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Chapter Warnings: Character Death
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Also, this chapter is dedicated to Howarand because you are awesome, all of you are, but I wanted to say I'm sorry personally for maybe breaking your heart with this chapter. Also, to Evig Mordor because I just love your reviews.
Chapter 3- Resolution of a Problem, Start of Another
Morgana watched as her old friend, the one who had helped her, then poisoned her, then, you know what it doesn't matter, a secret warlock walked past her loyal, not anymore though, dragon towards her. She couldn't believe it. First, her old friend ended up being her mortal enemy the entire time and now she finds that he is a dragonlord as well! Soon he was standing right in front of her. Their eyes meet and she could have sworn that she saw sorrow in his eyes. Why, would he be looking at her like that?
She continued to just look at him not noticing the sword in his hands as he said, "I'm sorry, Morgana." His voice was so sincere that it sort of scared her. What did he have to be sorry about? That's when she felt a sharp pain in her gut. She looked down to find the sword she had been using to kill her brother in Merlin's hand and in her gut.
The pain spread from the middle of her gut all throughout her body and she felt as Merlin pulled the sword out of her body. Barely she heard the sword clatter to the floor as she fell to her knees and forward. She had expected to fall on the hard, cold, stone floor of the throne room, but instead she found herself in soft arms being lowered to the ground slowly. When her and the one holding her were finally on the ground she was turned over so she was looking up at the face of the person whose lap she was laying in. It was Merlin. The person she had once called friend. Her enemy. Emrys.
He looked down at her with guilt, pain, and sorrow in his eyes and whispered to her, "I am so sorry, Morgana. I could have helped you more. I should have. If I had we wouldn't be in this position." This surprised her more than anything she had learned of in the past hour. His words softened her heart for just a moment and then it hardened again and she was angry. How dare he?
She said as loudly as she could, which wasn't very loud as she was dying, "Then, why didn't you help me? You left me feeling like a monster. You have no idea how that feels."
His eyes saddened just a little more as he said softly, "I was afraid. I still am. I lived my whole life in fear and self loathing. I was told everyday by people that I'm a monster, that I'm worthless. I heard it enough that I started to believe it. Even though I knew it wasn't true." Morgana stared up into his eyes as she felt the rest of her life slip away. He did know what it was like. All of it. Her heart finally softened and she managed a weak smile at him as he said, "Forgive me."
With the last breath she had she said, although only he could hear it and just barely, "I forgive you. For everything," and Morgana Pendragon who had terrorised the kingdom of Camelot for years was dead in the arms of her friend and worst enemy.
Arthur's mind was reeling for the second time today. First Merlin openly declared himself not only a warlock, but the last dragonlord. Not only had his apparent secrets been revealed Merlin had also stabbed his sister. Given his sister was Morgana, a sorceress, not that it mattered he reminded himself, after all Merlin has magic as well, who had tried to take of Camelot several times, but still she was his only family left. Arthur surprised himself now, as he realized that no matter what she had done he didn't really want to watch Morgana die. But, even that wasn't what surprised him the most it was the fact that Merlin had apologized, repeatedly to Morgana, and if he wasn't mistaken, he could have sworn that he saw a tear slide down Merlin's cheek before he quickly wiped it off. Merlin was crying for Morgana. This day just kept getting stranger and stranger.
He watched as with Morgana's head in Merlin's lap he said something he couldn't hear while slightly rocking back and forth. Although he hadn't heard what Merlin had said he definitely heard it when Morgana replied in a loudish hoarse voice about how Merlin should have helped her and how he left her feeling like a monster, that he had no idea what it was like. Arthur's heart broke a little at her words. He knew what it was like to be alone, but not like that. What happened next however broke his heart completely.
Merlin still totally focused on the person in his lap spoke softly, Arthur could tell it was only for Morgana, but he was so close that he heard it as well, about how he knew how she felt. That he had been told his whole life that he was worthless and a monster and that he lived in self-loathing. Arthur couldn't wrap his head around his ser, friend- er best friend's, even if he'd never admit it out loud, words. At first he couldn't believe it and then he remembered all those names that he had called Merlin over the years and how Merlin lived with such a huge secret to himself and knew that it was all true, and at least part of it was his fault. His friend hurt because of him. Arthur knew he could never let that happen again, even though Merlin had kept such a huge secret from him, he understood.
He watched, surprisingly sadly, as his sister, his only remaining family died in the arms of his best friend.
The room was completely silent for a couple moments as everyone stared at the two sorcerers, sorry sorceress and warlock, on the floor. Then chaos erupted. All the knights and other subjects started cheering, while Morgana's soldiers started to back away and flee after watching their leader die. That is until Morgana's second in charge came forward and picked Morgana's sword off of the floor. He pointed it at Arthur and glared. The whole room froze, again. That is except for Merlin who slowly set Morgana's head on the floor, stood up, and walked between Arthur and the soldier-turned leader. Merlin raised his hand and it seemed dangerous, which it being Merlin was strange Arthur reflected.
Anyways the man opened his mouth to say something but before he could Merlin said, "Don't even try it." His voice was so sinister that everyone in the room, even those who knew what Merlin was like in all his clumsy silly glory, flinched.
The new leader stared at the warlock for a long moment before saying, "This isn't over. I will come back," and stalked out of the room followed by the rest of Morgana's army. Everyone just stood there as they left, in shock.
Merlin grinned as they left and then dropped the grin has he turned to Arthur ready for his friend and king to rebuke him, execute him, banish him, anything but what happened next.
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