Queen
Mordred found Arthur talking to his Uncle.
He groaned. He knew it wasn't going to be easy getting tonight off as it was but now it was going to be harder.
"Sire." Mordred said.
Arthur smiled at him. "Come on Mordred. You don't need to call me Sire all the time. Merlin doesn't and I hope that my knights see me more as a friend than their leader."
Mordred saw Agravaine move at the mention of Merlin's name.
"Arthur, I have been put down for patrols tonight but I have only just found out that an old clan of mine are in the surrounding area. I was wondering whether I could have the night off to visit them. They don't stay places long and I don't wish to miss them."
Arthur nodded. "I will find some cover for you. Go and see your friends and family." He turned to his Uncle. "Are we done?"
Agravaine nodded. "Of course milord."
"Uncle, I am your nephew. You of all people don't have to call me by my title."
Arthur patted Mordred on the shoulder and left.
"Merlin is going to break him." Mordred said.
"I don't care what the servant does."
Mordred turned to the older man. "What happened? I heard that you were ..." He used hand gestures hoping that Agravaine knew what he was on about.
He looked up and down the halls.
"He is a monster. He has used Morgana against me." He said in a hushed voice.
"What has he done?"
Agravaine was going to reply when a servant came down the hall. Her eyes never left the floor.
"Merlin has made Arthur soft and now he is making Morgana soft as well. Calling him by his name and not his title isn't kingly. He hasn't had a good effect on the Pendragons." Agravaine carried on saying after the girl had gone. "You see how that servant was. That is how they are meant to be. Not giving you advise or becoming your Queen."
"Then we have to find a way of getting Merlin away from her. I agree with you. After he poisoned her, she had given up on her emotions but they have now come back. She cannot bring magic back when the light is starting to show again."
Mordred's eyes went wide.
"What is it?"
Mordred turned to Agravaine. "There was a prophesy among the druids that two of the great sorcerer would be the opposite of each other. The darkness to the light, hatred to love. If Merlin was the light but now has come dark, would that make Morgana turn to the light?"
"Merlin is Emrys. It could be why she is opening up."
"But why does Emrys come back in certain occasions?"
Mordred left Agravaine with that thought and moved on to thinking how he could make Morgana queen.
Mordred paced in front of the hovel.
If Morgana was to come out now she would ask him what he was doing.
He needed to get Morgana away from Merlin. It wasn't right that they were working together. It just made no sense.
He had an idea how to make Morgana queen but he knew that Merlin would have already come up with a plan.
If only he came sooner he could have stopped all of this.
Mordred sighed and turned to the door.
It was now or never.
"Mordred we already have a plan in place." Morgana said to him.
"Yes I know but I could try to gain some support from the knights."
Morgana sighed. "Do you really think that Arthur's knights would chose you over him? Mordred I understand what you are trying to do but don't. Merlin and I have a plan and we are going to put it in place soon."
"This is what I don't understand!" Mordred shouted at her. "He poisoned you. Your own kind poisoned you. Why do you have so much faith in him?"
"Because he is the one that has foiled all of mine and Morgause's plans. Who is going to do all the work behind the scenes if he is on my side?"
"See he has stopped you so many times. It shows that he isn't trustworthy."
"Oh yes and the last guy I put all my trust into pinned me to a wall so he could do as he pleased with me."
Mordred sighed. This wasn't going the way he wanted it to.
Merlin stood outside smiling.
He knew that Mordred would never get Morgana into his way of thinking.
Mordred was wasting his time.
He had overheard his conversation with Agravaine.
Merlin hadn't put them two together but he knew he would have to get Mordred to his way of thinking or lose him.
He didn't want the latter one due to Morgana seemed to enjoy Mordred's company as much as she did his.
Merlin had noticed that Mordred was keeping an eye on him and now it was time for the roles to reverse.
"Morgana please listen. There is something not right about this." He heard Mordred say.
Morgana sighed. "What isn't right?"
"Morgana you are meant to be Merlin's darkness to his light, the hatred to his love. The roles are reversing. You won't have the power or drive to make this happen."
He saw Morgana stand up straighter. "I will not have another person call me weak. Just because maybe Merlin has caused good memories of Camelot to come back doesn't mean I don't still stand for magic. I would have thought it would be a good thing for Emrys to be on my side but everyone seems to be against it."
"Whatever happens Merlin will still try to protect Arthur. It is his destiny. He cannot go against what the fates have planned out for him, nor can you. Emrys will be your downfall."
"Why does he need to be my downfall? We chose our own destinies."
"Morgana you cannot change fate." Mordred said trying. "These prophesies have been around for years. I even believe that they were made that the dawn of magic itself."
Merlin could tell that Morgana was trying to stay calm.
"I make my own path in life. Mordred we have a plan. Please be on my side with this."
Mordred didn't know where to look.
"I need to go before Arthur starts to worry. You know what he is like." Mordred said making it for the door.
Merlin darted towards his horse and took off.
He didn't hear the end of their conversation.
"Mordred." Morgana said and waited for him to turn to her before finishing.
Mordred turned to her.
"I need you on my side. I know that Merlin won't allow me to hurt Arthur. Sometimes I believe he is in love with him. I need someone that I can trust to give me the strength to kill him. The strength that my sister gave me. Please Mordred will you do that."
Mordred gave her a look.
"Merlin can be persuasive." Morgana said.
"I got to go." Was all that Mordred said before he left.
Morgana hoped that he would come around. He would be useful to her but also she liked having him around. It gave her a piece of mind that he was safe.
Mordred knocked on Agravaine's door.
He knew the lord was awake as he had seen him move about in his room when he came back to Camelot.
He answered it.
"Mordred."
"I am in. We need to get him away from her and as soon as we possibly can."
Agravaine smirked.
