Merlin's Sister

Meet and Greet

Merlin woke up the next day to Kenna prodding him in the side. It was barely sun up, but she looked excited and ready to go. She was always so eager and excited. At the crack of dawn, Merlin found this extremely irritating. He pulled himself up, and dragged his feet to the meal table. (That just means Gaius doesn't use any kind of poison on it)

"Merlin, you're up early!" Gaius said, shocked.

"As it turns out my sister is a morning person. You are sure we're related right?" Merlin joked, stuffing porridge in his mouth.

"The mornings are a wonderful time, Merlin. You would know that if you were awake for it," Kenna informed him.

"Kenna, I really need you to rub off on him. He might start getting things done on time for once," Gaius teased.

"Do I have to be lectured about that every time I sit down at this table?" Merlin whined playfully.

"Yes, now hurry up! You have to tend to Arthur, and I have potions to mix," Gaius said.

Merlin walked into Arthur's room, still a little early. He pulled the curtains open, and with his usual cheeriness, calls out, "Rise and shine! Up and at 'um, my lord!"

"Merlin! What are you doing here so early?" The prince rolled over and tried to go back to sleep. Merlin sighs. What he's about to do is what normally gets things thrown at him. He yanks the covers back. Merlin then runs behind the table he has Arthur's breakfast on. The prince looked at him incredulously and got up off the bed. He had a suspicious look in his eyes. "You're up early, and you got me breakfast on time. You either want something or this is poisoned and you're excited." Arthur couldn't understand why his manservant suddenly decided to do something right.

"No, Kenna is apparently a morning person," Merlin yawned. Prince Prat was right. It was early.

"Well, tell her not to be. I now understand why you're never on time. This is a ridiculous time to wake up," Arthur started eating, and Merlin named off his list of chores for the day.

After breakfast, they went down to the training ground. The knights were lounging around and goofing off. Merlin nearly laughed at the look on Arthur's face. The knights, on the other hand, all jumped to do their warm ups. Leon had been the only one putting forth effort before Arthur came up, so he got a nod. Merlin never could understand 'knight talk' as he called it, but even he knew that meant Leon was going to get an easier day than normal.

"Okay, since everybody seems to think my not being here means you don't have to do anything, we're going to start with one on one with me to make sure nobody's going soft." Arthur snarled. "Leon I want you with Merlin. If he's going to be there at every battle, he might as well be useful. Just show him the basics for now. He just doesn't need to be tripping over himself in the middle of battle."

It was about that time Merlin noticed Kenna walking up. She had a look of amusement plastered on her face. It was then Merlin knew she had planned this. She had explained that she had been watching the workings of Camelot for a while, and if she didn't know the knights had been slacking then he would eat one of Gaius's leeches. She smiled at him and Leon, and he knew she planned that too. It was probably a thank you for not saying anything to Arthur about the night before.

Merlin chuckled and shook his head. Arthur walked up to him, probably to give further instructions, but he saw Kenna waved her over. "I have a weird feeling, Kenna, that you had something more than luck to do with this, so thank you. If you want you can stay and watch."

"You might just be right, and I would be honored," She grinned triumphantly. She may be older, but she could definitely more immature at times. She skipped back to where she could watch out of the way.