The wind howled down the coast bringing with it biting cold, unseasonably late for the spring. Ice mixed with the rain as it pattered down on the cliff overlooking the churning sea. Its cause stood there staring down at the water and rocks below. The things she felt inside screaming louder then any wind.

Avalon shivered, but not from the cold, letting the memories and information she just learned clash through her. How DARE she do this.. what right did she have to create her.. HER... this life she never asked for… She shouldn't be here. She shouldn't even exist.. yet here she was.

" Dark thoughts lead down Dark roads Avalon…"

The familiar voice murmured through her mind. Avalon didn't turn around "did she send you?"

" No.. I came on my own"

Avalon nodded still looking out over the sea.

Merlin stepped up next to her "your psychic signature is like a lit beacon right now you were easy to find"

" oh?"

"yes.. you are in turmoil.. and unfortunately that puts you in danger… do you really think the people responsible for your existence wouldn't take the chance to reclaim you?"

Avalon looked down at him finally lifting a brow.

Merlin shrugged and looked out over the water with her "The answer is- they would. Are they looking for you? Maybe.. maybe not… Morgan did a good job covering up your survival, but eventually they may come calling"

" what would happen then?"

" Nothing pleasant I assure you…"

"Maybe I want that" she sniffed looking back out over the water folding her arms and letting her tail lash.

Merlin let out a soft chuckle "You think that… and you might believe that.. but I assure you you do not" he wiped away some rain from his whiskers and floated around in front of her hovering cross legged over the roaring sea.

" What could they do to me? According to mother I' m the most powerful being in the world"

Merlin smiled "you have the potential to be yes… the raw power… but you aren't there YET Avalon and you wont get there without some help."

"I don't need your help.. or hers" Avalon looked away with a snort doing her best to ignore the cold.

"Oh… Spoken like a child... you really do not know the way of the world ... You are young and it shows."

She let out a soft growl "I've survived on my own!"

"You didn't look very well when we found you in th e woods…"

Avalon snorted and glared at him "It was a mistake.. did you come out here just to mock me?"

"Hardly… does telling you the truth make you feel mocked?"

Avalon just glared at him "I could crush you"

" Maybe so... but would that make you feel better? Would that take away your pain?"

The creation looked down into the sea and didn't answer.

" Would killing me solve anything except to make your ego feel good for a few fleeting moments?"

Avalon sighed letting her shoulders slump "no… it wouldn't"

"I thought not… you are better then that…" He continued to hover there looking her in the eye "You may have nearly limitless potential but any being no matter their strength can be brought low.. you were taken down by simple poison, your predecessor by his own hubris and strength, countless others in the march of time have fallen when they thought themselves strong… powerful.. invincible… Power is meaningless next to the will to use it.. and will is still a victim of fate and circumstance... you can win a thousand battles, but you only have to lose one."

Ava looked past him down into the water again "so what you are saying is the humans could still get me.. no matter how strong I am?"

" You sleep don't you? You bleed and breathe and eat? You have moments where you are not wary and ready? Yes.. yes they could. I' m not saying it would be easy.. certainly not.. but any puzzle can be solved.. and humans are VERY clever. Do NOT underestimate them Avalon. They brought life from a stone… they whispered their secrets to it and created new beings from nothing. In time nothing will be beyond them."

" You sound like you admire them?"

Merlin tipped his head at her "Perhaps in a way I do, their tenacity, their brilliance and their foolishness. They are just smart enough to build and create and peer into the workings of life and reality.. but not wise enough to question if they should"

" I shouldn't be here…"

"No.. likely not"

Avalon looked up at him in shock.

He smiled at her "But… you are here NOW. No one, NO ONE asked to be born. Not me, not Morgan, and most certainly not you, its the nature of life. But are you going to squander it?"

"I.. guess not?" She looked away giving herself a shake to get rid of some of the rain.

" I know its all upsetting news. You need to understand some things Avalon… whatever you think happened to bring you into existence is likely wrong. Do not judge Morgan from this side of the history . You we re no t there when this started…"

" But you were?"

He moved in and landed on the cliff top moving around her to look inland at the soggy forests hands folded behind his back. "I was a Kadabra still when the project started. Your project. I've been with Morgan since I was an Abra… and she was a young trainer with stars in her eyes when I was given to her. I have known her almost all of my life and I suspect I will be with her to the very end." He glanced back at her. Avalon had turned to watch him listening intently.

" Morgan always wanted to help people.. she wanted to heal… after she had decided training wasn't really for her she went into biology… and then genetics... when she was hired that's what they told her they were doing.. medicine… To help people.. to help the world. I t wasn't till she was in too deep that she realized what was happening. S he thought maybe she could help you too... that everyone would get what they wanted. They could get their medical research and you could have a life.. but they wouldn't listen. S he tried so hard to help you . She wanted to pull you from the tube as an infant and raise you. She wanted to do so many things but she simply couldn't."

Avalon looked at the ground starting to feel the cold. Wrapping herself in a hug.

"T hings.. happen… Our best plans fall through.. our intentions skewed… people do things with no idea how it will turn out.. its called a mistake and the idea is to learn from them. Morgan learned from hers that's why shes out here helping you now .. she could have let them have you and never looked back but she didn't. She cant undo the past, but she can work for a better future. "

"is she.. okay?" Avalon's mental voice had gone very quiet.

"From your attack? Shes fine… just a little dazed but she will be okay I made sure of it" he turned and stepped up to her looking up into her face "we should get inside.. the rain is lifting but its still cold. Come on"

Avalon nodded, slowly stepping away from the cliff with him, the storm clouds gradually beginning to clear.