A Hunting Trip

Mind

A/N: I'll apologise in advance for this chapter, it's quite weird and I didn't know how to write my thoughts out. Sorry if it's a bit hard to understand.

MERLIN'S POV (first one, won't be many in this story, FYI)
It's so dark, I can't see a thing. I look left and right, but there's nothing. Where am I? I suddenly realise that my side isn't hurting. It's completely fine. Wait... does this mean I've died? It can't be, though. I'm Emrys, I can't die! If I'm not dead, then what is going on?
"You're here because you practically are dead, Merlin!" A voice shouts out to me, sounding distant. The voice echoes around in my head.
"If you weren't Emrys, you would be dead!"
"All because of Arthur!" I can't recall any of the voices, but that doesn't stop them from yelling out to me.
"He hates you!"
"He left you because you're a warlock!"
"He doesn't trust you!" The voices grow louder and louder. I try to block them out but it doesn't work. The echo back at me, screaming. I fall to my knees.
"He wants you dead!"
"Your best friend just left you to perish!" The voices stop as suddenly as they started. It's quiet, until a voice I do recognise speaks up.
"How could he have done that to you? Your friend betray you? How does it feel, Merlin? To know you're hated by your friends?"
"What have you done to me, Morgana?" I manage to say, trying to sound brave, yet I'm scared of what's she's done.
"Poor Merlin! Left alone to die in a forest... that must've hurt, didn't it, Merlin?"
"What are you trying to do?"
"Nothing, Merlin. You know, I'm here. I know what that's like... feeling like everyone hates you. Even you, Merlin. I thought you hated me. You did, didn't you?"
"I-I..." The words get caught in my throat. I hadn't wanted to, but I would've died, Arthur too. I can't admit it to myself, but deep down I knew the answer. Right now, though, something is pushing into my mind, trying to control it. I block it out, and it stops. It doesn't come back. All of my sense is gone, revenge has taken its place.
"Merlin, you know how I felt, do you understand my pain?"
"Yes... I do, Morgana."
"Then why don't you join me?"
"What?"
"Arthur loathes you, he wants you dead. He thinks he left you dead, but don't you think he'd have quite the surprise if you weren't?"
"It would be quite the shock to him..."