A/N: Thank you for the feedback and I am glad you enjoyed the budding relationship with Rose and Mordred. I have had a bit of feedback about upping my chapter uploads. So I have decided I am going to do upload 2 chapters a week one on a Monday and one on a Friday so that people get chance to read the chapters without it being too much at once. I won't be going over 2 though to avoid one catching up with myself and to avoid overloading everyone. So next Monday will be the last dragon lord and next Friday will be the tears of Uther Pendragon part one.

It had been a few weeks since Rose learnt of her destiny with Mordred and that Kilghara was going to attack Camelot. That is what freaked her out, but neither could she completely blame him. Over 20 years of his life he was in that that cave and at least 20 of them he was completely alone it was enough to send anyone mad let alone a dragon. She hated the idea of her friend being stuck in there forever, but she hated the idea of the knights hurting him if he got out and cause a fuss. She had been struggling to sleep the last few nights thoughts of her future swirling in her head and she laid on her bed tossing and turning, she looked at the window it was still dark, but the sun also seemed to be rising slightly. She got up and got into Morgana's bed.

Morgana wrapped an arm around Rose and pulled her closer to her.
"You haven't slept yet, have you?" asked Morgana.
"No" said Rose. There was a knock at the door and Sir Leon came in. They sat up and looked at him. "You are needed in the council chambers," said Leon. Morgana got up and nodded.
"I am going to dress then I'll be there," said Morgana. Leon bowed and left the room. Morgana dressed quickly before taking off her healing bracelet and handing it Rose.
"Put this on and get some sleep," said Morgana. Rose put the bracelet on before falling asleep at long last. She slept for a few hours before getting up and dressed feeling a lot better. She went to Merlin chambers to see that he was packing up his stuff into a bag.
"Where are you going" said Rose standing in his doorway.
"Oh, hi Rose come in, take a seat, we are going to the fires of Idirsholas," said Merlin. Rose went in and sat down on his bed and laid across it on her front propping her head on her hands, while he packed up his stuff.
"So has smoke been seen in the citadel then, do you know what that means," said Rose.
"That the knights of Medhir will ride again," said Merlin. Rose was interesting by what that meant it was in a few books but not in a lot of details.
"Yeah, I remember Kilghara mentioning it, but he didn't explain it how it works," said Rose. Merlin turned to face and gave her a smile before going into his explanation.
"Seven knights got enchanted by a sorceress and they have not been awake for a long time," said Merlin. He finished packing and Rose got up and pulled him in to a hug.
"Be careful," said Rose.
"You can always depend on me to stay out of trouble" joked Merlin. He gave her a squeeze before pulling out of the hug he put his hands on her shoulders "you also be careful".
"I am staying put in the castle, what is the worst that can happen," said Rose. He laughed and nodded before grabbing his bag and leaving to go on his mission.

She went back to her chambers and saw that there was a letter on her bed and Morgana was sat reading a book at her desk.
"I think you have a letter from Mordred" said Morgana pointing towards her letter. Rose went over to her bed and read her letter. It was a letter from Mordred was staying in a village in Cenred's kingdom and was safe there. She wrote a letter back letting him know about the knights of Medhir and what had been happening in Camelot. Rose hadn't mentioned what she saw in the crystal to him not wanting to make their letters awkward. She sent the letter off before sitting down at the opposite side of the desk.
"You seemed trouble," said Rose.
"I am, I hate the fact I have to act normally even though I hate Uther and if he found out who I was he would have me killed" said Morgana sounding upset.
"I know it's not easy but you're not alone," said Rose. Morgana took her hand and squeezed it across the table.

The next morning things started to go downhill she woke up feeling unwell with a fever and tired. Gwen came over to her yawning as well. She equally looked unwell.
"Morgana, I think Rose is unwell," said Gwen. Morgana came over to her bed and felt her temperature with the back of her hand. Gwen didn't look to great either.
"Get Gaius," said Morgana. She sat down on the bed next to Rose and pulled her to her "how are you feeling"
"Tired, dizzy, sluggish and feverish" said Rose her tongue felt thick and heavy like speaking wasn't allowed anymore. The chamber doors opened, and Gaius came into the room he came to the bed.
"You're the fifth case this morning," said Gaius. He did some checks on Rose before giving her tonic out of his bag "drink this, keep drinking plenty of water". He then left the room to probably go treat all the other sick people. Soon everyone started to fall asleep one by one so that the only people left awake was Rose and Morgana. How she was still awake she had no idea. She assumed her magic was keeping her awake. She had been attempting to wonder around the castle to help people. Morgana found her attempting to walk to Gaius's chambers, but she walked her back to their chambers and put Rose back to bed.
"I don't understand what would cause this" said Rose weakly.
"Try not to worry," said Morgana. She put a fresh wet cloth on the top of her head.

Rose sat up in bed as she felt a magical presence enter the castle, she got up she was dizzy and the idea of being on her feet was like she was about to fall over. Footsteps came towards the room Morgana panicked and pulled Rose behind her and they hid behind a curtain. Morgana had no weapon but had her hands ready to strike. The curtain got pulled back and Morgana screamed, and Arthur pulled her around.
"It's me, it's me, Morgana it's okay," said Arthur. Rose came out from the curtain as well and staggered over to Merlin. He caught her and they hugged. She stayed on his arm leaning on him for support.
"We didn't know it was you" gasped Morgana. She was grabbing at Arthur's arms desperately.
"Calm down Morgana just tell me what happened," said Arthur.
"Everyone started to complain that weren't feeling well," said Morgana. She was shaking with fear.
"Then what happened, Rose do you know" said Arthur he turned around and rounded on her. She went further into Merlin.
"I woke up feeling unwell, the next thing I know everyone has fallen asleep" said Rose weakly. Merlin put his hand on her head and winced.
"Was someone here?" asked Arthur. Rose and Morgana shook their heads "then why were you hiding".
"We told we didn't know who you were, you could have been anyone" said Rose.
"Where's my father?" asked Arthur.
"We don't know," said Morgana.
"Arthur, Morgana's distressed and Rose is ill" said Merlin warningly.
"They must have seen something," said Arthur. Rose leant more on Merlin as time went on to the point where he was holding her upright completely. She trusted him not to drop her.
"wrap your arms tightly round my neck" said Merlin quietly to Rose as Arthur continued to interrogate Morgana about what had happened. She did carefully and he scooped her legs up so that she was is his arms.

They all went into the corridor to look for Uther. Arthur went ahead as Merlin and Morgana stayed behind.
"Don't worry, I won't say anything" said Merlin to Morgana. Morgana gave him a confused look and Rose also gave him a confused look.
"What do you mean?" said Rose.
"I think what is keeping you safe is your magic, it's the only thing keeping you going Rose" said Merlin. They carried on walking down the corridor. Rose was nervous everyone was falling apart, and she was starting to worry that she had somehow accidentally bought it on somehow.
"I found him" called Arthur. They ran to Uther's chambers and found him at his desk he was asleep like everyone else, but he was unharmed. Arthur was holding his head up checking him out.
"He's alright" said Merlin Arthur pointed at Uther looking angry and concerned.
"He is not alright" said Arthur he dropped Uther, so he went flying on to the desk again. Rose giggled at this.
"He's just asleep" said Rose
"All we have to do is find a cure," said Merlin. He put Rose down and she stood leaning on the table. Arthur stared Morgana with suspicion and confusion.
"You're the only one not affected, there must be a reason why," said Arthur. Morgana flinched at his stare.
"I don't know," said Morgana.

Arthur rolled his eyes at Morgana and seemed to be getting fed up with Morgana.
"That's all you keep saying but you both must know something," said Arthur. If Rose had any idea what was going on did Arthur think she wouldn't tell him what was going on. He was treating them like it was them that made everyone ill. Arthur rounded the table to stand in front of Morgana.
"No, they just fell asleep one by one," said Morgana.
"Morgana took a potion, she was one of the first to get ill, everyone is asleep because Gaius fell asleep before he could treat anyone else," said Rose. The excuse coming to her very quickly it might get him off their backs. Arthur stared at them and then nodded in acceptance.
"Merlin see if you can find this potion, I'll search for survivors, Morgana you stay here and look after Rose and my father" said Arthur. He gave her his sword "here, protect them with your life, you understand?".

Rose snuck out of the room and went down to Kilghara's cave. He gave her a concerned look and sent healing magic in her direction, but it made no difference.
"Everyone has fallen ill, and I don't know what to do" said Rose weakly. She staggered around and swayed where she stood.
"Young one, lay down, I will keep you safe" said Kilghara. She did as she was told and immediately fell asleep even though she fought of the sleep.

Waking up was strange she was worried she would never wake up again. She woke up in the throne room on the floor next to Uther. She sat up and groaned holding her head. She looked around Arthur ran in as Merlin knelt in front of Morgana and Morgause. Morgana looked unconscious and was in Morgause's arms. Rose felt a jolt of concern.
"Where's my father," shouted Arthur.
"He's safe!" shouted Merlin. She looked to Uther who was waking up as well looking equally as confused as she did. Merlin didn't sound confused though he looked deeply upset and guilty.
"Morgana" called Arthur. Morgause gave him an angry look.
"You stay away from her" shouted Morgause before doing a spell and they both disappeared in a flash of smoke and wind. She got up and walked towards Merlin who was still knelt on the ground. She put her hand out and he took it. She pulled him up and they hugged. Everyone looked at the missing space where Morgana had once been. Merlin looked broken and was shaking. He broke out of her grip and ran out of the room.

Rose decided to give him some space and went to her chambers. She sat down on her bed. Morgana was gone did that mean she had to leave. She yawned and laid back on to the bed. She fell asleep feeling happy she would know if she was going to wake up again. She woke up and jumped to see Uther was standing at the mirror holding Morgana's necklace. She got up and curtsied.
"My lord," said Rose. He just stared at the necklace. Arthur came in and gave her a smile.
"Father, I couldn't find you, are you alright," said Arthur. Rose started to pack her stuff quickly. There was no way they would let her stay in the castle the constant reminder of someone they had lost.
"Still no sign of her" asked Uther.
"We've looked father," said Arthur. He looked across to Rose and went over to her and took the bag away from her "stop packing your stuff up".
"You want me to stay?" asked Rose.
"off course we do, until we find Morgana, I will take over guardianship is that okay father" said Arthur. Uther nodded slowly and Rose hugged Arthur before running out of the room to find Merlin.

Rose entered Merlin and Gaius's chamber. Rose ran over and hugged Merlin who was still shaking like a leaf and was really upset.
"Hey what's wrong," said Rose.
"Morgana was the vessel of the sickness, so I poisoned her, I didn't want to" said Merlin sadly he looked ready for her to hit him and start screaming at him. Gaius looked equally as concerned. She understood how scary it must have been for him having to kill someone he cared about. She was worried about Morgana but at the same time she knew how much Merlin must have been hurting.
"Stop looking at me like I am about to set you on fire, come here, you did the right thing," said Rose. She sat down next to Merlin and pulled him into a hug.
"How can you say that? she was your guardian," said Merlin. He pulled out the hug and was looked at Rose with tears in his eyes the guilt must have been eating him alive.
"I know you Merlin, you wouldn't have done it unless things had got desperate," said Rose. Merlin had a tear go down his face at her words but this time he hugged her burying his head into her shoulder. She held him for a while until she was sent to rest by Gaius. On her way to her chambers, she went to see Kilghara. She sat down in her usual spot and he breathed warm air into her face.
"Thank you" said Rose.

They sat talking for a while until Merlin came down to the cave with a sword of Medhir. Rose gave him a smile and so did Kilghara.
"The time has come young warlock" said Kilghara. Rose stared at him and then looked at Merlin who looked nervous.
"Where will you go?" asked Rose.
"I am the last of my kind young one, there is only one road for me to take" said Kilghara. Rose watched as Merlin went down the stairs to stand by the chains that kept him there. Rose could tell in his face that he was nervous, but she could also see how ready her dragon friend was for freedom.
"Whatever you have planned Kilghara" said Rose he looked at her dead in the eye "please be careful". He smiled a genuine smile.
"Ic bebeode þisne sweord þæt hé forcierfe þá bende þæra dracan. Un clýse!" chanted Merlin he swung the sword into the chains and Kilghara flew up and out of the cave. He roared and Rose looked down at Merlin who was at the bottom of the cave. Things were about to get a whole lot interesting.

The end