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Merlin sat staring at her, his heart beating fast and loud in his ears. His eyes remained fixed on her closed ones, they flickered again and this time he felt blinding pain erupt from his back, an image flashed before his eyes; a black hooded figure holding a leather bound book with a dagger in one hand. The pain stopped as suddenly as it came and Merlin fell to his hands for support, gasping for air. Gaius had woken up when he heard Merlin gasping, he hurried over and knelt beside him.

"What's the matter?" he sounded worried. Merlin was about to reply but another stab of white hot pain strangled Merlin's words in his throat. His mind was flooded with another vision, the hooded figure walked round him to his back holding the knife, they brought its blade down and. The vision was gone so fast, but it felt real, it felt like it was happening to him. Merlin slid his gaze back to Castiel, was she the cause of the visions? Her eyes stopped fluttering and the Pain ebbed away slowly, his back eased and he sat up again,"What happened?" Gaius asked sternly.

"I think," Merlin took a breath,"I think she is sending her memories to me," Gaius looked confused, Merlin turned his head to face him, "She has magic," Gaius's face fell with shock.

"Arthur must not find this out or he will most likely have her killed, or turn her out of the Camelot," Gaius said wetting his lips. They both looked at her in silence.

Dawn crept slowly higher in the sky, light filtered into the room slowly and the first rays of sunlight landed on Castiel's back. Merlin sat on the stairs leading to the small library, book after book was piled up around him and his head was resting in his hand. Sleep had eluded him all night, no he was scared to sleep, what if Castiel sent him another Memory? He didn't think that he could take much more of her past tortures and experiences. the book his elbow was leaning on was about magic of the mind, the book was old and called "The Thought Transference of Witches and Wizards" none of the spells and experiences listed in the book matched up to what Merlin had felt from Castiel, hers were real like their minds had merged together and her memories where his memories, what she felt was what he felt. He rubbed his eyes and placed the book on a towering pile of others that had come before it.

"Merlin!" Gaius called walking over to him, a small worn leather bound book held in his hands. The book was open at a page with and illustration of two people back to back holding hands, "Read this," he said handing the book to Merlin. Merlin yawned taking the book in his hands, skimming over the words, he read aloud.

"When two mages merge their senses they think, see and feel everything the other does. The spell is called Remembrance and takes such focus and strength that few mages can do it for more than a moment sending the other information. the spell is mostly used as a call for assistance, but it some cases it is used to make both mages twice as powerful than they may be on their own. However in most experiences the caster of the spell is unaware they are casting it, this leads to the closest person with magic to be attacked with the memories of the caster," Merlin looked up at Giaus. This was what had happened to him. Looking back on the part about how long the visions lasted, Merlin read again, "Few mages can do it for more than a moment," He looked up across the room, his eyes landing on Castiel's sleeping form.

"How long did the visions last of you Merlin?" Gaius asked looking over the paragraph with his magnifying class.

"More than five seconds, the second was more than ten," he pushed himself up and stretched out his back. He strode over to the cot Castiel was resting, deep in slumber.

"She must be very powerful, to do that according to this book," Gaius pondered.

"Yeah," Merlin agreed, pealing back the blanket to see how her back was doing. He lifted a strip of lien from her skin and saw that the wounds were now starting to heal faster. A knock came at the door and Gwen popped her head round, she smiled and came in closing the door behind her.

"How is the girl doing?" she asked. Merlin turned his head and smiled back at her.

"Much better," he said. The extra noises entering the room filtered through Castiel's sleep drunk mind and she opened her eyes slowly and stared at up at Merlin. When her eyes flitted to Gwen standing next to him she pushed herself up to sit on the bad, clutching the front of her ruined dress against her chest. Gwen looked at her, frowning in thought then she smiled,"You should not be moving," Merlin said kneeling down to look in the girls uncertain eyes.

"I think we need to get her some better clothing before worrying about much else," Gwen said reaching out her hand for Castiel to take. She looked to Merlin for guidance, Merlin smiled and nodded. Castiel took Gwen's hand hesitantly, she was very couscous; but after what Merlin had seen of her past he did not blame her. What was puzzling though, was why she always looked to Merlin for conformation about something. Gwen wrapped the blanket over Castiel's shoulders and lead her out to get some fresh clothes.

Gwen opened the door to her chambers and gestured for Castiel to go inside. she stood there awkwardly waiting for Gwen to tell her what to do. Gwen sat her down on her bed and opened the trunk at its base, she started pulling out her old dresses that she had grown out of. Castiel looked from one garment to the other, she seemed overwhelmed with the choice. Gwen looked at her kindly.

"Would you like to ware something other than a dress?" she said gently. Castiel nodded slightly. Gwen went to the bottom of the trunk and produced her old breeches and linen shirts. Castiel picked out a shirt with a lace up front that started above the bust and a pair of flexible brown breeches, she went behind the screen to change. The linen strips on her back were taken off and her chest, back and shoulders were wrapped in a linen bandage by Gwen. When she came back from behind the screen Gwen gave her a set of soft leather hunting boots. Castiel looked at her reflection in the full length mirror, she tucked her pendent under the collar of her shirt and felt it rest on her skin. Gwen smiled, "Now you look ten times batter in those than I ever did," she glanced at Gwen and her lips twitched in a ghost of a smile, "You have no need to thank me," Gwen said resting a hand on the girls shoulder, "Now come let's go see the others. she nodded and trailed after Gwen back to where Merlin, Gaius and now Arthur were all talking.

"How are you?" Arthur asked bowing slightly when he saw Castiel walking in behind Gwen, "And Gwen, why is she waring breeches?" Castiel narrowed her eyes at Arthur. Arthur saw and retracted his statement, "Well never mind that," Merlin could not help the snicker that escaped his lips and Gwen was holding back her laughter. Arthur glared at them both in turn, clearly annoyed. Castiel smiled as she watched them. theses people were kind and, here eyes rested on Merlin, she was staring to like them; they reminded her of people she used to know.

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