Poly Merlin Microfic

"Besides I already have all I need, so long as I'm with you," Gwen said as they separated and she smiled.

"We'll leave a little after midnight, I know how to get around without being seen," Gwen said as she grabbed her own bag.

Morgana nodded, although she was terrified to be leaving all that which she knew, she was far more terrified at the prospect of staying in Camelot.

So that night as the citadel of Camelot slept, they snuck out of the castle and wandered through the streets, dressed in peasant clothes, and covered by cloaks they knew they would be ignored if anyone saw them.

They were in the middle of the lower town, when a soft sniffling cry caught Morgana's attention.

She stopped in her tracks and turned around looking for the source of the sound when she saw it.

An iron cage, with a young woman inside it, wearing a raggedy red dress and iron cuffs around her wrists the young maiden was crying hunched in on herself.

"Morgana, why did you stop?" her beloved asked her, and Morgana pointed to the cage.

"There's a girl, in that cage, I think that she must have magic, why else would she be kept in such a cage?" Morgana whispered softly.

"Oh dear gods, is there anyone near? Should we-" Gwen asked, but Morgana cut her off.

"Yes, yes we have to help her, come lets go, we must act quickly."

Looking around to make sure nobody was watching Morgana and Gwen swiftly made their way over to the cage.

"Miss, shh, it's alright, we're going to get you out of here," Morgana said softly to the girl.

"What? No! You'll get hurt, the man, the man who caught me, he- he's dangerous please I'm not worth the risk, you must go!" the girl whispered fiercely, but Gwen had already grabbed a nearby shovel, and with her knowledge of metals cracked the lock at the right point and the chain fell.

Opening the door, Morgana walked in and gently took the girl's trembling hands.

"I promise, you're going to be just fine, you'll come with us, we'll get you out of Camelot," Morgana said gently.

"Why? Why are you doing this?" the young maiden asked.

Morgana smiled, and with a whisper her magic unlocked the girl's cuffs.

"Because I know what is it to be truly afraid, and nobody deserves to be treated like a monster," Morgana whispered, as she pulled the woman out of the hay filled cage.

"Gwen do you have the spare cloak?"

Gwen nodded, as she took out and placed a warm grey cloak over the young woman's shoulders.

"What is your name my dear?" Gwen asked warmly.

"Freya, my name is Freya," the beautiful maiden replied.

"Well Freya, I'm Morgana, and this is my partner Gwen, you'll be save with us, we promise," Morgana swore.

"Now let's go you're free now," said Gwen kindly, as she took Freya's right arm in hers, and Morgana took her left.

They supported the girl who fate had thrown in their path, and together they finished their escape of the citadel.

As the three young maidens reached the woods, finally leaving behind the gilded cage that was Camelot, it all of a sudden hit Morgana.