Inside the Hawthorn Tree

by MerlinWinchestr

"From inside the hawthorn tree that is his prison, Merlin relates to all who will listen short stories of his life. These are his stories as told by the great Merlin himself from Inside the Hawthorn Tree." Drabbles of all genres and characters. Rating will not go above T. As always, no slash. Chapter 68-That's New: Merlin and Morgana at Jurassic World.

21. The Right Side

Challenge: None.
Category: Gen
Characters: Mordred, Morgana
Rating: K
Warnings: Set during 5X12 "The Diamond of the Day" Part I
Word Count: 175
Spoiler info: Not a very big spoiler at all, but set during the first scene of 5X12, so still a spoiler.

Author's note: I know he's evil now, but I can't give up Mordred simply being a confused, heart-broken boy, so this had to be done.

Disclaimer: If I owned Merlin, things would be going very differently, so it is safe to say I do not in any way own Merlin.

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The Right Side

"And Emyrs is nothing without magic."

He had no reply to that. His eyes moved up, following the poor sorcerer...man...as he was drug crying out of the castle. Mordred had no doubt that the man would be killed as soon as the doors closed behind him.

He risked a glance down at Morgana. He could see the savage insanity in her eye; the barely concealed excitement-or was it madness?-was evident in the way her hands tapped against the throne. He could see how she had let herself go, the wild hair, the ragged clothing, the anger and hatred permentantly etched into her face.

Long gone was the woman he had met as a child. The kind, compassionate, wonderful woman who had saved him, an unknown druid boy, a perfect stranger, had ceased to exsist. No more did she care or long for peace; now all she wanted was war and death.

Mordred raised his head and stared at the now-closed doors and wondered if he had chosen the right side.