"Merlin!" Arthur shouted as he watched Merlin fall to the ground. Arthur turned around to quickly kill the last remaining bandit before lifting Merlin into his arms. "Merlin, I order you not to die on me. I REFUSE to have George and his brass jokes."

Quickly realizing that they had lost their horses Arthur carried him to where he knew a cave was and carefully set Merlin down. He looked to the outside of the cave when he suddenly heard a downpour of rain. "At least we're on high ground."

"Hello may I help you, Arthur Pendragon?" A woman's voice comes from the left of Arthur.

"I knew of this cave from my travels I didn't realize..." He looked closer at the woman. "I didn't realize a druid lived here. If you please, may my friend and I stay here until the storm has passed?"

"Your friend is injured, badly." She added as she knelt down beside Merlin who was breathing heavily.

"I was not aware it was bad. I only saw him fall moments ago. Can you heal him?"

The woman looked at Arthur with pure shock. "You know I am a druid and yet you ask for my help?"

"Please, he is my friend."

"You would call Emrys a friend?" She looked back at Merlin.

Now it was Arthur's turn to be shocked. "What do you mean 'Emrys' Thats not his name. His name is Merlin."

"That is the name you know him by." She said coldly. "The druids...All creatures of magic know him as Emrys."

"What are you going on about?" Arthur's confusion increased more and more by the minute.

"I will explain but first we need to heal him. please take his clothes off and I'll fetch a healing salve."

Arthur did as he was told, but he wondered just how little he knew his fri-servant. After he finally got the shirt and neckerchief off he stared in horror and shock at the marks on Merlin's body. He heard the woman come back, and since she clearly knew him better than he did, he decided to ask, "Where did all of these scars come from?"

"I can show you if you'd like." She says simply.

"How?"

She grabs a bowl of water and a few strange plants. She grinds the plants and pours them into the water. As she now pours the water over Merlin's body she says a strange incantation he's never heard before and very briefly Arthur watches her eyes glow gold like Morgana's. "All you will need to do is press on a scar and you will be taken back to the memory of that scar. I have to pour the water on you two in order for it to work, but it will work. Are you alright with that, while I heal your...friend?" Arthur nods his head and she pours the same water over his head.

"All I have to do is touch a scar and it will take me back to the memory?"

"Yes, that is exactly correct. However, there is a downside to this."

"Which would be?"

"You will not be able to stop anything or affect anything as it is...a memory. You will learn more about your friend than you wanted to know. However, I need you to know this...I am going to put a protection spell on him."

"I understand the first two, but why would I be worried about the protection spell?"

"Because the protection spell will be protecting him from you."

Arthur nods his head once more, still feeling a bit off about letting this whole thing happen.

"Very well." She says. "Lets get started."