YAYYAYAy an update! I'm so sorry for the delay guys but with my work and my stubbon muse... pfff not a good match really! anyway here is the new chapie, it's a bit small but i hope to make the next one very soon so you'll have more :)

Enjoy...

Chapter Ten – I Love you

'Merlin, go on and I'll catch up with you,' Arthur said seriously as he still held Morgana by the forearms, Merlin was ready to protest but Arthur glared at him. 'Now, Merlin!' he added in an angry voice and Merlin only sighed, glared at Morgana and left in a hurry to postpone Arthur's arrival. Arthur turned his attention back to the scared Morgana. 'Tell me what you wanted to talk about,' he urged in a softer voice as the realization of actually admitting his feelings a few moments prior hit him in the chest. Right now they were a step away from a diplomatic incident and all he cared about was Morgana's response to his confession.

'I need to tell you…' Morgana started but couldn't add the truth, how could she destroy him? How could she tell him the entire truth? They had to face Uther, if she dared say something she would break his heart, she would make him hate everyone, her included when all he had done a few moments prior was to admit his feelings for her… 'That Morgause tried to send me here as a spy… she sent me here so I could spy on you and Camelot's politics… Your father can actually condemn me for spying…' Morgana finally lied, she couldn't do it, not now, not to him, not anymore, he couldn't know of his father's betrayal, maybe after that day, they would never see each other again, he couldn't have the woman he was in love with revealing how Uther had killed his mother… no she wouldn't do that to him. Arthur looked at her eyes for a moment more before he could lean down and kiss her lips softly.

'I know… we more or less confessed that, didn't we?' he asked softly when they broke their little kiss, he feared there was more she wanted to tell him but he wouldn't push her, not now, right that moment he needed to protect her, to make sure she would leave Camelot which now was an even more dangerous place for her so she could return to Avalon, and from there, they could try some way of seeing each other. He hated letting her go, but he knew his father could go really hard on her to answer Morgause's surprising move with the king of Escetia, and even if Morgause didn't care for her sister being in the jaws of the wolf, Arthur did and he wouldn't let his father harm her.

'You know I was put by my father to watch and spy on you… but I think nor Morgause nor Uther expected how things would turn out…' Arthur added and Morgana gave a small nod as her eyes were still full of tears. 'I need you to get to Avalon, I'll talk to my father and I'll make sure you can go back… Camelot can become very dangerous from now on…' Arthur said and Morgana sighed and spoke.

'If we make it for me to go to Avalon… Morgause wants king Merrick to marry me…' Morgana revealed and Arthur felt his heart kicking in his chest, he knew the old king, he tried to push the images of him with Morgana away from his mind. He needed to act as the prince he had been trained to be.

'You need to go there and if your sister insists you can always leave for Caerleon, we'll keep in touch, I'll be calling you all the time, if you see that things get ugly, you can go to Caerleon and I'll be on my way for there as well, it was my mother's kingdom, my kingdom, I know it sounds crazy but we will have bought some time but for now you need to go to Avalon and talk to your sister…' Arthur said and Morgana sighed and nodded, she knew Camelot could become her grave, she also knew Avalon could become her jail, yet she had no other choice, for now she had to get away from Uther, Vivienne, Merlin and Alvar and face her sister as to confront her and be confronted by…

'You're right, I must return,' Morgana whispered and Arthur nodded and hugged her again, in what kind of mess they had involved themselves in a matter of days was beyond him, yet all he knew was that he needed to protect her, to take care of her, and somehow, somehow they would find a way, for now they had to keep playing by the rules set for them….

They reached the chamber Uther occupied and pushed through the large doors to face a furious king, a rather furious Alvar and the council almost wrestling with each other.

'I demand access for my princess for her safe return to Avalon,' Alvar was roaring.

'You have no right to demand of anything when your queen decided to set her little plans… how do I know your… princess hasn't enchanted someone in here? How do I know you haven't been spying on us while Morgause brewed her love potions for Cenred?' Uther screamed back and glared at Morgana when he mentioned her and her sister. Alvar was ready to explode as Arthur approached his father.

'Not allowing Princess Morgana return to her land is an act of war!' Alvar screamed back and half the council started arguing with the other half as well. Uther was ready to speak but Arthur reached him and tried to take him a couple of feet away.

'Avalon and Mora have magical people… Escetia is ready to fight with Avalon… so Lot will be when he sees the dynamics… Even if Mercia comes to our side, we won't make it… we don't need a war with the witches, father,' Arthur mustered his best cold voice, wanting to eliminate any ideas from the king's mind that he has been enchanted by Morgana, even if he had indeed, in a totally different sense… He made sure not to mention what Morgana had told him about Merrick and a small part of him screamed its praising while another accused him of treason for hiding such information from his own father, Camelot's leader, yet he couldn't doom Morgana into being imprisoned or even punished within Camelot's grounds by Uther…

'If I let her go, we're losing a great weapon,' Uther pointed out angrily but Arthur shook his head, he knew better than agree with his hot-tempered father.

'A weapon but not a target, if we keep the witch we'll only provoke war, and I'm not sure Morgause cares that much about her little sister before the chance to get us down… if she did she would never announce her marriage while Morgana is here… probably she would love to have Mora as her own kingdom as well to match with Avalon and wants us to do the dirty work of eliminating Morgana.…' Arthur tried to fight the aches in his heart in the cruel possibility, he couldn't know why Morgause made such move while Morgana was still in Camelot and he didn't care, all he wanted was to push Morgana out of the jaws of the shark –his father- that she couldn't handle and try and get her at least to her people where she could use her powers to protect herself…

Uther considered his son's words in a rare occasion and then glared at the young princess who tried to remain stoic close to her ambassador. It was no secret no kingdom could overpower the rest on its own and Uther Pendragon knew very well that Escetia was powerful, so Avalon and Mora united were, with Lot and Merrick or not, they were already three against Camelot and Caerleon and with his enemies in the North, Uther knew Merrick and Lot would team up with the witches, damn Morgause and her plans.

'Her grace is allowed to return but the embargo is active again, if she or anyone else from the Isles dare step a toe in Camelot, it will mean war,' Uther finally concluded and the council erupted in agreement and disagreement but the king only glared at everyone while Alvar escorted the princess outside the chamber for their immediate departure.

The news broke around the kingdom within heartbeats and many people felt as if going in war, in Camelot, no one trusted the people from the Isles and Escetia and in the rest of kingdoms, no one liked Uther Pendragon. Arthur knew everyone in the seven kingdoms was on the edge of their seat. Yet all he could feel instead of worry because of what Morgause had done, was Morgana's departure and the hole it was to leave inside him.

He had never felt like that for a woman, ever, he had heard about the heart wrenching pain of someone's very presence can create but he couldn't fully believe it until now that he experienced it. He already missed her, her crystal green eyes, her amazing smile, her laugh, the small frown between her eyes every time she was in thought, her enigmatic world, her lecherous body that he had seen swaying in the rhythm of that ritual and on his own lap in his dreams, he would miss her voice, teasing or serious, humorous or a broken whisper, he would miss everything and he couldn't believe he had fallen so hard for her…

It had been barely an hour when the escort and the princess moved down the halls of Camelot to reach the entrance of the castle, -where Arthur, mostly out of his own needs than protocol's demand- waited to say his farewell, all the while thinking about her, the two young people locked eyes the moment they saw each other in the same place.

'Allow us some privacy, make sure the security is ready for our ride to airport.' Morgana commanded Alvar, still in the rough patch with him who only nodded stiffened and left with the rest of the maids and the guards of the Avalonian army. Morgana then looked at Arthur with soft, sad eyes and sighed.

'Gwen couldn't stop crying for me departure,' Morgana said and Arthur touched her cheek tenderly.

'You'll see her again…' He whispered and Morgana sighed again and this time her eyes filled with tears. For the past days she had been through so much pressure, so much confusion, but now at the climax, she knew she shouldn't break, yet here she was, softly falling off the high tower of mixed feelings into pure sorrow. 'I promise you, Morgana,' Arthur added even more softly but didn't dare to kiss or hug her as there were guards of the castle around.

'I feel I'll never see you again,' Morgana whispered and Arthur sighed as well and put his other hand on her shoulder, desperate to touch and comfort her more, unable to do so however.

'We'll play by their rules for now, the next hours will be critical for everyone, contact me the moment you're in Avalon, and if things get ugly, we have a plan, right?' he suggested and she sighed once more and took away her tears with her sleeve.

'Caerleon, your mother's kingdom,' Morgana whispered in confirmation, only if he knew what his mother truly suffered because of Uther… only if he knew which powerful sorceress was trapped in Caerleon by his father… Morgana wondered what Nimueh would do if she knew of her prophesies having messed things so much…

'And then what?' Morgana whispered and Arthur sighed.

'Then we'll have created enough pressure to set our own rules in their game…' Arthur said and Morgana gave a sad chuckle, she felt as if they were two little insects trapped in a fight of huge beasts as Morgause and Uther.

'You're so optimistic…' she said with a small smile of sadness.

'One of us must be…' he added in the same tone and she smiled a bit brighter. 'My Lady…' he finally said and bowed before her, kissing her hand. Morgana sighed and bowed as well.

'My champion…' she said her own farewell and he gave a small smile.

'I love you, remember that,' he whispered as they straightened up before each other again and she nodded her head slowly.

'I love you too…' she finally confessed the poison that had been eating at her heart and soul, he only smiled and nodded as he let of her hand so she could leave in her black wavy dress. The two shared another sad glance and then Morgana got inside the car with the black windows and the little flags of Avalon and Mora and Arthur watched as the limousines and the guard's cars left the front of the castle and reached Camelot Avenue.

The convoy reached the airport within minutes since the royal guard had stopped the traffic for the limousine to pass. They got in the royal jet of the Avalonian airlines and they took off immediately, with Morgana in silence, Alvar huffing and glaring at everyone and the atmosphere heavy as the seven kingdoms knew: Morgana's return to Avalon wouldn't be too happy, they only didn't know how much of a storm was about to break inside the palace's walls the moment Morgana set eyes on her scheming sister...

ooooohhh we're going to have some morgana-morgause fight... hmm what u think guys? our lovebirds said i love you (sigh) and we had the my lady my champion moment again... they have fallen for each other so hard... and now they are seperated... and poor morgana couldn't tell arthur the truth...

what you of the chapie guys? with all my work and stuff i would love some motivation to keep up with this so please review :)