When Merlin had opened the door to leave Gaius was still sleeping, but he had bit his goodbyes the night before, he knew better than to wake him or he would never be able to leave even if he wanted to. Then realization hit him. He had never gone out except for the few times he had escaped at night without miraculously Gaius finding out but he had never made it far.

When he stepped outside, heaven. No literally this was heaven, but it was`t how humans had once described it. As weird as it may sound to any of them it isn`t some place with fluffy clouds with pink and golden colors surrounding it. The first thing he saw as he stepped out was the village so rounding him the center of heaven was this place, wooden houses surrounding the one he had come to think as his own yet he had to leave it all behind. All he had ever come to know...he had to leave it all behind for the sake of others...and himself. It was to early and the sun wasn't up yet; the still dark sky yet had some stars shinning in it. In the distance he could see the crystal castle. Everything else beyond the village and castle were trees, farther away there where other villages but only if you walked long enough would you find them.

Even thought the urge to stay and explore the place he had been living in for all his life was huge, he knew he had to go, he couldn't stay. It was a weird feeling knowing that he would come to know Hell even better than this place...and it was all wrong and kind of funny in a twisted way. And so with a last glance he left and began walking to the gate that separated Heaven from Hell.

When he arrived just as Gaius had said the entrance had been left unguarded; the gate was in the forest behind the crystal castle. At first glance the gate looked like pretty golden random decoration in the forest, it looked like if you passed though it would let you continue on tour way through it, someone oblivious to it would think nothing would happen but even Merlin could feel the strong sense of magic that it gave. Without a second tough the crossed the gate.

As soon as he did he found himself in what he could only assume would be Hell. Merlin then remembered Gaius words at that moment and opened his bag to take out the jar. He took the yellow pill and brought it to his mouth and swallowed it.

2 minutes later and...nothing...

"What the hell am I supposed to do?! The guards that guard the gate are probably at the other end of this cave!" The place he found his himself was dark and wet. At the end of the cave a light could be seen. The way out to Hell was just some meters away from where he was standing. But, how could he go looking like this!

Then his back started feeling a bit heavier...when he turned his head to the side he had to cover his mouth to prevent a very manly scream scape his lips.

He had wings that resembled a bat. Demon ones, black and big.

He had seen pictures in books and stuff. The wings of the angels were to grow up to arms length on the other had demon ones normally only grew till they reached a bit farther than the elbows.

But him...Merlin. His wings were a bit bigger...ok, so a lot bigger than just arms length and that was, well abnormal. The wings length always determined someone's magical abilities and amount of power, no matter if they were an angel or demon Not all reached their average length; very few and such not seen to be born for a long time, grew longer than average.

As for that he wasn't sure of how much power he really held. His wings continued on growing till he was seventeen. The normal age for them to stop growing was 14, as they grew up until they grew to your older self's body size. His had only stopped because he was sure that if they kept on growing he wouldn't even be able to walk...or hold them...

Now that he thought about it. That was exactly the problem. The pill he had taken only changed his wings appearance and well the color of his horns. Hey he hadn't thought about that one...he probably looked all badass!

In it all the wings were a big fat problem considering how small demon wings were compare to those of the angels, compare to those Merlin had. The least he wanted was to draw attention to himself and that was not what is going to happen if he just walks around looking like well, this!

He was almost sure that Gaius wasn't aware of this tiny detail. But he wasn't about to go back just because of that, had gone and caused enough trouble to just get where he was.

And then he decided on something...

As much as he hated it, he would just have to keep his wings closed and at all times close to his body, well this is going to be fun.

When he reached the outside of the tunnel he was expecting to find two tough unfriendly looking guards at each side of the cave but to his surprise what he found ease all the opposite, two lazy snoring guards sleeping and dreaming happily of who knows what...

'God that one is even drooling.'

He adjusted his leather back pack and continued walking his path.

Like heaven, hell wasn't like books described it. It was pretty much the same as heaven only that underneath it screaming pleading souls were being punished. It was unavoidable, as it was hells job to punish and heavens job to reward those souls of humans. The only reason why demons and angels where described as they where it being beautiful, pure, kind, innocent; ugly, cruel and corrupting was because of their given jobs it had nothing to do with who their person was. An angel could be as cruel as demons where described to be and a devil could be as kind as angels where described.

By the time he could see a sign of a village...or life at all, he had been walking on the forest at least 2 hours. He had begun to worry that he might have been actually had been walking on circles.

When he got closer to the place he noticed that it wasn't a village but a town. He walked Forward crossing the towns main entrance, it was huge. As he entered he met up with a few stands and stores, tiny shops and bars all of them in different big columns for people houses and up in a hill the castle. Of all the places he thought he might end up in he hadn't thought of the possibilities of living in the town in which hells castle laid.

He was exited this was his first time to see demons, or any other living thing that wasn't Gwen or Gaius...that he was allowed to...

He wanted to scream in happiness. Freedom. Not that he didn't like living with Gaius but being locked up in a house with walls all around him felt suffocating! It was suffocating him, if that was living then he might as well not be alive at all. How could someone in his books call that living, or anyone. Even imprisoned maidens in cliché books had more freedom than him! But, of course like Gaius said it`s called: "Keeping him safe." He thought sarcastically.

As he walked around looking at things enthusiastically and at the people (demons) that were looking at him weirdly, but who could blame them he couldn't stop smiling.

'Something's missing...' Then he thought of course that if he's going to live there for a while he obviously need`s somewhere to live.

Merlin walked around town and none of the houses he saw selling where well, not boring... Until he found one near to the castles entrance. Not a house more like a tiny mansion. Different from the others this one wasn't boring. It had a third floor with a library and the library was a garden with butterflies and an uncountable amount of flowers allover the place it had a crystal ceiling and just to make him burst with joy a secret crystal door unnoticed by the plants covering it he decided the moment he saw it, that would be his room. The house had everything he needed nothing needed to be bought, for exception of food and clothes that for the record he had no idea in how to buy...other than that it even had books and if he wanted to buy more books there was still some shelf's left to fill.

All the houses that where on sale 2 buttons laid on the outside of the doors a red and a green one. The red is to save the house up until a certain day or to rent it and then the green one was to buy it.

Merlin without hesitation reached the green one and suddenly a demon carrying a pile of papers appeared.

"With what can I help you?" The man asked looking at Merlin with a raised eyebrow looking annoyed as if the where playing a prank on him. Which sounded about right, who would believe a young guy like him would buy a mansion..?

"I would like to buy this house..." He responded as the man handed him some of the papers he had with a pen. Merlin looked down at the papers in confusion as the man sighed in frustration. "Sign on the bottom line to agree to pay it whole or face the consequence's."

Merlin nodded as he read the paper and after a while he nodded again and signed the paper and handed them out to the man before him again.

"Will you be paying with cash or through Ghita?" The man asked bored.

"Ghita?" Merlin replied unsure of what he was saying. The man then took out a black small rectangular machine with a hole in the middle and handed it out to Merlin.

Merlin looked at the thing stupidly until he realized he was supposed to put his pearl in the middle to pay and so he did. After paying he placed his necklace back on his neck giving the machine back. The man looked taken aback for a moment. Maybe he wasn't really expecting for him to actually buy the house since he still looked so young and could possibly work in a job that would pay him enough, which was technically true...

"I`ll be going no." The man announced as he gave Merlin the house key looking at Merlin with his once again bored face. As he left Merlin turned to look at the house and sighed. Now all that was left to be done was to look for a school in the area and unpack his little baby bag.

As he entered the house he walked past all the lifeless rooms until he reached the 3rd and last floor where the garden was with the library and behind some trees and plants the 2 crystal hidden doors where he opened them and even before he did he knew that was his favorite room of them all. "Perfect." He sighed satisfied with everything he threw his back pack to the side of his now gigantic bed. He was amazed to find he had unlimited money and the amount of things he could do with it was...scary...

As much as he wanted to get to know his new house and explore uselessly around he still had to find a school.

Walking around town had been fun. Seen new things that for someone normal where of an usual occurrence where strange and new to him. He felt exited and yes he would continue on saying it until it was carved into his bran; free. He could do anything! Well...at least till a certain point...but, he still was free!

He had been awed and hypnotized by the beauty of it all so much that he had forgotten for complete the fact that he had been there to find a school. He had been so distracted he hadn't noticed someone passing beside him.

"Sorry!" He jumped in surprise and apologized to the man who's bags he had caused him to drop. "No worries. No harm done." The other kneeled to pick them up.

'Liar an egg exploded and died...' Merlin thought to himself pouting. "Here let me help you with that." Merlin kneeled down to help him. Standing up the other man gave Merlin a smile. "Thanks."

"Don`t mention it. I was the one that killed the egg anyways."

"What?"

"Nothing..." The other man gave him a weird look. "I said that It wouldn't have happened if I had seen where I was going." Merlin shrugged. "Need help with that? They seem heavy; carrying 4 bags with only 2 hands."

The man gave Merlin an uncertain look. "Don`t worry," He scoffed. "I`m not going to run away with them." Merlin assured him as he shook his head.

"I`ll just have you know I have a friend that can put you in the castle dungeons for that..."

After a bit of walking the man stopped to tell Merlin his house was just down the street. "Sorry I haven`t introduced myself yet. My name is Lancelot."

"Nice to meet you then Lancelot."

Lancelot reached for his keys to open the house door. Merlin looked around, the house was average size tiny comparing it to his overly sized mansion. Now he felt spoilt, he had bought a gigantic house err...mansion big enough for 10 people! And then another pang of guilt hit him when he realized Lancelot didn't`t live alone...now he felt like a brat.

Before Lancelot introduced the key into the key hole someone opened the door. "Lancelot! You are back! We where starting to get hungry so we-" The guy stopped talking when his eyes landed on Merlin. "Who is that?" Someone asked from behind the guy staring at him.

"He bumped into me and helped me carry the bags back here." Lancelot explained the others looking like they wanted to murder him for it. "Want to join us for dinner." Lancelot ignored the glares that fell onto his back as he turned to ask Merlin.

"Umm..." He hesitated feeling unwelcome to the house.