A/N - So here is chapter 2. Thanks again for HyaHya. Enjoy

Declaimer - Merlin doesn't belong to me... yet...

Chapter 2 - Unexpected feelings

Morgause woke up suddenly; her body was demanding food and wouldn't let her sleep anymore. "Damn it." She mumbled to herself. It dawned to her that arms were wrapped around her waist. She turned her head slightly and gasped when she saw Merlin a mere inches from her face. 'How the…? We were on completely different sides of the damn fire!'She didn't know what to think, for the first time she felt safe. Yes she had trusted Morgana, but that was because she was her sibling. This, this was a new feeling for her, and didn't know what to think of it. Her stomach growled loudly. Merlin's eyes darted open and looked at her for a mere second before quickly standing up and apologizing.

"Uh sorry Milady, I didn't mean to um do that." He seemed as if he was having a panic attack. She was sitting now and looked at him with amusement. His cheeks were crimson and there was no denying that he was scared shitless. She wanted to laugh but held herself back.

Her mind raced back "Stop calling me Milady, it's annoying and makes me feel... old,"

Merlin didn't know what to take of this. Then he saw her clenching her stomach and realized she was hungry. "Well before this gets any more awkward, I think we should go get food and find out where the bloody hell we are," Morgause nodded at this, she knew they couldn't stay here for much longer and now was a chance to get out. The rain wasn't nearly as strong as earlier before. But she couldn't help but wonder why deep down it felt like a disappointment. Merlin stretched, spine still felt as it was going to break, but he could handle it. Morgause stood up and did the same. Her thigh still healing caused her to gasp in pain.

"This is going to be harder than it seemed," She muttered. Merlin barely overheard her and offered his hands.

"I can support you if you want."

'What is wrong with him?'She studied his face. There seemed to be no hint of insult or treachery in his startling blue eyes but then again Morgana had trusted him and it had ended up in him poisoning her. "Don't worry servant boy," She spewed at him with a death glare. "I can handle myself, besides I don't want your filthy hands on me,"

Merlin pulled his hand back to his side like she had set it on fire and glared at her, before screaming. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!"His face was now red from fury. "I TAKE CARE OF YOU, GIVE YOU FOOD, AND NOW YOU TREAT ME LIKE IT WAS NOTHING AND THAT I'M NOTHING!" Morgause was stunned, she had never seen him this mad, and by how Morgana had talked about him she hadn't either. "You must be completely daft and stupid if you think I will let you treat me like that," He wasn't yelling anymore but his words were deep. "What I hate the most is the fact that I let you live even if I knew you were going to do something like this," He had turned away now. "You will forever be my mistake," he stated loudly his voice laced with pain.

The words damaged Morgause more than anything that had ever been said to her. She didn't know how to respond. Everything he said had hit home, she felt at the verge of tears but held herself back. "How can I trust someone like you? You know what you have done," She responded sadly.

He tensed for a second before responding. "I had wanted you to trust me so that I could show you that I'm not the traitorous monster that is painted by your sister... but now I think, you two have personally made me into one... and it will be something the two of you will regret forever," The words shocked her. She was completely in shock and afraid of the servant boy. She just couldn't process any words and just stared at the ground. He cleared his throat making her look up. His eyes showed no emotion. "Either way, we both want to get back, and you want to go separate ways, it's up to you. It would be better if we stuck together though," Morgause silently agreed.

[x]

The cave was abandoned by both of them quickly, as there had been nothing that either needed to carry. They had both met an agreement on walking towards the opposite direction of the cave entrance. Moss covered some trees completely and the wild life seemed mostly peaceful. Merlin admired the scene; it had been a while since he could admire nature without having something trying to kill him. Besides he needed something to distract him. The hours passed quickly, neither knew how much they had walked. The animals avoided them and Merlin realized he would have to make a weapon of some sort to have any chance of catching a good animal to eat. He found a thick broken branch of a tree and started sharpening it with a rock he found on the ground. 'Why did I lash out like that? I shouldn't have, even if she did deserve it. Well at least most of it.'He turned back and saw her standing by a tree. They had made small progress with her leg but she just didn't want to admit she needed help. Morgause just stood there motionless as if in deep thought. She had her arms wrapped around herself. Merlin regretted his harsh words. But getting food was the top priority at this moment and he quickened his sharpening. The young warlock quickly finished and stood up. "Just stay here I'll go see what I can get," She didn't move, Merlin took this as a yes and left.

[X]

Merlin walked back to the clearing where he had left Morgause. A dead boar balanced on his shoulder. 'I guess all that time haunting game with Arthur wasn't a complete waste.' The pain he had felt on his spine was getting stronger and this wasn't helping. There was nothing he could do though, and he would have to endure it. The boar had put a tough fight and had nearly killed the Warlock several times. He saw her walking around in circles just touching the trees. She locked eyes with him and stopped in her tracks. Finally close enough he dropped the boar on the forest floor and stretched his overworked shoulders. 'Well my shoulders are going to be sore for a while.' He looked around and found a way to hold the boar so that its head was facing down. "Well this isn't good," he said out loud. Morgause who had once again taken her earlier spot at the tree looked at him confused. "Oh, um well before we can cook it, the boar needs to be bled out and well, I have no means of doing this."

Morgause lifted her leg and pull out an elegant steel dagger from her boots. "Well I have this." she muttered.

Merlin looked at her with a shocked expression. "You mean you had that all this time and didn't tell me?"

"Well you didn't ask me or anything, so there was no point in bring it up,"

"Wait, what? Are you serious?" He squealed out.

"Well yeah..." She just shrugged it off and tossed the dagger at him.

The young warlock caught the dagger and dropped it immediately as he burst into laughter. He could help himself. She frowned at him for a few seconds before letting lose a giggle, which then burst into laughter over. They tried straightening up a couple of times but it came back stronger. After a few minutes Merlin finally started to speak "Oh my… you... you just made my day," Both forgetting for that one moment that they hated each other, and for the first time in a long time actually feeling happy.

Eventually they straightened up Merlin cut off the boar's head with the dagger. Crimson blood started spilling out. Morgause had started a fire and was sitting down. The blood eventually stopped and Merlin started roasting the boar. A nice smell came from it both Merlin and Morgause couldn't wait to fill their mouths. It had been nearly a whole day since they had last eaten. Merlin got the knife ready as the boar seemed to be nearly done.

[X]

"Sometimes I wonder, about fate," Morgause looked up from her food with an eyebrow raised. The blond hair covered parts of her face, making her look more stunning in a certain way. The dinner had been uneventful, just both of them hungrily devouring there foods. If anyone were to have seen them, they would have thought the worse.

"Hmm?" Is all she managed to get out, covering her mouth in the process.

Merlin now glad that she was actually interested started smiling. "Well people assume that destiny cannot be beaten. That what is destined will happen for the benefit of the humanity. But not all destinies are good; some involve the deaths of many innocent people. What if one is allowed to know their destiny, so that if possible they can change it?" He asked rhetorically. "I would like to go into more depth, but it gets all timey wimey and stuff."

"Well look at you going all philosopher on me," she burst out giggling.

He frowned at Morgause. "What? I'm being serious..."

"No, no I'm not making fun of you or anything. It's just, it's the first time I ever heard you talk like that. Personally it's amusing." He studied her and relaxed again.

"Whatever, I guess that was a compliment..."

[X]

The boar filled them up nicely and there was plenty left. Merlin cut some pieces and put them on his bag. The boar was too big, and there was no way that he would be able to keep it clean with nothing but a knife. "Well from now one we need rabbits or something smaller. It's too bad to see the animal go to waste." Morgause nodded in agreement. "Oh and I found a small lake with drinkable water. I filled up my flask but you seemed to have drunk it until it was empty." Morgause's cheeks turned red at this. "So we should go back and check the River, I also need to refill my flask."

He stood up and started walking towards the river Morgause followed closely behind. Broken branches were everywhere and they had to watch their steps. The river came into view and he saw Morgause run towards the river as if her life depended on it.

"Well someone seems a little too excited," She ignored him and jumped around. Merlin filled his flask and asked her "Why are you so happy?"

The smile widened on Morgause's face. "This means I can bathe! I hate filling dirty," Merlin looked at her, she had a point. They both needed to bathe and they had a perfect chance.

"Okay then, you go first, and I'll go after-wards."

"I think the river is long enough for two," She was shocked at her own boldness. "I mean like go further down the stream and it will be okay," The lame excuse made her turn crimson red. 'What the hell is wrong with you?'

[X]

She felt so clean. The water was cold but felt perfect. Morgana had come into her mind and Morgause worried if she was okay. Cenred would be annoyed, and the thought irritated her. Even though he was the biggest ally she had, he was too ignorant. He thought that he could romance her, and she had proved him wrong every time. 'Whatever, screw him, he always comes back anyways.' Her thoughts slowly drifted to Merlin. She didn't know why but she couldn't help but laugh at his antics. The statements from the morning didn't leave her head though. He had hurt her with his words more than any damage weapons could ever inflict. He was supposed to be her enemy and yet, what he thought of her mattered more than anything. 'This, this can't be happening... please.' She shook her head trying to get rid of the thoughts. A cold gust of air hit her and she noticed it was getting dark. "Well time to go I guess."

The young priestess had to wait until she was dry a little. "Damn its freezing." she shuttered out. A little later she threw her clothes felt so warm, but it was getting colder the darker it became. She started walking towards the clearing, earlier Merlin and her had agreed on meeting back there. Her eyes were already a little lazy from the sleep she needed. There was chirping everywhere. It was like music to her ears, but she had to hurry up. No animals crossed her path and the trees looked so beautiful.

[X]

Merlin stood up as soon as he saw her. Her damp hair flowed down her and clung to her dress. Even with all the rips on them, she looked like a goddess. He looked away to stop himself from staring. "We need to find a place to sleep," He finally got out.

"Okay, where to?"

"Well we can't sleep on the floor it isn't safe...so we need to sleep on top of that tree," He pointed a mossy tree with very thick branches. "I have fixed it up so that we won't fall off," She looked up at the tree and just nodded. He offered her his hand and she accepted it gracefully. Merlin slowly lifted her so that she could grab hold of a branch and climb up. He had expected to see a struggle, but she had some good upper-body strength. The branch was very strong and many other branches surrounded it to support it to. Merlin came from behind her and to lay down. "It's going to be a tight fit." The darkness hid Morgause's red cheeks from Merlin as she went over to lay down beside him. 'This, this is getting harder than I thought.'

The warlock fell asleep fast and his hands had wrapped around Morgause's waist. She laid there wishing the circumstances were different, that he wasn't her enemy. She felt safe with him. Her body felt warm all over as she fell asleep, but six words haunted her dreams. 'You will forever be my mistake...'

A/N - So what do you think? So I was planning on posting this tomorrow, but it has gotten more then 100 views(Some may think that isn't a lot but this is my first story so yeah), sadly only one review, but at least it got checked out. I have a busy schedule so I might not be able to update every 5 days, but I will update :D.

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