When I walk into Pandemonium I am instantly hit with smell of weird stuff, that probably you could find only here like – fresh meat big eww to werewolf's or blood eww eww vampires those creatures are just to ugh... I don't even have words to describe them. Simply I feel like making them burst into flames when I see them. Which is not such a good thing since I am still pretty shaken up from this morning. I tried to calm myself down, but blue flames kept bursting out of my fingers – why cant I control it like all warlocks can?!

I lift my head and look around – I can see that it is pretty busy day. There is some weird faeries group sharing some once again weird looking drink probably it would make you grow wings or something... Then I see some werewolf's eating bloody steak ugh... thank Lilith there is nothing in my stomach to puke out. Also without looking I can feel vampires near where I stand since they are staring at me like I am walking drink. Got joke? I try not to look at them – since I am pretty damn sure I would do something stupid like make one of them disappear and appear somewhere 1000feet in sky. Or so.. Then something catches my attention – since it is all black I mean as in black – black hair as far I can see from his (I think?) back, black top, black trousers and black shoes.. Lilith.. who died there? Or something? All black … boring...plain, but for some reason I want to see his face so badly it is unbelievable! I feel like I have seen him somewhere before... but I am sure all people I know are more.. rainbowish..? I am about to get ready and go over to his table, since I can tell he is upset about something and sad which brings weird feelings to me like I don't want him to be sad...

This day is. Freaky. Weird. With capital F and W at the beginning, but I hear someone call me, so instantly I turn around and see friendly face of Ash he is bartender. Half demon or so as far as I know. Also only one friend I sort of have now that wont run hills seeing me.

We never talk about our past which is something we both agreed without really any questions.

He is not really tall probably 5 feet or so where I am 6 feet and half or even almost 7 feet (A/N I am not good at feet stuff so don't laugh if this is really... not making sense xD) with brown hair that are always tied up in ponytail at the back. Green eyes and friendly smile. Well Ash is like I don't know best friend sort of to me? We met once when I knocked him out by mistake when I was 15 or so and from then we are friends. He wears his work clothes black trouser and white t-shirt.

I walk over and take seat. He looks at me like he is waiting for me to tell something. I can see it in his eyes.

-Whaaaat?... - I like the way he never really judged me for being gay. Since he is like straight as a ruler where I am straight as rainbow circle. So yea...

-Nothing, nothing. Gideon you just look like you are ready to fry someone or something... what kind of cat got under your skin..?

-I believe if you called my aunt cat she would skin you then burn you or something. - I cant stop myself from laughing that is bubbling in my, Ash's face expression is just to hilarious it looks like he is really scared about my-

-Well knowing your aunt I would believe she would do this to me.. Remember last summer? When we were out hiking and you almost set all forest on fire, becau-

-Yes I do remember it, Ash! Stop making me feel embarrassed once again I freaked out because I saw spider on my tent... it is not funny...

- Of course it is! Dude, that spider was like size of your smaller finger fingernail!

I just glare at him and he stops laughing his ass off. I mean I just hate spiders, that is not funny!

All their thousand of legs and stuff. It makes me shudder just thinking about them. For a moment I forgot about sort of fight I had with my aunt, but...no-

- OK. Gideon, buddy look at me and tell me what's wrong. You don't look like yourself, you can tell me what is bothering you – you know I am your friend and I will help you.

- Am I that obvious..?

- Yep. Like open book. So tell me what's wrong, ok?

- Well my aunt said that Iwasgoingtohelptshadowhunter satInstituteandasyouknowthey scaremeshitless...

-WOAH WOAH WOAH! As much I love when you ramble like this – I cant understand you. So take deep breath and tell me it slowly without all rambling you do.

-Ugh, fine. Today I had this chat about my first job as warlock and she said that I was going to help shadowhunters of New York at their Institute or something, but I never really found out more since I pretty much ran out of house and well.. here I am...

I saw how expression from being curious changed to confused and then slightly fear as much Ash could read my as open book – I could also.

-Look, I-

-Gideon, you really gonna work with them? Buddy, you sure about it? I heard some weird shit happened there and stuff.

-I know, but it is not like I ever even talked with them and since it is aunt who found that job to me I am sure I will be fine – she would never send me somewhere where I could get hurt or something...? Right? And besides I am fully warlock now even when sometimes it is hard to control this magic stuff, but I should be able to protect myself..

-Yea, but I am not sure... You might need help you know... since there is like I don't know 10 or so of them and only one you..

- But who I could ask for help? I mean aunt cant use magic just transform and I don't know any other warlocks who would be able to help me – let alone stand me and my character.

- You know I can always help-

-Ash really? But you are not like warlock you cant use magic and I don't want my only one friend get hurt cause I am scared, rea-

-Gi, I am your friend and I will help you besides I might not be able to use magic, but as you know I am good at knifes, daggers and stuff AND I am half demon which means I am physically stronger than human – and maybe even you. I know you can do all those vodooo things, but you might need someone to watch your back, while you do your stuff.

-Yea probably you are right... but then we have to talk with Tessa about this, when you finish today?

- About 6 or so...

- What time is now, since I forgot my phone once again...

- Really? You need that thing to be glued to your hand, well if my watch is working correctly it is three thirty or so couple hours left.. wanna have a drink or something? If you are not going anywhere.

-Nah, I will stay here is nothing to do anyway and I don't feel like facing Tessa yet... About drink... Black coffee?

I can see him rolling his eyes. Well I am coffee addict so please leave me and my coffee alone.

-Sure, sure coffee black? Again you caffeine addict...

-HEY! Leave me and my coffee alone! - I feel myself smiling. It is good to have friend like Ash.

I turn around and look at black man (Since I don't know his name..?) again, he looks so sad and lonely for some reason it makes my heart beat painfully..

-Hey, Ash who is that? - I slightly show my head towards direction of black clothed man, since I think it is rude to point fingers.

I can see Ash following with his eyes where I am pointing and they slightly widen.

- Ash?

-Oh sorry that guy is out of your league, buddy...

-ERM.. I am not HEY I Am not asking that WAY! He just looks so sad and lonely I wonder why, but if you started why he is out of my league?

-Well he is Magnus Bane. High Warlock or so that's what I heard and-

-Woah! High Warlock?! So that's why he is out of my league..?

-No no. It is just last guy tried to talk with him almost ended up in pile of ashes.

I turn around and look at this Magnus Bane again weirdly his name sounds really familiar.. probably I heard it somewhere since he is High Warlock..? But I don't feel like I have heard his name anywhere...

- Do you think he is not you know...gay?

-Well, Gideon, how could I know? I don't swing that way, but the way he acted towards that guy and he looked nice as far I can tell from my opinion, I don't think he is well gay like you, sorry bro.

-No need, I was just wondering. I don't think he is my taste anyway.. to...

-Dark?

-Yeah. - I can see Ash grinning and I grin back. But for some reason I feel slightly sad when he said that this Magnus was probably straight. I wonder if it is my hormones or something I was never upset about some guy... I still feel like I want to know him more and talk with him – feel his arm around me- feel- WOAH.. What I am thinking I seriously need sleep … Thinking about some random guy is totally unlike me.. But still. I wish I could go over and talk with him – maybe find out why he looks so sad and if something bad happened, but for some reason I am a bit scared. Probably because he is like ten thousand times stronger and the way Ash told me he treated that other guy. Oh well... I need some distraction, this really is not myself thinking here...

-Ashhhhhh, I need distraction...

- Sorry, cant help your hormones here.

-HEY! YOU DORTY MIND! I don't mean that DISTRACTION! I just need something – I dunno talk about something random? Not all this serious crap I am facing today. Help your friend out pleeaseeeee!

-Well. If you say so, I have some "gossip"

-Good to know, but really if you are not busy I don't want to distract you at work..- sometimes I wonder how he can be straight when he likes all this gossip so much, but well … I am living in weird world so why should I be shocked about this..?

-Do I seriously look busy? If not you I would count tiles or something.

-Weirdo...

-Thanks. So get ready this might take some time.

I know this will go for ages since whenever he starts talking about all this "gossip" it can take about couple hours for him to be halfway finished. At least it will take my mind of Magnus...

-Well I heard from some vamps talking about some guy being killed at some high school apparently by vampire...

-Really? Vamps are out in daylight?

-Yea looks like.

It was weird... as far I know vamps always kept low...

-This sounds interesting. Give me all bloody details also.

- That's what I am doing if you please keep silent.

-Okay okay smarty pants go ahead I am all ears now. - Ash just glared at my and I smiled. Bwahaha D: (A/N I just felt like writing bwaha xD)

-So like I said. That guy was thrown out of third floor window and all his blood was all around place. Apparently he had startled expression on his face – which I guess would surprise me also...

-SORRY SORRY! But you are saying that vamps can walk in daylight? How the fuck...

-Well it looks like some of them can since it apparently happened in middle of day. Stupid mundanes. Also like I said that vamp left that body in bloody mess – and you know what mundanes police said? That his kid was on drugs and fell out of window himself.. how that is even realistic I don't fucking know...

-I imagine vampire thinking something like "Ha Ha! Hilarious! He fell of window already without half of blood in his body! I know, I know stake me now!"

-You and your jokes even if I work here I cant help you if you get some vamps on your back by the end of today...

-Yea yea relax I am can dust them. So get back on your story..

-But I am really like confused isn't like rules to vamps drummed into their heads when they just turn and re-drummed like all the time...

-They are vamps their brains are dead... So you know...

-You really don't like vamps don't you?

I just shudder so what if I don't? I mean they suck your blood out of you and that is just gross...

-Hey, Gideon, you know now when you are big boy forever, but still 18 wont you need go to school or uni or college all your life over and over again?

-If I have to go to high school or college or uni over and over again for the rest of eternity, I will seriously decapitate myself. And you are same as me...

-I am not really, I will age. Slowly, but I will some day...

-Ash, lets not talk about anything serious. I am seriously not in mood for it today...

-Sorry, bro. It just slipped...

-I know. Lets just change subject to more gossip I believe you have. Or how about this new girl you are going out with..?

-OH! Well about Riley... well she is always on phone with her best friend. Personally I don't know what they find to talk about. I mean they see each other practically call day every day and then first thing they do when they get back home is phone each other up! And when they are not doing that they are texting each other in this well weird language all of their own. Gideon! What's wrong with you know keeping it real and communicating with a fellow creature on one to one, eyeball to eyeball basis? Can you help me? Why they always do that...

-Ash, I might be gay, but I am sure as day don't know all this girl stuff with texting and so... It is their own wee thing...

-And it sucks!

-Hmm... anything else?

- Well there is this community center all new-revamped-refurnished-re-everything. And I think I am going to give it a try you know, but I am not sure at same time I heard this vamp is going there and I am not in mood to bump into any vamps and give them a chance to spout garbage at my face for three or so hours, since you know vamps and all their "how dare you touch me shit"

-Seriously? Vamps and demons sorry no hating intended. Are joining community center? That is just hilarious!

- I know! But still it looks kind of fun... You wanna go with me?

-Me and mundanes? Don't think so...

-Yea oh right...

-Whattttttttttttttt?

I mean sometimes I don't get how he can like mundanes.

-Nothing nothing. Also it was funny yesterday my girlfriend was like I need work. I was like what kind of work? She was like "I don't care what it is. Road sweeper? Chat show host? Astronaut? Anything will do. I was so tempted to ask her is she would like to be assistant in creatures that she thinks never exists bar..

-OH! That would be hilarious. You all "You know I am demon and I work in freaks of nature bar"

No hating also I am one of those freaks if you get what I mean.

-So, Gideon have you popped your cherry yet?

This made my spit out coffee I had... what did he just ask?

-What?! The fuck.. Ash. Seriously... Do I look like I would pop my cherry with someone I don't even love? And really why are you even asking..?

-Well cause I did get mines. Popped.

-...

That's what I looked like probably. He was showing off. Hey! That's not fair. I mean I never had done it. And well. Why he even asked.. For some reason my mind automatically turned rabbit fast and image of this Magnus Bane appeared. Okei... creepy... What's wrong with me today?!

-Hey, Gideon, Earth is calling you. Don't you dare to have wet daydreaming not matter how sexy I am.

I felt my cheeks heating up. Damn this. I was probably red as tomato.

-You sick bastard I am not thinking about you...

-Then who else? My dear friend is having boner about?

- I DO NOT HAVE BONER!

Whoops I didn't intend to say it aloud.. couple of heads turned around to look at me, but guy I wanted to look at never did. I wanted to see his face. Like nothing else I wanted ever.

Ash caught my eyes looking at this Magnus Bane and he signed.

-Gideon, you don't have choice don't even think he wont care about your feelings.

And you just gonna end up getting hurt...

-I … I.. no its not that... Never mind..

I looked down to look at my hands at least blue sparks didn't burst out.

For some reason I felt like Magnus would never hurt anyone – Lilith it was so weird I didn't even know this guy.. I don't understand where this all is coming from. I feel like this Magnus was nice person and someone who would care. Weird. Lilith! My stupid hormones are acting weird today that's for sure...

-Hey, Gid you know by any chance what does BT2CU4DHUEOW? Riley just text ed me ad I don't have slightest clue what it means... Really girls and their texts...

-Erm... Been told to see you for dinner have you eaten on Wednesday?

-Really..?

-Hey whattt? I am not psychic or something...

-Well what you said cant be right it doesn't make sense. Oh.. wait.. I KNOW!

-Huh?

Probably I had dumbfounded look on my face, Ash really can be weird sometimes...

- It is. Been trying to call you for day have you emigrated or what?

-Well you was kind of in Tokyo with me for a weekend-

-And then you forgot how to open portal without blowing up everything.

-Sorry...

Yea that weekend was fun it was when I first time used portal to get us over Tokyo which is like so far away.. It was fun, but then I sort of lost control once again of my magic, and we were stuck in Tokyo for week, not that both of us really cared. At least we saw cool performance of band called the Gazette – which inspired my with my wild hair! Ops! I forgot I gotta get hair gel soon...

-Nah don't be it was fun..

-Well at least you didn't get this type of text I got once "TSS4BBNWC"

-What the hell?

-Well I had to phone Joshua you know one ginger haired?

-Yea I know one that tried hit on you. Funny day was it..

-Yea well when I opened phone and saw it I had only one trouble I had to phone him and ask him what the hell did it meant. Which kind of defeated the object. But well how I was supposed to know what it meant?

-I got what you mean so...? What happened next?

-Well apparently it stood for "Tony spotted snogging for Britain but not with Cary. I was like what the fuck...

-Talk about awkward! I feel sorry for Tony – Cary can be … scary.

-I know right?

-But well back on weird text I was like it could have meant anything, couldn't it? It could have meant Toasted sausage sandwiches for big bouncing nono with children for all I know! Weird text life...Well anyway.. You have weird look on your face.

-Should I call her...

-Just call her I can see on your face Up-for-a-bit-of-mutual-tonsil-hoovering. At least you will be able to arrange meeting with her today later after we talk with Tessa … if you want to still.

-Sure I do and I will. OK, give me second.

When I saw Ash walking down to make call my mind drifted to this mysterious guy. I daydreamed for Lilith knows how long and I was ready to go over and maybe just say hi and hope nothing bad happened. I felt like if he didn't like me or would tell me go away I would end up crying or something just feeling like he didn't want me made me all ache inside in bad way. I was ready to get up when I heard door open and I saw 4 black clothed figures walk in. One had golden hair I as far I could see and there was other boy with dark brown hair and glasses. Then there was girl with curly red hair and other one with long beautiful black hair. I felt like I have seen them somewhere, but again... weird! I don't get what is happening to me today... I saw them walking towards Magnus. Before I knew I was out of my seat I felt like I had to protect this Magnus person for some reason, but then golden haired boy looked at my and I felt myself fall back on chair. He had runes poking out of his collar and weird blades – swords who knows I instantly knew he was shadow hunter. I felt my breathing going faster I felt like I was going to have heart attack, but before I could go into panic attack I felt cold hand on my shoulder I turned around and saw concerned look on Ash's face.

He walked around bar and stood in front of me. I could feel magic pulsing around me and I knew I was going out of control once again. Before I ended up doing something I would regret or hurt someone.

-I n—need to g-get out nn-now – I knew my voice was almost whisper, but I didn't wait for reply from Ash I bolted out of Pandemonium front door. While feeling stares of strange people I felt like I knew.

A/N Who thinks Ash is nice friend :D?