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The Argument
"Oh come on Morgana. Stop being so stubborn..."
"Oh I am the one being stubborn, am I?"
"Now you are just being ridiculous."
"Oh I see how this is."
Morgana placed her hands on her hips. She was not enjoying this one bit.
Merlin and Morgana had been arguing like this for at least two hours now.
Even though they were placed in Morgana's chambers, Merlin was sure that he hadn't heard anyone go passed in a while. Meaning their magic may have causes them to abandon the area.
What if Gorlois has ran off?
"He is 14, Morgana. He has heard the stories. Wouldn't you want to meet the great dragon after that?" Merlin tried to argue.
"Oh yes, of course." Morgana said, it dripping with sarcasm. "I would really want to meet a magical creature that could have destroyed my home and killed my brother."
"Well ..." Merlin stopped himself before he could say anything more.
Morgana closed the distance between them and slapped him, making him move his head.
"That is forgotten." She spat at him.
Merlin's cheek really hurt but knew it was better to rub it.
"I know." He looked at her. "I am so sorry. I got in the heat of the moment. I am sorry."
"What if you had said something and the children heard? I haven't tried so hard to cover up my past for you to ruin like you always do."
Ever since Gorlois almost found out about Morgana's dark past, they had tried to keep it from their family.
They had no need to know the person Morgana was as it was in the past and, as she said, forgotten.
Yet it always had a way of sneaking into their lives from time to time.
Morgana turned from him and walked away.
"You still think me the villain."
Merlin ran up to her and wrapped his arms around her. He knew she would try and struggle but he had to hold on.
"I never thought you the villain. If there was any villain,it was me. I stood by the side and did nothing while you tried to make change come around."
"And I did it without being told to by a pathetic dragon." Morgana said releasing herself from Merlin's grip.
Merlin did hope that as the conversation was changing back to the dragon he was forgiven.
"I don't want him doing what he did to you what he did to Gorlois." Morgana said looking at Merlin.
His cheek had reddened fast but she knew it was worth it. She did want to go and kiss it and tell him she was sorry but she couldn't. He shouldn't have thought of her like that.
"He has changed Morgana. You made him change." He said walking up to her.
"Yes but he has his ways doesn't he. He managed to have you pretty fooled all those years."
"But he did say about the golden age of Camelot, which is now, and the return of magic to the land. He just underestimated your importance in it all."
Morgana could see the direction of this conversation and left Merlin's side to sit at her table.
"Morgana, they are going to find out one way or another. Wouldn't it be better if they heard it from us rather than a stranger? I know Gorlois has started to question everything we have told him."
Morgana turned in her chair to look at Merlin.
"What has he said?"
Merlin had never seen Morgana looked so worried.
"He was talking to Gwaine. He had overheard Sir David's sons speaking about him. The said that he was the son of a peasant lord and the black witch. They did go onto to Clarine and Gareth saying that they weren't worthy of the throne because of Gwen."
Morgana turned back and looked at Merlin through the mirror.
"Gwaine said what he has always said about nobles, calling me a proper noble because I was noble of heart rather than having the wealth. He managed to make Gorlois forget about the black witch part and just said that they were jealous of him."
Morgana looked down at the table.
"Doesn't change anything though."
Merlin wanted to sweep her up into his arms but knew it was better not to.
She was best if she was left on her own for this.
"We can tell them together. I will admit that the twins are too young to understand but Gorlois and Lynette should be told. They will understand you reasons. We will make it so they understand."
Morgana looked back up into the mirror.
"At least they didn't call him a bastard."
Merlin gave her a half smile.
At least she was trying to see the good in the situation they were in.
She looked at Merlin's reddened cheek.
"I know, I am sorry." Merlin said as she opened her mouth.
"Yet you are my husband. It isn't proper that I hit you."
"Is anything about our relationship or family proper? Anyway if you didn't I would always be out of line."
Morgana smiled.
"Anyway I wouldn't want it any other way." Merlin said.
Morgana watched Merlin's eyes glow gold. It still send shivers down her spine.
"And I have hurt you in more ways than you could ever hurt me. You cannot hurt me as much as I have hurt myself."
Morgana sometimes hated it when Merlin got emotional and brings up the past hurt.
"We are both as bad as each other." Morgana said. "Its been nearly 15 years and we still cannot get over 2 years of the past."
"We are over it. Just sometimes it threatens to bite us. We need to tell them before they find out themselves. It will bite us then."
"I just don't want them to hate me."
Morgana looked back down at the table. She knew that her children would love her no matter what but she was scared that if they knew what she was and what she did that they would turn their backs on her.
But the stories that they told didn't help either. They glorified Morgana's involvement.
Their children would question it greatly.
Merlin dropped the spell when he heard footsteps approach.
"Milord I need to ..."
"Matthew how many times do I have to tell you? Please just call me Merlin." He said as he turned to the young adult.
Merlin remembered when he was in Matthew's position and it was new and scary but he had settled in well and all the children loved him.
Him and his sister, Sefa, were the family servants.
Merlin and Morgana argued with Arthur long and hard over their employment. They didn't need servants but Arthur argued that it wasn't proper that they didn't have one.
"I'm sorry Merlin but Gorlois has ran off again. I cannot find him and a knight saw him leave a while ago."
Merlin didn't just look sided eyed but slowly turned around back to Morgana.
She was now turned so she was looking right at him.
"What do you mean again?"
