The clock beside me started ringing, causing my sleepy eyelids to open and release me from the soft clutches of sleep. Oh, and how I wanted to release myself back into them before I looked over at the calendar. The twelfth month of the year, the seventh day. Wasn't there something important I was supposed to do today? "Cade, get up! Do you really wanna miss your train to Magnolia again?" My ears picked up the voice of my older brother, who's home I had slept over on my way to Magnolia, where the headquarters of Fairy Tail was.
Wait a minute.
Fairy Tail
I was on the way to my new guild. Hopefully, at least.
Practically jumping out of bed, I got ready in a total of five minutes and grabbed my bag, stuffing all my things inside. Sprinting to the guest bathroom, I pulled my brown hair into a messy ponytail and put on the slightest bit of makeup. I could worry about that later. I nearly tripped over everything in the room and started to run out of Calum's house. A sharp yelp of his sheep dog, Libby, alerted me to turn around and pet her head. "Cadence! I'll drive you there. Just please don't go out in public in that!" He sighed and grabbed his hat off a coat hanger in front of the door. Unsure what he was talking about in his second statement, I looked down and found myself still in my pajamas. Of course. That's why it had taken five minutes for me to get ready. Pale cheeks filled with color, I ran back into the guest room to change.
Settling on a one-shoulder pink and white-striped sweater, jeans, and brown boots, I got dressed and ran back out with my things, glancing at my brother in a silent thanks for driving me to the station. We got in the car and were soon on our way.
The trip there was near silent, with only the slight grunt when my brother cleared his throat and commented on something he'd heard from work. While Calum didn't practice magic very often, he did dabble in levitation and simple kinetic magic. He didn't join a guild simply because he didn't like the unreliable income. He had a steady and well-paid job of a guard in a local prison, and disapproved of my decision to become an official wizard, but I didn't care. I loved magic. It was who I was, and we both knew that his dislike of magic wouldn't stop me from doing what I loved. Once I wanted something, there was no stopping me.
Soon enough, we found ourselves at the train station, where, luckily, the Magnolia train was running late. I still had time to get there. Turning to Calem, I gave a quick hug to my older sibling and smiled before muttering a few notes of a song I'd started learning on my favorite instrument, the flute.
"Hey Fairy, where you going?
I'm trying to assemble all this light
I'll shine it down and make tomorrow bright"
The raven-haired male simply chuckled, patted my head quietly and turned me around. "It doesn't look like I'm the fairy here, does it? Now get going, before they pick somebody for the guild that's not as good as my little sis." As a wide grin accompanied my face, I started running over to the boarding station, only turning around to give him a wave. "Cadence DesRosiers, wizard of Fairy Tail coming through!" He yelled while pointing to me, causing tons of people around me to move away. "Is she going to break something? Let's get her on the train first, in case she wants a special seat. Wizards from there are known to be very powerful." I heard somebody whisper. And I was okay with that. Totally okay with that.
As the train arrived, I made a beeline for a seat, which didn't take very long since everybody let me on first. I found myself between a very irritated looking brunette who seemed to have a bad day and a very nice boy (her son) who was around my age. He'd waved at me and began to open his mouth to speak, but a glare from the woman caused him to shut his mouth and avoid my gaze about halfway to the city.
As soon as the lady dozed off, he looked at me and began to speak in a hushed voice. "Where's your mark?" He inquired, not even bothering to ask me what my name was. "Oh, sorry about that. My brother happens to think up ways to embarrass me in public. I'm on my way to becoming a Fairy Tail wizard. That's why I'm going to Magnolia." I answered sheepishly, hoping that nobody else overheard me. I didn't want to be public enemy number one on this trip. A nod of understanding came from him, and he grinned. "That's really awesome. What kind of magic do you use? I've always wanted to learn, but I'd never be good enough for Fairy Tail. You must be really powerful." He commented, making me grin in just the slightest. The thought of being a powerful wizard always gave me good chills down my spine. Everybody would know my name. I would have a title, like Erza Scarlett, better known as Titania, Queen of the Faries, or Natsu Dragneel, the Salamander. That would be the day.
Realizing I had been lost in my thoughts and hadn't answered him yet, I pointed to my bag. "I'm a sound wizard. Anything having to do with instrument magic, I'm your girl." I replied, opening my mouth to continue, I noticed that his mother was starting to awaken. Shutting my trap as if I hadn't spoken to him at all, I started humming the song that I was learning. I had a feeling it would be a good day.