(*_*) (*_*) (*_*) CHAPTER TEN (*_*) (*_*) (*_*)

Months past and Merlin kept his promise, he worked on turning invisible to a few select few and stayed as close to Morgana as he could whilst still helping Arthur defeat different monsters and sometimes leaving to help small villages, he taught Morgana how to use her magic. He also continued to keep Camelot as safe as possible.

When the witch-hunter came to Camelot, he was able to keep Morgana as calm as possible, telling her what she should say – so that she and other people could not be blamed.

With the cursed druid he let her go but he and Morgana stayed with her in the night allowing their magic to calm the beast inside her. Eventually she claimed she felt a pull towards a lake. Merlin recognized the lake immediately as the gate way to Avalon, and Freya walked into the lake smiling but scared. Once she got up to her waist she disappeared, she had gone home.

When Morgause appeared in Camelot, Merlin could see the family bond between them. When she was offered the bracelet, Morgana respectfully turned it down. "I have something better than that, and it will help me deal with any that still come."

Arthur told Merlin to go with him to wherever Morgause wanted him to go, Merlin did so and was able to calm Arthur down when he discovered the truth about his mother.

"Let me kill him. He is the reason you hide all the time, he killed my mother!"

"Arthur."

"Let me at him." The crown prince growled.

"Arthur, your father had no way of knowing who magic would pick. He did not sign your mother's death warrant."

"How can you say that? He killed her and all of your kind!"

Morgause was shocked – this young man had magic?

"I can say it because I am not blind by my feelings, killing him won't bring your mother back, but you would have lost two parents. You are not ready to be king and Camelot will suffer, do you really want that?" Arthur lost his rage and crumpled into a heap on the floor.

"No."

"Good, now keep the memory of this by all means, but don't allow it to blind you. Both your parents are proud of you. I'll never know that, and before today you had no way of knowing it either."

Arthur nodded and started to pull himself together, when he did so he thanked the young sorceress and they left to go back to Camelot.

Merlin had continually gone back to see the dragon, arguing with him on Morgana, but they came to an agreement eventually. The dragon would help him and Merlin would set him free the night the king died. The dragon had argued profusely on that last point but as Merlin pointed out. "The king is old, and you have been here long enough to learn patience. Besides at least you have three regular visitors now." Arthur and Morgana had also taken to joining him when he had to see the dragon.

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A/N: Ducks behind, everything thrown at her for the short chapter. At least it is not as short as chapter six. Although chapter eleven is pretty close. Doesn't look like their is going to be an epilogue sorry.

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