A shadow crept along the walls of Camelot and towards the secret entrance leading towards the old physician's chambers, the shadow moved at lightning speed down the corridors, steps not making a sound against the stone floor. The person skipped up the steps and ran along the corridor before sneaking into the physician's room, they stood in front of the snoring old man and then without a second's hesitation the stranger collapsed against the side of the bed waking the old man up in the process. The Physician grabbed the figure and pulled them up to his height.
"Who are you?" He demanded shaking her slightly, his hair dishevelled and his clothes crumpled.
"G... Gaius?" Went a faint voice from under the hood.
"Yes now for god's sake tell me who you are!"
"I... It's me Gaius... Aria," the stranger whispered.
"Aria? Lady of Mora?" She nodded and pulled her hood off revealing a beautiful girl with dark brown hair running in curls down her back and a pair of piercing blue eyes with specks of gold around the pupil, she was small but Gaius knew she was strong. She had a long jagged wound running from her jaw to her eyebrow and her whole body shook uncontrollably, "what's happened child?"
"Mora's been invaded... I can't breathe!" She screamed clutching her side and shaking harder.
"Calm down child are you badly hurt?" He asked, she lifted the hand she held across her side and held it in front of Gaius who saw it was covered in blood.
"There was something on the sword it..." The girl screamed and doubled over in agony clutching her side.
"What's going on?" Yelled the boy Merlin as he fell down the stairs from his chamber.
"HELP ME!" Aria cried writhing around on the floor, she let out another scream and a vase filled with flowers shattered into pieces, Merlin and Gaius looked at each other quickly before Merlin pulled her shaking body onto his lap and cradled her whilst Gaius gave her a medicine to put her in a fit filled sleep.
"Who is she?" Merlin asked after he'd put her in his bed.
"Lady Aria of Mora, Princess but is called Lady because she punches anyone who calls her Princess."
"But she has magic?" Merlin exclaimed.
"Mora accepts magic users and it is said the King fell in love with a sorceress but it is kept secret from the other kingdoms because they don't accept it."
"I should help her," Merlin decided.
"NO MERLIN! You have to keep your magic hidden," Gaius yelped.
"I'm not letting her end up like Morgana!" He snapped before shaking his head slightly in apology.
"Watch her Merlin she is young and naive but don't tell her anything... Unless she figures it out."
"What?" Merlin asked.
"She's very observant if my memory serves right," Gaius smiled as Merlin curled up in a ball on the floor and drifted to sleep. "Good luck my boy you're going to need it!.