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Chapter 4

We rode for a few more minutes and came upon the entrance to Camelot. There were guards to meet us when we arrived.

"Arthur! What happened?" said one of the men. He was in a cape like Arthur's and he had medium length brown hair.

"Sr. Leon. We were attacked by the magical beast. We must talk to my father immediately." Arthur said. Merlin got off the horse and helped Selina down. The Doctor did the same with me. Arthur got off and stumbled a bit.

"Arthur, you should go see Gaius." Merlin said.

"I will after we have talked to my father." Arthur said. He turned to Selina, the Doctor, and I. "Follow me, if you will." We followed him through the town, and into a larger area in front of a staircase. He turned to us again and said, "We will meet with my father and then..."

"You will go see Gaius," Merlin said. "And you should probably take Princess Erin with you so Gaius can look at her arm and head."

"Very well. After meeting with my father, Erin and I will go see Gaius, while Merlin shows you to your rooms." he said gesturing towards Selina and the Doctor.

We walked up the steps, through some wooden doors, and down several brick hallways. We ended up in front of a pair of larger wooden doors with two guards standing on either side of them. Arthur pushed them open and we walked into a magnificent room. There were intricate arches in the beautiful white brick with windows that showed the orange sky from slowly setting sun. At the end of the room there was a man with a crown, sitting on a throne. Next to him was a beautiful woman with dark black hair. She was wearing a green dress that brought out her eyes.

"Arthur. How did the search go." he said and then he noticed us behind Arthur. "Who are our guests?" I felt slightly embarrassed because I was meeting a king for the first time and I looked like hell. I was covered in dirt and my hair was in shambles. Selina looked a little better probably because she didn't fall on her face or tackle anyone.

"Father, may I present the princesses, Erin and Selina, and Sr. Doctor of Gallifrey." Arthur said. Selina and I curtsied to him. The Doctor bowed.

"I'm Uther Pendragon. King of Camelot. I'm pleased to meet you and this is my ward the Lady Morgana." He said. My heart almost stopped when I heard the name.

"Nice to meet you." she said with a genuine smile.

Then the king turned to Arthur and asked, "How did you meet?"

Arthur told Uther everything that happened in the woods and about us. The whole time Arthur was talking Merlin kept glancing toward me and I kept glancing at Morgana. She was the evil witch in the legends who always sought to destroy Camelot, but she didn't look evil here. Maybe she hasn't become evil, yet or maybe she wasn't evil at all. I mean, if the legends were wrong about Merlin they could be wrong about Morgana. At least I hoped so.

Arthur finished talking and Uther turned to us and said, "You are welcome to say as long as you need."

"Thank you, Sire, for your hospitality." the Doctor said. Arthur bowed his head and turned to leave. Selina and I curtsied again, and followed Arthur. The Doctor and Merlin bowed and followed us. We left the room and the guards shut the doors.

"Princess," Arthur said to me. "If you will come with me, we will go see Gaius" Then he turned to Merlin and said, "Merlin. Show our other guests where they will be staying and then come to Gaius's chamber to escort Princess Erin to her room."

"Yes, Sire."

Arthur turned to leave and I began to follow, but then he looked back at us. "Thank you for saving our lives." He said with a smile. "We are indebted to you." He waited for me to get closer before we began our walk to see Gaius.

I heard Merlin say "Follow me." to the Doctor and Selina as we walked farther away.

We walked up a staircase where you could see out into the rest of the city "This place is amazing." I said.

Arthur looked where I was looking. "Yeah. It is." he said with a smile. "How is your arm, feeling?"

"It still hurts a bit, but better than before. Thank you for asking. How's your head?"

"I have a headache, but that's it." He answered.

"So. Who is Gaius?"

"Oh. He is the court physician." He said. Apparently he didn't get that I wanted to have a conversation. Maybe this is how he acted around princesses, and if so I had to show him that is not how I wanted him to act around me because this silence was really boring.

We continued walking, turned right down another hall, and walked up to a set of doors on the right. Arthur knocked on the door and a man's voice answered, "Come in."

Arthur opened the door and let me step inside first. Inside was a room filled with tables and bookshelves everywhere. Sitting at one of the tables was an old man who was grinding something in a mortar. He looked up to see who it was.

"Sire, what do you need." He inquired.

"Hello Gaius. While we were out today, we were attacked by the magical beast that we have had reports of. I hit my head on a tree. The Princess Erin cut her arm and hit her head as well."

"Oh! Your Highness." he said with a bow of his head.

"Please call me Erin."

"Nice to meet you, Erin. I'm Gaius. Now come and sit down over here." he said, gesturing to small bed against the wall. "Sire, you sit down in that chair I was sitting in."

Arthur did as he was told and Gaius went to check him over.

"Where did you hit your head, Sire?" Gaius asked. Arthur pointed to the back of his head. Gaius began gently prodding the area. I assume he was checking to make sure nothing was broken.

"Did you lose consciousness when it happened?"

"Yes."

"Hmm. It is most likely a minor concussion. I will give you something to help with the headache and I want you to take it easy for a couple of days, Sire." He went to one of the bookshelves, but instead of books it had many little glass vials. He grabbed a blue colored one and handed it to Arthur.

"Thank you, Gaius." He said and then turned to me. "I'm going to turn in for the night. Merlin should be here soon to show you to your room. Goodnight, Erin and thank you again."

"Goodnight,..." I said really unsure of what to call him. Thankfully, he walked out of the room before I said anything else. Gaius came over to me and began to unwrap the bandage on my arm.

"Well, this was bandaged nicely." he said as he took the bandage off completely and began to examine my arm.

"Merlin did it."

"Ah. I have taught him well. He is my Ward and I assume you two met while they were out today."

"Yes." I proceeded to tell him the story of how I met Merlin and he began to put some sort of salve on my arm. When I was finished, he bandaged up my arm again.

"The cut wasn't too deep, but it will most likely scar and the salve will help prevent infection. You need to keep it clean though, just as a precaution." As he finished with my arm and began to look at my forehead, Merlin walked in.

"Arthur said I was to show you to your room, my Lady, " He said with a small bow.

"It just looks like a bruise, my dear." Gaius said patting my hand comfortingly.

"Yes." I said in reply to Merlin and then I turned to Gaius and said, "Thank you, Gaius. Have a good night." I walked up to Merlin and he held the door open for me.

We began to walk the opposite way I came. It was silent, so I tried to strike a conversation. "How are you feeling, Merlin"

"What are you talking about, your Highness?"

"Please call me Erin." Gosh! Being a princess is cool, but people not calling me by my name was just annoying. "And I'm talking about that monster smacking you across the forest."

"Oh, that. Yeah. I'm fine." He said. I had a feeling he said that a lot, even when he didn't mean it, so I decided not to believe him just yet.

We turned down another corridor and this one had several doors on both sides. Merlin showed me to my room and said, "Here you are. Someone will bring you fresh clothes in the morning and if you are hungry, I will have someone bring you something to eat." I was about to ask where Selina and the Doctor were but then he said, "Selina is in the room next to you and Sir Doctor is right across the hall. If you need anything, ask me anytime." he said.

"Some food would be great. Thank you. Goodnight." I said. I walked over to a mirror in my room to see what today's damage was. My hair was sticking up in places and I had a rather large bruise developing over my right eye. Then I noticed that Merlin was still lingering in my room. "Yes?" I asked.

"It's just...in the forest that you saw me..." Merlin said, shifting nervously and scratching his neck.

I thought and remembered the moments in the woods again."Your eyes glowed and when they did, that monster flew backwards."

"Yes." he said.

I smiled so big. "You." I said, pointing at him. "You have magic!" I said.