Title: Apart But Not Forgotten, Chapter Four & Five: Falling
Author: ellarose88
Pairing/Character: Gwen, Arthur, Merlin, Morgana, OC, Arthur/Gwen
Rating: PG, light M.
Word Count: 1, 020
Warnings: Set during series 4 episode 11 & 12. AU after episode 10. This chapter may contain a little violence.
Prompt: Falling
Summary: She may be gone, but Camelot is still with her. In the fourth chapter, Helios attacks Gwen’s village leaving not much else for Gwen to do but run, while Arthur learns the truth. But will he get there in time या will all be lost?
A/N Once again this has only been edited द्वारा me. Any mistakes are my fault!
As always टिप्पणियाँ are loved and appreciated!
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CHAPTER FOUR: FALLING
Flames… burning… Screaming…
It does not take long for Gwen eyes to open, stumble from her बिस्तर after Frain’s frantic attempts to awaken her. The fear and terror in her eyes tells her all she needs to know of what is happening, though the words tumble from her lips.
“What is happening?” Gwen asks, terrified as she quickly gets out of her small बिस्तर – as best as she can considering her growing belly – and grabs her robe.
“It’s Helios and his men,” Frain informs her quickly before helping Gwen grab a few things before they try and make they escape. “We must be quick. His henchmen are merciless and will not think twice to kill you, even though आप are with child. या do much worse…” Gwen starts to shiver just thinking about it, but shakes it off quickly. She is about to be a mother and her growing child needs her to be strong. And it is at this moment that Gwen wishes that she had sent that letter to Arthur telling her of her predicament and his child. या at least her brother, but instead she got afraid and stubborn and did not send it. Oh how she regrets it now.
But she does not dwell too much on it for Frain is whispering that some men are coming towards the hut and Gwen wonders where Albert is. But she has no time to ask that सवाल as they quickly run to the back door, as the footsteps edge closer and she can hear one of the men shout orders to the other men to खोजिए the house.
They make it out the back door and they both crouch down onto the ground, slowly creeping towards the woods. But not before Gwen looks ahead of her to see the village ablaze in flames, women and children crying helpless while their husbands, fathers and sons are rounded द्वारा Helios’s men like cattle. No doubt to fight with his men.
Frain rustles Gwen’s sleave, “We have no time to save the others Gwen. आप need to get out now!” she whispers into her ear and Gwen knows that she is right.
It is at this moment that one of the men is edging closer to where they are hidden behind some bushes and Frain knows that it will not take long for him to discover them. There is only one thing for her to do.
“Gwen, आप must run towards the woods and go to Camelot and get help!” She tells her sternly, knowing that Gwen will be hard to convince to leave her behind.
“I’m not leaving आप behind!” Gwen tries to grab her hand and pull her with her, for if she is going to escape then so is Frain. Frain over the past few months had become a mother figure in her life and she could not have gotten through everything without her. So she was not about to leave her.
“It won’t take long for them to find us and god knows do what,” Frain starts to come undone, “You’re our only hope.” Frain looks Gwen deeply in her eyes. “Please!” She begs, leaving not much of a choice for her, but to run towards the woods.
*
Everything is a haze. The past two days were… Arthur cannot find the words to describe it. One moment he was looking at how a prisoner could escape the dungeons, the अगला Merlin found the bracelet. Arthur recognised it immediately for it was hers. It was Guinevere’s. He did not think much on it, for he knew that Gwen must have लॉस्ट it when she was in the cell. But then Merlin told him that the markings on it were strange and that they should take it to Gaius. Quickly they set out to find Gaius and Arthur could not believe it, could not believe that he didn’t see it before.
For what caused his beloved behaviour that night was not that she loved another above him, rather something और sinister. She was enchanted. Gauis confirmed it and as soon as he did Arthur did not speak to anyone for hours. Just sat on the edge of his bed, tears streaming down his face, wondering how he could have been so blind, so manipulated that he did not see that Gwen loved him, not Lancelot. And now she was out there, alone and it was his entire fault. But worst of all, she did not know. She did not know that it was not her fault that she kissed Lancelot. She was completely blameless.
Once Arthur’s shock wore off a little, it did not take long for Arthur, Merlin and some of his knights to set out to look for her. Luckily, Gaius informed them that Gwen was staying with some फ्रेंड्स not far from the Merican border. It would take them a दिन to get there and yet to Arthur it felt too far away.
“I hope she is okay,” Arthur finds himself talking to know one in particular and not even sure if anyone hears him. But Merlin does.
“Gwen’s strong. We’ll find her and make sure she is safe.” Merlin reassures him.
“But what if she never forgives me, for what I did to her.” Arthur admits miserably, voice filled with hopelessness.
“She will. She will be mad and angry at first no doubt,” Merlin tells him honestly, for it would be totally understandable for Gwen to be angry at him for his lack of faith in her. “But you’ll convince her that आप are sorry and आप will get through it. Together.” For Merlin knew that Gwen and Arthur were meant to be together. It was as if it was fated to be, destiny.
“Maybe,” Arthur does not sound convinced, but he और concerned with getting to the village and finding her. And then he will concentrate on earning Gwen’s forgiveness.
“Oh my god,” Sir Leon spurts out, causing Arthur and Merlin to look ahead and they see flames ahead.
“Gwen!” Arthur screams before he nudges his horse to run faster towards the village.
***
CHAPTER FIVE: FALLING PART TWO
Gwen doesn’t know how long she has been running, but it feels like forever. Especially since her condition has affected her mobility, making it difficult for her to run for long periods of time.
She needs to take a break, her breath becoming much labored, so she looks around her, and finds a nice hiding spot amongst some close shrubbery. Perfect, she thinks and sits down. It is at this point that she hears some voices edging closer and closer.
“My lord,” she hears one of the men say, before he adds – his voice sounding slightly terrified and dazed, “there is someone who wants to-” but before he finishes Gwen hears some footsteps coming, stop and then a voice speaks up. A voice that she would know anywhere. Morgana, Gwen thinks, before she wonders what the hell she is doing here and why she is consorting with a warlord like Helios.
“Helios,” the woman greets him, before Helio bows a little towards her, “My lady. Do want to we own this pleasure. I thought आप were meeting with us in a fortnight?” He asks curiously, before donning a grin knowing that while he is a fierce warrior, upsetting a witch is not a match-up he could win against.
“Well, I was in the neighbourhood and wanted to see how your recruitment for men for our army was coming along?” Morgana asks like she’s feeling nonchalantly, but in fact she is quite the opposite.
“It’s coming along quite well My Lady. We’ve just managed to ‘recruit” twenty और men from another village,” He informs her, before asking his very own question, “But this will mean nothing if we do not have the plans, the plans to the siege tunnels of Camelot.” He points out, before he broaches carefully, “So My Lady how does your plans to retrieve them?”
Morgana laughs a little evilly at his question, like she is amused at him trying to assert his authority over their plan. Clearly, he has no one idea that it is her that is in charge.
“It is progressing well,” Morgana tells him, deliberately not mentioning her accomplice’s difficulties in getting the tunnel plans. “My spy in Camelot is very close to acquiring them. I should have them soon.”
“And are आप sure that this spy can be trusted?” Helios asks her, knowing that many a spy cannot be trusted always to deliver what is required.
“Believe me, Helios. My spy can be trusted, for he is none other than King Arthur’s uncle,” She tells him before an evil smirk adorns her face.
Siege Tunnel Plans. Camelot. Aggravaine. It’s clear to Gwen what Morgana is planning to do and everyone is in danger. Arthur is in danger and there is only one person who can warn him. So with that in mind, Gwen tries to quietly stand up from her concealed spot and make her way to Arthur, to Camelot. But she does not see the rock and trips up instead, making a loud noise. Oh no, Gwen thinks before she gets up and starts to makes a run for it. For no doubt they heard her.
“What was that?” Morgana shouts a little forcefully, before both she and Helios turn around to where they heard the noise of someone tripping over - making it clear that someone was indeed listening.
“Someone must have heard us,” Helios tells her before ordering his men to खोजिए for them. But Morgana is one step ahead of them and is already on her way to give chase. And what she sees gives her one mighty shock, for it is her once maid servant Gwen. Gwen turns around to check if they are following her yet and cannot stop a shriek from coming out when she sees that it is Morgana.
But that is nothing compared to the look on Morgana’s face when she looks down at Gwen’s stomach and sees the noticeable bulge there.
Leaving nothing for Gwen to do but run. Run to safety, run to Arthur.
XXX
It does not take Arthur, Merlin and the knights to get closer to the village; they just have a few hundred metres to go when out of nowhere someone appears in front of Arthur’s horse nearly spooking him and throwing Arthur off of it. Luckily, Arthur manages to calm him down before he looks down to see who it was and he gasps out, for it is Guinevere. The woman he was about to marry before that terrible incident the night before their wedding. Straight away Arthur dismounts from his horse to check on how she is.
“Guinevere!” He starts, voice filled with so much emotion that it makes Gwen’s दिल break a little more, leaving her speechless. “Are आप alright?” He asks her, voice filled with so much concern, before he takes a look to see if she has any visible injuries. And that is when he sees it.
“You…you’re pregnant.” He says, shocked, before Gwen nods her head and finally speaks up, “We can’t stay here.” Gwen begins to warn them, before some arrows coming flying in their direction, one heading straight towards her. Arthur tries to prevent it hitting her द्वारा grabbing her and pulling her to the ground. But it’s too late; the ऐरो ends up puncturing her leg. Arthur holds her close, his face huddled close to her forehead as he whispers for her to wake up, tears spilling down his face.
The others quickly dismount and Merlin grabs some cloth, which he then proceeds to place upon her wound and press on it firmly to prevent the bleeding, knowing that Arthur is in no state of mind to do it himself.
“Merlin, what do we do?” Arthur asks his most trusted servant helplessly, knowing that everything that has happened to his beloved is his fault.
“You’re not going to lose her, Arthur. I promise.” Merlin tells him with so much feeling, and Arthur wills himself to believe him.
***
To be continued…
Author: ellarose88
Pairing/Character: Gwen, Arthur, Merlin, Morgana, OC, Arthur/Gwen
Rating: PG, light M.
Word Count: 1, 020
Warnings: Set during series 4 episode 11 & 12. AU after episode 10. This chapter may contain a little violence.
Prompt: Falling
Summary: She may be gone, but Camelot is still with her. In the fourth chapter, Helios attacks Gwen’s village leaving not much else for Gwen to do but run, while Arthur learns the truth. But will he get there in time या will all be lost?
A/N Once again this has only been edited द्वारा me. Any mistakes are my fault!
As always टिप्पणियाँ are loved and appreciated!
link || link
***
CHAPTER FOUR: FALLING
Flames… burning… Screaming…
It does not take long for Gwen eyes to open, stumble from her बिस्तर after Frain’s frantic attempts to awaken her. The fear and terror in her eyes tells her all she needs to know of what is happening, though the words tumble from her lips.
“What is happening?” Gwen asks, terrified as she quickly gets out of her small बिस्तर – as best as she can considering her growing belly – and grabs her robe.
“It’s Helios and his men,” Frain informs her quickly before helping Gwen grab a few things before they try and make they escape. “We must be quick. His henchmen are merciless and will not think twice to kill you, even though आप are with child. या do much worse…” Gwen starts to shiver just thinking about it, but shakes it off quickly. She is about to be a mother and her growing child needs her to be strong. And it is at this moment that Gwen wishes that she had sent that letter to Arthur telling her of her predicament and his child. या at least her brother, but instead she got afraid and stubborn and did not send it. Oh how she regrets it now.
But she does not dwell too much on it for Frain is whispering that some men are coming towards the hut and Gwen wonders where Albert is. But she has no time to ask that सवाल as they quickly run to the back door, as the footsteps edge closer and she can hear one of the men shout orders to the other men to खोजिए the house.
They make it out the back door and they both crouch down onto the ground, slowly creeping towards the woods. But not before Gwen looks ahead of her to see the village ablaze in flames, women and children crying helpless while their husbands, fathers and sons are rounded द्वारा Helios’s men like cattle. No doubt to fight with his men.
Frain rustles Gwen’s sleave, “We have no time to save the others Gwen. आप need to get out now!” she whispers into her ear and Gwen knows that she is right.
It is at this moment that one of the men is edging closer to where they are hidden behind some bushes and Frain knows that it will not take long for him to discover them. There is only one thing for her to do.
“Gwen, आप must run towards the woods and go to Camelot and get help!” She tells her sternly, knowing that Gwen will be hard to convince to leave her behind.
“I’m not leaving आप behind!” Gwen tries to grab her hand and pull her with her, for if she is going to escape then so is Frain. Frain over the past few months had become a mother figure in her life and she could not have gotten through everything without her. So she was not about to leave her.
“It won’t take long for them to find us and god knows do what,” Frain starts to come undone, “You’re our only hope.” Frain looks Gwen deeply in her eyes. “Please!” She begs, leaving not much of a choice for her, but to run towards the woods.
*
Everything is a haze. The past two days were… Arthur cannot find the words to describe it. One moment he was looking at how a prisoner could escape the dungeons, the अगला Merlin found the bracelet. Arthur recognised it immediately for it was hers. It was Guinevere’s. He did not think much on it, for he knew that Gwen must have लॉस्ट it when she was in the cell. But then Merlin told him that the markings on it were strange and that they should take it to Gaius. Quickly they set out to find Gaius and Arthur could not believe it, could not believe that he didn’t see it before.
For what caused his beloved behaviour that night was not that she loved another above him, rather something और sinister. She was enchanted. Gauis confirmed it and as soon as he did Arthur did not speak to anyone for hours. Just sat on the edge of his bed, tears streaming down his face, wondering how he could have been so blind, so manipulated that he did not see that Gwen loved him, not Lancelot. And now she was out there, alone and it was his entire fault. But worst of all, she did not know. She did not know that it was not her fault that she kissed Lancelot. She was completely blameless.
Once Arthur’s shock wore off a little, it did not take long for Arthur, Merlin and some of his knights to set out to look for her. Luckily, Gaius informed them that Gwen was staying with some फ्रेंड्स not far from the Merican border. It would take them a दिन to get there and yet to Arthur it felt too far away.
“I hope she is okay,” Arthur finds himself talking to know one in particular and not even sure if anyone hears him. But Merlin does.
“Gwen’s strong. We’ll find her and make sure she is safe.” Merlin reassures him.
“But what if she never forgives me, for what I did to her.” Arthur admits miserably, voice filled with hopelessness.
“She will. She will be mad and angry at first no doubt,” Merlin tells him honestly, for it would be totally understandable for Gwen to be angry at him for his lack of faith in her. “But you’ll convince her that आप are sorry and आप will get through it. Together.” For Merlin knew that Gwen and Arthur were meant to be together. It was as if it was fated to be, destiny.
“Maybe,” Arthur does not sound convinced, but he और concerned with getting to the village and finding her. And then he will concentrate on earning Gwen’s forgiveness.
“Oh my god,” Sir Leon spurts out, causing Arthur and Merlin to look ahead and they see flames ahead.
“Gwen!” Arthur screams before he nudges his horse to run faster towards the village.
***
CHAPTER FIVE: FALLING PART TWO
Gwen doesn’t know how long she has been running, but it feels like forever. Especially since her condition has affected her mobility, making it difficult for her to run for long periods of time.
She needs to take a break, her breath becoming much labored, so she looks around her, and finds a nice hiding spot amongst some close shrubbery. Perfect, she thinks and sits down. It is at this point that she hears some voices edging closer and closer.
“My lord,” she hears one of the men say, before he adds – his voice sounding slightly terrified and dazed, “there is someone who wants to-” but before he finishes Gwen hears some footsteps coming, stop and then a voice speaks up. A voice that she would know anywhere. Morgana, Gwen thinks, before she wonders what the hell she is doing here and why she is consorting with a warlord like Helios.
“Helios,” the woman greets him, before Helio bows a little towards her, “My lady. Do want to we own this pleasure. I thought आप were meeting with us in a fortnight?” He asks curiously, before donning a grin knowing that while he is a fierce warrior, upsetting a witch is not a match-up he could win against.
“Well, I was in the neighbourhood and wanted to see how your recruitment for men for our army was coming along?” Morgana asks like she’s feeling nonchalantly, but in fact she is quite the opposite.
“It’s coming along quite well My Lady. We’ve just managed to ‘recruit” twenty और men from another village,” He informs her, before asking his very own question, “But this will mean nothing if we do not have the plans, the plans to the siege tunnels of Camelot.” He points out, before he broaches carefully, “So My Lady how does your plans to retrieve them?”
Morgana laughs a little evilly at his question, like she is amused at him trying to assert his authority over their plan. Clearly, he has no one idea that it is her that is in charge.
“It is progressing well,” Morgana tells him, deliberately not mentioning her accomplice’s difficulties in getting the tunnel plans. “My spy in Camelot is very close to acquiring them. I should have them soon.”
“And are आप sure that this spy can be trusted?” Helios asks her, knowing that many a spy cannot be trusted always to deliver what is required.
“Believe me, Helios. My spy can be trusted, for he is none other than King Arthur’s uncle,” She tells him before an evil smirk adorns her face.
Siege Tunnel Plans. Camelot. Aggravaine. It’s clear to Gwen what Morgana is planning to do and everyone is in danger. Arthur is in danger and there is only one person who can warn him. So with that in mind, Gwen tries to quietly stand up from her concealed spot and make her way to Arthur, to Camelot. But she does not see the rock and trips up instead, making a loud noise. Oh no, Gwen thinks before she gets up and starts to makes a run for it. For no doubt they heard her.
“What was that?” Morgana shouts a little forcefully, before both she and Helios turn around to where they heard the noise of someone tripping over - making it clear that someone was indeed listening.
“Someone must have heard us,” Helios tells her before ordering his men to खोजिए for them. But Morgana is one step ahead of them and is already on her way to give chase. And what she sees gives her one mighty shock, for it is her once maid servant Gwen. Gwen turns around to check if they are following her yet and cannot stop a shriek from coming out when she sees that it is Morgana.
But that is nothing compared to the look on Morgana’s face when she looks down at Gwen’s stomach and sees the noticeable bulge there.
Leaving nothing for Gwen to do but run. Run to safety, run to Arthur.
XXX
It does not take Arthur, Merlin and the knights to get closer to the village; they just have a few hundred metres to go when out of nowhere someone appears in front of Arthur’s horse nearly spooking him and throwing Arthur off of it. Luckily, Arthur manages to calm him down before he looks down to see who it was and he gasps out, for it is Guinevere. The woman he was about to marry before that terrible incident the night before their wedding. Straight away Arthur dismounts from his horse to check on how she is.
“Guinevere!” He starts, voice filled with so much emotion that it makes Gwen’s दिल break a little more, leaving her speechless. “Are आप alright?” He asks her, voice filled with so much concern, before he takes a look to see if she has any visible injuries. And that is when he sees it.
“You…you’re pregnant.” He says, shocked, before Gwen nods her head and finally speaks up, “We can’t stay here.” Gwen begins to warn them, before some arrows coming flying in their direction, one heading straight towards her. Arthur tries to prevent it hitting her द्वारा grabbing her and pulling her to the ground. But it’s too late; the ऐरो ends up puncturing her leg. Arthur holds her close, his face huddled close to her forehead as he whispers for her to wake up, tears spilling down his face.
The others quickly dismount and Merlin grabs some cloth, which he then proceeds to place upon her wound and press on it firmly to prevent the bleeding, knowing that Arthur is in no state of mind to do it himself.
“Merlin, what do we do?” Arthur asks his most trusted servant helplessly, knowing that everything that has happened to his beloved is his fault.
“You’re not going to lose her, Arthur. I promise.” Merlin tells him with so much feeling, and Arthur wills himself to believe him.
***
To be continued…
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