breath as he sat up more leaning forward gasping in panic. Merlin reached out and cupped the blonde's face and made him look into his eyes
"Arthur breath please, I know what happen was dreadful and I still have nightmare every night but I am okay and we have a healthy baby girl." He smiles at him softly, Arthur could see that the smile hasn't reach the younger man's eyes
"He killed you and our child nothing about this is okay, he took you away from me and….and you and that dragon." Arthur said sadly "I knew what I've done when I made the deal with him you and him…" Merlin pressed his lips on the prince's lips and kissed him to hope he would calm down.
Kilgharrah found them in the bed room Merlin saddling the prince's body as they kissed as Arthur who was holding on to the warlock for dear like afraid he might turn to ash before his eyes. The prince's arms was warped out Merlin's body and the dragon couldn't help but feel jealousy stab at him that Merlin would never truly belong to him. But he knew that the young Warlock loves Arthur will all his heart and he guesses he had to thank the Prince for his Granddaughter "Sorry to interrupt." The dragon said, with a smirk as he walked into the room.
Merlin smiled and turned his head to the dragon as he walked up to the pair on the bed. "We have a lot to discuss." Kilgharrah said as she reached out and ran his fingers thought Merlin's hair. Arthur watched as Merlin rubbed his face into the man's hand and he felt a pang of anger and guilt all balling itself up "Prince Arthur Penddragon do you remember me?"
"You're the dragon that my father had locked up under Camelot." The blonde said, as he kept his hands tightly around Merlin's hips
"Very good, Emrys here has been so lost with you, I was willing to wait until your father died before letting my little warlock go and find you but it seems Uther is still holding on." Kilgharrah snarled as Merlin looked down into his lap
"What did Merlin do to me?" Arthur asked as he saw pale blue eyes look up at him slightly hidden under dark hair.
"He used a similar spell that I used on him, you are bound to Emrys as he is to me." Arthur frowned and looked from Merlin to the dragon and then back to Merlin's face
"What does that mean?"
"It means you are going to have to share me." Merlin blushed slightly as he looked up into the blue eyes of his prince "I'm sorry Arthur I am bound to him, the moment he brought me back there was a bound made call it what you like father/son, master/servant, lover/lover…"
"Beauty and the beast." Arthur added, making Merlin smiled but the dragon let out a grunt but smiled none the lest
"You're going to have except what Emrys is to me or leave but if you do you will not return." Merlin turned his head and looked Kilgharrah with wide fearful eyes before he turned his head and looked at Arthur.
"I'm not leaving."
Meanwhile….
Uther woke up to the sounds of scream coming from all over the castle and all over Camelot. The door to his chambers were pushed open by Knights and stood there looking fearful "My Lord the Prince is missing and so is half of Camelot's people." One said, Uther pushed himself out of bed and stood looking at the Knight that spoke
"What do you meaning Arthur missing?" He snarled "Are you sure he just didn't go hunting?" that was a silly thought Arthur hasn't gone hunting since the Great Dragon attacked
"The maid went to wake him and the room was a mess and there was blood on the bed." The knight said
"Show me!"
True to the Knight's words Arthur's room was destroyed it looked like Arthur had thrown a fit once again but it was 10 times worse than he has ever seen. He saw the maid standing there shaking crying and he wondered why she was crying before he looked at the bed and saw the pool of blood on the sheets. "My Lord there is writing on the wall." Uther turned his head and looked towards the wall above the fire place and saw the words that have haunted
'ARE YOU HAPPY?' It was written in blood…my son's blood…
Over the last 10 years Uther has felt older by each passing day his son would no longer speak to him or even eat with him, his ward fled Camelot with her maid and words still rang in his mind from her letter. 'I can no longer call this place a home you murder one of the only people who understood my fears and pain, I can never forgive you. You are the monster that children fear at night not us who used magic.'
He kept telling himself it was a spell that the warlock put on him and very one else even Gaius stopped talking to him and it took him along time to know why he took it to heart about that boy. That boy was his nephew but living with him for such a long time he felt Merlin was like a son to him. There was guilt then when his old friend turned his back on him and left Camelot. Now he stood before Camelot with the angry families shouting at him screaming for their loved ones and the dragon words echoed in his mind 'Are you happy?' over and over again and his answer now is no he is not happy.
He lost his son long time ago to his grief and now he was really missing along with half his Knights and the servants and half is population was missing what could he tell them. "WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN?" One woman shouted
"WHERE IS MY HUSBAND?"
"MY DAUGHTER?"
"MY MOTHER?"
"SITTER!"
The listen went on and he realised that they all blamed him for their love one's going missing, somehow the dragon got very one believing he was to blame "We are looking into those who have gone missing including my son." He tells them but they still yell at him and why not he is their King and as he was trying to speak someone shouted
"YOUR SON LEFT YOU ALONG TIME AGO!"
He didn't sleep that night he paced the floor his stomach turning to knots he didn't know what to do why would they up and leave and did Arthur go with them? His meal was still on the table now cold as the bottle of wine reach the bottom of the bottle "Are you happy uther?" Came the smirking voice. Uther spun around and looked at the dark haired dragon as he walked into the light of chambers of the older king. For a long moment they were just looking at each other
"Where is my son demon?" Uther snarled as he grabbed a sword from the wall and pointed it at the dragon's neck. Kilgharrah laughed sending ripples of his magic out though the room making object started to rattle
"Your son is where he belongs in the arms of his lover." He purred
"You killed him!" The king screamed as he went to swing the sword, the dragon grabbed his wrist and twisted it making him cry out wincing as he drop it with a clatter
"No, he's not dead I told you, your son begged me to bring his lover back to life and we waited for you to die but your just hanging on to dear life so we took him and currently he is at home with my Warlock and their child."
"Child?"
"You're Granddaughter." The Great Dragon grinned as a look of fear and horror crossed Uther's face.