Author's Note: I apologize for taking so long to update, I do have a valid excuse, you see I had a lot of schoolwork and so I was planning on waiting until Spring Break to write, but then just before Spring Break started I ended up catching Strep Throat and being confined to bed. But I'm better now so you guys get an update.
I'd also like to say thanks to Matsukaze Tenma and mackwriter for their kind words and encouragement.
Disclaimer: Haven't we gone over this before? I don't own Merlin.
After putting a reasonable distance between themselves and the path, and checking that they weren't being followed, the group stopped for a break. Gwaine sat down against a tree to rest,
"What I don't understand," he said, "is how they knew we were here."
"Well," Lancelot pointed out, "we're not exactly inconspicuous." Leon frowned,
"What do you mean by that?"
"This is the Valley of Ghosts," Lancelot explained, "and you guys aren't exactly ghosts, which means you stand out." He paused, letting his words sink in.
"Go on" prompted Gwaine,
"Ghosts are worse gossipers then Gwaine when he's drunk, all it would take is one person to see you and everybody would know."
"That could be it," Arthur agreed, "Or," he turned to glare accusingly at Freya, "Somebody could have told them." Merlin stood up,
"What are you saying?" he asked angrily,
"He thinks that I told them." Freya said, glaring back at Arthur, "which I most certainly did not."
"Then why do you look so scared?" Merlin glanced at Freya, Arthur was right, she did look rather scared.
"What's the matter Freya?" Freya turned to face him, her eyes wide with fear,
"She was with them."
Author's Note: Yes, I know it's short, and that it's a cliffhanger, but I didn't have much time to spare for writing and the cliffhanger was too good to resist, so please put down the sharp objects. Now, I need to ask you guys something, it's end of year testing at school for me and that means that I won't have much time to write, so there are two options, I can either write short chapters and update once a week, or I can write a long chapter, but it could be up to a month before I update. Please let me know which you would prefer by either reviewing or emailing me at