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I DO NOT OWN MERLIN
Gwen and Merlin stared at Morgana in silence while she withdrew a key and unlocked the cell. They both hesitated before exiting the cell and joining there former friend. Morgana kept looking at Merlin in disbelief, although she had never guessed that he possessed the same gifts that she did, she had to admit that it made perfect sense. That is the reason that Merlin had been able to foil all of her and Morgause's plans to take the throne.
"This way, keep up now, you wouldn't want to get lost would you?" Morgana asked with a smirk.
She was leading them through a series of dark and dank passageways that lead to the main part of what Merlin and Gwen had assumed was a castle. When the were out of the passageways that lead away from the tunnels they followed Morgana through the maze of hallways in the main castle. Morgana stopped before a set of double doors that looked as if they were made of oak. She nodded to one of the two guards at the door and they opened it for her and Merlin and Gwen followed her inside.
"My Lord, I have the prisoners here for you." Morgana said to Alined.
They had just entered what was apparently the throne room of King Alined's castle. He was a lavish throne in the center of the room flanked by two guards. To his left and slightly behind a bit was an empty throne almost as lavish as the King's, in the same spot on the right side sat an identical throne and in it sat a perfectly alive and healthy Morgause. The guards came in after Morgana and held Merlin and Gwen's hands behind their backs, so that the could not move. Once the two of them were properly secured Morgana made her way to the throne to Alined's left and sat down.
"Well, Merlin, Guinevere, I do hope that your accommodations have been satisfactory." Alined said with a laugh. "No? Well isn't that just to bad?"
"Why have you taken us here?" Merlin asked. He knew that the answer had something to do with Arthur, but he wanted to know exactly what is was that Alined wanted.
"Why? Well it seems pretty obvious to me, you are both very close to Prince Arthur are you not. The Lady Morgana has told me so, and I trust her as a highly reliable source." Alined said.
"What do you need with Arthur?" Gwen asked, her voice filled with worry.
"Oh Gwen, are you worrying about your precious prince? I am afraid that Merlin's magic will not get him out of this one." Morgana said from the chair.
"What is this, the serving boy has magic?" Alined asked shocked.
"Merlin? Merlin has magic sister?" Morgause said speaking up for the first time.
"Indeed, he is the reason that all of our plans thus far have failed. I cannot believe that we did not see it sooner, it makes sense, does it not?" Morgana asked her sister.
"Indeed it does sister." Morgause said.
"Well this just changes everything doesn't it," Alined said. " We must put magical protections up around their cell and either Lady Morgana or Lady Morgause must be with them when they are being transported. It is imperative that we keep them here until Arthur arrives." Alined finished.
Gwen looked up at Alined and took a deep breath before speaking her next words.
"And what do you think will happen if Arthur does show up, do you just think he will do what ever you want him to?" Gwen said icily.
Alined stepped down from his throne and made his way over to Guinevere. He stopped right in front of her face. She spat at him. He lost it then he slapped Gwen hard across the face, not once but twice. She had a large red mark across her face.
"How dare you speak to me in such a way! How dare you spit at me! You are just a serving girl, what Arthur sees in you I will never understand."
"That is because love is clearly beyond your comprehension, Sire." Gwen retorted.
"Take the magic boy back to the cell they were in before. Take the serving girl to the cell next to his. Give her the usual prisoner, treatment. Do everything that you would normally do, except you must keep this one alive she will be very important." Alined said. The guards dragged Merlin and Guinevere off, Alined tacked on as if an after thought. "You there, tell them to give both of the prisoners the same punishment for speaking out of term."
With that a knight ran off after the guards to inform them of their kings wishes. Once he had run from the room, Alined made his way back to his throne. He looked at both Morgana and Morgause.
"I think that Arthur will be very ready to listen to me when he sees the state of his precious lover and friend after the get punished. Although I think that Merlin may prove to be very useful to us, my Lord." Morgause said.
"How do you mean?" Morgana said.
"Once we kill Arthur and Guinevere, Merlin can join us."
"Sister, I hardly think that Merlin would ever join us let alone after killing his to best friends."
"Well, I was not planning on giving him a choice in the matter." Morgause said with a smirk.
"You two really are devious" Alined said.
I know that that chapter wasn't great and kinda boring but I needed a filler chapter. The next one will be better I promise. Thanks for reading! Please review, I love constructive criticism. =)