Give In, Oh Sweet Surrender

Part-1

From the very moment Uther knew, he had been embarrassed and mortified and impossibly outraged and this reason more so than the grief of his wife's death was why he seeked to purge all the sorcerers in the realm for the conniving sorceress Nimueh had not only made him loose the only woman he'd loved but she had also tricked him into having a submissive for a son. Uther could not even think of it, the implications of his only son and heir to the throne being an omega was nothing short of complete destruction and Uther could not let anyone find out about Arthur for both Arthur's sake and his own.

Looking at the sleeping infant not even a month old yet Uther felt a fierce protectiveness for his cub as all Alphas tended to do, especially if their young were an omega and right then he swore to himself and to his son that he would never let Arthur be a slave to his instincts, he could never imagine his precious Arthur being claimed by some dominating alpha even if it were an honorable man and Uther vowed to find a way to defy nature as he ordered Gaius to search for anything to cure Arthur of his unfortunate inheritance.

As Arthur grew older he earned the reputation of being an abnormally quiet and charming child making his nurse maids coo at him every opportunity giving him anything and everything he asked for, he was also quite timid and one day when a five year old Arthur came running from the lower town into the castle with tears overflowing from his eyes smacking straight into Uther, the King felt it was time to toughen up his boy no matter how much it pained him to put Arthur in harm's way knowing Arthur would naturally be defensive as it was an omega's nature to be gentle and not aggressive like the alphas.

Uther adopted a strict posture and demanded in a harsh tone, "Stop sniveling Arthur! You're the Prince of Camelot and Prince's are not supposed to show weakness!"

Arthur stared up at Uther with his wide blue innocent eyes and his heaving sobs only quickened and Uther pulled his arm forcefully and dragged him into his personal chambers barking at the guards to stay out.

He slammed the door and turned around to see Arthur still crying and fiddling with the hem of his shirt, his small frame heaving with quietly contained sobs.

"Damn it Arthur! Stop crying I said!"

Arthur looked up and his eyes kept overflowing with tears although he tried to contain the hiccups and sobs his throat working to stop moving up and down.

Uther knew it was cruel but there was no other way, this was the only way in which he could ensure Arthur lived dignified enough to be King of Camelot one day and he said "You disappoint me with your weakness Arthur."

Arthur who was five years old and adored and loved his father above all else looked shocked and immediately wiped at his eyes and stopped fidgeting, the words cutting deep and registering in his mind for a long time to come.

Both son and father stood there for an inordinate amount of time before Arthur managed to look somewhat better and not as though he were going to fall apart at any moment.

Uther then asked calmly "Now, what were you so upset about?"

"It's nothing Father." Arthur lied not wanting to see even more judgment and disapproval in his father's eyes.

"Don't lie to me Arthur."

Arthur then put his head down in shame before he said "The older boys in the lower town were playing catch and the stone hit me when I was passing by, I backed away but they started chasing me… I was sca.." Arthur stopped not finishing the sentence but both Uther and Arthur knew that he'd been about to say scared.

Uther knew logically that his son was only responding according to the way nature intended him to but he was enraged nonetheless and screeched "A crown Prince being afraid of his lowly subjects, this will not do Arthur, this won't do at all! From tomorrow you will start training with me to become a proper knight!"

Arthur nodded thinking he would do anything if it meant his father wouldn't look at him with disappointment anymore.

As the years passed Uther became more and more emotionally repressed with his son and showed him only rare hints of affection. Those moments were what a young Arthur cherished and after years of crying himself to sleep and being miserable in his loneliness Arthur hardened under his father's strict tutoring and cold civilty until he became formidable on the battleground and in council politics earning those rare satisfied and proud grins from Uther which made him glow with happiness and arrogance and Uther could not have been happier.

And then Morgana arrived in the castle when she was fifteen and Arthur was thirteen to be Uther's ward and being an omega herself and Uther's daughter though none but Uther knew of it Uther grew more and more fond of her, showing her all the kindness and affection he'd kept himself from showing to Arthur.

At first Arthur was jealous of Morgana and kept behaving appallingly to her, sniping at her and generally goading her into tears until one day he'd gone too far and she'd slapped him rushing away in tears to the castle and no one was able to find her for a whole day.

Arthur feeling guilty and rotten had spent the next day searching for her when he found her in the old abandoned had asked sorry to her for the first time in years. Morgana bless her was forgiving and Arthur and her had spent the better part of the day exchanging stories about their life laughing and generally being cozy so much so that they had forgotten that a contingent of Uther's knights were looking for them and when the knights and the King had finally managed to find them they had been found dozing together in each other's arms.

Uther was disgruntled with this development to put it slightly and though it would have been acceptable for Arthur to like women Morgana was his half-sister and the blood they shared would prevent them from having romantic inclinations with each other. As the days passed Morgana and Arthur became closer than ever and Arthur skived off training and banquets to go for a ride with Morgana or playing chess in Morgana's chambers.

The old Arthur slowly started to reappear though it was harder for him to do it this time because he felt confused with his own feelings and how he was expected to act by his father. He was kinder to the servants, more polite in council meetings and even smiled brightly and freely not caring about Prince's etiquette that Uther had fought so hard to teach.

Uther had called him to his chambers one night and after dining with Arthur he had declared "You're not to be seen in Morgana's chambers again Arthur."

Arthur had looked bewildered and asked "Why father? I thought you wanted us to get along."

"I did and I do now but there are certain customs Arthur, propriety is a code a Prince must always maintain, we cannot have our people slandering us and doubting our honor."

"But Morgana and I are just friends!"

Uther who had never expected such resistance from Arthur callously stated "She is not your friend Arthur, King's have no friends only loyal subjects. You would do well to remember that."

Morgana could not understand why all of a sudden Arthur was being so distant and after a while the hurt faded to be replaced with anger and the both of them resumed their initial routine again though they did care about each other a great deal.

Then Arthur turned sixteen and the day both Gaius and Uther had dreaded drew closer and after very many years, it turned out that there was no way magical or otherwise to change Arthur's condition and they both summoned Arthur to Gaius' chambers, though Uther wanted to insist otherwise Gaius warned him that Arthur needed to be prepared for what was to come and defend himself from the attention of unwanted men seeking to claim him.

Arthur's stomach clenched in worry when he saw his father and Gaius in the physicians quarters pulling up a chair so that he could sit and when the both of them kept standing his worry increased ten fold.

"Arthur, there are certain things that I've hidden from you for your own safety and for you to have as normal a life as possible but now that you are sixteen we cannot hide it anymore and there is no easy way of saying this but Arthur, you are an omega, you were born as one."

Arthur looked and felt confused as he asked "I don't know what that means father."

Uther turned to Gaius and after an hour filled with explanations and Arthur turning more and more enraged and breaking everything he found in his path he finally broke down and cried for the first time in front of his father after all those years when his father had demanded in his stern voice to 'not cry and show weakness.'

Surprisingly Uther did not tell him to stop this time and he huddled Arthur to his chest as he rubbed his son's hair, the anguish of his only omega heir hitting him fiercely filling him with the urge to protect and sooth.

"I'm a disgrace, aren't I?" asked Arthur quietly fearing the answer and starting to hate himself.

Uther took his face in his hands and pulled him back so that Arthur was able to look at him and he said "You are not a disgrace Arthur, it is not your fault, the witch Nimueh is the one at fault here."

Arthur sighed and shook his head, "I can't live like that father, I can't live being enslaved to anyone else, I'd rather die!"

Gaius then intervened saying "You do not have to Arthur, the herbs I've gathered and a potion I make can mask your scent during heat, the alphas around here would never have to know you are an omega as long as you keep taking the herbs and the potion during your cycles every month and remain confined to your chambers for that period of time."

Arthur nodded his head and Gaius left him with several books which he could read to know more but Arthur wanted to have them burned once he was in his chambers and before he could give into the urge and do so he kept them stacked in a secret cupboard only he had the keys to and put the keys in a box where he kept most of the items his mother had left to him in the drawer near his bed.

Knowing things and experiencing them were a very different matter altogether and when Arthur experienced his first cycles and started to bleed he nearly died from the embarrassment of having to deal with it, he kept to his rooms during those three days in a month being generally moody and angry at everyone and everything and Gaius and Uther were the only people who came by to see him and he had to dispose off the evidence by burning every soiled cloth and as time grew he couldn't even see his naked body without shame anymore and even dressing himself was a chore.

He still practiced with his knights and his tenacity only grew as he was determined not to let some heresay of nature make him into someone else's bitch. Soon Arthur became to be known as a champion among the five great kingdoms and Arthur had convinced himself that he could live the rest of his life this way and ignore the small oddities about him which no one need ever know.

He realized how wrong he was when his first heat hit him when he was seventeen years old and on a hunting trip, there were two knights with him and neither of them were an alpha, his father had grown immensely protective of him and refused to allow Arthur to go out with some of the known Alpha knights in the kingdom like Arthur's regular sparring companion Leon and now Arthur couldn't help but be thankful as he groaned not having the suppressive herbs with himself and for the first time he experienced what it felt like to be numbed with desire, his every nerve tingling and his body on fire in want of something, something to cool him and burn him all at the same time and Arthur got off his horse and heaved deep breaths retrieving his water skin from the horse and taking deep gulps of water hoping to thaw an entirely new and different kind of thirst, god if this is what it would feel like every time he was in heat he could almost just for a moment fool himself into thinking he could give it up and surrender to the torrent of hormones and desire his body was experiencing.

"We….we have to ride back to Camelot…but one of you must go first, tell Gaius to meet me at the outskirts of the forest."

One of his knights immediately set forth to Camelot while the other stayed and watched him speculatively. Arthur who was at this point strung so high he wanted to just roll on the forest floor and pull his hair out in frenzied desire managed to somehow control himself and got back up on his horse and rode a little distance away when there was an arrow shot from somewhere in the trees and his knight fell down, Arthur got back down from his horse and drew his sword and only when he was surrounded by bandits did he smell it, the powerful scent of an Alpha and more than one at that, his breeches which were already soaked felt even more wet as the wetness oozed out of him and onto his legs dripping down and making him feel how very loose and warm he was with desire. Arthur managed to hold his sword in a hard grip purely by will even as he stumbled and fell on his knees feeling faint with the scent of the alpha's around him and he could only imagine how much pheromones he himself was giving out, calling to them like a signal, wanting to be claimed but Arthur knew he could not allow that to happen.

He heard the collective growl of two of the alpha's but the leader who was a tall muscled man twice as tall and strong as Arthur stepped forward all the other's backed off and waited in bated breath as Arthur keened feeling his nipples tighten and his whole body thrum as the alpha's voice reached him, "He's such a pretty one, isn't he?"

Arthur closed his eyes against the humiliation when all the bandits laughed and felt himself gritting his teeth against the avalanche of emotions and desire threatening to overwhelm him as he stood up with the handle of his sword clasped firmly and held it up against the leader stating "Leave me alone, or you will pay with your lives!" Arthur didn't disclose his identity for fear of news reaching other kingdoms about his condition.

The men only laughed harder as the burly man stepped forward mocking "And what are you going to do little omega, let me tell you what you are going to do, you're going to spread your legs like a good little omega and let me and my men have you!"

When Arthur gulped and looked frightened the man gave him a lewd smirk and said "Oh don't worry, we'll be gentle, won't we boys?" he asked the group of them and they all laughed harder making Arthur shiver and something roll unpleasantly in his belly. He had no hope of surviving out of this mess alive, he was surrounded and there was no way they were going to let him go and the thought of these ugly, robbing thieves raping him against his will made tears of frustration and anger rise in his eyes when the man lunged and Arthur dodged swinging his sword which the man easily avoided. Then the alpha took his own sword out and the others drew theirs as well and Arthur was disarmed and thrown against the forest floor minutes after and cold dread began to seep into his mind and clutch his heart as he cried in earnest now when the men made a circle above him and two of them bent down to remove his shirt as the leader took off his boots. Arthur closed his eyes not wanting to see any of this, not wanting to believe that this was his fate when there was a bright light and then a thudding sound and he kept his eyes closed not wanting to open them lest he see something when after a minute when nothing happened he finally opened his eyes to see that no one was standing around him and the bandits were scattered across the forest floor in various unnatural positions and one hanging from a tree. He took a close look at one of the bandits who was thrown closer to him and saw there were no arrows or any other injuries.

"What are you looking for Arthur Pendragon? Run!" he heard a voice and turned to see an old man wearing a dirty robe and carrying a staff standing four feet away.

"Who…who are you?" asked Arthur bewildered as the only explanation for this was sorcery and father had always told him all sorcerers were evil.

"It does not matter who I am boy, you need to run, they could wake up any moment and I do not have enough power to keep them at bay once again!"

Arthur stuttered and asked "You're a…sorcerer but why would you help me?"

The man looked sharply at Arthur, "This is not your destiny! You belong with the Great Emrys! RUN BOY! RUN!"

The urgency in the mans tone made Arthur turn away and he mounted his horse before riding off to Camelot on his horse, the sorcerer's words plaguing his mind.

Gaius gave him the suppressor herbs as soon as he sighted him and Uther was with him scenting Arthur and turning an enraged red when he could smell other alpha's on him. Arthur assured his father than nothing had happened and that he had managed to escape though he left the sorcerer out of the explanation.

Years passed and Uther became more and more protective of Arthur cosseting him so much that Arthur felt the need to rebel every now and again and throw huge temper tantrums. He had to deal with the heat for five weeks every year and with the suppressor herbs and solitude no alpha around Camelot had gotten wind of Arthur being an omega but the suppressors did nothing to quench his impossible lust and Arthur buried his fingers in his hole and tried everything but masturbation never seemed to help and year by year he grew more frustrated and lashed out even more.

Then one day Merlin, bumbling, idiotic, far too good and kind Merlin with his large ears and bright smile came stumbling into Arthur's life and no one, not even Gaius suspected him to be an alpha though he was a powerful sorcerer but no one knew and destiny was set into motion, one trapped dragon feeling very content indeed.

End of part one, I'll post part two sometime in the future!