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Chapter 4

Merlin's POV:

"Morgause? Your crazy, evil, wicked, half-sister Morgause? Sorry I didn't mean to disrespect her or anything. It's just... her of all people. I thought she was protecting you and helping you..." I hear Arthur say.

"No, you are right she is evil. All the things that she made me do. I don't know how she is doing it Arthur. She should be dead. I remember very little of how she got there except for the day she died. That day I remember very clearly."

'This is my fault. I know it is. I was the one who poisoned Morgana and pushed her towards Morgause.'

"Merlin, are you alright? You look a bit pale." Gwen says.

"It's my fault." I whisper.

"What? Speak up Merlin." Arthur says.

"Morgana, what do you remember?" I say. I don't want Arthur and Gwen to know what I did yet. Things are way too complicated right now. I can't add another worry in their heads just yet. I need to speak with Arthur and Gwen alone later. I also need to speak with Morgana alone again.

"Well... after Morgause took me from the castle and I woke up she started asking me strange questions. Who Merlin was? If he was a threat? How strong I felt? How much magic had I done so far? Soon after the questions stopped I told her I was hungry, and she left for a long time. When she returned, she came with food but anything she gave me tasted... strange. I can't really explain how it tasted. Then, I started feeling different. I was angry all the time, I wanted to spend more time near Morgause, I felt evil. After that things started changing for Morgause and I."

"That sound awful Morgana. I'm so sorry." Gwen grabbed Morgana's hand and they shared a moment much like they used to when Gwen was her maid. Arthur was telling Morgana something when an all too familiar voice spoke in my head.

'Merlin. Merlin, I need to speak with you. It is extremely urgent. You must come to the open field and bring the witch and the young Pendragon with you. Hurry Merlin.' I heard Kilgharrah in my head.

"Arthur!" I practically yelled. I could see that I startled everyone. I felt the blush spread across my face. "Sorry. Arthur Kilgharrah in the open field. He needs to see you, Morgana and I immediately. He says it is extremely urgent."

"Merlin who is Kilgharrah?" Gwen asks me.

"There is no time to explain, love, we will be back soon."

"No, not this time Arthur I am coming with you."

"Gwen this is dangerous it involves a dragon—"

"Now I am definitely going with you."

"It's alright Arthur. No harm will come to any of us by Kilgharrah. He needs to see us now. I don't think he would mind meeting the Queen."

"Alright, but how am I supposed to travel through Camelot without anyone seeing me."

"I will go get you a cloak, Morgana. I will get all of us cloaks. Merlin can you explain your dragons to Gwen." Arthur says with a wicked smile and he rushes out the door.

I give Gwen a sheepish smile. "You have a dragon Merlin?"

"Hehehe well technically I have two. But one I never even saw grow up, and the other found me. You see I am a dragon lord, the last dragon lord." Gwen was completely expressionless. I scared me a bit.

"Okay."

"Okay? That's it. I just told you I have a dragon that want to meet us and that I control it and all you have to say is: Okay. Honestly You and Arthur act shock very similarly. Neither of you show any fear or anger or anything really." Gwen cracked a smile and Morgana started giggling. 'She has a beautiful laugh.'

Once again, I felt the blood rush to my face. Luckily Gwen and Morgana thought I was blushing because of my outburst. The door opened, and Arthur came in with four different colored cloaks. He handed Morgana a green cloak that perfectly brought out her eyes. 'What is wrong with me?' He handed me a dark blue cloak, Gwen got a light purple cloak, while Arthur got his signature Pendragon red cloak without the crest.

"These should do and if anyone catches us I will show my face and the guards should surely let us by.

Morgana's POV:

Surprisingly we made it out of the castle without any trouble. As we got closer to the open field I saw it. I giant dragon just sitting there waiting for us. I heard Gwen gasp and move closer to Arthur.

As we walked onto the field His head turned to look at us.

"I thought I said just you Arthur and the w—Morgana, Merlin. Who is the four person you have brought?" the dragon said to Merlin.

"First of all, you never said just. Second, she is Guinevere Queen of Camelot and she insisted on coming with us."

"Very well Merlin. I have summoned you because I found something very interesting when I returned to Ismere."

"You went back there? Why?" I asked the giant creature.

"Well, it seems you have forgotten something very important over there?"

"What did I forget?"

We all inched closer as something peeked out from behind the dragon.

"Aithusa!" Merlin and I said together.

"I found her alone, injured, and close to starvation. She seems to have been waiting for you to return and wouldn't move until you came for her. I took her out to hunt for food after I swore to her that I would take her to you. Only Merlin can heal her wounds because he is a dragonlord, but I fear she will not let him near her without you present." he explained.

I can't believe that I forgot about her. She is the only one that I could truly talk to while Morgause was possessing me. We grew very close in that dark hole, Morgause hid away so she would not feel the torture and I was conscious the entire time there with Aithusa.

Merlin tried to get closer to her, but she hid behind Kilgharrah again. When I got closer she ran to me and nearly knocked me down. I hugged her and pet her head while Merlin watched. I could see the hurt expression on his face.

"When a dragon is born it bonds with the dragonlord that hatched it from its egg. I never realized that she would go far away to the point when you couldn't see her. Aithusa got attached to Morgana but during a dragon's early years they need to be near their bonded dragonlord. That is where they draw strength from. Where they learn many things, including the human tongue. She is very weak magically as well as physically now. She needs to spend more time around you Merlin, or she could die."

This news nearly broke my heart. How will he spend time with her if she is afraid of him? If she was so attached to me. It surprised me when Merlin spoke my thoughts out loud.

"How am I to spend time with her if she is afraid of me? How will I spend time with her while being Arthur's servant? How will I spend time with her if she can't be in the castle? How—"

"Merlin. Calm down, we will figure all of this out. But for now, I need to know, why did you need to see me?"

"Young Pendragon, I had a feeling, a bad feeling, that you would need my assistance in some way."

"Well... yes. You see it is about my sister Morgana. She is being possessed by her dead half-sister. We don't know how, and we don't know how to get her out. As of now Morgause is dormant and weak and cannot possess Morgana. Do you know of any way to remove Morgause from Morgana, so that we no longer live in fear of her returning?"

I never thought of asking the dragon for help. I was surprised that Arthur did. Kilgharrah was quiet for a very long time.

"I do not know of any way to remove the evil witch permanently as of right now, but I can go into a state called Transfusion. That is where I go into a sleep like state where my soul leave my body and I can speak with the Triple Goddess. I have done it before, she willingly answers any of my questions and gives me new knowledge that I can use to help my dragonlord. What I can do is place this Morgause behind a wall in Morgana's head. That will keep her at bay until I can return with the solution."

That sounded amazing. I won't have to worry about my sister taking over my body anymore. I looked at the people around me, the people I love and trust the most. They were all smiling. I have never seen Merlin's smile in such a way before. He has a gorgeous smile. Where did that come from? When did I start thinking of Merlin in this way?

"That would definitely help. If you could do that for us we would be very grateful." Merlin tells Kilgharrah.

"Please Merlin. While I am gone you must look after Aithusa. She needs you even if she does not know it yet."

"She will be safe Kilgharrah, you have my word."

"Very well Merlin. I just need a quick moment with her before I leave. She also needs to understand." He then comes up to me and picks up Aithusa and moves several feet away. I can see that he is talking with her, although I do not know how. I hear roars, growls, and other sounds but I cannot understand what he is saying. I see Aithusa looking over at Merlin then at me and she nods to Kilgharrah. He then brings her back and makes the same noises at Merlin and he seems to understand them. Aithusa looks as shocked as I do, and Gwen and Arthur look completely lost.

"I shall return in a few weeks Merlin. Until then this should help."

He turns towards me, I get nervous. He opens his mouth like he is going to breath fire, but when he blows it is just warm air. I can feel the magic in it, I can feel the magic in my head clearing out all signs of Morgause and pushing them to the back of my head and placing a 'wall' so that she can't break out.

After he is finished he gives me a quick look then bows his head at Merlin. He surprises me when he winks at Aithusa and nuzzles his snout against her head and takes off into the air.

I look over at Aithusa and I wonder: How are we going to make this work?

Luckily for me Arthur answers my unspoken question.

"Merlin. Gwen and I are going to the castle to think of ways for you to stay out of the castle and watch over your... baby dragon. Morgana will stay here with you. When we have decided we will come back with the news."

"Arthur we also have to deal with all of the people who will want to talk to you. Your knights, the council, the people..."

"As of now Merlin is my priority. Wow that sounds strange, but Merlin has done so much for me that now it is my turn to do something for him. Merlin, you don't worry about anything except your dragon, Gwen and I will deal with the rest. We will be back in a few hours with provisions and our decision." Arthur places his hand on Merlin's shoulder and gives it a reassuring squeeze. "Good Luck Merlin, we will return shortly."

Arthur's POV:

Gwen and I made our way back to the castle and took off our cloaks. Knights kept asking what they were to do now. I decided that they were to patrol the borders and make sure we were not attacked again, and others keep watch around the villages and report and problems. Leaving some guards in the castle and keeping watch of the castle, Gwen and I set out to out room.

"What are we going to do about Merlin and Morgana?" I frantically ask my wife.

"While you were commanding your knights, I got a lot of time to think and I think I may have found a solution." Of course, leave it to Gwen to fix everything. She always has time to help her friends. That is one of the reasons I fell in love with her.

"I'm sure I will love it Gwen. What is your idea?"

"Well, the poor little baby dragon needs to have Merlin around her, but because she is so attached to Morgana she needs Morgana around as well. I think that the answer is obvious. I don't know how I didn't think of this earlier."

"Well, Gwen. Please don't leave me with these nerves. What is so obvious that I can't figure out?"

"We should build a cottage outside near the open field for Merlin and Morgana to live in—"

"What!? No why? Merlin and Morgana living together?! Gwen—"

"Arthur! Calm down and listen to me!" She yelled at me. How could she think that, Merlin and Morgana living together would be a good idea? "I do not care if you are King you will keep quiet and let me finish explaining my idea."

"Alright, but I don't think they will agree to it."

"We should build a cottage outside the castle near the open field. Merlin and Morgana will live there together so that they do not sleep on the floor. The baby dragon needs both of them and we can't have a dragon in the castle. We also cannot have Morgana in the castle until we explain everything to the council and we can't do that until Morgana is completely free from Morgause. We will tell people that we are giving Merlin time off because of everything he did for you, saved your life and risked his in order to do so. That is what we are going to do."

As much as I do not like it, Gwen is making a lot of sense. She has thought of everything. Where Merlin will be when people ask. How we will keep a dragon. How we will keep people from seeing Morgana.

"Alright. You are right Gwen. Plus, in the weeks that it will take for Morgana to get rid of Morgause I can start easing the people into allowing magic back in Camelot. That I need to do for Merlin... and for Morgana."

Gwen smiled at me she leaned in and she kissed me. "That is so sweet Arthur. And of course, I am right. Now let's go tell the crafters that they will build Merlin a two-bedroom cottage in the location of our choosing. If they ask why two we will tell them that one is for his mother in case, she visits. After we tell them we will gather provisions for Merlin and Morgana and we will tell them what we have decided. They will have no other choice if they want to keep that little dragon alive." Gwen is always right. She thinks of everything before I have the time to ask it.

*Three hours later*

I did exactly as my wife asked. We went over to the crafters and explained everything to them then later to the council. They didn't really care if Merlin got time off. George, my new manservant, was ecstatic. After the council meeting we went off to the kitchens and told them to prepare food for Merlin's new home and they got right to it. I never really knew how fast the cook can prepare travel food and didn't know how much they respected him now that they realized that Merlin risked his life to save mine. They made a freshly cooked meal for him to eat tonight and packed enough food for days.

Gwen and I took the food and went over to the armory. We got two bedrolls for the night. It was getting dark and the crafters would not build the cottage until the next day. Plus, Merlin and Morgana may have magic and Merlin cannot use sword and they do not need a sword, but I would feel a lot more comfortable if at least they each had a sword in case of an emergency.

After we finished getting all the provisions necessary for Merlin and Morgana for the night Gwen and I headed for the stables and mounted our horses. We rode off toward the spot where we left Merlin and Morgana and tied up our horses.

I saw Merlin peek his head out from behind a tree. They must have heard our horses.

"It is Gwen and Arthur." Merlin said behind him.

Morgana and Aithusa came out with Merlin. the little dragon ran out of her hiding and ran around the field. Just like a little child.

"Any progress on getting her to like you Merlin?"

"No, Morgana tried to get her to let me touch her, but she was too afraid. I got close enough to heal some of her wounds, but she hasn't let me the close to her sense."

"You will get there Merlin. She will grow to like you. I know it." Gwen tells him. That is just like her, making Merlin feel better.

"So, what is the plan?" Morgana asks.

"Well, for now you two will sleep out here under the stars in these bedrolls for the nights until the crafters build you two a cottage to live in together tomorrow. Yes, you two will be sleeping in the same cottage, in separate rooms, for weeks, here near this open field." I say to them trying to scare them or make them oppose in any way, but it becomes obvious to me that the plan failed when huge smiles grow on both of their faces.

"You mean I do not have to live in the castle for weeks."

"And I do not have to serve you for weeks."

"Yes, but you will be living together, until Morgana is rid of Morgause and the baby dragon does not need Merlin anymore. That could take a long time." My plan is not working. I am not scaring them in any way.

"I am perfectly fine with that arrangement. What about you Merlin?"

"I love it. No serving Arthur, no mucking out the stables, no polishing the armor, no cleaning the leach tank, I will be spending all my time trying to get Aithusa to like me. This is great." Merlin finished with a smile on his face mirroring everyone else, except for me.

Her POV:

At this rate it will take me weeks to get to Camelot and see Merlin. I need to see him. He needs to know that I am here. I rise out of the Lake of Avalon and I thought he would wait for me. I didn't realize that he would climb on a dragon and fly away.

Dark is falling upon me now. I gather sticks and logs and place them in a pile. I gather extra woods for the night and place it next to me.

"Forbearnan."I use magic to start the fire to keep warm tonight.

"I will see you again soon Merlin."

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