AN: Merlin is mine...in a parallel universe somewhere...but not in this one.

I know, I know, another short chapter :P it looked longer when I was writing it.

UPDATE: Oh my gosh guys. I screwed up big time. I accidentally had it so that Gwen was here and married to Arthur in this chapter. I've fixed it now. I'm sorry about that slip up, I was working on a different fic before that where they were married. I'm sorry!

Morgana really did feel like crap.

She could feel her life force draining out of her, even as she was doing nothing but laying against the tree where they had tied her. She had tried to free herself, but her magic seemed to have abandoned her. She couldn't even summon enough energy to try to free herself manually.

She had been aware of Agravaine sending her covert looks, worried about her but probably more worried for himself. He probably thought she would pull her magic out at the perfect moment, freeing them both. Well, he would be disappointed. Not that she felt bad about that part.

She had never hated Merlin more. He had the nerve to apologize as he stuck a sword in her! She could see him trying to ruin her plans, as he always did, but she had never imagined he would actually have the guts to kill her. That was supposed to be Emrys's job.

Morgana suddenly sat up straight, eyes wide, and doing her best to ignore both the wave of pain it brought on her and the way the knights eyed her suspiciously. Emrys was her doom, that's what the Cailleach had told her. So that must mean...

Suddenly, nausea hit her like a slap in the face. Her movement had jostled her wound, and she could feel it bleeding again under the sloppy bandaging Leon had provided. Her sight went fuzzy, and she knew her end was coming. She flopped back down, miserable, and thinking of Morgause, and how she had wanted so badly for Morgana to claim the throne. I am sorry, sister, I have failed...

She blinked, and realized Arthur had noticed her predicament and was now kneeling over her. Fingers felt her wrist, checking for a pulse. He knew she was almost gone.

The least she could do was leave him with something that would torment him long after she was gone. She gave him a sickly smile.

"I know something you don't know."

Her voice was singsong and mocking, and it was the last sound Morgana Pendragon made before her life slipped away, silencing her forever.

Arthur stared down at the shell of his sister, conflicting emotions holding him still for a moment. Her last words floated around his head.

"I know something you don't know."

He snapped himself out of his thoughts and looked around. The knights were watching him for a sign about their captive.

Arthur looked at Agravaine, whose gaze was locked on the unmoving body of his mistress.

"Looks like you will be facing the executioner's block by yourself, uncle."

0o0

Arthur left for his chambers as soon as he arrived in Camelot. He didn't want to spend any longer with Morgana's blank eyes staring at him. Merlin met up with him in their chambers minutes later.

"What are you going to do with the body?" he asked hesitantly.

Arthur sighed. He almost felt there should be two graves: one for the Morgana he'd grown up with, who had died the minute Morgana had cast her first dark spell, and one less honorary for the person she'd been when she died.

"Have the knights bury her," he told his servant. "Away from the noble's graves."

0o0

Despite Agravaine's wishing that it would stay at bay forever, dawn came at the same time it always did. And it arrived with two palace guards leading him to the courtyard, where the stage was set for his execution. He couldn't tear his eyes from the noose.

How he wished Morgana had lived, he thought, as Arthur droned on, the words "traitor" and "working with the enemy" drifting through to him.

But there was no one to save him. It was his last thought as he felt the rope around his neck.

I know, took me kind of a while to kill Morgana and Agravaine. But I did it, finally :) This story is almost done :O I had no idea it would turn out like this when I first started writing. Thanks everybody for convincing me to keep writing this! You guys have been awesome!

I will be closing my poll soon! Vote on which Merlin story I should write...please?