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"So who is she?" Gaius asked over breakfast. He looked over at the girl, unconscious Robyn's bed in the corner of the room. Robyn had slept on the floor in Merlin's room, although she didn't look like she'd slept a wink the whole night. Hunched over her bowl now, she didn't answer.

"Robyn? You can tell me," the old man said kindly.

She looked up. "I… I've got to go… things to do…" Robyn stood up and half-ran out of the room.

Gaius looked to Merlin.

"I'll go and find her," he sighed in response.

Robyn sat on the steps at the entrance to the palace, head in hands. She was lost in her troubled thoughts, and only realised Gwen was kneeling beside her when she put her hand on her shoulder.

"Robyn?" inwardly, Gwen gasped as the young girl looked up. Robyn's face was pale, her eyes hollow and empty, rimmed by dark smudges. A single tear rolled down her cheek. Gwen pulled her into a hug, and she sank into the folds of the ruby dress like a ghost.

Gwaine, Leon and Percival hurried down the steps, in a rush to get to their training session, but, seeing the queen and the young girl, they stopped.

"Gwen?" Gwaine asked as he sat down next to her. "Is Robyn alright?"

In response, Robyn briefly raised her head. The knights exchanged worried glances at her tear-stained face.

"Robyn? What's up?" Leon's tone was concerned.

"Nothing," she mumbled.

"Come on, Robyn," Percival stroked her hair. "You can tell us."

She shuffled out of Gwen's embrace. "It's nothing! I'm fine!"

"You don't look fine to me," Leon remarked. Gwen rewarded him with a glare.

"What can we do to cheer you up?"

"Nothing! I'm fine!"

"Robyn!" Merlin ran up to join the group. "Robyn, tell me at least. I'm your brother – you can tell me!"

"No! I'm fine!"

"No you're not."

"I'm fine! I'm fine! I'm fine! So just leave me alone! Just go away!" Robyn shouted. She sprinted away across the cobbles. Merlin threw a despairing glance at the others and ran after her.

Robyn ran through the trees. The branched tore at her clothes and hair, scratching her arms and face. Nettles stung her legs; brambles lacerated her skin; leaves and branches whipped into her eyes, helping her tears blind her; she tripped and stumbled over roots and stones. But she ignored all of these. She just needed to escape.

"Robyn!" she spun round as Merlin's voice rang out behind her. "Wait!"

She stopped, panting, and turned to face him. "Go away."

"Please listen! All I want to say is…"

She didn't wait for him to finish. Raising her hand, her eyes flashed gold, the carpet of leaves swept up into a whirlwind. She turned and ran on, hoping he would stop for long enough for her to get away. Instead, he ran on through the storm, his own magic shielding him. As he broke through the last cloud, he saw his sister trip over a root, thudding into the dirt. She scrambled up quickly, but Merlin had caught up with her and grabbed her arm, spinning her around to face him.

"Who is she, Robyn?" he demanded.

"Raven. My twin. But you don't understand, Merlin. She can't be in Camelot."

"Why not?"

"Because she should be dead."

"What?" he spluttered. He pulled her arm and they both sat down. "From the beginning."

"All you need to know is she should be dead. And she has magic, too. But she doesn't use it for good."

"Listen, Robyn. I need to know everything. Everything. Tell me on the way back to Camelot."

One look at her brother's face told Robyn she couldn't argue. She nodded as they started walking. "Ok…"

Gaius was out delivering medicine. Merlin and Robyn were in the forest. The chambers were deserted, except for the one girl, lying in the corner. Her eyes snapped open as she whispered into the empty room:

"Come on, Robyn. Don't make yourself an easy target. It's so much more fun if you try to escape." Her cruel laugh echoed into the dusk.

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