Epilogue

Merlin was in the act of putting the now empty vial back in Gaius's bag when the door swung open. Jerking around guiltily, Merlin came face to face with Gaius himself.

"Gaius! Your back!" his voice was slightly too tight and high.

Gaius, knowing that look on Merlin's face looked down and saw the vial in his hand. Eyes growing wide he rushed to take it from Merlin.

"Merlin what are you doing with this. You know you can't be seen with anything magical. You'll put us both in danger!" he said reproachfully.

"I'm sorry Gaius! I… I thought it was healing oil!" Merlin finished lamely.

"You mean you used this, on whom!" Gaius voice rose a little at the end of the sentence. "Tell me now what happened!"

Merlin's face immediately blushed bright red. "I ca… can't Gaius!"

Oh no, thought Gaius. Who had he inadvertently used the potion on?

"Was it Gwen?"

"God's NO!" he squirmed under Gaius's scrutiny.

"Wait, you said you thought it was a healing potion? You don't mean, oh… my… God's…! You used this on Arthur, the Prince of Camelot!" Gaius's voice had steadily risen. "Is he alright! How sick did it make him?"

Merlin confused drew his eyebrows together before answering, "Nothing happened to him, he is fine… No ill effects at all!"

"That's not possible Merlin, anyone who attempts to use this potion on someone who isn't already…" Gaius stopped really looking at Merlin for the first time since realizing what he had.

Gaius took in the state of the blush stealing across Merlin's face. Ahhh, so my suspicions are answered. Gaius gave a small chuckle and putting it back in his bag.

"Merlin, that isn't a healing potion. It's a love potion." He paused to let this sink in.

Merlin, realization dawning, blushed furiously turning an even darker shade of red.
"I have to go tell Arthur! I… don't… Oh by the God's!" Merlin had to get out of here and tell Arthur that they had been put under a spell. That was the explanation for their, err… predicament.

Merlin rushed out of the room without giving Gaius the chance to say anything else. The look on his face told Merlin he knew something had happened.

Gaius chuckled to himself, looking forward to the next few months. It was sure to be an interesting time here in the castle of Camelot. Because Merlin hadn't given him a chance to tell him how the potion worked. It didn't make someone fall in love with you. As a matter of fact if used on someone who didn't love you it could make them violently ill. No, this potion was designed to make a person's true feelings surface and get rid of the inhibitions keeping people apart. If the look on Merlin's face was any indication, Arthur and he had apparently definitely gotten rid of some inhibitions.

Gaius went to work humming to himself. Yes, the next few months should prove most entertaining.

A/N I want to thank everyone for all the positive feedback on this story. Almost 8,000 hits is overwhelming to me, a little nobody writer in MI. I especially want to thank AkashaV, Mia-dcwut-09, remioromen1344, Merthergirl, BekTehGreat, BlueStar1820, lynsistrate, Kat Nightfox, anime-kat-91, WTInsomniac, MirrorFlower and DarkWind, and last but most certainly not least tor62442 for your lovely Reviews. They are appreciated more than you can know. For those MANY other readers who listed this story in their favorites, alerts, and added me to your author alerts, Thank You! You all have kept me jotting down the ideas and I will be writing more FanFiction thanks to all of you.

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