(Authors Note: I could not help myself. I'm sorry if it's a little silly. I do not own Merlin or the Arthurian Legend.)

Through A Kittens Eyes

Part 1 Presents and Percival

Why did all the weird stuff happen to me? And why did it happen every time I got a new spell book? That book had done this to me. I was mortified. I crept as quietly as possible down the hallway. I didn't want anyone to see me like this. I had to get to Gaius. He would know what to do. He would fix this before anyone saw, or he would hide me.

Anything to keep me from being found. I tripped, even more clumsy than usual. Damn it! Why did I have too many legs!? I hadn't even seen what had happened yet, I wasn't sure of the full extent of this particular problem. But I found out fast when one of the servants, a maid by the name of Becca, spotted me.

"Aww what are you doing out here all by yourself little one?" She cooed. 'Little one?' I thought, I was, or had been taller than her by at least a foot. Had been, for now she towered over me. This could be very bad.

"It's ok, I won't hurt you. No need to hide." She held out her hand and inched closer. I cocked my head to one side trying to figure out what she was doing. Her hand reached my face and she held it there for a moment. Something was most definitely wrong. After a few seconds she tentatively ran a hand over my head. I felt her gently rubbing my ears. My tail twitched, wait tail?

I jerked my head around and saw it twitching there. I had the sudden urge to chase this offending, and brand new appendage. So I did, not really understanding why. I caught it and it twitched out of my grip. I found myself spinning in circles. I fell over and found Becca laughing at me. I spoke indignantly.

" Hey! This isn't funny! I have a tail! I need Gaius!" She giggled and my eyes widened. I hadn't managed real sounds. No language I had ever heard. Just a sort of disgruntled yowl. She picked me up and cuddled me.

"You're not hurt are you?" Her concern was cute but I was scared out of my mind. How had this happened? She began to scratch behind my ears again. I felt a rumbling rise in my chest, not magic. It was another noise, I was purring uncontrollably.

I was a kitten. How was I going to ever explain this one?

I let my mind drift back to that morning. That book, that damned book, was responsible for this. One of the servants had delivered it; it had been in a wrapping. A gift left at the castle for me. I had suspected some kind of tricks. But I had taken every precaution I could, even wearing gloves when I touched it. I had been insanely careful, stupidly careful even. Hell of a spell. I had worn gloves I had designed to hold off spells, but the spell had cut right through them and stung my fingers. There had been a poof of multicolored smoke and suddenly the color drained out of the world, leaving me blinking at varying shades of grey. Well not all the color was gone.

I could see bright reds, deep blues, and dim purple. What had happened? My head hurt and I raised my hand to rub it. That wasn't a hand. That was a paw! I bolted.

"I need Gaius! I need to go to Gaius!" I meowed and squirmed in Becca's arms. She let me go and I bolted down the hall. The problem was that the citadel looked very different at this angle and without any color. I was still wearing my neckerchief, the rest of my clothes had vanished, and it was a bit big now. I tripped and yowled loudly as I fell down the stairs that shouldn't be there.

I bumped my head and blacked out.