DICLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN MERLIN

Merlin let the girls change in his room. The dresses fit Sabrina, Anna and Ember but the two smallest girls had looked rather funny as the dresses were far too large. They almost looked as if they were little girls playing dress up with their mothers clothes. Sabrina, Ember and Anna had a hard time swallowing their laughter. Amelia and Jewels glared at the taller girls who looked amazing in their dresses.

"Well don't just stand there, help us look good for the idiot king who thinks everyone is magical and sends them to the stake," Jewels all but yelled. The tall girls found some scissors and some thread and altered the smaller girls' dresses. They cut off the slaves to make them shorter and they made the hems of the dresses come up to the girls' feet taking off about a foot of cloth.

The five girls emerged from the room, Anna and Ember being supported by their friends. Merlin hustled over and supported Ember while Anna was still leaning on Sabrina. The group slowly made their way to the dinning hall. The large wooden doors swung open loudly as the group entered the hall. Sitting at the far and of the table were Uther and Arthur. Merlin helped Ember to her seat and made sure that Anna and Ember were okay with their burns. He then took his place in the far corner of the room where he stood waiting for an order. Once the girls were seated, Uther got straight to business.

``So, girls, now that we are sitting and you are properly clothed, let us get to know each other. Please, tell me your story.`` Uther said warmly. The girls looked at each other not knowing what to say. After all, from what they knew of this man, he was gullible, but ruthless. If they made one slip up, and he caught it, then he would either interrogate them or kill them. Amelia decided to start their story.

``As you may know, we are from a kingdom across the sea. We had just signed a peace treaty with one of our last enemies. There had been 50 years of peace within our country and we were nearing the 100th birthday of Gilferton. The preparations were set for the festivities when one of our spies came through the gates of the city. He was pretty beat up and nearing death, his last words were ones of warning that the army of our last enemy was nearing our capitol. The guards secured the castle but they were too late. An enemy spy had made his way into the city and infiltrated the knights. He turned a handful of them against the king, our father. The knights made their way to the king and slaughtered him mercilessly, the queen tried to stop them but they murdered her too.`` Amelia stopped there and took a breath, to give the impression that this was hard for her. Sabrina took up the story.

``The most trusted of knights found our parents. They knew what happened and found us getting ready for battle, the women in our kingdom fight along with the men. The knights ushered us to a secret bunker underneath the castle, there, we gathered all the supplies we would need for our trip. We then fled to the ocean. It took almost a month to cross the sea and we were all tired and getting somewhat sick when land came into view. We were mere miles away form the shore when a pirate vessel came out of nowhere and attacked us. They set our ship on fire and took the knights. We barely made it out. We swam to shore and ran through the forest to get as far away as we could from the pirates. We set up a measly camp, but we were scared to make a fire, cause of the smoke. We woke up the next day and realized we would need medical help and food. So while Anna and Ember stayed at the camp, Amelia, Jewels and I wen tin search for food. That's when Prince Arthur found us.`` Sabrina finished, pretending to seem upset by the story. Uther looked like he was going to throw something.

Arthur was the one to speak first.

``Perhaps we should let the princesses rest father, shall I have Gwen and Merlin show them to their rooms?`` he asked. Uther seemed to collect himself and gave a quick nod.

Arthur gestured to Merlin who helped Ember. Gwen, who had been standing in the corner opposite of Merlin, ran forward to help Anna. The last three girls trailed behind. The group wound their way through a maze of hallways, left, right , right, left. It was dizzying to remember what turn came after which.

Finally they came to a stop outside the first room down a long corridor. Arthur opened the door for the girls to see inside. There was a large fourposter canopy bed in the center of the room. To the left of it was a small table and two chairs. At the far end of the room was a dressing screen with a woven bucket in front of it. Next to the screen was a large wardrobe that had beautifully carved engravings on it. Right in front of the bed was a throne like chair and a fireplace.

``This will be Princess Sabrina's room. Inside the wardrobe you will find many dresses and a few cloaks. If you need anything, Merlin or Guinevere will tend to your needs.`` explained Arthur.

Sabrina walked into the room and turned to wave to her friends, they would see each other in a few minutes. The girls had planned to meet up and discuss what they were going to do from this point. The rest of the group continued down the hallway until all the girls were settled into their rooms. The last room belonged to Anna. When Merlin, Gwen and Arthur all turned to her, Anna blushed from all the attention.

``And here is your room Princess Anna. My father said that you and your sisters are welcomed to stay here for as long as you need.`` said Arthur. He then turned on his heel and gestured for Merlin to follow. Merlin gave an apologetic smile and quickly followed after him. Gwen helped Anna into her room.

''Thank you Gwen for all your help. I'm sorry for everything that you have been through between your father and Morgana.'' Anna said. Gwen turned to her with a look of suspicion in her eye.

''How did you know about all that?'' Gwen asked, looking Anna right into her eyes. Anna quickly thought up a reasonable lie.

''Merlin told me when Gaius was treating my wounds.'' Anna explained. This seemed to calm Gwen down. Gwen showed Anna around the room a bit, then left saying she had to look after something in the kitchens.

Anna changed into a pastel yellow dress that was very comfortable. She then found some ink, a quill and some parchment. She decided to try and figure out how they had gotten into this situation and whether or not they had gone back in time or they were simply in an alternate universe. She wads half way through her calculations or rather her guessing and writing of random facts when she heard a knock on her door. Anna looked up form what she was doing and yelled fr whoever was in the hallway to come in. The large wooden door opened to reveal her friends.

The four girls entered and the five of them sat on the bed and started to discuss the reality of their situation. This conversation then turned into where they were in the television series. Their guess was that it was a few weeks after Morgana had tried and nearly succeeded to overthrow the king. They were in the midst of wondering what was going to happen next when another knock came from the door. Merlin walked in with food for the girls.

He was surprised to find all of them sitting on the bed. They had frozen and had their eyes on him. Merlin slowly walked to the table and placed the food on it. He poured some water into some glasses. He accidentally dropped the pitcher. Ember was the first to react, she let out a small giggle and soon all the girls were giggling. Merlin turned to glare at them which made them laugh more.

''I'm sorry Merlin... That was just so funny... the look on your face was priceless.'' Ember gasped.

''You girls certainly are pieces of work.'' Merlin said. ''So you're not from a far off land that was attacked, maybe you just don't remember because you hit your heads.'' The girls just continued to laugh.

'' Do you honestly believe our crazy story Merlin, common you know better than that.'' Anna chuckled then she became very serious. " Listen we need your help. We don,t know how we're going to get home so we need to know about magic, maybe we can find a spell that will get us home, will you help us."

A/N: Well Chaper 4 is now up. I'm sorry that I didn't update sooner but I was busy looking after my little brother. Also my mom wouldn't let me onto fanfiction. Please r/r and I will update sooner.

MusikGal