Merlin was lying peacefully on his bed, the sunlight was streaming in through his open window lighting up the small room and causing a soft glow to surround him.
"Merlin! Wake up, time for school!" He heard his mum shouting as she came thundering up the stairs; she knocked quickly before opening his bedroom door and coming in. She smiled at how serene he looked and it broke her heart to have to get him up, for he would be in trouble if he was late, but it was very rare that Hunith ever got to see her boy so calm and carefree. She crossed his room softly and shook him lightly.

"Merlin, come on wake up." She said gently
"hmm… go away. Sleepin…" He mumbled, she let out a small laugh and replied with
"Merlin I can tell when you're awake" which caused Merlin to open his eyes and smile at his mother.
"Come on dear, you need to get ready for school." He groaned; school, he hated it. The other kids teased him mercilessly about how poor he was especially when compared to them. Merlin never told his mum about the bullying but it was always awkward when she asked why he never went out with his friends or invited them round. He told her that they were busy or had gone on holiday, but in reality he didn't have friends. He had one friend Gwen, they were social outcasts. Occasionally a new student would arrive and would talk to them, but as soon as they realised they were at the bottom of the school food chain, and that Merlin was the main target for bullying they avoided the duo like the plague. There used to be three of them it was Will, Merlin and Gwen, but Will had gone off to Ireland with his dad two years previously and it was too hard to keep in contact, what with Gwen and Merlin spending so much time studying or working for extra money, they had little free time and so the weekly phone calls and e-mails turned to monthly and then just fizzled out; and so only Gwen and Merlin were left.

"Fine, fine I'm getting up." He exclaimed getting off of his bed with his arms raised before stretching his long limbs.
"Right I'll go get breakfast ready then" she replied pulling on one of his large ears-one of the things he was teased on- then she exited the room. 'maybe today will be better' he thought to himself; two new students were scheduled to arrive today all he knew was their names and ages: Morgana who would be in year 11 with Merlin and Gwen while Arthur would be in year 12 doing his first year of A-levels but Merlin was probably the smartest kid in school meaning he was doing some A-level courses along with his remaining G.C.S.E's. 'yeah right they probably won't look twice at us' he thought dejectedly. Merlin quickly got changed into his loose-fitting dark brown trousers, a blue shirt and his old brown pleather jacket, before running downstairs to his mum.

He ran his hand through his hair before walking into the kitchen; his mum was at the table sat on one of the three cheap stools they had. She had a coffee in her hand and was reading a tatty book. She looked up at Merlin, smiled then gestured to the cereal on the table. He sat down and as soon as she saw him getting breakfast she went back to her book. Merlin watched his mother; he loved watching her eyes flicker across the pages as she became completely absorbed by the book. He smiled to himself before excusing himself from the table, careful not to shake the table on its rickety legs too much. He collected his schoolbag, called a quick good-bye to his mum and left the house. Preparing himself for another day of hiding of hiding from the bullies and not getting rejected by the new kids. 'Today's gonna be tough' he thought taking a deep-breathe and walking away from his house.

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