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So here is the next chapter, it's not very long I'm afraid, but the next one should be… I think. Anyway I hope you like this one.

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Merlin barely knocked before letting himself into Morgana's chambers. He needed to see her, needed to know what it was she had dreamed so that he could do what he always did, protect Camelot.

Morgana heard the knock and was just about to call out a 'come in' when the door opened to reveal who her visitor was. "Merlin."

"My lady. Gwen told me you had a troubled night, I needed to see for myself that you were well." Merlin responded bowing slightly before moving to lean against the window near to her chair, but not invading her space. They needed to talk not kiss, and he knew if he got too close to her, the latter would more than likely be the outcome of his visit.

"I had a dream." Morgana replied staring past the man in her rooms. She did not try to pretend with him, they both knew he knew she had visions, so why lie?

"What happened Morgana?" Merlin asked softly, tilting his head so that in interrupted her line of sight, making their eyes meet. And for the first time Morgana really looked at him, it was only then she noticed that he had an air of confidence he did not usually hold. She did not understand what it was or why it was there, but her mind was too occupied by her dream to pay it much mind.

"I dreamt of Gwen being crowned queen." Morgana answered. At her words Merlin's face lit as if the sun was shining upon it. He looked so proud and his smile was so wide… it was the same look he had had in her dream as he watched the coronation.

"That's great." Merlin crowed in delight. The idea that his friends would have what they wanted, would be together, it was everything he wished for, for the both of them. But then he looked at Morgana and noticed she did not seem as enthusiastic as him. Oh, he hoped she wasn't going to do anything to try and break up Arthur and Gwen. Because that was something he could not stand by and let happen. "What's wrong?"

"She is a servant Merlin, and she was sitting on my throne." Morgana snapped out without thinking about her words or who she was speaking too. There was just too much going through her mind, and seeing Merlin looking so excited by the marriage of his friends… it had set off something inside her that she didn't understand.

"You want to marry your brother?" Merlin asked with a look of alarm. There were so many things that were wrong with that idea, the main one being Arthur was her brother.

"No I-… you know?" Morgana breathed her eyes going wide as she registered his words. She had not thought anyone knew except for herself, her sister, Uther and… Gaius. Of course, if Gaius knew, then Merlin did as well.

"Yes, I know. But what is wrong with Arthur marrying Gwen?" Merlin replied, trying to skirt over the whole knowledge conversation. He did not want to think about the accident he had caused Morgana to have, the way he had almost killed her for a second time. No that was something he definitely didn't want to think about thank you very much, ever if he could get away with.

"I don't… think there is anything wrong with it. But if I am having a vision about it… I do not know what it means." Morgana responded frowning as she tried to work out what it was the goddess wished her to do.

Merlin for his part stayed silent for a moment as he thought. Why would Morgana see Gwen's coronation? Surely it was a forgone conclusion in his mind, that Arthur would marry the woman he loved. But maybe… maybe it wasn't such a forgone conclusion to Arthur himself? Maybe that was why Morgana was seeing it, so that she could help guide Arthur to his rightful queen. "Maybe you need to give the prat a push in the right direction."

"What do you mean?" Morgana asked frowning again at his words. From what Arthur had told her he was in love and had every intention of marrying Gwen when the time came.

"Arthur is still not sure marrying Gwen is the right thing to do for the kingdom. Maybe you can help him see that it is." Merlin replied with a shrug. He refused to think about how it could be that Morgana had seen this to stop the relationship, that wasn't possible. Not in his mind. But the idea that she help get their friends together, yes that he was more than happy to believe.

"Thank you, Merlin. It's nice to have someone to talk to about… everything." Morgana responded smiling up at him in such a way Merlin moved from where he was leaning so that he was standing right in front of her. He thought of all the times he hadn't been there for her to talk to, all the times he might have changed their paths of destiny before now… but there was no used dwelling in the past. He could only look to the future and hope it turned out the way it should. Hope it contained the both of them together, talking as they always should have done, being at each other's side as they helped and protected the people of the kingdom rather than fighting over it.

"You are welcome, Morgana. I am always here for you." He said quietly before bending forwards and pressing his lips against hers. Giving her a gentle, comforting kiss, while combining his magic with that of the woman before him. Stroking it and soothing away the worry and tension she held tight while welcoming it into himself only to return it back through the connection they had forged between them.

"You had best go, I have plans to make." Morgana muttered when they finally parted, Merlin's lips a hair breadth from her own.

"And I have some stables to clean. Oh joy. Until next time, my love." Merlin replied smiling brightly at her as he reached for her hand and placed a kiss upon her knuckles before turning and walking out of the door.

Morgana couldn't breathe as she watched Merlin walk out the door. Because as he had stood there, bowing over her hand he had stared into her eyes. The look he had given her was the same as the one she had seen in her dream where Arthur repealed the ban on magic. It was a look of such love and devotion. She had not thought it possible for him to look at her like that while enchanted, because so far he had not done so. But now he had. What did that mean? Did the enchantment get greater the longer it was affecting the one under it? Or… was it possible that maybe Merlin was starting to have true feelings for her that were bleeding through the power her sister had put him under? Was it possible that Merlin could maybe care for her without the enchantment that currently held him? She did not know, but she wished it could. Because she knew deep inside that she had fallen for the man who was a once friend turned enemy turned lover. She knew that while she never meant to, she had given him her heart. All she wanted was for him to feel as she did without having to be spelled into doing so. If there was a possibility that he could… but was she really willing to risk all that rode on their current relationship just for her own happiness? Was she really willing to risk it all for… love?

At that thought Morgana stood. She knew she would never find the answers she sort in her room. She needed to spend time with Merlin. And the best way to do that was to spend time with Arthur. Therefore she had a prince to collar and persuade he really wanted to spend the afternoon with his sister. And if they needed to bring their servants along so they could do their jobs, then no one would think anything about that. Even if said servants would be there to attend to the one who wasn't the master or mistress. Yes, this was prefect plan, it would give her and Merlin time together, as well as Arthur and Gwen. What could possibly go wrong?