"Rise and shine "urged Merlin as he opened the velvet curtains to a bright shining sun, but Arthur didn't budge. "It's an important day." he urged even further and yet again Arthur was not moving. "There's a very pretty princess coming to the castle today or did you forget?" Let's just say Merlin had never seen Arthur move as fast as he did.

"Merlin where's my breakfast, my armor, and my sword? Today's a very important day." Merlin just stood there stunned. Had he not just said that. "Well get a move on!" yelled Arthur.

"Yes sire" muttered Merlin as he scuttled out of the room. Today was a very important day because Princess Dessa from the Cadilis Kingdom was coming with her father King Burdan to settle a truce with Arthur. After what happened with Guinevere Merlin felt that this could do wonders for Arthur but little did he know he would be meeting someone that would do wonders for him.

When he brought Arthur his breakfast he found Arthur pacing the room. "Where have you been?" he demanded.

"It's only been a few minutes" replied Merlin. "Why are you so uptight?"

"It's nothing. I just got a lot on my mind. With the truce and just having the fate of two kingdoms on my hand, everything is making me jumpy." Merlin though, knew that this had nothing to do with the truce. Arthur had seen Uther make amends enough times to know how to handle it. It had something to do with Lady Dessa.

"Everything will be fine. You are King. You can handle a little mingling." confided Merlin. "Anyways they will be here shortly and you need to eat. And if you wouldn't mind maybe put on a shirt." Suddenly out of nowhere a jug of water hurdled past Merlin's head. "Just a thought." he said before running right out of the room while dodging various items.

Meanwhile, Agravaine had just finished telling Morgana about the visiting Princess. "My lady this can't possibly be a problem can it? I mean they will be gone before you know it. How long can signing papers honestly take?"

"Agravaine how can you be so ignorant" replied Morgana. "This could put all of our hard work to waste. What if Arthur took a liking to her? This cannot happen. I forbid it."

"Well that is why you have me, my lady. I will not let you down." promised Agravaine.

"Agravaine, sometimes I wonder if confiding in you is the wrong idea. You better make me think otherwise."

"A promise is a promise, my lady."

"Very well" said Morgana as she tended to the fire and Agravaine could tell he was being

dismissed.