We turned back to each other and shy grins came upon our faces as we walked into two different directions, him towards his chambers, and me towards the court physician's.
A few weeks passed, me splitting my time between getting to know the queen and getting reacquainted with my brother. Finally the time came for me to begin to fulfill my destiny; it was time to find Morgana. I finished getting ready for the day, and walked to mordred's chambers.
When I got there, I knocked and waited until he told me to come in, opened the door and he turned and saw the solemn look upon my face.
"It's time, I must go find her because I cannot wait to continue any longer." He nodded, walked over to me, and took my hands in his. After looking into each other's eyes, I walked out, pulling him towards where I knew Arthur and the knights were holding court. When we got there I told the guards to ask if we could interrupt, he nodded and opened the doors. All eyes immediately went to us as we walked in. I let go of Mordred's hand, and together we knelt before rising and looking at the king.
"My lord, I must leave the castle for a while, and I am requesting permission for Sir Mordred to come with me. I can not tell you the nature of the journey, but I can tell you that is of utmost importance." I knew that the look on my brother's face would not be pretty, so I only looked at Arthur. He stood and walked over to Mordred and me.
"Well then, Sir Mordred, I release you from you duties for now, and I will grant your request to accompany Lady Arabella on her journey. Merlin, help them prepare to leave." Arthur finished turning to his manservant, who nodded and walked out of the room. I grabbed Mordred's hand and quickly pulled him out of the room as I saw my brother begin to stand in protest. We made our way to the stables and we got our horses ready, when we finished Merlin got to us with the food and supplies we would need for the journey. When we confirmed that we had everything that we would need, we finally left the castle and began our journey to fulfill my destiny.
~Time skip~
We finally arrived at the castle where Morgana was residing, and I knew that what I had to do, Mordred wouldn't like.
"I must go in on my own, I need you to return to Camelot without me." I could tell that he wanted to argue with me, but he knew that what I said was the truth, that Morgana would recognize him, and that would ruin everything. He rode closer and grasped my hands in his.
"You must be cautious when you get there, Morgana is not in her right mind"
I had to interrupt him, "I promise, I will see you soon." I reached out to touch his cheek and he kissed my hands, before I turned and rode of into the city. When I got to the gates I turned back to see him watching me still, and when I waved he turned to begin the long ride back to Camelot. I rode in through the citadel until one of her men stopped me asking what my business was.
"I am here to see the Lady Morgana."