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Thank you very very much for your reviews, Maya, Chris, SeverusHermioneForever and Someone from Ireland. Many thanks too for the favourites in my other stories.
And now Morgana has just arrived to save the king! Have fun! =D
Previously...
"Maybe you saw a spirit!" She suggested excited cupping his cheek. So astonished Agravaine was that he welcomed her act, sighing and touching her hand with his.
"A... spirit?" He was a bit calmer after her touch.
"Yes. This is a sacred place, there's no need to fear anything here." She assured him.
When he was almost calm (almost!), Agravaine heard to something else.
"Aaaw!" It was a thin noise and sounded so excited.
"Oh, I heard it too!" Morgause smiled. "The spirits came to help our ritual!"
"Don't be so sure, sister!"
Chapter 41
"Morgana!" Goddess, was it really happening? Morgause didn't notice Agravaine had a smirk.
"Why, sister?" Morgana walked to her with her baby into her arms.
Had Morgana came by herself? And bringing the baby? But how? Morgause didn't understand. How did she know they would be in Avalon?
Arthur and Merlin, for their turns, went to reunite with the knights and people with magic, so they could tell them about the plan.
"Morgana..." Her sister had sounded so disappointed. And Morgause wasn't much better than her. "I-I can explain everything."
Morgause looked back at Agravaine. The man was standing beside the stone where the king was tied. She saw the wicked grin on his face. And he saw how hurt he made her feel. He had betrayed her. Morgana followed her sister's gaze and noticed someone else...
"Uther!" She ran to him. "Thank goddess, love!" She knelt beside him and kissed her love deeply, Vivienne making sparks with her magic and laughing.
"Oh, her magic had already started to show itself!" Morgause ran to them very excitedly, apparently forgetting about the situation. "Let me look at you, little one..." Vivienne was excited to go to Morgause's arms, the baby missed her aunt.
"No!" Uther screamed very scared. "No, be away from my daughter!"
"What's the matter, I just want to look at her." Morgause said. And it was sincere. She would never hurt her niece.
"Morgana, what do you had in mind to bring a baby here?" Uther sounded so confused and shocked!
"Well..." Morgana considered it. "The dragon had said Vivienne would help my sister and Agravaine to see some sense..." She said. "I know in my heart that, even if my sister had done all this, she wouldn't cause any pain to Vivienne." Uther got pale, remembering the weird piece of conversation between Morgause and Agravaine he had heard in their way to Avalon.
Morgana got up and gave the baby to her sister. She knew that Morgause may be furious with Uther, but she would never hurt Vivienne. Merlin, Arthur and the knights, all of them still behind the stones, were ready to attack if Morgause tries something.
"Here you are!" Morgause played with the baby. "My smart little girl, you'll be so beautiful and happy, Vivienne!"
"Aaww!" Vivienne was excited as her aunt played with her and Merlin smiled at that, all of them relaxing a bit.
Uther panted in expectation. He knew Morgause wouldn't be bad to Vivienne, but he didn't trust Agravaine. And Uther knew Morgause probably would do anything to have Agravaine's love again. For his turn, Agravaine assured nobody would untie the king.
"It's now, Morgause, kill her!" Agravaine commanded.
"What?" Morgause was as pale as the others.
"No... no..." Morgana felt the blood leaving her brain. She felt dizzy and was hyperventilating. She needed her sister to tell her it was just a bad joke... She needed Uther to hold her and, goddess, she needed Vivienne safe into her arms! "Give me her!" She screamed.
"Morgana, my dear, breathe!" Uther wanted to hug her. Oh, and to kill Agravaine, the bastard!
"Morgause!" Agravaine encouraged her.
"Never!" Morgause said very self confidently, holding the baby protectively. "Goddess, Agravaine, I can't!" She was nervous. "You know well that I can't!"
Never bothering about the king, Agravaine grabbed Morgana's arm roughly, making the lady gasp.
"Oh, leave me!" Morgana cried, trying to release her arm from his hands.
But Agravaine was stronger and soon Morgana's back was tied into his body, a sword on her neck, the cold blade touching her delicate skin.
"Agravaine!" Morgause was clearly in panic. Goddess, was really that Agravaine the one with who she had fallen in love? "Leave my sister!" She begged. Vivienne pointed to her mother and cried heartbrokenly. "I know, Vivienne, I'm so sorry, dear, it was a terrible mistake, I'm going to fix it, I promise." She told the baby in a sweeter way. "Agravaine, you can't..."
"Shut up, sorceress!" He screamed, clearly disturbed.
"Agravaine, I am the one you want dead." Uther said very rationally, but Morgana could notice the panic on his voice. "Let them go and kill me!"
"Choose!" Agravaine smirked at Morgause wickedly than ever. "The baby or your precious sister?"
"I am the one you want!" Uther screamed in despair.
"Shut up, Pendragon!" He kicked the king's head and Uther felt dizzy. "Don't worry, it'll soon be your turn... but before that I want you and Morgause to feel what I felt!"
"Agravaine..." Morgause tried, holding carefully the baby, her eyes full of tears and her hands shaking. At that point, Vivienne was crying too, sparkles were coming from her little hands uncontrollably.
"Choose one of them!" Agravaine laughed again, clearly amused by everyone's despair.
"No, sister!" Morgana screamed furiously. "Let me die and protect her!" Her voice was firm. "Please, take good care of Vivienne as if she was your own baby. And, please, when she grows up, tell her that her parents loved her."
"So be it!" Agravaine said roughly and forced the blade a bit, torturing the lady while both Uther and Morgause yelled at him.
None of them noticed, however, the circle was shrinking, since the knights and people with magic formed a circle around them, all of them ready to attack at Arthur's order. They didn't notice anything until a tip of a blade touched Agravaine's back. The man gasped in shock.
"Let her go, uncle." Arthur? What was the prince doing there? "Now."
The man released Morgana and she fell over her knees, kissing Uther, both of them relieved. Then she got up, still trembling and very disturbed and walked to her sister.
"Give me her." Morgana said sounding cold.
"Sister, I'm so sorry!" Morgause did as she was told and so true! Why Morgana doesn't believe her?
"All those times Uther told me about a weird feeling! I should have paid more attention to him." Morgana said while hugging and kissing her daughter desperately.
"Si-sister, I can explain!" Morgause was so desperate, so broken! Morgana looked at her and wondered what had happened to her sister.
"Then I suggest you to start..." Arthur said still pressing the sword to his uncle's back. The man didn't dare to move or talk.
"Someone would mind to untie me?" The king said.
"Oh, I used magic on that rope..." Morgause walked to him, but Merlin was quicker and untied Uther with magic. "Oh, right, you're Emrys!" Merlin had a fool smile to her while Uther and Morgana hugged each other in great relief.
"I missed you so much, love, I was so afraid I could lose you! I had no idea what I would do if you..." And Uther made Morgana stop talking and stop shaking bi kissing her, a long and loving kiss.
"You may start talking, Morgause." Arthur said, still with the sword against Agravaine's back.
"Please, Arthur, don't hurt him..." Morgause begged. She clearly cared about him, even after everything he had done. Maybe the love spell turned against her? "I love him!"
"Shut up sorceress!" Agravaine was furious and people could see how hurt Morgause felt.
"Shut up you, uncle." Arthur said. "We want to listen to her."
"Oh, here?" Morgause was awkward of telling such a thing in front of so many people.
"Here or never." Uther said in a cold way. He was weak because of the lack of food and water. In the beginning Morgause gave him some food, but as Agravaine was furious after the spell was broken, the lady seemed to have forgotten about the king's needs.
"Oh..."
"Maybe all the knights and the people could watch us some steps away?" Morgana suggested, feeling her sister's fragility. "We clearly have the control of the situation, right?"
"Right." Arthur agreed and the knights gave some steps back. "But be aware, try anything and my knights will have the blade on your throats before you can even realise what had happened." The prince said so darkly that even Uther looked at him surprised.
"We're listening, sister." Morgana said very self confidently, tapping Vivienne's back when she laughed at Uther's funny expression.
The baby tried to reach her father in an excited way, magic popping freely from her hands. Uther smiled at that and took Vivienne into his arms.
Morgause sighed. How to explain such a thing? Morgana would hate her forever, right?
"I-I think it started when you firstly went to Camelot, Morgana." Her sister said. "I knew you had magic and I wanted you to live with me in the north. I wanted to be with you when your magic would finally sprout. I wanted to guide you and to help." And it was so true!
"Well, sister, if you were so worried, why have you never came to visit me?" Morgana clearly didn't believe a single word.
"It'd be dangerous, Morgana!" Morgause said quickly. "Not only to me, but what about you? Who would help you when your magic started to show herself without any control?" She pointed Vivienne, who was having fun with her sparkles.
"Clearly not you." Morgana sounded hurt. "Seriously, not even a letter or a message!" Morgana looked at her eyes. "I couldn't write because I feared for you... but you had magic and already used it well!" The queen accused. "You probably knew a way..."
"Yes, I did." Morgause said calmly. "But I chose not to use my methods... in order to protect you, Morgana!" Goddess, why her little sister can't understand that?
"Oh, protect me!" Morgana rolled her eyes. "Right!"
"Of course, I had to protect you from him!" She pointed Uther. "And the best way I could do so was being away." It made Morgana look at her. "Think, sister! Magic used to be punished with death!" Morgana seemed to start listening to her sister.
"Oh, please..." Arthur rolled his eyes.
"Let they talk, Arthur." Merlin said. "The dragon said they should do so."
"And then I was in my property in the north when a man arrived with news from Camelot." Morgause said. "And it was a shock to me when I read your letter! You would marry him!" Merlin smiled at Morgause's dramatic way of telling what had happened. "I... I had even asked the man who brought the message about that and he assured you were both in love and the people was very excited about your wedding." Morgause continued. "That was when he mentioned magic was free in Camelot. I couldn't believe it! I tormented the man for hours with questions!"
"I can imagine..." Agravaine smirked, sounding almost like his old self.
"Shut up uncle!" Arthur said. "Soon we'll hear your version..."
"Well, that's why I came to Camelot." Morgause continued. "To attend to your wedding, of course, but mostly to check if magic was really free... If it was safe for you to stay so close to Uther."
"Morgause..."
"Oh, please, Morgana, don't blame me!" She begged. "We only have each other! I feared for you, I can't lose you!"
"Oh, and then, in order to protect me you've just decided to kill my husband?" Morgana sounded angry.
"Well... yes." Morgause smiled. "You see, now I can see people may change... but that time..."
"Please, sister... I don't know if I can trust you again."
"Listen to her, Morgana." Uther said calmly. "I saw everything that had happened between her and Agravaine as the spell was broken. Maybe you should at least listen to her before getting to a conclusion."
Morgana sighed and looked again at Morgause.
"Now I can believe he has changed." Morgause said. "Now I can see the love you and Uther share may have changed much more than his attitude against magic, it has changed a whole kingdom." She took a breath. "I... I was never an emotional person, Morgana. I had never known how to deal with love and that kind of thing."
"And so you just decided to cast a spell!" Agravaine accused.
"Oh that..." She clearly didn't expect his comment. "I thought everything would be fine. I've never thought it would have such a consequence! Because... you see, Agravaine, I needed your help." She explained to him once again. "But I think I kind of loved you since the beginning." It was so sincere, how the man could not believe her? "I understand now it was a big mistake, Agravaine, but I know somehow the love you felt wasn't just magic." She said with a begging voice.
"Oh, I doubt it!" Agravaine rolled his eyes.
"Anyway! Why couldn't you just be happy with Agravaine instead of trying to kill my husband, sister?" Morgana was angry and Uther smiled at that. She was hot, just like she used to be when they use to argue about magic in the past.
"You know, Morgana, we've kidnapped Uther and I intended to kill him tonight." Morgause said very sincerely. "However, my love spell was broken."
"Thanks to my nephew!" Agravaine said.
"Oh, I'd never had done so without Merlin!" Arthur said and Merlin had a big smile.
"Well, carry on, sister." Morgana said cold.
"I... At that point I had already confessed my feelings to Agravaine." Her eyes were so bright! Morgana would be happy for her if the situation was different. "But I had never realised how strong my feelings for Agravaine were until he started to be like this..." She pointed him.
"What do you mean?" Arthur asked.
"Oh, come on, I doubt he was so evil before I'd made the spell!" Morgause said.
"She's right." Uther said. "I saw it."
"Shut up, Pendragon!" Agravaine yelled at him furious. "You know nothing!"
"Shut up you, uncle." Arthur reprehended him. "Continue."
"I could see Uther has really changed and I'm happy for you sister, because you have true love." She sighed. "After the spell was broken I felt so lost... Sincerely I wasn't sure about killing him..." This time her sister seemed to believe her. "I understand it was a mistake... I mean the spell, because that was what started the entire thing... and I see Agravaine is angry but... Goddess, I love him so much! Can't we overcome that?"
"Never." Agravaine smirked. "I hate you, Morgause, the only reason why I'm still here is to make you pay! You and Pendragon!"
Morgause cried and an awkward silence fell over the blessed island.
"Sister..." Even being angry, Morgana couldn't see her sister so heartbroken like that. "You see, you shouldn't play with people's feelings..."
"I-I know, Morgana, but I really didn't know how to act that time..."
"Well." Everyone's attention was at Merlin. "I can see darkness has taken his soul after the spell was broken." He said sounding like Emrys. "Just like the dragon told us, because it's how dark magic affects people without magic after a dark spell is broken."
"Oh?" Morgause went to him. "And is there a way to bring him back?" She almost begged Merlin. "I need him so much! Please, I'm being honest when I say I want to fix things again, Merlin... I'd do anything!"
Morgana smiled at that. Yes, there was still hope for Morgause.
"Maybe there's a way..." Merlin said.
"Please, tell me!" Morgause asked.
"If Agravaine feels real love for you, so he'll be back to his old self." Merlin said.
"Oh? Just that? Really?" Morgause was so excited.
"There's no way, I fear." Agravaine said. "Because I clearly don't love you." He smirked. Her smile gave place to a hurt expression and Agravaine tried to hide his guilt.
"Well... Now we want to hear from you, uncle." Arthur asked very calmly, probably trying to annoy the man.
"Well, Arthur..." Agravaine started nervously. "When I came to Camelot I didn't imagine your father would marry Lady Morgana. On the truth I didn't even know he had a ward!" Agravaine smiled sadly, sounding just like he used to before the spell. Morgause sighed at that. "I came just to see you after so many years."
"Oh, I understand... And seeing I was fine you've just decided killing my father in order to make things easier!" Arthur sounded very ironic.
"It's not like that!" Agravaine said quickly. "Moreover, nothing like this would happen if your father hadn't killed my poor sister!" He sounded possessed. "Or if Morgause hadn't cast that spell!"
"Agravaine, please!" Morgause sounded desperate. "I told you I only did that for love! Maybe my methods aren't the best ones, but I assure you my love is sincere." She sighed. Morgana touched her sister's shoulder. "About the death of your sister, you know Uther has no guilt. He, or even Nimueh, could never know it would be Ygraine the one to die... it could have been anyone!"
Agravaine sighed. Even understanding that, for some reason he couldn't stop himself of blaming Uther.
"Well, Arthur." Agravaine ignored Morgause's comment. "I want you to know that, despite your father's actions I'm fond of you and I believe you'll be a great king someday. And, when it happens, you will have my support and loyalty." He said sounding like his old self. "I'd like to tell you that I just did that to your father because of this sorceress' dark magic!" Morgause felt her blood getting icy.
"We were never the best friends, Agravaine." Uther pointed coldly. Who the bastard was trying to fool?
"I know, but even having our... uh... differences, we had never come up to that kind of thing." Agravaine managed to fix the situation.
"Oh, please, Agravaine..." Morgause started begging again.
"Goddess, can't we just fix the situation like grown up people?" Morgana interrupted annoyed. "Maybe it's my turn to say something." Uther looked at her amazed. "I don't know what you understand for justice and protection, but in my opinion, it surely isn't killing Uther!" The king smiled at that. "And surely it isn't killing my baby! A baby!" She said again. "What kind of monster are you, Agravaine?" Morgana faced him and, for few moments, he didn't know how to answer.
"Oh, don't misunderstand me, my lady!" Agravaine said and reached for something into his cloak. A piece of parchment. "Look what I have here..."
Here we are! I know this one we had a lot of memories being told by Morgause and Agravaine... *feeling like a psychologist?* Next one will be more focused in the present and the prophecy... oh, and in remove darkness from Agravaine's soul, of course.
Oh, I'd like to know your opinions! Please, review and let me know what's nice and what I could improve.
Next chapter is almost done. A little taste to you: "Oh, you like kisses, uh? My smart girl!"
Have a nice weekend! =D