AN: Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating sooner, there has been some crazy stuff going on in my life. Here is the second chapter of Strangeness Ensures.

Arthur looked at the young boy in his lap with jaw dropped and his eyes wide. Last he had seen of his idiotic manservant, Merlin had been lying on Arthur's bed. With that thought Arthur turned toward his bed and saw that the covers had been pushed back, and Anna wasn't there. He frowned and started to stand up, putting his reflexes to the test when he forgot that there was a baby in his lap.

He looked down at the baby he was he was holding rather awkwardly.

"What am I supposed to do with you?" He asked the air and was startled when it seemed to answer him.

"Hold him properly for one thing, or put him down and let him... Oh just give him here!" Anna walked in from around the corner and took the baby from Arthur and gently placed him down on the floor.

"Now then," she said, turning to Arthur. "Who is this and where is my bro... Merlin? Where is Merlin?"

Arthur frowned at her slight slip of the tongue and wondered what she was going to say. When she didn't continue, he began to speak.

"I don't know where Merlin is! He was gone when I woke up, and he," Arthur pointed to the baby, "Was here!"

Anna sighed and sat down in Arthur's chair, placing her hand in her forehead is disparity.

Arthur looked down at Merlin's… whatever she was to him, and asked, "Are you okay?"

Anna straightened up at this and nodded, wiping her eyes.

"I am fine," she said, her voice trembling slightly; Arthur pretended not to notice.

Anna stood up abruptly and walked out of the room, ignoring Arthur who tried to get her talk to him, but she shoved him out of the way before closing the door. Arthur bristled but didn't say anything understanding that she was worried about Merlin and whoever the young baby was. Upon that thought Arthur looked around the room for the young baby and was surprised to see that the boy was nowhere in sight. He fell into a slight panic, before realizing that he couldn't have gotten far. Arthur started to panic before he remembered the knights, he would recruit the knights to help him find the baby.

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Anna walked to a prearranged section of the woods and called out in an ancient tongue.

"Leth-philulhar lorg mi agus trobhad!" Her voice echoed through the forest.

She sat down and prepared for the long wait she had before her good friend arrived.

MMMM

Aimilie slipped through the forest silently, heading toward the spot she knew her friend would be waiting. When she entered the clearing she was greeted by the sight of a person sitting cross legged in the middle of the clearing.

"Greetings sister," he soft melodious voice of the mysterious person drifted across the clearing.

"Greetings Anna," Aimilie said, sitting down across from her friend. "I came as soon as Halia heard your call." She spoke of the Druid village healer who had taken care of her when she was young.

"It is good that you came," Anna said. "We are in desperate need of your healing skills, sister."

"Can you not do it?" Aimilie asked, not knowing what Anna was asking; she had an uneasy feeling about the whole ordeal.

Anna hesitated.

"My powers are not strong enough," she admitted. "Merlin is gravely... It's complicated" She said vaguely.

"How so?" Aimilie's brow furrowed.

"A de-aging spell," Anna explained. "I don't know how to deal with this by myself and I was hoping you could help me. Come to Camelot, sister, I beg of you!" Anna's eyes were calculating and pleading, begging Aimilie to help.

"But… But Camelot… You know I can't go there! There's a reason I live with the druids. What if I'm recognized?"

"No one'll know your identity. Please, Aimilie, Merlin needs your help as much as I do."

"Fine, I will help you." Aimilie sighed, not knowing what she had gotten herself into.

AN: Hey so feel free to give me ideas for this story!