chapter1

Arthur Pendragon walked into the small restaurant. He was meeting his father for lunch, the man had some very good news, he told his son over the phone. Uther was never one to want to share news with his son. The man's work was his life, his pleasure and nothing else mattered. That's why the handsome blond, Arthur Pendragon was surprised when his father called. The 22-year-old walked up to his father's table near the tall windows that had the entire view of the street.

"Father." He greeted.

The man looked up from a newspaper he was reading. His blue eyes bore into the interrupting voice, but once he saw who the voice belonged to the man beamed. "Arthur son! Sit, please." He gestured to the seat next to him.

"What is the exciting news, father?" Arthur asked as he sat on the seat.

"I am opening a new company." Uther said then brought a cup of coffee to his lips.

Arthur's brows raised. "Really... another one..." The blond said, not sounding surprised at all.

"Yes, I've been thinking, the only way to show who is higher in this town would be to have my name all over the place. Ever since I became so succesful I..."

Arthur stared down at the table, speechless. It wasn't much of a surprise that this was the reason he was called. His father had never called for any family related news. Arthur sighed and nodded as he stared at the cup of coffee put in front of him.

"...and so I decided to add you as my business partner."

Arthur blinked, suddenly taken from his thoughts. "Partner?" He gasped.

Uther smiled. "Yes. You are now 22, Arthur. I figured you-" The man gasped when suddenly a tray of food was dropped over his table and onto his black suit. Uther stood up from his seat with narrowed brows.

Arthur stood up too and stared down at the raven-haired young man on the floor. "Are you blind!" The blond snarled. "You're lucky that wasn't hot coffee." He pointed to the soda.

"I'm sorry." The young man shook his head nervously. "I'm really sorry." He reached up nervously looking for...the table?

Arthur's brows narrowed at what was happening, as the young man tried pulling himself up.

"Fool!" Uther looked up to see the young man pulling himself off the floor. Uther walked over and grabbed the young man's arm.

He gasped. "Ow!"

"Have you no idea how much this costs? More than your entire..." Uther froze, his eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at the boy clearly, into those sea-blue eyes.

"I-I'm so sorry. Trully."

"No you aren't boy-"

"Something wrong here?" A young woman with waist length raven hair walked up, her blue eyes glared daggers at Uther as she grabbed the boy from Uther's grasp. "Do not lay your hands on my workers."

Uther glared. "Then you will do well to find some more suitable workers. Ones who aren't so clumsy."

The woman rolled her eyes and looked towards the boy, touching his face. "Are you alright, Merlin?"

Arthur stared as the young man nodded, his sky-blue eyes not meeting the woman's. "I'm so sorry Morgana."

"It's alright. You're trying, that's what counts." She whispered, then winced loudly. "You're bruising." She sat the young man at the table. "I'll bring some ice." She looked back at the two men. "Whatever has been damaged, I'll pay for. So keep your pants on and stop bitching." She turned and walked away.

Uther stood stunned. "What! Do you have any idea who I am!"

"Father... Father, let's go." Arthur eyed the young man before pulling Uther out of the small restaurant.

Arthur stood next to his father's limo. "You really have to start controlling your temper. We may be rich, father, but the law doesn't let anyone pass, and if you hurt someone-"

"Oh stop it Arthur, I wasn't going to hurt the boy." He mumbled. Although it did cross my mind.

Arthur frowned. "Father, I'm serious. If..." Arthur stopped mid sentence as he noticed the same young man walking out of the restaurant. Only holding something that caught the blond's eye. a leash. The leash was black and held a collar around a dog's neck. Not just any dog, a wolf from the looks of it. But the beautiful dog wasn't what caught Arthur's eye, it was the label the dog wore around his body. A red warning sigh.

Dog On Duty, Do Not Pet.

Arthur blinked confused and suddenly started walking towards the young man, leaving Uther staring angrily as he noticed where his son was going.

When he reached the young man, Arthur reached out and grabbed his arm, causing a gasped. The wolf suddenly snarled staring at the intruder and Arthur quickly let go. "I'm sorry." He said low. "I mean you no harm."

The young man stared down at the ground, his blue eyes wide and full of fear.

"..." Arthur gulped not really knowing what to say. "You have a beautiful dog. What's his name?"

The boy gulped loudly. "Her name is Cheeto?"

"You named your dog Cheeto?" The blond said silently laughing.

"She likes chips. What's so funny about that?"

Arthur suddenly nodded as he looked at the blue eyes that didn't stare back. The eyes that couldn't stare back because they had no idea where he stood.

The dog, Cheeto, started snarling again. "It's ok girl?" The young man soothed. The dog snarled again and Arthur watched as the young man... (Merlin, was the name the woman in the restaurant used for him), Arthur watched as his pale hand reached out blindly until he touched the dog's head and pat the wolf's beautiful fur. "Look, is there anything you wanted? You're irritating my dog."

Arthur blinked rapidly at Merlin's sudden anger. He opened his mouth and for a short moment, nothing came out. "No... no. I just...wanted to a-apoligize."

Merlin frowned. "For what?" He shook his head.

Arthur sighed and looked towards Uther. "My father," He said low. "He really didn't mean what he said in the restaurant. He just-"

"Your father!" Merlin snapped. "You mean that babbling idiot in the restaurant?"

Arthur's brows raised.

Merlin shrugged. "Well, when ever you see him please be sure to thank him for me, I now have to pay for the dishes I broke."

Arthur cleared his throat. "Well, the dishes really aren't the problem. You ruined my father's suit-"

"And he tripped me. I may be blind, but I'm not stupid. I know a foot when I feel one."

"You ruined Uther Pendragon's suit." Arthur said annoyed but also warning. "He can easily-"

"Uther?" The boy breathed with wide eyes. "Uther Pendragon? He's here in Camelot?"

Arthur stared in confusion. "His been here for nearly three years. He's the one you bumped into." Arthur frowned at the fright in those blue eyes. He shook his head sadly. "I'm sure it can be fixed, you don't have to-"

"I-I have to go." The young man turned quickly. "Cheeto, let's go home." He said urgently.

The dog whimpered and brought her nose to her master's leg sensing his stress, they both turned and walked away quickly.

XOXOXOXO

Uther watched as Arthur walked over to the boy and he quickly pulled out his cell. It was answered after two rings. "You failed me for the last time." He snarled.

"Uther?"

"Merlin Emrys is alive."

"What? That can't be. He was on the plane, he-"

"He survived the crash you moron." Uther snarled.

"I'll fix it, I'll fix it I promise-"

"No! You've had your chance. It's my turn."

A/N: I named Merlin's dog Cheeto, because lately my cat has been eating my cheetoes. Had I known she liked chips, I would've named her Cheeto instead of Nellie.

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