This one, I believe, is more complicated at least at the beginning when she's trying to explain to Morgana how seers see. I tried to make what was in my mind seem less complicated. Though I do admit I love Artemis's sassy remarks to Arthur. They make me laugh. It's short again so I will publish another chapter today.

Also a bit of a side note: the ingredients for the sleeping potion are the same ingredients used in the Draught of Living Death in Harry Potter (which I do not own.)

Enjoy.

Day 2 was probably worse than the first. Arthur was still angry for Artemis throwing dirty water at him, so his solution was to pack her with work until she was run down and Artemis had promised to teach Morgana something. So she was overloaded with work.

"So," Artemis told Morgana while she mended one of Arthur's shirts. They were sitting inside Arthur's room. He was out training or something, "to know how you're having these visions is a big portion of controlling them. The first thing to know is a hard concept to believe, but one you'll have to in order to control it. The first concept is that the future, the past, the present don't exist. Time is an illusion meant to hold us down."

"I don't understand."

"Well… you call tomorrow the future, but when tomorrow comes you'll call it the present... and then after you call it the past, but it was still once the present. Do you understand?"

"No," Morgana said.

"Well… how would we be able to see the future if it hadn't in some other universe already happened? In a way, those that can see ahead are looking into another universe where it is happening as the present."

"Other universes?" Morgana asked confused.

"Oh… boy… okay…. Let's start from the beginning. A lot of what I am going to tell you is going to be things that haven't been discovered yet… and is going to sound insane, but it's true. I know this information because… well it's not important. The world we live in is part of something called a galaxy and the galaxy is part of something called a universe. There is many worlds like this one and many galaxies in this universe. Understand?"

"Yes. I think so."

"There are other alternate universes out there. They have the same worlds and the same galaxies, but they as a whole are different. It's like a mirror. The things in it are the same, but they still aren't the real thing. They could be very similar to this one with just a small change or it could be something completely different. It changes because of choices."

"What do you mean?" Morgana asked.

"Well… let's take what happened in Ealdor for instance. Let's say Will didn't push Arthur out of the way. He chose not to. Arthur dies instead. Uther is devastated. He starts war. Camelot and the other Kingdoms suffer. Uther is eventually defeated, but the damage is devastating. The entire realm falls apart because of one little chose. There is a universe out there with that decision. Does that make sense?"

"It's confusing," Morgana admitted.

"It is. It's a concept that takes time to understand. I'll lend you a book about it… just don't let anyone see it. Some might think it too radical and crazy."

"I understand. So what you're saying is there is somewhere out there where what is happening now… already happened?"

"Yes. Exactly."

"My head hurts." Artemis laughed.

"Er… yeah… it's confusing." Artemis finished with Arthur's shirt before she moved onto another piece of clothing. "Nothing and no one can see the future exactly. Some futures can't be seen until a large decision is made, and even then things can change. To control what you see you must be completely unbiased. You worry endlessly about Arthur."

"No, I-" Artemis held up a hand and cut Morgana off.

"You care about Arthur. That's not a crime, Morgana. You worry about what would happen if he died. It's alright to feel that way." Morgana didn't say anything, but her silence was enough. "If you admit to yourself what you really feel, your dreams will come easier. The reason much of the time your dreams are not correct is because you miscalculate. You were only concerned for Arthur. You didn't think about the other factors such as Merlin. Merlin's choices and how he acts is closely linked with Arthur."

"Why?" Morgana asked. Artemis smiled.

"Ah, you will know one day, but today is not that day. To prefect this art of seeing takes years and some people never do master it."

"Have you?"

"Yes, but when I mastered it I was alone and cold. I had no friends. I was traveling alone. I hadn't met all those I would later meet. To master the future, you need to let go of everything. To gain the future, you must get rid of the past and the present. You need to let go of Arthur, of Uther, of Gwen, of Merlin, of all those that can hinder you and your ability to see."

"I don't know if I can do that."

"Don't be ashamed of it. You are wise to choose love, peace, and happiness over power and a future that will come anyways. You will never master it holding on, but you can still control it. There are ways to stop the dreams to, and for now I'll make you an elixir until you can control your dreams without it. I'll need some ingredients though… some that won't come without effort."

"I will help in anyway I can." Artemis nodded.

"That is all for today. I think your mind is rattling enough."

"Artemis?"

"Yes?"

"Are you a witch?" Morgana asked. Artemis stopped sowing for a minute before she continued without looking up at Morgana she answered.

"No," she said. "I am not a witch and I resent the fact that you call me that."

"Sorry," Morgana whispered. Artemis stood.

"Let's go to my home. I'll lend you my book so that you can read it." Morgana nodded. Artemis set Arthur's last shirt down in her neatly folded pile. She had finished sowing up Arthur's laundry. She still had a good deal to do, but she would take this minute to help Morgana.

She arrived home to Ava still trying to prefect the moves that were to advance for her instead of reading like she was supposed to.

"Oh…. Hahaha, hi Teach," Ava said rubbing the back of her head. Artemis said nothing. She went to her trunk, unlocked it, and pulled out her book.

"This is far more simplified than I could ever put it. Read it and when you finish I will continue my explanation."

"Thank you."

"Don't mention it. Now if you'll excuse me," she said with a frown, "I still have to numerous chores for the royal prat." Morgana smiled.

"Good day."

"Good day." Morgana left.

"Hey Teach, careful," Ava said. "If you're helping her control her abilities she might suspect you of being a sorceress."

"She already does, but I told her I wasn't… well, actually she asked if I was a witch. You know I absolutely hate that term." Ava nodded. "Well, I have to get back to work. Arthur's trying to kill me with chores."

"Good luck."

"Maybe I'll use a little magic to get things done. Usually I'm against such things, but Arthur's a slave driver." Artemis went back to work doing numerous chores including cleaning his laundry. That was like death. "How can one person dirty his clothes so much? This boy has no idea how to be clean," she muttered to herself as she entered Arthur's chambers.

"Well excuse me for getting dirt on my clothes while I'm hunting and training. It's a little hard not to," Arthur said. Merlin was there cleaning Arthur's boots.

"I'm so above this," she said to herself, but it was loud enough for both Arthur and Merlin to hear. She put the basket of Arthur's clothes down on his bed, and turned to leave.

"Artemis, put them away." Grinding her teeth Artemis went back to Arthur's clothes and put them rather unceremoniously into his dresser. All the while she muttered to herself how royalty acts like children.

"Also," Arthur said as Artemis finished, "I suppose you should know that we are having a visit from a northern kingdom tomorrow. While they are staying here, I wish for you to assist them with anything they need." Artemis turned and faced the prince that was getting on her last nerve.

"Oh, sire," she said with fake enthusiasm in her voice, "it would be my honor to help your royal guests since I am just so bored with having to help Morgana and doing all your chores and barely having enough time to make it home and see the poor teenager in my house and feed her. By all means, I can spare more time, really I can. I mean Ava can go without food for a few days since the last time I left her to cook she suffered severe burns. Not to mention, I mean personal time, I have nothing to do with my life, but be at your every disposal. I can live without sleep for a little while. While I'm here do you want to chew your food for you too? Since you clearly can't do anything yourself." Artemis slammed Arthur's drawer shut before turning and leaving slamming the door behind her.

"What did I do this time?" Arthur asked. Merlin just sort of laughed.

"Don't order her around. She takes it as a blow to her pride. Just request that she do something, and she will."

"And if she doesn't?"

"She will." Merlin thought for a moment. "You and her are actually a lot alike."

"Me and her?" he asked disturbed by the thought.

"Well, don't flatter yourself because she's the best side of you. She lacks the overbearing, condescending side of you."

"She has no good side," Arthur said. "She's annoying; she's rude; and she's not very good at her job."

"You don't mean that. She did a good job with the floors… before you walked all over them again." Arthur ignored Merlin's comments about Artemis.

Artemis was going through her trunk looking for the correct book. It was a mix of a potions book and a normal non-magical medicine book. Finally after much digging she found it. Artemis shut her trunk and opened the book flipping to the index.

"Let's see… sleeping potions…," she said to herself. She flipped to the section of the book that held sleeping potions. "For seers… for seers…," she muttered to herself. "No," she said shaking her head at a few of the potions. "No… no… no…no… er… yes, here we go," she said with a smile. "Wormwood, Asphodel, Valerian roots, Sloth brain, Moondew, crushed snake fangs, and a single Sopophorous Bean."

"What are you doing? You're not making a potion are you?" Ava asked entering.

"I am for Morgana. The wormwood, the asphodel, the valerian roots, and snake fangs can all be found in the forests around Camelot. I have a little sloth brain. It's the Sopophorous bean and moondew that will be tricky. We'll go out tomorrow to search for the ingredients at dawn."

"Don't you have to work?"

"Yeah. Arthur actually told me I'll be helping more royals tomorrow, but we're going anyway," she grinned. "I'm going to go tell Morgana after I start dinner." True to her word after she started dinner Artemis went to Morgana's chambers and knocked. Gwen answered.

"Oh, hello, Artemis."

"Hi Gwen. Is Morgana here?"

"Not at the moment. I think she's having dinner with Uther and Arthur."

"Well, could you tell her I'm going out tomorrow to gather ingredients for the sleeping draft for her?"

"Yes, but she's been taking drafts from Gaius. Do you have something knew?"

"I do, but I need to go get some ingredients. They're not common and rather hard to get. Now that I think about it don't be surprised if I'm gone a few days."

"I'll tell her."

"Thank you Gwen," Artemis said with a smile. "Oh and tell her if Arthur dares to ask where I am tomorrow that she is to respond with a very straight face that I had gone out and that knowing him he'll expect something more of an explanation in which I say that I would insult him, but he's not bright enough to realize when I am insulting him and when he's smarter, I'll be nicer and more cooperative."

"Okay… I'll tell her."

"Good. Bye Gwen." She left and as she turned the corner she ran right into Merlin.

"I thought you left," Merlin said.

"I did. I needed to tell Morgana something."

"Oh. Where now?"

"Back home," she said. "Hey. I have an idea. How about you and Gaius come by for dinner?"

"Sure," he said with a smile. "I'll go tell him." Merlin and Artemis walked out of the building together, and then went there separate ways. Artemis went back to the house.

"Merlin and Gaius are going to stop by for dinner," Artemis said.

"Sounds amusing. I haven't met Gaius yet," Ava said changing her stance into a more solid stance. Artemis continued dinner. There was a knock on the door. Ava went to the door and answered it. "Hi Merlin. Come in." Gaius and Merlin both entered.

"It's quite quant, Artemis," Gaius said.

"Yeah, my friend Jack lent us the house. He's always been a real gentleman. Gaius, this is my apprentice, Ava. Ava, this is my uncle, Gaius."

"Nice to meet you," Ava said acting mature for once in her life.

"Same to you, Ava."

"You're a physician, right? More of a sciencey kind of man?"

"That's correct. Are you interested in science?"

"No. God no. Teach tries to get me interested into it, but I never can. I get so bored with all the complicated terms." Artemis laughed.

"She's uh… not exactly book smart, but don't be fooled. She's pretty sharp in battle. Sit," she said. Merlin, Gaius, and Ava sat around the table.

"Ah, Magical and Non-Magical Remedies," Gaius said reading the title of the book. "I recall reading this book when I was younger. It was burned some years ago in the Great Purge. You should be careful. If anyone sees this, they might start to think that you're a sorceress. They would turn you in." Artemis removed it from the table and put a pot of stew on the table.

"I usually keep it locked in my trunk. The only way to open the trunk is with a key. It can't be forced open not even with magic. It's indestructible, and has infinite room."

"Very handy," Gaius said as he watched her open it and throw the book inside. "Looks completely ordinary from the outside. No one would suspect it. You should be careful though."

"I am. Ava says I'm too careful, and thinks too much."

"You are," Ava said. "You think too much."

"That's funny because I don't think she was thinking it over when she threw dirty water all over Arthur yesterday." Ava laughed and Artemis grinned.

"Did you really?"

"I did," she admitted. "He deserved it." They ate together and talked. It was late when they both left. "Tomorrow," she said, "we're going out to get supplies for the potion. I should restock too."

"Okay. How long do you think we'll be gone?" Ava asked.

"I want to only be gone a day, but I think we might have to go to the druids for the moondew. If that's the case, we'll be gone for a few days."

"Great, I haven't meet the druids yet," Ava said. Artemis went to bed. She stared at the ceiling for a few hours before finally letting her eyelids close and letting sleep dawn on her.