Alright guys. See when you review I get my butt in gear and update.

It Also helps to have a twin who yells at you to "Hurry up and update because I love Arthur and I will make sure your life is miserable if you don't end this story well." And can actually carry out her threats because she lives with you. (I've been dodging stuff since I posted the last chapter!) Needless to say I'm working on it.

Chapter 13

Adalia's POV

I hope to return home tomorrow evening. But for now I plan to revel in the fact that I have my father to myself until tomorrow. And I will make the most of this. But for right now I am worried, my mind is on Mamma. When I was a child she used to tell me of my aunt Morgana, she said that they had been great friends once. Momma still missed Morgana sometimes, that was why she had been very careful to make sure I knew how to control my magic.

I wonder what the witch can be doing to my mother. Having once been her friend she knows what Mamma fears. I worry that when we do save my mother it will be to late. I have heard many tales from different sources about my aunt's cruelty and abuse of magic.

Mamma lived in fear of me becoming like my aunt. Which although I understood had always hurt me. my Mother used to tell me that although it is more powerful than most, Magic is still a tool that you can misuse. I have always taken great care not to harm people with my magic...and although it has happened rarely I almost always manage to fix my mistakes.

I can feel my father glancing at me now and again. He can already sense my turmoil, which almost worries me. If he is attaching himself to me so easily how will I be able to hold myself back from letting him into my heart.

Arthur's POV

As he watched his daughter out of the corner of his eye he wondered one thing. What had happened to make her so wary of new people? the dragons had hinted at something when they were talking to him, but they hadn't really elaborated. And so here he was, hoping his daughter would come to trust him before they killed Morgana and he died with her.

He had almost resigned himself to dying again...after all, death hadn't been so bad the first time. The only things he regretted were that he wouldn't have much time to get to know Adalia, and the lack of time he could spend with Gwen.

Gwen. Every moment he spent with his daughter he would see little bits of his beloved wife. It was hard to realize that he had missed so much of his baby's life. First words, first steps, seeing Gwen with child, Every little moment of his daughter's life...Except birth. Birth he could do without.

He had missed all this because of Morgana's twisted sense of vengeance. Because killing him because their father had wronged them made oh so much sense. (And why did she think she would be queen anyway? He was still older than her...and she was illegitimate!)

Arthur sighed. When the time came could he really kill Morgana? His sister, the girl he grew up with? not to mention kill himself by killing Morgana. He puzzled over that question for a moment and concluded that to protect Gwen and Adalia, he would die a thousand times over, and kill anyone who threatened them no matter who it was.

Gwen's POV

Again Morgana is insane! wen sighed, Her former best friend had not hurt her, it was extremely boring listening to Morgana rant. So whenever Morgana went off on a rant Gwen blocked her out. Morgana finally realized it was futile to try and get Gwen to join her (probably because of the whole "to become queen I will kill your daughter" thing.

when Gwen returned to her cell she began thinking about Morgana's pain. She understood her sister-in-law to a certain extent. But she wondered whether it was something Uther had done to Morgana to make her so cold where once she had been sweet and loving. Or whether her magic had truly driven her insane. Although it could always have been Morgause's influence.

She still marveled that someone could change so drastically within such a short period of time. And right before she went to sleep she prayed that Adalia never grew to be like her aunt.

I'M SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT! My mother has decided I spend too much time on the computer, And I had a bad case of writers block, and...OK I admit it, I'm totally a Whovian and that distracted me. :(

Anyway. I Promise on LOKI god of mischief trickery and lies (and HOTNESS!) that I will try to update faster.

Love you all, Review Please!

Tina.