A Little Knowledge by bluflamingo (PG)

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Fandom: MERLIN
Pairing: none; gen
Length: 4,027 words
Author on LJ: bluflamingo
Author Website: Masterlist on LJ; AO3; The Tangle Of My Mind
Why this must be read:

Author's Summary: A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Best your enemies learn that early.

A neat action/adventure piece that highlights Morgana and Merlin working together to save our favorite prince and maid from kidnappers. With secrets shared and friends working together, I loved how this deviated from canon in that a different path of trust can now be followed by Morgana and others. If Merlin had done what was done in this fic instead, so much crap might have been avoided.

And boy do I love Morgana in this! Her characterization is superb, from her hesitation in revealing her magic to her glorying in its use as she saves her loved ones. This is how I would have loved her to develop in canon, as a strong magical ally who might have a bit of a dark side but a solid ally none the less.


He stops abruptly, but Morgana barely notices, already turning towards the back door none of them noticed, as it creaks open. “I will kill you,” she says to the man – the second man, the one she thinks hit Gwen. “Consider your friend a warning. You, I will kill. I followed you across two kingdoms for taking my friend, do you doubt what I say to be true?”

“Morgana –“ Arthur starts, stepping forward. On the edge of her vision, Morgana sees Gwen put out a hand to stop him, and Arthur do so, possibly too surprised by her gesture not to.

Morgana takes advantage of the man’s moment of distraction, stepping forward, the point of her sword against the man’s throat, drawing blood. “Do you doubt me?” she asks, lowering her voice, putting every part of the thing that lets her see the future, let her see him, into it, her voice as terrifying and untamed as her magic. “Do you want to test me?”

The man swallows, shifting the sword, and says nothing.

A Little Knowledge