It took almost two whole days for Merlin's little hunk of junk pulled up to the biggest apartment building they had ever seen. It was practically a mini castle with turrets and everything. An older man stepped through the front door and began walking toward them. He had long white hair and a careworn face.

"Gaius," was all Freya said before jumping out of the car. Merlin sighed and followed suit. Freya had given Gaius a big hug and was now answering all his questions about the trip. Gaius looked Merlin over and smiled.

"It has been a long time my boy, but you are as skinny as ever. Don't you ever eat?" Gaius said it jokingly, but Merlin bristled slightly. He was right, sometimes he did not. If there wasn't enough money, Freya (unknowingly) got everything. He quickly laughed and gave Gaius his best smile.

"Of course I do Gaius!" Gaius's eyebrow rose to an almost impossible height in disbelief. Little did Merlin know he would get that look a lot in his time at Camelot. Freya smiled and went to retrieve some bags from the car. "Did mother tell you everything?" Merlin shifted nervously from foot to foot. This had been the part he had been dreading. If Gaius didn't know, things would be bad.

"Yes of course she did. We all have much to discuss. Now let's move your things upstairs." Gaius moved to the car and collected some of their things. It took less than a half hour for them to settle into their rooms. The apartment was huge, but thoroughly cluttered with books and vials. Freya looked around appreciatively as she perched on the sofa. Merlin stood next to her as Gaius collected some books. Merlin watched in slow motion as Gaius nocked a large beaker of purple liquid off of a table. Reacting instinctively, his eyes flashed gold and the beaker froze in midair. Gaius froze and quickly turned around to find the liquid suspended within the beaker. "What spell did you use?" His voice was a sharp whisper.

"I didn't use a spell?" Merlin said with confusion. Gaius's gaze snapped up to look at him.

"Interesting. Merlin my boy I do believe you've saved all of our lives. That was highly explosive." With another flash of gold Merlin righted the beaker and Gaius practically fell into his armchair. "You two must know, you have come to an extremely dangerous place." Merlin's eyes narrowed. "But there is a rather large underground network to help those such as yourself. The headmaster, Kilgharrah, is the leader of this network. You will be taking lessons with him as well as myself and your other classes. Kilgharrah is a very powerful warlock, not a sorcerer. From what I see of you two, you are also a warlock and witch. You were born with your powers, you did not learn them as I did. They are your instinct, as Merlin just demonstrated. With us, you will both grow and strengthen your powers to become possibly the greatest witch and warlock the world has ever seen." Gaius finished his monologue to find Freya beaming and Merlin being skeptical. Well this is might be a bit difficult, Merlin presumed. "You have to be careful. Uther Pendragon is a wealthy benefactor to this school and he will have spies everywhere." Merlin made a strangled noise.

"Uther Pendragon? As is THE Uther Pendragon? He who has been secretly moving against us for years?" Gaius nodded. "Freya it's time to leave now."
"No." Merlin's head swiveled. "You need this Merlin. You need to find friends and you need Art- to stop running. Gaius and Kilgharrah will protect us if we need it. We will be staying." Merlin overlooked her word shift, thinking nothing of it, and gave her his best pleading look. Gaius however, didn't ignore the word shift, and gave her the eyebrow. Freya pointedly ignored him, focusing on Merlin. "No, we need to live normal lives Merlin." He finally gave in and collapsed on the couch next to her.

"Fine, we will enroll you in the local high school. Happy?" Freya smiled with delight. Gaius was smiling as well.

"There is the local Avalon High." Freya and Merlin both snapped to attention.

"You're kidding right? Not THE lake of Avalon correct?" Merlin's eyebrow shot up just as much as Gaius's.

"Well the locals feel this odd energy in this city, so yes. THE lake of Avalon. I've never been myself, but I know it I nearby. Kilgharrah can feel it you see." Freya and Merlin were shocked, but Freya's lips soon curved into a satisfied smile.

"That just shows this is where we are meant to be." She said definitively.

"Yes, well be that as it may, you both need sleep for tomorrow. I bid you goodnight." Without so much of a glance back, Gaius retired to his room.

I know i said Tuesday, but i wanted to upload early! Hope you liked the first chapter, and i will be posting the next chapter this comming Tuesday!