Merlin had noticed that Arthur hadn't been sleeping well lately. Arthur's eyes always looked shadowed by his troubles; he seemed to yawn once every minute.

However it was his mood that was the most affected. As his mood continued to get worse, Merlin's determination to find a cure or at least something to help Arthur sleep more regularly was increasing as Arthur's mood continued to get more unbearable.

The following day had been the last straw. Merlin's decision to find a cure for Arthur had now taken over his brain as it was time to take his plan into action.

Merlin rushed into the potion room the second he had finished running her errands for Gaius and looked at the many potion books in search of a cure.

"Merlin" Gaius said as he walked into the same room with a confused look on his face.

"No time to explain Gaius, I need a sleeping draft for Arthur" Merlin replied while frantically speed reading the books.

Merlin's eyes widened with joy when he had finally found a potion that would help Arthur to sleep therefore improving his dangerously bad mood. As Merlin had started to make the potion Gaius picked up the book and saw what potion it was and said in a warning tone, "Merlin do you even know what kind of potion this is"?

"A sleeping one" Merlin said, along with rushing with making the potion.

Once Merlin had finished making the potion, Gaius called his name again but this time he was ignored as Merlin had ran out of the room with the potion in hand.

Gaius shook his head as if he knew what the consequences were going to be.

"Arthur"! Merlin called as he raced into his chambers, holding a small bottle full of the potion Merlin had made.

"What is it"! Arthur snapped.

"I made a potion, it's to help you sleep" Merlin explained with a wide grin taking over his face.

"And you're sure it will work"? Arthur questioned flatly.

"Yes" Merlin said.

Merlin passed the potion to Arthur; he took one odd look at the potion before gulping it down.

After giving the empty bottle to Merlin, he felt a sudden twinge in his chest.

"Well I don't feel sleepy"! Arthur stated in irritation.

Arthur then felt another twinge in his chest but this time it was more powerful. All of a sudden Arthur felt more harsh twinges before he started to shrink more and more until Merlin could not see him.

"Arthur"? Merlin asked,which got him no response.

"Arthur"! Merlin tried again but only this time he was louder.

Merlin then felt something scratch painfully on his leg, "ow"! He yelped and turned around to see a ginger cat glaring at him furiously.

"That hurt" Merlin complained.

"Good"! The cat said in the same irritated tone.

"Arthur, is that you"? Merlin asked before exploding into laughter.

Before Arthur could answer Gaius came into the room, his eyes slightly dilating when he saw the ginger cat sat right in front of him.

"Merlin you didn't read what the potion was in detail" Gaius said flatly.

Merlin stopped laughing that very second; he took the book while Gaius pointed a bony finger at the description of the potion, Merlin's eyes widened with realisation of what he had done.

"Err, I might have misread it slightly" Merlin said quietly.

"Misread what"? Arthur asked looking directly at Merlin.

Merlin stood in silence for a second before reading out what he had missed, "This potion turns you into an animal that is good at sleeping, not actually a potion that brings you to sleep" Merlin explained nervously.

"You idiot"! Arthur exclaimed, his angry gaze directed at Merlin.

"Is there a cure"? Merlin asked, concerned for the next few days that Arthur would have to face.

"There is" Gaius said before continuing, "but it will take some time to gather all the ingredients".

"How long Gaius"? Arthur asked, irritation still showing in his voice.

"A couple of days at least" Gaius replied.

"So you mean, I'm going to be stuck as a furry feline for at least three to four days"! Arthur shouted his eyes which were fixed on Merlin with a deep look of anger".

"I'm afraid so sire" Gaius said sympathetically.

"Great" Arthur grumbled before Gaius interrupted, "Under no circumstances must Uther see this" Gaius warned firmly.

"What am I supposed to do with him"? Merlin asked.

"Take him away from here, if Uther finds out he will go ballistic" Gaius said.

"Now that you mention it, that idea doesn't sound too bad" Arthur said under his breath.

"Where do I take him"? Merlin asked now worried about where they could possibly go.

"I'm not sure" Gaius replied.

"I'm sure you will think of something" Arthur added sarcastically.

"Just hide him somewhere until I get the cure" Gaius ordered before leaving to start planning on getting the ingredients.

"You really are the worst servant ever" Arthur said flatly.

"At least you might sleep well, cats are very good at sleeping" Merlin said, trying to reassure Arthur.

"Cats also have claws to scratch idiot servants with" Arthur added.

"Look we need to get you out of here" Merlin stated quietly as if someone was listening in to their conversation.

"Oh okay just one problem, where"! Arthur shouted.

"I'll find somewhere trust me" Merlin said.

"Trust you, you just turned me into a moggy" Arthur said in a childish tone.

"I see you being turned into a cat hasn't improved your mood then" Merlin said sarcastically.

Arthur was about to grab something to throw at Merlin before remembering that as he was now a cat, he couldn't reach for anything let alone throw anything.

"Well at least this didn't turn about to be a complete catastrophe" Merlin joked with the grin returning.

"There really is no limit to your wit, now will you just get me out of here before anyone else see's" Arthur ordered.

Merlin picked up Arthur and stuffed him into a small brown bag just big enough for a medium size cat to fit in to.

As Merlin put a hand over the bag, he felt Arthur swat at him with his paw while whispering, "Are you trying to starve me from oxygen as well as turn me into an animal".

"It would be less trouble if I was" Merlin mumbled in mock seriousness.

On the other hand Arthur didn't see it as a joke, which was shown when Merlin felt a huge scratch being made on his arm.

"Is that your way of telling me to-"

"Shut up Merlin" Arthur interrupted sharply.

Yep.