"I know you're not sure that I'm from the future." I looked over to Gaius as soon as Merlin had left. If he knew about Merlin's magic and kept it secret I doubted he'd report me for being a witch, but I wanted to be sure I was on his good side.

He frowned slightly as he finished my bandages. "It seems a bit...far fetched. It makes sense, you look and talk very differently to anyone I have ever met. And Merlin seems to be certain you are telling the truth."

"But you're unsure?" I looked at him intently, searching for a sign that he could be a danger to me.

"Yes, I have no reason to believe that you are telling the truth." His honesty lessened my suspicions so I reached into my pocket for my phone in order to prove I was being truthful. But it wasn't there. Oh God. I felt my heart stop. I must have dropped it as I was running from Merlin. I quickly stood up and rushed for the door. "Where are you going?" Gaius shouted after me.

I turned to face him, my panic evident. "I lost my phone." He looked at me strangely, of course he wouldn't know what a phone was, I was being an idiot. "It's a device from the future. We use it to communicate to each other. I need it. If anyone else finds it they might think it's magic, Merlin certainly did." He looked even more confused at the mention of Merlin and it was then that I realised he still had no idea Merlin and I had met earlier. "He saw me with it before, I was the problem he was referring to when he came in."

"Oh." Gaius still looked rather unsure, "Well you cannot go out dressed like that, Merlin has some clothes in his room back there that should fit you." I nodded my thanks and hurriedly went to change.

I couldn't seem to find my phone anywhere. The fact that I didn't know my way around the castle wasn't much help either. I sighed in frustration as I searched yet another corridor. This was ridiculous, they had no way of knowing it was even mine, I probably wouldn't get in trouble for it. But also I'd never travelled in time before and I didn't want to be the girl that completely fucked up history by allowing future technology to get into the wrong hands. I saw a flash out of the corner of my eye and breathed a sigh of relief, I could see my phone at the end of the corridor and ran towards it. But just before I got there someone else reached to pick it up. I swore under my breath and tried to figure out a way to get my phone back from them before they realised what it was.

"That's mine." I said in a loud voice, hoping that that if I was assertive they'd just hand it right over. I took a moment to look at who it was that had taken my phone. He was dressed in what I presumed was chain mail, he had shaggy blonde hair and striking blue eyes. I tried to remain in control and ignore the fact that he was incredibly attractive.

"Finders keepers." His cocky tone irked me and immediately I found myself significantly less attracted to him. He started to walk away but I grabbed his arm to stop him.

"I want it back." I gave him my sternest look in the hopes that he would give in. Unfortunately, I was not that lucky,

"It is no longer yours." I huffed in annoyance and he raised his eyebrow as if amused, a response that only annoyed me further.

"You can't just take something that doesn't belong to you." He chuckled as my annoyance increased. I needed my phone back as soon as possible. He pulled his arm out of my grasp.

"Neither can you, so unless you have something you can give me in return..." I glared at him, I literally had nothing I could give him. There was only one thing I could think of, but I definitely didn't want to embarrass myself like that. It appeared I had no choice. I internally swore as I came to terms with the fact I was going to have to attempt to seduce this stranger, something I was in no way good at. I put on my best smile, raising my hand to place it gently on his arm.

"Well, there is one thing I could give you..." I ran my hand up his arm, moving to his cheek. I paused for a moment, trying to make it clear what I was suggesting and allowing him some time to say no. He seemed taken aback but did nothing to stop me. I leaned in to kiss him, his eyes closed as he moved his face closer to mine. I took the opportunity and grabbed my phone from his hand, running as fast as I could in the other direction. I really wasn't looking forward to another chase. I weaved between the various people in the castle who were performing their every day tasks. Suddenly I felt myself being pulled into a room and someone slapped their hand over my mouth. I struggled against the stranger, but their arm was wrapped firmly around me so I couldn't escape.

"It's me, calm down already." I pulled away aggressively and turned around to see Merlin. "Who were you running from this time? And why are you wearing my clothes?" I flopped down on a nearby chair as he was talking. I was exhausted from running so much, and the stress of the day seemed to be catching up with me.

"Gaius wouldn't let me out in my own clothes. Also you could do with washing these, why do all of your clothes stink?" He pulled a face at me and I stifled a laugh.

"Don't worry you have your own dresses now." He pointed at some dresses he'd chucked on the floor. I groaned in frustration, I hated wearing dresses. "Why did you need to go out anyway?"

I held up my phone "I lost this." I observed the confusion on his face and motioned for him to come over. "It's not magic like you thought it was. It's a phone, we use them to communicate with each other in the future. Look here are some messages between my best friend and I," I struggled not to cry as I looked through them, terrified at the prospect of never seeing him again, "it's like sending a letter but it only takes a few seconds as opposed to days." I looked over, at Merlin seeing the wonder in his face cheered me up. It felt like this was the first time I was properly seeing him, the previous times we'd interacted I had been fearful for my life. He was actually kind of cute when he smiled like that. I quickly told myself off. Why did I have to find everyone here attractive? I blamed it on having just got out of a relationship, I was now seeing opportunity everywhere, which was becoming increasingly frustrating. I looked back at the messages, wishing I could talk to Rupert (my best friend) about everything. He'd be sure to laugh at my ridiculous notions.

"This is incredible, and you just have to touch it?" Merlin's voice startled me, I had been entirely lost in thought. I nodded in answer to his question and handed him the phone. He'd helped me a lot, I figured the least I could do is let him have a go. I laughed as he used the phone like my grandparents did, using his forefinger and pressing the screen with force. He clicked on some of my music, accidentally making it play. His face lit up as sounds started coming out of my phone. "What is this?"

I chuckled as I reached over to take my phone back and stop the music. "Phones aren't just for messaging people. They store music, and photos, and games, all sorts of things really." I smiled at his shocked expression., it was clear he didn't really understand what I was talking about. I'd never really taken a moment to marvel at how far technology had come, seeing Merlin's reaction put a lot of things into perspective. "We should probably get back to Gaius." He nodded, seeming a tad upset that he couldn't spend longer on my phone. I recognised that I'd have to save my battery, and I still had to show Gaius so he'd believe me.

"You might want to change into a dress now, it will look less strange." I nodded, and looked around. The room was small, there was nowhere private that I could get dressed.

"Would you mind turning around?" Merlin blushed as he realised the situation and immediately faced the wall. I started to undress, trying not to think about how awkward this felt.

"You... Erm... You never said who was chasing you." He said as I started to put on the dress. It was a pale pink, and as much as I despised dresses I had to admit it was rather pretty.

"I don't know his name. He seemed like a dick, I had to steal my phone off him. He had like blonde hair, I think he was wearing chain mail."

"What?" Merlin turned around suddenly before I'd finished putting on my dress. I shrieked in surprise and he blushed deeply and quickly faced the wall again, stuttering out some form of apology.

"What the fuck Merlin?"

"I'm so sorry, I thought you were talking about Arthur-"

My face dropped. "As in Prince Arthur?"

"Yes."

"Oh shit. Merlin can you get executed for leading on a Prince? You can turn around now by the way, I need your help tying up my dress at the back." He turned around and got to work on tightening my dress.

"Leading him on?" I blushed, glad my back was to him so he couldn't see how embarrassed I was.

"I may have attempted to kiss him- but it was just to distract him so I could get my phone. I didn't realise he was anyone important. Oh God am I going to get in trouble?" Merlin burst out in laughter. I turned to look at him sternly, not impressed by how amused he was by my panic. "Hey, don't laugh at me!"

"No, no, it's not you," he said between laughs, "it's just I'm thinking of Arthur kissing you, it seems ridiculous." I frowned at him and he noticed my discomfort. He forced himself to stop laughing and attempted to look serious. "Not that him wanting to kiss you is ridiculous. You're very kissable. I mean not to me, I'm not saying I want to kiss you. That doesn't mean you're not pretty, you're very...erm...pleasant looking?"

This time it was my turn to laugh, seeing him stumble over his words was hilarious. "Merlin, it's ok. I know what you mean. Come on, we better get back, Gaius will be wondering where we are."