Merlin sat cross legged on his bed. Leaning over his magic book, he strained to read the tiny letters scrawled in the corner of the 'Transfiguration' page. "fram adames Éfe ic béne sylfum þé ðú bæc sé bizant ond andetta mec lóclóca hwa hit sy gelíc æt béon" he finally managed to decipher the smudged letters. He then spoke the words out loud in a forceful manner. Nothing happened. Once more, he shouted out the words, not really out of a necessity for the spell. More or less, it was simple curiosity. A strange, pink glow surrounded the young warlock. As his head grew lighter and his vision blurred, he thought, just before he passed out was: "This is not going to end well".

"Merlin!" Gaius walked into his room, one hand balancing a large wicker basket on his hip, the other promptly returning from the door to the center of his back; he closed his eyes in pain. "Merlin!" he called again "I need you to fetch me some herbs for my back. I seem to have ran out of yarrow and willow bark" a high pitched scream came from Merlin's room. Running, well, limping really, Gaius made his way to the bedroom. Swinging open the door, his eyes grew wide as a lean, female figure came into view, "Merlin?" The girl whirled around, her eyes just as wide, both hands clutched at each new breast

"Gaius, I have breasts" he…. She wailed

"I'm afraid that's not all you have" Gaius muttered. From the bedside table, she snatched up a tin plate and stared into the reflection

"My face still looks the same" Merlin dropped the plate and instead took to rubbing herself, starting at her new long, wavy hair and ending at her own rear end "My body is a girls'?"

"It seems whatever did this to you couldn't change you completely" Gaius sighed "That's good"

"Good?" Merlin frantically gestured to herself "this is good?"

"This means it can be reversed in a fairly simple manner" he paused "Once we figure out what that simple way is, of course" Merlin glared at the elderly man

"Gaius, I can't be seen like this. I have duties, Arthur will have my head once I'm turned back and my pants are falling down!" the trousers that had previously fit the young man, were now falling off the slim hips of the woman and pooled around her ankles. Apparently, she had also shrunk a little bit but still maintained her previous selves' lankiness.

As if on cue, Guinevere walked in, "Gaius, Arthur asked me to find Merlin- why is Merlin a girl?" Gaius and Merlin looked at each other in shock, then at Gwen

"How did you know?" Merlin asked

"The ears- your ears kind of stick out… but not in an unattractive way!" she hurriedly added at girl Merlin's horrified expression, she looked on the verge of tears.

"Do you think anyone else will notice?" Merlin asked

"You better hope not" Gaius interjected "This mustn't get out in the open. Arthur has enough on his plate without worrying about a magical invasion. Now tell me what were you doing when this happened?" Merlin gave a shifty look towards Gwen

"Reading…. A book… and I fell asleep"

"Did you read anything out of this book… out loud?" Gwen looked utterly confused. With a guilty expression, Merlin looked at Gaius

"I may have read a few words, well, sentences you could say" Gaius slapped a palm to his forehead, not daring to say what he really wanted to say, due to Gwen's presence.

"MERLIN!" a booming male voice sounded from outside, followed by a severe pounding on the door, it shook in its frame.

"I'll take care of him" Gaius hastened to the door, "You get our new 'guest' properly dressed" Gwen nodded, taking Merlin by the arm and tugging her to the bedroom.

"I believe he was planning on spending the day at the tavern" Merlin heard Gaius say

"NO!"

First off, I would like to thank everyone who has or will ever review one of my stories. You may be few, but you are mighty! Secondly, yarrow and willow bark are in fact, two herbs commonly used to strengthen and relieve pain in muscles. The spell is in old English, a completely made up spell, but real words. However, this story has been sitting in my documents and I have since forgotten what it translates into exactly. My sincerest apologies, should I keep this story up, I will research and post it on the second chapter. Just wanted to let you know I do my research! Thank you for reading and please review. =)