Back to Merlin's head.

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Love?

Merlin returned to the forest.

"No, no. That wasn't long enough." He shouted into the forest.

"Wasn't it?"

Merlin turned around.

"I thought it was plenty." Evil Merlin said smirking.

"Do I really look that bad? Bloody hell I hope I don't pick up on Morgana's smirking habits." Merlin joked.

The evil Merlin smile just dropped.

Merlin watched as his eyes when black.

"Do you like the new feature I entered? You are a man of love. I should know, Morgana once said that you were a lover and not a fighter. Do you still love her?"

"New feature?" Merlin wanted to avoid the question about his love for her.

"You must protect Morgana at any costs as you are the only one allowed to love her."

With a wave of his hand, Merlin could see Morgana in her hovel.

She looked around as if searching for someone.

"Can't you see she is so lonely?" The poison said to him. "She wasn't this lonely once."

The image changed to when they were coming back from saving Ealdor.

"Come on Merlin. Quicker with that firewood. We have ladies freezing here." Arthur shouted.

"Oh Arthur lay off him a little. He has just seen his friend die." Morgana said.

Arthur's pride dropped.

"Come on Merlin. I will finish getting it."

Merlin sat down by Gwen opposite Morgana.

"I'm sorry Merlin for him. If it was up to me I wouldn't allow him out of his chambers." Morgana joked.

Merlin just smiled. "Thanks for your kindness milady."

"Merlin, we aren't in Camelot now and even in Camelot. Call me Morgana. I have been trying to get Gwen to do it for years."

Merlin just smiled.

Morgana stood up. "I should see how he is getting on. He probably doesn't know the difference between any plants."

He was now just left alone with Gwen.

"Thanks for your help." Merlin said to her.

"Well Morgana insisted that we were going with you so you should really be thanking her."

Merlin looked over his shoulder at the Prince and the Ward. They were bickering over something.

Morgana had moaned at Arthur to treat him better. He just hoped that her words did get to him.

The image changed back to the one of Morgana in her hovel.

"She used to be surrounded by everybody now they thing of her as a monster, a stranger."

"I know she isn't." Merlin whispered.

"So do you love her?"

Merlin just stared at her. She looked so lost being alone. He supposed that a few days with him and proper company help her have some human contact. Other than that she only had Agravaine.

"You are right not to trust Agravaine with her. He only wants one thing off her. The question is..." He lent in closer to Merlin's ear. "... Are you going to allow it."

The image changed to one of just Morgana and Agravaine. They were talking about him.

Morgana said. "Merlin will be very little use to us."

Merlin could just feel her anger at Agravaine.

"Why do you think that Morgana?"

"He just is." Morgana said fading out into her thoughts.

Agravaine had notice this and made himself a little more comfortable. He stood so close to Morgana that Merlin thought that she would have felt his breath on her.

"Morgana." Agravaine said making her lose all track of her thoughts.

Morgana looked shocked about how close he was and covered it up well.

"He will not get away with that." Merlin said trying to attack the image.

"So you do still hold feelings for her." The poison said removing the image.

"Well you are me aren't you? I would have thought that you would have worked that one out."

"I suppose but that isn't nearly as fun." Evil Merlin said smirking.

"What are you? A shell inside a shell?" Merlin said

"I am the root of the problem. I am the poison that has manifested inside you. I am what is making you take this path. Let's see, you are a warlock and a dragonlord, both the last of your kind."

Merlin tried not to react.

"Oh but what about poor darling Freya? Won't she be sad once she found out her love is with another woman? Oh sorry she won't find out because she is dead."

Merlin reacted but he knew that it is what the poison wanted.

The poison managed to flick the spell away. "Tsk, tsk, temper temper Merlin. Better get a grip of that."

Merlin held himself back from reacting again but running away.

Merlin didn't want to do it but he had found running away from his problems being useful in some cases.

Then he felt the light.

Unfortunately for him it was in the opposite direction to what he was running in so he turned around.

He knew that he wasn't going to get there before the other him but he wasn't going to give up without a fight.

He knew that he was in love with Morgana, there was no doubt about it. Being with her had resurfaced old emotions and new. They now really had a chance to be together and he could make it work.

But he couldn't think like that. She was still an enemy of Camelot and wanted to kill his destiny.

He may have to break her down. Maybe they could run off together, some place far away from here, somewhere where they will be accepted for who they are.

Merlin was making the perfect scenario in his head that he slowed down slightly and felt the magic go.

Merlin stopped.

He had lost it this time but he knew the way forward. He now knew what he was going to do, even if it killed him.

He was going to tell Morgana about his magic and that he is Emrys.