Thanks everyone:). Yes, Mark, they are indeed acting pretty immature. Let's see if there is more depth to them in the coming chapters. BTW does anyone recognize the name Menw, the character in the last chapter? (Look him up)
Morgana's stood there trembling and fuming, glaring at Merlin who performed magic unheard of.
"I told you Morgana, I have magic." Merlin pled for her acceptance.
Morgana instantly hurled another spell as she screeched, only for Merlin to block it with his hands, backing away in surprise. Again and again, Morgana blasted one spell after another, approaching Merlin in fury as he nervously blocked each strike of hers. The others observed the two, alarmed at what they were witnessing in the large dimly lit cave; their quick shadows casting on the cave walls. Mordred stood there perplexed, uncertain of what was happening, scanning the two in fear.
"Morgana you're embarrassing yourself!" Merlin yelled, appealing her to stop as he opposed her strikes.
"Where did you learn it!" Morgana demanded as she panted, shaking in anger.
"Stop Morgana!" Merlin yelled powerfully.
Merlin watched Morgana pull her arms down, panting and looking exhausted but determined to look threatening.
"Don't think I am using all the powers I can." Morgana seethed between her teeth. "I can destroy you, but I cannot lie and say I am not curious as to where you learned it from. Now tell me!"
"I didn't learn it." Merlin pled to her sympathy. "I've had it all my life…"
It wasn't hard to see that Morgana felt gutted by Merlin's response. The reality that she could have had someone to go to, that she could have had someone to confide in, to relate to, to speak to – was hard for her to digest. Face flushing, and nose turning into crimson, she tried hard not to blink for fear her welled up eyes would release a sign of weakness.
"Leave me be. I must speak to him alone!" Morgana said turning to the others, including Mordred. The men nodded tensely and paced out with Mordred.
"You lied to me…" Morgana said, turning to Merlin after they left, looking like a dagger went through her. "You tried to kill me! You poisioned me! We were one and the same!"
Merlin felt a flood of guilt enter his stomach. For the first time to Merlin, he felt like he was speaking to the same Morgana he remembered from Camelot.
"I didn't want to Morgana. I did it because at the time, I thought it was right. Now I know that I – I betrayed you…and I betrayed our own kind. Now I know the safest place for me is with those who are magical."
"How could you sit there? How could you sit there serving someone who had killed so many of our kind?" Morgana cried, with tears falling down her face. As Morgana wiped her tears, she looked away with her bloodshot eyes. "So what changed your mind?" she asked skeptically, trying to regain a menacing look in her eyes.
A wind howled in the cave, cooling Merlin's neck as Arthurs disgusted face and the dragons puzzling words on fate flashed in his mind.
"Arthur found out about my magic, and told me to never show my face again..."
Morgana looked down in deep thought, and looked up at Merlin critically with a twinkle in her eye.
"You know Merlin, the last person I trusted betrayed me. And it was all because I believed their words."
Merlin, not knowing where Morgana was going with her words, listened carefully as she circled him.
"I know you are talking about Lancelot pretending to be loyal to you. But Lancelot and I are different. I have magic, and he does not. He would not fully understand our cause."
"When I was out casted Merlin..." Morgana said ignoring Merlin, recalling the time she had no one but Mordred. "I had no one to go to. Not one. You see this here? This land? This cave? Those people? "Morgana asked. "I built it. I made it. I had to gain the peoples trust!" Morgana boasted. "It was not easy. Do you know how I gained their trust?"
Merlin watched Morgana circle him and waited for the answer."How?"
"See this..." Morgana said slowly pulling her hair from her ride half of her face.
Merlin shivered at the sight of her reddish brown scar on Morgana's cheek and arm, taking away what he remembered as a flawless beauty. He glanced at her cold and hurt turquoise eyes and felt a rush of pain in his stomach.
"This here, Merlin, is proof." Morgana explained referring to her scars. "And now you must prove yourself."
"You want me to hurt myself?" Merlin asked simply.
"No…" Morgana said thoughtfully looking away. She then turned to him with a coy smile. "I want you to hurt someone else."
"W-who?"
"Someone who still trusts you and likes you. How about… a knight?"Morgana said, feeling more and more joyful. "I'll let you pick of course..."
Merlin's heart began to race in worry. "You want me to hurt a knight?"
"Oh no Merlin not hurt one. I want you to kill one."
Stunned, Merlin watched Morgana walk in circles and become increasingly excited at her clever test. Merlin's mind spun as he comprehended her request, but then calmed himself down and slowly nodded his head.
"I'll do it." Merlin replied.
"You have one day Merlin, to bring a knight here and kill him. And if you do not come back, I will find you. And this time," Morgana explained carefully, staring at Merlin with her cold and intense gaze. "Make no mistake, Merlin, when I do find you, I will be generous in showing you my powers."
Whoa, is Merlin for real? Any ideas on who the knight will be?