Princess Amelia was riding on her grey horse, she was from another kingdom on her way to Camelot to meet King Uther and Prince Arthur as she were to marry the Prince, she was rather excited after only meeting the once she knew he was the right man for her and went to tell her father king David and her mother Queen Juliet, they instantly sent a messenger to Camelot to tell King Uther and he was happy as could be, Princess Amelia's Servant Rani followed behind on a brown horse, when the Princess had met Arthur, Rani had met his servant Merlin and they both had connected simply because they both had magic, but both of them kept it a secret, Princess Amelia and Rani were travelling alone, the Princess hadn't want any guards with her and had asked Arthur to meet her half way, it was rather romantic in a way

After about two days they were finally at Camelot, the horses trotting along a path, once the Princess saw the blonde hair, blue eyes and the muscular figure of Arthur, her perfectly shaped pink lips turned up into a smile, she was happy to see him, the horse soon stopped and Arthur held out his hand to help her off, The princess had long beautiful brown curled hair brushed to the side so it fell down her left shoulder, she wore an elegant cream coloured dress with sequins on and cream coloured heeled shoes, she stepped down, her hair bouncing on her shoulder and she looked up to Arthur with her light brown eyes staring into his, Rani of course was different, she wore a worn out light blue dress, her hair was floating about her shoulders, she hadn't tied it back and she wore dirty blue flat shoes, she was still sitting on the horse, she went to climb off but the strap broke and with a small squeal she fell to the floor

'She is just as clumsy as you.. Merlin!'

Arthur said giving his manservant a smirk, Merlin rushed over to Rani and helped her up, she smiled towards him and got up, dusting her clothes down, she gave a sigh but wasn't really that fussed she was used to it as she was awfully clumsy

'Thank you Merlin'

Rani said to him, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek while Arthur and Amelia's backs were turned, Merlin had began to blush, Merlin took Arthur's horse away while Rani followed with Amelia's horse, Arthur had taken the Princess on a tour around the castle, since they would own it one day, Merlin took Rani 's hand and led her to see Gaius, who she loved to see as well since it had been about a year or two since they were last here, Merlin pushed the door open and Gaius was standing at the small table mixing together some herbs obviously making a potion

'GAIUS'

Rani called and walked over to him and hugged him, she was glad to see him again, Gaius was quite shocked at the hug but soon registered who it was, and a smile formed on his face

'Miss Rani, how nice to see you again'

Gaius said the smile still on his face, the thing was when she first met Gaius she had found out a few months before that she had magic and was struggling to control them, everything had gone bad but Merlin offered to help and with his help she was able to control them, now a year or two on she was much better at controlling her magic

'Nice to see you too Gaius, hope your doing okay'

Rani asked politely, Gaius just nodded and continued with his work, she knew how he was, Merlin gave a small laugh and looked to Rani

'How about I show you around?'

Merlin asked, all Rani had to do was give him a smile before they were off

Arthur showed Amelia to her room and smiled towards her, he really did like her, he thought that she was beautiful and would be a strong leader when she became Queen, Gwen walked past to get to Morgana's room, and she looked rather jealous of the fact that Arthur looked so smitten with Amelia

'I am glad you came back'

Arthur admitted as he took Amelia's hand and placed a soft kiss on it before letting it go

'You must be tired from your journey, I will let you get some rest'

Arthur said as he gave another smile and headed off down the hall, Merlin had walked up the stairs just in time for Arthur to call his name at least twice

'MERLIN WHERE ARE YOU? MERLIN!'

Merlin jumped slightly and looked towards Rani who quickly let go of his hand to head into Princess Amelia's room, Merlin sighed and ran down the hall and into Arthur's

'Yes sire?'

Merlin asked, knowing he would be told to either clean the horse muck from the stables or to polish his armour, he wished he could have a break to see Rani again and be able to talk to her

'Merlin, I want you to clean my army's boots'

Arthur said sternly, authority in his voice, Merlin just nodded and went to collect the boots he would have to clean, Meanwhile in Amelia's room, she was pacing up and down with worry

'What am I going to do? I thought Marrying Arthur would help the situation but it's only made it worse, that Witch really wants me dead'

Amelia said as she began to sob, Rani felt bad and wandered over pulling her into a hug, she knew she could get Merlin's help

'Don't worry, I can get Merlin to help'

Rani admitted, she had told Amelia all about her magical powers and since the kingdom where they come from doesn't allow it either, the princess vowed not to tell anyone as they were such good friends, Rani had been her servant ever since the princess turned 18, simply because Rani was an orphan, both her parents died and she had no one else to live with, Rani was two years younger then the princess, giving her back a rub, Rani was soon out the room though before she left she collected some bed sheets so it looked as though she was going to wash them, at the end of the corridor, she turned a different way and headed off to see where Merlin was, it only took a few minutes to find him, he was sat on the floor scrubbing at some boots

'Merlin? I need your help'

Rani said as she put the sheets down and knelt by Merlin soon looking behind her in case anyone had followed, then looked back to him

' A year ago the Princess had been followed by a witch named Nariko, after asking around the kingdom only one person knew of the witch and I was told Nariko was after the princess for her soul, now she had followed us here, The princess thought it would be a good idea to marry Arthur, of course she is madly in love with him but it turns out it doesn't work'

Rani explained rather quickly, Merlin's eyes seemed to widen as he quickly scrubbed down the shoes, he knew he had to see Gaius and tell him, Merlin took Rani's hand and they quickly headed off to Gaius and to explain what was happening

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