Arthur turned from Katie and glared at the castle. "If you're going to leave again, tell me." He walked away and Katie sighed.
Merlin walked over to her. "Gaius wants to see you, as soon as possible." He looked sheepish and nervous but Katie didn't notice. "Why were you and Arthur fighting?"
Katie looked at the boy, he must have been around the same age as she was, "It's a very long story." She sighed and turned away.
Merlin blushed and made his way to the stable.
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Gaius was waiting for Katie in his room, he was making some sort of potion. "Ah, just the person I wanted to- Are you alright?" He interrupted himself when he saw her.
"Oh, yeah me and Arthur had a silly fight. It doesn't matter, it's all sorted now. Why did you want to see me?"
"You have become careless." He sighed, not unkindly.
"Gaius." Katie groaned.
"No, listen. You almost gave away that you can see the future-"
"I can't Gaius. I'm a witch not a seer." Katie replied sitting down and huddling up on a bench.
"Then how do you know about Merlin and what Uther's been thinking?" He asked, puzzled.
"Wow, word really does get around here. I met a lot of seer's in my travels. I even learnt my destiny." She spat the word out.
"What is it my child?" Gaius asked softly.
"Merlin." She said simply, with scepticism.
"Merlin? My Merlin?"
"Yep." She enunciated the 'p' with a popping noise.
"What about him?"
"I am to stand by his side and help Arthur be a great King." Katie stood up and imitated an innocent voice, to replace her rather husky one.
"Are you sure it's him and not Arthur?" Said Gaius, understanding exactly what she meant.
"I'm positive, they said I was to stand beside 'the greatest warlock' of my generation. Anyway, Arthur is destined for a different woman." She started pacing.
"Who is he destined for?"
"I don't know! They never told me, the only information I had about his future wife is that he cannot marry her until he is King!" She threw her hands up angrily.
"And you're not happy about that?" Asked Gaius.
"I was, before I saw the great lug. Before I saw both of them in fact. Merlin is not my kind of guy and Arthur is… well, he's Arthur! All those feelings I had are back with vengeance! How can I just step aside and say 'Merlin's mine and now I must forget all about Arthur.'" She sat down, angrily.
There was a pause where Gaius searched for something to say. "Give it time." He whispered and he patted her head.
"I don't have time, Uther's going to find out about me soon enough." She muttered, under her breath. Katie stood up, "Is that all? I've got to go change, before I see Uther." She said exhaustedly.
"Yes, just please be careful." Gaius pleaded.
"I will." She replied, kissing his cheek.
Katie walked through the castle slowly, putting off her dinner with her adopted father, This was a mistake. He's going to find out. Just like last time. She thought, dragging her heels.
She finally reached her room, there was an extravagant, aqua coloured dress laid out on the bed. She changed into it, not caring how she looked, just that it was something clean to wear.
Katie turned to look at herself in the mirror. The colour made her eyes shockingly blue, the bodice was tight but made her look even thinner than she was. In fact she thought herself beautiful for the first time in a very long while. Gwen is a miracle worker. She giggled to herself.
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"You thought she was a sorceress?" Arthur asked his father, furiously. He had marched all around the palace, trying to forget about what Katie had said to no avail. He decided to confront his father and barged into the hall, unannounced. He made Uther almost jump out of his throne. "A sorceress?" He repeated.
"Arthur I wasn't sure whether she was. I had to do something, she was going to be your wife."
"So you decided to kill her?" Arthur spat.
"I was going to stop it." Uther replied, lying. Arthur scoffed, he knew his father well enough. "You forget your place!" Screamed Uther, pointing at his son.
"And you forget your duty to her!" Arthur replied. He breathed heavily, he had been happier knowing she had left without a goodbye. That way he could move on.
"I realised my mistake after she ran, she knew her fate. I'm just glad she came back to us. Who knows who she met on her travels." Uther murmured, not wanting a shouting match with his son over the past.
The doors opened and revealed Katie, she walked forward and grinned at her adopted family. Her face fell when she saw the expressions on their faces, "Is everything alright?"
"Just, fine." Both men replied.
Arthur left quickly, leaving Uther and Katie to talk.
Both droned on and on for hours, asking and answering the same questions over and over again. He finally let the girl go, acting as though their dinner hadn't been an interrogation. Katie knew better than to trust the King.
She returned to her room, passing Merlin on the way. He smiled at her bashfully and made his way to Arthur's room, He is sort of good looking. She thought, clinging onto something. She heard banging as the boy opened the door and looked in to see Arthur's shadow hitting and kicking objects. He was yelling things she could not quite understand.
She made her way back to her bedroom to find Morgana, looking even paler than usual.
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