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"Why are you being so rude?" Amara asked as she followed Arthur through the halls.

"I'm not being rude Amara, I'm just saying it's not appropriate for you to come."

"Can't you just go for a ride with me instead of hunting?"

"I want to go hunting, Amara," Arthur rolled his eyes. "Why don't you go bother Sir Leon?"

"You sent Leon out on a patrol so he can't remember? The only other person father will let me ride with is you."

"Not today," he smirked as he continued down the hall leaving her glaring at him.

"I'll get you back for this!" she called after him but he just stuck his hand up to wave goodbye mockingly. Amara growled and turned around and stormed towards Morgana's chambers. "Can you believe Arthur?" she hissed as she walked into her room and sat down at the table.

"What happened now?" Morgana asked with a smile.

"He won't go riding with me. He wants to hunt instead so won't let me come," she grumbled and she rested her head in her hands. "You look tired," Amara noted as she looked at the dark circles under Morgana's eyes.

"I had a nightmare," she sighed as she took a seat next to Amara.

"I'm sorry," Amara smiled softly.

"It's alright. There's nothing for you to feel sorry about."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Amara asked.

Morgana sighed and looked around, not sure if she wanted to talk or not. "I had a dream about Arthur."

"Well, of course, it was a nightmare then," Amara smiled. Morgana smiled nervously and Amara reached forward and took her hand, "you don't have to tell me if it makes you upset."

"No," Morgana smiled taking her hand, "I want to talk," she said taking a breath. "I saw Arthur lying underwater, drowning. There was a woman standing over him, watching him die." Morgana closed her eyes as she replayed it in her mind, "it was so real. So vivid. I saw him die, Amara," she stuttered as she opened her eyes fearfully.

"Hey, hey," Amara said standing up and pulling Morgana up and into a hug. "It's just a dream, it's ok. You don't have to worry. Arthur's fine."

"I know," Morgana said as she pulled back. "I know, just even in a dream, I don't like seeing him die. It hurts me."

Amara brushed some hair out of Morgana's face, "well as annoyed as I am at him now, I know I wouldn't want to see that either. How about a walk through the town? We could buy some new fabric for Gwen to make into dresses for us, it might take your mind off it?" Amara smiled and Morgana nodded. "Brilliant. Let's go get Guinevere and Juliana."


"Do you think I should have gotten the purple fabric instead of the red?" Amara asked as they walked back into the palace.

"Well Camelot's color is red so I suppose as Princess it's always good to wear red," Morgana answered half-heartedly, she'd been somber the whole day.

Amara smiled and wrapped her hand through the crook of Morgana's elbow, "yes well we can always go back and order a purple one as well. I'm sure Gwen will appreciate the extra money. Who's that? she asked as they saw Merlin handing blankets to a lady.

"No," Morgana gasped and froze as she caught sight of the girl.

"What is it? Morgana?" Amara asked as the girl smiled at them and walked into the empty room in-between Arthur and Amara's.

Morgana tore away from Amara and raced forward to Merlin and grabbed his arm, "who is that?" she asked desperately.

"Ah, Sophia Tirmawr," he answered. "We rescued her in the woods. Well, Arthur did most of the rescuing."

"She can't stay here," Morgana said firmly.

Merlin frowned as he looked at her, "well, the king said that she and her father were welcome in Camelot." He looked at Morgana who looked terrified. "Is everything ok?"

"Yes," Morgana said quickly, "thank you." She turned to Amara, "if you'll excuse me," she said quickly taking off.

"Is she ok?" Merlin asked.

"Yes, I think so. She had a nightmare last night. Scared her pretty badly. I've tried taking her mind off of it but I just think she needs a good night's sleep," Amara explained before she turned to Merlin and smiled. "Sophia Tirmawr, of house Tirmawr?"

"Yes, she's here with her father. He's the heir to the Tirmawr house."

"Great, so they're nobles," Amara sighed. "I best go greet her then. Thanks, Merlin," she said walking to go into the girl's room. "Merlin," she said turning back around, "could you do me a favor and not tell anyone Morgana had a nightmare? I don't want my father to worry."

"Of course," Merlin agreed.

Amara smiled before walking to Sophia's room and knocking on the door, "Lady Sophia?"

Sophia then came and opened the door with a smile, "hello."

"Hi, I'm Princess Amara," she said stepping into the room and closing the door behind her.

"Princess," Sophia smiled as she curtsied.

"Welcome to Camelot. I hope you're finding the chambers here adequate."

"Yes," Sophia agreed. "They are lovely."

"I'm glad to hear it. I hear my brother rescued you in the woods?"

"Yes," she nodded. "He was so courageous. My father and I were being attacked by bandits. He heard our cries and came and rescued us."

"Well, I'm glad to hear it. You were not injured? We have an excellent physician here in Camelot."

"No, no I am fine thanks to Arthur."

"Well, I'm sure you must be tired. You're a long way from home so I can only imagine the kind of journey you've had," Amara smiled.

"Yes, it was quite difficult," Sophia agreed.

"I won't keep you. I just wanted to welcome you to Camelot and let you know that my chambers are just next door so if there is anything you require please don't be afraid to ask myself or one of the servants."

"Thank you," Sophia curtsied. "The hospitality I've seen in Camelot has been splendid indeed. I thank you for your kindness."

"Of course, Lady Sophia," Amara nodded before leaving the room and heading to her own chambers to relax.


"Are you sure it's her?" Gwen asked as they watched Arthur ride off with Sophia the next morning. Morgana had just told her and Amara that the girl in her nightmare was Sophia, and she'd had the dream before she came to Camelot which explained Morgana's panicked reaction on seeing her yesterday.

"I could never forget that face," Morgana whispered.

"You should speak to the king," Gwen suggested.

"And tell him what?" Morgana scoffed. "That I can see the future?"

"If you think Arthur's life is in danger," Gwen nodded.

"You know how he'd react," Morgana said shaking her head.

"You're his ward. He wouldn't harm you," Gwen denied.

Morgana shook her head, "he hates magic more than he cares for me."

"That's not true," Gwen said sadly.

"Would you care to put it to the test?" Morgana challenged.

"Morgana," Amara sighed. "Gwen is right. My father loves you. He'd never dream of hurting you."

"You're wrong," Morgana said sadly. "It's different for you. You're his daughter Amara. I'm just his ward. He'll never love me like that." Amara looked at her sadly, she believed differently from Morgana, but she knew she'd never be able to convince her otherwise.

"What else can you do if you won't go to the king?" Gwen asked.

"I'm going to have to try and stop her myself," Morgana said turning back to the window.

Amara frowned at the back of Morgana's head before she spoke up, "I'll meet up with you later alright? There are a few things I have to do."

"Of course," Morgana nodded quietly and Amara turned and left the room. She walked through the palace until she got outside to the square and she crossed it to reach the physician's side of the castle, "Gaius," Amara called as she opened the door to his chambers.

"Ah, my dear child, come in, come in," Gaius greeted.

Amara smiled as she walked into the room and kissed him on the cheek, "how have you been Gaius?"

"Much better now that I've seen my favorite princess," he smiled making her laugh. "What can I do for you, my child? More headaches."

"No, your remedy has been very effective. I'm not here for myself I'm afraid. It's Morgana. I'm worried about her. She had a nightmare the other night. A really bad one."

"Yes, she came to me about it yesterday."

"She told you what it was about?"

"She did my lady."

"She had the same dream last night. She's exhausted, Gaius. She's convinced this girl is going to hurt Arthur. She's determined to stop her."

"Stop her?" Gaius asked shocked.

"I don't think she'll do anything, she's just so anxious Gaius, is there anything extra you can do for her? To take the edge off."

"I promise your highness I will work all day on helping Morgana. I gave her a stronger remedy last night but it mustn't have done the trick if she's had the nightmare again. I will go through my books and see if there is another remedy I can prescribe her."

"Thank you, Gaius," Amara smiled. "I appreciate it."

Amara turned to leave when Gaius called out, "Amara." Amara turned back around to look at him, "make sure you don't tell the king about the nature of Morgana's nightmare."

"You think he'll react poorly?" Amara asked with a frown. "It's just Morgana it's obviously not magic."

"I know your highness, but your father will treat anything even remotely connected to magic with the greatest suspicion. And it will not do to put Morgana's life in danger," he warned seriously and all Amara could do was nod before leaving the room.


Amara was walking through the town with the guards when she saw Merlin in the stocks. She frowned as she watched him being pelted with tomatoes. She went to walk up to him and the townspeople immediately stopped throwing the rotten food at Merlin. Noticing the food had stopped flying Merlin looked up to see Amara standing in front of him, "Your highness," he said quickly as he went to stand up but stopped quickly when he couldn't.

"Why are you in the stocks?" Amara asked confused. "I thought Arthur was happy with you."

"He better be," Merlin grumbled.

"What happened?"

Merlin jerked his head and Amara moved closer, "he went on a ride with Sophia."

"Yes, I saw them leave this morning."

"He was meant to be on patrol with the king and some knights. I covered for him and lied to the king to get Arthur out of trouble and I ended up in the stocks. I'm not a very good liar," he laughed.

Amara stood up straight, "he shouldn't have made you do that," she said disappointed in her brother.

"He didn't. He didn't order me to, it was my choice."

"Still," Amara sighed.

"I don't mind," Merlin smiled. "Arthur quite fancies her so it's not a big deal."

Amara let out a breath when she remembered how terrified Morgana was, "we don't know much about this girl. Make sure he doesn't do anything rash," she requested before she looked at the people patiently waiting for her to leave so they could resume pelting Merlin with rotten food. "I'll let you get back to your fans," she smiled as she walked away.


Morgana ran into Amara's room later on in the day, "I confronted her," she said quickly shutting the door behind her.

"What are you talking about?" Amara asked turning from the window to Morgana.

"Sophia, I confronted her."

"Morgana!" Amara laughed as she walked towards the pacing girl.

"I don't know why I did it. I was on my way to walk through the gardens and I walked into her and I just did."

"What did you say?"

"I told her I knew why she was here and what she wanted to do to Arthur," she said quickly.

"Morgana, sit please," Amara sat grabbing her hands and leading her to a chair to stop her pacing. "Now, you told her you that know she wants to hurt Arthur?" she said with a slight smile, Morgana's paranoia was getting worse.

"I don't know why I did it, I just did. She made a fool out of me. Made me look like a woman scorned."

"Woman scorned?" Amara asked.

"She told me that I must have feelings for Arthur and that he'd rejected me," Morgana scoffed angrily.

"That's not appropriate," Amara said. "She can't talk to you like that."

"Well, she did. She told me I was making a fool out of myself. Told me jealously was an unattractive trait," she said as she tapped the table nervously. Amara sighed and stood up, "where are you going?" Morgana asked quickly.

Amara didn't want to increase her anxiety so vaguely answered, "just a few things I need to do."

"Ok," Morgana said standing up and following her out of the room.

Amara walked along to the door of the next chamber, the one Sophia was in, she turned to see Morgana still following her, "Morgana, you can't come in," she smiled. "The girl spoke out of turn but they are guests of the king. We can't offend them or father will be angry, we have to be diplomatic."

"I'm not coming to talk to her," Morgana answered, her eyes nervously flicking to the door. "I'm going to talk to Arthur."

"Good luck," Amara smirked and Morgana smiled before walking along and letting herself into Arthur's chambers. When Morgana disappeared from sight she knocked on the door and it was answered by Sophia's father, Aulfric. "Your highness," he greeted with a bow.

"Aulfric," Amara smiled. "If it's not too much trouble I need to speak with your daughter, Lady Sophia."

"Of course your highness," he agreed as he stepped to the side allowing Amara entrance to the room. "I have matters that need attending," he said as he left.

"Your highness," Sophia smiled. "What a pleasure it is to see you."

"I wish I could say the same Sophia," she snarked back making Sophia tilt her head. "I'm afraid it's not pleasure that brings me here," she said as she walked into the room and rested her arm on the back of a chair. "This is not a conversation I am very eager to have with you. I know my brother is quite taken with you so I don't want to upset you. However, I am afraid you have spoken out of place and offended Lady Morgana."

"Oh… I…" she stuttered.

Amara held up her hand to silence her before she continued, she had to reprimand the girl without letting on Morgana was dreaming about her, "I know Morgana's nature better than most. I understand she may have been perhaps rude and abrupt with you, but she is the king's ward and a Lady. Even if she speaks out of turn you must treat her with respect. You are invited guests of the king and members of the house Tirmawr and I wish to honor you as such, which is why I am telling you this as a friend. I do not mean to upset you. Please just ensure you do not speak out of place to Lady Morgana again. The king will not take well to it and may have you evicted from Camelot which I know would upset my brother."

"I am very sorry for giving offense your highness," Sophia apologized. "I'll be happy to apologize to Lady Morgana if that will help?"

"No, that will not be necessary," Amara smiled.

"I knew it was wrong when I spoke, I just did not take well to… well I don't even know what she was accusing me of," Sophia smiled.

"I assure you, it is forgotten," Amara said. This girl seemed so sweet, how could it be possible she wanted to harm Arthur? Morgana's dreams were just dreams. "I only wished to inform you so you could make ensure it didn't occur again. Anyway," she said tapping the chair, "my maidservant has probably returned with my dinner by now so I must be off. Have a good night Sophia," she smiled as she made her way back to her own room.


"Did you hear?" Arthur laughed as he ran up to her in the hall the next morning.

"Hear what?" Amara asked.

"Morgana had a bad dream about Sophia," he laughed wiggling his fingers mockingly.

Amara froze and turned to him with a glare, "did you laugh at her?"

"Of course," he smiled. "She is very sweet. She likes me," he nodded as though he was proud of himself.

Amara's stare hardened and she hissed, "who would like you?"

"Oh come on Amara, don't be mean."

"I can't believe you made fun of her," she said to him in disappointment.

"Oh come on Amara, not you too. It's funny, I don't know why you're not laughing," he said throwing his arms up in the air.

"It's because you're being an inconsiderate pratt."

"Hang on," he complained.

"Arthur, you know Morgana gets nightmares. The poor girl is exhausted. I'm not saying her dreams have any reason or logic behind them but she's had bad dreams about Sophia and she's terrified for you and you laughed at her. That's cold-hearted."

"I didn't…" he started.

"You never do. You just don't think sometimes," she scowled.

"I'm sorry," he said sincerely. "I didn't know she was that upset."

"You just have to look at her eyes Arthur, you can see how exhausted she is. Don't be so quick to judge her. She has a kind heart and you mistreat her sometimes."

"I don't mean to. I'll make it up to her."

"You better," Amara said seriously before she looked him up and down. "You're not dressed in the right clothes for a knighting ceremony."

"I'm not going."

"What?"

"I'm spending the day with Sophia," he smiled.

"Arthur. There's a knighting ceremony today. You can't."

"I won't be missed," he shrugged.

"They're your knights!"

"I have a good feeling about Sophia."

"Why?" Amara asked. "What can come of it? She's not noble enough for marriage to be entertained so what's the point? Father won't allow it." Arthur just shrugged, he didn't really seem to care. "Have you told father you aren't attending today?"

"Merlin's covering for me."

"Again?" Amara asked angrily.

"Hopefully he won't end up in the stocks again," he smirked.

Amara shook her head angrily. "I'm disappointed in you Arthur. You know father will put him in the stocks. You're manipulating your friendship with that boy," he said storming away.


"Your highness," a guard called as he knocked on the door the next morning.

Amara looked up from the fabric samples she and Juliana were looking at for Juliana's new dress and called out, "enter."

"The prince has convened the court," the guard told her before leaving the room.

Amara groaned and stood up, "keep looking over the fabrics Juliana and pick two to be made into dresses."

"Thank you," she smiled as Amara left the room. Amara walked to the courtroom to see Morgana already seated in her chair and Amara came forward and took her seat in between Uther and Morgana. "What does Arthur want?" Amara asked as she took her seat.

"I have no idea," Morgana answered quietly.

"Father?" Amara asked.

"Hmm?" Uther asked looking up from some papers. "No, I'm afraid I do not know."

After a few silent moments of waiting, Arthur entered the room flanked by Sophia and her father Aulfric. Arthur walked up to the king, who was still looking over the papers before taking a deep breath and beginning, "I requested this audience, father, to discuss a matter of great importance." Hearing this, Uther looked up at Arthur curiously. Amara noticed Merlin silently enter the court and she shot him a small smile, she had heard he ended up in the stocks again yesterday. "It cannot have escaped your attention that I and Lady Sophia Tirmawr have grown very close," Arthur continued tactfully.

"Not too close, I hope," Uther joked with an undertone of seriousness. Amara flickered her eyes to Morgana beside her to see her sitting stiffly in her seat.

"We're in love," Arthur answered and Uther immediately rolled his eyes. "Which is why I come before you today to ask your permission to marry."

Amara wasn't able to contain herself at this. He'd known the girl for two days and already he wanted to marry her, she couldn't help it. She had to laugh. She let out a giggle and immediately slapped her hand over her mouth to quieten herself. For a while, she was the only one in the court with any kind of reaction as everyone stared at Arthur in shock. After a moment, Uther looked at her and Amara expected to be reprimanded for disrespecting her brother in open court, when his face lit up into a smile and he began laughing at Arthur as well. Arthur didn't react at all, he just stoically stared at his sister and father and waited for them to stop. Uther reached his hand over and patted Amara's, telling her it was time to be quiet now.

"I assume you're joking," the king said as he stopped laughing.

"No," Arthur replied seriously and Amara's eyes shot up in shock. Arthur wasn't stupid, he had to know this girl was not near noble enough to be considered for a royal marriage. "I'm going to marry her. Amara looked over at Morgana to see her staring at Sophia in fear and she reached over and took her hand to comfort her.

"But you only met two days ago," Uther argued, suddenly very serious as he realized the severity of his son's idea.

"We're in love," Arthur emphasized.

"In love," Uther groaned as he rolled his head. "We had no idea that you were such a romantic, had we, Amara? Morgana?" he asked the two girls on his side.

"No," Morgana hissed as she stared at Arthur. "He's full of surprises."

"We should probably make sure he's not reading any poetry, something's filling his head with these ridiculous ideas," Amara smirked as she stared at Sophia. This whole thing definitely would not have been Arthur's idea.

"I'm going to marry her," Arthur interrupted. "I don't care what any of you think about it."

Amara looked cautiously at her father and squeezed Morgana's hand, Arthur was pushing Uther now and he wasn't going to react well. "I thought you'd come to ask my permission," Uther said warningly.

Arthur turned around to leave, "out of courtesy, nothing more," he said as he took Sophia's hand and they went to leave the court.

"You can't let him," Amara said frantically. Something wasn't right here.

"No," her father agreed. "Guards," he called out. "Door," he ordered and the guards crossed their poles, preventing Arthur from leaving with the Tirmawr's. Uther stood up and walked towards them, "have you forgotten whose court you're standing in?"

"You won't stop me," Arthur argued. "If I want to marry her, I will."

"What a fool," Amara whispered to Morgana. This was not going to end well for Arthur.

Uther hung his head angrily before he spoke up, "arrest Sophia and Aulfric Tirmawr."

The guards at the door immediately marched forward to apprehend the pair and Arthur yelled, "what're you doing?"

"And inform the executioner his services will be required tomorrow morning."

Amara sighed, it was extreme, but he had to get through to Arthur. He could not allow this to continue. Arthur walked up to the king and argued, "you can't do this."

"Yes, I can!" Uther yelled. "And unless you show me some respect, I will." Arthur nodded and immediately backed down. "Release them," Uther allowed and the guards released their hold on Sophia and Aulfric. "You've got your whole life ahead of you," Uther said a little gentler to Arthur. "Sophia is no doubt your first love, but she certainly won't be the only one. Enjoy yourself while you can. You may leave," he said dismissing Arthur. Arthur stormed out of the court and Uther sighed and stood up and left through the other exit of the court. Morgana immediately sprung up to follow and Amara walked after her. "You two aren't planning on springing any surprises on me, are you?" he asked as he saw them following him.

"Don't you think you should be taking this a bit more seriously?" Morgana asked.

"He backed down as soon as he was threatened with their execution," Amara said. "He may be acting foolishly but surely he wouldn't risk their lives."

"He's young, foolish and in love," Uther reasoned. "Give it a week and he'll be chasing after the next girl who catches his eye."

"Sophia will never let that happen," Morgana scowled.

"Have you got a grudge against our guest?" Uther asked.

"I'm not finding her too pleasant as of late," Amara smirked and Uther laughed gently.

"There's something about her I don't trust," Morgana tried to explain. "You've seen the way Arthur changed since she arrived."

"He's a fool in love," Uther sighed.

"She's dangerous," Morgana insisted.

"Dangerous? To who?"

"Arthur."

"Why do you say that?" Uther asked exasperatedly.

"I just have a sense, a feeling," Morgana shrugged.

"And what has she done to make you have this feeling?"

"Nothing yet," Morgana hesitated before saying, "it's what she's going to do."

"I agree with Morgana," Amara spoke up. "She's making Arthur act recklessly. I've never seen him behave like this before. He knows she's not a reasonable prospect for marriage. If she can convince him of that I'm sure she could convince him of anything."

"He wouldn't jeopardize Camelot by pursuing this further, Amara, I'm sure he'll let it go when he's had a chance to sleep on it," Uther dismissed.

Morgana spoke up after a moment, "I don't know how to tell you this."

"Try. Whatever it is, you can tell me," Uther assured as he stopped walking to look at Morgana.

Morgana looked at Amara, who was standing next to her father, she gave Morgana a small shake of her head. She didn't think her father would hurt Morgana, but she wasn't willing to gamble with Morgana's life. Uther didn't see reason when it came down to anything to do with magic. "I've just seen girls like this before," Morgana said, changing course. "They string men along and then drop them. I don't want to see him get hurt."

"I know you both want to protect him," Uther said as he placed a hand on each of their shoulders. "But some lessons we have to learn for ourselves. He'll hurt for a week and then Sophia will be forgotten."

"I hope so," Morgana smiled. There was nothing more she could say without revealing her dreams.

"Are you sure there's nothing else behind this?" he asked them, he could see they were still troubled.

"Yes, it's nothing," Morgana agreed and Uther walked away from them. "You didn't want me to tell Uther about my dreams?"

Amara hesitated. "I don't believe he'll hurt you, but I'm not willing to risk it at all. You're too important to me. Get some rest," Amara smiled before walking away.


Amara made her way to Arthur's chambers after dinner that night to see how he was feeling, "Arthur?" she asked as she made her way in. "Arthur?" she asked looking around to see no sign of him. "Hello?" she asked as she walked further in. Amara looked around the room and gasped when she saw Merlin lying unconscious on the ground. "Merlin?" she asked as she ran over to him and shook him, but he didn't even stir. "Merlin?" she tried again and then suddenly it dawned on her, Arthur had left with Sophia. Maybe Morgana was right. Amara quickly jumped out and ran out of Arthur's chambers and across the square and into Gaius' chambers. "Morgana?" she asked as she saw a frantic Morgana run in just in front of her.

"He's gone!" Morgana cried. "Arthur's gone with her. She's taken him," she cried desperately to Gaius.

"Morgana," Amara gasped as she followed Morgana towards Gaius.

"Slow down," Gaius said to Morgana, trying to relax her.

"I know you don't believe me, but I'm so sure it's going to happen, my dream is going to come true," Morgana said frantically.

"I do believe you," Gaius nodded.

"I've got to tell Uther," Morgana said in a panic.

"No!" Amara snapped.

"She's right my Lady," Gaius agreed. "You can't."

"I've got to do something," Morgana shook her head. "If I don't then Arthur will die."

"You can't tell Uther about your dream. If Uther thinks you've got the seer's power, he'll charge you with witchcraft," Gaius said and Amara looked at him, he too thought Morgana was in danger. Surely Uther wouldn't have his own ward executed?

"I don't have a choice, I couldn't live with myself knowing I'd let him die," Morgana said as she went to leave but was stopped when Amara grabbed her.

"Wait," Gaius interrupted. "We've known each other for a long time. You both trust me, don't you?"

"Yes, you know we do," Morgana nodded, taking Amara's hand for comfort.

"Then trust me now. Stay here and don't say a word to anyone about this, either of you."

"But Arthur…"

"I'll take care of it," Gaius said holding up a hand and making to leave.

"Where are you going?" Morgana asked.

"To find someone who can help," he said leaving the room.

"Morgana, sit down and wait here," Amara said placing Morgana on a stool.

"Don't leave me," she pleaded.

"I'm not, I just have to tell Gaius something," she said running out of the room after him. "Gaius!"

"Amara, stay with Morgana, you cannot let her go to Uther."

"I know, I know," she promised. "You're going to find Merlin?" she asked and he nodded. "I found him, that's why I came to your chambers. He's in Arthur's room unconscious. I think they knocked him out before they left, he's alive, but I couldn't wake him."

"Thank you," Gaius nodded. "Stay with Morgana, I'll be back," he said before taking off.

Amara ran back to Morgana and she asked, "what happened?"

"Nothing, it's fine. I just wanted to let him know where Merlin is."

"Merlin?" Morgana asked. "How can Merlin help?"

Amara shrugged, "Arthur trusts Merlin. Merlin's saved his life more than once now, they're friends. We just have to wait for Gaius to get back, just try and relax ok?" she asked.


"Gaius?" Morgana asked when he came back into the room. Amara lifted her head off the table waking herself up when she saw him. "What happened?"

"It's fine," he assured. "I've sent Merlin to bring him back. You both need to sleep. Here," he said picking up a vial. "This is a one-off, my Lady," he said handing it to Morgana, "it's very strong, it's only for occasions like this."

"Thank you," she said taking the vial shakily.

"You need to sleep, Morgana."

"I'll go with her," Amara said helping her up from the stool. "Thank you, Gaius."

"He'll be ok," Gaius promised.

Morgana could only nod, she was too upset to say anything.


"Alright lie down," Amara instructed as she helped Morgana to bed.

"Don't leave me," Morgana begged.

"Of course not," she smiled. "It'll be like when we were kids, we'll have a sleepover," Amara smiled getting into bed next to her.

"Thank you," Morgana smiled.

"Drink it," Amara said handing Morgana the vial Gaius gave her. "He'll be ok Morgana," she promised. Morgana nodded and drank the potion and quickly fell asleep. As soon as Morgana was asleep Amara slumped down into the bed and cried. She just had to hope Morgana's dream was wrong.


Amara was looking out of Morgana's window the next morning when she saw Merlin dragging a groggy, but alive Arthur, into Camelot. She looked back at Morgana, she was still asleep from Gaius' potion, but Arthur was ok. She smiled and raced over to the bed and shook Morgana awake, "Morgana, Morgana."

"What?" she asked groggily sitting up. "Arthur?" she asked her eyes widening.

"I just saw him come back. He's ok," she smiled widely.

"Oh thank god," Morgana laughed pulling her in for a hug as they giggled.


"When you failed to show for patrol this morning I feared you'd eloped with Sophia in a fit of passion," Uther said to Arthur as he presented himself to the court later that day.

Arthur looked up not sure what to say and looked across to Merlin for help, Merlin nodded and stepped forward, "I wish he had. Because then I wouldn't be stood in front of you feeling like an idiot again," he explained and Amara rolled her eyes. Merlin was covering for Arthur again.

Uther turned to Merlin and walked toward him, "this is becoming a near-daily occurrence for you."

"There was a mistake, and I would not say it was anyone's fault," Merlin lied again. "Not really… um… you could say it was mine," he said looking around the room.

"Could somebody tell me what happened?" the king asked turning away from Merlin.

"Well…" Merlin started but the king interrupted.

Someone with a brain," he said making Amara snicker.

Arthur finally spoke up and said, "after Sophia left, I wanted to take my mind off her, so I went for a hunt."

Morgana frowned, she knew he was lying. "And killing things mends a broken heart?" she asked.

"No, but it's good fun," Arthur smirked. "Merlin was meant to inform you that I wouldn't be back until later today."

Uther shook his head as he turned to Merlin and walked back to him, "have you some kind of mental affliction?" he asked curiously.

"Probably," Merlin shrugged.

"I'm looking into it, sire," Gaius assured. Arthur caught Amara's eye and she just shook her head with a smile, this was the third time Merlin was covering for him now.

"Well, I hope for our sake you find a cure, or we'll find ourselves with a food shortage on our hands," Uther said, letting Merlin know he'd be back in the stocks.

"Food shortage," Merlin laughed before quickly frowning as he understood the implication.

Arthur nodded at his father and turned to leave the court, "want to find out the real story?" Amara asked and Morgana nodded. "If you'll excuse us father," she said as the two girls left the court and hurried to Arthur chambers. "Ok," Amara said coming into his room, "how about the real story?"

"Real story?" he asked. "I just told it in court, you were there."

"We also saw you leave with Sophia last night," Morgana smirked. "Come on, fess up. What really happened."

Arthur sighed, he knew they wouldn't leave until he told them so he may as well confess, "Sophia and I tried to elope."

"Elope!" Amara gasped shocked.

"Shhh," Arthur said silencing her. "Don't yell it out."

"That is hilarious."

"What happened?" Morgana asked, needing to know more.

"Well, I don't remember much, but Merlin says he tried to convince me to come back to Camelot and I wouldn't, so he knocked me out with a chunk of wood to the head."

"Merlin knocked you out?" Amara snickered.

"Yes, Amara."

"Brilliant," she giggled. "You owe that boy a raise. You've got him caught in the stocks three times now."

"I know, I know," he sighed rubbing his head. "I'll give him tomorrow afternoon off. Now if you two don't mind I've got a splitting headache," he said as he threw himself onto his bed.

Amara smirked and leaned over to his table and knocked a goblet onto the floor to make a loud noise, making him flinch. She laughed as she bent down to pick it back up, "next time take me riding with you, might not bring home strangers," she said as she and Morgana left the room. "What did I tell you?" Amara smiled. "Nothing to worry about. They just tried to elope. She didn't try to kill him. It's ok. You're safe. They're just nightmares."

"I still get them though."

"I know," Amara said rubbing her arm, "we just have to hope Gaius keeps working on your draught."