A/N: due to me absence I decide to upload 2 this evening. Thank you Tilly and Hannah for your lovely comments and I have fixed the Wicked day chapter. I am so embarrassed. Trust me this one will be a happier ending than the show. Enjoy this chapter it was one of my favourites to write.
It had been two months since Aithusa hatched and Rose had visited the little dragon every time she went on a hunting trip, she was growing well. Rose was with other knights, and she was preparing Merlin to look like a knight. There had been bandits for Carleon's kingdom causing issues and they were luring the bandits to where they can be captured and bought to justice.
"Arthur are you sure it's safe" said Rose straightening Merlin's cloak.
"For the 100th time it has an element of risk, but he'll be fine" said Arthur rolling his eyes at her. Rose gave him a sword which Arthur took of him.
"He needs a weapon," said Rose.
"No, he doesn't," said Arthur.
"What kind of knight doesn't have a weapon," said Merlin.
"Well, you aren't a knight are you" said Arthur. Rose rolled her eyes there was so much risk in this plan and they were going to use Merlin because he was a servant therefore, he had less value to go over to the enemy and let himself get chase down.
Merlin gave her one of his goofy smiles before running into the distance.
"And I thought Rose looked short in a knight's uniform" joked Gwaine. Rose laughed and they all took their positions in the gorge area. She had a crossbow and stood next to Arthur. Soon the red dot of Merlin came running back in the distance and he was being chased by bandits. He came running into the gorge he tripped, and an axe got thrown at him and it narrowly missed him, Rose raised her cross bow, but Arthur gave her a look, she stayed in position. He got up and went to the edge of the gorge looking up. The leader of the group came forward looking triumphant.
"Trapped are we" asked the man.
Rose recognised him as Carleon himself he was rough around the edges and looked like a soldier rather than a king. They sent some arrows down and they looked up.
"That's the idea" stated Merlin.
"On me," shouted Arthur. He jumped down into the gorge taking down a few people on his way down. They started the battle and Rose noticed Carleon was attempting to get to Merlin. She ran across to him as he reached Merlin, he caught his sword with the axe before losing his balance. Rose got to them and got between the man servant and the rough king. She fought against him and soon got the upper hand, and his sword flew from his hand Agravaine caught it.
The battle was soon over, and the bandits were rounded up. Agravaine and Rose had Carleon between them he was not coming quietly so at times they were dragging him across the ground.
"Your majesty look, who we have here" said Agravaine.
"We'll sort him out with the others," said Arthur.
"This is no ordinary prisoner Arthur," said Rose. She pushed him against a tree and ripped off his necklace and gave it to Arthur he looked at it and recognition went across his face.
"Well, well, well" said Arthur.
"What is it" said Merlin.
"This, Merlin is the seal of Royal Carleon, isn't that right, your highness" spat Rose.
She hated that man according to Cenred it had been him that had killed the father that had bought her up. She helped Agravaine give him to one of the other knights, before walking around with Arthur was camp was set up as night fell.
"This isn't the first time he's trespassed on our land" said Arthur to both Agravaine and Rose.
"No, Arthur, only last week he seized the village of Stonedown on the western borders" said Rose they sat down by the fire looking over at Carleon he glared back at them.
"We're not on the borders now, This is the heart of the kingdom. He took a grave risk coming here" said Arthur.
"Perhaps he doesn't see it that way. I fear it's no coincidence that all this has happened since Uther's death" said Agravaine.
She looked at him and he looked at her giving her a knowing look, he was attempting to make Arthur feel unconfident and under prepared.
"What are you saying?" asked Arthur defensively.
"Arthur, your father was a strong king. His enemies feared and respected that strength" said Agravaine. She wanted so badly to reassure Arthur, but she knew as soon as she went against Agravaine he would try and tell Morgana she was going against them. Being the link between the dark and the light had its challenges.
"Are you saying I am not a good king" said Arthur looking hurt, Rose reached out and squeezed his hand.
"No, I am not saying that, I am saying your untested as a king" said Agravaine.
Rose and Merlin looked at each other and raised their eyebrows.
"Did today not achieve that" said Arthur.
"Not for the likes of Bayard and Odin and anyone else looking to take Camelot's wealth" said Agravaine. Merlin cooked some dinner, but Rose could tell he was listening to the conversation. She paid attention to the situation.
"What would you have me do" said Arthur.
"I suggest that we force him to accept a treaty on out terms, he must withdraw his men from our lands, return our territories to us. He must surrender Everwick" said Agravaine.
"He would rather die" said Arthur.
"Then you are left with no choice" said Agravaine. It clicked with Rose then, kill Carleon then it would start a war and Arthur being an inexperienced king it would be too much. Everything would fall apart and leaving the throne free for Morgana to take.
"We can't kill a man in cold blood" said Rose suddenly.
"Arthur must do what he needs to do to assert the authority over this land" said Agravaine.
"There must be another way" said Arthur looking like a lost child rather than the king he was meant to be. Agravaine moved over so he was at Arthurs level.
"Think it over, you'll make the right choice" said Agravaine.
They had dinner and then everyone retired except Arthur and Rose sitting on a log by the fire they stayed awake all night. She enjoyed watching the fire slowly die as it glittered gold and orange in the night. As the sun came up, she began to shiver slightly.
"What would you do" asked Arthur.
"I would go with Agravaine's idea, but not with pain of death until it is necessary" said Rose, she couldn't go against Agravaine too much otherwise he'd go to Morgana. She needed to gain his trust so she could intercept the messages and help Morgana to become good again.
"Thank you" said Arthur. She noticed Merlin wake up and come over to them.
"Rose, Arthur, here" said Merlin.
He stood between them and gave them a cup of water, she accepted it gratefully. She drank it one she looked around and saw Agravaine caught her eye and he signalled for to head over towards the stream she gave him a curt nod.
"I am going to go wash" said Rose she got up and went across to the stream which was through the trees, she had insisted making sure they were near the stream so that Merlin didn't have to travel far to fill up the water skins and she was the only one that cleaned her face the others happy to stay dirty. She was ready for the bath she was going to have when she got back to Camelot. She washed her face before straightening up to face Agravaine. She looked around and saw Merlin hiding behind a tree. She pretended not to notice him.
"My lady" said Agravaine.
"My lord" said Rose in a drawl, she creeped herself out "I commend you on your advice".
"I heard your advice to, it was good" said Agravaine.
"Yeah, us two work well as a team" said Rose. Agravaine nodded and smiled at her in the weird smile that made her skin crawl.
"It took me a while to trust you" said Agravaine.
"You trust me?" said Rose. He nodded and she gave him a quick hug before they both headed to camp.
They packed up the camp before gathering with Carleon in a clearing. Rose stood next to Agravaine. Rose presented a scroll to the Carleon he shook his head at her raising his eyebrows at her.
"What is this" said Carleon. Rose handed the scroll to Leon who opened it so he could read it he read it quickly before facing them again "you expect to sign this to humiliate myself". Rose opened her mouth to speak but Carleon interrupted "Not you, this is a man's business".
"Don't speak to her, you invaded our kingdom and took what didn't belong to you" said Agravaine.
"And if I don't" said Carleon.
"Then you will pay with your life" said Rose
"And who makes these terms, a woman in a knights costume" said Carleon.
"Arthur Pendragon, king of Camelot" said Arthur walking forward to stand next Rose "she is one of the best knights in Camelot". He moved forward pushing past Leon and Percival.
"Get on with it, make it quick" said Carleon, he knelt in front Arthur and Rose bowing his head ready to die rather than have peace.
Rose looked down at him.
"It doesn't have to be this way, think about your father and his father were at peace, you can equally be at peace, you don't have to accept your death," said Rose.
"I am not my father, and having a female knight is weakness, having commoners as knights, it just shows he is no Uther" said Carleon, Rose scoffed and looked down at him with distaste.
"Yesterday I had you on the floor the at end of my sword in a minute!" said Rose.
"You mock me while I am about to die" said Carleon.
"You give me no choice" said Arthur gravely.
"It is not you who chooses it is I who chooses to die, do you really have the guts to kill me" said Carleon he bowed his head further so that his neck was more available. He raised his sword and held it there.
"So be it" said Arthur.
Rose stepped backwards a few steps and turn away not wanting to watch this part of the plan. There was woosh and a thud as the sword his flesh and another thud.
"Let his men go and they can take him to his kingdom," said Rose. Facing away from everyone but attempting to sound normal.
"Yes, my lady" said Agravaine. They let Carleon's men go who had watched their king be killed, they didn't attempt to harm them they went to their king and made a litter to carry him home. The Camelot knights got on their way home to.
They travelled back to Camelot and Rose gave the reigns to her horse to a servant before getting her bags and heading to her chambers. She drew herself a bath and got in it relaxing in the hot water. She washed her hair and her whole body feeling glad to be back in Camelot. She finally got out of the bath and dried herself off before getting changed her night dress and shawl. She wrote her letter to Mordred.
"Can I come to your room" said Merlin voice in her head.
"Yes" said Rose into his head, a few minutes later Merlin came into her chambers, he went and sat down on her bed and she started pacing "before you shout at me, I wanted to tell Arthur not to kill Carleon but if I go against Agravaine he'll go straight to Morgana and be like look at Rose she's going against me"
"I know, I know, it's okay, I wanted to check and see you were okay" said Merlin. Rose shook her head anxiously and carried on pacing.
"Killing Carleon was a mistake his wife will declare war" said Rose Merlin got up and went over her putting both hands on her shoulders.
"You didn't sleep last night, come on you look exhausted" said Merlin, he took her hand and walked her over to the bed "lay down". She laid down and he went laid down next her. She put her head on his chest and he put his head on her head. She fell asleep listening to his heartbeat.
Rose awoke the next morning and she stretched she looked around she was alone. She felt calmer than she had done the night before. She got out of bed and got changed into her usual over large tunic and leggings. As she was putting on her boots there was a knock at her door.
"Enter" said Rose. She looked to see Merlin enter room she smiled and finished doing up her boots, she put on her cloak and he gave her a bit of bread. She ate it happily.
"You look happier" said Merlin. Rose nodded and got up from where she was doing up her boot's she walked across to him.
"I am, we can work this out come on you can walk me to the training ground" said Rose.
She put her arm out for him to link and they walked to the training ground. They saw one of the newer knights fall over a crossbow. They chuckled as they went across to Arthur who was standing at the punching bag. Merlin stood at the punch bag and began to steady it.
"Last night you were seen leaving Rose's chambers, I had to persuade Agravaine not to have you arrested, this has to stop" said Arthur.
"No, it won't stop, he's my best friend" said Rose.
"Are you alright" said Merlin looking concerned.
Rose was too busy being annoyed at the fact that Arthur was trying to stop her seeing her brother her best friend just because he was a man servant.
"Why wouldn't I be?" asked Arthur in an angry voice he carried on punching the bag and faced towards Rose "It is not the proper way to be seen with a male servant all the time". Rose was about to argue but Merlin gave her a look.
"You seem tense" said Merlin.
"No, this Merlin is controlled aggression" said Arthur, the last punch on the bag sent Merlin and the bag backwards on to the ground this was the last straw she was not having this. She helped Merlin up then slapped Arthur across the face.
"You need to calm yourself down, you are a good king when you rule with your heart not your terrible Uther impression, snap out of it before someone gets hurt" said Rose with anger going through her. She stormed off angrily and went to her chambers and slammed the door. She took a few deep breathes she shouldn't have done that. She didn't like this side of Arthur it was too Uther like she wanted him to be himself not his father. Magic would never return if he kept up this Uther act. It was so annoying.
A knock at her chamber doors distracted her from her thoughts. She breathed a bit more before answering the door. Leon stood at the door.
"The king needs you in the council chamber," said Leon. She nodded and they walked to the council chambers together quickly. She went and stood next to Arthur in her usual spot on the right.
"Queen Annis has declared war on Camelot, she marches on us a day's walk from here, they would arrive here for sundown" said Arthur, she noted his cheek was still bright red from her slap she gave him a sympathetic look. Rose looked down at the map there had to be a way to keep them out the citadel this time.
"I recommend we go and intercept them at the ridge of Larcie, then we have the high ground," said Rose.
"That is a good idea, the knights of Camelot get ready, we ride at dawn, Rose stay behind" said Arthur.
After a chorus of long live the king everyone left except Rose and Arthur. She gave him a sheepish look, she turned to face him.
"I am sorry, I slapped you" said Rose. Arthur turned to face her, and she was ready for a lecture, a telling off or an order to her chambers. She was shocked when he pulled her into a hug she hugged back feeling really confused "I thought you would be angry".
"Oh Rose, I was stressed, I know you use Merlin as a way to help you sleep sometimes, you are such a good knight I forget how young you are" said Arthur. He kept her on his arms and looked down at the map.
"According to Carleon I am a weak knight" joked Rose.
"Ignore him" said Arthur he held her tightly to him "you are a great knight, don't let anyone tell you otherwise". Rose went to her chambers and packed up her clothes in a bag again. She then wrote the letter to Mordred before heading to bed.
The next day Rose woke up early and got herself ready to go. She checked in on her connection with Morgana as she had getting fear and anger coming from that connection overnight, so was making sure she was okay, she was okay but still had the fear. She got dressed in her knight's uniform before taking her bag to her horse. She got herself ready on the saddle for before looking across to Agravaine. She attempted to get his attention, but he was too busy being pompous. They set off and they arrived at the ridge of Larcie in the evening. The other army were stood below them this was going to be interesting. Rose helped the knights set up the tents. There was a tent for the nobles, a tent for the higher-ranking knights and a tent for Rose because she was a woman, and nobody wanted to share a tent with her. After this Rose went to her tent and set up her stuff. She shuffled her stuff around the tent. She folded up her clothes and placed them on the side. She got changed into the long tunic and leggings before putting on her cloak. She saw the knights come out of Arthurs tent, she sat down by the fire and warmed herself up. Arthur came and looked at her fondly through the door of his tent.
"Get some rest" said Arthur.
Rose nodded she went over to him and gave him a hug before heading into her tent. She went into her tent and after some time she heard movement. She poked her head of her tent to see Arthur walking away. She saw Merlin catch her eye and nod they got up and they followed him. They followed him as he went into the enemy camp they watched as the guards stopped him.
"Halt" said one of the guards he pulled down his hood and put his hands up in surrender.
"You know who I am, I am unarmed take me to your queen" said Arthur he took of the cloak then to show he was unarmed before being taken away.
They followed him and listened at the tent door she heard a small gasp from behind her she turned around to see Morgana was stood there. Merlin was too engrossed in the situation in the tent to notice her they looked at each other a few minutes she was in the shadow of another tent so if she didn't know she was there she was hidden. Before she could say or do anything, two guards grabbed them, both and pushed them into the tent and forced on to their knees. She looked at Arthur and looked at them both with shock.
"Sorry about this" said Merlin.
"You know them" demanded Annis.
"It's my ward and my servant they must have followed me here, I had no idea" said Arthur.
"Kill the servant" said Annis. Rose got up and stood between the guards and Merlin. The guards that once had hold of her got hold of her again, however this time she straightened her legs so they couldn't force her to her knees.
"No" shouted Rose she was unarmed but she would not let her get hurt or harmed, she looked at across Arthur.
"Wait, let him go, he's a simple-minded fool" said Arthur.
The queen sat down on her throne looking angry and annoyed. Rose was forced onto her knees in her distraction.
"That is two favours you have asked of me this night, Arthur Pendragon" said Annis. They all looked at each other ready for her to give the order to kill Merlin or to spare Merlin, she readied her magic, she avoided Arthur's gaze in case she needed to use the magic "you will get your trial by combat, announce your champion for tomorrow and take your fool with you". Rose relaxed and pushed the magic back down again. Merlin could get up, but Rose was kept on the ground.
"What about my ward" said Arthur anxiously.
She waved her hand and they were dragged out of the tent leaving the tent with just Rose and Annis and a few guards.
"What can I do for you" said Rose politely. Annis got up and Rose got up and back handed her across the face.
"That is for humiliating my husband" said Annis, she went to slap her again, but Rose stepped back and protected her face.
"I didn't humiliate your husband, he was telling me I was weak for being a knight, so I defended myself, I had him pinned to the ground by my sword, that's not weakness" said Rose calmly. She stood her ground "I will not apologise for being good with a sword, I am sorry though for how all of this has turned out". Annis picked up her sword from the side but a presence in the tent made her stop. Morgana walked in and got between Rose and Annis.
"My lady don't do it, she is the ward to the king of Camelot, don't make him the injured party" said Morgana standing defensively in front of Annis. Shielding Rose from view.
"She mocked my husband before he died" said Annis.
"Let her go and you can get revenge on the person that actually killed your husband" said Morgana, love, warmth and protectiveness oozed from the witch. It seemed to stun everyone in the room.
"I see love in your eyes for the first time Morgana, you may go, now!" said Annis.
Rose ran out of the tent as soon giving Morgana a quick thanks on the way out. She ran back to their camp and saw that Arthur was standing anxiously at the campfire. She ran over and gave him a hug.
"Are you alright?" said Arthur she nodded into his shoulder before hugging him tighter to her. They broke apart and stood by the fire.
"Who have you chosen to do the combat" said Rose.
"This war is my fault therefor I must fight this battle" said Arthur. Merlin came into the tent looking pale and frantic.
"Morgana is on the other side; she has allianced herself with Annis" said Merlin.
"How do you know," said Arthur.
"I saw her" said Merlin.
"She just stopped Annis from running me through" said Rose she then did a quick explanation of what happened in the tent.
"Right, Rose go get some rest, I'll speak with you in the morning" said Arthur sounding distant. She went to her tent and laid on her camp bed. She fell asleep quickly feeling exhausted.
The next day Rose woke up early very early and got up out of bed. She left the tent and went to the fire it was still dark, but she could hear that people were awake. She sat by the fire and warmed herself up feeling cold. Something was off though she could sense it, something had changed. Arthur gathered everyone in the tent. It was still dark, but the knights seemed happy enough to be summoned.
"I have switched the battle to single combat, to stop more bloodshed" said Arthur.
"But, sire, we can win this battle. I know we can" said Leon.
"he doesn't doubt it. But at what cost? How many men will be slaughtered?" said Rose standing next Arthur in her usual place.
"And what if we were to lose this trial? We can't give up our land" said Elyan.
"That's the deal I've struck. I believe it to be fair, and I'll stand by it" said Arthur.
Rose nodded it was fair and things were going to go well, except for the high priestess in the next camp.
"Well, then. All that remains, my lord, is for you to choose your champion" said Agravaine looking interested she looked at him. A few of the knights moved forward including Rose.
"I will" said Percival.
"Sire" said Gwaine.
"I would happily do it" said Rose.
"No Rose, you will not" snapped Agravaine.
"There can only be one choice. One choice which is just and honourable. This fight's mine" said Arthur. Everyone looked unimpressed except Agravaine who was smirking. He dismissed everyone except Merlin, he told the male knights to stand guard and get some rest and asked Rose to get some firewood. Rose left the tent and went to her tent and changer her clothes and put on her cloak and put the hood up.
She quickly went into the woods and started to pick up some wood for the fire. She saw some people getting firewood as well. They wore Carleon's uniform and she picked up some wood and attempted to walk away before they noticed her. Luck was not on her side. They turned around to look at her.
"Look who it is, Camelot's female knight" said one of them. She cursed herself she was defenceless with no sword. Only her powers as high priestess but that wouldn't go well. She stood her ground.
"I am only in the woods for firewood, that's all" said Rose calmly.
"You mocked our king before he died" said one of the knights. They raised their sword to her.
"Morgana track me now" said Rose in her head knowing she was probably closer than Merlin. She dropped the wood in her arms and kept a long branch to defend herself.
"Not so cocky now are we" said one of the knights.
"You have to the count of five and if you don't leave me alone, I will act" said Rose.
"What can you do" said one of the knights.
"One, Two, Three, Four…" counted Rose slowly and they slowly approached her she was hoping that Morgana would hurry up.
One of them raised his sword to strike her where she stood. She stood defensively ready to either use magic or chuck the branch at him.
"Five" said Morgana from behind a tree she then blasted them back with magic and ran over to Rose and pulled her into a hug. Rose hugged back quickly before stepping back.
"Thank you" said Rose.
"Are you alright" asked Morgana cupping her face.
"I am thanks to you" said Rose. They hugged again before she had to leave again. She went back to camp with the firewood. She saw that Arthur was stood in the doorway of his tent. He looked at her with interest. She put the firewood on the pile and went over to him "you alright?".
"Yeah, I had Merlin follow you to get firewood and he saw Morgana save you" said Arthur. They went into the tent. Merlin was sharpening a sword.
"She is a weakness to Morgana" said Merlin.
"It would seem that way, I promise you Arthur my loyalty is to you and Camelot" said Rose.
"I know don't worry" said Arthur pulling her into a hug. She hugged back before stepping back to look at Arthur.
"You need to get some sleep, before the battle this evening" said Rose.
She then left the tent and went to her tent. She sat down heavily on the camp bed. Rose didn't like it; she was now known as a weakness for Morgana and Arthur was sending people to follow her around. Did he not trust her at all? She laid herself down and fell asleep for a bit. She awoke later and went to Arthur's tent he was getting ready for the battle. Merlin pulled on the clip on his chest plate and Arthur gasped.
"Not so tight, Merlin" said Arthur.
"You don't want to kill him before he goes out on the field" said Rose. Merlin turned to look at her and chuckled. She went and sat down on Arthur's throne. Arthur took his left glove of and removed his ring. He turned to face Merlin and Rose.
"If today turns out to be my last, give this to Guinevere" said Arthur. He handed the ring to Merlin and sighed "tell her I'm sorry".
Merlin nodded and then carried on sorting out Arthur's armour.
"Arthur, do you really think this is worth the risk? You're king now. Camelot needs you. Alive" said Merlin.
"I don't know what will happen. But for the first time since I became king, I know in my heart I've made the right decision" said Arthur. Rose came over to stand next to Merlin she squeezed Arthur's arm. He smiled at them both. Merlin looked chocked up for a second.
"Well, whatever happens out there...erm..." said Merlin.
"Your going to start crying on me are you" joked Arthur.
"Nah, I think its more he is worried about you, that armour takes ages to clean" joked Rose. They all laughed before they smiled at each other.
"No, just good luck" said Merlin.
"Thank you, old friend" said Arthur.
He shook Merlin's arm which made Rose smile brighter, they hadn't been their usual friendly banter between the two and she had missed it. King or not she knew that Merlin and Arthur's friendship was still strong. Agravaine came in and Arthur let go off Merlin.
"It is time, my lord" said Agravaine.
"Very well" said Arthur.
"Is all in it's readiness" asked Agravaine. Arthur looked at Merlin and Rose then to get permission to leave the tent.
"Merlin, Rose" said Arthur.
"Ready" said Merlin. Rose nodded and handed him his sword. She felt a magic source come from the sword as she handed it to Arthur. She rolled her eyes what had Agravaine done this time. Why wasn't Morgana keeping her in the loop?
They got to the battlefield and all the armies were standing to watch. Rose caught Morgana's eye and she looked at her.
"What have you done with the sword" said Rose into Morgana's head but did it more open so that Merlin could hear it as well.
"It is enchanted, so it will weigh the tones of 1000 tones" said Morgana into her head.
"Why didn't you tell me?" said Rose into her head.
"I don't want you involved, I can deal with Agravaine being caught and beheaded I couldn't deal with it if something happened to you because of me" said Morgana into her head. They stopped looking at each other as the battle started Arthur was battling a man. A giant looking man who looking a bit like a thug. They battled until Morgana used the spell it made both Rose and Merlin take a deep breath as they felt the magic. Arthur struggled to lift his sword and looked directly at Morgana rolling his eyes as he did it.
The giant man swung at Arthur while he was on the ground, but he rolled away and punched him in the face but however Arthur was soon defenceless laying on the ground and had the giant man over the top of him with the sword. She got her sword ready and turned around to run down to save Arthur, she didn't make it very far before Gwaine grabbed her arm and held her there. She struggled against him, she got away from him only for Percival to grab her other side, so she was being held in place by Percival and Gwaine, she huffed a sigh and stopped struggling looking down to see how things were going with Arthur.
The giant dropped his sword and Arthur rolled underneath him and got his sword before knocking him to the ground. He placed his sword next to the giant's head and looked up at the Camelot knights. They all cheered for him and soon a chorus of long live the king was being shouted. She smiled in relief, but she looked down to see Morgana was walking away. Rose was let go in the cheering, so she stepped back out of the group and went into the woods.
She rubbed her arms as she went to the enemy camp. She looked around for Morgana but couldn't find her.
"Morgana" called Rose in her head. She focused on Morgana and saw her in the woods on the other side of the camp. She was upset. Rose shut her eyes "Aswindan ae Morgana". She flew not that far and landed on her feet in front of Morgana. The older women looked upset and had tears in her eyes, Rose pulled Morgana into a hug.
"I miss my life," said Morgana.
"It's alright," said Rose.
"Annis said I tricked her, but she was after revenge as much as me," said Morgana.
"She was out for revenge, you are not responsible for her actions, she had declared war on us before you approached her, please can you keep me in the loop more," said Rose.
"I just don't want you getting hurt," said Morgana.
"I can look after myself and I love you, I don't want you feel like you are alone," said Rose. Morgana pulled her in to a hug and they hugged each other tightly.
The end
