A/N: I know I promised some of you this chapter 2 weeks ago, but I've had NO. TIME. School is a KDHSJKD, and HW . . just ridiculous. But enough with excuses! S5 Merlin is beyond amazing and I can't wait till ep 4 tomorrow!
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"What is she doing here?!" Arthur hissed. He had pulled Merlin away from Morgana with a tight grip that spoke of great agitation and brisk, controlled steps.
Merlin roughly shook out of Arthur's grip. "I brought her here." He said calmly.
Arthur scoffed at Merlin's assured words. Then he grew somber. "She tried to kill us - and more importantly," his tone dropped to a deadly whisper, "She. Has. Magic!"
"I know." Merlin said simply, and Arthur narrowed his eyes.
"Is there something you aren't telling me, Merlin?" There was an edge to Arthur's voice, almost a mad lilt.
Merlin looked Arthur dead in the eye, even though it felt like it was killing him inside, as he said, "No."
Arthur apparently didn't notice anything off with Merlin, and he replied easily, "So then why is she here?"
Merlin sighed, and let his gaze wander over Arthur's chain-mailed shoulder to where Morgana stood, looking completely out of place in the daylight wearing her cloak. "As I said before; I brought her here."
"You know that's not what I meant!" Arthur said annoyingly. "Why did you bring her here?"
"Because it was the right thing to do. I trust Morgana, Arthur. I know the path of evil was not hers." His eyes drifted to Morgana again, and this time she looked back, her eyes full of fear and hope.
"Right thing to do, huh?" Arthur said, his tone too innocent. "And you trust her? Even better!" Arthur's voice exploded on the last sentence, causing it to ring across the courtyard. Merlin saw Morgana look at Arthur worriedly, but then her eyes turned back to Merlin's'. He nodded reassuringly to her.
"Yes." It was getting harder and harder for Merlin to hold onto his control. The Knights in the courtyard were looking around, confused, and whispering to each other, causing a cacophony to form in the courtyard. All Merlin really wanted was to find a nice warm bed to lie down in; maybe share with Morgana.
"Oh, I see now!" There was definitely a crazy lilt to Arthur's voice now. "Ha! Ha ha ha!"
Merlin was getting seriously concerned for Arthur when Morgana walked up. "Merlin had no clear reason to trust me, yet he did. And his intuitiveness has paid off, for he was right, Arthur! I am good, I was just misguided!"
Arthur rolled his eyes. "Of course. And your 'misguidedness' made you WANT TO KILL US?"
"It was Morgause, not me!" Morgana pleaded. "She used me!"
Arthur's voice became soft yet firm when he said, "And yet it was you who was ready to make the final blow."
"But I didn't!"
"And that's because Merlin stopped you!" Arthur yelled.
"And Merlin trusts me!"
They both fell into a tense silence - Arthur looking stubborn, and Morgana with her chin held up defiantly. Merlin was the one to break it. "Please Arthur, just give her a chance."
"I've given her her chances, Merlin. I'm not sure I have any more left." Arthur's eyes never left Morgana's face as he said these final words.
A sudden dark shadow entered the courtyard, and then Uther's voice attached itself to the shape. "Morgana!" He cried out. "You're home!
Sorry for the short chapter :/ I'll try and update a little more regularly, though.
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