Chapter 3

Waking up in an unfamiliar place was already beginning to annoy me. This room was cold and messy, bottles and vials laid on the counter tops and herbs and plants were growing on the windows. I was lying on an uncomfortable cot with brown sheets that looked a little worn, when I say little I mean they are practically falling apart. A spark of recognition appeared in my mind as I fully took in my surroundings.

This was Gaius's chambers, and up there must be Merlin's room I thought while looking at the door that was at the back of the room.

Hearing the door open I looked to see Gaius walking in with Merlin following close behind, Gaius was old, really old. He reminded me of my grand pa who would always need a cane to walk, but despite Gaius's age he seemed to carry himself quite well, he didn't limp like my grand pa would he was strong and healthy for a man of his age.

He walked up to me and gave me a friendly smile, "hello My Lady, you have been out for some time the King and prince were very concerned. I am Gaius the Court Physician, Arthur's manservant Merlin is my assistant and we believe your faint may have come from some form of shock. The King said you had no memory other than your name and that you were unaware of your engagement with the prince. Which I have to admit can be quite shocking to hear when having no memory of him" he paused for a moment staring at my face. "Is there anything wrong My Lady? Any headaches, nausea, blurred sight?"

I smiled "yeah, my head does hurt a bit. And it's nice to meet you Gaius, you too Merlin" I said smiling at Merlin who was watching or exchange with interest.

Gaius walked up to the counter with all the vials on it, grabbing a vial with a green liquid in it he handed it to me.

I pulled the cork out of the vial and sniffed the contents reeling back at the stench it produced.

"Ignore the smell and taste, it should help with your headache" Gaius said smiling at the look on my face.

Taking a deep breath, I downed the contents of the vial in one big swallow, gagging at the taste of it. Merlin's laughter filled the room as he found my disgust over the horrible medicine amusing.

I glared at him, making his laughter dies down but he was trying to hide his chuckles.

Rolling my eyes I rested my head against the scratchy pillow.

I began to think about whether I should tell Merlin and Gaius about who I really was, they all obviously thought I was this Princess, but if this is a dream I have nothing to worry about if I tell them. But then if this is real what could happen?

I started to fidget as my thoughts became uncomfortable and I was tempted to shout to Merlin that I knew he had magic.

Taking a deep breath I addressed Merlin "So how powerful are you?" I asked suddenly.

The surprise on his face was almost comical as he stuttered. "I don't know what you are talking about" he said fear in his eyes. I understood, he feared Uther's hand and me being a 'noble' made it hard for him to trust me.

I gave him a reassuring smile "you know magic. You're a warlock right? So you have to have magic" my knowledge on what he was shocked him so much he stumbled backwards. Gaius was just standing there with his mouth open.

"How did you know?" Merlin whispered.

I bit my lip nervously "well I kind of have a secret too".

They both looked at me expectantly. Taking a deep breath I told them about where I was actually from, how I woke up here and how I was pretending to have amnesia to help keep my secret.

"So you're not Princess Alice" Merlin said.

"No… well kind of my name is Alice but I can't be the princess" I thought for a moment, maybe I am the princess, maybe this is a past life of mine.

"Well the prince wouldn't have recognised you if you weren't the princess, so I guess we are going to have to continue this charade until we can get you back to where you came from" said Gaius with a thoughtful look on his face. "Do you remember anything, anything at all that before you came here? Maybe a light… a strange person who could have cast a spell to bring you here?"

I shook my head "no, not unless you can count my sister who I find really strange" I joked making the seriousness of the situation lessen a little.

Merlin walked up to me. "But that doesn't explain how you could know about my magic. How did you find out?"

I smiled "well we have these things called TVs; they have these moving pictures on them. There's this show I really like called Merlin" eyebrow were raised at that "it's about a boy with a destiny to help Prince Arthur Pendragon of Camelot unite Albion and bring magic back to the kingdom. And also that he is the most powerful warlock to ever live"

They were stunned by my explanation but Merlin broke the silence "moving pictures that sounds great. So everything that happens here you know about it?" he asked

I nodded.

"That's amazing you can help us prevent any of the bad stuff from happening. Just a few days ago Arthur was almost killed by these sidhes; they wanted to sacrifice him…"

"…To gain immortality and to get back in to Avalon, yes I have seen that one" I interrupted.

"So you know what's going to happen next?" asked Gaius.

I thought for a while then I remembered, the next episode was the one with Mordred the beginning of the end this was a great episode. It was the start of Morgana and Mordred's union.

"Yes, I know. But until it begins to happen I won't say anything that may ruin the story, I can change it so that some events are prevented but if it's important to the story and doesn't result in death than I will not change it".

They both agreed "fair enough, but for now you need to get ready for dinner with the King and your father" stated Gaius.