New Chapter: Note that I write these stories on my phone and it doesn't warn me of any typos so please let me know if you see any. Thank you for reading and hopefully reviewing. - Citrus
As Merlin slowly woke up his head was pounding and his vision was a little fuzzy and he felt like something was off. As he put his hands underneath himself to lift himself up he felt like his balance was better than it usually was and he slowly got up off of the ground. "Ugh my head. What in the world did that crazy sorceress do to me?" As Merlin lifted a hand to scratch the back of his head he felt something on the top of his head, and realized that whatever was on his head was connected to him because he could feel the sensation of his hand touching whatever it was.
"Oh no. no no no no- don't tell me that..." Merlin's voice died down as he slowly felt what it was. A cat ear, he lifted up his other hand, make that two cat ears. Suddenly he felt a tug from his lower back and looked behind him to see a smooth black cat-tail that barely brushed the ground as it gently swayed side to side.
"Oh this isn't good." Merlin said as he let his hands drop and he looked to see if there was any trace of the old sorceress around him. When he couldn't find anything he looked back towards Camelot. "I need to get to Gauis now."
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Once Merlin snuck back into the Physicians chambers by getting around all the guards, he noted that Gauis must be out doing his rounds because he wasnt in his chambers, and he finally took a moment to let what happened to him settle in.
"I'm a cat."
Suddenly he remembered that the old sorceress had originally been planning something against Arthur. "I need to check on him, who knows how long I was out in the woods!" and then his predicament struck him again and he looked around for something to hide his ears and tail.
He went to the cupboard that held all the old clothes and supplies that they used in the winter and found a discarded hat that could cover his new cat ears and hide the fact that his normal ears were gone in their stead. He put it on and focused on keeping his ears still so there wouldn't be any odd movement underneath the cap.
Next he looked at his tail and grabbed it and tucked it under his tunic and jacket and had to try to keep his anxiety down so it wouldn't move around too much and give him away.
Merlin nodded, satisfied with his plan to quickly check that Arthur was alright and then rush back and hopefully Gauis would be back by the time he did so. Little did he know that the spell didn't just give him the ears and tail.