I swung my cloak around my neck, gracefully before tightening my boots and putting my hood up.
I opened my door as silently as possible, narrowly escaping the attention of the guard patrol of four.
I briskfully trotted down the corridor, hiding from anyone I could've come across.
I heard Arthur's voice.
'Why is he not in bed?' I thought to myself.
I turned a corner and abruptly turned in my tracks, heading back round the corner.
He was talking with a guard about someone leaving the castle, but they didn't know who.
Merlin... 
He needed to be more careful. He was going to get himself caught one day.
"Scour the nearby regions. If it's anyone worth finding, we'll find them." Arthur said.
What I didn't hear was a maid coming up behind me. Not, at least, until she dropped a bed warmer.
That caught the attention of both Arthur and two guards he was speaking with.
They stalked down the corridor and I needed to act quickly.
So I went to go and help the maid, taking off my cloak and throwing it behind a hollow statue of armour.
I picked up the bed warmer whilst she took the now cold coals and gathered them in her pinny.
"Thank you Lady Iraina." She said, curtsying slightly.
"It's no hassle. Just be more careful next time, they could've been hot coals." I warned, patting her arm, reassuringly.
"Yes Ma'am." She said, curtsying once again before scurrying off to do her late night duties.
"Iraina, what are you doing up at this hour?" Arthur's voice came.
"I couldn't sleep. So I decided to take a stroll." I said, simply.

Arthur nodded his head, understanding.
"You should have sent for me. There could be an intruder, I need you safe." He said, hugging me tightly.
I hugged him back and wondered about how I would be able to escape him to go to the woods now.
I decided to use a little magic.
With his gaze covered by the hug, I looked out of the window to see a huge pile of barrels, just waiting for an opportunity like this.
My eyes turned gold and the barrels crashed together and rolled all over the courtyard.
Arthur abruptly vacated the hug to see what the commotion was all about.
"I need to go and see what caused that. I'll be back soon, alright?" He said.
I nodded, "It's okay. I understand." 
He smiled and kissed my forehead before running down the corridor with the guards he was talking to previously.
I called the maid back over, who was just about to turn a corner.
"Would you wait here and tell Arthur that I've gone for the stroll on my own? I shan't be long." I said.
She simply nodded and I was on my way.