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"They'll be fine, Juvia. I promise. We agreed we wouldn't interfere as soon as we realised what was going on…
"I-I know but-"
"That is final! We've been preparing them for this day for their entire lives!"
"Laxus! Please calm down, you know how hard this is on her…"
"Do we really have to send the little ones? What something happened to them? Erza would haunt us all for ever…"
Trying to lighten the mood with a joke failed miserably. Eyes downcast, eight minds, eight flashes of scarlet hair.
"We need her now more than ever, huh Lu-chan?"
"I know, I miss her too Levy…"
"So, we've assembled our team, made our decisions and all that's left is to leave the spell lying around?"
"Guess so"
The weight of his words made his salmon pink hair stand on end.
In the guild hall…
Nashi – Hey guys! Look at this musty old book someone left lying around! That thing's got to be a million years old!
Sylvia – Don't exaggerate, stupid.
Georgia – Doesn't look too special, mom has loads of books like these- Wait a minute!
The tension in the air exploded into a deathly silence.
Georgia – It's- It's that book, ya know, in the room that my mom doesn't let us in.
Sylvia – And the only way you could possibly know that… Is by sneaking in. Really? Get a grip on you curiosity!
A faded orange ribbon twitched as the corners of Levy's lips crept up in a sad smile. All eight former legends sat listening discretely at the Paradox Table, reserved within the guild for only them. But none of the young mages understood why. Nor did they understand why there was always one seat empty. Everyone treated it with immense respect, as if it was sacred. A few of the older ones could remember a time when it was filled. Vaguely.
Nashi – Irene! Jellal! Look what we found!
The two little ones scrambled up to Nashi's table. At only twelve years old, Irene is in the top quarter of the guild regarding combat ability, however, little Jellal has not shown any signs of magical ability in the ten years of his life so far.
Irene – Nashi! What is it? Is it a cool spell or something?
The two children were raised in the guild after the disappearance of their father and the unfortunate passing of their mother. Irene can just about remember her mother, however Jellal has no recollection of her. Neither have any memory of their father.
Georgia – Well, I guess we're about to find out!
Sylvia – Wait, you're actually going to read it?! It was probably locked away for a reason!
Storm – Well I'm curious.
A pair of dark eyes swoop in on the scene as Sylvia's younger twin emerges from the background.
Jane – Are you sure you should be doing that?
A solid, unwavering tone slams the group as the heir to the guild joins the discussion.
Jane – Well, seeing as everyone's here now, might as well open it…
Nashi – Yeah. Open it Georgia! I wanna see, I wanna see!
Irene – Yeah! Yeah! We wanna see!
Sylvia – Nashi, you're such a terrible influence, geez.
Jellal – Open it.
Georgia – Here goes, I guess…
With a flutter of pages, a strange purple glow begins to swirl around the group.
Storm – Wait… Whats happening?!
Sylvia – Nashi! You idiot! Look what you've done!
Nashi – Since when is this MY fault!?
Georgia – Shhhh! I'm translating!
Sylvia – Translating what!?
Georgia – The writing on the page, duh.
Sylvia – Errrr Georgia, not tryna be rude but THAT'S SOOOO NOT A GOOD IDEA!
Jane - I have to say, I do agree...
A wind was picking up as Georgia muttered a different language under her breath. Soon, the astonished cries of the guild had disappeared, leaving only the terrified whimpers of Irene and the sound of Georgia's extremely long, near black, ivy hair.
Nashi – Er, Georgia? Care to explain why we're floating in a purple void of nothingness?
But there was no answer. Georgia's previously blood red eyes were glowing soft indigo lilac.
Sylvia – Hello! Earthland to Georgia!
Georgia – No way… Was that, time travel magic?!
Before she got the time for her question to be answered, the rabble of the guild had returned, and they were lying in a heap exactly where they started. Around the same table. But 'where' and 'when' are in no way similar.
Thank you so much for reading, I hope you liked my first chapter! It won't be long until you can find out exactly what happens next!
JadeAbyss;)