Kara woke to someone shaking her, calling out her name. She swatted their hands away groaning tiredly before she moved and groaned for a whole different reason as she felt pain shoot from her back.

'That's definitely going to bruise' she winced before sitting up, 'woah' she cried out stumbling backwards in surprise when she saw Kilgharrah there.

'Uh hi' she said and the great dragon bowed his head. Thoughts of what happened filled her mind and her head snapped immediately to Merlin beside her. 'We have to get back to camelot'

'I know' he nodded helping her up 'it's the reason why I woke you'

Kara looked around seeing that they were standing on a cliff face and she groaned in frustration, 'it'll take us forever to walk back to Camelot'

'Who said anything about walking' Merlin pointed out ad she looked him in confusion. She watched as he looked at Kilgharrah and a smile spread across her face when she realised what he was planning.

Kara and Merlin screamed in delight, the wind blowing past them as Kilgharrah flew across the night sky, 'Woo!' Merlin cheered letting go only to stumble and grasp hood 'woah' he exclaimed before his smile returned.

'This is amazing!' Kara laughed and Merlin responded with another cheer,

'Woo!'

Kilgharrah comes to a clearing and the two hop off 'This is as far as I go.' He tells them.

'Thank you. I won't forget this.' Merlin says

'Be careful, young warlock. The great battle for Camelot has begun. You must be strong. For Arthur's destiny and the future of Albion lie in your hands.' Kilgharrah warns before flying away.

Kara and Merlin both hurry through the Datel barging into the physician chambers to find an asleep Gaius.

'You need to wake up.' Merlin whispers shaking him and gaius eyes fly open

'Merlin! Kara! Where have you two been?' Gaius wonders

'There's no time to explain.' Kara says helping Gaius into his robe.

'Are you alright?'

'Morgana is in league with Morgause; she's plotting against Uther.' Merlin states

'What?' Gaius gasps in shock turning around to face him.

'She's responsible for his visions. Come on, hurry up. There's something I need to show you.' Merlin cried

When the three enter the king's chambers it's an absolute mess, objects scattered around the room with a whimpering uther in the corner near a flickering fire.

'Uther?' Gaius speaks kneeling down beside the King 'Uther!'

Uther paws desperately at Gaius, whimpering while he stares at nothing over Gaius's shoulder. Uther sees a sopping wet Ygraine with five drowned children in the middle of the room.

'Please!'

Uther's fires and shaky breath heighten 'Merlin the root!' Kara cries and Merlin quickly runs to the bed and throws the root into the fire. Kara clamps her hands over her ears as a scream pierced through the air. Yet uther's whimpers stop.

'It was an enchantment, Sire. You need to rest.' Quiz supplies and uther nods still gripping gaius's arm. Gaius and Merlin help Uther into bed. Gaius drugs Uther's cup.

'Please drink this, sir. It will help you to sleep.' He says before feeding him the drink. Uther immediately falls asleep and Kara pulls up the covers over the King once more before the three of the, leave him to rest.

'We must tell Uther what Morgana has done.' Merlin states and Kara nods in agreement,net the minute they enter the physician chambers.

'Are you mad? He'd have all our heads if we made such accusations. He'd look at it as treason.' Gaius exclaims

'We can't just let her get away with it.' Kara stated

'He dotes on her every word'

'But...if he knew.'

'You've seen how blind he is to her faults. Besides, the root is gone now. It can do no more harm.' Gaius says but the two servants shake their heads.

'No, you don't understand. I heard Morgana and Morgause. There's more to their plan, I'm sure of it.' He was right of course because later that day sir Leon and several other Knights watched as Cenred's army crossed the valley.

Back in Camelot Merlin opens the curtains to Arthur's room only to turn around to a jumbled mess, 'What happened?!' He exclaimed in shock

'What happened? I've had to make do without a servant, that's what happened.' Arthur said from his bed

'I wasn't gone for that long.'

'Without my permission.' Arthur inputted.

'What if I was dying?'

'I wouldn't be complaining! But you're not. So where've you been?'

'I was dying.' Merlin spoke the truth but Arthur rolled his eyes.

'I don't have time for this. The future of the kingdom rests upon my shoulders. Do you have any idea what that feels like?'

'Well...'

'Merlin. I should have you thrown in the dungeons. So, what've you got to say for yourself?'

'You've not had your breakfast this morning, have you?' Merlin asked and anger overtook Arthur's face

'I'll have you for breakfast!' He shouted rising out of bed and he begins to throw random objects in his reach at Merlin.

'Oh, no wonder this place is such a mess!' Merlin teases as he dishes another object thrown at him 'Oh, yes, I can see you've got all the makings of a great king.' He adds sarcastically, Arthur throws a piece of fabric at him and Merlin ducks out of the room, laughing to himself.

In Morgana's chambers Kara has changing the sheets when Gwen asked 'May I clear away the dishes, My Lady?'

Morgana continued to stare out the window. Gwen gLanced at Kara who shrugged. She had been trying to keep her distance from Morgana all morning. Knowing she was evil and working with Morgause, It changed the way she saw Morgana and she didn't trust herself to keep her moths shut about it when she was near her.

'Morgana?' Gwen asked again and Morgana turned around wi a smile in her face

'I was thinking about what to wear. I must dress.' She said and moved behind her divider to change. Kara watched her wearingly before glancing out the window. She spots Merlin and Arthur walking away and realised quickly why Morgana was acting so weirdly. She was merely shocked to see Merlin alive.

Later that day Kara stood beside Merlin as sir Leon gave Arthur a report of what he and serval other Knights had seen earlier 'I estimate they will reach the city within two days.'

'Under whose banner do they march?' Merlin questioned

'Cenred's, Sire. We knew he was amassing an army...' 'How many men?' Arthur interrupted

'20,000 maybe more.'

'I fear that news of the king's illness has spread beyond our borders. Cenred sees an opportunity.' Gaius points out

'Then we must find a way to appease him' Leon speaks

'Not what my father would do, he wouldn't bow to our enemies.' Arthur tells them.

'Forgive me, Sire, we are outnumbered two to one.'

'What concessions will Cenred insist on? What territories will he demand?'

'We do not have to give him anything, but it could buy us valuable time.'

'It shows weakness, Gaius. There's only one course of action open to us.' Arthur says sitting down on the throne, thinking his desicion over before he nods to 'We must prepare the city for siege.'

The court immediately exchange glances at the princes words. Kara looked up from her where she was playing with a lose thread on her sleeve looking at him in surprise.

Leon speaks 'Are you sure that is wise?'

'The castle is our strongest weapon. No army has ever taken Camelot.' Arthur points out.

'But what about the people in the outlying villages?'

'Give them refuge within the city walls.'

'And what of their houses, their livelihoods? Cenred will destroy everything in his path.' Leon argues

'But they will have their lives. Go. Ready the army.' Arthur orders and Sir Leon nods before leaving with several of his Knights.

Kara spent most of the day relieved from her duties to Morgana to help with the siege preparations. Kara made her way to Arthur's chambers and knocked on the door entering. 'Are you busy?' She asks entering and he shakes his head.

'No come in' he said saving her in and she closed the door behind her.

'How is your father?' Kara asked making small talk

'I could do with him here.' Arthur sighed

'You know you really should have more faith in yourself' Kara pointed out and Arthur smiled before it faded.

'Go then tell me what are the people saying?'

'They are glad you've taken charge'

'I've committed them to a siege.' Arthur pointed out and Kara sighed 'There's going to be casualties, Kara.'

'There are casualties in every battle. You made the right desicion Arthur, Cenred would not of back down easily. Arthur worry is not a wise council okay forget everything else. Everyone believes in you. I-I believe in you' Kara spoke, stepping forward and placing her hand on his arm, just in case she had to shake some sense into the prince.

What she didn't expect was Arthur to cover her hand with his own. Kara felt the same tingles she always felt when they touched and soon found herself lost in her eyes, the minute she noticed Arthur leaning in however she was snapped back to reality and found herself pulling away from him.

'I better get going, there's a lot to do before the siege. Good night sire' Kara said before walking towards the door.

'You don't need to call me that you know?' Arthur called out after her and she stopped.

'Believe me sire, there is every need' she said before closing the door behind her.

The next day Kara watches through the windows of the infirmary as people from the outlying villagers entered Camelot. There was so many of them, she worried how long their provisions would last.

'Kara can you get me some more sheets from the laundry room, Gaius asked and Kara nodded quickly making her way down into the infirmary.

In the other side of the castle Merlin was dragging three sacks up the stairs when Arthur came around the corner 'Merlin, where have you been? I've been calling for you.'

'Gathering provisions. Twenty-five salted cod, fifteen dried capers, and one smoked boar.' He said pointing to each sack in turn. Arthur gave him a confused look

'What on earth for?'

'We're preparing for a siege.' Merlin spoke like it was obvious.

'Yes, not a banquet.'

'You know what you're like without food. We could be trapped in here for weeks, months, even. Look what I've got for your breakfast.' Merlin smile,d grabbing a jar from next to him 'Your favourite' at Arthurs expression 'pickled eggs.' Arthur expression turned to almost one of disgust cause the stuff in the jar did not look like pickled eggs at all. The prince rolled his eyes and shook his head before leaving Merlin to carry up the sacks.

Night was almost before them when word that Cenred's army was right outside the castle's borders got around. Kara's curiosity got the better of her and she ducked out of the infirmary and made her way up to the battlements.

What she saw immediately made her feel dizzy and sick to her stomach. There was way over 200 000 men and all of them prepared for the battle. Kara glanced down behind her and saw the army gathered in the square, it was significantly smaller. They were at a major disadvantage here even if it was the Knights of Camelot fighting for them.

When the first fireball hit, the infirmary was immediately filled with burned, bleeding people and Kara had her hands full to the max.

As fireballs continued to rain down on Camelot, more screams and shouts filled the air as more died or were wounded, the Knights and guards were trying their best to fend cenred's men off both on the ground and in the battlements.

Kara was helping an elderly couple with burns all over them inside the castle when she saw a flash of silver and her eyes widened when she recognised Uther Pendragon pulling out his sword and running towards the centre of the battles not full body armour.

She immediately felt the urge to run after him and stop him but stopped when she heard the groans of pain from the couple. Kara pulled her eyes away from the retreating uther and helped the man and woman up the steps and into the infirmary for treatment, helping others along the way.

She passed Merlin on the way 'keep an eye on Morgana, don't let her out of your sight' he told her and she nodded

'Merlin, be careful' She warned and he nodded sending her a reassuring smile before disappearing outside to the square.

Merlin ran through the square only to knocked down when a fire ball lands a few feet away from him. As soon as he gets his breath back from the shock he scrambles up and continues to bolt towards the front line.

Just as that was happening with a yell uther charged to the front of throne and began hitting cenred's men with his sword. Due to him still being unwell his attacks were sloppy and poorly timed, putting him in danger of being cut down.

Arthu had just struck down another enemy when he caught sight of his father. His eyes widened 'father!' Arthur cried before he hurried towards him and dragged him back.

'What are you doing?' Uther questioned

'You're not well.' Arthur protested

'This is my kingdom!' Uther yells and goes to pull out of his sons grip when he's hit by a lone stray arrow. The King collapses back into athur's arm, the prince glancing back at the overwhelmed barricade.

'Pull back! Retreat!' He ordered, pulling uther backwards and the Knights quickly followed his lead. Merlin arrives just as all the Knights retreat and Cenred's men launch themselves over the barricade in full force.

'Forbærnen.' Merlin whispers and as his eyes burn bright gold, a wall of fire bursts in front of him, blocking the enemy and giving the Camelot troops enough time to fully retreat.

In the infirmary Kara was tending to a small child, who's arm was broken trying her best to keep an eye on Morgana along with Gaius. The kid began to cry and Kara quickly tended to him, calming him down. When she glanced back up Morgana was gone and so was Gaius.

She bit her lip in worry, a sick feeling creeping into her stomach. Morgana was up to something hing and whatever it was, it wasn't going to end well for Camelot.

Out in the main square Arthur rests his father against the well 'You must get back to the battle, we're losing the lower town.' Uther protested.

'It's already lost, Father.'

'And the citadel?' Uther questions

'Safe for now.'

'It must stay that way.'

'You have to trust me, Father. I know what I'm doing.' Arthur says before pulling the arrow out of uther's leg, 'You must rest. When you're well again, you will still have a kingdom, I promise you that.' Arthur says and two guards come and take uther away while Arthur runs back into battle.

Kara glanced up and saw Merlin and a solider bring uther to a medical table, she rolled her eyes at the foolish actions of the King before she walked towards them to tend to the Kings wound. Merlin caught her arm as she passed, 'Where's Gaius?'

'He went after Morgana a couple of minutes ago' she explained and Merlin nodded before heading down the infirmary. She assumed Merlin found Gaius cause she saw him bolting out of the infirmary a second later.

She hurried to get more bandages when she felt it, a jolt of magic shocking through Camelot. She almost lost her footing at the pure power and strength behind it.

Pure panic and dread filled her body, knowing that something horrible was happening and it was going to put Camelot in more danger.

Arthur was outside helping a wounded soldier through the square 'Take him to the hospital.' he ordered some men and they took the wounded solider from him. merlin came down the steps at that moment , looking around at the destruction before him.

'Merlin! Where the hell have you been?' Arthur called, catching sight of his manservant.

'Nowhere!' merlin yelled

'You're starting to make a habit of this. What's your excuse this time?' Arthur asks but when merlin goes to reply, his eyes widen and he gapes at something behind him 'Come on, Merlin. You can do better than that.' Arthur says before merlin lifts a shaky finger pointing behind Arthur.

The blonde prince turned around to see an army of skeletons behind him. his eyes widen at the impossible sight before he clutches his sword hilt tighter and stepped forward to attack. he fought the nearest skeleton and quickly got the upper hand, running the skeleton through its ribs.

However the skeleton is unaffected as he glances down at the sword stuck through his chest before shrugging. He attacked the surprised Arthur who hurried to defend himself.

Merlin was snapped to attention as a skeleton came up towards him. He stumbled backwards before he grabbed a nearby sword. He fought off the skeleton, managing to lop off its arm. However once again the skeleton was not affected and attacked merlin causing him to fall back against a cart.

Luckily for merlin a knight came and fought off the skeleton in merlins place. merlin was about to sigh in momentary relief when the skeleton arm began crawling towards him. He panicked and began whacking his sword down onto the arm, trying to get it to stop. When Arthur came out of nowhere and yanked him up, dragging him into the castle.

The two rush up the steps only to stop half way 'You need to warn Gaius. Tell him to seal off the hospital.' Arthur says to merlin but there attention is immediately drawn to the approaching skeleton. Merlin watches the silhouette approach when Arthur turned around 'Merlin! Do as I say!' with that merlin bolts up the steps.

Kara made her way through the infirmary when she caught sight of merlin bolting out. 'merlin! what are you doing?' she questioned.

'I have to stop Morgana' he replies and she quickly puts the blankets she was carrying down on a table.

'I'm coming with you' she said and Merlin nodded. The two sorcerers headed down a corridor quickly heading to the burial vaults bellow when they heard clacking from behind them. The two of them turned and Kara' s eyes widened when she saw a skeleton, carrying a sword walking up to them.

She pulled out her sword and faced it 'Merlin, go stop Morgana'

'What about you?'

'I'll be fine. Just go!' she yelled at him and with a moment of reluctance, Merlin turned and raced down the hallways, looking back once when he saw Kara engage in a fight with the skeleton.

Kara dodged the skeleton's attacks and was able to run her sword through its side ribs. When she saw it had no effect she tried to pull her sword back out only to find that it was stuck. She continued to pull at it but when she decided it was firmly lodged she stepped back.

When the skeleton swung at her again she leaned backwards dodging the attack.

'We can't fight a battle on two fronts.' Arthur spoke to Gaius as he rested in the infirmary when Gwen bandaging his hand.

'Keep still.' Gwen chastised when Arthur kept moving, bandaging the wound tight making Arthur wince slightly.

'I don't know how much longer we can hold the citadel. We need to get my father to safety' Arthur says but Gaius shakes his head

'How? We no longer control the lower town. There's no escape, Arthur.'

Merlin rushes into the burial vaults, morgana snapping her head around to look at him. 'You should leave now while you still can.' she smirked, her eyes shining in victory.

'Morgana, please. I beg you.' Merlin began when rumbling sounds echoed throughout the vault. Merlin moved tot he side when morgana glanced up but she quickly snapped her attention back to him, guarding the white staff behind her.

'Women and children are dying. The city will fall.' Merlin argued but Morgana merely smiled

'Good.'

'No, you don't mean that.' Merlin protested shaking his head.

'I have magic, Merlin. Uther hates me and everyone like me. Why should I feel any differently about him?'

'You of all people could change Uther's mind, but doing this? Using magic like this will only harden his heart.' Merlin stated while morgana looked at him in disbelief.

'You don't have magic, Merlin. How could you hope to understand?' she questioned

'I do understand, believe me.' he said walking forward but morgana did the same giving him a warning look and merlin took a step backwards, continuing 'If I had your gifts, I would harness them for good. That's what magic should be for. That's why you were born with these powers.'

'You don't know what it's like to be an outsider. To be ashamed of how you were born, to have to hide who you are. Do you think I deserve to be executed because of who I am?'

'No. It doesn't have to be like this. We can find another way.'

'There is no other way.'

Merlin nods at her words as he backs up before he walks behind a pillar and tries to dash around the other side to reach the Rowan staff. Morgana knocks the sword out of his hand and draws her own and advances on him while Merlin backs up 'What are you going to do? Kill me?'

'You don't think I can?'

'If you're going to do it, make it quick.' He says straightening up. Morgana gave up a small smirk before she slashed at him. Merlin quickly dodged backwards, grabbing a sword from behind him, clashing the metal against hers the two fight.

With their forces divided on two sides, the knights find themselves shrinking back more and more as Cenred's men push forward and the skeletons keep them from retreating.

Merlin managed to dodge all morgana attacks but when he made for the staff she stopped him and pointed her sword at him, waiting for his next move. Moving forward she attacked him, her moves offensive while merlin's remained on defence. After a few hits Morgana was able to disarm him.

Merlin quickly avoided her attacks and he ducked behind a tomb 'Feoll bu brand!' Merlin's spell collapses part of the vault roof on top of Morgana, knocking her out. Merlin picks up a sword and runs to the Rowan staff.

'Snæde!' he casts and slices through the staff, putting an end to the enchantment.

All over Camelot the skeletons crumbled, giving the knights the chance to focus all their attentions of Cenred's army, pushing them back. Soon enough Cendred called a retreat and the siege was over.

Merlin jogged through the halls in search for Kara. She hand been in the infirmary like he thought she would be, seems as the skeletons she must of been fighting was gone. He turned a corner and let out a gasp at the sight of Kara leaning against the wall in a puddle of her own blood.

'Kara!' he shouted and raced forward, sliding to rest beside her. Her eyes were closed and he saw that most of the blood was coming from a leg and shoulder wound. They weren't fatal wounds but from the amount of blood she had lost definitely was.

'Kara? Kara!' he yelled shaking her, trying to get her to wake up but she remained unconscious.

'No, no, no, Kara! WAKE UP!' he screamed, shaking her his voice full of desperation as he felt tears pricking his eyes. She couldn't die, not here, not now. She was the only one he could truly talk to about magic. Sure he could talk to gaius but it was different with Kara cause she had magic as well.

'KARA!' he yelled but there was still no movement. Merlin stopped shaking her and let her rest against the wall, feeling the tears run down his face as he pulled away and sat back, hiding his face in his hands. She was gone, Kara was really gone.

'What are you screaming about?' a faint voice spoke and merlins head shot up. Looking back at him was Kara, 'why are crying?' she wondered as well but her questions were cut short when merlin leapt at her, hugging her close, letting out a huge sigh of relief.

'Merlin, can't breath' she stuttered out and he pulled away.

'I thought you were dead' he said and she looked at him weirdly.

'Me? dead? never' she smiled shaking her head and merlin smiled back hugging her close.

The next day Kara remained in her own chambers, being put on bed rest by Gaius. She wasn't complaining of course because every time she moved pain would shoot through her body. Merlin had been one of her first visitors that day and it was full of his rant about Morgana. She had lied and got the praise of stopping the skeletons and ultimately saving Camelot.

She had gotten hourly visits from Gwen, making sure she was comfortable and if she needed anything. Kara loved her she did but an hourly check up was a bit much for her.

When Morgana visited, it was awkward to say the least, for Kara anyway. Morgana actually showed her concern but Kara couldn't accept or even be thankful for any of it, knowing Morgana was the reason she was in this predicament in the first place. She smiled her way through the visit but couldn't help the sigh of relief when the door closed behind the dark haired woman.

Night fell and Kara drifted back into consciousness from sleeping and was surprised when she saw Arthur sitting by her bed in a chair, one of his hands firmly clasped in hers.

'Arthur?' she questioned and his head snapped up to look at her.

'Sorry did I wake you?' he said and she shook her head.

' I just came to make sure you were okay, I heard from Merlin about what happened to you' he explained 'why are you constantly putting yourself in dangerous situations?'

Kara huffed a laugh at his words 'I'm not the only one who constantly pouts themselves into danger'

Arthur chuckled as well, shrugging 'I guess your right'. He returned back to stroking the back of her hand with his thumb, a thoughtful look crossing over his face.

'What's in that pretty little head of yours?' she wondered and he chuckled.

'Nothing really, I'm just glad. Glad that Camelot is safe again, glad that's my father is better and morgana is back in Camelot but the thing I'm most glad about is that your alive and safe' he smiled and Kara couldn't help the grin that graced her lips.

'Well I'm glad your alive too' she smiled before adding 'I'm glad I'm alive as well'.

Arthur chuckled and the two stared at each other, easily getting lost in each others eyes before Arthur's smile slowly faded and he cleared his throat standing up, 'ill um let you get some rest'

Kara nodded, masking her disappointment that he was leaving but he disappointment left when Arthur placed a soft kiss on her forehead, squeezing her hand once before he left. Kara sighed before leaning back against her pillow closing her eyes.