Author note: hey to everyone! I stayed up late last night and I think I know where this is going, at least for the next couple of chapters, please review and thank you to my regular reviews that's the idiot with no name, bubzchoc and MirrorFlower and DarkWind I think there are more of you but these are the ones that have kept me writing this story even when I wanted to give up, so thank you and thank you to everyone that's read this xxx

Rose knocked on sir Leon's chamber door before entering. As she entered she saw a ginger boy sitting by Leon.

"Hi...I'm..." the boy stood up and looked a Rose with shocked eyes.

"My lady, I'm sorry I just...i wanted to see how my father was." Rose froze slightly

"Matthew?" she laughed a little as she said so, it had been a long time since she had seen Leon's son and he had changed so much.

His ginger hair was spiked up and like his father he had scruffy ginger hair around his face. He wore shiny silver armour and despite the circumstances rose couldn't help but smile when she saw him.

"My lady." He smiled in return and bowed, Rose just rolled her eyes she had always hated formalities.

"Don't be an idiot Matthew come here." She opened her arms and Matthew simply came to her and hugged her.

When they broke free Matthew looked down at his friend. "it's been a long time."

Rose nodded, "nearly 4 years..." she said glumly that made Matthew chuckle.

Rose stepped over to sir Leon and felt his forehead and checked his wound, there was no sign of the wound other than a scar,

"you came back just for your father,"

Matt nodded "I was travelling in Mercia at the time when I was told of the attack on Camelot I began to ride home, when I got nearer the border a met knights on patrols who told me of my father, I feared when I got here it would be too late..."

Rose nodded "if it wasn't for Merlin, he would be..."

"wait Merlin? Isn't that?"

"yes Arthur's old manservant...it's a long story, why don't you take a walk with me, I'll fill you in."

The pair walked through the castle gardens together and rose told Matthew everything apart from Mordred who she though best to leave out of a conversation she was having with someone that could be considered her childhood sweetheart.

They walked past the king and the knights who were training and Matt stopped.

"come on Rose I better go say hi, I'm not even sure the king knows I'm here."

Rose protested but Matthew pulled her forward grabbing her hand.

"your majesty!" Matthew got down on his knee and rose simply curtseyed,

"Matthew! I take it you have returned concerning your father! How is he?"

"Much better thank you your majesty..."

Arthur held out his hand to help the young man up, and Arthur caught Rose's eye.

"I see your feeling better rose...I'm glad,"

Rose looked away but caught the eye of sir Gawain who was giving her a grin and winked at her, she saw him step closer towards her and she shook her head and he stopped.

"I am glad to my lord I woke up with feeling terrible this morning." She looked up and saw Matthew was staring down at her with a raised eyebrow, she used to spend every minute of every day with Matthew when they were children he knew her better then nearly everything.

"I see...anyway Matthew I insist you train with us."
Matthew nodded his red hair shining in the sunlight , "Of course but only if my lady can spare me"

Rose giggled and blushed slightly "oh I think I can live without you for a couple of hours..." She curtseyed and turned away from the men when she heard the king shout out her.

"I trust you'll be well enough to dine with us tonight rose," Rose turned and nodded before friskily walking away.

Meanwhile...

Mordred looked over at Morgana, "I won't do it Morgana, I can't hurt her..." Morgana laughed,

"You've gone soft mordred. We need her if our plan is to succeed, I assume she will meet you tonight?"

Mordred nodded and bit his lip, he thought of rose, her dark glossy hair and blue eyes, her red lips that he loved so much.

"Morgana you are not listening, I won't do this."

"You will or our plan will not succeed."

Mordred sighed and rolled his eyes, "Morgana I'm out. Find someone else..."

Morgana narrowed her eyes, "You've fallen in love with her?" Mordred met her eyes, and nodded.

Morgana replied him with a cackle. "the mighty mordred, the one destined to destroy the pendragon kingdom! Has fallen in love...with his ward?"

"she is your daughter-"

"she is no longer my child! She disowned me! And I am glad...she is weak, she shows love to the king...to that traitor Merlin...and to you? a boy she barely knows"

Mordred looked down in sadness "Its over Morgana...goodbye" he turned from her and he could hear her shout his name, but he blocked her out nothing could make him go back now, he just thought forward to when he would next see Rose, the idea of her blue eyes locked on his kept him walking through the forest.

He was turning his back on his kin, on the woman that had basically raised him...but she wasn't good she didn't stand for what mordred believed in.

Mordred know knew Emrys had been right all along...he had always been right mordred and just been too blinded by hate to see it.

Now he was in love, he understood, he understood there was more than one way of winning the war...and even further...he understood that there was no war.

The war that Morgana was fighting had been won a long time ago...Arthur Pendragon was the rightful king and mordred had been wrong.

Rose slipped her hood up as she trotted out of Camelot, earlier she had dined with the king ,queen and prince and it hadn't felt right.

Usually she would fit in laugh at William's bad jokes, smile at Arthur and giggle with Gwenivere but today something was different. Something deep inside her had changed and she had a dark feeling that these could be her changing loyalties or at least her love for the man that should be her enemy.

Rose took the back road out of the castle but she didn't realise, she was being followed.

Matthew looked on at his friend and signalled for William to come forward. They whispered to each other quietly.

"where do you think she's going?" Matthew asked the young prince, the brown haired boy narrowed his blue eyes and looked over at his red headed friend.

"there's only one way to find out..."

Author note: a short chapter I know and a not very descriptive one, its kind of a filler so I hope you enjoyed and I'm working on the next chappy now!