It's my firts time writing a fanfiction and English is not my firts language, so please tell me if there is any mistake or something I can improve ! Thank you !
This piece take place just at the moment of the formation of the Seven Dealy Sins.
Merlin was waiting patiently in her newly appointed castle. The king have been kind enough -or worried enough- to give a safe place to the seven deadly sins. He probably didn't want them to meddle with the others knights and Merlin could understand why. They were after all a group of terrible criminals. There was a lot of reluctance and bad mouthing when the king of Lioness announced his decision to release them, but neither the holy knights nor the citizen openly opposed Baltra. They all respected and trusted their king's judgment.
The sorceress knew each of them. She had spent countless night and years searching for them. The old prophecy wasn't always the more limpid, and now she was worried that she has made a mistake and picked the wrong person. Too much was at cost. She kept reassuring herself thinking that if there was a mistake, the king of Lioness would have seen it with his Vision. A wonderful power he had. Hopefully, the Demon Clan wouldn't get out of their seal before many years.
A great ruckus could be heard, loud voices and steps echoed across the corridor. They were finally here. The door flung open without much of a ceremony revealing a tiny blond man. He went in, soon followed by a group of disparate individuals. A huge armor, a fat man, a frail ginger boy, an albinos, at the window the head of a young giant peeked up. The tension in the room was high, each of them were looking at the other with suspicion. Escanor face lit up when he noticed her, but the boy did not dare to speak. Merlin recognized each of them, but not all have seen her in person before. Meliodas clapped his hand to get everyone attention.
"Guys. Tonight we become the Seven Deadly Sins. After the presentation, Merlin here, will carve on your skin your assigned symbol which will identify you as a member of the Seven Deadly Sins." He paused.
Few gasp could be heard. Not everyone was happy with having something carved permanently in their skin. Meliodas ignored the complains.
"So, I'll quickly go over the boring parts ..."
Meliodas continued his explanation, Merlin, had already gone through it so she didn't paid lots of attention to it. The demon was assuming the role of the captain regardless of his reluctance. Merlin was enjoying that way too much, she put a lot of attention in calling him by his title and not his name, just to unnerve him.
The witch had made sure to get as many information as possible on each of them. She wanted to be able to oversee things, she liked being in control, it made her feel safe. Especially in this moment when she had no control on nothing. More than that, she was giving up her freedom to serve the king of Lioness. She had to obey the orders and to live with the rest of her newly appointed companions.
Merlin had been alone for so many years, she had gotten used to solitude and welcomed it like an old friend. And she wondered if she would still be able to find a little bit of intimacy with all of these people around. The perspective of having to share her time and life with strangers was making her anxious. But, if it was for a greater cause. For Meliodas and Elizabeth, then perhaps she could withstand it.