Chapter 4

She had been in the past for another week, and things had gone quite smoothly. She managed to play nice to everyone without lashing out, and she felt quite proud of herself. The only bad thing was that even Arthur was beginning to notice something was wrong. She didn't know if Merlin said anything, or maybe even Gwen, but she doubted he could've figured it out on his own.

She had counted down the days 'till her sister would finally arrive. And the day had come. Today she would finally see her sister again. It had been too long, and she swore that if she had to spend another week in this agony, she would go completely mad.

She had been cheery all day, and even Gwen commented on it. "What's to celebrate?" she had asked. Morgana had just quirked a smile at her, and responded;

"It's just a beautiful day, don't you think?" and Gwen had laughed, and continued combing her hair in silence.

After a long time of anticipating her arrival, she finally came. Morgana smiled honestly for the first time in forever. She did get weird looks from everyone who witnessed it. And she could just hear them thinking, why would she be smiling like that? But she didn't care. All that mattered was that she could finally get out of here, and most importantly put her arms around her sister again.

She avoided thinking of the fact that her sister was dead now, since she didn't want to ruin her good mood, because a good mood didn't happen often with her. Morgause left the throne room, and she rushed after her. What she didn't notice was that Merlin followed her, after noticing that she seemed a little too happy to have visitor at Camelot.

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Her sister stopped when she noticed that Morgana was following her, and turned around. Morgana resisted the urge to leap into her arms, since she was sure Morgause wouldn't react all too well. Instead she just gave her a big-toothed smile, and Morgause raised her eyebrows at her.

"Can I assist you?" Morgause asked her formally. Oh right, she was acting like I wasn't her sister. Morgana chuckled, but Morgause still didn't get it that Morgana knew she was her sister.

"There's no need to be so formal, sister..." Morgana put an emphasis on the word sister, and Morgause's eyes widened. But she soon grinned at her, and pulled her into an earthy hug. They were both laughing when they held each other in their arms, and Morgana had never felt such a feeling of euphoria that she felt now. They released each other and looked into each other's eyes.

"It's really good to see you." Morgana beamed, Morgause smiled affectionately at her.

"It's good to see you too." Morgause sighed. She wanted to say something when she was interrupted by Arthur screaming "MERLIN!" down the halls.

"Merlin is Arthur's servant." Morgana groaned, putting as much hate into her voice as she could possibly muster, Morgause frowned at Morgana's cold demeanor, and Morgana answered her before she could even ask. "He's just as awful as Uther."

"Why?" Morgause wondered, and Morgana huffed, crossing her arms.

"He tried to poison me..." Morgana said a hint of sadness and pure hurt in her voice. Morgause couldn't even muster a coherent sentence, in the rage that was going through her.

"He tried to poison you!?" She hissed, Morgana was taken aback by the venom in Morgause's voice, and could only nod. "Why isn't he dead yet?"

Morgana frowned, she couldn't answer that... Why wasn't he dead yet? She didn't know. She had attempted to kill him in the past, and here she was, where Merlin was at his most venerable and she didn't even lift a finger. She makes excuses in her mind like; don't do it you'll blow your cover. But she could easily do it, and nobody would even suspect it was her doing.

"I don't know..." Morgana answered honestly. Morgause put her hands on her hips. She raised her eyebrows.

"You don't know? What do you mean?"

"I mean... That I don't know..." Morgana answered again.

Morgause didn't say anything. She just stared at her, with her eyebrows raised. It was obvious she was thinking about something that totally wasn't the case.

"No!" Morgana yelled. Never, she felt nauseous just at the fact that somebody could even think she had a crush on the servant. "I don't like him, not even close!"

Morgause nodded, but it didn't look like she believed a word Morgana was saying. Morgana was frustrated to say the least; she didn't want her sister to think that! She wanted to protest some more, but her sister had already dismissed the topic.

"How did you know? That I'm your sister?"

"I chanted a spell. And I ended up in the past." Morgause cleared her throat, and tried to take in the information.

"Really?" Morgause asked. Morgana nodded, and chuckled at her sister's confused face.

"I chanted a spell from a book you gave me. It said something about transporting you to a place you needed…" Morgana hoped that Morgause could give her an answer as to why she needed to be here. But right now she was certain she needed to be here to see her sister again. But Morgause didn't seem to think so.

"Maybe…" she paused for a second. "Maybe you're here, to correct the wrongs done to you..."

"What do you mean?" Morgana couldn't only think of one thing, but she didn't think that was the reason she was here. She was certain it was because of her sister; no way the reason had something to do with Merlin.

"The poisoning…" Morgause had a hard time saying it, she noticed.

"I don't think so." Morgana spat back, appalled by the suggestion. Never.

"Don't tell me you didn't consider stopping it from happening."

Morgana bit her lip. She did... But that didn't mean she was here for that sole reason… it's only logical a person would think that! She had stopped caring about that piece of her past a long time ago! "I did consider it. But..." Morgause cut her off.

"Well, why not do it then?"

Morgana widened her eyes, no; she would not go through with it again. It was where the whole ordeal started, to go through with it all over again…

"No." Morgana said a little weaker than she wanted to. Morgause noticed her voice cracking, and pressed on.

"That's settled then." Morgause said.

Morgana wanted to object, but she knew it would be of no use. Morgause was the only one who could possibly know a reversal to the spell, and she wouldn't give it to her. Not willingly, and Morgana didn't want to torture her sister. She just had to put up with it.

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Merlin pov

"It's good to see you... Sister." Morgana said, a certain softness in her voice that Merlin had missed a long time. That's when it hit him. Her wording. Sister… sister!? Did he hear that correctly? He took a risk, and looked at Morgana and Morgause. They were hugging, and laughing.

Merlin felt a pang in his chest, and looked away. Morgana and Morgause are sisters. That was that feeling… he knew that bad things happened when he felt like that, but this… he never expected this... He was about to look again, when a loud voice startled him.

"MERLIN!" Arthur screamed, Merlin held in a shriek, and let go a shaky breath. He heard Morgause chuckle, and Merlin knew he had to go. Arthur would just yell again if he didn't. And he couldn't risk the fact that Morgause or Morgana would look, and see him.

He reluctantly left, feeling numb. Arthur noticed that he was behaving strangely, when he caught Merlin staring blankly at nothing. Arthur shrugged it off as Merlin behaving odd again, but Merlin didn't know what to do. He had to find Gaius. At first he wanted to handle it on his own, but this, was something he just couldn't do on his own.

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