Yoyo it's Jojo again!
here is my second fic on the anime/manga Fairy Tail. I still have not finished all the episodes so no spoilers and sorry if there's any missing information. but there shouldn't be that much missing stuff because this is a story set in the past.
as stated in the summary, this is just a short story about one of my fav characters, Loke, and his experiences with Karen. there is no Loke/Karen, Loke/Aries, or Karen/Aries, so sorry if that's what you were looking for. no romance in this story.
without further ado, here's chapter 1. please r&r!
Chapter 1: The Summons
When it happens, I can feel it. Like a tug in my stomach, a little voice in my head. It's happened again.
I knew my master hadn't been doing so well as of late. He was old, and the bodies of the elderly are fragile and unreliable. I felt the break last night. The breaking of my contract with him, as happens when the keyholder passes through the veil that separates the living from the dead.
But now there is a new fire where his has died. A bright, young fire. My key has fallen into new hands.
An hour later, I hear the summons.
"Open, Gate of the Lion, Leo!"
I have no choice but to comply. Whisked away in a whirl of light, I reappear in the human world, coattails flapping.
A woman stands before me, probably in her early twenties. She has pale green hair, which could almost be mistaken for blond, wearing an open feathered coat, a short purple skirt, and knee-high black boots. She'd be pretty, if not for the haughty look on her face.
"Leo the Lion." She walks around me, scrutinizing. "Not an entire flop, could be taller, more handsome. But clean, well-dressed. Acceptable enough."
I can't stop my eyebrow from twitching, but I do my best to hide my annoyance. Is this really my new master?
"May I ask how my key came to be in your possession?"
"Once the old geezer finally kicked the bucket," she laughs, "He gave all his keys to me, his granddaughter; the only other Celestial wizard in the family. Including your key, Leo."
"Please, call me Loke." I say, pushing up my glasses. She narrows her eyes.
"You are Leo, and as long as you are in my service, you will be called as such by me, by yourself, and by your fellow spirits, am I clear?"
"Crystal" I reply after a brief hesitation, "And I suppose you've called me here to make a contract." I follow her with my eyes as she walks another circle around me.
"Correct."
"I'm available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays." I tell her, but she shakes her head.
"No. I require you to be available at any time I need you. You must be on call at all times."
"I'm sorry, but I thought contracts were supposed to suit both the keyholder and the spirits."
She stops walking in circles around me. Instead, she walks up very close to me and places one of her long red fingernails lightly under my chin, tilting her head to the side. "Look at me, Leo," she whispers, "And listen closely. I am your master, am I not?" she doesn't wait for a reply. "And you are completely under my instruction. You are a tool, to be used by me when I have need of you, and nothing more. You will do as I say, you will not question me, understand?"
I reach up to take her hand away from my chin but she jams her fingernail under my jaw, creating a small red crescent. "I asked you if you understood, Leo."
"I…understand." I say through gritted teeth.
She smiles with false kindness, wiping her bloody fingernail on the shoulder of my suit. "Good."
"May I have the honor of knowing who I'm working for?" I ask. She steps back and looks at me for a moment, trying to decide whether I'm mocking her or not.
"Lilica." She finally says. "Karen Lilica of the Blue Pegasus Guild."
"It's a pleasure."
Again, she can't tell if I'm being sarcastic, which I am.
"Two Golden Gate keys." Karen mutters to herself, "Who knew the old geezer owned two? That makes three for me."
"Who are the others?" I ask.
"You and Aries the Ram I just received from the old geezer. Cancer the Crab I already had, though he's not good for much besides hair and makeup." She replies off-handedly.
She has Cancer? That's a surprise. I've never heard him talking about her – I just thought he was a free spirit. Then again, Cancer's mind flies to any woman like iron to a magnet, though in three seconds he leaves her behind for another passerby. He probably doesn't think she's anything special, personality aside. Really, he even tried to ask out Virgo once, stupid crab. He steers clear of pink-haired girls now, since he never knows whether it could be her in a different form.
Aries is a timid thing. I hate to imagine what Karen will think of her when she opens Aries's gate.
"Ugh, Aries." Karen murmurs as if following my thoughts. So they've already met. "Could barely say a word without whispering. She thinks she can pull her false modesty act on me but I'll bring out the iron in her." She also calls Aries a very rude word and a sick sort of smile spreads across her face before she notices that I'm looking at her in disgust.
"Why are you still here? Shoo, shoo. Go back to wherever it is you Celestial Spirits live. Close, Gate of the Lion, or whatever I'm supposed to say." She waves her hand dismissively in my direction and turns her back on me to saunter into her bedroom. I want to stay and work out the details of our contract, force her to promise not to harm any of her spirits – I hate to think what that sick grin means, but she's closed the Gate and I'm forced back to my own world, standing dejectedly where I was before she summoned me. My, what a wonderful next few years these will be, working for a master like that. I turn and walk away; I want to talk to Cancer.
a short chapter (my first chapters are always shorter than the rest), but I hope you liked it! plz review!
~icefire out :3