AN: Sorry I haven't updated in so long. This is the final chapter and I am so thankful for everyone who's read, reviewed, subscribed and favourite this story. You're all awesome.

Morgana raised the sword above Arthur's chest and as the blade swooped towards its target, Arthur rolled aside, the sword slashing his shoulder and before it met another sword with a loud clang and was lashed off to the side. Morgana looked up to see Gwen standing in front of her holding Arthur's sword awkwardly in her hand. Of course. You rarely got one without the other. Gwen jostled Arthur's sword in her hand, it was heavier than what she was used to but she quickly adapted. Tom had taught her and Elyan how to wield swords and it was instinctual, something that couldn't be forgotten. Gwen stepped in front of Arthur and held up the sword, ready to deflect any more attacks.

"I should have known you'd be lurking around." Morgana spat at her former friend. Gwen studied Morgana; taking in the cold eyes, the wild hair, the tattered black dress, the venomous curl of her lips. Morgana's fall from grace hadn't been kind to her and it was only now that they were face to face did Gwen really understand what the others had told her. The Morgana standing before her wasn't the Morgana she had known, the Morgana who she had grown up with. No, this Morgana was cruel and cold hearted and dangerous.

"What happened to you Morgana, we were friends once, weren't we?" Gwen asked.

"Friends," Morgana sneered. "You betrayed me. All of you, you stole what was rightfully mine. So if this is how I have to take it back, so be it."

Morgana dove forward, intent on stabbing Gwen who deflected the attack. As they fought Arthur got to his feet and lunged for the sword that was positioned by Uther's bed. Morgana's eyes flashed gold and she sent Arthur slamming to the floor before turning to fight Gwen who managed to slash Morgana's side. Morgana let out a cry of pain and as she clamped one had to her side, she glared at Gwen, fire in her eyes. Morgana's eyes flashed gold once more and Gwen fell to the floor unconscious. As she looked at her enemies, before studying her blood stained hand and the growing stain on her side, Morgana vanished in a flash of light.

Gwen stumbled to her feet and rubbed her head before approaching Arthur. His shoulder and shirt were saturated with scarlet blood and Gwen hurriedly removed his shirt so that she could compress the wound. It didn't seem too deep but there was a lot of blood. Arthur winced with pain as Gwen helped him to his feet and they looked around the room. The only evidence of Morgana's presence was the bloodstains on the floor. As they walked back towards Gaius' they could see that Morgana's spell was beginning to wear off. There was noise and movement sounding from different parts of the castle. Items fell to the floor, people lost their balance, conversations continued as though they hadn't been interrupted.

"-the cure is," Gaius trailed off as the door opened and Gwen supported Arthur through the door. Merlin hurriedly grabbed bandages and let Gaius tend Arthur's wound as the knights hurried into the room, thankfully all unfrozen.

"Where's Morgana, what happened?" Merlin asked.

"She escaped," Gwen replied, maintaining a hold on Arthur's hand.

"Where was she, what was she up to now?" Leon asked.

"What she usually wants, to kill me and my father and steal the throne. She's most likely returned to her hideaway. Ah!" Arthur winced as Gaius tightened the bandage around his shoulder. "But she was wounded, so she mightn't have gone far. We'll search the woods again."

"You'll be nothing until that shoulder heals." Gwen commented.

"She's right Arthur, you'll need to rest that shoulder until it has healed properly." Gaius advised professionally. Arthur nodded reluctantly and he explained how he had found Morgana about to kill Uther and challenged her to kill him first, he'd been stalling for time so that Gwen could find some way of reversing what had happened to everyone before they both managed to fight Morgana off.

"Guinevere was brilliant, got Morgana right in the side." Arthur commented proudly.

"I was aiming for her arm and she floored me before she escaped." Gwen shrugged.

"Yeah but she used magic, that's cheating." Merlin reminded, catching Gaius and Lancelot's eyes. It was only cheating whenever Morgana did it, when Merlin did it, he was protecting his destiny. There was a difference.

Morgana stumbled back into the hovel which she and Morgause had hidden themselves away in after the battle. Morgause was resting on the bed, still so weak and injured after the battle so many months ago. Morgana grabbed a potion and swallowed it in one, she could feel the blood flow ebbing and the flesh and sinew repair itself. Morgana let out a groan of frustration. Why was it that they always had to foil her plans? She had been so close to finally taking back what was rightfully hers, but no! They had to intervene! Morgause woke and slowly pulled herself up on her bed and studied her sister.

"What happened?" she asked in a hoarse whisper.

"What do you think happened?" Morgana snapped and rubbed her forehead. Morgause got off the bed with difficulty and stumbled towards Morgana, each movement causing her bones and muscles to ache and cry in protest.

"Do not worry Sister, Samhain's Eve is coming. Within a few weeks, Camelot shall be yours." Morgause reassured. She already knew what she had planned for Samhain's Eve; the night when the Veils between the two worlds would be at its thinnest and their deadliest plan for Camelot will begin.

As night fell over Camelot, Gwen stepped into the courtyard with a bucket of water in her left hand from the floor she had just scrubbed clean of the blood from the afternoon's fight. It'd been a long day and all she wanted to do was to go home and get some sleep. As she tipped the bucket upside down to empty it onto the flagstones, Gwen breathed deeply and thought about their encounter with Morgana. It was almost impossible to believe that Morgana could have changed so much but the Morgana she had come face to face with was a whole other person. She may have had Morgana's face but her heart and mind were warped by darkness. Gwen wondered whether there was a possibility for things to have been different, but then she remembered those eyes. Those harsh shards of green glass with no warmth or happiness in them and she knew it was impossible. Their Morgana was long gone and she was not going to come back.

"Guinevere,"

Gwen turned to see Arthur walking towards her. Gwen met him halfway and allowed him to give her an awkward one-armed hug. Suddenly she wrapped her arms around him and hugged him tightly. Arthur was momentarily stunned by the sudden show of affection before he hugged her back just as tightly. After a few seconds they broke apart and Arthur looked at her.

"What is it? What do you remember?" Arthur asked.

"When I walked into the room and I seen you on the floor and afterwards with when you were lying covered with blood; I was scared you would die and I just remember feeling that way before. When you were ill or gotten seriously injured and thinking that maybe this time you wouldn't make it. And that I- I wouldn't be able to even imagine a life without you. Because I love you." Gwen confessed. It had all come running back to her and that was why she had fought so hard. That was when she fully remembered how she felt about Arthur. He was immature and arrogant sometimes but he was also sweet and kind and brave and that was why she loved him. It had only taken Morgana's attack for her to fully realise that.

"Good, because I love you too." Arthur replied and he let his actions prove it. Not caring if anyone could see, he took Gwen's face in his good hand and kissed her. For a few minutes they stood entwined, arms around each other before loud wolf-whistles and calls of 'get a room' from the knights forced them apart. They both blushed and Arthur offered Gwen his arm and they walked out of the courtyard down to her home. They sat up late into the night talking and attempting to restore more of her memroies. While few more returned, over the next few weeks and months, more memories that were both good and bad were made in their place.

AN: I'm not too fond about that ending but I wanted to do one last chapter as well as tie it in with the beginning of series 4. Not what I expected but meh, at least I finished it I guess.