A/N: You can just imagine when this is. Written by yours truly.

"THIS IS BORING."

"You've been saying that for the past hour, Ari."

"I realize that Nat, but it's true!"

"You don't have to repeat it every five minutes."

"What if I do?"

"You have got to be kidding me."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Spit it out already!"

"No!"

"Both of you, stop arguing dammit!" Izi yelled from her spot on the bed. They'd recently gotten back from a hunting trip. As they were riding back to the castle, they were attacked by a pack of wolves, which was fairly unusual. They managed to kill them all, but not without some injuries. Ari came away from it with a badly sprained wrist, Isabella with some bruised ribs, and Natalie with a fractured shoulder. Gaius had confined them to Isabella's chambers for the week.

"Fine..." Nat grumbled. Natalie was seated in the chair by the window, and Arianna , for whatever reason, was lying on the floor.

"Hey Ari?" Isabella asked.

"Yeah?"

"Why the hell are you on the floor?"

Ari shrugged, "Why are you on the bed?"

"Because it's comfortable."

"Exactly."

"You're insane."

"Thank you."

"I think you're both crazy." Natalie commented.

"And you're not?" Isabella remarked.

"Touche." They were all quiet for a moment.

"You know what we should do?" Isabella sat up. "We should totally steal some food from the kitchens."

"YES. Anything to get out of here." Ari hopped up, only to fling herself onto the bed next to Izi. The movement jostled Izi's ribs and Ari's wrist.

"OW! Ari!" Izi winced.

"Ugh, that was really, really stupid!" Ari cradled her wrist against her chest.

"You're both idiots." Nat laughed from her chair. "So, you got a plan?"

"Yep. We'll go later tonight, but we need a distraction..."

"Two words." Ari began. "Gwaine, and alcohol."

"I like how you think." Isabella smirked. "Nat, you sneak down to the training grounds and tell him to get his ass up here." She laughed at the thought of a very drunk Gwaine wandering the halls.

"Will do. You want me to go now?"

"Yep. Don't let Gaius catch you."

"Be back soon." And she slipped out of the room. She dashed through the halls, her speed aiding her greatly. She was able to dodge the guards and get down to the grounds just as the day's training was ending. She grabbed Gwaine's arm and pulled him behind a pillar.

"Whoever the hell you are, if I owe you money, you're not getting it- Oh, hey Nat."

"Hey. Meet me up in Izi's chambers in 10 minutes."

"Why?"

"We'll explain then, but it involves alcohol."

"I'm in."

"See you then." And she dashed back to Izi's chambers. She walked into the room, and Ari was back on the floor. She shook her head at her strange friend.

"Well that was quick." Izi noted.

"You expected something different? He should be here in about 5-" Gwaine rushed into the room as she was talking.

"What's the plan?"

"-minutes. Or not."

"Why is Ari on the floor?" Ari groaned in annoyance.

"Why do people keep asking that?!" Isabella ignored her and explained the plan that she'd come up with.

"We're going to steal food from the kitchens. Dinner's not for hours yet, so it shouldn't be too busy down there. You, Gwaine, are going to get as drunk as you possibly can and cause a distraction."

"Where am I going to get the ale?"

"Oh, please. We all know about your secret stash in the knight's barracks." Natalie commented, chuckling.

"You three know me too well." Gwaine laughed. "I like this plan. When is this happening?"

"Now."

"Got it!" And he was gone.

"Well this shouldn't take long." After about 15 minutes of waiting, they heard the commotion downstairs and knew it was time to move. Being as quiet as they possibly could, the trio crept downstairs with Isabella in the lead. She peeked around the corner, and then beckoned the other two forward. They snuck through the door see a deserted kitchen.

"Awesome." Nat muttered, smiling. "Split up, grab whatever you want."

"Will do!" Izi agreed, and immediately gravitated toward a pan of fresh biscuits. "Delicious." She started stuffing them into one of the bags that all three of them had. Natalie browsed the already made dinners picking off of the plates.

"Hm... What to take..."

"Just make sure it's not rat!" Isabella called. The three of them burst out laughing, recalling the story Merlin had told them. Arianna was scanning the ingredient storage, throwing things into her bag at random.

"We should get out of here." Nat said, heading toward the slightly open door.

"Gotcha." Izi followed Natalie, and Ari brought up the rear. They were almost to Isabella's room, when Ari felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Shit." She squeaked, whirling around. "Hey, Gaius." She laughed nervously. Nat and Izi were trying to scamper away behind her. "GET BACK HERE YOU TRAITORS!" Twenty minutes later, they were back in Isabella's room, ears still ringing from the thorough lecture they were given.

"He confiscated our food, too!" Isabella said, irritated.

"It's not my fault we got caught." Nat remarked.

Ari sighed. "Do we really need 20 guards outside the door?"

A/N: Yeeeaahhh, not one of my best. I apologize for this chapter and its lateness as well. Hope you weren't too disgusted by it.

-AriB