Chapter Four

"What do you mean 'He's a child Jasper, he wouldn't harm a fly?' He's MERLIN! Do you know about the rules Carlisle, or have you just been taking us all for a ride for a century?" He was infuriated. It was his job to make sure that any newborns in the area were taught about the rules, kept under control or reported. But Carlisle didn't help the situation. The Volturi forbid that wizards were changed without their expressed permission. Who knew what havoc they would let loose? A thousand times sharper senses, strength, concentration and agility. One on it's own could take down whole covens, but one like the boy upstairs could destroy every being on the planet.

Just then, they heard a yawn. Spinning around, they saw a young teenage male drag his feet along down the set of stairs. His ebony hair had severe cowlick, his eyes, originally half shut, shot open. To everyone in the room's shock, they were golden. It was obvious he didn't know this, as he didn't say anything about it whilst heading over to the two vampires. "Where's Arthur by chance? I need to check up on him." Jasper grunted and stormed off. Nodding, Carlisle led the boy back upstairs to his office, where there was the same hospital setting they had for Bella. But instead her, a blond male was laying there, wired up to machines that kind of worried Merlin.

"I never knew the future would be like this." He walked over to one of screens and looked at it in curiosity. Gaius' techniques were next to nothing compared to the avant-garde mechanics that replaced them.

Smiling, Carlisle picked up his notes, "Neither did I, but I guess I adapted as the new world did. Unlike you, I had to live through the changes." Placing down the OBS clipboard, he lead Merlin back out. As they walked down the stairs, they met a beaming Alice, who seemed to be holding a set of male's clothes.

She passed them over enthusiastically to the boy, "These are Jasper's, but I have some of Edward's stuff just in case these don't do the trick." A smile was spread across her face, "We're going to go shopping!" Her joy lifted the atmosphere. She skipped off up the stairs, leading the boy, whom was getting tired of the staircase, as that was the main thing he saw normally, let alone in some weird future world.

Being weak made it harder for him also. As he reached the landing, he saw Alice laying the clothes neatly across her large bedroom floor. "You're going to try on a few outfits. You don't feel a burning in your throat do you? Nah, okay good." The pixie girl was dancing around the room, filing her words perfectly in her orchestral voice. Merlin shuffled across the hallway, into the room.

She was odd, insisting she was to help dress the boy. It was handy, as the male didn't know how to button up the shirts the vampire girl had arranged. After several hours of tedious outfitting, Alice was finally happy with Merlin's attire. Grabbing his hand, she skipped down to the garage, to the Porsche. She let him in first, then sat in the driving seat. Speeding off, she couldn't help but notice the eyes. She had been so swept up, she hadn't noticed the boy's eye colour had changed. "If anyone asks you who you are you are Jethro Brandon, my long lost little brother."

Staring out of the window, Merlin nodded, "We've got to get back early though." He saw the girl smile at him. "What?"

"It's just, here I am, a vampire, and there you are, a legendry warlock. Both in a yellow Porsche, with tinted windows, heading to Seattle to got shopping for clothes. I didn't see this coming, human or vampire, I just didn't foresee it." This was amazing, she was overjoyed at this, as she could see Merlin's future clearer than anyone's now, but before she met him, he was a barrier like Nessie and Jacob. But Merlin, seriously?

People don't even think things like that unless they're completely messed up. They'd have to be someone who ran around in a cop outfit, tutu and bunny ears, singing, "I'm a little vampy see me dance." But who would do that? No one from this world. No, wait, Alice had had a vision of it the other night. And as they pulled up at the mall, it was just as she had seen it, an odd boy singing random songs, one even about Pikey Fish.

The two tried to avoid the crowd, dodging over enthusiastic teenagers, who had decided to throw milkshakes at the bunny guy, who niftily dodged whatever came into course with him. The rain was thudding against them as they made their way in. Before they did anything, Alice insisted Merlin was to have something to eat. Even after he insisted he wasn't hungry, she raided a salad bar, bought him a copious amount of food and drink. Most of which was something he hadn't seen before, so he just stuck to salad.

While he was eating, Merlin couldn't help but wander what was happening back at the house with Arthur. Alice stared into space until the food was fully consumed. After that was done, she wisked the boy off to do some good old shopping.