Merlin

Merlin looked around him. He was in a strange place somewhere underground. There were spikes on the ceiling. (Huge ones) People cept on hurrying around Merlin, no floating. They all had black almost transparent cloaks. They all looked sad and almost as if dead... Wait dead, no that cant be, I cant be here, no its not possible. He looked up front he was one of the tallest. Merlin was nearing the judjung hut. Once he came through no going back...

Merlin looked backward, all he saw was a sea of people in black cloaks. But he could make a big black speck on the horizon. Merlin edged up to the fence and started walking the opposite direction. All the wierd things in cloaks were murmuring between each other. Merlin walked foward for a long time finally he reached the end of the fence.

He was going to go to the door that led to the fields of Asphodel when he realized there was none there was only a big metal thing an arch just it was a rectangle. Wierd... That wasnt there when I went through He stole one last glance at the fields of Asphodel and turned and ran through which we know were the metal/magic objects detector, but ofcourse Merlin didnt know that.

As soon as he stepped through a alarm went off. Not knowing what to do Merlin flew past at the biggest speed he could take on and raced to the boat, that was now habging down with more spirits/dead people. He flew past Cerberus the giant three headed dog that right then was chewing through a rubber ball and up to the boat.

He pushed everyone out including Charon, and started heaving the boat up with a rope. As soon as he got up the elevator doors opened and he came out with a dazed expression. After a few seconds he shook his head and looked down he was whole again. Well thats good at least I am not dead anymore He brushed some dust of his leather pants and looked around, he was definativly in another place.

He came out of the studio, which had been before a cavern and almost fell over from the shock. He stumbled instead then just as he was going to touch the ground a firm grip cought him on his shoulder and pulled him up.

"Now hello, how are you?"

"umm... who exactly are you?"

"Oh I`m sorry, my name is Percy, Percy Jackson, this is Anabeth" Percy extended his hand. Merlin shook it. "And who are you?"

"I`m Merlin son of a dragon rider." Just as he said the last bit he winsed.

"You said Dragon rider?"

"Um... No... I said Draco Ricker" Merlin said uncertainly, inventing the name.

"Oh, well that is a cool name you know!" Anabeth had now spoken. She stepped into the light from the lamp post. Merlin looked around again and realized there was a wet newspaper under his foot. He picked it up and read the front page.

"Could I ask what language this is its like English but then it has some words I have never heard befor or read."

"um... Thats English" Percy now eyed him suspiciously. Anabeth looked at him with sudden intrest, he seemed like from another age.

" Percy I have forgotten the year again, could you please tell me?" She said smiling to herself.

" You never-"

"Just say it!" She whispered into his ear ferociously.

"okka-ay, its the year 2014" Percy announced.

"Whhaa!" Merlin threw the paper out of his hand and almost fell again but Percy cought him again.

"What did you say?"

" Year 2014" Merlin almost fainted he couldnt believe it he had left, died as an old man in Arthurs chambers while trying to preswade him not to try to fight the sky. But now as he looked at himself, he was in his twenties when he hade been under Giuses guideance.

"No, no, no" He cried

"What is so wrong?" Said Percy

"Time"

"okay lets get him to Chiron he might help a bit" Merlin was now on the wet asphalt crying so hard that Percy thought he would attrakt some monsters. Percy pulled Merlin up and sat him on Blackjack and called Anabeth over. They tried to hang on to the paguses fur while he floated under the moon.

They got to longisland in a few minutes flying over rooftops. Percy jumped of immediatly and hurried over to Merlin. He had stopped crying now and was looking at the valley with amazement.

" Come on you can go sleep in the big house for today, then in the mornig come downstairs and Chiron will probably be there." Percy took him and pulled him over to the spare room trying not to sqweak on the floor boards...