Slight Changes

For purposes that will be relveant to continuing the story properly, I have made a slight change to Chapter 4 when Merlin is eavesdropping on Blaise, Nasuada, and Uther and a change to Chapter 3 when Merlin first meets Aurelianus. Below are the changes.

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Chapter 4

"WHAT!!! That man sired the boy! There is absolutely no likes between the two, and I’ve known him all my life! How can they be father and son? HOW!!!" boomed Uther so loudly, Merlin nearly wet his pants.

"Calm down Uther! We don't want to wake the boys. They cannot know any of this! If they knew, then the Dark would have a powerful weapon; the boy would be thirsting for revenge," said Blaise, trying to calm the enraged Uther.

"I'm sorry . . . But how can he be the father of those two? For heaven’s sake, none of the three of them look alike!"

“He is actually the father of only one of them; the younger one was born from the trickery of another wizard.” corrected Blaise.
"My true husband did keep much secret. I was always mad at him for not telling me anything. I realize now that if he had told me anything, my first son would never had been born. Now, looking back, I see those were the happiest years of my life. By being secretive, he saved me. But it meant we were separated, and it meant the birth of my second on a man who disguised himself to be mu husband. He only knew there was one child, his child. He didn’t witness his son’s birth. If he had, he would've known that I had two children. Right now he thinks there is only one. Someday, he will learn of the second child. And that will be the Light's darkest hour, when he realizes there are two, one who is bent to his will, the other against him. Yet, it will also be the Light's strongest hour, for it will be the first time he's felt fear in millennia." said Nasuada.

"Then why can't he know?" asked Uther impatiently.

"If we tell him, we have to tell him everything, and if we do that, he will know many secrets, all of which have been kept secrets for millennia." explained Blaise.

"Then why not just give him hints?"

"At his age, we can't tell which path he will go down, and if the knowledge that there were two children that I had were to reach him, the things he could learn would ultimately destroy us. He could one by one find all of our cities, crush any resistance there, search the survivors' minds, and eventually cause the downfall of Atlantis. If we find a way to tell the boy without him finding out, we would do it, without hesitation. But we know of no way to do so at this point in time. Can we trust you to keep this a secret?" asked Nasuada.

"Ehhh, I guess so. But if the boy still doesn’t know when I'm laying on my death bed, then I will tell him if he is near."

"Agreed." replied Bernie.
What are they talking about? Merlin asked himself, Who is him, and who are the boys, and what are the secrets? As Merlin's head swarmed with this new knowledge, he made his way to bed, and fell asleep pondering these questions.

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Chapter 3

Aurelianus had green eyes and graying hair. He had a weary look to his eyes, and an air about him that Merlin couldn’t quite place. It seemed almost as if Aurelianus was old.

“Who is this boy you bring with you?” asked Aurelianus of Uther. When Merlin looked back on that moment several years later, he would recall see a slight expression of surprise coming over Aurelianus’ face as he said it.

“He’s the boy who saved me life. He calls himself Merlin.”

“Merlin. . .” said Aurelianus, looking at Merlin with an expression of awe, “Could it possibly be? No, I’m a fool for thinking so. He couldn’t still be here, not after. . .” Aurelianus’ voice trailed off before putting on a warm smile.

“Come dine with me. We have much to discuss,” said Aurelianus.

Aurelianus showed Merlin to his place by him. The sun was setting when a most curious thing happened. As Merlin was sitting down, Aurelianus noticed how Merlin shivered, and muttered a few unintelligible words. A moment later, the fire roared to life as Aurelianus began conversation.

“You’re a wizard aren’t you lad?” asked Aurelianus.

Merlin nearly choked on his food upon hearing this. “No I’m not,” he said hastily.
“Yes you are. Do you think I don’t know what that stick is on your waist? I’ve seen my fair share of wizards. How would you like to be an advisor to me? I could use your help when my own forces join the Saxons at Vortigern’s castle.”

“I would love to, but I can’t. My mother is probably worried sick about me.” replied Merlin.

“What is her name?”

“Nasuada.”

“Nasuada. . .” said Aurelianus, his voice trailing off for the third time that night.

An hour later, Aurelianus called a squire to show Merlin to his room. Merlin fell asleep almost as soon as his head hit the mattress.