Sorry, this wasn't up earlier. I wanted to get the next chapter finished before I posted this one but I haven't been able to. Hopefully, I will finish it soon.

In the meantime, I hope that this gives you a few answers. Or will it give you a few more questions?

Chapter 10

Morgana had wondered why she did it. Why had she run from Camelot and her husband? She should have just spoken to him and explained to him what she had been thinking. It would have been easier than wondering about the forest, lost. She didn't know which way Drugonia was, nor Camelot. She was lost and she had seen anyone since she left Camelot.

The forest had been eerily quiet like it knew something was wrong. Even any animals had left her well alone. She was purely surviving on a diet of berries.

She had no idea where she was heading but something was calling her that way. It was like this magical pull. She just felt like she had to go that way. She thought that it might be taking her closer to Drugonia, to the place that felt like home since she left Tintagel.

Morgana jumped as the woman, who was in her path, appeared from nowhere.

"Hello." The woman said.

"Hello," Morgana repeated.

The woman smirked at her. "A little lost?"

Morgana's first instinct was to say yes. She caught herself before she did. She didn't know who this woman was. Was she a friend or a foe? Was she like her or would she hand her into the first person that she came across?

"I'm not. I am just looking for a druid camp."

She raised her eyebrow. "The same one your sister went to. I am afraid to say that she has already taken the boy."

"Sister?" Morgana questioned. "I don't have a sister."

"Yes, you do. You actually had two. Poor Elaine. Morgause never knew that I really knew what happened to her and that the boy that she constantly visits was to her son. That makes him your nephew as well. Merlin does know all this. Maybe not the Elaine part. After all, your sister left me to be in Drugonia." She tilted her head to one side. "Do you wish for Camelot to fall?"

"Why would I want Camelot to fall?"

"Because of Uther."

"Uther is dead and Arthur is a better man than his father. He isn't blinded by hatred like his father."

"But he still scares you. Even from the grave." The woman paused. "Don't you think that someone with magic and with more right to the throne is better?"

"Who has more right than Arthur?"

"Come with me and I will show you."

The woman turned and started walking, leaving it open for Morgana. Either she followed her or she carried on wondering around the forest. Her curiosity got the better of her and she ended up following her.

Who did have more right to the Camelot throne than Arthur?

Gaius was little help. He had told Arthur that Uther never trusted him with some things, that being one of them. The problem was, the closer he got to the meeting place, Arthur became more convinced that he would find out during this trip. It just seemed that everything that had happened was leading to something. Probably something that will test them all. It was just a feeling that he had.

It wasn't hard to find them. With a shout for Gwaine to shut up, Arthur just smiled before making his way towards the talking. He would hate to think that they would be like if they were on a covert operation. He would have thought that they would have been found out way before they had actually been able to do it.

"You know the whole forest can hear you," Arthur said as he joined them.

Their laughter died down slightly.

"Arthur, how many people have you seen on your travels?" Merlin asked.

"No … one." He said, realising that he hadn't seen anything since he left Camelot. The feeling that they were going to be tested came back.

"You have that feeling as well. Like something has changed."

"Like we are going to be tested."

Merlin nodded at him while the others looked a little confused.

Arthur cleared his throat. "Anyway, we have managed to cover a great deal of the kingdom. The only place that I know my men haven't covered is the Isle of the Blessed and the surrounding area. The men don't like going there due to the connections that the Isle has to the purge. Apparently, the High Priestesses placed a spell over the Isle so that to the outside world, it looked haunted."

"Why would the High Priestesses do that?" Lancelot asked.

"The Isle of the Blessed was their home until..." Arthur paused for a moment. "Until my father brought the purge there."

"And it was so beautiful, from what I can remember." A woman said as she joined them. "It was where I grew up and learnt about my magic before I was moved because Uther was planning to descend on it. I briefly called it home for a second time before I arrived in Drugonia."

"Arthur, this is Morgause," Merlin said. "Morgause, Arthur Pendragon."

"Morgana's sister," Morgause said, giving more of an explanation.

"Sister? Morgana doesn't have a sister." Arthur questioned.

"She does. She had two at one point before our other sister died. Now we have stayed here too long. We have far to go to get to the Isle of the Blessed and I fear what will happen if Nimueh meets up with Morgana."

"Who is Nimueh?" Merlin asked.

"Nimueh is the person who started this all off. She made terrible mistakes. It isn't anything that I would like to explain now. But for you to understand why I left her and why she is a danger to Morgana, I will tell her this. You were never going to find out who poisoned Morgana in Camelot because it was Nimueh who poisoned her."

Morgause put her heels into her horse. Arthur thought that it was so that they didn't ask her any difficult questions. He looked at Merlin, who just shrugged at him before following Morgause. Arthur gave Gwen a small smile before following after Merlin. This was it. They were on their way to hopefully find Morgana, with the whole group hoping that Nimueh hadn't found her yet.