Merlin's Sister

New Discoveries

Merlin made his way up to Gaius's chambers. It had taken a while, but they had found the bandit they believed had taken Kenna. He had lead them straight to the rest of the band, and Arthur and the knights ambushed them. Nobody escaped, and those that weren't killed in the ambush were now on their way before the king for their trials.

Arthur, who was in a good mood, gave him the night off. It was a rare occurrence, and when it did happen, Merlin took full advantage. Maybe he could show Kenna around. He didn't know how long she was staying, but he knew it could be a while. She was a commoner so Uther would care little about helping her, and he doubted she would have the money to get transportation, like a horse.

As he walked down the hallway, he heard laughing. He walked into the Physician's Chambers to find him and Kenna laughing at something hysterically. He smiled. It had been awhile since Gaius had laughed like that. "What was the joke? I have a feeling I'm going to want to hear it."

Kenna and Gaius seemed just to notice him walking in. Kenna smiled. Gaius looked nervous. "Merlin, we have something to talk to you about."

"Okay, should I worried?" He was starting to get anxious. Gaius never looked this nervous unless the king was accusing one of them of sorcery.

"No, but this is going to come as a shock and you're probably going to get upset with me for a while," Gaius started. "As you know, when the Great Purge started children, as well as adults, were persecuted. Kenna was one of them."

Merlin looked at her with a look of respect to survive the Purge a child after being caught was one and a million. "So you're a sorceress," he asked.

"Yes, but that's not what we're worried about," she explained.

"You see I could only help so many people, and very few from the same family. Kenna and her father were the exception. I couldn't help her mother, and she and her father were the separated. I handed her over to the High Priestesses, and she was trained. Her father couldn't follow her when I freed him so I sent him to Ealdor. He was given sanctuary there for a time, until Uther hunted him down and he had to run, again." Gaius looked at Merlin, trying to find a reaction. He looked frozen. The new information didn't seem to have processed yet.

"Merlin?" Kenna said quietly.

"You're my sister?" Merlin looked at her cautiously.

Kenna smiled. "Yes. Hello, little brother."

"Where is our father then? Didn't either of you try to find the other? How did you find me?" He had so many questions.

"When Gaius saved me he faked my death to avoid suspicion. Everyone thought I was dead including our father. After I finished my training I tried to track him down, but I couldn't find him. I didfind rumors about you, though. I had to know if they were true, so I came here. Turns out they were." Kenna said.

"So, what about the bandit you claimed kidnapped you?" Merlin asked.

"I made him up, but it looks like something good came from that," she chuckled nervously.

Then Merlin did something they didn't expect. He didn't explode or even look angry. He smiled and asked, "So this means you're staying?"

Kenna laughed and nodded. She threw her arms around him and hugged her brother for the first time.