Chapter 11

Some nice fluff and some progress on Mordred's situation.:)

"Alyssa?"

"Yes my Lady?" Alyssa was in Guinevere's chambers. She was cleaning up Gwen's books. She had left them sprawled out on the desk in the corner and Alyssa was having trouble putting them up when she was such a bookworm. She kept reading a few pages before she put them away.

"I told you, you're supposed to call me Gwen when it's just the two of us remember?"

"Sorry Gwen."

"Thank you. Now, I was going to ask you if you knew how to read?"

"Um, yes Gwen. I learned it from my mother. I love books so much. I'm sorry it's taking me so long to put them away." Alyssa could feel herself blushing fiercely as she put away the book she was holding and picked up another.

"Oh. It's alright Alyssa. I was just going to say that if you wanted to borrow one of them you could."

"Oh really Gwen?"

"Of course. I loved to read when I was a servant too. Morgana used to loan me her books when she finished them."

Gwen smiled wistfully. There was sadness and happiness in her expression at the same time. Alyssa thought quickly and tried to bring her out of her sadness.

"Do you have any suggestions my Lady?"

"Alyssa!"

"Sorry!"

Gwen smiled at her, all traces of the sadness she felt gone. "You should read the blue one. It's a romance. I think you'll like it."

"Thank you Gwen."

"And thank you Alyssa. Now why don't you go eat dinner before Merlin comes chasing after you?"

"What?"

"Alyssa don't you see how much he likes you? I know you're not that lost."

Alyssa blushed furiously. She couldn't talk about this right now.

"I'm sorry Gwen but I don't know what you're talking about. I'm going to go now." She walked out, listening to Gwen chuckle softly behind her.

When Alyssa got down to Gaius's rooms, it was strangely silent. Merlin wasn't shouting about how much of a prat Arthur was. Gaius wasn't telling him to be quiet before someone heard him. Something was definitely wrong.

Alyssa came around the corner prepared to defend herself should someone suddenly attack her, and found Gaius reading with no Merlin in sight.

"Gaius? What's going on? Where's Merlin?"

"He had to go on a hunting trip with Arthur. I'm looking for a cure to this curse."

"Oh wonderful. Merlin's going to complain for hours when he gets back."

"Don't worry. I'm sure he'll be more tired than anything. Arthur will probably be running him everywhere." Gaius looked back down at the page he was reading before she walked in and quickly scribbled something down on a piece of paper next to him.

"Have you found anything that could help me with Mordred?"

Gaius looked up at her with a smile on his face.

"I have been looking over all the spells that have to do with memory blocking and I have found that there is a way to unlock them again," here he frowned a little, "but the problem is that it's a long complicated spell that Mordred will have to willingly enter into. Even if he's not the one performing the spell, he has to be willing to sit in the circle until his memories are returned to him."

"That's a problem considering that we could be caught at any moment if the spell is too long and Mordred thinks I'm a loon right now."

"Yes, we will have to find a way to convince him," he smiled at her again, "At least we know where to start now."

"At least we know where to start," she agreed with him. Her heart wasn't as heavy with defeat now, but it still hurt a little to remember that Mordred didn't know who she was anymore. She would never give up on her brother, even if it hurt her in the process.

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