A/N: It's almost the three year anniversary since I started publishing this story!
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Amelia's POV
The whole Court gathers in the Hall of Ceremonies for the knighting of some new Knights. Amelia stands behind Uther like Morgana and Arthur, as Uther participates in the ceremony. Anne, Gwen, Gaius and Merlin stand on one side of the room on Amelia's left.
Uther gets to the last two. "Arise Sir Vidor, Knight of Camelot. Arise Sir Caradoc, Knight of Camelot." All the men rise after Uther completes his sword shoulder touching. "You have been accorded a great honour. But with that honour comes great responsibility. From this day forth, you are sworn to live by the Knights' code. You have pledged to conduct yourselves with nobility, honour, and respect. Your word is your sacred bond. You will find no one who better embodies these values than my son, Arthur." Uther places a hand on his shoulder. "Follow his example, and you will prove yourselves worthy of your title."
The entire Court turns to the door at the sound of swords fighting outside. A Knight enters. The newly made Knights of Camelot draw their swords as the Knight approaches. Amelia grips her dagger that's in the pocket of one of her dresses. Anne still finds her demands for pockets in her dresses, and in her own as well, confusing.
Arthur steps forward and the Knight drops their gauntlet in front of Arthur, who picks it up. "I accept your challenge. If I'm to face you in combat, do me the courtesy of revealing your identity."
The Knight removes the helmet to reveal a wealth of long blonde tresses. The Knight is a woman.
"My name is Morgause." Amelia stares at her in surprise. The woman feels familiar somehow but not in the sense that Amelia remembers her from the show but something else. Something deeper.
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Amelia watches Morgause practising in the Square from her window after she had dressed for bed. Anne is behind her turning down the bed for her to sleep in.
"Who is she? Why would she challenge Arthur?" Anne questions. "It seems no one's ever heard of her." Amelia's notes don't say much either other than to be wary of Morgause and that her arrival will reveal to Arthur the circumstances of his birth, whatever that means.
"I feel as if I've met her somewhere before. Familiar like you felt with Edwin." She feels bad for bringing up her dead brother but Anne doesn't look outwardly upset.
Anne frowns in thought. "Really? Where could you know her from?"
"I don't know," Amelia replies as she turns back to watch Morgause. She retreats from the window when she sees Morgause glance up.
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Amelia waits anxiously as Uther enters the stand in the Tournament Grounds along with applause from the crowd and passes in front of her to stop in front of his seat. Morgana stands on his other side. They sit down and Morgause enters and stands in front of them. Morgana had said that morning that she also feels the same about Morgause as Amelia does. The crowd cheers when Arthur enters.
Uther stands again. "The fight is by the Knights' Rules. And to the death."
Arthur walks over to Morgause and whispers something to her but Amelia can't hear it nor can she tell if Morgause responds when she turns her head to look at him as she wears a helmet.
They begin to fight. Arthur catches Morgause on the arm but allows her to pick up her sword. She ends up disarming him and presses her sword to his chest. They talk hurriedly before Morgause releases her sword from his chest. She walks over to the royal box, bows and walks away. Arthur slowly stands up looking ashamed.
Amelia's eyes follow her as she leaves; she can't seem to work this woman out.
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Amelia sits at the opposite end of the table in Arthur's Chambers as said man is slumped over at the other end. Merlin is unbuckling his armour. She watches the scene feeling highly amused.
"It could've been worse," Merlin tells him.
"How, exactly, could it have been worse?" Arthur wonders despondently.
"You could be dead." Amelia points out, but she knows her words will not have any impact.
"At least I wouldn't have to face everyone," Arthur replies. "I've never felt so humiliated in my entire life. I was defeated by a girl."
Amelia scoffs annoyed. "What does that mean Arthur?" Her eyes narrow at him.
"It's actually quite funny when you think about it." Merlin chuckles but Arthur turns to glare at him. "Or not."
"No." Arthur sits up. "It's like you said. I was hindered because I was fighting a woman. I was worried I was going to hurt her. That's why she won."
Merlin bends down to Arthur's arm to continue unbuckling. "You didn't look hindered..." Arthur gives him a look. "I'll stop talking now."
Amelia rolls her eyes. "Well come and find me when you have gotten over this ridiculous idea of masculinity."
She leaves the room in search of where Morgause's Guest Chambers is as she can't seem to let go of this tug to find answers.
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Amelia knocks on the door and enters. She can't see Morgause at first but then the woman appears from behind a curtain at the end of the room.
"I didn't mean to intrude. I wanted to introduce myself. I'm Lady Amelia Hallewell." She says awkwardly, feeling bad for just walking in.
"I know who you are." Comes the reply as Morgause walks forward. Amelia swallows uncomfortably trying to think of what else to say.
She notices the bandage on Morgause's arm. "How is your arm? You were wounded."
"It'll heal soon enough." The woman dismisses before analysing Amelia's face intently as she steps closer. Amelia's eyes flicker around, looking for somewhere else to look. "You look tired."
"I haven't been sleeping," Amelia replies.
"I know for myself how troubling that can be," Morgause admits.
"Could it be that we've met somewhere before?" Amelia asks her desperately. Surely she also feels this odd draw between them.
Morgause shakes head. "I'm glad we have met now." She walks away to her things.
There is another lull in the conversation. Amelia looks down and spots the bracelet on Morgause's wrist. "That's a beautiful bracelet."
"It was a gift. From my mother. Please, I would like you to have it." Morgause takes it off and holds it out to Amelia. "It's a healing bracelet. It will help you sleep."
"I-I couldn't it belonged to your mother, which means it's very important." Amelia feels then that she should probably leave. "You must be tired. I will leave you to rest." She turns and walks to the door.
"I hope you will remember me fondly," Morgause says.
Amelia turns to look at the woman and nods though she doesn't know whether she will.
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Amelia that night is having another restless sleep trying to fight her dreams that have been getting worse recently but there is sudden silence in her mind and she can stop twitching, finding a calm sleep.
She is in such a deep and comfortable sleep that she groans as she wakes because someone is shaking her.
"Amelia. Amelia. Amelia." She hears Anne utter urgently.
"Mmmhh..." Amelia blinks trying to wake herself up. "Why did you wake me up? I was having a good sleep for once." She grumbles.
"Because it's nearly midday," Anne replies.
Amelia looks at her in shock and sits up. "I can't remember the last time I slept so well."
"Morgana said the same when Gwen woke her just now," Anne says. "I'll fetch you some clothes."
Anne walks away and that is when Amelia spots a bracelet that is suspiciously similar to Morgause's sitting on the table at the end of her bed. She picks it up to have a look and feels compelled to put it on. Why would Morgause give her – and maybe Morgana as well, if Anne is right, – this bracelet? Especially one so important.
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Amelia, after getting dressed, rushes to Morgana's Chambers.
"Did you get a bracelet too?" She asks as she bursts in to find Morgana sitting at her dressing table. She shows the bracelet on her wrist.
Morgana nods eagerly. "Yes!" She shows her own and it looks exactly like the one Amelia received. "What do you think this means? How could it help us sleep so well?"
"I do not know." Amelia answers. "But Morgause said it was a healing bracelet. Maybe that's why?"
"What does this all mean?" Morgana wonders. "How can we feel like we have met this woman when we have never met her?"
"I do not know," Amelia murmurs. What is going on?
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Morgause had cornered Arthur into agreeing to complete a challenge and she would spare his life. He had. However, his father has refused to let him go and has confined him to his Chambers but Arthur plans to go anyway. Merlin recruits Amelia and Anne to help him get Arthur out of Camelot. Amelia and Anne gather the supplies while Merlin collects the rope they're planning to use to sneak Arthur out the window.
When they meet back in the corridor, Amelia covers her mouth to stop laughing at the sight of Merlin looking like he has put on weight due to hiding the rope under his top. They enter Arthur's Chambers. Arthur is now dressed in chainmail.
"We've got the supplies," Amelia tells him and Anne holds up said bags.
Arthur frowns at Merlin. "Merlin, is it my imagination, or are you getting fat?" Merlin lifts his shirt to reveal the rope wrapped around his torso. Arthur smiles.
Amelia, Anne and Merlin all prepare to anchor Arthur by gripping various parts of the rope. Arthur begins climbing out the window.
"Are you sure you're strong enough to hold me?" Arthur questions them.
"Yeah. We're stronger than we look." Merlin's statement doesn't seem to reassure Arthur.
Arthur jumps out of the room. The rope rapidly gets pulled through the window pulling Anne, Amelia and Merlin along as they frantically try to stop it.
"What are you doing? Lower the rope!" Arthur hisses to them from where he has stopped halfway down the wall.
"There is no more rope!" Anne cries.
"I don't know if we can hold on much longer!" Merlin warns.
"Merlin, do not let go of the ro..." The rope slips causing those in the room to fall on the floor and Arthur face first into a pile of dung.
"I'm sure he's fine," Amelia says.
Uther learns the next day that Arthur has escaped and immediately sends out a search party. It makes Amelia wonder what he is so worried about.
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Anne's POV
It is during their journey that the three of them learn that Arthur's horse is the one that knows where they are going and they are forced to follow; mostly because it will not listen to any instructions Arthur gives.
"What if Morgause challenges you to do something you don't want to do?" Merlin asks later on.
"I'm not expecting it to be easy, Merlin. That's why it's called a challenge." Arthur answers.
"So you'd do anything she asks of you?" Anne questions incredulously.
"I gave her my word. It's a question of honour." Arthur replies.
"What if she challenges you to do something even less honourable than breaking your word?" Merlin asks.
"Will you stop rabbitting on?" Arthur snaps. "We're in Odin's territory. We could be attacked at any second."
"We just think it's strange to agree to do something when you don't know what it is." Anne remarks.
"One more word out of you two and you'll be taking the challenge in my place." Arthur declares.
Suddenly an arrow hits the tree in front of Merlin causing his horse to rear up and him to fall. Anne looks around to see that they are being attacked by Odin's men. She and Arthur jump off their horses, pull out their swords and engage with the attackers. Anne is thankful that Amelia had thought of teaching her more on how to use the sword after they went to Ealdor.
A man runs over to Merlin, who's on the floor, with a sword in his hands but Anne runs over and stabs him in the back. Anne hears a cry of pain and sees a man fall out of a tree branch with a spear that is on fire, likely Merlin's work.
Anne and Arthur finish off the other attackers. Arthur looks round and spots Merlin on the floor. "Don't worry, Merlin. We'll deal with this, you lie there, make yourself comfortable."
Merlin lets out a huff and Anne walks over to help him up. "I saw what you did Merlin, thank you."
Merlin gives her a warm smile. "Your welcome."
"Maybe we should turn back," Anne says to Arthur when they get back to the horses. "The woods could be full of Odin's men."
"You two can go back if you want to, I won't stop you," Arthur replies.
"You don't know anything about Morgause!" Merlin reminds him. "You don't know what she's gonna ask you to do! We don't even know where we're going, we're following a horse!"
"Morgause said she knew my mother," Arthur tells them. Anne blinks in surprise. Well, that explains things.
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Amelia's POV
Amelia gets a knock on her door and opens it to find Gaius on the other side.
"Gaius, come in." She greets.
"Good day, my dear. I brought you your sleeping draught." Gaius says conversationally.
"Oh, I should have saved you the trouble of coming over here." Amelia apologies. " I do not believe I need it. I had the best night's sleep I can remember. So did Morgana."
"No nightmares?" Gaius questions, surprised.
"I can't tell you what a relief it is. I only wish I could thank Morgause for her gift." Amelia rubs Morgause's bracelet that she wears on her wrist. She has been wondering if Morgause is actually as suspicious as her notes say if she has done this for her.
"Morgause gave you that bracelet?" Gaius asks, frowning.
"Gave Morgana a similar one as well. She told me it would help me sleep. She spoke the truth." Amelia notices a worried look on Gaius' face. Does he know something? "Gaius, what is it? What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm merely surprised that it's so effective." Gaius replies.
"I feel as if I somehow know Morgause." She tells him, hoping he'll be able to tell her something.
"I don't see how." Gaius answers. "But I'm pleased you're feeling better."
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Anne's POV
"What was your mother like?" Merlin asks as they sit at a campfire.
"I never knew her. She died before I opened my eyes." Arthur answers.
"I'm sorry," Anne says.
"I barely know anything about her." Arthur continues.
"Can't you ask your father?" Merlin questions.
"He refuses to talk about her," Arthur replies. "It must be too painful for him. Sometimes it's as if she never even existed. I still have a sense of her. Almost as though she's part of me."
"That's the same with my father," Merlin says. "I never knew him. And my mothers barely spoken of him. I've got this... vague memory. It's probably just my imagination."
"Me as well." Anne pipes up. "My parents died when I was barely walking. I don't remember anything."
"I'd do anything for even the vaguest memory," Arthur says.
"Is that why you're so determined to find Morgause? To see what she knows about your mother?" Anne probes. She honestly does not blame him.
"Is that so wrong?"
"No." Merlin answers.
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Amelia's POV
Amelia has gotten highly suspicious of Gaius' obvious lying to her face about her connection to Morgause. So she gets a bowl of water into her Chambers and decides this is as good of a time as any to practice scrying, something Anne had encouraged her to practice as Amelia is a seer. She's been getting better with better practice. Finding what she's looking for and how long she can do it.
She finds Gaius entering the Council Chambers where Uther is eating.
"My Lord, I must speak with you. It concerns Morgause." Gaius says.
"What is it?" Uther asks.
"While I was treating her wound, I noticed that she wore a bracelet." Gaius walking closer. Amelia glances down at the bracelet sitting on her wrist.
"Go on."
"And it bore the mark of one of the Great Houses, the Great House of de Bois." This causes Uther to pause in sipping from his goblet. "There is a person, other than Morgana, who would have cause to wear such a bracelet. That is, an older half sister from before her marriage to Gorlois." Amelia gapes in shock. Morgana and Morgause are half sisters?! Why did her past self not think it necessary to note down this kind of information?!
Uther slams down his goblet. "I was led to believe that the child had died."
Gaius turns to look away from Uther. "The child lived, My Lord." Uther stands. "She was smuggled out of Camelot shortly after her birth."
"How do you know this?" Uther asks.
"It was I who entrusted the child to the High Priestesses of the Old Religion." Uther's steps away from his seat and walks to Gaius as the man speaks.
"There is something else," Gaius says before Uther can speak. "Amelia, she's not Helen and George Hallewell's biological daughter." Amelia frowns wondering if she had already known this. She shifts through her memory and vaguely recalls the first few minutes of her new life, a woman not being able to look at her. Was that her biological mother in this life?
"But she must be? I remember her being with child." Uther insists.
"She was but sadly she lost the child while George was away but couldn't bring herself to tell him the truth so I brought another child to her." Gaius explains. Amelia shakily sits down in a chair nearby, close enough to still watch.
"Where did you get this child? Who are the real parents of Amelia?" Uther demands though he sounds as if he has already figured it out.
"Her real mother had gone to visit her brother," Gaius answers instead, "on the way, she had met a traveller and did not return the same but it was not her husband's child so she had it in secret."
"Gaius..."
"Her mother is Vivienne de Bois. The sister of your wife Ygraine and her brothers Tristan and Agravaine." Not only are Morgana and Morgause Amelia's half sisters, but also Arthur is her cousin?!
"You should've told me, Gaius." Uther hisses.
Gaius turns to him. "I had sworn a solemn oath, My Lord. I'm only breaking it now because I fear what Morgause might do."
"Does Morgana and Amelia know?" Uther asks.
"I don't believe so." Might want to rethink that Gaius.
"Morgana and Amelia must never find out that they are half sisters nor that they have a half sister." Uther declares. "I will not have their loyalties divided." Uther walks away.
"Of course. The High Priestesses will have trained Morgause from birth. Her magic will be powerful." Gaius warns.
"Then we must hope the search party finds Arthur before he reaches her."
Amelia decides to stop watching. She collapses against the back of her chair, exhausted from doing the spell. Though the question now is, who is her real father and what does she tell Morgana?
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Anne's POV
After Arthur's horse makes them go through a lake and a waterfall, they enter a tunnel behind it and then emerge from the wood to find a Castle.
"Where are we?" Anne asks as they ride up to the Castle.
"I don't know," Arthur responds.
"If we weren't sure Morgause was a sorcerer before, we can be certain of it now," Merlin says.
"That must've been how she defeated me. She was using magic." Arthur decides. Anne rolls her eyes. Typical Arthur.
"Hmm, it didn't look like she was," Merlin remarks.
"And what would you know about magic, Merlin?" Arthur questions condescendingly.
"Nothing." Anne shares a look with Merlin.
They dismount and enter into a Chamber empty except for a block of wood with an axe.
"Now what?" Arthur asks.
"Maybe we should ask the horse," Merlin remarks sarcastically.
Nothing happens so Anne grabs her chance to get out. "Well, there's no one here." As she turns, a voice interrupts them.
"You kept your promise." Anne turns to see Morgause, now dressed in an elegant red dress, descend from some stairs in the corner.
"What is the nature of the challenge you wish to set me?" Arthur asks.
"Place your head on the block." Morgause picks up the axe. What?!
"You gave me your word that you would do anything I asked." She then says after Arthur hesitates.
"Arthur, don't." Anne pleads but Arthur ignores her and kneels to place his head on the block.
"What are you doing? I won't let you do this!" Merlin cries.
"Stay out of this you two!" Arthur orders.
Anne and Merlin stand anxiously as Morgause begins to swing the axe, then puts it down.
"You have shown that you are truly a man of your word, Arthur Pendragon," Morgause says, walking away. Arthur quickly stands, looking shocked. She turns back, "and for that I will grant you one wish. Tell me what it is that your heart most desires."
"You said you knew my mother. Tell me all that you know about her." Arthur orders.
"Perhaps you would like to see her," Morgause says instead.
"I want that more than anything," Arthur replies.
"As you wish."
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Amelia's POV
Amelia charges down to Kilgharrah's Cave to demand some answers.
"Ah, young one. I was expecting you." He greets her casually as soon as she enters as if he hasn't done something that has really angered her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Amelia demands. "I know I probably knew before my injury but you could see I had forgotten many things, why couldn't you have reminded me?"
"It was your destiny to forget until the correct time," Kilgharrah says.
Amelia groans annoyed. "That's not your decision!" Amelia takes a breath, trying to calm herself down. "Does this mean you know who my birth father is?"
"Best left to know at the right time."
She's silent for a moment before hesitantly asking, "How am I going to tell Morgana?"
"It's best she not know," Kilgharrah says shortly.
"Why?" Amelia asks, narrowing her eyes at him. "We're literally sisters! We have a sister!"
"Because of her destiny."
"Heh?" Is Amelia's intelligent response.
"It is best the witch—" Kilgharrah starts but she cuts him off.
"What did you just call my frien- no, my sister?!" Amelia cries. "You know what, I don't want to talk to you right now." She turns and leaves the cave.
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Anne's POV
They move inside into a room that seems overgrown from the nature outside with fire pits scattered about. Morgause prepares her spell by lighting candles on a table.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Merlin questions Arthur.
"If you two were granted the same opportunity, would you not want to meet your own parents?" Arthur counters. This quietens Anne as she realises that she would.
"Uther won't forgive you if he finds out you've collaborated with a sorcerer," Merlin replies.
"What if my father's attitude to magic is wrong?" Arthur wonders.
"You really think that?" Anne asks with shock and hope.
"Perhaps it's not as simple as he would have us believe." Arthur continues. "Morgause is a sorcerer, she has caused us no harm. Surely not everyone who practices magic can be evil."
Despite the hopeful look on his face, Merlin is still worried. "We don't actually know why she's doing this."
Anne frowns, he does have a point.
Before they can talk more, Morgause turns to them. "It is time." She holds out her hand to Arthur. He walks towards her and turns him to face Anne and Merlin. "Close your eyes." Arthur does so and Morgause begins to chant. "Arásae mid min miclan mihte þín suna to helpe. Hider eft funde on þisse ne middangeard þín suna w'æs."
The wind picks up but then slows as if time is being slowed down.
"Arthur." Anne turns to see a woman that looks like Arthur standing behind her. "Arthur."
"Mother," Arthur replies in shock.
"My son." Ygraine goes to Arthur and they meet in the middle and hug. Anne watches with a small smile on her face.
"When I last held you, you were a tiny baby." Ygraine pulls back to look at him but still holds him. "I remember your eyes. You were staring up at me. Those few seconds I held you were the most precious of my life."
"I'm so sorry." Arthur apologies.
"You have nothing to be sorry for." Ygraine admonishes.
"It was my birth that caused you to die." Arthur insists.
"No, you are not to blame."
"I cannot bear the thought that you died because of me." Arthur finishes.
"Do not think that." Ygraine hugs him again. "It is your father who should carry the guilt for what happened." Anne looks at Merlin confused.
"What do you mean?" Arthur asks.
"It is not important." Ygraine dismisses. "What matters is that you lived."
Arthur pulls back. "Why should my father feel guilty?"
"It is better left in the past." Ygraine's dismisses again.
"You cannot leave me with more questions. Please." Arthur begs.
"Your father, he was desperate for an heir. Without a son, the Pendragon dynasty would come to an end. But I could not conceive." Ygraine begins to explain.
"But how was I born?" Ygraine hesitates. "Tell me."
"Your father betrayed me. He went to the sorceress Nimueh and asked for her help in conceiving a child... You were born of magic." Ygraine admits.
Anne almost gasps at the revelation. She cannot believe it but at the same time, Uther's hatred now makes more sense.
"That's not true." Arthur tries to deny it.
"I'm sorry, Arthur. Your father has deceived you as he deceived me. To create a life, a life must be taken. Your father knew that." Ygraine continues.
"No."
Ygraine is not finished. "He sacrificed my life so the Pendragon dynasty could continue. It makes you no less my son, nor me any less proud of you. Now I see you, I would have given my life willingly. Do not let this knowledge change you."
Anne cannot help but think it is too late for that.
Arthur looks down, shaking his head. Anne notices the wind turn up again and when she looks to where Ygraine was, she is gone.
"No!" Arthur cries when he notices. "Bring her back!"
"I cannot," Morgause admits remorsefully. "Once the doorway is closed, it is closed forever. I am truly sorry that your learnt of your mother's fate in this way. I can only imagine how it must feel to discover your father is responsible for her death. It is an unforgivable betrayal." Morgause leaves.
"Are you alright?" When Arthur does not respond, Merlin tries again. "Arthur?"
"Fetch the horses. We're returning to Camelot." Arthur orders walking away. Anne watches after him, worried.
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Amelia's POV
Amelia sees them return and runs to greet them.
"Arthur! Anne! Merlin! What happ-" Amelia begins when she reaches their horses but is cut off by Arthur who instead of greeting her when he dismounts, grabs the sword from his horse before walking up the steps into the Castle. Amelia looks after him confused and looks back to Anne and Merlin for an explanation.
Merlin instead walks past her and calls to Arthur, "What are you going to do?" Arthur keeps walking. Anne just looks lost.
Gaius comes up to them. "Merlin. Anne. I'm relieved to see you're both safe. Where's Arthur?" He asks.
Merlin walks around Gaius to the Courtyard Corridor. Amelia now feels incredibly confused and, along with Gaius and Anne, follows Merlin into the Courtyard Corridor where he faces the wall.
"Arthur was born of magic." Merlin states.
"What?!" Amelia exclaims. She spins around to look at Anne, who nods.
Anne turns to Gaius then. "Wasn't he? Uther used magic."
"Anne..." Gaius starts.
"All those people he's executed..." Merlin says with simmering anger, "he's as guilty as they are. He sacrificed Arthur's mother! He as good as murdered her! People should know the truth about what he's done."
Amelia looks to Gaius. "How could you not tell us?"
"I feared what Arthur would do if he ever found out," Gaius explains.
"Oh, he's found out now." Merlin runs up the steps into the palace. Amelia follows with Anne.
Merlin turns to them. "No, you're not coming."
"But—" Anne starts and Amelia is ready to argue with her.
"No Arthur is too dangerous right now," Merlin says.
"Fine." Amelia snaps. They didn't have time to argue. "You better tell us all about what happens."
"I will." Merlin sprints away.
—
"Uther... thanked you? And he called you a trusted ally in the fight against magic..." Amelia says slowly as if she can't believe it.
"Yep," Merlin replies. He had come to her Chambers to tell her and Anne about what happened in the Council Chambers. Merlin had gotten Arthur to stop by telling him that Morgause had lied and conjured an illusion of his mother to trick him. However, this has led to Arthur declaring that magic is evil though Amelia decides not to focus on that as it clearly hurts Merlin to talk about it.
"Anyway..." Anne trails off. "Amelia was saying she had some news for us."
"You do?" Merlin asks.
Right! Amelia nods. "Ah, yes seems like it's all about patents at the moment." She pauses trying to think about how to explain this. "Um, so turns out Morgana's mother Vivienne mothered Morgause with someone we don't know before she married Gorlois and had Morgana then after that had an affair with another man which resulted in me." She looks at their stunned faces. "And that about covers it."
"You're telling me," Anne mutters. "Have you told Morgana?"
Amelia shakes her head. "Uh no. I don't know how plus Kilgharrah told me not to in an unflattering way."
"Maybe you should listen to him," Merlin says.
Amelia turns to him in surprise. "Eh?"
Merlin shrugs. "Maybe he has his reasons."
"Not nice ones probably." Amelia scrunches her nose. "But fine, I won't tell her unless the situation calls for it."
"The question is," Anne begins drawing their attention, "who is your real father?"
"How am I supposed to know? I wasn't there at the conceiving." Amelia remarks causing the other two to snort.
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A/N: Gaius and Uther called Morgana and Morgause half sisters while it was still believed Gorlois was Morgana's father. This implies Gorlois is not Morgause's father.
I also put Morgause's birth in this version to before Vivienne got with Gorlois plus in this world Morgause, Morgana and Amelia's mother is the sister of Arthur's. So it made overall sense for the symbol of the bracelet not to be from the house of Gorlois.