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[little-ligi]

Febuwhump Masterpost

*Completionist*

All 28 fics written for Febuwhump 2021 Fandom - BBC Merlin

@febuwhump​

No.1 - Mind Control

No.2 - “I Can’t Take This Anymore”

No.3 - Imprisonment

No.4 - Impaling

No.5 - “Take Me Instead”

No.6 - Insomnia

No.7 - Poisoning

No.8 - “This is No Time to Sleep”

No.9 - Buried Alive

No.10 (Alt5) - Hostage Situation

No.11 - Hallucinations

No.12 - “Who Are You?”

No.13 - Hiding Injury

No.14 - “I Didn’t Mean It”

No.15 - “Run, Don’t Look Back!”

No.16 - Broken Bones

No.17 - Field Surgery

No.18 - “I Can’t See!”

No.19 - Sleep Deprivation

No.20 - Betrayal

No.21 - Torture

No.22 - Burned

No.23 - “Don’t Look”

No.24 - Memory Loss

No.25 (Alt4) - Identity Reveal

No.26 - Recovery

No.27 (Alt6) - “Don’t Try to Pin This On Me!”

No.28 - “You Have To Let Me Go.”

Phew.... I managed it! About half way through I wasn’t sure I would!!

[sternenblumen]

Fanfic writing tag

Thank you for the tag, @privateerstudies!

Side note: Usually, my writing stuff goes on @flowers-creativity!

how many works do you have on AO3?

 23

what’s your total AO3 word count?

135676 (woah!)

how many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

Four (on AO3) - Stranger Things, The Musketeers, Leverage, Stardew Valley

what are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Normalcy and Safety Small Things The One Bed Job Whumptober 2019 - The Musketeers Bad Luck

do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Aaaaah, I’m very ashamed and embarrassed because a lot of (most of?) the time I don’t, because of social anxiety and stuff 🥺. I try to! I should maybe go through the unanswered ones and answer them with a blanket “Thank you” so I can answer any new ones without feeling guilty and bad about not answering the old ones?

what’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

I actually think I have no angsty endings?! Plenty of angst in between but I try finishing on a positive or hopeful note.

do you write crossovers? if so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

I don’t have any crossovers so far.

have you ever received hate on a fic?

No. Well, there was one time where I took some passive-aggressive negative comment as referring to Bad Luck and was very insecure about it ... But nothing openly hateful.

do you write smut? if so what kind?

I don’t write smut.

have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge.

have you ever had a fic translated?

No. (afaik) (Back in the day when I wrote German Elfquest fanfic, I sometimes translated a drabble myself.)

have you ever co-written a fic before?

No.

what’s your all time favorite ship?

I don’t really do all that much shipping ... I’m very fond of the Leverage OT3, Stoncy and Constagnan, afhgsfvd.

what’s a WIP that you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

Theoretically, I always wanted to finish the challenges I’ve taken part in where I didn’t do all the prompts (Whumptober & Co.) but yeah, I don’t think that’s happening (see: Whumptober 2021 is right around the corner, and I haven’t finished 2019 and 2020 ...).

what are your writing strengths?

Uhm. People say I’m good at writing the characters true to themselves? I’m not bad at whump/injuries and action and at banter, I guess. And I have a pretty “clean”, straightforward style.

what are your writing weaknesses?

Plotting (I’m the ultimate pantser) and research ^^’.

what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

I’m very insecure on how to format/embed it ... Also, please ask native speakers if it’s a language you don’t speak yourself!

what was the first fandom you wrote for?

On AO3? Stranger Things. Of all times? Elfquest

what’s your favorite fic you’ve written?

Do you ask people who their favourite child is, too XD? That’s haaaaard! Okay, one that I really felt I had to write was Four Long Years (because discord in friendships is hard and there’s never only one side to a story).

Tagging @29-pieces, @aini-nufire, @gremlinbehaviour, @little-ligi and @lady-wallace if you haven’t done it yet (and feel inclined to do so) - also anyone else who sees this and wants to do it!

[oncefutureemrys]

Rewrite Tag Game

Hello there! So since I reached 300 followers (have no idea how the fuck that happened but...thank you?) I decided to do a little ask game!!!

Basically, it's Reflective Rewrites! And what is that? some people might ask.

Well, it's a shitty name I came up with at 2am which basically asks writers: what fic would you rewrite if you could and why?

But, here's the added bonus: actually rewriting it.

This ask is two parts: both being optional.

Basically, in clearer steps (its three am and I am dumb): if you want you can reblog this with a fic that you would rewrite and then on a separate post/on ao3/LJ - whatever you use! (just so things don't get too crowded) and also tag other people if you want to! Then, if you would like to (no pressure at all!) you can rewrite it there!

You don't have to do this ask now, maybe you'll do it in a few years, or maybe 100 years when I'm long gone haha. You can never do this ask and that would be perfectly valid! Endless possibilities!

You can also just do the first part and then yeet! Promise I will not be upset! So many people have hectic schedules so I completely understand! Also I know that tons of people are really pleased with their works in which case I'm very proud of you for that!

Trust me, I will not be getting to this until...weeks, maybe even months from now haha. I have too many fests and asks I have to finish before I can do all of this. (Oh god I have a lot of asks to get through...)

Also stories that you've never posted that you wrote years ago count! Literally anything you create is fair game! If you end up writing it you could post it on tumblr/ao3/LJ - wherever you write it or you could just give an update on what it was like rewriting something! I'm really not picky at all haha!

The purpose of this challenge is mainly just to celebrate writers and all of their efforts! Sometimes we get bogged down by the small things and we feel like terrible writers, so I think it's important to look at how far we've really come because I can guarantee we have all grown as writers in some way.

Also, I'm curious to see what some of my writer friends would put down as stories they would most likely rewrite.

Note that sometimes we also get bogged down when we start reading our old works and dissecting it which isn't what I want people to do either. I wouldn't want anyone to feel worse after participating. I want you all to know that you are wonderful, incredible writers and I have nothing but awe and respect for you so I don't want any of you feeling this way.

Anyway, this is very long. Let's get into the game shall we?

I think I have a lot of earlier fics, particularly the first five that I'm not really proud of, so I would most likely fix them up. Luckily most of them are weird... rarepairs ahah soooo hopefully not many people saw those.

If anyone is curious, these are the five:

Where Art Thou, Catrina?

Can I Court You?

Gwapple: The Greates Ship To Ever Exist (what is even that title ahha...no creativity I swear)

Leon the Long Suffering

and...

We All Matter

Tagging: @tcs-main @lady-ofmagic-andstars @little-ligi @erdariel @lit-beyond-measure @donttouchtheneednoggle @tink-wondering @seadeepy @iconiquejuliawicker @powered-by-notes @magiclia16 @kickassfu and @ anyone else who would like to participate!

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Discuss how you can use P-D-C-A cycle to control and correct the project gap

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 2. Who are stakeholders in a project? Describe the responsibilities of each of the following:

Directors of a project, project manager, consultants and steering committee with reference to any “metro rail project” in India. (10 Marks)

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[little-ligi]

The Confusing Modern World of Gadgets

@thesorcerersguild-quests - Quest one Completed!

Now up on Ao3!

Rating: G

Pairing: Merlin/Arthur

Summary: Arthur returns, but the world is not as he remembers it; instead it's full of strange technology and gadgets he just can't work out.

A collection of short related ficlets, featuring Arthur's (mis)adventures with modern life.

Tags: #Arthur Pendragon Returns (Merlin) #Modern Era #Resurrected Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) #Confused Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) #Vulnerable Arthur Pendragon (Merlin) #Caring Merlin (Merlin) #Worried Merlin (Merlin) #Light Angst #Feels #hopefully humour #Arthur Pendragon vs Modern Technology #Arthur struggles with modern life #Merlin is always there for him #soft merthur #Arthur Pendragon Needs a Hug (Merlin) #spoiler: he gets lots of hugs

Thank you to the wonderful Keepers of the Guild for the prompts!! 

[little-ligi]

🎉 So March is over, which means my ‘M Whump’ ask prompts are over! Thank you so much to everyone who sent me an ask!! 💕💕 And thank you @whumpster-dumpster for the prompt list! I had so much fun writing them!! Also, you guys all picked different prompts from the ones I would have chosen myself, so it was a nice challenge!! 😁

Here is a little roundup of all of the snippets (most of which actually turned out longer than I meant as well! 🙈) that I wrote for asks!

Mistrust - Morgana and Merlin

Mayhem - Gwaine and Elyan in a tavern brawl

“Miss you” - Gwaine after Lancelot’s death (TW death and grieving)

Malnutrition - Lancelot and Elyan (two parts)

Mourning - Lancelot remembering his family (TW death and grieving)

“(Don’t) Move” + Moan - Gwaine whump and caring Lancelot

Mind Control - Leon being used by a sorcerer

“Make me” - Gwaine protecting Merlin

Mute - Gwaine imprisoned (TW very brief torture reference)

Mistrust - Percival and Lord Agravating

Moan - Gwaincelot light smut (NSFW)

“Mine” - Merlin sacrificing himself (TW death mentions)

Thank you everyone for the prompts!!! And I feel like you all picked up on Gwaine being my favourite - he definitely got the most hits here! 😍😍

And if you’re seeing this list as a reblog and you kinda like the fics... think about giving me a follow pretty please! 😉 I will be doing more ask prompt list challenges very soon!!

The next one will be a hug prompt list.... I need to write some happy fluff! 😂😂

[little-ligi]

My Camelove Masterlist!

💖💖💖 Hooooooray!!! @camelove2021 was such a fantastic fest! THANK YOU SO MUCH to the wonderful mods (@shut-up-merlin, @forever-rewatching-merlin, @camelotsheart​ and @trackdownthatsnitch​) You are all incredible and I bow down to your amazingness. Thank you! 💖💖💖

Here are all of my entries for Camelove!

Day 1: Ladies First

A Gwen/Vivian remix of episode 2x10 ‘Sweet Dreams’

Day 2: Knights in Shining Armour

Homoerotic campfire snuggling with Gwaine/Lancelot

Day3: Wait... What? It’s Wednesday

Some obsessive Cenred/Morgause passion - Mature rating

Day 4: Cupid’s Aro

Sir Leon the Long Suffering has a nice long soak in a bath

Day 5: The More the Merrier

Things get a little steamy with Arthur/Gwen/Lancelot - Mature rating 

Day 6: Always By Your Side

Sweet and funny Merlin/Will antics

Day 7: Free Day

A love spell over Camelot creates pure crack and shipping chaos

I hope everyone likes them all, and another big THANK YOU to everyone who’s read, liked, reblogged, kudosed or commented!! (If you liked them, follow me 😉)

[little-ligi]

Mini Mercelot Week Masterpost

Thank you so much to everyone who contributed such wonderful works to this fest! It is fabulous to have so much new Mercelot content!

💕😊 Here are my contributions 😊💕

Day 1 - Beauty - Love in the Moonlight

EXPLICIT SMUT FIC - Fingers trailing over his temple, down the bridge of his nose, along the line of his cheekbone. Tracing every one of Merlin’s perfect features. Given the chance, Lancelot would spend every waking hour gazing at the exquisite beauty of his beloved. He knew every line of his face, every shape and shadow.

When Lancelot gets back to his chambers after night patrol, he finds Merlin asleep on his bed, the moonlight bathing him in beauty. A soft tender smut fic.

Day 2 - Grace - When a Knight Won his Spurs

FANVID - The Code of Chivalry, as adhered to by the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, told of the five virtues of knighthood - Honour, Bravery, Gallantry, Valour and Loyalty. No one man embodies these qualities more than Sir Lancelot.

Day 3 - Angst & 4 - Travel - Come Back to Me, My Love

FANFICTION - Merlin continued stuffing provisions and other things he thought he might need for the journey into the satchel, glancing up at Gaius briefly. “The Cauldron of Arianrhod! Kilgharrah says if I can get Lancelot into the waters there, then the White Goddess’s power can free him from Morgana’s hold.”

Merlin will do anything to free Shade Lancelot from Morgana's evil magic and get his beloved knight back. Even if it means poisoning him, tying him to a horse and riding deep into the mountains to seek a higher power in a lake.

Day 5 - Gifts - Blackberries, Griffins and a Kiss For You

FANFICTION - “Oh,” Lancelot exclaimed quietly. He stepped around Gwaine and reached for a small cherry wood sculpture of a griffin. He turned it over in his hands, a chuckle rumbling in the back of his throat. “I have to buy this for Merlin,” he said, lifting the tiny wooden creature up to his face.

While at a market, Lancelot can't resist buying some gifts for Merlin.

Day 7 - Fluff - Their Love is More Than Anything

FANART - A digital artwork of Mercelot 💖

I didn’t manage to get anything done for day 6 in the end. Oh well! I hope you enjoy these ones! And a huge thank you to everyone who read, commented, kudosed or reblogged! 💕

[little-ligi]

Febuwhump - No.28

No.28 - “You have to let me go!” Fandom - BBC Merlin Wordcount - 2308 @febuwhump

Follow on to No.10 (Hostage Situation)

“How dare you?!” The king rose from his throne, his face red with anger. He threw the parchment to the floor and Merlin caught sight of Arthur’s signature, his seal, and a horrible splattering of blood. His own blood went cold. This was the last time he was ever going to let Arthur go anywhere on his own. He knew he should have insisted on going with him.

The sorceress was restrained and manhandled to the floor. She hissed angrily at the men holding her but didn’t fight them.

“An eye for an eye, your Majesty,” she spat. “Release my husband, and I shall let your prince go.”

“Where is he?” the king growled. His hands were balled into fists, shaking with rage at his sides.

The sorceress merely laughed. “Agree to my terms or you shall never find out.”

Merlin was almost vibrating with nerves. He could feel Gaius’s arm tense beside him. He leant towards him, nudging him with an elbow.

“I can put a tracking spell on her,” he muttered. “I’ll follow her to where Arthur is.”

“Be careful, my boy, she’s powerful.”

“Gaius, I have to save him.”

“I do not negotiate with sorcerers!” the king yelled.

“Your son said the same thing, your Majesty. But I think perhaps you are both wrong,” she said with a cruel smile. “If you want to see your son alive you will negotiate with me.”

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Uther roared, storming down the steps towards her.

“If you harm him…”

“Release my husband,” the woman cried, sitting up on her knees to glare at the king.

Uther scowled at her with cold contempt. “He is already dead.”

“No!” The sorceress let out a scream so piercing that many of the guards around the room slapped their hands over their ears, the ones holding her letting go. Merlin winced, feeling his magic surge inside him, reading for if he needed it.

The woman shouted a spell and Uther staggered, tripping and falling backwards at the foot of the throne. A guard leapt forward to grab his arm and pull him up, but the sorceress was on her feet again and bearing down on him, near spitting in anger as tears poured down her face.

“You killed him! You will regret that, Uther Pendragon! I shall send you back your prince. I’ll send you back his bloody corpse!”

“No!” Uther growled, reaching for his sword, every guard and knight in the room copying his action.

The sorceress flung the king back to the floor with a second spell then began a chant, turning on the spot so her cloak swirled in a sudden whirlwind. Merlin shot his hand out, muttering the tracking spell just in time before the woman vanished into the hazy air. Luckily, in the chaos, no one except Gaius seemed to notice him.

Gaius put a hand on Merlin’s arm, squeezing briefly and nodding.

“Go, my boy. Good luck.”

Merlin wormed his way out of the throng of onlookers, pushing between servants and knights alike to get to the doors.

“Sir Leon,” the king was shouting behind him. “Take two score of men, find the prince! And find that witch and bring me her head!”

Ignoring the clanging of armour and clamour of voices, Merlin burst from the throne room and began sprinting through the palace, tripping down stairs and hurtling along corridors.

He got to the stables and breathlessly demanded a mount, for once using his status as the prince’s personal manservant to get the stable hands leaping to obey his order. He’d thank them and apologise when he got back, but for now speed was of the essence. Within a couple of minutes, he was galloping out of the front gate, following the tug of his magic to find the sorceress’s location. 

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A distraught scream heralded the sorceresses return. Arthur tensed against his restraints, gritting his teeth and trying, in vain, to curl his numb hands into fists. The door burst open and the sorceress swept in, her staff already pointed at Arthur, a spell on her lips before he even had time to blink.

Blinding pain burnt through his head; he cried out, screwing his eyes shut as black spots danced across his vision.

“He’s dead!” the woman screeched. “Executed by word of the king.”

Arthur could do nothing but gasp ragged breaths in and out, trying to stop shaking. He felt limp, only the restraints that held his arms and legs against the wall keeping him upright.

The sorceress raged, screaming spell after spell, her staff flashing in the air as she wielded it against Arthur. It felt like fire blazed in his chest, choking him, stopping him from taking a breath. He twisted and thrashed, his back arching away from the wall, which only increased the pressure of the bonds around his wrists. He was in agony, and he couldn’t prevent the sobbed cries bursting from his raw throat.

Eventually the sorceress stopped, her own breathing heavy, tears streaked down her face.

“Your father has signed your death warrant, Prince Arthur,” she spat at him, her voice shaking. “The second that axe blade fell on my husband.”

Arthur’s head dropped to his chest. He’d known his father would not negotiate with this woman, had known that her demands would not be agreed to. Her husband had been arrested for sorcery and therefore must be killed. That was the law of Camelot. He wasn’t entirely sure how this sorceress had even got into the city, demanded the release of her husband and managed to get back out alive.

“Please,” he croaked. “You have to let me go. Killing me won’t bring your husband back.”

“The king must pay for what he’s done!” she shouted.

“If you kill me, the king will never stop hunting you,” Arthur tried to reason, but he knew it was futile.

With a sneer, the sorceress jabbed her staff forwards. Arthur was flattened back against the wall, his head thumping into the stone. Blood bloomed across his already stained shirt as if she’d stabbed him with a blade. His stomach lurched, pain radiating through his entire torso.

Before he had time to recover from the blow, the magical restraints holding his arms and legs vanished and he fell to the floor in a crumpled bleeding heap. The staff was levelled on him again and the pain ricocheted through his body. Agonising pain, like a thousand tiny daggers plunging into his skin, crawled up his back. He keened, the sound torn from him until even his voice gave out. His hands grasped uselessly against the floor, trying to pull himself away, but the pain was never ending. It burned and burned and burned.

He couldn’t breath. Nothing existed apart from the constant pounding in his head. He kicked his feet into the stone floor.

“Let me go,” he begged, his pride shattered as he sobbed into the blood stained floor beneath him. “Let me go.”

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A horrible ragged scream echoed through the building and Merlin dashed forwards. He reached a door at the end of hallway and burst through it, his hand already up and ready to unleash his magic.

Arthur was curled on his side on the floor in the middle of the room, panting and whimpering, blood seeping through his shirt and trickling from between his lips. The sorceress was standing over him, her staff jabbing into his back.

Merlin threw his hand forwards, sending the woman flying into the wall, then hurried to the prince’s side.

“Arthur!” He dropped to his knees, placing one hand on Arthur’s shaking back, keeping the other outstretched to the sorceress.

“Who are you?” she spat, pulling herself up from the crumpled position she had landed in.

“Someone you’re going to wish you hadn’t crossed,” Merlin muttered, bending to try and see Arthur’s face, which was pressed against the flagstone floor, his eyes glazed and partially closed.

“I doubt that,” the woman hissed.

She pulled her staff up and suddenly burning pain was racing through Merlin’s head, ferocious and blinding, feeling like it was going to split his skull in two. He cried out, arching his back and grabbing his head. He couldn’t see, he couldn’t think. Every muscle in his body jerked as fire lanced down his spine.

“No!” he ground out, gritting his teeth.

He blinked, trying to see through the haze of agony, forcing his magic up to fight the incoming spell. Slowly and painfully he managed to push her magic out of his head, clearing his mind and blocking her from making another attempt.

With a gesture of his hand he tugged the staff from her grip, snapping it easily with a spell. He let the two pieces of now useless wood drop to the floor and a flicker of fear crossed the sorceress’s face.

“You can’t…” she whispered.

“You gave me no choice!” Merlin yelled, flinging her back against the wall again.

She slid down it, motionless. Whether she was dead or just knocked out, Merlin didn’t care; Arthur had just groaned and shifted his hand.

“Arthur? Arthur, can you hear me?” Merlin muttered to him, his hands sliding across Arthur’s back and shoulders, searching for injuries.

“M’lin?” He blinked up at him, his eyes clouded, unfocussed and streaming with tears.

“Come on, we have to get you out of here. Can you stand?”

“Wh’ happ’d?” Arthur slurred, his head lolling as Merlin tried to hoist him up a bit.

Merlin didn’t answer, concentrating on getting Arthur sitting upright, leaning against his chest. He pulled Arthur’s arm over his shoulder and slightly unsteadily got to his feet, dragging the prince up with him. He wrapped his arm around his waist, pressing against him and taking his weight on his hip. Arthur just about got his feet under him and together they staggered from the room.

Merlin looked back over his shoulder, saying a spell to bring the ceiling down as soon as they were out of the building. The rumbling, crunching crash of falling masonry roared behind them as Merlin dragged Arthur towards the woods where he’d left his horse.

Arthur wasn’t completely with it as they made their way into the trees, his stumbling feet catching on a root and sending him tumbling to the floor. Merlin was pulled down as well and he breathed heavily as he scrambled back up and leant over Arthur. The prince groaned, his hand clutching at his wounded stomach. Merlin propped him against a tree, brushing the hair back off his face. His eyes still wouldn’t focus.

Frowning, Merlin pulled Arthur’s hand away from his stomach, replacing it with his own. With a quick glance at Arthur’s slack face and closed eyes, Merlin muttered a healing spell, lifting Arthur’s shirt to check the wound. His spell didn’t seem to have had any effect. Whether that was because it was a magically inflicted injury or just because Merlin had never excelled at healing spells, he wasn’t sure. He tried again and managed to at least stop the bleeding.

“M’lin, sound str’nge…” Arthur murmured.

Merlin cut off from the spell guiltily, he’d thought Arthur was unconscious. But his eyes drifted open and he gave Merlin a bleary look.

“How are you?” Merlin asked, ignoring Arthur’s inquisitive comment. If he asked anything else, Merlin could just pass it off as his delusional mind playing tricks on him.

Arthur groaned. “Ev’rythin’ hurts.”

“I know, I’m sorry. I –” He stopped, leaping to his feet when he heard approaching horses. His hands balled into fists, magic pooling in his palms and he stood protectively in front of Arthur.

Thundering hooves shook the ground until suddenly several dozen horses burst through the trees ahead of them. The red cloaks of Camelot knights flowing behind their riders.

“Merlin?!”

One horse cantered over and the rider looked down at him. Sir Leon opened his mouth to ask a question but before he could say anything, he caught sight of the prince slumped behind him, and immediately slid off his horse, hurrying to Arthur’s side.

“Sire! Arthur?” He put a gentle hand under Arthur’s chin, tilting his face up to look at him. Then turned to Merlin. “What happened? Where’s the sorceress?”

“I… I don’t know,” Merlin lied. “I didn’t see her, I just found Arthur and got him out.” He gestured behind him in the direction of the collapsed building.

“Go and search! Find that sorceress and bring her back to the king. Preferably dead,” Leon ordered the other knights and half of them rode off in the direction Merlin had pointed, the rest circling the trees around the fallen prince. Leon grimaced and looked back at Merlin. “How did you know where to find him, Merlin?”

“I – he told me where he was going and I, um, just searched the surrounding areas?” Merlin offered, knowing his voice sounded uncertain in the lie, but hoping Leon would be preoccupied enough by Arthur to not notice.

The knight gave him a brief searching look, but then turned his attention to the prince.

“Leon…?” Arthur looked up at him, confusion tilting his eyebrows into a frown.

“Yes, it’s me, Arthur.” Leon smiled, his hand gripping Arthur’s shoulder. “Come on, we’re going to get you home.”

Merlin helped Leon lift Arthur to his feet and carry him over to Leon’s horse, where they hoisted him up into the saddle. Leon gave the patrol of knights orders to keep searching the area, then mounted up behind Arthur, wrapping an arm securely around his middle to hold him to his chest.

Merlin dashed into the trees to find where he’d tied his own horse and scrambled up into the saddle, trotting quickly back to Leon’s side.

“Thank you, Merlin.” Leon gave him a large smile. “Well done.”

[little-ligi]

"Mine" 24, and Merlin?

Thank you Nony!! And thank you to everyone who sent an ask prompt! 💕 This is the last one (and I managed to get them all done in March, which as a surprise! 🎉) I hope you liked them all (I will probably do a little masterpost sometime later ☺️)

And on with the last one, which is again a sad one, I’m afraid!

Merlin eases Arthur from the boat, pulling the limp prince onto his shoulder to carry him into the ruins of the old castle. He finds the altar where he’d met Nimueh, for the first time since he’d done it, wishing he hadn’t killed her.

Carefully setting Arthur down, cradling his head as he lays him on the ground beside the altar, he looks up at the clouds roiling in the sky overhead. They look ready to spew rain all over them, and Merlin is brought back to the last time, when he had sat in this very spot, hugging Gaius in the pouring rain.

He gently pushes the hair back off of Arthur’s deathly pale face, hating to feel how cold his skin is. He lays a hand over the fatal wound in Arthur’s side. But he can fix this, he can bring Arthur back again. It is his destiny to save him.

He presses his lips to Arthur’s forehead, squeezing his eyes shut to stop the tears spilling out. One leaks past his eyelids anyway and drips onto Arthur’s cheek. Merlin brushes it away with his thumb, kissing the spot where it fell.

“I’m sorry, Arthur,” he whispers.

Then he turns, his shaky hand gripping Arthur’s, and looks around the ruins of the castle. His magic can feel a presence, the congregation of power around the area. He hopes that means there is someone here who can help. He tilts his head up, raising his teary eyes upwards and lets his magic fill him.

“Please, help me!” he calls to the sky.

His magic crackles and he jerks his head around. He has the prickly feeling on the back of his neck that someone is watching. His eyes dart back and forth, searching for the presence.

A woman appears beside a tumbled down wall; or rather Merlin suddenly becomes aware of her as if she had always been standing there. She walks towards him through the mist that is swirling around the ground and between the ruins. She has the same air about her as Nimueh did, as Morgause, and Merlin instantly knows she is a High Priestess.

“Help me,” he says again, standing and facing her, regretfully letting Arthur’s limp fingers slide out of his.

A smile spreads over her thin, red-painted lips.

“Hello, young warlock,” she greets pleasantly. She seems to glide across the uneven ground, her red dress swaying as if in a gentle breeze, although the air is still around them.

She bends over Arthur, her fingers tracing his jaw line, then dancing across his chest to the huge wound in his side.

“Your prince will die soon,” she says blandly – not uncaringly, but just as if it is a certain truth, like the leaves falling in autumn.

“No,” Merlin says firmly. “No. He cannot die. I won’t let it happen. That’s why I’m here.”

The priestess looks up at him, her delicate eyebrows lifted. She gives a small questioning hum.

“I need your help,” he says. “I know you can save him.”

“The power of life and death is not so simple as that,” she cautions, her dark eyes fixed on Merlin’s as if she can see into his very mind. “You know this, young warlock. You have been here before.”

Merlin nods, steels himself by looking down at Arthur’s pale face; his eyes closed and his chest barely rising, the blood still staining his chainmail. He gulps and looks back up at the priestess, his jaw set determinedly.

“I know what needs to be done,” he says calmly, much calmer than he feels. “I know the balance needs to be kept. I know it takes a life to save a life.”

“That is indeed correct,” she answers, her head tilts in a nod, her eyes still fixed on Merlin.

“Well, I demand that I may choose the life that is taken.”

“Oh?” The priestess lets out a light musical laugh. “You have someone you wish to sacrifice in order to save your prince?”

“Yes.” Merlin wipes any last traces of tears from his face, straightening his back.

“Whose life would you give away so freely, young warlock?”

“Mine.”

Tada! I know this is a nasty cliff hanger… but you know, it’s all about dramatic affect! (Actually it’s because I wasn’t 100% percent sure how to solve this (obviously I wouldn’t let Merlin die) and the only idea I had is an idea that I am already halfway through exploring in a different wip so I didn’t want to use it here!)

Thank you again to everyone who sent in prompts and @whumpster-dumpster for the list!! I shall definitely do something like this again soon! 😁😁

[little-ligi]

5?

Thanks for the ask nony!

5. What's the fic you're most proud of?

This is a hard one! Not to sound boastful but I'm kinda proud of all my fics! (well all the published ones anyway!)

I think I am most proud of ones I've written for challenges, because I actually managed to finish them! Whumptober was a pretty big deal for me becuase it was the first challenge I have ever completed all the way through! So I was really proud of myself for that! And within Whumptober I guess no 31 Whipped because it's over 2k (the longest thing I had written for years, at the time) and I quite like how the ending turned out!

[little-ligi]

Hey Merlin fans!! 👋

So I know I'm a bit late to the party but... Drumroll 🥁 ... I have just finished all of the 31 prompts for Whumptober 2020!!

I'm super proud of myself because I've never actually finished a whole writing challenge before! 🎉🎊

I didn't want to start posting them unless I finished (which I honestly didn't think I would) so now that I have I will be posting all of my fics today.......

Sorry in advance for filling your dashes, my lovely followers!! I hope you all like Merlin!

Love LiGi 🐱

Ps. I'm also really nervous about posting....

Pps. I so do not feel cool enough to be on Tumblr.

[little-ligi]

The end of Whumptober!!!

And here it is, I have successfully - for the first time ever - completed a writing challenge!! I enjoyed writing it sooo much!

I found the prompts and started writing on the 6th of October and I finished on the 28th. Rereading, spell-checking and editing brought me to today so I could get them all up before the end of the month.

I honestly can’t believe I did it....

I really really hope you enjoy reading them (anyone who does read them) and please feel free to leave me comments!

LiGi out..... (to go and hide after sharing so much in one go. Posting on Tumblr is scary!)