Hey, guys! :) As you've probably guessed, I'm attempting the 100 drabble challenge. I have no idea how long this will take, but hopefully they'll be fun to read. This drabble is a bit short, but it's just to get things started. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave suggestions for drabbles in the reviews, because I'm probably going to run out of ideas pretty quickly! Enjoy!

Warning: All medical info seen below is completely made up by me. Please don't try it at home or anything- it's just supposed to be a fun thing to read.

Disclaimer: BBC owns all… one day, though *evil smirk*

Drabble 1- Gaius's Medicine

"MERLIN!" The young maid in the hallway turned, shocked, in time to see the future king of Camelot stalk down the hall, looking furious. Being new, she felt immediate pity for this "Merlin" fellow- Arthur's wrath surely wouldn't be easy to endure. The older maid next to her, who had worked in the castle since her teenage years, only chuckled.

"Don't look so horrified, Adda," she chided, her eyes bright.

"But the poor man he's looking for!" Adda, the new maid, protested. "Codie, what do you think he did?"

"Probably overslept," Codie chuckled. Adda blinked in surprise.

"Overslept?" She asked hesitantly. "Crown Prince Arthur is mad… because a man overslept?"

"Not just any man," the plump older maid smiled. "His manservant."

"Why not just fire him?" Adda asked, looking genuinely confused.

"Prince Arthur? Fire Merlin?" Codie burst into laughter, as if Adda had told a hilarious joke. "That's one thing the Prince would never do. He never has before."

"Before?" Adda repeated.

"The poor boy is almost never on time," Codie smiled good-naturally. "But to fire him… Merlin is safe, Adda. Being friends with a prince has its benefits!"

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"Merlin, I should fire you! Think you're safe, do you?" The Prince ranted, bursting into Gaius's chambers. "Forty minutes late, honestly! Do you have any sense of time?"

"Hello, Arthur," Merlin said cheerfully. "I see someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed."

"At least I woke up on time, no thanks to you," Arthur snapped back, pausing his rant for the first time as he took a good look at what Merlin was doing. Passing various bottles to a busy-looking Gaius, he didn't look like a sleeping manservant.

"I had to borrow Merlin for a bit this morning," Gaius said in his dry way. "There's been a serious outbreak in the lower town, and I need the medicine made as soon as possible."

"Ah," Arthur said, realizing with a start that Merlin actually had an excuse this time. "I see," he said awkwardly.

"I'm almost done, Arthur," the manservant told him. "Just wait a minute."

"You may as well make yourself useful," Gaius added. "Pass me that vial, will you? Right next to you- yes, that's the one."

Arthur picked up a suspicious looking green vial and passed it to the physician, watching as he dumped it into the large wooden bowl.

"Merlin, pass me more of that Sage root," Gaius ordered, tossing it into the bowl. "And some Rabbit pellets, please."

Both Merlin and Arthur froze at the request.

"Some what?" Merlin asked at the same time as Arthur cried, "You can't mean to put that in the medicine!"

"Of course I do," Gaius said, looking faintly amused at both boy's reactions. "It's a common ingredient."

"What?!" Merlin and Arthur cried in unison.

"How common?" Arthur demanded.

"It's in most medicines," Gaius informed the Prince, watching as Arthur's face paled slightly.

"You mean to tell me that I've been eating rabbit pellets?!" Arthur asked, a mix of horror and nausea written clearly on his face.

"Yes, sire," Gaius responded.

"You never told me that," Merlin interjected, also looking like he might be sick.

"I'm sure I have," Gaius objected, shooting Merlin a disapproving look. "You just weren't listening."

"Are there any other… ingredients… I should know about?" Arthur managed.

"Hum," Gaius paused, pondering the Prince's question. "In this specific remedy, or in general?"

"In general."

"Well, I've used earthworms, horse dung, various roots, liver, several kinds of beetles- the beetles are the hardest, they're always trying to crawl away…"

Both boys turned a faint shade of green as Gaius continued listing off the ingredients.

"I am never eating anything you make ever again," Merlin said suddenly, breaking off Gaius's list.

"And when you're sick?" Gaius asked, raising an eyebrow.

"I'll suffer in silence," Merlin said stubbornly. Arthur could only nod in agreement. Waste and beetles? No thanks. That was not something the Crown Prince wanted to be eating.

"We'll see," Gaius said placidly, turning back to his concoction. "Merlin, you may leave now. I can finish up from here."

"Okay," Merlin said, before bolting from the room, Arthur close behind.

"That was disgusting," Arthur managed as they walked toward his chambers.

"Extremely," Merlin agreed, his sickly complexion mirroring his master. As they talked, two maids walked by, pausing when they saw the pair.

"Are you feeling ok, sire?" Asked the plumper of the two, looking concerned. "You look a bit sick. You both do, in fact. You should see Gaius for some-"

"NO!"

Short, I know :/ Eh, oh well. Ideas are welcome! Until next time!