However the fight was quickly forgotten as the Great Dragon landed in front of Emrys. "Not now Kilgharrah. I am going to kill you if you defend them, move." He said in a voice like thunder eventually using his inherited power to force the old creature out of the way, ignoring the fearful looks from the Knights and the incredulous one from Morgana. Kilgharrah sat next to the fight and said "Let me say my piece Emrys." The man nodded and sent one impatient word 'Quickly'. "Your destiny is in ruin, Pendragon, Emrys. The greatness has fallen to the sorcerer not the King. This must not happen. Magic balances mortal power, it must not overthrow it. This new one of evil alliance and terror is not the path meant for you Emrys. However you can call upon me to attack, if you wish. I still have things to settle with the tyrant." promised the fearsome beast. 'Thanks Kilgharrah. It shall be considered. Leave now unless you want to watch us scare off some Knights.' Sent Emrys smirking. "Just try it." He murmured toward the pitiful Knights readying themselves.
Arthur didn't want to be seeing this but he knew that as he fought his sister sword to sword, faster than ever before, that yes, Merlin as he knew him was dead but he was there laughing at them, his eyes a terrible deep gold, fighting like he'd never been their friend. 'I know brother. He's amazing and he hates you. You stood beside Uther as he enforced another madness induced purge. And you didn't care about the look on his face every single day. He hasn't been your 'friend' for a long long time.' He stopped fighting as he heard her words. She stopped and saw the guilt in his eyes and she laughed. He was frozen in place sword held slack at his side, his eyes on Emrys alone, and one solitary tear ghosted down his face. He didn't see the victorious look on Morgana's face at least not until she had her sword under his chin. "Brother, you could've stopped this but it's always been father over friends with you. We're not going to stop destroying because you need to know what we can do. Tell Gwen to go see Gaius. You've been a bad boy. You got a stupid little servant pregnant. Run and find her. Before we do." She said all good humour leaving her voice as she threatened Guinevere. "I'm not going to fight you. Not here. Death is in your moves, Morgana and if Gwen is in danger from you, then I will never stop protecting her." said the no longer scared, just sad Prince. He caught Gwaine and Lancelot's eyes and they both walked away. 'Would it be distasteful if I tripped them up?' sent a laughing Emrys. She replied with matching black laughter 'Go for it.' So Emrys' eyes flashed gold and all three men who had been trying to walk with dignity fell flat on their faces and both Morgana and Emrys laughed. And that laugh broke down the Prince's last defence from the sadness this gave him. He thought loudly in his head 'Get us away from here. Please.' and the last remnants of affection for them left in the sorcerers minds gave up and used their energy to send the pitiful men away. Arthur, Gwaine, Lancelot, the horses and their stuff all appeared in a bright light in a clearing just ahead of Leon's grave. Arthur told the other two to set up camp. He would go get water he told them. Unbeknownst to the three Morgana had placed a protection ward upon them so bandits wouldn't kill them. That was their job. However Arthur didn't get the water. He sat on a log beside the stream, put his face in his hands and cried. He didn't know what to do. He had let his best friend die and he could have stopped the madness and suffering and he hadn't. He knew Morgana and Emrys would follow through with their promises of terror and destruction.
He tried to think of other things. He thought of his father. He just saw Merlin face as the purge was announced. He thought of Gwen and he heard Morgana's words once more. He thought of the Knights and all he could see was Leon's corpse fighting them. He thought of Merlin and wondered how long this had been brewing and what they would do next. He went through all the possibilities each one reminding him of their words that day.
So he sat there tears falling through his fingers and waited for the oblivion of sleep to keep the thoughts away till morning light. Gwaine and Lancelot found his sleeping form on the log and carried him back to the camp. As they did he dreamt of friends without faces, of fathers with no heads and of a dead forest where black light shined and red snakes killed. He saw black werewolves that howled in Merlin's voice and scarlet cobras that spoke Morgana's words. Then it changed, he dreamt of an old decrepit mad witch who was sitting on a log next to a lake making fire and dousing it every so often and suddenly two people he never wanted to see again appeared behind her and walked toward her. "Do you know of a girl called Freya?" queried Emrys in a snake voice, on the face of it polite but in his eyes he saw the angry, merciless fire burning black and gold. The woman looked up and started muttering and looked away and said "Freya? Angry girl. Hurt Jesk, hurt him bad. Liked killing. Killing her favourite, she does more of that now. I gave her a blessing. Liked, Liked killing. Angry girl." muttered the woman, her eyes wild, and she laughed like a tree falling in the forest. "Angry girl..." she muttered quietly over and over and she turned to walk away. He had been too preoccupied with the mad words to see Emrys' face and he looked and saw anger, pure wrath waiting to be unleashed in the ice cold blue eyes. And saw anger surprisingly in Morgana's eyes as well hers righteous and not as strong but still as frightening. He didn't want to see the mad woman's fate. He opened his eyes and they flashed a light but unmistakeable amber gold. The fire leapt higher than was natural and there was more fear in his eyes at that than when he had fought Morgana. Gwaine turned round, eyes wide, scared, and asked "Who did that?" and Arthur trying to shake off his (completely rational) fear replied quietly "I think I did." And as Gwaine and Lancelot stared at the terrified prince, the two most powerful sorcerers alive laughed.
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