Chapter 30
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Morgana fussed with the thought that she was getting closer. Or so she thought. She's been mindlessly walking down a road, close to the trees, for if someone decided to make way to her she could easily hide in behind the trees. She had not problem so far, the sun made her feel a bit sleepy, but that was probably from waking up in the ground. Morgana saw that in front of her the long path divided in two for when carts of product came into the city. The green of the forest made her eyes both ache and gleam with happiness. Morgana wasn't the kind of person who liked to be out and alone, but she certainly liked it when she could focus on the more livelier things around her. To drift into the pleasure of the free forest; the trees, the grass and everything else in between.
The long grew narrow and smaller the farthest she went, but all that went through her mind was how she was going to make it up the mountain. All the facts in her dream, were a bit unknown so far she had enough mind to keep Merlin, Arthur and Gwen from her adventure. They weren't to appear any time soon.
The day progressed with no achievement, the mountain was still away from her, she was not going to get there tonight. She came to a quick stop but that proved to be the worst decision ever. Some men, rugged and dirty, came out from the trees and Morgana was faced with the points of her swords. A tall man, he seemed to be the leader with the way the others soon backed away from Morgana, but not enough for her to escape.
"Well, well." The man smirked, looking Morgana up and down. "What do we have here?"
"A bunch of pig headed idiots disarming a poor girl." Morgana supplied coldly. The man only laughed at that.
"I like you, my lady. But, I wonder, what are you doing out here in the plain of the forest?" He smirked, his grey eyes shining with mirth and lust as they looked Morgana up and down. He slowly approached her. "Forgive my manners. I am Barric, the pleasure to meet you is all mine." Barric took Morgana's hand forcefully and kissed her knuckles. Morgana's eyes grew in anger, and even the great Barric was shocked by their beauty.
"I have no pleasure in meeting thief's!" She screamed at him, pulled her hand away and glared.
"You better start learning then." Barric took her hand once more and pulled her to the forest.
"Let me go!" Morgana screamed and did the only thing she could think of at the moment. She slapped him. The men around her looked completely shocked and Barric looked very furious.
"No woman will ever touch me." Barric growled and raised her hand to hit her. Morgana fell to the floor, her cheek stinging with pain as tears instinctively ran down her eyes. She looked up at Barric with defiance in sudden anger, her eyes glowed gold and Barric and his men all dropped to their knees as in a trance.
"No man should ever touch a woman." Morgana hissed and whispered a Somnus! The men all stood up and with their eyes closed they hid behind the trees, dropping to the ground before Morgana's very eyes. "That'll teach you." Morgana added, but before she could take another step she was knocked down to the ground.
Arthur and Merlin had soon gotten to the outskirts of the city. Gwen got off the horse and while Arthur commanded the horse to return, she crouched down into the ground and inspected the slight bend of some grass. She stood up and with good eye to the ground she followed the fresh trail.
"What are you doing?" Arthur asked, when he caught sight of Gwen.
"I'm following Morgana's trail." Gwen said simply.
"How do you know it's hers?" Merlin asked, following Gwen close to Arthur.
"I don't." Gwen answered. Like that they soon found their way deep into the forest. They didn't take any stops or anything. As soon as they began to lose hope they heard some shouting. Arthur ran to the shouting only to find Morgana looking at some part of the forest. Arthur, not thinking and not wasting any time, ran to where she was and in no time pushed her to the ground. Morgana screamed and half squealed by the force of it.
"Morgana!" Gwen and Merlin screamed, shocked by Arthur's actions. When Arthur pulled away, Morgana groaned in the ground.
"You cannot keep doing that, Arthur!" Morgana screamed, as she stood up and massaged her aching stomach.
"You can't just disappear like nothing!" Arthur said, angrily. He took hold of her hand and began to pull her back in the direction they had arrived. "Come one, we're going back."
"No." Morgana pulled at her hand. "I have to go. I need to do something important."
"Where do you need to go?" Arthur asked. Morgana paused for a second.
"I need to talk to Morgause!" She exclaimed. Arthur looked completely shocked and she began to feel like she had done wrong, but stood her ground and looked levelly at Arthur in the eyes.
"What?" Arthur gasped, shocked.
"Y-You heard me." Morgana stuttered, breaking under the look of betrayal Arthur was giving her.
"You -She took you away, Morgana." Arthur hissed. "What could you possibly have to tell her."
"She didn't take me away." Morgana blurted out, realizing only too late that this was only going to make matters worse.
"What are you talking about?" Arthur asked, voice low and dangerous.
" Okay, I. . ." She trailed off and looked at Arthur not sure what to say.
"Morgana, what are you talking about?" Arthur asked, now he wanted the truth and he was going to get it.
"I. . ." Morgana glared at Arthur. "I need to go to Morgause. How hard is it to understand that?"
"Very." Arthur took hold of her arm and both Merlin and Gwen watched horrified as Morgana tried to force her way out of his grasp, but he wouldn't let her go. "We're going back to Camelot."
"No, if I don't talk to Morgause. . .everyone in Camelot will die." She blurted out. Arthur turned to her in disbelief.
"What are you talking about?" Arthur, if possible, grew more and more frustrated. "You're not making any sense."
"I should be making some sense." Morgana argued, and pulled her hand from him. "It's not going to make any sense, but if you don't let me go I swear you will regret it."
Arthur looked at Morgana surprised. Merlin and Gwen were, too, surprised. They never expected anything like this from Morgana, more Gwen than Merlin, but still both were equally shocked.
"Morgana, we have to go back." Arthur tried another tactic, slowly approaching the girl he had known to care for as his sister.
"You go back, I have to go." Morgana began to turn.
"We're coming with you then." Gwen said, surprising everyone, even herself.
"No." Morgana looked at her, pleading in her eyes. She couldn't put them in danger. She was supposed to do this by herself. That's no the truth. A cruel voice said inside her head and she realize that it was her who had said it. She remembered the dream, and if everything was going to happen than she couldn't risk Gwen or Arthur. Morgana knew that Merlin was also in her dream, but not in much danger as Gwen and Arthur would face. "You can't go." She insisted.
"And why not?" Gwen asked, walking forward, taking a very strong stand against the person she cared for the most.
"Because. . ." Morgana was left speechless, it was easy to stand up for the others, but this was Gwen. She could easily make her see her way, but she couldn't bring herself to do anything to her.
"Because. . ." Gwen copied, crossing her hands over her chest as she waited for Morgana.
"I don't want you to get hurt." Morgana answered, her own hands crossing over her chest. Both of them stared into each other's eyes, challenging each other to break in the stare. Morgana hated the fact that Gwen was used to seeing this, she was probably used to it by now. And, if she was correct, she was never prey to it's effect like most people.
"I'm not going to get hurt." Gwen said, looking very serious for some reason. "You'll be the only one that gets hurt."
"I. . ." Morgana's anger spiked. "No! You're not going." She turned and began to get her pack. She had dropped it when she was hit by Barric. That reminded her. Her cheek still stung with pain and as she picked up her bag she looked at the others and in careful inspection of her person, Gwen saw the red hand print.
"What happened to you?" Gwen gasped out. She walked forward and tried to touch Morgana's cheek, Morgana pushed her away of course, but the damage had been done. Arthur and Merlin also noticed the hand print and were soon trying to see how bad it was.
"Who did this to you?" Arthur asked, eyes glowing in anger.
"No one." Morgana backed away, angry that they were been so rude like this. She appreciated the sentiment, but she was a big girl, she could deal with things by herself.
"Someone did this to you, who did it?" Merlin asked, walking forward and taking hold of Morgana. She moved to struggle herself away from him, but he grasp her gently. Morgana not happy with the current situation pulled away and sighed heavily.
"I need to go; you're only making this worse. Now leave me." Morgana tried again.
"No, we came to take to you back to Camelot, Morgana." Arthur nearly screamed.
"If we can't take you back than we'll just have to go with you." Gwen finished. They shared a look and then looked back to Morgana.
"You know I can't allow that." Morgana proclaimed.
"And you know we won't let you go alone, so you might as well get used to the idea." Merlin began walking down the path. "There right?" He pointed to the mountain. "Whatever you're going to do there we are going with you." His blue eyes looked fiercely into Morgana's green orbs, daring her to contradict him. Morgana pursed her lips, ready to say something when, following Merlin's lead, Gwen and Arthur walked down the road.
"What are you doing?" Morgan asked, not moving a muscle to follow.
"We're going with you." Arthur shrugged, not liking how this was going, but better to keep an eye on Morgana than to lose sight of her forever.
"No you're not." Morgana shouted, taking a few steps forward. The three stopped and looked back at her.
"You're right, we're not." Merlin said slowly. "We're just going the same direction as you." He shrugged, looked at Arthur and turned once more.
"What?" Morgana watched helplessly as they began walking, and her head began to ache. This was the last thing she needed at the moment. Well, she had to get used to the idea, she had something to do. She would lose them on her way to Morgause, she thought. Morgana sighed and walked slowly behind them all. This is going to be great. She though sarcastically, before she walked behind them.
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