AN: I do not own Merlin, the characters or any recognisable storylines. If I did, the next series would not be cancelled.
Chapter One
Merlin blinked back tears as Morgause and the deathly still Morgana disappeared in a swirl of black and grey. In his periphery he saw Uther get up, Arthur having burst through the doors moments earlier and saw Morgause take Morgana.
"Guards!" Uther called. "Morgana has been kidnapped, stop them escaping, they can't have gone far." He cried out anxiously, the few guards that were waking up nearby obeying his immediate request and raising the alarm.
"Why, why would she take her?" Arthur asked no one in particular.
Merlin saw a flash of guilt cross Uthers face for a moment before passing.
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"What else could you have done Merlin?" Gaius told his ward nearly a week later as he saw Merlin still angonising over his decision.
"Maybe not poison her." Merlin replied bitterly.
"And see the whole of Camelot destroyed, everyone you know and don't know in this city. She would have killed Uther and Arthur with no preamble."
Merlin hummed. "Morgana helped us try and save the King though."
Gaius looked thoughtful as he heard this new bit of news. "Then perhaps she is as not lost to us as we thought. It is one thing to suggest overthrowing one King to allow for a better reign, it is another to participate in it."
"Maybe you're right. She was terrified the entire time." Merlin sat up straighter as he considered this. "I know she wanted Uther gone because of his tyrannical ways, but I think you're right."
"There is no point agonising over the what ifs until we see Morgana again, for now she is in Morgause' hands."
"Why did Morgause target Morgana?" Merlin asked slyly. "You can't avoid the question, you know why."
Gaius sighed. "I swore Uther I would not tell another soul, I cannot."
Merlin looked disappointed. "Fine, fine." He muttered disappointedly as he left the rooms in a rush.
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