Once again thank you for the reviews. As well as writing this story I am also rewriting another story of mine. I try and do one chapter of this story, then one of the other. I aim to have one chapter a week for each story. Though as I am getting more feedback for this story than the other, and the real action of the story is starting to come up, I may update this story more.
There will be Merlin/Morgana in the story. Just not offically for a while. There will be little hints and mouments along the way. I just think that it will take a lot of time for them to get to that point. I worry that I have made Morgana to soft, so I will make her a little darker, slightly evil. She will be out for herself, right now working with Arthur is her best opstion she has, that may not always be the case.
One last thing, on my profile there is a link to the dress Morgana is wearing. It is under the can't fight fate part, it will be the red cream dress. The second link in the list. The one above it is to the bracelt she now wears to stop her magic. I mentioned the links before, but no one has said anything about them. So I will ask to please check them out, and let me know what you think. There are a lot of them, all Morgana dresses. They are in order from the start of the story. So you can check them all out and maybe get an idea of the way the story is going. Please let my know what you think.
The sun was out, no clouds in the sky, but a cold winter wind blew through Camelot. The people gathered in the court yard of the castle. The king, princes, the lady Genevieve. Sir Gwaine and the returned princess Morgana stood on the balcony looking out at the sea of people. The stake still stood in the centre of the court yard. It was this that Morgana kept her eyes on. Merlin and Lancelot stood in the court yard, at the front of the crowd. Acting with the other knights to keep the crowd back. Like Morgana, Merlin's eyes had been set on the stake, till Uther began talking. He explained how Morgana had seen sense, that she choose to stop using magic, all lies. He never heard what he said. He was remembering the last time he had seen a stake in the court yard. It looked so foreboding, even in the harsh sunlight.
"People of Camelot." Morgana's voice rang out over the muttering of the crowed. No one knew what kind of reaction she would get, or what she would say. Uther couched her in what was to be said, but when had she ever listened to him. She moved further forward, resting her hands on the railing of the baloney. "I stand here...asking for you to...understand."
Her voice was now steady, having regained some of her old strength. There was a new found confidence in her voice that the people that had know her the longest were still not used to. Uther had a new wardrobe of dresses made for her. She was now wearing a dress of blood red and cream. Her hair newly washed and pulled back from her face, made her look every inch the princess. If you looked close enough though, you could see how uncomfortable she felt dressed as she was.
"I need you to understand, why I made the choices I did. I felt alone, persecuted. I couldn't stand living like that any more, hiding who I was...I did what I felt I had to."
The muttering of the crowed grow louder. Merlin felt someone push him forward. He looked around and saw the knights were also being pushed a few inched closer to the castle. It was hard to make out what the people were saying. Some where speaking against her, others though were speaking up for her. Alvarr had told her she had support from some of the people. She had never really believed that till now.
"I do regret some of the things I have done, but I don't regret what I was trying to do. I will never regret that."
She was cut off by a loud cheer of Queen Morgana, from the back of the crowd. The cheer was picked up by others. Another cheer went up in opasistion of the first. Percival was hit in the back of the head with a apple. A few minutes later Leon was pelted with fruit too. The people that cheered for Morgana, blamed the knights for the deaths of the innocents. If they had gone along with her rule, then there would have been no bloodshed. The yelling grew louder, Uther stepped forward next to Morgana, he tried to be heard, but it was a futile attempt. Gwen stepped back, a little nervous about what was going on. Arthur moved to step in-front of her. He was thinking what his next move would be, Gwaine kept one eye on the crowd, the other on Morgana. Who still stood at the railing, yelling to be heard.
From the corner of her eyes, Morgana saw a young boy being pushed to the ground as the crowd surged forward. The knights, and Merlin were still able to hold them back a little. A part of her had enjoyed causing the chaos that unfolded below her. So much so that a smirk of enjoyment had crossed her face, but seeing innocent people getting hurt, epically a child angered her. "Stop it. Listen to me. STOP IT!."
She brought her hands down onto the railing with as much force as she could. As she did a flash of gold came across her eyes. Her magic, like Gaius had told Merlin, came out when she used it at it fullest. The railing was broken, as her magic shout through her hands down into it. All her weight was on the railing, so when it broke and feel to the ground below so did she.
It wall happened so quickly, Gwaine didn't have time to move. Uther was to in shock to move or do anything. Arthur did try and reach out for her, but it was to late. The cape of her dress was in his hands, but is slipped from his hold like water.
The crowd moved back as far as they could, to avoid the falling pieces of stone. Merlin glanced at Lancelot, who took the hint and moved the crowd back, as far away from Merlin as he could. It would be to obvious if he stopped her in mid air. He speed the fall of the stones up instead. Once the pieces of stone hit the ground he moved forward. He held his arms out to catch her. He suddenly became aware of how stupid all of this looked, that it was a huge risk. It would have been less of a risk if he had just stopped her falling so fast. He then felt a hand on his back, pushing him forward. He lost his footing and stumbled a little. He then heard Lancelot call out his name, it must have been him that pushed him forward. He looked up and saw Morgana falling rather slowly towards him. He reached out and took hold of her waist, before anyone noticed how slowly she was falling. Once he had a hold of her, she went limp in his arms. The sudden weight in his arms, caused him to stumbled forwards. He knocked into the wall of the castle and sled down to the ground. Morgana lay for a second in his lap, before Lancelot took her arm to help her up.
As her face pass his, her eyes bore into his. She was questioning him on why he had just helped her, also what had happened in the first place. He couldn't give her any answer, because he didn't have any answers. She was on her feet, supported by Lancelot and taken back into the place, as the silence that came over the crowd started to break. Merlin sat still, trying to understand why he had helped her. He didn't want the people that cared about her still to be hurt by her lose, the same reason that he saved her before, that was why he did it. That and for the possibility that the great dragon was right, that she could really help raise Camelot up to his full potential.
Once in the castle Uther, Arthur and the others that had been on the balcony with her moved down the stares in-front of her. Lancelot stepped aside, as Uther reached them at the bottom of the satires. He quickly wrapped his arms around her, almost crushing her. Her hands remained by her sides, not wanting to hug him back. Keeping his hands on her shoulders, he pulled back to look at her. "Are you ok."
She nodded, just as Merlin entred the castle behind her. Arthur moved towards him, patting him on the shoulder. "It seemed I underestimated. You aren't completely useless after all.. your just mostly useless."
Uther lifted his hand to her check, so he could look at her more closely. "You look pale. You should see Gaius."
She was about to come out of her shock to speak against this idea, but Arthur was now by her side. His arm held tightly around her shoulder. "That's a good idea, I'll take her." Before there could be any more conversion, he pulled her from their fathers hold and away from the stairs. Instead he took her along the corridor that would take them down to Gaius's rooms. Like the feast, he had not attended the meeting that morning. Once they where far enough along the corridor that no one could hear them Arthur spoke. "I saw you. Your eyes. It was magic."
Morgana turned to face him, her eyes wide in shock. "It can't be...I never used magic."
"Morgana, I'm not an idiot, you prom..."
"I know. That's why I know it couldn't be magic." A realisation washed over her face, as the facts finally set in. "It's back to that again." Her eyes now feel to the ground. "I didn't use magic on purpose. It must have been like when I started the fire in my chambers. I had no control over it. I though I couldn't..."
"That is what we need Gaius to tell us." There was an edge to his voice that told her he didn't fully believe her yet. With his arm still around he shoulder, he guided her towards Gaius's rooms.
Gaius was sitting at his table when the prince and princess entered, without knocking. "Gaius. Morgana just fell from the balcony, I saw her eyes she used magic. She says it was involuntary. How it that possible." He had dropped his hold on her, so know lifted her left arm were she wore the bracelet that was meant to contain her magic. "She is still wearing the bracelet you enchanted."
Gaius had known that this would happen at some point. That she would have a strong reaction to something and her magic, which came from her emotions would come out. He had just never thought it would happen this soon. It had only been one day. Though he shouldn't have been surprised, she was always a very spirited person. "It is possible for a strong emotional reaction to trigger her magic."
"I know that. What I don't know I why can still use my magic when I have on this bracelet. Was it just a trick. There's no enchantment on the bracelet is there." She was moving towards the old man now. An evil look in her eyes.
"It was not a trick. You have very strong magic, Morgana, I told you it was special. That bracelet stops you using small amounts of magic. It isn't strong enough to stop you using the full force of your magic. It works the way your other bracelt stops your dreams." He saw her hand take hold of her other treasured bracelet. The light in her eyes, though dark seemed to leave her now.
"Thank you Gaius." As he spoke Arthur stepped forward, placing his arm around Morgana and pulling her form the room. Not giving her the change to say any more. A wave of relief washed over the princes as they left the physician's rooms. He wanted to trust her, it was just hard to forget all that had happened. Though he knew it was cruel and painful for her, he still felt safer knowing she didn't have full access to her magic.
As they made they way back along the corridor, Merlin slipped out from his hiding place. He had hidden in a alcove, next to his and Gaius's rooms, were he could hear all that was said. He didn't knock either before he entred, he didn't have to. Gaius was sitting back at the table. "So she knows about the limits of her bracelet. So, do you think she will try and push them." He moved to sit down to.
"I think that it most likely. We just have to make sure she doesn't do anything that endangers Arthur."
"Just like before." Merlin was getting very tired of his. It seemed that everyone was finding their place, where they belonged. even Morgana had found her place, with the druids, she just wasn't there any more. He though didn't know where his was. He knew what he had to do, what he was trying to achieve, but at times it felt like it might not be worth all the effort, all he had lost. This father, Freya and his friendship with Morgana. "I want to know how to remove the bracelet."
Like Morgana finding out of the limits of the enchantment on her, Gaius had expected Merlin to ask this. He had always planed on telling him it. Just not now. Morgana hated him for what he did to Morgause. Having the key to her magic was a way of insuring she didn't kill him. If for any reason she found out about Merlin's magic, that he could remove the bracelet, he would not need to be kept alive.
"In time."
Merlin didn't put a fight. There was no point. He got up and left, getting back to his work,, Arthur had given him a long list of chores to get through. He also wanted to thank Lancelot for helping him not be seen using magic.
Thank you from reading. I know it is still rather cheesy and not very good, it will get darker in the next chapter or two. I got the idea of the falling from the balcony thing from the 4th naruto shippuden movie, I just thought it was a cool idea. The reason that Morgana slowed down while falling will be revealed soon, the next few chapters. (it has nothing to do with her, or Merlin.) Again please check out the links to outfits and things and let me know what you think about them, and anything else you what to say about the story. Thank you.
