Ok! Here's another chapter for you guys! I hope you like it!

She walked to the cell door and murmured a simple spell, "recludam," and the door popped open, before she crept down the corridor. When she got to where the guards were she used another spell, "somnis," to put them to sleep, before going down another long hallway, towards the last friend she could go to.

"Kilgharrah! I need your help!" she yelled when she got to the huge stone cavern. She heard the beat of his wings, and then saw him swoop down and land on the ground.

"What is it my child? What troubles you?"

Merlin then explained what happened between her and Arthur, and then her and Uther before she felt the tears drip down her cheeks.

"Can I stay down here with you? Just for a little bit, so I can figure out what to do?"
The great dragon smiled and responded with, "Of course you can. You may stay down here for as long as you need. Uther would never think to check here for a simple serving girl." And then, with a huge sigh of relief, Merlin climbed down into the cavern and curled up in a hole in the stone and quickly fell asleep.

When she woke, she realized that she hadn't felt this well rested in a very long time. She normally spent all night polishing armor or learning a spell to save the prats life. But now? She didn't have to do anything. She stretched and climbed back up the short cliff and decided to go and spy on the prince prat and his father. "Translucidum" and that was that. She was now invisible and walking back up to the main part of the castle.

Merlin had to remember that even though everyone couldn't see her, they could still run into her, she ran through the halls and darted through the crowds. Lucky for her, it was early morning and only the servants were out. She walked to where Arthur's room was and waited outside, not able to open the door without being detected. When she saw George walking her way with a tray of breakfast, Merlin got close to the door and when he opened the door, she slipped in behind him.

"Sire, you must wake up now," George said, rather nervously. Merlin watched as Arthur rolled out of bed and silently walked to the table where he ate his meal. It was rather heart breaking, watching Arthur do these things without Merlin by his side.

For the rest of the day Merlin followed Arthur around, watching him "train" with the knights, which were them, all sitting in silence and mourning. Merlin wondered what they were told when the guards didn't find her in her cell this morning. Then, when she got bored of watching Arthur, she went to Gaius' room. When she made sure no one else would come in she picked up a quill and quickly wrote a letter to Gaius, telling him that she was alive and that she would find a way to contact him later.

Deciding that she needed to let her friends know that she was alive, she made a quick decision to visit Gwen. She wouldn't stay there, but a visit wouldn't hurt anyone. She walked out of the castle

and walked to Gwen's house. When she got there, the door was locked so Merlin climbed through a window at the back of the house. Once she was inside she decided to take off her spell.

"Sentita," was all it took for Merlin to be back to her visible self again. While she waited for Gwen to get home she decided to clean her friend's house as a way of saying sorry for the worry that Gwen must have had for her. By the time Gwen got home it was late, long after the sun has set and the moon was in the sky.

When Gwen walked through the door, Merlin hid behind a wall, and when Gwen walked past, Merlin jumped out and covered her friend's mouth, so that she didn't make noise. When she saw Gwen's eyes widen she let go.

"Merlin!" Gwen yelled as she hugged her friend. "You're alive? But how?"

"Well, I escaped late yesterday evening and then found a place to stay. I would've come here sooner but I didn't want to put you at risk," Merlin explained. "What did the king say happened to me?"

"Oh Merlin, he said that you had tried to escape last night and the guards had chased you into the woods and shot you! And when Arthur asked what happened to your body the king said that a sorceress didn't deserve a proper burial and that when they killed you, they had left you in the woods," Gwen trailed off, looking at the ground.

"What's wrong?" Merlin inquired.

"Well, it's just…are you really a sorceress?"

Merlin almost laughed, but after a moment's thought, she decided to tell her friend the truth.

"I was born with magic, so yes I am, but that's not what the king had me arrested for," Merlin said, looking Gwen in the eye.

"He didn't? Why were you arrested and marked for death then? He didn't do it out of the blue."

"Well….. The king had a spy following Arthur and Arthur told Gwaine that he had an infatuation with me and the king didn't want rumors to spread that the prince was sleeping with a servant so he wanted me gone. But you know me, I wasn't going to roll over and let him have his ways," Merlin explained with a smile.

Gwen nodded in understanding.

"Um…Merlin. I have a question, but I'm a bit embarrassed to ask you," Gwen murmured, "Could you show me your magic?"

Merlin actually did laugh this time and whispered a spell into her hands, "Papilionibus," and a dozen or so butterflies flew from her hands. The smile on Gwen's face was enough to encourage Merlin to do another, "crescere flos" and a bouquet of flowers grew in her hand, which she put in a vase on a nearby shelf. Gwen laughed and hugged Merlin again.

"Please don't let me think you're dead ever again. That was not fun."

Merlin giggled, "I don't plan on being thought dead ever again. But Gwen, the only other person who knows I'm alive is Gaius. I haven't told anyone else yet. Tomorrow, could you tell Lance and Gwaine? Only them."

Gwen frowned, "Not even Arthur?"

"Diffidently not Arthur. His father might still have someone watching him. I will tell Arthur myself when I can. Ok?"

Gwen nodded and Merlin and her hugged one last time before Merlin winked and said, "Translucidum" and disappeared.

OK, so that's that. I'll put up another chapter tomorrow! Thanks guys!