Hello fellow readers! It is me again, with a new chapter! I actually like this chapter, it has a bit of Gwen/Morgana friendship. :) Thank you Kathryn-of-Lorien, Aradia la fata, Rya3SaberVltar, FireyIce107, TJTMaria, Dawn Ruthless, Meri Ley, designtechdk, and Mike3207 for reviewing! I'm very sorry I never got to reply; who knew summer could get so busy? Well, I hope you all know I love and thank you all! Now, without further ado, I present you... CHAPTER 24!

DISCLAIMER: I sadly do not own Merlin. :(

Gwen walked into Morgana's room practically glowing. She was so happy that her and Morgana were the best of friends again. It felt good to not worry that she was ging to plan an evil scheme to get her killed. Gwen smiled as she opened the curtains widely, remembering their talk the day before.

"So, Morgana," Gwen started casually, putting a little smirk on, "how are you and Merlin?"

Morgana nearly choked on the water she was sipping on. "Erm..."

Gwen smiled again. "I'm assuming that things are going well," she winked.

"No! Wait. Yes! Or... no..? I mean, things are going excellent, but it's not like we're intimate or anything!" she rushed.

"Whatever you say, Milady!" Gwen turned, still smiling. It was a good sign that they were back to talking like old friends.

The bright sunlight brought Gwen back to reality.

"Time to get out of bed, Milady! You have a list of things to do; including lunch with Uther, helping th-"

Gwen paused. She hadn't sensed any movement from the bed yet.

'Well that's peculiar,' Gwen thought. 'She's usually already up!"

"Morgana," she said gently, but loudly.

Still no movement.

She went on the bed to Morgana's side, shaking her slightly. "Morgana," she called a bit more desperately.

Morgana's eyes fluttered open sleepily. "What?" she mumbled.

Gwen smiled. "You need to wake up."

Morgana groaned. "Do I have to?"

"Yes."

She groaned again and sat up. She stretched her arms with a yawn. "It feels so good to sleep so soundly."

"Why did you sleep so well? It's been so long since you had a dreamless night!'

"It must have been the sleeping drought," she shugged.

"Or maybe the person that usually brings it to you..?"

"Gwen!" she exclaimed, slapping her pillow at her friend. Morgana blushed like crazy and Gwen just laughed at the princess's embarrassment. "We went over this!"

Gwen stood up, her face more stern. "Yes, of course Milady," she nodded while smoothing her dress. "Now I have things you must attend to, as do you."

Morgana looked at her maid in horror, causing Gwen to chuckle.

"I'm serious!" she said, still giggling.

Morgana rolled her eyes playfully. "If course you are."

"Well, why don't you try to wake yourself up as I get you breakfast. What is it you would like this morning?"

Morgana smiled at her old friend as she listed off the answer to her question.

Morgana was nearly skipping around by the end of the day. Everything was just perfect. There was Gwen; Merlin;magic lessons, taught by Merlin; no more Morgause, because she didn't trust Merlin; no more nightmares, because Merlin made them go away; and did she mention Merlin? As if on que, she bumped into the miraculous Merlin.

"Well you look positively glowing," he said, looking at her.

"Thanks to you," she said sweetly.

"Magic feeling better?"

"Yes. I feel more calm, like if it never exsisted!"

He smiled, resting a hand on her shoulder. "Well that's good."

She smiled shyly again, looking in his eyes.

"Well, I got to go," he frowned. He gave her a quick kiss. "I'll see you later?"

"I'll be waiting!" she replied happily.

They parted ways, both happy. Morgana continued prancing around joyfully throughout the castle. Soon it was close to dusk. She headed back to her chambers to get ready for dinner.

She stepped into her room and felt a strong hand cover her mouth. She tried to scream, but she quickly became dizzy and soon everything went black.

My oh my, another cliffhanger! Hehe, I love torturing people! :P This is payback for not reviewing Dark Desires! Except for a few of you who did... JK! By the way, I only got 3 reviews for the last chapter of Dark Desires... :( I wasn't a happy camper! At first I thought I would only have one, then 2 days later I got 2 reviews! Oh well... Please review! Make me happy! A review is like... I don't know... A virtual hug? Sure, let's go with that! :P See you next time!