Prompt Title: Resurrection

Prompt Summary: "A Merlin/Morgause or a Merlin/Nimuehnot enough of those."

Thought By: Mike3207

Character(s): Merlin & Nimueh (& technically Morgause)

Set: Season 3 Episode 13, right after Morgana leaves (and they look through the rubble)

Genre(s): Suspense & Romance

Rating: T

Warning(s): None that I know of. :)

Word Count: 464

Date: September 30th, 2012

Author's Note: My first non Mergana pairing... 0_0 I've always shipped this couple to a point though. :) I've been busy, so its more of a drabble. Trying to get these longer though!

Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Merlin. :(


Merlin stood in front of the Cup of Life warily.

He had found it while everyone looked through the rubble to find the remains of Morgana— or Morgause. He dug until he found a locke of blonde hair. He removed all the junk out of the way, revealing the full body of Morgause. The Cup was held delicately in her hands.

It was late at night. Everyone had already gone to bed, leaving him alone with the remains only he had seen. He thought about telling Lancelot what he found, but he was injured. He also thought about staging an act in front if Arthur, where he finds the body and magical item and gets praised.

But he did neither of those things because there was something he needed to do.

He frlt Morgause's life force almost being at an end. He didn't feel guilt for not even trying to save her; mostly because he couldn't help her. The injuries were too fatal to heal. He grabbed the cup from her hands roughly. Blood still lined the inside of the dented cup, drying quickly at the cooler air. He dropped the remaining blood on Morgause's forehead, saying words of the Old Religion to complete the ritual. Lightning cracked suddenly, striking the limp body of the nearly-dead witch as the last of the blood was removed from the cup. Her body jolted as she sprang back to life, her golden hair turning into a dark black.

She turned her head slowly, shaking in fear. "M-Me-Merlin?" she stuttered.

He raised his hands tentatively to grasp her hand, causing her to jolt. "Nimueh?" he whispered. She nodded. "It's alright, it's me."

Nimueh stood up in Morgause's body, Merlin following her quickly. She looked up into his eyes as her lip quivered. "Why am I back? You killed me!" Her strength started to peak back through.

He looked down at their joined hands. "And I'm truly sorry for that. I brought you back—you can get a second life!" He lifted his head back up to smile sadly at her.

She stood on her tip-toes as she softly pressed her lips to his. She pulled away before he could kiss her back. "Thank you, Merlin," she whispered.

She started to pull away as he registered what had just happened. And before he could think, he grabbed her by the back of her neck, pulling her towards him as he crashed his lips onto hers. She responded fiercely, kissing him back with all she had got.

They weren't meant to be together—she wasn't even meant to be alive! But they could savor that moment as they devoured each other's mouths, taking each other in before it was all over. They could just stop thinking—just for that night.


Author's Ending Note: An option between two pairings was the prompt, but I ended up doing both couples! ;) Sorta... Nimueh in Morgause's body and Merlin kissing is considered both Merlin/Nimueh and Merlin/Morgause, right? I wrote this mostly to get me to stop thinking about Doctor Who and its latest terribly sad episode. That mission failed miserably as I'm still crying to let out all of my feels, but it was worth a try! Why did Rory have to go poof?! :( I'll miss you, Miss Redhead of a Pond! :')

Anywho, review! I'd love your insight on how you think I did on interpreting each prompt, and I could use some prompts myself. ;)

Shout-Out(s):

kitkat: I'm sorry! I did start writing out your prompt, but I had some trouble... I hope it'll come out one day though. :)

Meri Ley: Awww, thanks hun! I hope you enjoyed this little one. :)