Merlin and Arthur bolt through the woods running from a large group of angry bandits. They were much faster then the group and manage to lose them as they duck near a pile of rocks 'Are they still after us?' merlin's pants, trying to catch his breath.

'I told you we'd outrun them.' Arthur smiles when he sees no sign of the bandits.

'You sure?'

'Why is it you never trust me, Merlin?' Arthur wonders but just as he finishes there's loud shouts and the bandits run at them from the opposite direction. Merlin glares at Arthur before the two run through the rocks before coming to a stop.

'come on this way!' Arthur calls running down a path

'Where are we going?'

'Trust me!' Arthur yells and merlin runs after him. The two continue to run until merliin senses something and stops running.

'Arthur!' he calls looking wide eyed up at the two stayed almost guarding the entrance.

'What are you doing?' Arthur yells before grabbing merlins arm and dragging him past the two statues 'Come on!' he shuts and merlin stops looking up at them and chases after him. The two begin to descend down some stone steps.

'What is this place?' merlin asks

'The Valley of the Fallen Kings.'

'Is it cursed?' Merlin wonders

'No. Not unless you're superstitious.'

'It is.' Merlin states and Arthur shakes his head.

'It's a myth. They'll never follow us in here. They won't dare. Trust me.'

'If you say that one more time.' merlin whispers angrily before they hear loud footsteps from behind them and there forced to run again. They take a corner and in in the next second Arthur get hit by an arrow in the back and he falls down.

'What was that?' he questions merlin who helps him up

'An arrow.' Merlin supplies, putting Arthur's arm around his shoulder.

'An arrow? Oh, good. For a moment I thought it was something terrible.' as soon as he finishes his sentence however he passes out leaving merlin to stare down at him terrified when he sees the blood around the arrow head, realising that it had gone through his chainmail.

Merlin watches bandits pass over his hiding place that he had found earlier. Sighing in relief when they passed. Merlin takes an herbal pouch off of a fire that he had made before he places it on Arthur's forehead. 'Come on' he whispers before he says louder 'dollophead.' he taps Arthur's cheek a couple of times trying to get him to wake up 'I need you to recover.'

Merlin sighs before he turns Arthur over and places his hand on the arrow wound 'Þurhhæle dolgbenn.' he casts, his eyes shining but nothing happens. He hears the sound of birds fluttering from behind and he was the bad feeling of being watched before he turns back to Arthur.

'Listen to me, clotpole, I don't care if you die. There are plenty of other princes. You're not the only pompous, supercilious...condescending, royal...imbecile I could work for. The world is full of them. But I'm gonna give you one more chance.' he sighs shaking his head before turning Arthur over placing his hand over the wound once more.

'Licsar ge staðol nu.' Nothing happens and merlin stares down at him before he moves towards a small puddle of water nearby. As he washes Arthur's blood from his hand, he lets the tears fall from his eyes and sobs wrack his body. He felt like a failure, he was meant to protect Arthur and yet here he was dying and he couldn't do anything.

'Tell me, why are you so sad?' a voice speaks and merlin's snaps his attention to look at an older gentlemen in front of him

'It's my friend. He's dying and I can't help him.' Merlin explained after a moments hesitation

'Then do not waste your tears. For I can tell you that the time for him to die is not yet upon us.' he says and merlin looks up at him confused before following him as the man walks towards Arthur.

'Don't be afraid. My name is Taliesin.'

'I'm Merlin.'

'I know who you are. The moment of our meeting has been written for many, many years. You are Emrys.' Taliesin says before he turns Arthur over placing a hand on his wound

'Wel cene hole.' he casts and immediately Arthur gains more colour in his face. the prince stirs but doesn't wake.

'Arthur?' merlin calls

'He is sleeping. Within hours he will be fully recovered.' Taliesin says

'You sure?'

'If my memory serves me well.'

'What do you mean?' Merlin wonders confused.

'I want to show you something, Merlin.' he says changing the subject, walking away from Arthur back to the entrance.

'What?' merlin questions

'You must wait and see.' he answers vaguely, continuing to walk away. Merlin quickly follows after him.

'Where are we going? Why have you brought me here?' merlin questions as they come to a stop at a cave entrance.

'In good time, you will discover all.' Taliesin chuckles before beckoning merlin forward into the cave. Merlin enters and stares around at awe. The cave was full of crystals hanging from the ceiling or the ground. Merlin could almost feel the magic radiating off each of them.

'What is this place?' he wonders

'This is where magic began. It is the Crystal Cave.' Taiesin answers and merlin steps forward feeling drawn to the magic of the crystals. In a crystal, Merlin sees Morgana wearing a crown in the council room and Old Merlin. He yanks away from the crystal facing Taliesin who asks 'What is it you see?'

'Images. Flashes. I've seen something like this before in the Crystal of Neahtid.' merlin gasped

'What you see here is exactly the same, for the Crystal of Neahtid was hewn from this very cave. Look into them, Emrys. Really look. Much will be revealed.' Merlin turns to look, but jerks away.

'No! Take me out of here. How do I get back to Arthur?' merlin asks his eyes watering.

'The future is hidden to all but a very few, Emrys. You are one such person.'

'No! I've been through this before.' Merlin protests, remembering what happened the last time he looked into the future.

'Perhaps there is a reason you were brought here at this moment in time.'

'What reason?'

'Only the crystals can tell you. They contain futures that are not yet born. The secrets they reveal, Emrys, are unique to you, and you alone. Look into them, Emrys. Really look. Use what you see for good' Merlin stares at him before he turns. Merlin walks down into the cave and looks into the crystals. Merlin sees Morgana stroking a rearing horse, Morgana unsheathing an ornate dagger, Morgana walking down a corridor in her red cloak, red liquid dripping from someone's fingers, himself yelling near a blaze of fire.

Merlin jerks away leaning against the wall before he looks to his side into another crystal seeing the same images as before but this time sees red-cloaked Morgana pulling the dagger from her belt in Uther's Chambers, raising it to jerks away again falling to the ground before he looks up to see Morgana pulling the dagger from her belt in uther's chambers bringing it down and Uther's shocked awakened expression.

'What's that?' merlin breathes before clutching at his head in pain 'What was that?!' he yells but Taliesin is gone.

Merlin sits in a catatonic state back in the woods by a fire when he gets hit with his jacket, he jumps and turns to look at a now awake Arthur 'You look like a startled stoat.'

'Yeah? Well, at least I don't look like a bone idle...toad. Let's go.' merlin says pulling on his jacket and walking away.

'You're saying I look like a toad?' Arthur questions from behind him

'Yeah. And maybe one day you'll magically transform into a handsome prince. Since magic's outlawed, that'll probably never happen. Come on, let's go.'

'Merlin. I'm the one who gives the orders, remember?' Arthur smiles pointing to himself and merlin nods

'Yeah. You ready? Let's go.' he says stalking off and arthurs smile disappears as he looks at his manservant in shock before he follows after him.

Merlin marches through a field with Arthur following behind 'I don't understand. You said I had an arrow in my back. How come all I can feel is a slight bruise?' Arthur called

'Don't know.'

'Merlin.' Merlin looks back at him 'Something happen you're not telling me about?'

'No.' merlin shook his defensively as he kept marching.

'Come on. I'm missing your usual prattle.'

'Certainly making up for it.' merlin retorted

'Still haven't answered my question.' Arthur pointed out

'The arrow didn't pierce your armour, and when you fell, you knocked yourself out.' Arthur looks confused at merlins words before he shrugs

'All right. I don't normally say things like this, but...you did a good job back there.' Arthur said but merlin continued walking not reacting at all 'D'you hear what I just said? All right. Maybe I should give you some kind of reward. What do you want?'

'Some peace and quiet.' merlin said and Arthur look at him confused before he shook his head and kept walking, he would never understand his manservant.

In the throne room, arthur stood in front of his father explaining what had happened in the forest 'The bandits probably have a stronghold somewhere in the White Mountains. How we escaped, I'll never know. Although, some credit must go to my servant, Merlin.' Arthur said and kara nudged merlin but he didn't react, making her worry. There was something wrong with him, something had happened to him during the trip.

'Dispatch a patrol. I want these men caught and brought to justice.'

'Immediately, Father.' Uther, Arthur, and court begin to exit.

'For a moment, we feared you might miss Lady Morgana's birthday.'

'It'd take more than a bunch of thieves to keep me from such a feast.'

'Tomorrow promises to be quite a night.' uther said and kara looked back at merlin worried before she continued after Gwen and Morgana.

'Gaius, I can't get these visions out of my head.' merlin complained as he sat with gaius in the physcians chambers that night.

'You are extremely lucky to have seen the Crystal Cave. Even before the Great Purge wizards would talk about it with reverence' Gaius informed him

'That man who led me there, who is he?' merlin wonders and gaius scoffs slightly.

'Who was he? He died, I'd say, about 300 years ago. Taliesin was a seer to the great kings of old. It is said that the Crystal Cave was a source of his prophecies.'

'But he told me...He said there was a reason I was brought there at this moment in time. Why? It must mean the events I saw are imminent. Morgana is going to kill Uther.'

'Merlin, you must be careful. The Crystals are treacherous. What you saw may not be all that it seemed.'

'So I do nothing?' merlin asked in disbelief

'There is nothing to suggest that what you saw is imminent, is there?'

'No.' merlin sighed

'So, I wouldn't let it put you off your soup.'

'No, you're right.'

'Come on, eat up.' gaius said eating it

'What is it?' merlin questioned looking down at the bowl

'Sometimes it's best not to know.' merlin grimaced slightly before sniffing it.

The next morning Kara entered Morgana's room with her gift behind her back. Yes, she knew what she had done with Morgause but that was almost a month ago now and there hadn't been any more suspicious activity from Morgana. In fact she had started genuinely acting like she had before she had disappeared. Kara knew she was probably keeping her hopes up for a lost cause but it didn't change the fact that morgana was her friend before, almost a sister to her really. If there was any chance she could be good, kara was not going to give up on her.

'Good morning my lady.' kara greeted and morgana smiles at her warmly.

'good morning kara' she smiled.

'happy birthday' kara said pulling the box out from behind her. Morgana grinned

'you didn't have to' she protested

'I think its something you'll like trust me' kara said and morgana smiled before opening the box. Her eyes became wide as she stared down into the box, gasping softly. The healing bracelet Morgause had given her was placed inside on a small cushion.

'How did you? I thought it was stolen' she said looking up at her ladies maid.

'Yes it was but I was walking through the lower town the other day and I saw a shop vendor trying to sell it. He said that some man had traded it to him a few weeks ago' Kara lied. She had found it in the goblins treasure chest when gaius had been possessed and had taken it, with the idea of giving it back to her. She had completely forgotten about it until yesterday when she was cleaning up her chambers.

'Thank you kara' morgana said hugging her close 'this means more to me then you'll ever know' morgana smiled and Kara grinned back seeing the true sincerity behind morgana's eyes.

Merlin rushes inside the physician chambers, his eyes wide from what he had seen in the square. Morgana struggling against sa rearing horse just like his vision. With the fact that Arthur was giving her a dagger for her birthday, he was panicked beyond belief. 'Its happening. The future I saw, it's started.' he said quickly

'Calm down, Merlin.'

'I just saw Morgana struggling with a horse exactly as she was in the crystals.' merlin explained

'Are you certain?'

'It was the same image.'

'But she's always riding. It's not unusual to see her with a horse.' gaius shrugged it off

'It's not the only thing. Arthur's present for Morgana, he's told me it's a dagger.

'A dagger? Merlin, I think you're overreacting. It could be any dagger. As for the sight of Morgana with a horse...'

'It was the same.' merlin protested

'It's hardly a rare sight. Certainly not one to be trusted as a harbinger of doom.' gaius said returning to his work and merlin sighed.

Merlin enters arthurs chambers to see Arthur looking at a box but he looked up when he noticed his man servant entering 'Ah, Merlin. Have you done my clothes for the feast?'

'Argh, no.' merlin groaned, knowing he was going to pay for it

'No. No. Well, what have you been doing?'

'Erm...' Merlin hummed not knowing what to say

'Hmm? Right. Well, you can start by pressing my robe.' he begins throwing his robe at merlin 'And, er, cleaning my shirts.' he threw multiple shirts at merlin 'And, er, ooh, polishing my boots.' he says throwing his boots at merlin before the closing the box. Hands full with boots, shrit and a robe Merlin looked down at the box in interest.

'Ah, Morgana's present. What do you think?' he says taking out a rather plain looking dagger despite the beautiful blade and held it out for merlin to see 'Beautiful, isn't it? Feel the balance, feel the sharpness of the blade.' he said and merlin took it before laughing in relief, that his vision wasn't going to come true after all.

'Yeah. It's just what every woman wants, isn't it?' he smiles

'What do you mean?'

'Well, I'm no expert, but don't women normally go for pretty things? Like, maybe, jewellery?' he suggests before handing the blade back to a now thoughtful Arthur.

'Kara!' the woman in question turned to find Arthur walking up from behind her.

'What can I do for you sire?' she asked, confused. It wasn't often that Arthur seeked her out and when he did it was normally to ask if she had seen Merlin anywhere.

'Your a woman right?' he started off and kara huffed a laugh.

'Last time I checked yeah'

'Right well I need your help with Morgana's birthday present'

'I would of thought you would have already bought her a gift?' kara guesses and Arthur nods.

'I did but its recently been pointed out to me that it might not be what a girl would like for a birthday present' he explained and kara nodded.

'I don't know if I'm the best person though I mean she a lady of the court, I'm just a serving girl'

'you'll be free of your duties for the rest of the day' he prompted and she immediately smiled.

'What are we waiting for? we've got a present to find' she said and lead him out of the castle, ignoring his laughter.

Kara and Arthur wondered through the markets and Kara quickly saw that Arthur had absolutely no idea what he was doing by the suggestions he kept making. She rolled her eyes when he was looking at what he thought was a dress but actually was a robe for a man. 'Just look at the jewellery okay I think that's our best bet with Morgana' she said and Arthur nodded looking at the earrings.

Kara smiled before she looked around the stall. A glint of red caught her and she walked over. It was a really beautiful ruby necklace. It was simple with a ruby attached to a gold chain but it was beautiful. It wasn't at all Morgana's style but Kara figured while she was here she might as well see if she could buy it.

'Excuse me, how much is this necklace?' she asked the man tending to the stall.

'ah, you have good taste my lady' he said 'however it is rather expensive at 100 gold pieces' he explained and karas expression immediately dropped. There was no way she could afford that.

'Okay thank you' she smiled at the shop keeper who smiled back before tending to another customer. She sighed looking down at the necklace before she wondered around her mind refocused on finding morgana's birthday present.

'You were really set on a dagger weren't you?' kara said as she came to rest beside Arthur who was looking over some daggers on display.

'I thought it be nice to give her something more practical and that she can actually use instead of just wear once a year' he said and kara laughed.

'okay how about this one?' Arthur asked holding up a dagger and kara smiled. It was definitely a worthy dagger of Morgana, it was very sumptuous and ornate.

'Looks like you didn't need my help after all' she says and he chuckles

'no, ill always need your help' he said and kara blushed slightly, glad he didn't notice as he turned around.

'well we better get back to the castle the feast will begin soon' she said and Arthur nodded. the two made their way back up to the castle.

Nobles on ever table raise their glasses for a toast 'To Lady Morgana.' they cheer and the lady in question smiles happily at her seat at the front able. Chatter and laughter fill the hall again and uther oats a box in front of morgana. She opens it and smiles before she lets Uther put the necklace on for her. Arthur nods a knight over, who presents a box to Morgana.

'Happy birthday.' Arthur said when they turned to look at him

'Arthur.' morgana says as she stands up and opens the box before pulling out the sumptuous dagger. She removes the sheath and stares at in awe. Kara smiled when Arthur sent her a thumbs up, nodding once before she looked around only to see the terrified expression on merlin's face. Her eyebrows furrowed following his gaze to morgana who held the dagger while talking to uther after an applause from the nobles. She sighed however not letting it bother her as she refilled morgana's goblet. If it was something important merlin would come and tell her about it. So until he did she wast going to worry too much.

Later that Kara was bringing in Morgana's gifts, Gwen having already gone home for the night 'You got some lovely presents. Mainly hairbrushes.' she says looking at all the hairbrushes and there was a lot. A hand mirror stuck out and she picked it up

'Who's King Gromause?' she asked morgana who merely shrugged.

'At least he doesn't think my hair needs brushing.'

'Well it's really pretty.' kara smiled but was shocked when morgana handed her a gold embroided cloth, one of her many gifts.

'Here, I want you to have this.'

'its yours Morgana I couldn't possibly..' 'Kara just take it' moragana pressed, putting the cloth in Kara's hands.

'thank you' kara smiled before she left morgana to her gifts, reitirng to her chmabers for the night not noticing merlin hiding behind one or the drapes in the corridor.

Hours passed when merlin heard the sound of a door opening. He watches Morgana exit her chamber in a red cloak, the same one merlin saw in his vision. Morgana puts the dagger in her belt and walks down the corridor. Merlin magically closes the door she's approaching and a torch falls towards Morgana, frightening her and she steps backwards but with a scream she falls down a fliht of stairs to her left.

'no' merlin gasped, hurrying towards the opening to the stairs, watching in horror as morgana lay still at the bottom, blood running down her forehead.

Gaius and Kara enter the physician chambers with merlin trailing behind them carrying the unconscious morgana, merlin behind him, 'I need water and bandages.' gaius commands and Kara nods

'I'll get that'

'And yarrow; we need to stop the bleeding.' he adds clearing a table for Arthur to put morgana down on 'She's having problems breathing.' he observed.

'Dianthus?' merlin guessed

'Yes, and a preparation of pulmonaria.' Gaius says but merlin pauses in confusion 'Lungwort, Merlin. Quarter of an ounce, ground fine, and mixed with violet.' he explains and merlin nods fetching the ingredients.

'How could this have happened?' Arthur questioned

'Arthur, I need room here.' gaius answered and Arthur nodded understandingly

'Yes. Of course. Erm...anything you need, just tell me.' he says before leaving the chambers, most likely to inform his father.

Gaius sews Morgana's head by candlelight with Kara watching worriedly, Gwen by her side, 'Will she be alright?' Gwen questioned as Gaius finished his treatment.

'We've done the best we can. I can heal her skin, Gwen, but the skull...the cranium is broken. She's bleeding inside.' gaius spoke and Kara suddenly gets a weird look in her eye as she stares down at morgana.

'Excuse me' she says leaving, Gwen and Gaius watching in confused concern.

Later on Gaius entered merlins room to find him on the bed looking miserable 'I had to stop the future. I had to stop Morgana killing Uther. I didn't mean to do it like this.' he says regret leaking through his voice.

'It wasn't your fault, Merlin.'

'I've prevented something much worse from happening. I just...wish it could have been some other way.' he said, tears welling up in his eyes and gaius reached over and hugged the boy close to him in comfort.

The next day Kara was furiously scrubbing Morgana's chamber floor when Arthur entered looking down confused, 'kara what are you doing?' he asked but she didn't glance up when she responded.

'I'm cleaning what does it look like?' she snapped. Arthur stayed quiet watching her.

'its morgana isn't it' he guessed.

'I'm fine!' kara yelled and that was proof enough to Arthur that she wasn't alright.

'okay come on' he said grabbing her arm and leading her away from the bucket, despite her protests 'now what's wrong?' he asked sitting her down in a chair before moving one to rest in front of her.

'I cant watch Morgana die, not like this, not again' she said and Arthur looked at her confused.

'What do you mean again?' he questioned and Kara sighed.

'When I was younger after I left home and separated from Gwaine. I spent most of my time in the forest. It was really cold one night and I came down with hypothermia. I was sure so sure I was going to die but when I woke up I was in a house, warm and healthy. A woman, Aela saved my life that night and well we quickly became close almost like sisters' she explained but trailed off, a distant look in her eyes.

'What happened to her?' Arthur asked though he could guess from her earlier words. Kara took in a deep breath almost like she was reliving what had happened.

'We were mucking around acting like children really, chasing each other around but ... Aela slipped and she fell down a steep hill and cracked her head against a rock at the bottom' she breathed out shakily, feeling tears well up in her eyes and Arthur grabbed one of her hands in his own and she smiled gratefully before continuing.

'She wouldn't wake up and I couldn't carry her, the hill was too steep and I didn't want to leave her like that. So I stayed with her,' tears cascaded down her cheeks like waterfallas she took in a deep breath 'I watched her die. I had tried everything but nothing worked and she just got worse and she wouldn't wake up and i've never felt so helpless in my life. Then on the third morning I woke up and she was ... she was gone' Kara finishes as sobs wrack her body as she remembered.

'I-I can't watch someone I care about die like that again, I cant watch Morgana die I-I j-just cant' she stuttered out through shaky breaths and Arthur reached over and cradled her to his chest, letting her sob into his chest, trying to offer her as much comfort as he could. Neither noticed Merlin passing and looking in before walking away, guilt ridden.

Melrin sat in Arthur chambers when the prince enters and looks over the armour laid out on the table, not saying a word until 'Sword belt, Merlin. Where's my sword belt?' he demands and merlin hurries to get it and brng it to him 'What the hell's it doing over there?' Arthur snaps and he tries to untie the belt.

'It's twisted, here.'Merlin reaches out to take the sword belt, but Arthur keeps struggling with it 'Here.' merlin says again softly and Arthur handed him the belt collapsing in the chair while merlin unties it.

'I'm sorry about Morgana. If Gaius could do something, he would.' merlin stated

'After all we went through to rescue her, for her to survive all that...' Arthur spoke looking out the window and Merlin nodded

'I know.'

'To lose her now, like this...I've grown up with her, she's like a sister to me. I'd sacrifice my place on the throne for her to see another sunrise.' Arthur says sadly and Merlin sighs, the guilt inside overwhelming him.

The days passed and Kara stood next to a sitting Gwen and Gaius watching over Morgana. She hadn't gotten better and by the sorrowful look in Gaius's eyes, she wasn't going to. Kara glanced up when Merlin entered and sent him a small smile before she looked back down at Morgana, whom seemed to be struggling for breath.

'Her breath is leaving her. She'll be gone by morning.' Gaius said sadly and Kara glanced down at morgana once before fleeing the room, hearing Gwen's sobs from behind her.

She quickly closed her chamber doors behind her and struggled for breath. Morgana couldn't die, she just couldn't. Kara didn't know if she would be able to handle losing someone else she cared about. Letting out her frustration a scream ripped from her throat, her eyes flashing gold and her chamber windows shattered. The table and chairs blew over smashing against the walls and her wardrobe tumbled over as magic burst from her. Kara collapsed against the ground and lost track of how long she stayed laying on the cold floor.

Night fell and Merlin waits for Kilgharrah in the clearing. He looks up when he hears the sounds of wings flapping, Kilgharrah landing before him in the next second 'You summoned me, young warlock? And to what do I owe the pleasure this time?'

'I've been to the Crystal Cave. I saw Morgana make an attempt on Uther's life.' Merlin explains.

'It does not surprise me.' the dragon spoke, almost shrugging.

'Well, I stopped her.'

'To change the future is no simple matter, Merlin. To do so is fraught with danger.' the dragon warned

'I know, and as a result of my actions, Morgana is dying.'

'Then you should rejoice!' Kilgharrah spoke with a smile and Merlin stared up at him in confusion

'I want you to help me to save her.' Merlin says, ignoring the dragon's last comment.

The dragon sighed 'Merlin, have you learnt nothing?'

'I did not mean to kill her. All I wanted was to avoid the future that would've unfolded, to prevent Uther's death, to prevent Camelot being torn apart.'

'I will not cure her!' the dragon yelled

'She is Uther's daughter.' merlin spoke, having learned this piece of crucial information a few hours before.

'Yes.' he nodded unfazed by the information and merlin stared up at him before shaking his head.

'You knew. Why didn't you tell me?' he questioned

'It makes no difference.' the dragon shrugged.

'Well, whatever she was about to do, I stopped her. There's no need for people to suffer.'

'The witch must die, as she should have done long ago. I will not save her.' the dragon spoke defiantly and Merlin had no choice but to do what he did next.

'I am a dragonlord! You cannot refuse me!'

Kilgharrah roared in fury 'How dare you treat me such! How dare you abuse your power!'

'I command you.' merlin whispered unfazed by the dragons shout, staring up at him.

'Very well. But I warn you, the evil that will follow is of your doing, and yours alone.' the dragon sighed before he opened his mouth and breathes magic on merlin and only after merlin absorbs the magic does the dragon leave. Merlin gasps at the surge of magic within hi before he rides back to Camelot quickly.

Merlin enetwered the physician chambers to see Gwen watching the sleeping morgana. He sighed before he went over putting a hand on the girl's shoulder 'I'll sit with her. Why don't you go and get some sleep? You must be exhausted.' he spoke helping her up and gwen nodded going to leave before she stopped.

'If she wakes up...' 'I'll call you.' merlin assures her and she smiles gratefully.

'Thank you.' she nods and with a final glance to morgana she leaves and merlin sits down staring at her a thoughtful look on his face before he leans forward hovering a hand over her forehead.

'Ic þe þurhhæle þin licsare mid þam sundorcræftas þære ealdaþ æ!' he cast and after he felt his magic flow out of him into morgana he leaned back watching as morgana began to breath normally and her colour improved to a healthy glow.

The next morning Kara returned to the physician chambers only to gasp in surprise when she saw morgana sitting up in her bed, awake and better. 'Morgana' she gasped and morgana looked up before smiling holding out her hands to her servant.

The two women embraced, hugging each other fiercely. Kara felt relief overwhelm ever I'm so glad your awake' she whispered and she heard morgana choke a sob before pulling her closer. The two stayed like that until Gaius came up saying that Morgana could be moved to her room now. With the help of Gwen the two moved Morgana to where she would be more comfortable before they were dismissed as Uther talked to his ward.

Kara retired for the night but found herself watching the lightning through her window, curled up on an arm chair. Her blanket from her bed wrapped around the front of her. Lightning always had fascinated her and a lightning bolt was one of the first offensive spells she had ever cast. She was dozing though almost asleep when she heard the warning bells go off loudly.

'What's going on?' She asked a nearby guard after she left her chambers

'There's an intruder in the castle' he explained before hurrying down the corridor. Kara shrugged unworried before going back into her chambers, knowing that the intruder would be caught soon enough.

In one of the halls Arthur is crouching over a fallen serving boy, and he rises as Merlin and Gaius approach and addresses a guard 'We need to seal the drawbridge, search the grounds. I'll inform the King.' Arthur explains looking at Gauis and Merlin before moving down the corridor.

Merlin looks down at the puddle of juice, his face freezing with fear as he remembered his vision from the cave and image just like this as the red liquid dripped from the dead servants finger tips.

'Merlin, what's the matter?' Gauis asked

'That was the next image I saw in the crystal. I haven't stopped anything.' Merlin cried out jumping to his feet,

Inside Morgana chambers, Gwen was preparing her bed while Morgana broods at her vanity table, 'Have they found the intruder?' She wonders

'Not yet. Looks like it's going to be a bad night.' Gwen observes.

'Yes.' Morgana agreed as a thunderclap echoes throughout the night sky.

Merlin runs through the castle bursting into morgana's chambers just as she fasten the dagger to her belt. 'What are you doing here?' Morgana snaps

'Arthur sent me to look after you. He's worried about the intruder.' Melrin quickly lied.

'I don't need you.'

'He was quite insistent.' Morgana moves to shove Merlin out of the way but Merlin catches her arm and holds on.

'Get out of my way!' Morgana gasps before her eyes glow and she throws him against the wall, knocking him out and setting her curtains on fire. Morgana smirks as the flames burn before leaving and walking through the corridors while guards search the castle grounds.

Merlin wakes sure enough surrounded by fire an he yells into the night.

Morgana having reaching the Kings chmabers pulls out the dagger and prepares to strike Uther in his sleep. However Merlin manages to burst in unseen and blasts windows inward with a flash of gold in his eyes, throwing Morgana against the wall. Uther wakes with a yell at the sounds of the window shattering.

'What's going on?'

'Er... there was a fire, and I was scared.' Morgana steps towards Uther and kicks the fallen dagger under the bed, 'I wanted to be with you. You're the only person I feel safe with.' Uther hugs her and she looks at the window with a terrified gleam in her eye.

Merlin scoffs quietly behind the curtain.

'You saved the King's life.' Gauis said to Merlin the next morning

'Only just. I thought I could alter the future, but instead I caused it. I made it happen.' Merlin sighed

'What you did was dangerous, even for someone as gifted as you. But what's done is done. There are more important things for us to worry about. I fear that Morgana knows the truth.' Gauis said and Merlin turned to him

'About what?'

'She knows the King is her father. That explains why she acted so suddenly. Arthur must be careful.' Gauis warns

'Why?

'Morgana is of royal blood. If Uther were to die, Arthur is all that stands between her and the throne of Camelot.' Merlin sits back and let's the infomation sink in.

Across the castle, Kaylin woke herself and stood up stretching only to catch sight of a golden box on her beside table. She frowns confused before reaching over and grabbing it seeing a card on top and she opens it.

'Hopefully you won't just wear this only once a year, love Arthur' she mutters before opening the box and gasping softly. Inside was the gold tub necklace she had seen in the market.

Kara pulls the necklace out of the box carefully and smiles as the ruby shines in the morning sunlight, full of promises just like a new day.