Sorry for the long wait.

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A faraway voice was saying something.
Merlin opened his eyes to find the blurry face of the king over him. He smelled the familiar scents of countless potions and herbs of Gaius chambers. The scent would have been comforting if he had any idea how he got there. He knew he was in the woods but after that it was blank. He also had a banging in his head. With a groan He tried to rub his temple when he noticed that he was tied down. He also noticed that he was in a bed, an expensive one by the feel of silky sheets under him. Since when had Gaius ever had anything this nice. The bed would had been perfect if he had not been tied down. Wait... Why was he tied down?

"Merlin." Arthur snapped "answer me?"

"What?" Merlin replied as he looked around. He was not in fact in Gaius's chambers, but in some room in the castle. The smell was probably coming from the table a few feet away which was full of different vials and potions. Gaius was standing at it mixing something together

"How do you feel about Morgana?" Arthur asked

"She is not exactly my favorite person." Merlin said "Is there any particular reason that I am tied down?

Arthur looked across the room to Gaius "Do you think he is lying?"

Gaius walked over and dotted his face with a cloth. "I doubt with the strength of the spell that he would be able to deny his feelings. Besides, the toxin does not seem to be affecting him at all."

"Spell, feelings, Morgana," Merlin questioned "Anyone care to explain what the *heck* is going on here."

"I think it is over." Gaius said

"Hello." Merlin interrupted "Confused servant down here."

Arthur walked over to the table and grabbed a knife.

"You know, I don't really don't need to know." Merlin said "Just put the knife down."

Arthur laughed and cut him free. Merlin sat up and was surprised when Arthur pulled him into a bear hug. Arthur pulled away after a few seconds.

"If you tell anyone about this than I will having you cleaning out the stocks at sunrise everyday for the next ten years" Arthur threatened.

Wow. Whatever happened must have been serious if Arthur had actually hugged him.

Gaius patted Merlin on the back. "Good to have you back my boy."

"Please tell me what happened." Merlin begged

"Morgana enchanted you." Gaius responded "With a love spell.

Merlin groaned "How bad was it?"

"You were willing to help Morgana take Camelot and kill Arthur." Gaius said

"For the past four hours all you would do was go on and on about how perfect she was." Arthur said 'Oh, she has the perfect skin. Have you ever noticed the gleam in her eye when she is happy'

"What about all the love spells you were put under." Merlin replied "What about that one Faye. I am sure that Gwen would love to hear about that one."

"We promised never to speak of that!" Arthur protested a he flicked Merlin in the ear.

"Hey!"

Gaius smiled "It is great to have everything back to normal."

Two hours later Merlin was taking Arthur his dinner. He thought that after being enchanted Arthur would have at least given him a day off. He felt a hard hand on his shoulder and dropped his platter. He turned around to see Gwain standing behind him.

"Darn it, Gwain." Merlin complained
"Good to have my friend back." Gwain grinned "Now that you don't have raging hormones for a witch, how about a trip to the tavern?"

MORGANA

Morgana had to snap herself out of another Merlin daydream. She loved Merlin and she loved what this enchantment had done to her; yet she was getting really annoyed by her inability to focus. It has been days since she had seen Merlin and it was only getting worse. She was trying to plot and all she could think about was Merlin holding her in his arms. If she could just give it a few more weeks than she would be able to see Merlin everyday once they were married. Than again perhaps she could plot closer to Camelot. Plus in the meantime it could not hurt to visit Merlin. In fact that was a wonderful idea, Camelot was only a two-day trip away. Plus if she left now and hurried she might be able to cut the trip to a day in a half. She could not wait to see her future king.

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