It was dark now, the full moon was in the sky and it lit the ground below in a beautiful glow, there was no stars in the sky due to the clouds covering them but the night gave the place Valkyrie was in an extra beauty, it was a forest just outside of Camelot Arthur had said and that they would be there in the morning. They had made camp for the night under the moonlight with a fire blazing near them that Valkyrie currently sat beside trailing lines on the dirt with her fingernails, she didn't mind camping, her dad had once took her when she was a little girl and she had spent most of the time laughing at him trying to put up the tent , then a thought flashed into her mind, what if she never saw her family again would she be stuck here forever? But she tried to keep all of those thoughts out of her head Skulduggery will find a way to get her back and if not then she would, she kept telling herself

" You OK?" she jumped when she heard the voice and looked up to see Merlin sitting down beside her.

" I'm fine" she lied and Merlin knew it.

" You're OK you know" he then said " Your safe" she looked up at him and met his gaze that seemed to bring that reassurance you need sometimes, it gave her confidence and a reassurance everything would be alright if you stayed with him, Skulduggery gave her the same feeling.

" Where am I?" she said

" Your in the kingdom of Camelot now, just outside the citadel" Merlin said " Where are you from?"

" A long way away from here" she said and went back to trailing her finger along the dirt. Merlin wasn't so sure about Valkyrie, the ring on her finger had death magic he was sure of it but it wasn't just that he didn't trust about her, on the outside she was fine nothing menacing about her at all but he sensed something else in her as if their was another, more evil being inside of her.

" What are we going to do when we get to Camelot?" asked Valkyrie snapping Merlin from his thoughts

" Arthur may ask you some questions, but he will look after you" Merlin said " As long as you tell don't tell him about your magic" and Valkyries head shot up and looked at him " Your a necromancer I can feel the magic coming from the ring" Merlin said " Magic is outlawed in Camelot"

" Magic is outlawed in Camelot?" and Merlin nodded " Then why are you there?" Valkyrie asked " You do have magic right?" and Merlin smiled and nodded and his eyes glowed and the fire went out by itself before relighting again only more brighter

" Does Arthur know?" Valkyrie asked and Merlin shook his head as he glanced over at the sleeping king

" Maybe one day he might" Merlin said " but until then I have to keep it a secret and so do you?" and Valkyrie nodded " You should get some sleep" Merlin then said standing up and Valkyrie nodded " Don't worry you'll be safe i promise" he said with a smile and Valkyrie smiled back at him and settled down for the night.

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" So what do you think?!" Arthur said as they rode through Camelots gates the next morning

" Its beautiful" said Valkyrie who was on Merlin's horse as he led it through Camelot

" This is the Lower town, the castle is just up ahead" said Arthur

" I'm sure she saw it on the way in" Merlin said " It is quite big you know" and Valkyrie laughed and Arthur looked back at Merlin

" Is that why you get lost in it so often?" Arthur said back " Better look after Merlin here Valkyrie were coming near the Tavern, Merlin's favorite place in Camelot besides his own bed" and Merlin rolled his eyes and Valkyrie laughed again, these two saw themselves as best friends rather than King and servant and she really liked that, they passed into the castle grounds and Valkyrie looked up at the huge castle in awe, it was beautiful in every sense.

" I'm sure we'll find some place for you to stay Valkyrie" said Arthur as he dismounted his horse

" She can stay with me" Merlin said helping her off " Really, i don't mind" and Arthur looked at Valkyrie

" Don't mind staying with an idiot for a while do you Valkyrie?" and she smiled and shook her head

" Not at all" and Arthur smiled and nodded and looked up and so did Valkyrie and saw a girl standing at a balcony looking down at them

" That's queen Guinevere" Merlin said just as two other servants walked over and took away the horses " come on I'll show you were you'll be staying" he said and the two walked across the castle grounds towards the court physicians chambers

" You'll love Gaius he may seem a bit crabby at first but there is no one in Camelot who will look after you more" Merlin said as they reached the door

" Does he know about your magic?" Valkyrie asked and Merlin nodded

" And it would be best if he knew about yours too" and he opened the door and the two walked in " Gaius!" Merlin shouted " Theres someone I'd like you to meet" but there was no answer " Gaius?" Merlin said and spotted the note on the table and he lifted it and sighed

" He's away to see a patient, Gaius is the court physician" he explained and Valkyrie nodded " and he's left me to go pick herbs, great" and Valkyrie smiled his reaction was just like hers when she was asked to do chores she thought as he lifted a brown satchel " Gaius should be back soon and I'll be back at sunset" and she nodded as he went to leave " My rooms at the back if you want to stay there" and she smiled

" I'll manage" Valkyrie said and Merlin smiled and left leaving Valkyrie alone with all the books and medical remedies and her detectives curiosity kicked in and she went to look at some of them, some had names she didn't understand and others she had heard briefly mentioned by Kenspeckle as she lifted another one which was of an orange colour

" Gaius!, Merlin!" someone shouted as they came in and she jumped in surprise and only managed to hold onto the bottle as she looked around at the man who had entered, he was wearing the same armour Arthur was wearing and was obviously a knight, he was tall and strong with long black hair and beard

" Who are you?" he asked walking towards her

" I'm Valkyrie" she said " I'm Merlin's cousin" and the knight looked her up and down before breaking out into a smile

" Merlin didn't tell me had a cousin!" he said happily " I'm Gwaine" he said shaking her hand " Are you just visiting or-"

" Just visiting" she said and he nodded

" I thought the two of you might be related" Gwaine said

" Really?" she said in surprise and he nodded

" Definitely same colour of hair and the two of you have the same sort of persona"

" You think?" she asked in more surprise and the Knight smiled and nodded

" So do you know where they are?"

" Gaius will be back soon he's just seeing a patient and Merlin's just gone to pick herbs and said he'll be back at sunset"

" I'll be back then, see you later Valkyrie" he said and walked towards the door

" Bye" she said and he turned to look back at her

" You should have a look around, there's no where more beautiful and safe than Camelot" he said and left

" Oh I intend too" Valkyrie said and walked towards the door.

So what do you guys think? I'll keep trying to update every week and just to let you know one of your OC's will be in the next chapter :)