Merlin's magic (Oneshots) 1

royal blood part 3

"What the hell are you doing here? Uther has already asked for you. He wants to see you in the throne room."
Someone was entering the small classroom. Her voice was fierce, but also kind. Hunith had always been a force to be reckoned with. Even when she wasn't scolding Merlin.
Or Arthur for that matter.
But right now was not the time for Arthur to speak with Merlin's mom. Of all people who could have entered, she was the last person he was comfortable seeing right now.
He had always wanted to please her..... heavens, so that's why.

His mind was still trying to wrap itself around the feelings that grew within him as soon as Merlin so much as smiled at him.
Morgana was grinning and he hated how he knew that she knew.
'God damn it.'

"Yes, I'm sorry. This was – er- ", Arthur turned to Merlin for help. Merlin, who was still amused by their previous bickering.

Hunith was looking between them, but then sighed. "It's fine. Just hurry. I don't think Uther is in a good mood today."

'Technically, my father hasn't been in a good mood ever since Balinorarrived.'
Which was true. Uther had been avoiding Balinor as much as possible. And everyone who stood in some kind of relation to him.
He had been on edge. Paranoid. Even worse than usual. Maybe because his entire kingdom was held hostage by a guy whom he couldn't kill. At least not without fearing major consequences.
Though, in Balinor's defense, he had been avoiding Uther almost completely as well. He hadn't made any other unreasonable demands.
He had been quiet and peaceful.
On second thought, maybe that was exactly why Uther was so paranoid.

Arthur nodded at Merlin and Morgana and together they went to see what Uther may want.
'Can't I at least take a bath first?', Arthur thought. Because he had been training all morning.

Also, Hunith was walking right next to him and Merlin. And she was scrunching her nose in disgust.
Maybe Merlin needed a bath too.....
'Nope.... not now.', Arthur frowned at his own thoughts. God, they were getting worse.
He couldn't let that happen. They were already bad enough.

It didn't take too long to reach the throne room. It was more of a surprise that so many people were present. All while Merlin and Arthur were still wearing chain mail.
'Please don't ask, please don't ask, please don't ...."

"I'm taking it, you have already heard the news, Arthur.", Uther began, as soon as he saw his son entering the great hall.
'News? What news?' Helplessly he searched for familiar faces in the crowd. But found only Gwen, where Morgana was headed and Gaius who stood next to Geoffrey. The old librarian that had been longer in charge than Uther was king.
(Rumors said he had been alive to see Cornelius Sigan try to take over Camelot for the first time. But Arthur didn't believe that for a second.)

Balinor was also here. Which was a rare sight indeed. Especially when you could see how he was beaming with happiness, while Uther's face was twisted with dread.

"Geoffrey, would you hand me the book please?"

'Book? What book? Did something happen? DID THEY FIND A MAGIC BOOK ON MERLIN? No wait, that didn't make sense. Then Balinor wouldn't look so happy.'
Though, Arthur must admit, if he didn't know Balinor, he probably wouldn't be able to differentiate between his normal growling face and his happy growling face.

Then, Arthur recognized the book Geoffrey was carrying. It was the register that stated all the nobles in Camelot and their children. It was the one Merlin had copied a seal from to get Lancelot to be a knight. (Not that Arthur knew about that part.)

"I have had a discussion with Sir Balinor.", Uther said. But the way he said it didn't make it sound like that had been a discussion. More like Balinor had said something and Uther was either forced to comply or regretting his previous life decisions. (Which, to be fair, would be the wisest thing he had ever done.)