Slightly Changes.

What if Gwen, feeling herself irresistibly drawn by Lancelot had decided to leave Camelot, leave Arthur before cheating on him ? How does the King would have react ? Would have he let the love of his life go away from him ? Would the Morgana's evil plan operates in this case ? The true love that share Arthur and Guinevere, could it survive to a true break up ? Would have it been the good answer ? In this version, set during 4x09, after Arthur's proposing, Lancelot come back and the enchanted gift this late gave to Gwen. This one decided to leave all that matter for her, including the man she loves more than anything, because of feelings she thought dead forever ...

Hello my friends ! :) I hope all of you is allright, as to each chapter, I'm going to do some thanks, if you don't mind, so I wanted to thanks my 3 followers : tfurman2011, LHC1, Cowboy's Lover Dimitri No 1, Allie988 for having put me in her favourite history and of course larasmith and LHC1 for their wonderful review, thanks from the bottom of my heart :) And thank you to the others readers too ! Now, chapter 4, I hope you will like it !

IV.

"This is not possible..." breathed Gwen, "You..." she stared at the young woman in front of her, "You..." Gwen closed her eyes and her tear rolled of it, "You look so much like him."

Gwen opened her eyes again toward the person in front of her, skin same colour than her, smooth dark hair contrary to hers, but what had destabilized her was her eyes, she had the same as their father...

"Is that true ?" Sophia asked, getting closer to her slowly,

"Yes," Gwen sniffed, "Excuse me but ..."

"Don't worry."

The two women studied each other for a few seconds before Sophia turned around toward the puppy,

"Who is this ?"

"A friend I made on my way, I hope you don't mind ?"

A smile spreaded on the young woman's face but Gwen could notice it isn't quite reached her eyes the way her father's would have had when he laughed.

"Of course not you idiot !" she took her hand and Gwen let herself been leading, still under choc, "I have so much people to show you !"

"I..." Gwen started but again, a malaise took her and she almost loose her balance,

"Everything's alright ? "

"Yes I ... It happened to me since this morning, it's nothing..."

She saw Sophia stared at her for a few times before said, shrugging,

"We'll show you to our doctor, he does miracles."

Gwen nodded weakly and all three left.

"Arthur !" shouted Merlin,

The King slowed and waited for his friend,

"Arthur, you need a break, we have not stopped since we left Camelot, you haven't eat, barely drank and haven't slept at all !"

"What difference with what I do in the Castle ?" Arthur said again, slowly, searching for a hint of where could have gone the one he loved,

"At least, there, I don't have a bad conscience, I don't see you !"

"Thanks Merlin."

"My pleasure."

Arthur suddenly dismounted off his horse, his heart beating at full speed, he got closer and laid a finger on it,

"Blood..." he breathed,

Merlin ran to him, seeing the King's shake,

"Arthur ?"

"There is blood here."

"Slow down, it's not obligatory Gwen's blood ..."

Arthur closed his eyes, then opened them, searching for any signs showing that it wasn't hers. He couldn't handle to see her hurt... He was gonna kill all those who had taken her away from him, all, until the last. And he swore, if Morgana was involved, even if she was his sister, even if it would broke his heart to do it, he swore he would kill her too if she was the reason why Guinevere ran away from him... He saw what was left of a fire and got up, beside, there was more bandages with ...

"More blood..." whispered Merlin and he didn't quite understand the relieved laugh that escaped the King's lips, "Arthur ?"

"Hairs Merlin, there is hairs !"

"Okay, I don't think you need sleep anymore, I think you need help."

At this moment, Merlin felt a pain in the back of his head,

"Ouch !" he shouted, rubbing the aching place,

"There is hairs because ..."

"You said that already, if you want ..."

"Merlin, if you ever valued your life, you will not end this sentence. There is animals' hairs you idiot ! Which means ..."

"Which means ?"

Arthur sighed and shook his head,

"That Guinevere is not the one hurt, the animal was."

Gwen was lying, the puppy she had decided to call 'Trouble', the truffle on her knees. She opened her eyes and smiled, " Hey you, you're feeling better at what I can see !" The dog shook his tail and she slightly laughed, her hand immediatly went to check on Arthur's ring around her neck, her heart stopped when she didn't felt it. No. Gwen got up a little, searching at her side,

"No. No no no no no no no no no NO !" she felt tears pricked at her eyes, "Oh God non..."

"Is this what you're looking for ?" said a voice,

Gwen stopped right away and froze by the coldness of the voice. She turned around and saw a shadow on the corner of the room,

"Sophia ?"

"Excuse me," smiled the young woman, walking toward her, her voice was warm and welcoming again and Gwen thought she might had imagined this sudden coldness, "I didn't meant to scare you."

Gwen smiled and her gaze were drawn by the chain her sister was holding,

"Oh thanks God, you found it !"

She extended her hand to get it back but the woman walked away,

"It's a wonderful ring..." she said, looking at it.

"Yes."

"The man who gave it to you, he must loves you so much...

"Yes..." breathed Gwen, closing her eyes and a tear rolled down her face. She didn't need anyone to tell her how much Arthur loved her. She knew it. As she knew she broke his heart. When she opened the eyes again, she saw the ring, at her side. "Thanks." she breathed before put it in its right place, against her heart.

"You loved him too, didn't you ?"

"Yes, more than anything."

"What happened then ?"

Gwen looked outside by the window,

"I'm tired." she whispered,

"Of course ..." breathed the young woman, "I let you rest."

"Sophia ?" called Gwen before she is leaving, the woman turned around, "Thank you." She then saw the smile on her lips before Sophia left, saying,

"Don't worry about that. I came to told you the doctor was coming."

They were in road for now more than 12 hours, and the King didn't seem ready to stop yet. Merlin, him, was starting to fall asleep on his horse when suddenly, he felt wet.

"Arthur !" he shouted, trying to dry his wet clothes on his body,

"You were falling asleep."

"Yes, well, if we had had one break only or only slept even a few hours since we left, maybe this would not happening ! "

"We can't stop Merlin, I will not let Guinevere down."

"Arthur..."

"It was not a question Merlin," and the King put his horse to a gallop,

"Dollop Head," mumbled Merlin before following him

Hearing noise at the entrance of the room, Gwen opened one eye, seeing a young man getting closer to her. He was tall, dark haired, and had green eyes. He smiled at her and Gwen found herself thinking that she could have had a crush on him, if the image of a Great King with golden hair and sea blue eyes weren't always in her mind.

"Hello," he said, "I'm Paul, this village's physician."

"Hello Paul," she said, gently, "I'm Guinevere, but most of people call me Gwen." Everyone except one person actually...

"Well ... Gwen, I'm glad to see you wake."

She smiled, and her other hand was stroking Trouble's head, who was calmy sleeping next to her.

"I heard you suffered for dizziness ?" he said again,

"Dizziness, nausea, malaise, fever, and I know," she cut him off," but I'm not pregnant."

"You know Gwen, sometimes, even the first time could..."

She blushed,

"It can't be. I ... I didn't do anything, yet."

My God, why were she blushed so much ? Because she would have wanted Arthur to be her one and only lover. She didn't want anybody else. Ever. Yet, she almost had cheating on him with Lancelot. This was nonsense. Sometimes, she thought the only answer was her to had been enchanted. But this thought would soon leave her mind. Magic couldn't be blame at each time, this was her fault, at her and her alone.

"I see..." breathed Paul, "In this case ..." he studied her and looked at her hand which was stroking the dog, she saw him frown,

"What's on your mind ?"

"This mark on your wrist, when did you got it ?"

Puzzled, Gwen stared at the mark.

"I..." she frowned, too, "I didn't noticed it ..." She looked again and saw the mark was circling her wrist, "I must had ... burn myself, I suppose."

"Probably ..." whispered the doctor, puzzled,

Gwen looked up at him a few seconds,

"What's going on ?"

The young man looked around, as if he were afraid someone hear him, before said in a low voice,

"Listen Gwen, you must know ..."

"Paul ?" a clear voice then asked,

The doctor jumped and threw a look at Gwen before closed his eyes slightly and looked behind him, toward the door.

"She is fine Sophia, in fact," he turned to Gwen, "You can leave now if you want."

He got up,

"If you ever felt sick again, you know where to find me."

And he left, leaving a puzzled Gwen behind.

Finally, Arthur and Merlin went through a forest and a the end of it, they saw a city,

"Arthur..." breathed Merlin, "I could use a nap right now."" he rubbed his eyes,

"She is here." breathed the King, didn't bothering to answer,

"How do you know that ?"

"I can feel it Merlin, I couldn't explain it but I know that Gwen is here." It's like my heart was screaming out for hers.

Merlin opened his eyes and stared at his friend, he looked sick and exhausted but nothing could appear to stop him in his quest. He had to rest however, he was going to crumbling down other way, it had no way he could keep this way, the village was yet at at least two hours.

"Arthur," he said with an imperious voice, "you need to rest."

The King stared at him just as if he had just said the most stupid thing ever said.

"Didn't you heard me Merlin ? Gwen is there. I'm almost with her."

"Listen, or you'll get down of this horse with your well will, or I'll knock you out, your choice. But in a way or another, you'll sleep."

Arthur slightly laughed at this,

"You are going to knock me out ? When you threaten someone Merlin, the least you can do is be credible." Arthur dismounted off his horse, "For exemple," he drew his sword and walked toward the young warlock, "If I told you" he raised his sword toward his chest slowly, "that I was going to run you through right here, right now." He gently pressed the tip of the sword against his chest but Merlin didn't move, and after a few second , the King lowered his sword, chuckling slightly, "Fine Merlin. We'll do a break, but not more than a half hour, is it clear ? "

Merlin nodded quickly and barely settling, the two young men fell in sleep.

Gwen was walking on the town, a chale around her shoulders, Trouble by her side. He was better now, he could walk. The young woman was disturbed, she couldn't help herself but think at the doctor's words, why had he looked so scared ? She sighed and resumed her walk when she heard a noise behind her,

"Hello ? Is there anybody there ?"

"Excuse me dear Sister," answered Sophia and Gwen laid a hand on her heart,

"You like it, don't you ? Appear this way I mean."

Sophia slightly laughed at this and said again,

"Everything's allright ?

"Yes," smiled Gwen, "You guys have a beautiful village.

"Thanks. It's nothing in regard of Camelot but ... It's not that bad."

Gwen quickly nod, she didn't want to talk about Camelot.

"Are you ready to talk about it ?"

"Talk about ?"

"This man who gave you this ring."

"Sophia I ..." but her sentence was cut by her puppy who started to growl, "Calm Trouble.", then turned around again to her sister, "I don't want to talk about that, not in the moment, it's too painf..."but the dog kept going, "Calm down !" But the puppy continued and her young mistress looked at around her and thought hearing a noise, "Haven't you heard anything ?" she asked to Sophia, turning around the noise source, Gwen then jumped,

"Are you okay ?"

"There was somebody there ..."

"Surely a villager."

"Surely..." breathed Gwen laying again a hand on her heart, Trouble had stopped and looked at his mistress with his wide dark eyes, "It's ok dog, I'm not mad at you."

After that, Gwen looked again at the place where she thought had seen somebody sneaking, but her sister caught her by the hand,

"Come, I still have so much to show you !"

The young woman smiled and followed her, looking one last time behind.

"Merlin"

"Merlin."

"MERLIN !"

Merlin woke up with a start, feeling himself being shook, he opened his eyes and saw Arthur, in front of him, paler than sooner.

"You haven't slept, have you ?"

The King didn't bother to answer but went seal his horse again. He didn't slept, all he could have done was think, what if Gwen didn't want to come back with him ? He was sure he couldn't handle that. Nor bear it. He was in love with her. He loved her more than anything in this world. He couldn't live without her. She was meant to be his Queen, he was her knight in white armor, wasn't he ? Arthur shook his head with strenght, no, she loved him. Even if she had left him, he knew that, at the bottom, she loved him too. Gwen was honnest, she was true, she would never had pretend to love him. Arthur fought against his tears, he had to stopped hurt himself this way, Gwen loved him, he would have known otherwise. At the same time, he had not seen the betrayal of Morgana so ... No. She loved him. And if she wasn't ready to marry him, he could wait for her, he'll show her he's worthy.

"Arthur ?" asked gently Merlin and the King jumped, "She will come back with us."

Arthur shut his eyes close, his friend knew him well too well. It was almost annoying but he had to admit it was also comforting, not that he was going to tell that to Merlin.

"And if she doesn't want to ?"

"Listen," Arthur turned around and stared at his manservant and friend, " Gwen loves you, more than anything, I'd bet my life on it. She will come back to Camelot with us, just ... you'll have to find the true words."

"And how do I do this ?"

"Speaking with your heart Arthur."

Arthur sighed,

"Come one Merlin, we have road to do."

Gwen got out the house, a smile on her lips. She had been warmly welcomed by everyone, she had meet some marvelous people and that had cheered her up, she reminded herself an event of the night, a man had bowed before her, sooner, asking her to danse, clearly interested in her, and Gwen had only stared at him, without moving. Tired, he had finished to leave, and Gwen had understood, no matter how hard she was going to try, she could never loved, or even looked at someone else than Arthur.

"Guinevere"

The young woman stopped right away, her heart stopping as well and she closed her eyes. It couldn't be. She just wanted so much to hear this voice that ...

"Guinevere, look at me"

Then, a sob took her, this voice, it wasn't possible. A tear rolled down her face and she heard someone dismounted off his horse before, a few seconds later, saw two feet in front of her. She closed her eyes a little tighter and felt this tender hand raise her chin,

"Look at me Guinevere," he whispered then,

An other tear escaped her eyes and he wiped it away, she shivered at his touch. God, if I open my eyes and it was just a dream, I'm not sure I can handle that ...

"Look at me my love ..."

She slowly opened her eyes and faced two gorgeous blue eyes, flickering with grey inside. She saw the tears in his bright blue eyes and a sob took her again as her hand went cover his own, still on her cheek.

"Arthur..." she breathed.

So ? What do you think ? :) Were you surprise this was not Morgana ? What do you think of Sophia ? Paul ? Gwen and Arthur are - finally - reunited, what do you think will happen ?

I'm sorry this chapter is a little bit shorter, I didn't noticed it, I thought it was almost the same at the others... I hope you enjoyed it anyway :)

Keep Safe :)