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Chapter 6: The Truth of Emrys
Morgana
Her senses came to her after the shock of learning this fact. Morgana sat up, pushing herself up using her perfectly healed arms and removing her cocoon of blankets. She leaned over Merlin, seeing he was fine and only passed out. She shook his shoulder, and her arms felt perfectly fine, as if they were never wounded.
Deciding to marvel her recovery later, Morgana shook Merlin's shoulder again, and this time he let out a low groan, opening his eyes. Slowly he sat up looking around until his eyes rested on Morgana.
After about five minutes, Morgana cleared her throat. "So you have magic as well." She said.
"Morgana I-" Merlin stammered, unable to find the words he needed to explain.
She leaned back against the rough stone walls and whispered, with obvious pain in her voice, "Why didn't you ever tell me?"
Merlin looked down at the ground between them; he couldn't meet her emerald gaze. "You were the King's Ward, I- I couldn't take that risk. I'm sorry I should have trusted you."
Morgana closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the wall, taking a long shuttering breath, "Don't you think things could have been different if you had told me?"
"Morgana I'm sorry! I-"
"I thought I was all alone! If I never believed that, if I knew I had someone to trust, someone to help me, I would have never gone to Morgause!" Morgana yelled, reopening her eyes to glare at Merlin. "But I know that Morgause is cruel and my loyalties will never go to her again. If you doubt me then you should know that she almost-"
"Killed you. I know." Merlin said, softly, looking into her pain filled emerald eyes.
Morganas green eyes went wide with shock. "How would you know that?" She asked.
"I- uh, read your mind." Merlin said sheepishly
"You read my mind!" Morgana yelled, wondering how much he had heard, or seen.
"Well, not really, more like your memories." Merlin said, smiling.
Morgana couldn't help it, she smiled as well, Merlin just had that effect on people. She laughed a little. "Promise you won't ever do that again." she said, grinning.
"I promise." Merlin said, he too grinning, and looking into her eyes.
Morgana returned the gaze, looking into Merlin's kind eyes. She blushed, then she hoped the darkness of the cave, only lit by candles hid this fact. "Merlin," she said, clearing her throat, and looking instead at her hands, which she placed in her lap. "Why did you come to Camelot? You are in so much more danger here, and the chance of being found out is so much greater here than in Ealdor."
"I know that." Merlin said, "I came here because my mother was worried that the people in Ealdor would find out about my magic, she knew Gaius very well, and trusted him to keep my secret to the grave, I guess she thought it was best to hide in plain sight, surrounded by hundreds of other people."
"Oh." Morgana said, understanding now. She thought a bit more. "Wait, so Gaius helped you with your magic, but he couldn't help me when I was so frightened of mine?"
"We both wanted to do something, but Gaius thought I would be best if you didn't know the full extent of your powers. It would have only frightened you more then you already were."
Morgana nodded. "That makes sense." She said, remembering her constant fear in that time when she was sure she would be found out by Uthur. She had another question, that now that she had it in her mind it consumed all her thoughts, "Merlin?" she asked, "Were you born with magic as I was?"
"Yes." He answered, "If you ask my mother she'll tell you I was making objects fly around the room before I could walk." He smiled again but Morgana only stared, even with her very limited knowledge of magic, she knew that this was a very amazing feat. "How powerful are you?" she whispered.
"Ah… well… um…" Merlin stammered, blushing
"Don't be so modest! Spit it out Merlin!"
"Uh, well, I have had people tell me that…" seeing Morgana's glare he sighed. "Very powerful." He said with a cough.
Morganas eyes went wide. "How many times have you used your magic in Camelot?"
"Ahhhhhh…. The chandelier that fell on Mary Collins, the serpents on Valiant's shield, Gwen's father being healed, the windstorm in Ealdor, the Witchfinder spitting up toads- " Merlin said, only to be stopped by Morgana.
"What!" she yelled, "That was you doing that to the Witchfinder? With Arthur and Uthur right there?"
Merlin nodded. "There were other times too." He said, "But these came to my mind first."
"What has happened while I was… away? How is Gwen?" Morgana asked, having to know what has happened to everyone.
"Gwen's fine. She's a maid at the castle." Morgana almost sighed in relief. "The only major happening you have missed," Merlin went on, "Would be that a giant dragon under the castle, ah, escaped, and attacked the city for a few days, until, ah, Arthur, ah, killed it."
"What!" Morgana asked, of course she had heard of the dragon, but she thought it only a story. And something about Merlin's story did not sound right. He's lying. Was her first thought, and without thinking she blurted, "I know you're lying Merlin. You're not telling me the whole truth, now explain."
Merlin sighed, then started out with, "I freed the dragon from the castle." Morganas eyes went wide, but she saved her questions until Merlin was finished. "I had been meeting with him ever since a few days after I arrived in Camelot, and that day when the knights of Medhir came to the city, I made a bargain with him, if I'd free him, he would tell me how to stop the knights."
Merlin paused looking at Morgana, who now understood the way Merlin had known she was the source of the enchantment. "So I stuck to the bargain, and he went free. But I swear I didn't know he would try to attack the city, Arthur and I we went in search of the last Dragonlord, who was the only one who could stop the dragon," Merlin mumbled something that Morgana couldn't make out, and then said "but he died saving my life, and then," again Merlin mumbled something to soft for Morgana to hear.
"Wait." Morgana said, "What don't you want to tell me? Why are you mumbling? Don't lie to me Merlin."
Merlin sighed, and then said in a pained whisper, "The dragon is still alive, I made him leave Camelot, and I would be able to do that because the Dragonlord was my father."
Morgana gazed at him in shock. Then her senses came to her and she put her hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry for your loss." She whispered.
"It's alright." Merlin said softly.
"So I already guessed the fact that without you, everyone would be dead by now." Morgana said, smiling, trying to lift Merlin's spirits.
Merlin chuckled, "As if I had a choice, it's my destiny to protect Arthur until he becomes king, and I can't let others die."
Morgana froze. "What? Your destiny? How could you know that?"
Merlin looked at the ground, "The dragon told me."
"Oh, right, and you didn't think to tell me this earlier today?" as the sun had just come over the horizon by this time bathing the land in musty gray light.
"Morgana, I'm sorry!" Merlin pleaded. "It's just-"
"Just what!" Morgana yelled, "I have just about had it with destiny, to tell you the truth, so why don't you just tell me everything from the beginning, Merlin!" she let out a short humorless laugh, "That is," she said, "If that is your real name."
Merlin winced, "I'm sorry, truly I am." Then he added, "My name really is Merlin by the way, I haven't lied about that, although the Druids call me something else, they call me Emrys.
Morgana froze. A bit of her dream came back to her, There you must find Emrys, he will help you.
Emrys. Merlin was Emrys.
"Morgana," Merlin asked, studying her face, "are you alright? You look sick."
"Merlin," Morgana asked in a shaking voice, "you said you read my memories, did you see any dreams I have had?"
Merlin nodded, "I saw only a piece of the one you had in Morgause's castle, but the images were going by so fast I barely had time to understand what was going on."
"In that dream, I was visited by myself from the future, I told myself to return to Camelot, and to find…" she paused, "To find someone by the name of Emrys."
Morgana watched as Merlin's eyes grew wide. He stayed in thought for a few minuites until Morgana yawned, bring him back to reality.
God, she was tired, the weariness from her journey here had not all gone, and staying up all night had not helped either.
"Morgana," Merlin said, "you should rest now, I have to go anyways."
As Merlin turned to go, Morgana grabbed on to his arm, "Wait, I need to ask you something." She took a deep breath, "Please, will you teach me how to use my magic?"
Merlin looked into her eyes and said,
"Yes."
Next Chapter: Learning
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