Really great story! It's very well put together, and it does help heal the strain on my heart that season 5 brought. If you ever come back to it, Iwould love to keep reading what you come up with!

Aww! Don't abandon the story! Please do continue,

Finally caught up! I hope to go back and review some chaptersthough that may take me a while as 1-I don't always have the time 2-I'm just plain terrible at leaving reviews. But thanks for writing what you have so far, I've been enjoying the different take and look forward to another chapter if you have one in the future.

I really like this. What you did with Merlin's visions from Anhora is really interesting, and I agree that it fits. I'm really enjoying this story, and can't wait to see where the next episode goes.

I love this. I'm truly enjoying this story so far, and I'm excited to see where it goes. I'm torn in my opinions on season 5. Part of me really didn't like it and wished it was more than it was. Part of me really liked it despite the tragedy and unfulfilled promises. I'm really excited to keep reading your rewrite (rewrite? Is it still called a rewrite if it's vastly different from canon?). So far, it's really well written and I like how you've portrayed the characters and relationships, especially Merlin, Arthur, and Gwaine. Great job with this story, I'm excited to keep reading.

I love your story. Hope you will not abandon it and finish it.

Hi . Love your story. I just wish you hadn't left it with a cliff hanger. Oh well it's five years on, I'm not expecting anything now

Morgana's eyes are light green, not blue.

Really? Daisy? Hahaha

Just read this whole thing, love love love it

to be honest, i'd forgotten i had subscribed to this, so when new updates started arriving in my email, i didn't know what this really was. but then i read the first chapter again, and i started remembering, and i am SO GLAD you continued writing this. i like most of the stuff you're doing here, the plot is interesting, and it would make sense for the show to have continued in this direction as well. I'm not sure if i already said this a year ago or not, but what I like most of all is what you've done to the characters. Arthur and Merlin are written superbly, and their relationship is slightly better developed than how it was on the show at this point, but they're not too close/touchy feely/etc (I don't mean to imply they weren't close on the show, they clearly were, but other writers have a tendency to show them as suddenly hugging all the time, out of nowhere), and the way they interact in the beginning of the story, before all the life changing events take place, really flows well from where they were at the end of season 4. And after the big event, well... i just loved what you did with that, it simply makes sense for both of them to act that way. Merlin having a separate adventure with Gwaine, and then going on his own was really cool, and necessary, for as much as I adore Artur and Merlin being bros, I loved their individual characters as well, and this was a good chance to showcase how both of them have grown through the years, especially Merlin. Also GWaine and Merlin being pals was so good, and I was so robbed of this in the show. I love what you did with the other characters as well. First of all Gwen. I really liked Gwen, and although she never had the most to do on the show, she was still important for the first 4 seasons, before season 5 just forgot about what her character was supposed to act like. I adore that you added that little moment when she's waiting in the forest, Leon startles her and calls her your highness, and she says Leon doesn't have to adress her in that manner. It seemed so out of place to me that in season 5, she acted more like Morgana did in the beginning, friendly to all the servants/knights, but still accustomed to everyone calling her Lady/Highness, when even Arthur just accepted that the people close to him will simply call him Arthur most of the time. I know she was trying to be a proper royal and all, but still, she seemed too detached in the show, and here, it's just right. I also love that you made Gwaine, and the other knights, smarter, and with individual characters. I found this especially annoying with Gwaine, because when he was first introduced in season 3, he was so interesting, suspicious of royalty, a rebel, always ready for a fight, not afraid to break the rules, and extremely loyal. ANd while we got some moments of loyalty from him in the show, what they did to him just didn't sit right with me, so i love what you've done with him here. And about Morgana, i like that you've taken a different road with her character, it promises to be so much more interesting. And stepping away from the characters a bit, i liked how you divided your story into episodes. It really matches the tone of the show, and I liked that while some characters are doing something important and action heavy, other characters are having important, but quiet moments elsewhere(like you did in Gwaine and Green knight for example).It's that exact format that makes this story work so well, because it reads so much as one of the episodes(the better written ones) on the show. Sorry for the long review, it just pisses me off when i see a story so well crafted as yours, and i'm reminded of all the lost potential of the show, which even though i loved (even season 5 had its moments), could have been so much better. Thank you for writing this, i'm so glad you're back, waiting for the next chapter :D

Ooh I love how those two silver tongued men walk in demanding things of them. Awesome update

Using Anhora's magic to heal Merlin, and perhaps Morgana, was clever .

Unicorns, visions, hearing voices... at some point you might think Merlin is on drugs.
However, I fear the situation between Merlin and Morgana is similar to Arthur at the druid shrine - a lot of talking and promisings, but whem it comes to acting accordingly nothing happened.
About the shrine incident: nobody in Camelot should know that the all-perfect king slaughtered druid families.
Call me a cynic but the challenges are even higher now. Why should Morgana, Merlin, Arthur and all the others act differently now? Still hope I am wrong, but we will see what ist going to happened. Still a lot pressure and pushing needed...

OH dang, just as things were looking up...
Well, once again, beautifully done. Merlin's words to Morgana were very open and very healing. Very much looking forward to the next installment. Thank you!