Authors note: Finally, I've finished chapter two. It took me forever to write this and well I'm just happy that all the characters have finally met. Anyway hope you enjoy. XD

Morgana's energy was spent; she'd spent the better part of an hour searching for Merlin. Now she needed to rest. Lying down on a bed of pine leaves, she wondered if Merlin was even in this forest. Deciding she would worry about that after a nap she closed her eyes. Just before she drifted off she heard footsteps. Jumping to her feet, she spun around, seeing two people walking into the clearing.

"Who are you?" she asked, staring at the strangers. They were some of the oddest people she had ever seen. The man was quite short with short brown hair and brown eyes. The sword at his waist looked ornate and very, very powerful. Although, it was not him who Morgana was fascinated by, it was the woman next to him. Standing tall in a beautiful white dress she had an air of power and pride surrounding her.

The man took a step forward. Raising his hands he answered "I am Richard and this is Kahlan, are you ok?" Morgana frowned, what kind of name was Kahlan. Sizing them up she realised that they were ok people.

"My name is Morgana; I'm looking for a friend." Although she thought they were ok, she was not about to tell them about the spell.

"Is that Merlin you are searching for?" Kahlan's voice was beautiful; it rose and fell in just the right way, making Morgana stare.

"Yes I'm looking for Merlin; do you know where he is?" Morgana's voice rose with excitement, they knew who she was searching for.

"No sorry, we just heard you yelling for him. We thought you were in trouble so we came to see if you were ok." Richard's voice was just as beautiful as Kahlan's, who were these people?

Embarrassment filled Morgana's face, she forgot she had been shouting for the last hour. "Can you help me find him, the future of Camelot may just depend on finding him."

Richard struggled to control his laughter, this woman was a bit melodramatic. "Sure, but there's no point searching for him now, it's almost dark, why don't you camp with us tonight and we will look for him in the morning."

Morgana sighed, she wanted to find Merlin as soon as possible, but without these people's help, she would get lost in this green maze.

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Merlin awoke with a start. It had not been a pleasant night. This forest felt wrong, as if something bad had happened. Shaking of the feeling of dread, he spotted a flash of colour through the trees. Orange, the colour was orange, the colour of fire!

He grinned, he knew Morgana could up him in the wilderness survival department, but even so, where did she learn all that stuff? Not in Camelot, he decided. Thinking about Camelot, he remembered why he was here, he had to find Morgana.

Creeping towards the fire, he began to wonder how they were going to get back; he needed to know where they were to complete a travelling spell. Now only a few feet away, he noticed two other people sleeping next to Morgana. Although Morgana didn't look hurt, Merlin was unsure. Deciding to cast a sleeping spell, he muttered a few words and felt the familiar heat of his powers flowing through him.

Feeling magic, Morgana stirred. "Are you alright?" A familiar voice asked from behind.

"Merlin" she yelled, enveloping her friend in a hug, "What happened, where are we?" The joy of finding him soon left her as his face became troubled. "We can get back to Camelot can't we Merlin?"

Merlin nodded his head, he needed to find out where they were. "Morgana who are these people?"

"It's alright, they're friends. They said they'd help me look for you in the morning, but they seem like heavy sleepers..." Morgana trailed off at the raising of Merlin's eyebrows. "You put a spell on them, didn't you?"

"Of course I did Morgana. How was I supposed to know they were friends?"

"Well wake them up and we can ask them the way home." At Morgana's request, Merlin removed the spell.

Richard felt as if he'd been plunged into a deep lake, whilst it didn't feel like drowning, he couldn't understand how he was able to breathe for so long. Through the haze of water, he saw someone swimming towards him and smiled when he realised it was Kahlan. Kahlan smiled back and took his hand. As if she were on dry land, she leaned forward and whispered in Richard's ear "I love you". Trying to hide the grin now forming he replied with the same three words. He motioned to her to swim up, as he did so, he realised that the lake went on forever. Panic rose inside causing him to clasp Kahlan's hand even tighter. Whilst he felt terrified, she just kept smiling. At the tightening of his hand she leaned forward and kissed him, telling him it was going to be alright. He fell for her, realising that as long as she was there he would be more than happy...

Kahlan awoke to find two strangers leaning over her. Reaching for her weapons, she realised that Richard was standing next to them and that one of them was the girl Morgana. Blushing at her stupidity, she accepted Richard's outstretched hand and clambered to her feet.

"I'm guessing this is Merlin then" she nodded to where Merlin was hovering, oblivious to his nervousness.

"Yes, thank you for your hospitality. We won't bother you any longer, it was nice meeting you." Morgana's voice held the same tone that Kahlan knew flowed through hers. It was the voice of someone who had been drilled into saying these words from a young age but did not truly know their meaning. Richard's obliviousness to this made Kahlan laugh as she watched him bid them farewell, thanking Morgana for her "kind" words as he went.

They got as far as the tree line before they were called back. "Wait; do you know where Camelot is?" Kahlan froze, she'd heard rumours about that place. Unable to reach by magic, it was a dead zone that the tyrant king had banned all sorcery from. She wondered why these people would want to go there, she thought it was just a myth.

"Kahlan are you alright?" Richard's concerned voice interrupted her pondering.

"I'm fine, I just don't think they should be going there that's all." Kahlan's reply was so low that Richard barely heard it, but he assumed it was so the other two couldn't hear. "Camelot is not a place that you two should wish to go to. You will be unable to reach it unless you have immense power and once there you would have to hide your magic, unless you want the execution block to be your first sight of that cursed place."

Morgana and Merlin looked at each other. Could they trust these people, or were they spies for Uther. After a short second, Morgana nodded. "We do not need to get into Camelot; we need to get back there. We are both wizards but neither of us have ever been caught."

Richard wondered what this Camelot place was, growing up in Heartland had really limited him in his knowledge of all things magical and he was starting to get very frustrated by it.

When Kahlan noticed Richard's confused look, she turned to explain. "Camelot is this place many lieges from here where magic is banned. Although to get to it you have to use magic as it is a forbidden place, which means it is only meant for the people who live there. They have no idea of any other world but their own. I must warn you Richard, few have travelled there, even fewer have returned."

"Well, I guess we'll have to find our own way back, come on Morgana." Merlin turned to leave, but felt a hand on his shoulder. Beside him he heard Kahlan draw a weapon and saw Morgana fall into a fighting stance.

"There's a D'Haran quad, keep behind me at all times and don't try anything stupid." He felt the power seep into his ear at Richard's words. For once he did what he was told and hid behind him.

A wall of red was flying towards them, around him Merlin felt people raising their weapons. Gathering the only weapon he had, he tried to remember a shield. He was just about to start the incantation when he heard Morgana whisper "for the kill?" and Kahlan replyed with the same words "for the kill". At this they charged.