You've probably noticed, or perhaps you haven't, that I've put alternate universe (AU) on the summary of The Taste of Revenge. This is because in this story I've changed or manipulated storylines of the Merlin TV series for my own gains (which makes me sounds evil…muhahahaa) and also it's obvious that Feu doesn't exist in the actual show (but it would be awesome if she was! :D) This chapter there is a good example of this, so I hope you're OK with it, if not tough! (a little more of my evil coming out there! :D ) and I should also warn you that a series 3 spoiler is coming up!

While I'm on the subject of AU, I would also like to say that Arthur has no CURRENT feelings for Gwen. This will be a bit more important in the story later on, and I'm not saying that Gwen doesn't have feelings for Arthur…

Anyway, that's all I think I have to say. Sorry this chapter's a bit short, let's just say it's help build suspense! Haha. Please review (:

Chapter 4

Two days passed, and Feu did little but sleep silently, with Merlin by her side. He thought he could see her wounds slowly heal as the sun shone down on her, but dismissed it as his own imagination. After the two days, it wasn't surprising that Merlin was desperate for some sort of change.

Eventually, change did happen in Camelot, but it was not the change he would have wanted.

The change came stumbling out of the darkness, pretending to be filled with fear while a plan lay already sketched out in its mind. The change brought more celebrations in the City than when the Opinicus was slain, and for the first time in months, Uther smiled as the change strolled into his presence. He assumed that the change was smiling with relief, not with contempt as evil boiled beneath its veins.

Only one person grew worried when he heard of the change. Merlin looked nervously up at Gaius and went slightly pale when he was told the news.

Morgana had returned to Camelot.

The great oak doors of the Great Hall swung open. Uther looked up from his thrown, he was tense and uneasy, but as soon as he saw who had entered the room, he relaxed immediately, and you could almost see the relief that washed over his face. This was the very person he had wanted to see for almost a year.

"Morgana." Uther beamed, stretching his arms out towards the young woman as she strolled across the Great Hall, which was no longer filled with victims from the Opinicus. Morgana smiled back and quickened her pace so she could reach Uther sooner.

"My Lord," she said in a quiet voice, as if she was struggling to hold back some sort of emotion. Uther assumed that the emotion was the relief of finally to be back in Camelot, he would have never guessed that she was trying to hold back anger and hatred.

"Words can't describe how pleased I am to see you again," Uther admitted, not sure what else to say as a wave of different emotions washed over him, emotions that Morgana thought the man never had – gladness, regret, even sorrow.

"Neither can mine My Lord," Morgana said, smiling almost as widely as him, although it didn't quite reach her eyes. Uther didn't notice.

"I thought I would never see you again," Uther's relief to see Morgana again brought tears to his eyes. He drew her into a tight embrace.

Morgana hugged him back, but when she replied her voice was suddenly stern. "I didn't realise me being gone would cause you such pain," she told him.

"What do you mean?" Uther detected the sudden change in her voice, and became concerned.

"Forgive me my Lord, but I thought I had disappointed you, I thought you would not care if I disappeared." This was not true, if Morgana knew that her disappearance would not have affected Uther at all, she would not have bothered to come back.

"Oh Morgana, you must forgive me." Uther told her, tears building up in his eyes once more.

Morgana drew away from Uther embrace, but kept her hands in his, she pretended not to understand what Uther was apologising for. She allowed a tear to fall freely down her cheek, it was hot with her anger, but she knew that Uther would think she was sad, and this would bring his sadness forth too.

"I never meant to make you feel as if you have disappointed me, I never meant for you to think that I never loved you. I have mistreated you over the past few years, and for that I am truly sorry. From now on, I shall treat you like I should have always done. I have not felt such regret when you were taken from me." Uther confessed, the sight of Morgana crying made his heart sink with sadness, and he couldn't help but join her in her tears.

"But my Lord, I am the one to apologise. I have not been treating you with the respect and gratitude you deserve. From now on, that is going to change." Morgana told him.

Uther smiled through his tears as she said this, and kissed her hand. Little did he know how much would change now Morgana returned.

After the private meeting with Uther, Morgana went to talk to Arthur. She told him everything that had happened while the soldiers had been searching for her, and she asked for nothing but Arthur to listen to her tale. But she did request one, small thing.

She wanted to see Merlin.