Hi again! This is a not-so-little one shot I wrote this week and present to you in two chapters. Please enjoy! :)

"Come, my lady, time to wake," a voice said to Merlin's left. My lady? And was that Gwen? Why was Gwen in his room, trying to wake him up?

"Mmm," he said, reluctant to open his eyes. Wait a minute—did he just sound more feminine than he should have? He opened his eyes and looked into Gwen's smiling face. It was nice to see her, but . . . Was the mattress way more comfortable and higher up than it should be? He sat up and looked around the room—Morgana's room.

"Are you all right, Morgana? Did you not sleep well again?"

"F-fine," he said in Morgana's voice. He looked down at himself to see two obviously feminine features he'd never seen from this perspective before. His head was spinning wildly and he fell back onto the bed.

"Are you sure? You don't look fine. Would you like me to go get Gaius?"

Gaius, who was probably now trying to wake him—or who he thought was Merlin. And if he was here in Morgana's body, was Morgana in his body? "Yes! I mean, I want to go see him myself. Would you help me please?"

Gwen gave him an odd look, but nodded. She extended her arms and Merlin reached out to take hold of her. He let her pull him up. Once he was standing, she asked, "Do you want to eat breakfast first?"

That hadn't occurred to Merlin's addled mind, but he nodded. He was able to make it over to the table where Gwen had a breakfast much like Arthur's usual laid out. Suddenly starving, Merlin dug right in.

"Do you know what you want to wear today?" Gwen asked as she walked over to the wardrobe.

"No, why don't you choose for me," he told her.

She gave him another odd look, but opened the wardrobe and began rifling through it. She pulled out a green dress he'd seen Morgana wear on several occasions and laid it over the top of the dressing screen. She then began tidying around the room while Merlin finished eating.

Once he was done, he stood and walked over to the screen. Gwen came over, which was a good thing, because Merlin managed to get his hands twisted up in the nightgown's laces. She took one look at the snarl he'd created and "tsk'd" at him. "You really seem off this morning. Are you sure you slept well?"

"Now that you mention it, I don't think I slept very much at all," he lied. She didn't need to know his confusion stemmed from being in the wrong body.

"Hmm," she replied. She eventually sorted out the laces and worked the nightgown off Merlin. She handed him clean underthings, which Merlin looked at with trepidation. To his relief, they weren't much different from male undergarments and he managed to get them on all right. Gwen slid the dress on over his shoulders, helping him get his arms in the right places. She did up the laces then helped him sit so she could slide the stockings and slippers on.

"Okay. You still want to go see Gaius then?"

"Yes."

"Do you want me to go with you?"

"No, thank you. I know the way all right. You can do whatever it is that you do."

Gwen gave him another odd look, but nodded. "Summon me immediately if you need help."

"I will. Thank you, Gwen." He took a step and immediately wobbled. The shoes. He had no idea how to walk in them. He took another careful step, and another. He could walk all right if he went slowly. By the time he'd reached the door, he felt confident he could make it all the way to Gaius's without hurting himself.

o0O0o

Morgana came awake to a knock on the door and a familiar voice saying, "Merlin! Time to get up. You don't want to be late or it'll be the stocks again."

Merlin? Why was Gaius calling her Merlin? She lifted up her arm to lay it over her eyes. Ugh. She'd had the weirdest dream about her and Merlin . . . They'd traded places and she'd called him "my lady" while he'd laughed and curtsied to her. At the thought, her eyes flew open. She moved the arm but caught sight of the hand—it didn't look like hers. She turned it over and saw that calluses there. These weren't her hands!

She looked around the room—it wasn't hers either! It was Merlin's! She sat up too quickly and her head spun for a moment. When her vision cleared, she saw that she was in Merlin's bed in his room and wearing his night clothes. What?!

Gaius chose that moment to knock then enter the room. "I'm not kidding about the stocks, you know."

"Gaius," she said. It was Merlin's voice too. "Do you notice anything different about me?"

The physician stepped close. "Now that you mention it . . ." He raised a hand only to lightly smack the back of her head, "you seem extra lazy this morning. Now get up!" He turned and left the room, leaving Morgana to stare after him with an open mouth.

So her mind was in Merlin's body. Did that mean Merlin's was in her body? But she had a bigger problem. She had to get dressed and attend Arthur! But what she really wanted to do was find Merlin and sort this mess out.

She looked around and saw Merlin's clothes from yesterday lying crumpled on the floor. She quickly shucked the night clothes, carefully avoiding looking at her -Merlin's- groin. Then she grabbed the clothes from the floor, put them on and walked from the room.

"Gaius, I have a problem."

The physician turned and handed her a bowl of something white and slimy-looking. "Eat that quickly."

"But—"

"Really, Merlin, neither of us have time to talk about your latest issue with Arthur. Eat that and get going to the kitchen."

She sighed. "Yes sir." She sat at the table, picked up the spoon and began to eat. The porridge wasn't too bad, if you didn't count the burnt lumps and watery texture. She finished it quickly and opened her mouth to address Gaius again.

"Go, go!" He said before she could speak. So she stood and made her way out of the room and toward the kitchen. Hopefully she could find Merlin and sort this out soon. There were some things about being a man that she didn't want to experience.

o0O0o

Merlin made it to Gaius's chambers without breaking his neck. He opened the door and walked inside like usual, causing the older man to look up. "Good morning, my lady. How can I help you?"

"Gaius, it's me, Merlin."

Gaius chuckled. "Oh, is this what Merlin was on about? You two are trying to play a joke on me?"

"Not at all, Gaius. But Merlin—is he here?"

"I'm afraid you've just missed him."

Merlin nodded. "I guess I'll tell you first then. We'll need your help anyway."

Gaius looked puzzled. "Morgana, is something wrong?"

"Gaius, I'm afraid Morgana and I have somehow switched bodies."

Gaius laughed again. "Oh very funny, Morgana." He saw the serious look on Merlin's face and stopped short. "You're not joking, are you?"

"If you don't believe me, ask me something that only Merlin would know."

The physician thought for a moment. "What did you do when you met me on your first day in Camelot?"

Merlin smiled. "I saved your neck, of course, by moving your bed to catch you when you fell."

"Oh my . . . Merlin, it is you. How . . .?"

"Believe it or not, I've been trying to work that out myself. No luck so far."

Gaius walked closer, examining Merlin while he walked in a full circle around him. "There are spells for this, I know, but it happened in the night, right?"

"Well I didn't look like this when I went to bed last night."

"Did you maybe say a spell in your sleep?"

Merlin gave him a pointed look. "I haven't done that in several months, Gaius. I do have some control, you know."

The physician scratched his head. "Maybe Morgana did something?"

They both thought back to the recent fire in her room. "That's a distinct possibility."

"But how could she pull off something so complex in her sleep? Her magic's still waking up."

"She must be more powerful than we thought."

"Indeed."

Merlin collapsed onto one of the benches. "So how do we fix this?"

"Well, you've got to find her and bring her back here. Then we can all start some research. I'll get started while you're gone." He walked over to one of his bookshelves and began looking at the titles.

Merlin stood. "Thanks, Gaius. I'll just go get her then. She should be with Arthur by now."

The old man turned to look at him. "Just be careful what you say in front of Arthur."

Merlin smiled. "I'm not a total idiot, you know."

"Could have fooled me."

"Hey!" And with that he stood, walked to the doorway and left the room.

o0O0o

Morgana wanted to scream in frustration. How did Merlin put up being around Arthur all day long? She'd only been in his chambers for ten minutes and had already had to bite her tongue numerous times. Luckily dressing him wasn't much different than dressing herself and she sighed as he finally sat down to eat.

A knock on the door disturbed her thought process and her head jerked up in surprise. "Well, what are you waiting for, Merlin? Answer the door."

She shot him a glare but moved to open the door. Behind it, she found herself, which was such a huge relief she almost forgot to move out of the way to let Merlin enter. At least she hoped it was him. If it wasn't . . .

"Good morning, Merlin," Merlin said, entering the room fully. Morgana nodded deferentially and followed him as he walked toward Arthur.

"Ah, Morgana, what have you come to torment me with today?" Arthur said.

"Actually I've come for Merlin."

"Yes?" Morgana raised her head.

"What on earth do you want with him?" Arthur wondered.

"It seems Gaius has had a little accident down in his lab and urgently requires Merlin's help."

Arthur stood. "Is he all right?"

"He's fine," Merlin replied. "But the lab is a mess though. Hence the help he needs?"

"Ah, of course." He turned to look at Morgana. "Merlin, you may go. But report to me when you're finished."

"Of course," Morgana replied. "Bye, Arthur."

"Goodbye?" A puzzled Arthur said. Morgana followed Merlin out of the room.

Morgana leaned closer to her body and whispered, "Merlin?"

"Yeah," Merlin said with relief. "Morgana?"

"Yes," she replied. They began walking. "So, I take it Gaius and his chambers are fine?"

"Yeah, I managed to convince him we have a problem."

"Oh good. He didn't believe me."

"He tends to not believe half of what I say. Sorry about that."

"Don't worry about it. I just really want to fix this. Do you know how it happened?"

Merlin grimaced. "We suspect you performed magic in your sleep."

"Like the fire?"

"Exactly."

Just then they reached Gaius's chambers. Merlin pushed the door open and Morgana followed behind him as they descended into the lab. Gaius looked up at them and said, "Hello, Morgana. I'm sorry I didn't listen earlier."

"It's all right, Gaius, no harm done. Not any more than has already been done, anyway."

"Have you found anything yet?" Merlin asked, looking at the stack of books on the table.

"Not yet. Here, you two have a seat and help me."

"So you think I did this in my sleep?" Morgana asked.

"It's a distinct possibility," Gaius replied. "What were you dreaming about last night?"

"Oh." She flushed. "Um, I dreamed that Merlin and I traded places. He was pretended to be me and I pretended to be him. We thought it was a funny joke. Do you think that's how it happened?"

"You were dreaming of fire when the candle in your bedroom flared, weren't you?"

"Oh, yes. So something like this can happen even without an incantation?"

"Definitely," Gaius replied, with a sideways glance at Merlin.

Morgana and Merlin sat at the same table as Gaius and pulled books toward themselves. All three methodically read through what was in front of them. When they finished a book, they picked up another and began reading again. This pattern continued through the rest of the morning.

Gwen arrived shortly after lunchtime, with lunch for four. "I thought I might find you all here," she told them. The searchers took a break to eat and Gwen wisely didn't ask what they were searching for. She figured there must be a new malady or monster about that she hadn't heard of yet and Morgana had decided to help them research.

After she left, the three got back to work. Eventually Gaius had to get up to concoct different remedies. Merlin and Morgana kept searching, though it seemed fruitless.

Shortly after Gaius began his work, the door banged open. All three of them looked up, startled, to find Arthur standing there, looking as angry as a storm cloud. "Merlin!" He yelled.

Merlin's mouth fell open and he began stuttering out an answer, "A-Arthur! I was just—"

Morgana cut in smoothly. "What she means to say is I got caught up helping her and Gaius research a complicated potion. He roped us into it after we cleaned up."

"Indeed, sire. They've gone above and beyond the call of duty. Merlin, you should attend to him now."

"Of course," Morgana said, standing immediately. "See you later, my lady, Gaius."

Arthur led the way out of the room, leaving Merlin and Gaius staring at each other. "Well," Gaius said, "get back to work."

Merlin sighed and drew the book back toward him. It was going to be a long afternoon. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. "What does Morgana do all day? I suppose I'm shirking her duties."

"Luckily for you, she doesn't have many responsibilities this time of year. No tournaments, no feasts. Normally she's over the household staff to prepare for those types of things. So relax and keep reading."

"Yes, Gaius." Merlin straightened and began reading again. They just had to find the solution today. Being in the wrong body made him feel kind of itchy. He missed his magic. Sure, Morgana had some, but it felt different to his. He wondered if he could even use it. After darting a look at Gaius to make sure he was busy, he pointed his hand at a nearby candle and whispered, "Forbaerne."

The candle lit immediately, but the surge of magic he'd sensed had felt so foreign he now felt kind of nauseous. He quickly put the candle out and resolved not to use Morgana's magic again unless he absolutely had to. That had been an experience he wasn't keen to repeat.

Thanks for reading! Chapter 2 is coming up in just a little bit. :)