In so many ways Merlin hated that dragon he hated it more than anything, yet for some reason he found it hard to be truly angry with him. Something deep down told him he was supposed to be friends with him, his father had been a dragonlord. That made him a dragonlord too, was that the connection he felt with the dragon. The prince shook these thoughts from his mind, right now he had bigger problems, much bigger problems. He ran back up the stairs in a daze, making his way subconsciously to Gaius's chambers.
He saw it sitting on the same shelf it always was. Hemlock.
Years ago Gaius had taught him all about poisons and antidotes. Hemlock was a fast poison, without treatment within mere minutes it was a death sentence. It would take only minutes to kill Morgana...
No! He would give her a chance, try to talk her out of this. Maybe she didn't even know what she was doing, he could save her, he would! If couldn't...could he really kill his own sister? She had been so kind and gentle, she couldn't be completely evil. He refused to believe it. Rubbing his tired eyes he also grabbed Gaius's water sack, taking a sip of the water to help wake him up before tearing down the hall way. He had almost gotten back to where he had left Arthur and Morgana when a hand grabbed him, pulling him into an alcove.
"Where have you been?" Arthur hissed, Merlin sighed with relief, "I thought you were getting clothes to disguise father"
"I went to see the dragon" Merlin explained without thinking.
"Well what did he say?" Arthur asked hurriedly, glancing round the corner. Merlin bis lip thankful Arthur wasn't looking at his guilty face.
"Nothing" He lied smoothly, "The spell effected him too, sound asleep"
Arthur cursed, at first Merlin thought it was because of the dragon but he looked around to see none other than Morguase walking down the hall a few of the knights in tow. Sensing Arthur's anger before his brother acted Merlin grabbed Arthur's arm to stop him from rushing out at the woman who had almost made him kill his father. Instead Arthur turned and ran, Merlin went after him.
"Get Morgana, we need to move the king" Arthur whispers before taking off in the other direction. Merlin jumped up the staircase and into the room they had been hiding in, Morgana sat at the table, looking suspiciously calm.
"I was worried about you" She greeted in monotone. Merlin stare guiltily.
"They found us we need to move" He replied distractedly not looking her in the eyes. Instead he quickly began gathering his father ready to move when Arthur arrived.
"Morgana, you don't want anything bad to happen do you?" He asked slowly, she blinked at him and nodded, "You wouldn't, help with this magic spell right?"
"What are you trying to say?" She snapped, Arthur chose that moment to return bursting through the doors announcing Morgause was closing in, Merlin saw Morgana's eyes widen.
"Not surprised?" he hissed as Morgana started to help him carry Uther.
"No, I am" She lied. Gods she was a bad liar. The group half dragged half carried the king down three flights of stairs before finally dropping him onto a bed in the servants chambers near the foot of the castle. Merlin and Arthur collapsing onto the floor in exhaustion. Morgana stood by the window, not even a bead of sweat on her face.
"Must be the potion" Arthur gasped through tired breaths.
"Yeah, must be" Merlin glared up at her, she looked back down at him, face unreadable.
"I can't keep this up much longer" Arthur continued, Merlin just nodded in agreement.
"Leave him here" Morgana suggested, "They will just think he's a servant"
"Not if Morgause finds him" Merlin pointed out, "Arthur, when we arrived there was a cart in the courtyard wasn't there? The horse was still awake"
"You are brilliant sometimes" Arthur laughed patting Merlin's shoulder, "Go check"
-Break-
Arthur hadn't missed all the distrustful glances between Merlin and Morgana. His brother no doubt suspected she had something to do with it, he had to admit it was suspicious she was the other one awake. Merlin got to his feet and ran out of the room to find a window facing the courtyard while Morgana and he pulled the king onto a blanket in order to drag him. His head shot up at the sound of Merlin yelling, he jumped to his feet ready to run out after him when Merlin flew through the door closing it behind him.
"Knight, on his way!" He panted.
"Hide!" Arthur ordered, taking up place behind a stone pillar ready to fight, Merlin took Morgana behind the screen at the back of the room. The knight walked in, his breathing echoed unnaturally loud around the chamber, Arthur took a deep breath and struck, only to have the knight block him.
"Get Father out of here!" He yelled, "Protect the king!"
-Break-
Merlin felt awful leaving Arthur behind as he pulled the king down yet another corridor towards the council chambers, Morgana by his side. He could hear the fight continuing.
"I know you're involved in this" He hissed, "Please, just stop this attack!"
"It's not me its Morgause!" She argued, giving another hard yank on the blanket.
"But you're working with her, don't lie to me!" He cried, "Please, I don't want to be against you!"
Morgana didn't get a chance to reply because at that moment she tripped, falling back against the wall. Merlin continued to pull his father to safety, he heard Morgana call out to him but he made his choice. It was his father or Morgana and he picked his father, if she was killed because of her own attack, so be it. He blinked back a guilty tear. Morgana screamed, he couldn't stop himself, he turned, only to find her unharmed. The knight looked down on her, then continued towards Merlin. He didn't miss the small smile that passed her lips.
Merlin continued towards the council chambers, Morgana hot on his heels. Pushing open the door and dragging the king inside as well. The warlocks heart rose when Arthur left out from the adjacent hall, sword in hand, grabbing Morgana's and rushing in after him. At least he was safe. Both princes grabbed the huge planks used to lock the door and shoved them in place, sealing them in.
"Morgana he need that potion!" Arthur demanded.
"I don't have it!" She cried
"It doesn't matter" Merlin muttered dejectedly, "We cant leave this room"
"We won't last much longer if we don't cure ourselves of this sickness" Arthur continued, "We need to get out of Camelot"
Merlin knew that would do no good, as long as Morgana was with them they would not recover. He watched as Arthur explained to Morgana to make the blanket into ropes to lower him down into the cart from the windows before he made his way back towards the door.
"I'm going to bring the cart around" He panted, "Protect them"
"You won't make it" Merlin sighed, "Let me go, I've got a better chance"
"No!" Arthur argued, "Stay here and protect Father and Morgana...how are you feeling?"
"Tired" He admitted
"Me too" Arthur mumbled before letting his eyes fall closed. Merlin quickly slapped him much to the elders annoyance.
"Don't do that!" He growled
"Well then don't fall asleep!" Merlin hissed. Arthur didn't respond, too busy throwing water over his face in a futile attempt to perk himself up before grabbing his sword, giving Merlin a nod which he returned. Merlin took the plank off the latches before giving one final look to Arthur before he disappeared out the door. Leaving Merlin and Morgana, alone.
Hey guys! Lots of people have been saying i suck at homophones, yeah i guess i do XD I know its Rode a horse not road but y'know how sometimes your not really thinking? My bad XD I'll do my best not to do that anymore
