Congradulations! You have convinced me to continue this story when I had no intention of doing any such thing. And actually I'm pretty happy with how this story is going. I still want to write it with how I have decided to continue it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I am. It was also brought to my attention that the Queen's name is not Alice, but Annis. When I watched the show it sounded to me like Alice and I didn't bother to check, so sorry about that but I fixed it in this chapter. She won't be in this story too much anyway, but oh well. Here is Part three, hope you enjoy!
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Part Three
Queen Annis looked down at Morgana after reassuring King Arthur that she would retract her army as promised.
"You have failed me Morgana," she said stiffly.
Morgana Shifted under her gaze but didn't look away. "Give me another chance I know I can-"
"Silence," the Queen commanded strongly, making Morgana jump. "There will not be another chance for you. Not with me anyway."
"What do you mean?" Morgana asked confused. She had believed they were allies against Arthur. That they would both do anything to be rid of him.
"I believe I may have misjudged our young king."
Morgana scoffed. "Don't be taken in by his fine words."
"It is not his words that changed my mind about him. It was his servant. He is a sorcerer, willing to put his life on the line for him. He would die for his king even though Arthur has outlawed magic. This speaks to me on many volumes," the Queen explained.
"Then you are a fool. Arthur will kill that servant just as he did your husband." Morgana countered with confidence.
The Queen was silent, thinking on what Morgana had just said. After a long minute she finally spoke. "Very well. I will give you three days to prove this to me. If Arthur's servant still lives by the third morning, I will hunt you down in order to prevent you from spreading your hate. But...if Arthur does kill him as you say he will, I will continue to help you reclaim your place on the throne of Camelot." With that the Queen waved Morgana away.
Morgana left the presence of the Queen with a smirk on her face as she headed towards Camelot's camp. She had a meeting with Agravaine to go to.
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There had been much celebration among the army of Camelot, but all was not well. Most of the knights who knew Merlin rather well, took the whole magic thing rather well, but there were many others who stared at him, often with dirty looks. They were still glad to have won though and so mostly ignored him.
After maybe an hour of celebration, Merlin sat in Arthur tent on the King's request. The knights, mainly Leon, Elyan, Gwaine and Percival, stuck around as well, for who they weren't sure. So there Merlin sat in front of Arthur, waiting for the anger he thought surely must come. Arthur just paced back and forth, victory forgotten as his new worries came. He did his best to stay calm. He thought about what his friend, no his servant, had said on the battlefield to Morgana. How he had been born with magic, and how he was Emrys. Merlin sure had a lot of explaining to do...
He forced himself to stop pacing and stared at Merlin. "Just...start from the beginning."
"That could be a long story," Merlin replied looking at Arthur warily.
"Well then you better get started," Arthur said sitting down. The knights, almost as if on cue, sat down as well and waited.
And so Merlin began telling Arthur and the knights everything.
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Agravaine had been rather surprised to learn of Merlin's power, not to mention the fact that he was apparently Emrys and had been able to defeat Morgana. He wasn't too surprised to find that Morgana wanted to talk to him. So when she summoned him, he came as quickly and as quietly as he could from all the rambunctious knights and soldiers.
He found her in a nearby forest pacing back and forth between two trees. She nearly jumped at him when she saw he had finally come.
"My Lady," he said giving her a small bow.
"Agravaine." She said curtly, ignoring his show of respect. "I need you to do something for me. You must not fail me."
"Of course, I will do anything you ask," Agravaine assured.
"Make sure Merlin dies. I don't care by whose hand. If Arthur doesn't kill him, make sure you do before three days have passed. If you do not do this, we will lose a powerful ally."
"That should be easy enough. No one suspects me, he will die one way or another, I assure you."
"Good. Now go, before anyone notices your absence," Morgana ordered.
Agravaine bowed and left to fulfill Morgana's wishes.
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It took nearly all night for Merlin to tell Arthur and the knights everything. Arthur interrupted an annoying amount of the time, each interruption earning more necessary explanations. The knights did their best not to interrupt nearly as often, but occasionally they had a few questions as well. It took a really long time, but eventually Merlin explained the last thing that had happened, which was Merlin saving the dragon egg and hatching it. Arthur was surprised to have learned of the first dragon to say the least, and at this he was speechless, as many of the events from Merlin's life did.
They sat in silence, all exhausted in every way possible. Every possible emotion had gone through them with great intensity, lightened only by their exhaustion, and were glad for it all to be over.
Eventually Merlin stood, stretching his limbs and looking at Arthur who remained motionless in his seat.
"Good night Arthur," Merlin said turning towards the exit.
"You're leaving?" Arthur said coming out of his stupor.
"Well yeah," Merlin said softly. His voice was raw from all the talking. "I'm rather tired."
Arthur made a delayed nod. "Very well then. Go get some sleep, all of you. Merlin, we will discus your future tomorrow."
Merlin stiffened a little at this. Arthur hadn't taken everything very well especially when it came to the mistakes Merlin had made since they were rather bad. He wasn't sure what Arthur meant by his future and how long that might last exactly. Instead of saying anything about his worries, he nodded and left, unsure he would get any sleep that night, what was left of it anyway.
The knights eyed Arthur warily, they still felt the same about Merlin, although they had come to reach a whole new level of respect. They hoped Arthur felt the same, but also didn't say anything as they left the tent to find their own place to rest.
As the knights laid down for the few hours remaining of the night, they failed to notice a figure making his way towards Merlin. They fell asleep unaware of the danger Merlin was in.
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thank you for reading. I am unsure how long this story will be, but Probably around five or six parts. don't expect frequent updates since I am starting school again on Monday and I don't know how busy it will make me. I will do my best to be as consistent as possible, but I can't promise anything. Hope this chapter was satisfactory and hopefully I will have the next part up soon!
