Well more than reviews enough, therefore, because I'm in a generous mood, everyone who reviewed can go on a club-date with Merlin, Arthur, Lancelot and Sir Leon. Have fun, don't fight :D

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Chapter 9

"Stay in bed." Merlin ordered Freya as he put on his shirt.

"What's going on?"

Merlin explained short what happened and who Mordred was. He was already halfway towards the door when Freya stood beside him, putting on a dress as quickly as she could.

"What do you think you're doing?" Merlin asked once he noticed what she was doing.

"Coming with you."

"No. End of discussion." Merlin said, thinking back on how he saw Mordred kill several soldiers by just screaming.

"You're cute when you're trying to protect me." Freya said as she kissed his lips. "But either I go with you or I wake up Gaius."

"That's blackmail." Merlin started to whisper, suddenly very aware of Gaius sleeping in the other room.

"No, it's female persuasion."

Finally Merlin left his room, if she wanted to follow, she could follow.

It was a strange thing to see, that was something Freya had to agree on. Merlin was running through the hallway, following a voice only he could hear. Sometimes he stopped and looked as if he was heaving a huge headache rather than listening to the voice in his head. The first two times he did that she had asked him if he was alright. After that she had just given up.

"They're in Morgana's room." Merlin mumbled as he grabbed her by the hand. If she had decided to come with him he was still going to be protective wetter she liked it or not.

She didn't like it but her attention was drawn by something else. "They? You mean you hear more than one voice?"

In another situation it would've been slightly disturbing. A girl chasing her boyfriend throughout the halls because he was hearing voices in his head. But Freya had decided after the first 5 hours that she met Merlin that everything was possible with him.

"No, he's sending out instructions to someone, that's how I can hear him."

Freya just nodded her head. The next moment they came across Arthur.

It was the next morning, both Merlin and Freya were talking at the breakfast table about the events of the night before.

"But it's Morgana we're talking about here. She wouldn't hide Mordred, not if he's so dangerous as you tell he is."

"Morgana doesn't know Mordred's destiny, she didn't saw how he killed those soldiers. He's just an innocent little boy in her eyes that needs protection from big, bad, evil Uther."

Freya had to admit that from her perspective it also seemed pretty hard for a little boy to be as evil as Merlin described.

"What's more important, why was he there? I mean he wouldn't just go there without a reason would he? Why would he risk all that?"

"He's 9 years old, he wouldn't know the risks."

"Oh he knows! He has seen them enough."

Freya grabbed Merlin's hand and smiled. "Why don't you go clean Arthur's room like you're supposed to and worry about all that later on?"

Merlin nodded reluctantly, got up from the table and left the room. Freya started to clean the table and do some laundry as well, all in all it was supposed to be a very calm day after last night's events.

That was until the night itself. Merlin was lying awake, staring at the ceiling, thinking about everything that happened, including his mysterious encounter with Morgana today in Arthur's bedchambers. It just didn't seem right that she was there. Not just because of the fact that there was a mysterious druid boy in her chambers the night before.

"Merlin, will you stop worrying, you're keeping me awake."

"I'm not even moving."

Before Freya could reply to that they were both disturbed by the alarm bells.

Merlin was about to get up and dress, but before he could tell Freya that she couldn't come with him, Arthur was knocking on the door, telling them that Merlin and only Merlin had to come with him immediately. And so there was nothing left for Freya to do than to wait. Be it against her will.

"You'll learn that waiting is a virtue my dear." Gaius said but Freya didn't find that comforting. She wanted to be in the midst of the action, not the sort of girl that waited at home for the men to return.

Finally, Merlin did return and with him the necessary explanation and his own theory on everything that happened.

"Are you sure?"

"She was in Arthur's room today, she took the keys."

"And now what?"

Merlin looked up at Freya. If he told her what he was going to do she would want to come with him and he wasn't having any of that. Instead he told her he didn't know, hoping he'd be able to sneak out the next day, he knew she wouldn't be too happy about that but he wasn't about to take her to Mordred, most probably in a forest after what he last saw.

Indeed as soon as Freya was asleep the following night, Merlin got up again and went outside, trailing Morgana out of the castle and able to get back into bed before everyone woke up again.

He still had to tell everything to Gaius however and managed to get on Arthur's searching party, all without letting Freya know he knew anything about anything.

He didn't feel comfortable, deceiving her like that but the thing was… what if something happened to her?

After they returned, Crystal safely, Freya however soon saw something was wrong and this time, there was no escape for Merlin.

As soon as she found him alone she walked towards him.

"Merlin?"

Merry Christmas everyone!

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