Disclaimer: I own nothing that belongs to BBC's Merlin, and if I did I would be sure to make Mergana happen, or at least more interaction between the two.

Merlin had only a few encounters with the Lady Morgana, one of which no one would believe. He would say that when they smile at each other in the halls could count, but it's brief and first encounter was when he arrived in Camelot, he looked up and there she was; beautiful, like a moonlight tryst, but Morgana didn't see him so it doesn't exactly qualify. Their second encounter followed only a couple of days later, and Merlin introduced himself while giving Morgana her sleeping draft.

Merlin was just settling in Camelot and he was already being worked, he accepted that Gaius wasn't getting any younger and he needed someone to deliver medicine to people, and Merlin had nothing better to do. It was his fifth day there and he had met the Prince, a lady's maid, and was working for the Court Physician. The only few that were left was the Lady Morgana and Uther, but he was in no rush to exchange names with the King yet. His chance to meet Morgana came when Gaius asked him to give her a sleeping remedy to help ease her nightmares. Merlin happily obliged.

As he walked up the steps to her chambers he got some odd looks coming from the maids, he motioned the potion at some of them and they nodded and smiled. He smiled back, of course, but he kept going and eventually he ended up pushing open the door.

When he walked in he noticed a low to the ground bed, a mirror with a small, wooden table set in front of it, a changing screen, a window, and a bouquet of flowers on another table. He didn't see anyone so he moved to set the bottle on the table with the flowers, he noted that they were Lilacs; the flower that represents beauty. He looked around closer at Morgana's things and saw a near floor length curtain hanging in the back of the room, he decided that no one was here and tried to peek behind it but then the door swung open and someone stepped in.

Merlin knew right off that that was the Lady Morgana. She wore a blue dress that swirled around her legs when she moved and her hair fell in waves like a soft current on a lake, and she held a basket filled with different clothes and material. Merlin's eyes were as round as plates and his lips were thinned in surprise. He quickly searched the room for another exit, but he could only see one, and that was where Morgana was standing. She didn't look too shocked, like Merlin did, but she lifted her eyebrows at the boy as if to say go on, say something. Merlin noticed this and opened his mouth to speak, but Morgana beat him to it.

"I wasn't aware someone was waiting on me." She said coolly as she set down her things.

"I uh- I came to deliver this." Merlin said as he reached for the sleeping potion.

He held it out nervously and tried to look anywhere but her face. "I'm helping Gaius, he said it would help." Merlin's eyes flicked to her face and then quickly looked at the ground again.

"Well, thank you..." She trailed after she took the bottle from him.

Merlin spoke up and looked directly at her. "Uhm- I'm Merlin."

"Oh! You're the boy who stood up to Arthur! Gwen told me about you." Morgana said and Merlin blushed.

Merlin looked shocked at this. "Ah, tha-that was nothing, it was stupid" He waved it off, but he thought it was embarrassing.

"From what Gwen tells me, you were very brave." She kindly said.

"Ah, well-" Merlin began as Morgana moved to set down her sleeping draft.

"I should applaud you. Arthur isn't the nicest at times." She rolled her eyes.

Merlin smiled, but wondered when she would start clapping. "Don't I know it..." He said under his breath.

"What do you mean?" Morgana asked.

Merlin made a face. "After I stood up to him, he locked me up in the dungeons, but Gaius got me out." He smiled.

"That must have been rough." She said politely.

"Not really, it just stinks and the only thing you can do is think and sleep." He said.

Morgana's eyebrows furrowed as she spoke. "Really? I always thought dungeons were dark and miserable."

"I guess it's different for everyone, though it's hard for me to imagine you locked in a cell." He naively said.

Morgana smiled. "How kind of you. As for me, I can imagine you all tied up." She smirked.

Merlin blushed like a ripe tomato. He could not believe she just said that! He didn't expect Morgana to be such a flirt, or have a dirty mind. "Ah-uhmm... I-uh..." He laughed nervously as he scratched just above his brow while Morgana playfully grinned at him.

After Merlin's blush started to wear off Morgana began to speak again; she liked talking to Merlin, it was something different. "So you're new to Camelot then?" She asked.

"Yeah, I got here around a week ago." He said; still smiling.

"And you were put in the stocks on your third day?" Morgana asked, like nothing just happened. Merlin guessed she did that a lot—flirt with guys and then act like nothing happened two minutes ago—he didn't like it all that much.

"Yep!" He mockingly said.

She smiled warmly. "Well, Merlin, I hope that you don't have to encounter Arthur any time soon." Morgana politely said.

Merlin knew it was time to go; he had been there too long. "It was nice to meet you, milady." He said.

"And you, Merlin. I hope to see you around." She said.

Then Merlin walked out of her chambers and away from what seemed like a place full of carefree actions, charms, and smiles.

Some say the third time's a charm, but Morgana was a little bit too charming when they had their next encounter