Summary: Morgana realises she doesn't need to kill Gwen off to prevent her from becoming queen she just needs to distract Arthur with someone else...

Pairings: Merthur, slight Morgana/Gwen, and hinted Morgana/Leon/Gwaine

Author's Note: according to none of your reviews for the previous chapter exists...still...so anyway thank you for those who had tried to review.

She was in the middle of making her poultice when the thought came to her.

She didn't need Gwen to die to prevent her from taking the throne.

She felt horrified that she did not think about this before. Gwen was her dearest and closest friend in the world. Morgause was her beloved sister, Arthur was a prat, Uther was a tyrant, Gaius was a misguided old fool, and Merlin was a traitor. Those were all the people in her life – unless you counted Mordred who she didn't really know very well but had a strange connection to. Gwen will always remain her best friend and she cannot bear the thought of watching Uther burn Gwen simply because Arthur fell in love with her.

All Morgana needed to do was divert Arthur's attention away from Gwen and onto someone else. Then Gwen will remain forever Morgana's handmaiden and best friend and never sit on the throne of Camelot which rightfully belongs to her.

Then another thought came to Morgana.

If she could prevent Arthur from having heirs then her own children could take the throne in her steed. It will be her magical bloodline that shall rule Camelot in the end and she wouldn't have to do anymore than any other ordinary woman needed to do.

She glanced out of the window and her eyes fell on Merlin who was wandering across the courtyard.

A smirk grew on her face.

She was hitting about five or so birds with one stone. She would keep Gwen off the throne, keep Arthur from siring heirs, keep Merlin entertained so she can plot in peace, rule Camelot eventually, and finally have her revenge on Merlin.

She continues to make the poultice only with a new intention in her mind.

She shall make Arthur Pendragon fall in love with Merlin of Elador.

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"Good Morning!" Merlin called out cheerfully as he opened the curtains. "It's a lovely day so get out of bed you lazy prat!"

"I don't want to get out of bed, why don't you join me, and then I can prove how I'm not lazy, Merlin." Arthur purred.

Merlin froze. The last time Arthur used that sort of tone was when he was under that love spell for Vivian...

"What?" he said numbly.

"I said, come to bed, Merlin," Arthur drawled.

Merlin turned round to find Arthur, completely naked apart from the thin white sheet covering his hips and legs'; lying on his side in what he probably thought was a sexy pose.

Merlin thought he looked stupid especially with the rose he put in his mouth just as Merlin turned round.

"What?" Merlin repeated, trying to wake up by pinching himself, because this had to be some sort of nightmare, "Ouch!"

Arthur jumped out of bed and marched towards Merlin, who quickly looked down at the floor so he didn't have to see Arthur's nakedness; he grabbed hold of Merlin's arm and pulled him close. Merlin was uncomfortably aware that his face was against Arthur's very naked, very muscle-y, and very hairy (though it was so light it was no wonder he never saw it before) chest.

"I cannot bear to see you inflict such pain on yourself, my love!"

"What?"

"Promise me that you shall leave your fair skin unblemished. It is only mine to mark! You should never let anyone but I see your beautiful naked skin! Promise me that you have never lain with anyone but me!"

"What?"

"I see your ocean blue eyes grow dark and stormy with the thought of me bedding you!"

"Are you on something?"

"And you wet your ripe red rose lips with anticipation. You desperately seek to taste my lips as I desire to taste yours!"

"Seriously, what the hell?"

"Kiss me, my love!"

"Wha- hmph!"

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Morgana was sitting in the throne room besides Uther acting like the perfect ward and courtier while Gaius was giving a very boring report about the latest flu epidemic. She wondered briefly if Merlin had finally woken up and gone to his duties only to find a lovesick Arthur panting after him. She smirked. Merlin was always uncomfortable with any sort of romance...

There was a loud high pitched scream that woke everyone up from their daze. The hall doors were wrenched open and a ruffled, dishevelled and terrified Merlin ran in.

"Gaius, you got to help me!" Merlin cried out.

A naked Arthur followed in. "Wait for me my love!" he called out. "We have not fully satisfied ourselves yet!"

Uther face palmed and Morgana smirked even more. At this rate she'll be queen simply because Arthur was an embarrassment to the Pendragon name. "Arthur, if you are going to bed your manservant do it in the privacy of your bed chambers not in the middle of my meeting with the commons," Uther sneered.

"Wait!" Merlin shouted trying to hide under a table while Arthur pulled him out by the ankle. "You're all right with Arthur shagging me but not all right with the idea of Arthur shagging Gwen?"

"Well you're hardly going to get pregnant are you?"

"Erm...no..."

"Then why should I care what my son does with you in his bed? JUST GET OUT!"

Arthur grinned as he dragged a kicking and screaming Merlin out of the hall. Another shriek joined in only this one was filled with excitement as Gwen bounded across the hall and hugged Morgana. "How sexy was that?" she squealed.

Uther raised an eyebrow, "You do not mind?"

"Of course not! I love Arthur but I'm not in love with him," Gwen giggled, "I've always been a Merthur shipper and now it's finally happened. Just like you said it would Morgana!"

Morgana let go of all propriety as she joined in the excited squealing. She remembered back when Merlin first arrived in Camelot she and Gwen would sit up in the night discussing how cute, sexy, and romantic Merthur was. They would always discuss how Merthur would happen and who would make the first move and so on...ah good times.

"We should look through the peephole tonight to see if they're still at it!" Morgana declared leading to a babble of giggles and excited squeals between the two girls.

Uther face palmed again and sighed heavily, "fan girls," he muttered.

Morgana cuddled Gwen happily as her plan finally worked! Now Arthur would be too busy shagging Merlin to have heirs and Gwen would be too busy being Morgana's fellow partner in fan girl-ing to think of seducing Arthur again. Now all she needs to do is find a husband so she could have heirs...

...Mmm who would make the better husband, Leon or Gwaine? Sir Leon was very loyal, cute in a teddy bear way, and actually rather rugged and she could deal with being married to him because she would totally be in the breeches in that relationship. But then Gwaine was incredibly sexy, charming, flirtatious and would promise her a good time...but then again Gwaine didn't like to settle down and Leon was too loyal to Uther...hmm...decisions...decisions...

Meanwhile as Morgana was pondering on who to marry the poultice wore off and Arthur came back to his senses just in the middle of shagging Merlin. He decided it was so good and better than anything else that he might as well keep going and make Merlin his mistress...err...stable boy for the rest of their lives.