A/N hello everyone, this was meant to be just one chapter but it grew massively long so I've cut it into two parts the Amatas robbery is going to be over 10,000 words probably lol so heres part one thank you to everyone for reading and reveiwing I hope your still enjoying it, also I have no beta so I apologise for any mistakes .

Previously…..

Merlin and Morgana both started to feel it, the pressure building up how was they supposed to live up to this? Their hands had stay interlocked and the grip was getting more and tighter the longer the story went on. They were both seventeen and barely knew simple magic let alone powerful magic, and apparently they were the last hope for most magical people along with Prince Arthur, this was crazy.

"Anyhow with Uther the way he is, hell declare war on the Sarrum before thinking of the consequences, and when he does The Sarrum will kill Arthur so the dragons right you will need to save him, and I know just how to not reveal yourself to Arthur when you do save him, how do you to feel about becoming my age for a while?"

Both Merlin and Morganas faces only showed confusion , this brought a smile to the old man's face as he went an retrieved his own spell book .

Chapter eleven

The Great Amatas robbery : part one

They had given it until sun down the next day to eventually leave Camelot; they had been planning with Gaius all day on how to get Arthur back. Gaius had promised to make something up to Uther on Morganas disappearance, although she knew he would never make contact with her in the castle unless someone was arriving from another kingdom and when that happened she would have to play the character of charming ward to impress . It was something Morgana despised doing, the novelty of wearing fancy dresses wore off years ago, so sitting around a table while suitors would drool over her didn't really take her liking.

After learning off Uther killing her parents Morgana hoped the reason he never spoke to her outside of these feasts was due to the guilt he felt when he saw her face, but when she thought about it seeing all of those innocents hanged without so much as a flinch, she knew he didn't care she was just a prop piece brought out for show whenever needed, but she knew one day she would get revenge on him and with Merlin by her side she also knew she had someone who would be there for her after because well he was the same as her , god she wished she could tell him how she felt about him but every time she had tried something always interrupted, from upset maids to annoying dragons it was starting to piss Morgana off, she knew he felt the same but with no experience in this department Morgana felt incredibly nervous every time she thought about telling him .

The trip to the kingdom of Amatas was two days by horse; they had at least a few days before the expected declaration of war by Uther and they had to get moving, they would meet a contact of Gaius's in Amatas tavern. This contact had extensive knowledge of the dungeons Arthur was being held in due to being a frequent visitor for drunken behaviour around the city, he also owed Gaius big time for curing a private matter of his that Gaius really didn't want to get into. He would help with the extraction of Arthur and take him back to Camelot, the less people with Arthur on the way back the less chance of being spotted, Merlin had asked whether this contact was trustworthy in which Gaius had promised he was, stating that the contact needed regular medicine for his "problem" and he would refuse it if he didn't behave.

The dragon egg though , they would get Arthur out but after that it was up to them to steal the egg themselves , something Gaius said would most probably be highly booby trapped due to the hatred the Sarrum held for anything magical. Merlin had wondered why he didn't just destroy the egg but Gaius had said the Sarrums greed and ego probably stopped him from doing so, being the holder of the last dragon egg was something to brag about.

It was the other part of this plan that scared Merlin and Morgana the most, to stop Arthur from knowing there identity's they would be using a disguise, not just any disguise they would be magically altering their appearance to their eighty year old selves, Merlin didn't know what he was worried about more the potion not working properly or breaking a hip in the process.

They had snuck out on foot, Gaius had left two horses tied in the woods for them to acquire because two people leaving by horse back at night might have raised suspicion. When they finally reached the horses Merlin suddenly stopped. A cloaked Morgana turned around in confusion

"What's wrong Merlin?" she said

Merlin took a deep breath and gave her a nervous smile

"Are we ready for this Morgana? Do you think where ready for something as risky as this?"

Morganas face softened, she had been thinking the same thing

"no I don't" Morgana gave a small laugh as Merlin's face dropped "we've been thrown into a destiny by a dragon who expects way to much from two people who know so little about magic, I mean the only powerful magic I've done is a healing spell and well you shape shifted into a wolf and killed bandits when you were full of emotion but can you replicate that at the drop of a hat?"

Merlin shook his head no

" exactly Merlin I mean there are children who no more magic then we do , even if we are these all powerful beings , but Arthur needs our help and I have confidence in us as long as we stick together" Morgana said with an encouraging smile

Merlin's mouth turned up into a small smile before saying

"Together?"

Morgana walked up to Merlin placing a small kiss on his cheek

"Together"

And with that statement they loaded there horses up , putting their rucksack full of food ,sleeping bags and Merlin's spell book along with an ageing potion Gaius made along with the antidote .

When everything was ready they mounted there horses and took off in the direction of Amatas.

They had been riding all through the night and straight through the next day only stopping for food or other necessities, they were making good time but they both new they needed to stop for the night , there were exhausted . They found a good place to set up camp , while there they took out Merlin's spell book; they went through page after page memorising as many spells as they could , they both had good memory when it came to spells they didn't know why but they both understood the language easily, like they had known it there whole life.

After reading for a while it wasn't long before they had rolled there sleeping rolls out and tried to get to sleep, they laid close keeping as much warmth as they could , the nights temperature had dropped quite dramatically .

Morgana knew that now was the perfect time to tell Merlin how she felt; lying under the stars close together , it was perfect she just wished her heart wasn't thumping out of her chest, and did her mouth have to become so dry? She shuffled onto her side so she was facing Merlin.

"Merlin" she whispered "Are you asleep?"

Merlin shuffled over so he was now face to face with Morgana she's so beautiful he thought to himself making sure he didn't magically tell her it as well.

"No" he whispered "are you okay Morgana?"

Morgana looked into his piercing blue eyes, she truly felt mesmerised by him but for some reason her nerves got the better of her and nothing seemed to come out.

"Morgana is it about your sister?" he asked "Finding out Gaius helped her has probably put a lot questions in your head"

The moment of telling him had passed her again but the topic of her sister was something she needed to talk about, her parents told her little of Mourgouse she had never dreamed of meeting her especially not while under Camelot's walls but maybe with Merlin around it could become a reality.

She nodded slightly "I do, when we get back I'll have to ask him everything he knows Merlin…. I have a favour to ask" she said rather shyly

"Anything Morgana" he said in a comforting tone

"When where back, I want to find her" a small smile crept onto her face "I want to find my last family member Merlin"

Merlin nodded "well it looks like we know what we're doing when we get back" he said while giving her a small grin

"Thank you Merlin, it means a lot to me" she said with a small tinge of red finding her cheeks

As they laid there making small talk, Morgana started to shiver a bit as the temperature seemed to drop a little more. Seeing this Merlin opened his sleeping role for Morgana to join, she didn't even think about it as she rolled in next to him, she laid her back flush against him while his hands found her waist pulling her in for warmth, they both new it felt right, because of that feeling they both drifted off into one of the best sleeps ever of them had.

Morgana slowly awoke to a strange sensation, she looked down to find two hands firmly wrapped around her waist, her face turned to a smile though as she slowly realised whose hands they were. She knew that they had to get moving towards Amatas but she felt so content she decided to snuggle in for a little longer closing her eyes she slowly drifted back off to sleep.

When they had both awoke neither had said anything , both where rather embarrassed about the situation of awaking in each other's arms , even though they both wanted it to happen again neither was going to break the silence .

They gathered all their belongings and loaded up the horses, they needed to reach Amatas tavern by nightfall to meet Gaius's contact, the sun was already shining enough that it could be midday they had over slept, so they had to make up the time.

They had been riding full pace for most of the day only stopping occasionally when need be, the sun had started to set and they needed to reach the tavern soon it wasn't something either of them where looking forward to but apparently this contact could help them so they had to grin and bear it .

They finally came to a clearing where they could see the castle of Amatas, there was a sudden chill in the air both Merlin and Morgana felt at the same time. The castle wasn't as big as Camelot and by the looks of it defiantly not as well built; it was covered head to toe in vines, and there where parts that had obviously took damage from the many wars that Amatas where involved in, apart from his hatred for magic there was nothing more The Sarrum liked then to take his kingdom to war, he loved a good massacre.

Before they went any further they found a place to stash any magical item they had on them, if you were found with anything even remotely magic related you were certain to be put to death. As they made their way closer to the gates of Amatas they both took in a deep breath, they knew they had to go through with it for Arthur's sake but it didn't stop the feeling of dread course through out there body's .

They slowly entered into Amatas, what could only be described as a ghost town at this time of night very few people littering the streets, each person shiftier then the previous one. The place looked as though a plague had recently hit, when they had asked Gaius what to expect in Amatas his exact words where

"Very few visit Amatas for pleasure, the woman are only there to satisfy the soldiers. The Sarrum keeps all wealth to himself and his armies; most people who live there scrounge and beg for the food they get"

And his description was right, most people looks mail nourished like they hadn't eaten in months the only healthy looking ones where the guards. They slowly made their way through the town with people coming up to them begging for money, Morgana hated Uther with a passion and after what he had done to her parents she would happily dance on his grave but even he didn't allow Camelot to become this .

Merlin and Morgana had kept walking avoiding the gaze of any patrolling guards and headed straight for the tavern, it wasn't hard to find it was probably the second best built building after the castle. They slowly entered the aptly named tavern the Amatas Conquers and where greeted by nothing but stares, it was probably the most depressing tavern known to man every single drinker in there sat alone , keeping to themselves.

They made their way into a secluded area at the back of the tavern; Merlin pulled out his red tunic and tied it around his wrist, it was a sign for Gaius's contact so he knew who he was meeting when he decided to show up.

Merlin and Morgana had been sitting there at their table waiting for someone to show up anxiously, their hands had found each other's a while ago that had greatly calmed them down but the wait was killing them, every minute they spent waiting was just another minute closer to one of them backing out from nerves .

About an hour after they had entered the tavern the door swung open and two people entered, one was a hulking man with arms that looked like tree trunks and he could well have been over six foot five. The second man was quite a bit shorter he was built but nowhere near as much as the other, he had long jet black hair the stopped just before his shoulders with a well-trimmed beard covering his face but the first thing they noticed about him was the cocky bravado he walked with.

Merlin and Morgana watched closely, Gaius had said they would meet only one person but these two where the first to even enter the tavern in the last hour.

The smaller of the two men walked confidently up to the bartender, Merlin could have sworn he heard a sigh come from the bartender.

"I'll have two pints of your finest mead please" the smaller man said with a smile before adding on "oh and whatever my large friend behind me is having"

The bartender sighed and nodded before adding "there's to be no trouble though you hear, I'm still trying to get the blood Staines out of the carpet from your last visit"

The smaller man gave the bartender a wink before saying "oh come on someone has to liven this place up once in a while" he took a look around before adding "because let's face it, this place is like a cave"

After getting there drinks the men took a good look around before the taller man pointed out Merlin noticing the red tunic tied to his wrist.

So this is Gaius's contact Merlin thought as he watched the two men make their way over to their table.

"You must be Merlin" the smaller man said a little too enthusiastically before turning to Morgana and putting on a charming smile "And this must be Morgana, Gaius never told me you were so beautiful" he took her free hand and kissed it before giving her a flirtatious wink witch caused Morgana to roll her eyes, Merlin's hand which was still firmly in Morganas free hand under the table tightened a little.

"The names Gwaine and this tree behind me is Percival" he said pointing to the large man behind him "it seems we all have a little princess to save" he carried on before taking a seat close to Morgana , Percival taking the one next to Merlin .

They got there pleasantries out of the way with Gwaine trying to flirt with Morgana every time she spoke , with every time being met with a roll of the eyes . Merlin had to hand it to Gwaine he wished he had that much confidence, if he did he probably would have walked up to Morgana and kissed her dam the consequences. Aside from his multiple attempts to flirt with Morgana, Gwaine didn't seem so bad Merlin thought he was probably more trouble than his worth but they needed help, Percival on the other hand barely spoke but seemed nice enough. Merlin thought it was time to get the ball rolling though he needed to know what exactly Gaius had told them.

"So Gwaine" Merlin said trying to gather the man's attention who seemed fixated on Morgana "How much did Gaius tell you"

Gwaine turned away from Morgana and turned his attention to Merlin, drawing a sigh of relief from the witch the man didn't know when to quit.

"Well he told me enough, he told me that he had two people who were going to break out the princess Arthur from the dungeons of The Sarrum and he knew I was always up for a good laugh" Gwaines face turned more serious and his tone more sombre " I know what you are , and so does Percival here"

Merlin's and Morganas eyes widened what the hell had Gaius told them?

Gwaine had to stifle his laugh at their reaction before saying "I'm not going to say out loud, especially not around here but Gaius only told us because he knew we would help, someone like you saved my mother's life years ago and Percival here" he said pointing his thumb at the large man "He's lived with the druids most of his life so it wouldn't bother him anyhow"

Both Merlin and Morgana blew out a sigh of relief , it was something they both had been worrying about before , they needed magic on this rescue mission and the last thing they wanted was Gaius's contact hating magic , but there was something Merlin had been wondering though

"Hold on, Gaius said that the reason you were helping was because of a health issue you had that he cured, not because you were up for a laugh as you put it he also said if you misbehaved he would stop sending you the regular medicine for this problem" said Merlin

Gwaines cheeks turned red with embarrassment before he stuttered out "that's true he did, I – erm it's personal though, but the main reason he sent for me was because he knew I was the best man for the job" he finished trying to put his false bravado on

Merlin who had ordered a drink when the others had arrived he was mid sip when he heard Morgana send a thought into his head Gwaines nervous Merlin, how many stds do you think Gaius treated him for? , the drink from Merlin's sputtered out before he started laughing hard, Morgana smiled at Merlin's reaction before sending a smirk towards Gwaine.

Gwaine scrunched his face up in confusion before asking "what? What's so funny?"

"don't worry yourself Gwaine" replied Merlin who was still struggling to stop laughing

The big man Percival who hadn't said much was starting to get agitated he liked this Merlin and Morgana , he respected people with magic always had having grown up with the druids but he wasn't someone to sit around and chinwag like Gwaine , he wanted action

"So what's the plan?" Percival said in a strong voice stopping any conversation around the table.

Gwaine smiled before leaning forward causing everyone to follow suit he then started to whisper "so here's how we save the princess"

Morgana was starting to have serious second thoughts about Gwaines plan, as her and Merlin sat in an abandoned barn awaiting Gwaine and Percival's return, so many thoughts where going through her head what if Arthur was already dead? What if Gwaines plan didn't work? What if Merlin or her didn't make it out on the second part of the plan? She then turned to Merlin who looked to be in deep thought as well what if I die and don't get to tell him how I feel? ….but that could always be changed she thought as turned her full attention to Merlin.

Merlin noticed Morgana staring at him, he turned to face her, her beautiful emerald eyes seemed to say something he didn't understand she truly is something else Merlin thought, her perfect porcelain skin along with those amazing ruby lips she was a portrait even the most talented artists couldn't paint, as his eyes met hers he knew he was lost to her, he had known not long after he met her, when she was around everything else seemed a blur.

Tell him Morgana She thought with determination as she looked into his piercing blue eyes, eyes that held the tiniest specs of gold in them, as she looked over his high cheek bones and large ears she felt as though she couldn't breathe how she could tell someone she was falling for them when she couldn't even breathe around them? She started to lose her nerve before something her father used to say to her went through her head

"Your special Morgana, if something makes you happy don't be scared to just take it"

With a new found confidence she turned to merlin and looked him straight in the eye.

"Merlin if we don't come back" Morgana took a deep breath before continuing "I need to tell you that" she said before stopping, the nerves where building up in her again

Merlin looked at her, placing his hand in hers

"Tell me what Morgana" he said softly

Morgana looked at Merlin her father's words going through her head again if something makes you happy don't be scared to just take it

"Oh screw it" Morgana said before pulling Merlin's lips to hers , it was her first ever kiss with a boy and she had no idea what to expect but as her lips touched Merlin's she felt this spark , she couldn't tell what his lips specifically tasted off but it was now her knew favourite flavour .

Merlin's eyes widened as Morganas lips hit his, he'd never kissed a girl before but as he tasted Morganas lips he knew he wanted more, her taste was indescribable.

As they both pulled away a little bit sheepishly, they looked at each other before Merlin spoke

"I hope this means more than just good luck, because when we get out of there I want to do that again" he said giving her a small grin

" don't worry Merlin I plan to" she smiled before giving a small laugh and saying " when I heard your thoughts in killgarrahs cave I thought the same about you Merlin , things kept getting in the way , I also lost my nerve a few times trying to tell you how I felt"

As Merlin looked at a blushing Morgana his hand moved up and brushed a stray hair behind her ear, his lips felt almost magnetised to hers as he leaned in again. As their lips touched for the second time the kiss turned from a small chaste kiss to something more passionate, mouths where open and tongues where used, at first it was sloppy and uncoordinated due to their lack of experience , but eventually they found a perfect sync . Neither had felt something so loving and passionate, after a while they deepened the kiss their hands trailing all over each other's body and through each other's hair, time had become irrelevant they could have been like this for hours or mere minutes but they didn't care, neither of them had noticed ever that both their eyes had turned pure gold.

While they were locked in there passionate embrace they didn't notice Gwaine and Percival had arrived back carrying two knocked out guards over their shoulders, Gwaine smirked before dropping his guard on the barn floor as loud as he could before enthusiastically shouting

"Hey guys, where back"

It was a mistake on Gwaines part to interrupt them, well especially Morgana anyway while they had been locked in there embrace both of their magic had been boiling to the surface , the surprise tipped Morgana over the edge as they jumped apart .

"Dam it Gwaine" she shouted in an annoyed tone, before she knew what she was doing she had flung a wooden chair striking Gwaine over the head knocking him to the floor.

"owww" said Gwaine as he rubbed his head while lying flat out on the floor

As all of this commotion was going on and apologies where made, Percival had stayed his usual quit self, he had observed Morganas eyes as she flung the chair at Gwaines head he had also caught a glimpse at Merlin's, something was different with these two, there eyes didn't just flash a circle of gold but instead went a solid gold nothing like any magic user he had ever seen and living with the druids he had seen enough. He shook of the urge to ask though, there wouldn't be a lot of darkness left and they needed to get on with the plan.

For some reason neither Merlin or Morgana felt awkward after what had happened, to them it had seemed like the most natural thing in the world, they had never felt a connection like they had just experienced, they had to cool it for the moment though they had gotten so lost in each other who knows what could have happened.

After Gwaine had gotten up from the strike to his head he couldn't help but walk over to Merlin with a small knowing smirk on his lips.

"So at least know we know why she didn't take to my flirting ay Merlin" Gwaine said giving his newly found friend a playful nudge

Before Merlin could reply Morgana slapped Gwaine around the head

"If a slaps not enough Gwaine there is another chair in this barn" Morgana said in a icey tone

Rubbing his head he gave Merlin a small wink and a cheeky grin "feisty one she is Merlin" he said

This time it wasn't a woman's hand slapping him, but a giant's hand slapping him straight around the head follow by a usually quite Percival's stern voice

"Stop horsing around Gwaine, where loosing darkness and we need to get moving as soon as possible" he calmed himself down a bit but keeping his stern look " know Gwaine lets go over the plan once more okay"

Gwaine nodded it wasn't often that Percival lost his patience but he was right they maybe had two – three hours before sun up. Everyone turned to Gwaine

"Alright …. Me and Percival knocked these guards out to take there armour and clothes, know I usually don't condone a man undressing a man but"

"Gwaine" said Percival in a warning tone

"Alright, alright …. Anyway well dress as guards taking are newly found magic prisoners" he said pointing at Merlin and Morgana "to the Amatas dungeons, well dispose of any guards that are with Arthur before we dress him in one of their uniforms everyone following it so far?"

They all nodded before he continued "With that me and Percival will hopefully be able to leave with the princess in tow and anyone seeing us will think he's a guard" he then turned directly to Merlin and Morgana "Well make sure to get Arthur out and as far away from Amatas as possible but the second part, the part where you want to steal something from The Sarrums vaults that'll be all down to you , because Arthurs not going to be in a good shape and there's no way we can help him plus assist you in robbing the vaults"

Merlin and Morgana nodded, they needed Arthur safe but they couldn't leave the egg Merlin especially, he hoped he didn't become a dragon lord soon because it meant his father had to pass but he couldn't let an opportunity like this go and neither could Morgana ever , it seemed she felt as strong about it as Merlin did .

"We understand" said Merlin

"Well take Arthur straight to Gaius we promise, know you two need to change right" Gwaine said in an amused tone when he had heard that they couldn't let Arthur see who they where he had wondered how they were going to pull it off, but when Morgana had explained how they were going to do it he thought it sounded pretty funny.

Merlin and Morgana excused themselves and walked to the back of the barn

Giving Morgana a small smile he took her hand "you ready for this yeah?" when he got a nod from Morgana he pulled a small vial that Gaius had given him out of his pocket , it held no magic value the content, well unless you knew the right words .

"scéawung ús sé æfterieldu wé gád" they both chanted their eyes flashing solid gold , both hoping that they had done it right . The content and gone from pink to dark purple just like Gaius said so they could only keep their fingers crossed as they both took a small sip from the vial.

They looked at each other in disappointment, nothing had happened they must of got it wrong they thought, that was until Merlin's hands started to wrinkle, followed by Morganas. Before they knew it both their faces had wrinkled badly along with greying hair and a massively long white beard for Merlin the only thing recognisable was there eyes. When they looked each other over both had to laugh, this is what they had to look forward to when they were eighty years old. Merlin took Morganas bony fingers in his equally bony fingers and made their way over to Gwaine and Percival who had already dressed in the Amatas Armour, neither of them took notice of Gwaines laughing but both where thinking the same thing and that was how much harder it was to walk a only a few feet, they were also glad Merlin had the antidote in his other pocket.

After they had finally got Gwaine to stop laughing they quickly made their way to the gates of the castle, well as quickly as Merlin and Morgana could go know. They had bound their arms with rope to make their capture appear more real for anyone watching, when they arrived in front of The Sarrums castle every one of them got a chill that ran down there spine , the gates of hell probably look kinder then this. It wasn't until they got close to the main entrance when everything became real for Merlin and Morgana, as they looked towards the massive door they stopped in their tracks unable to move, there where body's, well six to be exact hanging above the entrance all of them children, underneath them on a sign below was something written in blood, all of them assumed it was the children's blood.

As they made their way closer to the entrance the sign became clearer, until it was finally readable, after reading it both Merlin and Morganas where glued to the spot both breathing heavily

The sign read

If you practice that filth, this is what will happen

A/N so the next part will be part two of the Amatas robbery , I hoped you liked the introduction of Gwaine and Percival , I'm thinking some BAMF Morgana next chapter what do you think?