Merlin FanFic

She's Gone

Morgana smiled when she saw Merlin when she opened the door. She was glad that he had come and knew he would not come alone. She scanned the area around her but found no one, but she knew that meant nothing. The knights of Camelot were very good at hiding. Morgana had put the children in the cabin and placed a sleeping spell so they wouldn't wake up for a few hours. She did not want the children to witness the violence that was about to unfold. She also knew that if the children saw their father, they would want to go with him or want to know why they were fighting. She could not risk that. She could not risk losing her children. She glared at Merlin and gave him a cold smile.
"I knew that you would come eventually." Merlin felt sick to his core when he looked at her cold smile. All he could feel was a bad aura off her. She had fallen into rage and hatred, and it had consumed her.
"Give me the children, Morgana." Merlin warned. He knew that he was the distraction and bait while some knights retrieved his children. He could only trust Arthur with their lives. Just then, the knights strode forward and surrounded Merlin, glaring at Morgana.
"Do as he says, Morgana, or we will use force." Percival warned and Morgana just chuckled.
"You knights wouldn't be able to harm me."
"But I would." Merlin warned. She gave Merlin a cold stare and he could feel it go right through him making him shiver.
"Scared?" She cooed.
"Not at all Morgana, not of you." He shot back.
"Are you going to give me the children or not?" Merlin had reached the end of his patience. She just laughed and knew she was pushing all the right buttons, getting him to where she wanted him.
"Come and get them." The knights let out a battle cry and ran towards the witch, but she was faster and threw them backwards with her magic. Merlin then stepped forward. He looked at her and gave her a small smile.
"Goodbye, Morgana." He tilted his head, felt the strong magic throw her back, and watched as she fell hard on the ground. He knew that he had started a battle just right where he wanted her. Clambering to her feet, Morgana was outraged and screamed as she let her magic flow free through her, letting out all the hatred that she had, making her powerful. Merlin hadn't realised how powerful she had become, so he flew backwards and came down on a rock hard. He groaned as he felt the pain shoot through his ribs and accepted the fact that they were broken. He struggled to his feet to see Morgana smiling happily.
"Not this time, " he whispered and let the magic flow, but she just backhanded it away.

 Arthur crept forward with Leon towards the back of the cabin. He looked around the side to see Morgana use her magic to throw Merlin, and Arthur watched helplessly as Merlin collided with the ground. He watched anxiously to see if he would get up, but he wasn't. He couldn't see him move, and Arthur started to panic. Morgana was about to turn around and see him when Merlin fired back, struggling to sit up. Arthur breathed a sigh of relief.  He gave Leon the nod and they headed towards the back door making sure to open it quietly. Arthur listened for any sounds but heard none, so they headed inside. Leon followed close behind Arthur, scanning the cabin and watching his flank. He tapped Arthur's shoulder when he saw the children sleeping on the bed. Arthur looked around and then saw the children. He was happy to see them and made his way over to them. He shook Isolde's shoulder gently to wake her, but he got no response, so he tried Tristan but got nothing. Frowning, Arthur tried again but a little harder but got nothing. He checked to see if they were breathing and was relieved. He looked at Leon, confused. Leon glanced at the children.
"Morgana's magic." Arthur should have known and he knew that they were wasting time just standing there so Arthur picked up Isolde while Leon got Tristan. They made it to the back door with no issues and Arthur thought that it had been too easy and that they shouldn't have made it outside without something going wrong. He was proven right when a white dragon appeared out of nowhere and roared at them. Arthur and Leon looked at each other in shock and made a run for it towards the trees but the dragon blocked their exit and pushed them towards the clearing and Morgana. Some knights hiding in the trees came to their aid but were attacked by the dragon and knocked out cold or injured from the fire he breathed. Arthur knew that he had to do something as he was running out of options and was getting to close to being seen by Morgana. He tried to spring forward and dodge the dragon but failed. They had no choice but to head to the clearing.