"Sire, I care about the Lady Morgana as much as you do. She's my favorite patient, I've treated every illness and wound of hers since birth," said Gaius to the king. He hid his worry of his ward Merlin being kidnapped. How the old court physician missed the young warlock but he knew Uther would never consent to a thorough search for him.

"Then you support my decision?" Uther said to the court physician, knowing the answer to his question.

"Sire, Sir Leon has mentioned over and over that the scouts on our border between Cendred's land and Camelot is increasing by the day," said Gaius. "Surely you know what this means?"

"If Cendred attacks, then we will defend as we always have."

"Sire, that will not happen if you send all these men to search for the Lady Morgana. We will surely lose," advised Gaius.

"Gaius, please, I need to have Morgana back. No matter what has been said and done, I care for her more than anything," said Uther. He paused for a long moment and continued, "She is my daughter."

"I understand how the feeling of fathering her- "

"No, Gaius, she is my daughter. Long ago, when Sir Gorlois was away on the Northern Plains for a long time, his wife grew lonely. Morgana was the result of this affair. Now that you know, will you please support my decision on this?"

It took everything in Gwen not to drop the clothes she had in her arms as she passed by and heard this dark secret of Uther. She ran away swiftly, not wanting it to be known that she had been in the corridor of the room in which Gaius and Uther were discussing privately.


"I heard what I heard Arthur!" said Gwen to the prince. "Do you not know what this means?"

The prince of Camelot stared at the girl of his dreams with shocked realization at the information she had conveyed. It was a stressful two days for the royal household of Camelot. First, Merlin had been kidnapped. Arthur tried to hide his worry for his manservant, but Gwen knew he was dying inside with the disappearance of his friend. Then, Morgana vanished in the middle of the night. No sign of her, no guards had seen her, no footprints, with the only clue that two horses were missing from the royal stables. Gwen hoped that her friend and mistress were doing alright. She had a nagging feeling that they together somehow. She wondered if this was one of those "funny feelings" that she so often heard Merlin and Arthur discuss. Apparently, Merlin had a knack for them. Finally, the news of Morgana's true parentage that was supposedly revealed to only one person was then spread to Morgana's half-brother and servant. Gwen felt as if hell was about to break loose in the royal household.

"Morgana – She's my sister?" asked Arthur tentatively, as if hoping the fact was not true. How could his father have hid this information from the two of them? Morgana certainly had a right to know, even Arthur. After all, should his life be taken while he was heir, he would be assured someone would take the throne after Uther. Plus, she was his bloody sister!

"Arthur, I don't know what to tell you, I honestly don't," said Gwen, comforting him by placing her hand on his shoulder.

He grabbed her hand in a loving manner and said, "I don't know what to say in this matter either. It is thankful that she isn't here."

Gwen shot him a look that read, how dare you say that? Arthur replied with, I didn't mean it like that! It was becoming a usual habit between the two to converse privately with facial expressions.

"If, I mean when, she returns to Camelot, we will tell her, won't we?" asked Gwen.

"How would she react to that? She's made it quite clear that she cannot stand my, I mean our, father," Arthur replied.

"She has a right to know!"

"I understand that Guinevere, but her well-being is also at stake."

"You're saying she won't know her true father?"

Arthur felt an urge to turn around to see Merlin and ask him of his opinion on the matter. It was becoming a bad habit, but the servant surprisingly had a good insight on what to do in the matters on court. He then realized that he wasn't there. He missed his servant greatly, although he'd never admit it. Ever since his kidnap by Morgause, Arthur felt a certain type of void in the royal household. It didn't feel right without Merlin roaming the halls doing whatever it is he did. Arthur swore the next time he saw Morgause, he'd run her through for taking Merlin away from Camelot.

"I need to find them," blurted out Arthur.

"What are you talking about?" Gwen asked.

"Merlin. Morgana. I need to go out and find them. They're together, I just feel it," said Arthur. A determined look was flickering on his face.

"Arthur, the guards. We're still on house arrest."

"I doubt it. My father is probably pulling all the men he can get to search for Morgana. But I refuse to not be on the search for her. And Merlin, although I doubt my father pulled any in to search for him."

Gwen sighed and said, "Okay, I'm coming with you."

"Guinevere, I would appreciate your company on this. However – "

"You bring me along or I go to Uther and tell him you left while under house arrest," threatened Gwen. "Arthur, I can fight, I assure you of that."

Arthur took a moment, but then answered, "Fine, but we need a way out of this castle."

"Allow me, I've been thinking of this plan for awhile now."


Author's Notes: Apologies for the lack of Mergana in this chapter, but I promise the next one will have it.

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