Morgana slowly walked downstairs. The first rays of sunlight shined through the window at the top of the stairs. She had a terrible headache and a feeling that somebody had taken her heart into a tight grip. She hated it when she and Merlin got into a fight. Not that the two of them had a lot of fights, but she really didn't like it.
She walked into the living room and saw that Merlin had slept that night on the couch. She leant forward to touch his face, but stopped noticing the daisies.
She looked at the flowers with a surprised look in her eyes and walked towards them. Touching the daisies to be sure that they were real and then taking a quick look back at the sleeping Merlin.
'I burned them to ash, right? I'm sure I did that… Our maybe I did not. So much has happened yesterday.'
She walked back to Merlin and this time she did lay her hand on his cheek. He woke up from her touch and stared dazed at his girlfriend.
'Morgana?'
'Yeah, it's me.'
'Are you…' He couldn't finish his words and only looked at her with pleading eyes.
She smiled at him. 'No I'm not angry anymore.'
He smiled back at her. 'I'm so glad.' He held out his hands and she came towards him to settle down in an embrace. She laid her head down on his chest and sighed.
'Shall I make us some breakfast?' He asked her and she looked up. Their eyes met and she nodded. He slowly lifted himself of the couch and walked towards the kitchen.
She was left alone behind and she couldn't help it but feel a bit lonely. She only hoped that he would be back quickly.
He indeed didn't take long before he was back. She started taking tiny bites from the food and looked at him. She gazed at his warm eyes and she felt her heart jump a little. He didn't notice her gaze and was completely focused on his food. He then looked at her and smiled.
'Merlin?' She whispered in his ear.
She felt him shiver from her words. 'Y… yeah.'
'Promise me that you would always stay with me.'
He put his arms around her and leant forward. Their lips almost touching and the only thing she could see were his perfect eyes. 'Always, no woman is more beautiful then you. No person could ever let me feel like you make me feel.'
She pushed forward making their lips touch. She felt so peaceful in his arms and she knew that nobody could darken her heart again when he was with her.
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Merlin was out, this time he was really with Patrick. Morgana was reading one of her favourite novels when the doorbell rang. She stood up and walked towards the front door.
She smiled when she opened the door and saw who it was. 'Morgause!' She shouted and hugged her friend.
'It's good to see you sister.' Morgause said with a loving voice. They weren't real sisters but because of their past lives they still called themselves that. 'Can I come in?'
'Of course.' They walked inside. 'Do you want something to drink, tea?'
'Sounds good.'
The older woman walked towards the living room while Morgana prepared some tea. She came back with a tray.
Morgause was drinking from her tea and looked over her cup at the other witch. 'I had a talk with Mordred yesterday and…'
'No, Morgause I'm not going to leave Merlin for him.'
'I don't ask you that, but you should go and talk with Mordred.'
Morgana sighed. Mordred was born earlier then the others in this life and he confessed his love for her. She didn't feel the same way as he did and she wanted to stay with Merlin. He was really angry at her when she told him that and he didn't see why she would ever choice Merlin over him.
'His magic is becoming stronger and I fear that he would do something stupid.'
'If he tries something then I will stop him.'
Morgause emptied her cup and looked at her sister. 'Maybe you should learn Merlin magic. We know he can do it.'
Morgana gasped in response of her sister's words. 'No, if he gets his magic back then there will be a big change that his memories also come back.'
Morgause sighed. 'Then we just have to use a more powerful spell to lock his memories away.'
'His magic is powerful sister. I can feel it every time I check the spell I have placed on him. If he gets his magic back then he will break my spell and remember everything. Maybe not immediately, because he doesn't know his magic for the full power it has, but when he learns to control it then…'
'Do you think he will hate you when he learns the truth? He loves you and I don't think he will ever leave.'
'That's not the only thing Morgause.' She looked with sad eyes at her friend. 'I think he has met Arthur.'
The other witch looked with big eyes at her sister. 'What. That's indeed something to worry about. Do you want me to check on the spell when he comes back? The change that the spell will be broken is bigger when he meets them.'
'Please do that for me. I don't want to lose him again.'
Morgause looked at her sister with loving eyes. She knew Morgana loved Merlin with all her heart, but at the same time she had hoped the witch would chose for another lover.
They chatted for another hour before they heard the front door open and close. Merlin walked into the room and smiled when he saw the two women. 'Oh, hello Morgause, I thought that you were out of town.'
'I came back two days ago.' She looked at her sister and she only nodded. 'Can you sit down for me?'
The sorcerer looked at her with confused eyes. 'Why?'
'Just do it Merlin.' Morgana said with a demanding voice.
'Ehmm… okay then.' He slowly sat down on the couch. Morgause walked around it and put her hands on his head.
'Relax, okay?'
Merlin did what she told him. He wasn't as fond of Morgause as Morgana was, but he didn't hate her. Slowly a warm feeling spread from the place her fingers touched him and he closed his eyes.
At the same moment Morgause was looking at the spell her sister placed on the boy. When she was finished she lifted her hands and smiled at her sister. The spell of her sister was still working perfect and she didn't have to worry that is was broken.
Morgana sighed in relieve and smiled back at her sister.
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'So this is his house. It's pretty nice.' Arthur looked at Merlin's house. He didn't really know what he should expect, knowing that Merlin was born in a poor small town in his last live. 'What should I do? I can go and say hello, but maybe I will startle him when I tell him we found out where he lived.'
He didn't get a change to decide what he should, because Merlin walked out of the house and spotted him. The boy froze for a moment before he walked towards the king.
'Arthur?'
'Oh, hey Merlin.'
'What are you doing here?' The sorcerer got a confused expression on his face. 'How did you know where I lived?'
Arthur started laughing a little nervously. 'Ehmm… Leon kind of searched where you lived and I decided to pay you a visit.'
'Oh… okay I guess. I was just going to do some shopping.'
Arthur started smiling remembering the time when he was sent out to search herbs for Gaius. 'Do you want me to help you?'
'No, thank you, but next time, call me before you come. Then I can make some time.'
'You're right, I'm sorry.'
'Don't worry about it. I… what's wrong?' Merlin asked when he saw that Arthur's eyes became big and he got a scared expression on his face.
What Merlin didn't know was that Morgana had walked outside after him and she and the king were staring into each others eyes.
It was Arthur who first acted by shoving Merlin behind him. The sorcerer only noticed Morgana now and he froze. Arthur looked at the witch with a disgusted face. 'Morgana.'
Morgana looked stunned at her once half brother and then she changed her sight towards her boyfriend. 'No, no, no, no…. this can't be happening! Merlin can't know.'
'What are you doing here, Morgana.'
She changed her sight again. 'You… here.'
He looked at her with a bit of confusion. 'The question is earlier why you're here. I won't let you hurt him.' He grabbed Merlin's arm and looked quickly in the eyes of the stunned boy. 'Don't worry I will explain everything to you later.'
The warlock opened his mound to speak for the first time. 'Arthur… I don't…'
'No, don't say anything.' The king said cutting of his friend's words.
Now it was Morgana's turn, she held out her hand towards the two men. 'Merlin.' She looked at him with a begging face.
This surprised Arthur a bit and he looked at Merlin. 'You know her already?'
His friend nodded that that was right and sighed before he spoke. 'She is my girlfriend.'
By hearing these words Arthur froze up for a moment and Morgana took the opportunity. 'Merlin come here. I told you that you can't trust Arthur and see what he does now.'
Merlin started walking forward, but Arthur grabbed his arm and pulled him back. Merlin let out a little scream of surprise and looked a bit irritated at the man that was holding his arm, but Arthur only had an eye for the witch. He hissed at her. 'You put a spell on him. He would never be with you otherwise.'
Morgana didn't like these words and looked angry at him. 'He loves me!'
'But you don't deny that you put a spell on him.'
Now it was Merlin's turn to be angry and he shacked his arm out of the king's grip and walked towards Morgana. Arthur tries to grab him again, but the sorcerer was already out of the man's reach. The king was planning on going after him, but didn't do this when Merlin stopped halfway. Looking in turns towards his friend and his girlfriend. 'None of you can decide my choices for what life I want to live.' He looked towards Morgana. 'You're my girlfriend and I love you!' He then looked at Arthur. 'You're my friend and I care for you and the others.'
'But… but she put a spell on you.'
'How could you say something like that?'
Both the king and the witch were now really angry, not wanting to lose the sorcerer. Arthur grabbed his gun from his pocket and Morgana created a fireball above her head. Both of them started walking towards each other with the intent to kill the other one.
They could hear Merlin gasp at their actions, but didn't look at him. They stopped a few meters in front of each other and wanted to fire at the other, but suddenly both of them froze.
'Why are you the two of you such idiots?'
Both of them finally looked at the warlock and gasped in response. He held his arms above his head and his eyes were golden. He had used magic on them that froze them on the spot.
The expression of the sorcerer changed and he looked at them with sadness. 'Why… why…' He then realised they were all still outside. 'Let's do the rest of this conversation inside the house.'
Both the king and witch started floating towards the house. Merlin still had his hands above his head and walked with them inside, towards the living room. He placed the two of them into chairs opposite of each other. He then stopped his magic and they could move again.
Even when the two of them weren't under his magic anymore they still sat there as if they were frozen.
Merlin fell almost on the couch that stood in the middle of the other two. They realised that he looked really tired.
It was Arthur who first spoke. 'You… you… used magic.'
'Yes I did.'
Morgana looked hurt at him. 'Do you remember?' She asked almost whispering.
He looked at her with loving eyes. 'Yes Morgana. I remember everything from our past lives.'
'But… Morgause said and… the spell.'
Arthur looked angry at the witch after hearing these words. 'You did put a spell on him!'
'She did Arthur.' Merlin said with a soft voice and looked at Morgana. 'You were foolish to think that you spell would work on me. You know how powerful I'm, but it worked for a bit. My power is not as strong as it should have been.' She started shivering when he broke her spell.
She didn't speak and Arthur face changed into confusion. 'Then why are you still with her and not with me and the rest. She betrayed us!'
Merlin took a deep breath and looked angry at both the king and the witch. 'We're born again and this could be a new start. Why do you two have to fight again? This is what I tried to prevent, but knowing the two of you I could never have prevented it.'
'You were trying…'
'I had hoped that I could satisfy both of you, but I couldn't.'
Tears appeared in the eyes of the witch. 'You knew al this time and you never said anything.'
He nodded. 'Acting like I didn't know anything was the best thing I could do.'
'So when you met me, Gwen and the knights you actually knew us and didn't say anything.'
'Yeah, that's right.'
Morgana now remembered the daisies. 'So you know magic and never told me.'
'Yeah, but I couldn't use it so much so it isn't as strong as it was in our past lives.'
Morgana still stared at him. 'When… when did you remember?'
He smiled at her. 'I saw it when you remembered it. At that time I already had remembered. It happened when I was six years.'
Both of them stared at the warlock. Merlin grinned at them. 'Shall I get us something to drink?' He stood up and walked towards the kitchen. When he left the king and the witch looked at each other with anger in their eyes, but they wouldn't do anything to the other.
It didn't take long before Merlin came back. Clearly a bit worried if the two others would have killed each other in the time he left them. He gave them a cup of tea and sat back down on the couch. He held the cup in his hands and looked at the two others. 'Why do we have to fight?'
They were startled by his question and the warlock looked at them with a stern look. 'You fight for nothing! Camelot doesn't exist anymore. Why can't we live this next life in peace?'
They stared at them, but they knew that there was one thing they still would fight for and they told him this at the same moment. 'I fight for you.' They looked angry at each other.
Merlin looked stunned at them. 'Me?...' He let his head fall into his hands and sighed. 'And what if I ask you to not fight anymore, how can you ask me to be happy when the two of you fight? I care for both of you and why can't we just be friends, all of us.'
The king and the witch glared at each other, but at the same time they knew what they had to do. 'We could try, for you.' Arthur nodded that he thought the same as the witch and Merlin could only smile at both of them.
'Yeah, let's try it.' And so a friendship was formed between a king and a witch.
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A/N: for people who think this is the end, no it's not the end yet. And I thank everyone for the nice reviews. :)
