It had turned out that Merlin's description about the gloomy atmosphere haunting the school had been a hundred percent accurate.
These days the subject of Arthur's incident was not to be spoken of which was now the only rule that all students obeyed. The atmosphere in lessons was now a lot quieter as everyone put their heads down and got on with their own work without a single word coming out of anyone's mouth.
The troublesome trio were the most silent of all, in fact it would be a lie to call them a trio.
Freya kept her distance from everyone. She didn't speak or even laugh, the only time that she would look up from her work was to look at Gwen as if she was apologising for the way she had acted.
Gwen ignored her.
After the first 3 days without the presence of Arthur in the school , Freya gave up trying to seek forgiveness from Gwen and went back into her tiny shell that she had trapped herself in along with many other students.
Catrina on the other hand wasn't so shy. She would give Gwen, Merlin and Morgana in particular death stares as if she was going to kill them one by one. Catrina showed no remorse of Arthur's incident, in fact if she had the courage she would have made nonstop jokes about it. However during to the miserable atmosphere that was lurking around the school, Catrina may have possibly realised that her jokes would not have been taken lightly.
But it didn't seem to stop her from giving the girls from the former trio a glare that could have meant a number of different things, but the one thing that all the other students knew for sure that it could only lead to more trouble.
However it was Morgause who was the center of attention and not in the positive way it used to be. For the following two days after Arthur's incident she hid herself away, avoiding any sort of dramas that were heading towards her, unfortunately the rest of the school had other ideas. Morgauses phone was overloaded by a whirlwind of vicious texts telling her how cruel and vile she was, her past friends and even people she didn't know filled her Facebook timeline with nasty posts and strict lectures about how disgusting she was along with Facebook groups wanting justice for Arthur.
Now she was back at school, the endless insults and nasty shout outs towards Morgause didn't stop or decrease even in the slightest. But the only one who was effectively giving her the silent treatment was Catrina, which only meant that bad actions would take place, but what Morgause feared the most was that Catrina's silence was louder than her words.
Meanwhile Merlin and Gwen did everything they could to help Morgana and her family get through the trauma. Merlin jobs were to make sure that the Pendragon family had enough food to last them a whole week as well as keeping their house tidy. Gwen's job was to keep Morgana and her father company for as long as she could during the night until her mum called for her to come home.
Despite their small doubts of Arthur not making it they both put on a strong face and a clear head as their feelings didn't matter right now. They agreed with themselves that they would focus on the Pendragons and their needs and problems even if that meant leaving their own behind in the deepest corner of their minds.
Although each day had exhausted everyone in the Pendragon household, they all took every day in their stride and besides a couple of dramas they got through each day even if the majority of those days were miserably depressing.
But too get through this Merlin knew that he and Gwen would have to stay strong for what was left of the Pendragon family no matter what destiny decided to do with Arthur's future.
The next day at school Morgauses lunch time that these days were usually full of people giving her disgusted looks and shouting out spiteful words about her. But today it would be a lunch time that would replace all those long vile words that had been going through her head.
Walking along the corridor dreading the harsh looks and comments that were awaiting her, those fears were cut short when she was suddenly dragged into the girls toilet and slammed against one of the toilet doors which caused Morgause to tumble over and smack her head on the bottom of the toilet.
When she heard the distant sound of two footsteps coming towards her she looked up to see that the person staring down at her was Catrina.
Stumbling to get back up Morgause said breathlessly, "W- what was that for "?
"Oh that was just to get you attention " Catrina replied in a harsh tone.
"Wheres Freya"? Morgause asked while looking around the toilets to see if she was hiding from all the violence.
"Oh I told her to jog on , she is no longer of any interest to me , you on the other hand are" Catrina said her tone turning more vile by the second.
"What do you want Catrina"? Morgause asked , her tone sounding fed up but equally as frightened.
"Well let me see "Catrina began in her vile tone, "When I said finish Arthur off I meant finish him off not faff about on the edge of the stairs"! Catrina continued in the same tone as before.
Morgause couldn't believe what she had just heard. "I wasn't faffing about, I told you that I didn't want to go that far but you did it anyway!" Morgause shouted, furious that Catrina had dared to bring up the day that no one else had even attempted to speak about.
"Oh but it wasn't me "Catrina replied but her tone getting more vile by the minute.
"What do you mean "? Morgause said as she heard her own voice get lower.
Catrina walked up to Morgause slowly as if she was a criminal, "Do I have to explain everything to you "? She began before interrupting Morgause as she was about to respond,"You see who was the one who kept bitching about Arthur in the first place"? Catrina asked in a less than nice tone.
Morgause hesitated which Catrina picked up on and let out an evil grin. "Err... well I did" Morgause then stammered quietly.
Catrina then held a finger near Morgauses lip to silence her. Catrina then walked across to one of the mirrors near the sink to carry on talking.
"So all I did then was come up with a plan to make your wishes come true, but even that didn't seem to please you ". Morgause was about to but in when Catrina shouted "Don't interrupt!" before carrying on with her next sentence.
"Therefore I knew despite your word that you would chicken out at the last minute so just think of it as me doing you a favour by moving things along a bit "Catrina finished off her sentence with a small chuckle before turning around sharply to give a death stare at Morgause.
Morgause was speechless for a single second before catching her courage to speak again.
"Move things along, you practically killed him" Morgause was close to wailing as tears were glistening in her eyes.
Catrina frowned, "No Morgause, don't you see it was you who sent him to his near death" she hissed before raising her eyebrows.
"What are you on about you evil witch"! Morgause said as her voice went higher along with the tears in her eyes threatening to slide down her cheek.
Catrina let out an evil laugh which echoed through the girl's toilets before walking so close to Morgause that her lips were touching Morgauses ear.
Catrina then whispered, "I said that I wouldn't be responsible for those actions if you didn't have the guts to push him, and guess what ... I was right I'm not responsible for those actions". Catrina paused as if to create suspension "you are", were her final words before walking out of the toilets silently, leaving Morgause standing near the hand dryer confused but at the same time lonely and desperate for someone to understand and not judge her for it.
Merlin was sat in his pitch black, empty bedroom letting his thoughts take over his mind. After helping Morgana and her father, he and Gwen had been told to go home by Morgana as she felt that they had done more than enough for them throughout the past few days.
However Merlin couldn't stop thinking about the consequences if Arthur was to never wake up. In his dreams, he could picture Morgana facial expressions screaming out major pain and the feeling of being distraught and distressed. The effect on Uther would be a million times worse, Merlin could picture him falling apart leaving Morgana to pick up the pieces yet again but for the very last time.
Merlin was about to drift off when his phone vibrated, he had received a text message. When he knew who it was from he sprung out of bed to read what she had put.
Morgana- +4407594660960
Merlin
You have to get to the hospital, NOW!
It's urgent...
Merlin's heart started to pound viciously, what if his worst nightmare had suddenly became reality?
Instead of debating what the massive issue could be, Merlin rushed to get himself dressed then out the front door as his parents were still away at work. He scribbled a little note saying that he might be late home; luckily the hospital wasn't far away from where he lived.
Merlin soon found himself barging past nurses and running across the corridors despite being told off by two doctors. Even at the unbelievable speed his legs seemed to be taking him at, he felt as if he should have been there earlier , in the room with Morgana and possibly her father so he could hear the bad news with them so he could comfort and help through the worst to come.
But as soon as he burst into the room with sweat dripping off his face and breathing like an animal that had been trapped in a cage with barely any oxygen. Merlin was heavily taken aback when he saw Arthur turning his head to look at Merlin even though he couldn't see Merlin at the door.
Merlin opened his mouth to try and speak but only a small squeaking noise came out along with a huge pile of tears that were now rolling off his cheeks in a long line. Everyone else in the room including Morgana and her father had the same expression on their faces as Merlin; Uther especially had been crying the most as his cheeks were tear stained with happiness.
Morgana looked as if she wanted to jump in the air, to want to scream and shout that her brother was alright, she too had been crying but she didn't have as much evidence as her father.
No one spoke for another five minutes until Morgana personally thanked everyone for their support and for the things they did to show their support. This then escalated to a conversation between everyone including Arthur as his brain hadn't suffered from any brain damage.
Morgana started the conversation by telling Arthur how much he was missed and how much Merlin and Gwen had helped her and Uther through the misery of missing him. Arthur didn't seem to be disappointed but at the same time he didn't seem too pleased either. But Arthur's emotions towards what was being said started to show more a bit by bit as the conversation went on.
"School has been horribly different without you "Gwen commented who had just came into the room.
Arthur let out a very tiny smile.
Uther then commented about how the atmosphere in the house had changed since Arthur hadn't been there. However it was Morgana's next sentence that had made the most impact on Arthur.
"We have all been so worried about you that it has affected us in many ways ", was Morganas comment.
While everyone else was too wrapped up in the own bubbles of pure joy, Merlin was the only one out of the group who instantly spotted the fact that Arthur's facial expression fell when Morgana has finished her comment leaving Merlin wondering what was going through his head.
Although Merlin didn't want to ruin the joyful atmosphere in the room, he couldn't help but think that Arthur had something on his mind that he wouldn't discuss or open up to with anyone.
But whatever it may be , Merlin was determined to find out.