I watched as she left, Merlin's gaze, however, wasn't on her but on a little necklace in his palms, it was a flat pendant that had symbols carved into the crystal, I couldn't understand it but apparently Merlin did you could tell by his creasing forehead.
Uther excused us and the court, I walked with Merlin and Gaius, "Why was my father so afraid of this girl?" I asked.
"She's just not a girl" Gaius told me, "Rosemarie Hathaway was big when Magic was legal, she is the second most powerful Sorceress known to mankind"
"Who's the first?" I asked.
"She spoke of him, Emrys, I have had the great pleasure of meeting him myself, clumsy fellow but does some good deeds" Gaius smiled.
"So have I" Merlin pipped in.
"So tell me about her" I said.
"She's a helper for Emrys, she defends Emrys while he does his own work as a helper, Emrys keeps the people that condemn magic like your father from other Sorceress' who seek to kill or at least hurt Uther, you are a big target on the hurt factor" Merlin said.
"I want to meet him" I said.
"You aren't going to meet him for a while but you will meet Rose Hathaway again soon" Merlin said matter-of-factly.
"How do you know that?"
"She requested a meeting" He showed me the Pendant, I realised it wasn't a necklace but just a pendant on a piece of leather.
"You can actually read that" I asked.
He nodded, "Written in the Old Religion"
"You know how to read the Old Religion?" I asked.
He nodded again, "Have since birth"
"Wow, was your mother a Sorceress or something"
"No, I just can" He muttered, looking down.
"It's ok I've meet your mother" I told him seeing the confrontational look on his face, "So when is this meeting supposed to take place"
"Tonight in the Darkling Forest" He said, "Only we are allowed to enter her forest, she will not permit us if we have Guards with us and I doubt your father will let you go out unexplained when it is your Birthday tomorrow"
"Well we can sneak out, nothing that we haven't done before" I laughed.
He joined me, Gaius shook his head and said he had a patient to attend to.