Dreams come true

chapter 4 . father?

Chapter 4

I was nervous I was meeting my or well Princess Alice's father. I would have to continue pretending I had amnesia. It might upset the king but I had no choice I don't know him so I might as well pretend that I don't remember anyone.

Standing outside the doors I took a deep breath and opened the doors.

Inside the room stood at the table were the king and a middle age man who looked like my dad but had a much wiser face, and he looked old fashioned with his beard and stiff posture.

This must have been my father.

The man walked up to me with his arms open, wanting to embrace me. Continuing my act of memory loss I stepped back startled. A frown appeared on the man's face.

"Alice? What's wrong?" he asked.

I pulled a confused face "who are you? How do you know my name".

King Uther walked up to my 'father' and put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Henrick, but it appears she has no recollection of any of us. She may have suffered some trauma when out in the woods we do not know. What we do know is that we are all strangers to her. Even you my friend"

Henrick- my father- looked near tears at the fact that his own daughter couldn't remember him. But he soon composed himself as he walked up to me.

"Alice, I am your father my dear" he said looking into my eyes for any recognition.

"I'm sorry but I do not remember you. I feel bad about upsetting you like this, but I just can't remember" I said actually feeling upset and guilty for how I am upsetting this poor man. I might not know him but I already liked him, he was nice and wasn't afraid to show his emotions. He was exactly like the dad I had always wanted. One that cared for me and treated me like a person.

"It's okay my dear it's not your fault, I'm sure your memory will return in time and we will just have to find things that will jog your memory" my father said smiling at me. "I'm mostly just glad you are safe".

I thought about this for a moment, if I learnt more about my alter-ego then I would have less of a chance at being caught out for not being the actual princess. This was a great opportunity that I couldn't pass up.

"That would be wonderful my lord" I said with a little curtsy.

My father smiled "my dear you are my daughter you don't have to be so formal, you can just call me father. It may help you regain your memory if we try and get your life to be similar to how it used to be".

I nodded in agreement.

Uther then clapped his hands and declared "well Henrick how about we get back to discussing the alliance, since the lady Alice has no memory of her betrothal to my son maybe they should spend some time together, this could help bring back her memory" my father agreed and my heart skipped a beat.

I got to spend time with Arthur Pendragon. It was a dream come true, I mean I had always loved him on the show but to actually get to be engaged to him made me want to faint.

"What do you think of this Alice? Would you like to spend more time with Arthur? I don't want to push you too soon after such a traumatic ordeal" asked Uther.

I smiled and nodded "yes my lord, I would very much like to get to know your son. Maybe being around familiar people will bring back my memories" I made myself shed a tear "I just wish I could remember, it's upsetting seeing everyone's sad faces when I can't remember them, your son my lord was equally as upset as my father"

"Don't be upset my lady, my son is only sad because you and him were so close and he is clearly upset over the fact that you might be uncomfortable round him" said Uther and he gave me a sweet comforting smile.

"Thank you my lord, could I be excused as I have a slight head ache and would like to visit the court physician for a remedy"

He nodded "of course me and your father will continue our discussion. You should get some rest my lady"

"My lord, father" I said nodding to each of them as I left the room.

When I was outside the door I almost jumped with joy at how well I had managed to pull off the behaviour of a character from the show. But I stopped myself noticing the guards outside the door. I smiled at them politely and made my way towards Gaius' chambers.

When I arrived Merlin was gone and Gaius was sat at his bench making potions.

I coughed and this caused Gaius to slip with his ingredients and the mixture blew up. But before it could burn him I felt warmth in my chest and the flames died down before they could touch his skin.

I was stunned. I had magic.

This was awesome I could do magic like Merlin.

Gaius turned to me shocked "Alice? How did you do that?" he asked.

I shook my head and shrugged "I don't know it just happened, I've never done anything like that before"

If I had magic, I could do lots of stuff. But then I remembered the ban on magic and fear crept into my veins as I thought of getting executed. Unconsciously my hand crept to my throat as I remembered what happened to Thomas James Collins in the first episode. What if I was caught? Would Uther still execute me even if I was the daughter of his friend? Or would I be banished?

Gaius' voice brought me back out of my thoughts. "Alice, you seem to have similar abilities to Merlin, it's instinctual and you need to get it under control"

"Yeah, and I better do it before I lose my head" I whispered to myself.