Fulfilling Destiny
Chapter 1
When Morgana visits her brother's throne room in the dead of night, will the conversation she has with a certain Merlin Emrys change the course of destiny? Rated to be safe, probably not worth a T. First story, please tell me what you think!
Background Arwen, may have eventual Mergana and will be some Merlin/Freya. Will be an OC in there later, but not paired with anyone. No slash.
A/N - So, Arthur's King of Camelot, married to Guinevere and knows about Merlin's magic and him being a Dragonlord, and knows that the warlock has saved his life many times, but doesn't know the whole story (every time he has saved him, him being Emrys) Set after series 4. Merlin is chief advisor to the king and Court sorcerer. Also, Lancelot is not dead. (I'll work out a reason why later(-:)
Arthur Pendragon slowly turned as there was a loud bang behind him. His sister, the seer and witch Morgana, a high Priestess of the Old Religion, stalked in to the throne room. He could see the men that were guarding the room on the floor in front of the open door.
"What do you want Morgana?" The King of Camelot sounds weary.
"Do not worry, dear brother." Morgana sounded scornful. "I will not harm Camelot today. I only wish to speak with the almighty Merlin Emrys." She smirked.
The knights of the round table, Sirs Gwaine, Lancelot, Elyan, Percival, Leon and Tristan, suddenly burst into the room, swords aloft.
'Your blades cannot stop me!" Morgana smirked, "besides, I wish only to speak with your court sorcerer!"
Gwaine opens his mouth for a sharp retort, but is interrupted by a new voice.
"Warlock, if you don't mind! And do you have to smirk after every sentence? It will disfigure your face! You'll get wrinkles and whatnot." Merlin walked into the room. He snapped his fingers and the doors shut and bolted. He came with his head held high, no longer having to keep up the, "clumsy, foolish servant facade".
"And why would you be bothered about my face, Merlin dear?"
He rolled his eyes, ignoring the suggestive comment and tipped his head to one side.
"Why are you here?"
Morgana avoided the question-"why are you here?"
Merlin's eyes narrowed. "I could feel your dark power from the other side of the castle. I wasn't going to come, for you wouldn't dare try anything here, in the heart of Camelot, but it's hard to ignore it when you're practically screaming out telepathically, 'come here!' I do not like to engage in pointless banter in the middle of the night. " He glares at her, not attempting to conceal his disdain.
She laughs, "pointless? How is it pointless when you do not know the reason?"
"If you had a reason, you'd have told me already. I think you're getting lonely in your hovel, witch."
Arthur and the knights watched them, mouths slightly agape, as they circled each other like lions, snapping fierce words and retorts back and forth. There was no denying the attraction between the two, and Morgana was clearly ignoring the general rules of personal space as she got closer and closer to the warlock.
From what their audience could gather from the insults the two magical beings were now tossing back and forth, they had moved onto the topic of love - they seemed to just find anything and everything to argue about.
"But surely, you didn't keep dear Aggravating Agravaine around for that long for his uses as a spy? You already established he was useless!"
"He was a total perv! I had noticed that he was a bit creepy but he was necessary! He may have been usless but the more times Arthur was betrayed the more it would break him! I'm not stupid, I did have ulterior motives! And what would you know about love MERlin? I would wager that your perfect woman would be some kind of Druid or Sidhe! Or, even worse, something really stupid like a woman that lives in a lake!"
By this time, Arthur and the Knights had no idea what they were talking about, but judging by the now steely expression on Merlin's face, Morgana had struck a nerve.
He snarled and took a step back from Morgana, who now looked slightly fearful. He raised his hand and flicked it, sending her flying against a pillar.
Suddenly there was a crack and a flash of bright light into the middle of the room and an exasperated voice sounded across to the people gathered on the other side.
"Honestly Merlin, I said DON'T kill her! You seem determine to alter the course of destiny this week! Kilgharrah will murder you!"
A/N - Love BAMF Merlin! Hehe:-) So what do you think? It will get better, I promise. I have it all planned out. More or less. Please tell me if there are any grammar mistakes, OOCness or any other generally bad things and I will correct them. :-) And I know Morgana's little insult of Merlin falling in love with someone that lives in a lake was seriously unrealistic, but I couldn't think of anything else of her to say, sorry!
Please review! I want to know how my first attempt went!
MissSophieHolmes