Merlin Holidays

Title: Upsetting the Apple Cart
Recipient: Polishmyarmor
Rating: T
Pairings: Merlin/Arthur, Morgana/Gwen
Word Count: 6571
Content Notes/Warnings: None
Summary: Kilgharrah saves Arthur after the Battle of Camlann. In a debt of gratitude Arthur and Gwen are eager to fulfill Merlin's request to help the aging dragon from the cold, harsh Camelot winters. Morgana is there too...healed from her hatred, and the four confide much to the dragon of the course of the season.

Author's Notes: Beginning Notes:

This story takes place in the months after the Battle at Camlann. It is canon divergent, taking a rather sharp right turn away from the final episodes of the series.

All my deep gratitude to Emrys_MK for encouraging me to sign up and for the last minute mega-beta.
And equally grateful gratitude to Pelydryn for holding my hand when I was panicked that I couldn't think of anything, listened to my rambling, and reassured me along the way.
And finally, of course, I'm so grateful to the mods for keeping this wonderful fest going!

Dear Polishmyarmor,
Happy holidays! I really hope you enjoy this fic. It diverged a bit from your prompt, but the plus side is that I think I incorporated even more of what you might like. At least I hope so! Wishing you a very happy winter, and a beautiful new year to come!


END NOTES:

According to this interview with Eoin Macken, Gwaine is not dead. https://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/merlins-eoin-macken-gwaine-isnt-dead/?cmpredirect

Quotes:

“Some say there is no truth, only perception”
-Gustave Flaubert

“Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.”
-Lao Tse

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
- Joseph Campbell

Bonus Quote:
“Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.
-Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Thank you so very much for reading. Comments make me very happy. I love getting to 'meet' my readers!

AO3 link to fanwork: https://archiveofourown.org/works/27834454

Title: Weight of Conscience
Recipient: For the all the readers at merlin_holidays!
Author: doylefan22
Rating: R
Pairings: Morgana/Morgause, Morgana/Gwen
Word Count: 5,259
Warnings: Incest, some adult situations
Summary: Morgana is crumbling under the weight of what she is being forced to do and the kindness of those around her is no help.
Disclaimer: The characters depicted herein belong to Shine and BBC. I make no profit from this endeavor.

( Weight of Conscience )