Summary: Merlin is upset that he is not allowed to use his magic
I wrote this for the 'Full Spectrum' challenge on the Heart of Camelot website, with randomly selected Colour: Yellow; Character: Merlin; Emotion: Sad
Rating K+ (death of a child)
Thanks to Caldera32 and Aerist for their help and encouragement
Merlin sighed as he dismounted from his horse. This was all so stupid! He understood – really, he did - why he could not use magic to save the child. Everyone had seen her fall, and had then heard Gaius' diagnosis once he arrived to examine her in the horrible minutes immediately afterward.
Then Gaius had dashed his last hope by asking him - right in front of her mother - to ride out post haste to find the elusive yellow-flowered blossom that would numb her pain and ease her passing. He couldn't very well linger after that now, could he?
He kicked at the ground sadly before turning towards where he knew the herb would be hiding. At least here in the forest he was hidden enough that he could use his magic to speed his search.
As he put the plant into his satchel, he could only console himself with the thought that someday this type of situation would be just an unhappy memory.