Merlin groaned as he woke up with the sun hitting his face.

"Merlin!" A voice cried and Merlin groaned again.

"Five more minutes Gaius." He moaned.

"Merlin…" The voice started.

"The royal prat can wait." He groaned and suddenly, heard laughter.

'Oh Merlin, I never thought that I would hear you say that to a Royal." Sahara wheezed and Merlin opened his eyes.

"Sahara!" He cried. "Your alive!"

She nodded, smiling. "Yes Merlin, I noticed that."

Merlin chocked out a laugh and suddenly the memories of the night before came back to him.

His face immediately fell.

"Oh." He said quietly. "Are you ok?' he asked, trying to stand up. His chest protested and Sahara quickly lied him down.

"Merlin, lie there. It was hard enough for that knight to heal you as much as he could." She said and Merlin looked down. His whole chest was covered in bandages.

"Ow." He said slowly and she smiled.

"Baby." She told him, pushing him down.

"The future king is a big baby." She mumbled.

"Please don't tell Arthur that." Merlin told her. she frowned.

"Right, you're a servant now." She said slowly. "That's good."

Merlin snorted.

"Yeah, the future king is mucking out another princes stables. Fantastic." He snorted.

"Ecleast tell me that you are good at it?" Sahara asked him.

"Yeah, fantastic." Merlin told her.

"Actually, Merlin is the worst servant I have ever had." Arthur came into view, grinning like an idiot.

Merlin tried to look offended.

"Just because I'm not an arrogant prat." Merlin replied and Sahara smiled.

"Merlin! Theres a lady here." He nodded towards Sahara.

Merlin snorted.

"She's the one who taught me to talk back in the first place!" He turned to her. "Isnt that right?"

"Yes sire." She snorted and Arthur smiled.

"So you're the girl who made Merlin Merlin." Arthur said and she nodded.

"Yes, one of the first things I said to Merlin was that he was arrogant." She said.

"Never afraid to tell the truth then?" Merlin asked.

"Well, if it means anything one of the first things Merlin called me was an ass." Arthur told her and Sahara started to laugh.

"You had me thrown in the dungeons for that!" Merlin scowled.

"And yet, you did it again." Arthur said with raised eyebrows.

"What happened next?" Sahara asked, eyes gleaming.

"We started chasing eachother through the lower town with Maces." Merlin mumbled. This caused a new round of laughter form Sahara and suddenly Merlin and Arthur were joining in. The knights around them looked over curiously.

Over the next few days Merlin started to tell Sahara of the many adventures he had gone on until he was fit to travel. He told her of Kilgarrah and Aithusa. (Yes it has been past Aithusa) He told her of the cup of life and the dorocha. He told her about Arthur and Merlin's first meeting, then Mary Collins.

Finally, he told her about taking back Asectian and killing another Harpy.

As the days wore on Merlin felt complete around Sahara. His heart would beat in his chest even faster when he talked and he found himself drawn to those soft, pink lips.

Oooooooooooooooooh, love J