I had left Morgana for an hour or so whilst I had tracked down Gwen and asked her if she had anything Morgana could wear, she had said she'd see to it, so in the mean time I had returned to mine and Gaius's chambers and washed and changed clothes myself, I was having breakfast now. I wanted to give Morgana some space, she probably had a lot to think about and my constant presence was probably not helping much.

We had probably been separated for about an hour or maybe a little longer but already I could feel the ache for her spreading through my body, I wondered if it would always be this strong, if so we had to find some way of controlling it, we couldn't spend every minute of every day together, it would ruin us.

'How is she?' Gaius asked.

'Okay, she doesn't trust me, but she doesn't want to kill me either, to be honest I think I'm closer to gaining her trust than I am Arthur's,' I said.

'Arthur will come round Merlin,' Gaius said.

'Yes, but when Gaius?' I said 'the longer he takes the more impatient Morgana is going to get and that could ruin everything.'

'Try talking to him,' Gaius suggested.

'The last time I did that he put me in magic binding shackles Gaius.'

'I don't think I have the answer Merlin, maybe someone else does.'

'What do you mean?' I asked, if Gaius didn't have the answers then no one would.

'What about the great dragon, he was the one that instructed you in your destiny before, maybe you could find out what's changed,' Gaius said.

I considered it. Kilgharrah had no love for Morgana, and wanted her dead; he had tried to get me to do it a number of times. Taking her to see him might not be the best of ideas, but he wouldn't hurt her, not whilst I told him not to. But I couldn't control his mouth and all the verbal abuse she was likely to get.

But Morgana needed help, I needed help, we were both blundering down a path neither of us had any experience in. Our futures had changed, Morgana had lost her sister and we had both gained love, I wondered how our destiny has changed. Only he could answer, and I longed to see him, he was one of the only beings who understood me and knew what it was like, but I hoped in time that would change as I grew closer to Morgana. She needed to see him, I decided, we both did, we both needed answers.

'That's a good idea,' I said 'I'll go tell her.'

I finished my breakfast and followed the pull of my heart to Morgana's chambers.

'The dragon' she said looking at me bewildered. 'You want me to visit the dragon, the same one who got you to try to kill me?'

'Yes' I said 'but he won't kill you, I won't let him, he might not be very nice but he won't hurt you.'

'What can he tell us?' Morgana asked, I realised that she didn't have the same knowledge I did Morgause had not taught her much.

'Dragons are creatures of the purest magic, they are magic, it flows through their veins giving them knowledge and the gift of foresight, much like you, but only they are able to command it at will, to look into the future and see everyone's destiny.'

'So he can tell us what our future will be?' Morgana asked.

'No' I said with a chuckle 'Kilgharrah is much more cryptic…he can't just give you the answers, he is a guide a way to follow if you choose too.'

'He guided you?' Morgana asked still looking confused.

'Yes, and although I disagreed with him on occasions his guidance has always been generally right,'

'Accept for the whole poisoning thing.' Morgana said her eyes narrowing.

She was still dressed in her night gown, but she had brushed her hair and it hung in long rivers of black silk. Gwen had obviously bought her clothes they lay on the back of a chair untouched, I wondered why she hadn't dressed yet.

'Actually his guidance in that was sound, knowing my destiny, he knew that we would become enemies and would try to destroy Camelot, he instructed me to get rid of that threat, it was good advice, but that didn't make it the right advice.'

'What do you mean?' Morgana asked.

'Killing you would have been smart, but what would have been smarter would have been me finding another way and helping you, rather than killing you,' I said.

She paused for the longest time her green eyes staring into my own; I longed to know what she was thinking.

'I see,' she said.

'You don't have to go Morgana, it's your choice, I just think we both could do with some help…this is new to the both of us,' I said.

'And you care for him,' Morgana said, it wasn't a question.

'Yes, we are very close,' I said wondering why she had said it.

'Well if we're bonded then I'm going to need to know about you, this is as good a way to start I suppose,' she said, I could hear how nervous she was.

'He won't hurt you Morgana,' I assured her.

'I know I just…' she veered off and shook her head.

'What?' I asked

'I want him to like me, you said he doesn't and I can see you love him very much, is it wrong to want the approval of the man I loves dragon?'

'No, of course not,' my heart jumped at the word love.

'But a week ago, I wouldn't have cared, it would have just been another obstacle standing between me and the throne,' she said.

'Morgana, you're confused, we both are a lot has changed…speaking to him will help I promise.'

'Okay,' she said.

'Aren't you going to get dressed?' I asked pointing towards the dress on her chair.

Her eyes followed my hand and lingered on the dress, her face turned into a frown and she shook her head and shivered.

'What's wrong?' I asked.

'Gwen brought me one of my old dresses, I don't think I should wear them anymore.' she said.

'Why not?' I said looking over to the beautiful blue silk dress remembering how she used to look in it, 'you'll look beautiful.'

'Exactly,' Morgana said 'Those dresses were a part of my past, when I was Uther's ward, he bought all of them for me, and I don't think it would be right for me to wear them when I killed him.'

'Ah, maybe you're right.'

'I'm scared Merlin, I don't regret killing him, but I dread other people's remarks for your sake,' Morgana said.

'My sake?' I asked confused.

'People will see you with me, they'll know you support me, they'll hate you and everyone loves you Merlin, you have such a kind heart everybody likes you, I remember,' She said she looked so pitifully confused.

'Morgana, they know I used magic, they're all just as terrified of me as they are you, even more so because Arthur locked me up…and now he's let me go, they probably think I've enchanted him,' I said.

'Arthur locked you up?' Morgana asked shocked.

'Yes, with magical binding shackles that cut off my magic and stopped me from finding you,' I said.

'I can't believe Arthur would do that, you two are like brothers.'

'Yes, well as I said before maybe destiny has changed, Kilgharrah will know.'

'Yes,' she said then turned again to the dress.

'I'll get you something plainer as soon as we come back,' I offered.

She smiled at me, a genuine heart-warming smile that made my chest ache; I had missed that smile 'Thank you Merlin.'

She made her way to the chair and then behind the screen, I blushed as I realised she was about to change in my presence and swiftly turned my back. I heard her laugh and blushed again; I tried with all my might not to think about what she looked like under that nightgown, it was so difficult though.

'Merlin, could you help with the fastening?' she asked.

I froze… me?... touch her? that wasn't such a good idea, especially not so intimately , I wasn't sure if I could control myself, hell I wasn't sure if I wanted to.

'I don't think that's a good idea,' I said my voice small and she laughed again.

'Don't be silly,' she said.

I gathered all my courage and turned and walked behind the screen, her back was to me and it was bare where she couldn't reach the fastening, I gulped my pulse speeding up. I could see the perfect white skin of her spine which beckoned so invitingly.

I took a step forward and with trembling fingers reached for the fastening, my fingers brushed her skin and she gasped, she was just as affected by this as I was and it sent a rush of pleasure through me when I thought of her feeling this too. I couldn't help myself; as my fingers fastened the buttons I bent my head and followed the path with my lips tracing her skin with my lips. She tasted like strawberries and all things good and I couldn't help but flick my tongue out to get more, she tasted divine.

A moan escaped her as I finished and then I swiftly stepped away in shock, I had been so determined to remain a perfect gentlemen and I had just assaulted her practically covering her back in kisses.

'I'm sorry Morgana, I lost control,' I said.

She turned to look at me and it was my turn to let out a moan as I took in her features, her cheeks held a blush and her chest was rising and falling as if she had been running a great distance, her eyes were dilated and glazed with pleasure her blue silk gown accentuated every curve and I wanted nothing else but to kiss her and pull her towards me and never let go.

She shook her head as if coming out of a trance and smiled 'don't apologise I quite enjoyed it,' she said and I laughed with her.

'Yes, but maybe we shouldn't go too fast, until we know each other a bit better?' I said.

'Hmm, but every time I touch you I just want to…' she veered off her eyes darkening with desire again.

'I know, we'll just have to stay a metre apart,' I said

'That might be difficult Merlin,' she took a step towards me until she was running a hand down my clothed chest her lips millimetres from my own 'we have to touch or we'll die Merlin, you know as well as I do that we can't be apart.'

'Yes… well… we'll just have to try our best,' and with that I stepped firmly away and tried to get a grip on myself. She laughed again.

'I think I know how to beat you Merlin, just flirt with you until you're a shivering wreck on your knees,' she teased eyes dancing.

'Not unless I put you to sleep with magic,' I said, laughing myself.

'You know you love it,' she winked at me and I stepped forward and grabbed her hand pulling her out the door before she could so anything else.

'Come on, you're killing me, there'll be plenty of time for flirting later.'

Hmmm sexy times! Hurrah