I'M HERE WITH A NEW STORY EVEN THOUGH I NEED TO UPDATE ON MY OTHER STORY! I got inspired so, I had to do it. *^* Anyway, I don't own Fairy Tail or any of its characters. This is based on Delirium. SORRY FOR GRAMMAR OR SPELLING MISTAKES.
The most dangerous sicknesses are those that make us believe we are well.
- Proverb 42, The Book of Shhh
Lucy's POV:
We consider love as a diease now and in the past. People in the old days, as we call it the dark days, they didn't think love was a diease. They thought it was wonderful and beautiful. One of the symptoms from the book of Shhh is: It will affect your mind so that you can't think clearly, or make balanced decisions about yourself.
We called the diease, amor deliria nervosa.
My family has been cured except for me. Some people resist the procedure, and some are scared of it.
But I'm not.
I can't wait. You have to be at least 18 before they will cure you. My birthday is July 1 which is when I'm having my procedure. If you get cured before your at least 18, you might get brain damage, partial paralysis, blindness, or even worse.
I hate thinking of me walking around having the diease running through my veins. It reminds me of my mother. People told me that my mother died for love. They said she jumped off a cliff. They promise I will be happy and safe after the procedure.
We aren't totally free yet from deliria. Eighty-seven days, and I'll have my procedure. I'm nervous.
In the dark days, they say love drove people to madness. Its the deadliest of all things, It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.
I wake up to the morning of my evaluation. I share a bedroom with both of my cousin, Minerva's grandchildren. Yukino, the younger one, is already dressed. She is gnawing on a unpeeled orange.
I squeeze my eyes from remembering what happened when my mother died.
I open them back up and get up to help Yukino peel the orange. I peeled it for her and stare at her. She doesn't say anything. I don't expect her to.
My aunt, Minerva, hasn't heard her talk in the her whole life. She thinks Yukino is stupid. Her mother is dead. Her father disappeared. He was suspected of being a sympathizer.
My aunt comes in and asks me if I'm nervous about it.
I reply with the lie, "No."
The evaluation is the last test for Senior year. Its so I can get paired or should I say matched to boys. They avoid age difference and huge gaps in knowledge. Suddenly, there is a noise down the stairs, and Angel, Yukino's sister appears.
She asks my aunt, "Is Lucy getting matched?"
"Yes, but she can't get married till shes cured," answers my aunt.
I never touched a boy or talked to one thats not related to me longer than 3 minutes. I think to myself, Please let me pass! Please!
My aunt takes me to the location of the test. I look around and see a building I'm fimilar with, Fiore Academy for Girls. My aunt, Minerva insisted I try to look my best for my evaluation. So, she put the makeup on me.
I never really like putting on makeup or been interested in clothes. My best friend, Lisanna, thinks I'm weird. She's gorgeous even when she messes her hair up. I'm just normal, not ugly or pretty.
My aunt is droning on about what to say, and finally she tells me to go.
"Lucy!"
I hear my name so, I turn my head around to see Lisanna getting out of a car. Almost no one has a car anymore. Oil is expensive and balanced when bought.
"Hi, Lucy!"
Lisanna says, while smiling. She pretends to gag when I point out she has a book of Home and Family. We get in the line, and Lisanna looks around.
"The atmosphere is so tense and serious here," Lisanna comments.
"Well it is suppose to be serious," I reply back.
Lisanna sticks her tongue out, and makes a face while saying, "Evaluation Day is a happy day for your future references."
"You don't believe it?" I whisper.
Lately, Lisanna has been the opposite of herself. I always wanted to be her friend. I look at her and see her blue eyes narrowed and her mouth thin as a line. I break away the thoughts of her being infected.
"If they want us to be happy, they should've let us pick ourselves," She grumbles as if it should be this way.
"Lisanna," I say with a sharp edge.
She puts her hands up in defeat, "Alright, alright, I take it back."
"They do give us a choice," I say.
The evaluators gives you a list of your matches thats approved. You pick who you want be paired with from there.
"Not really a choice. A choice that is isn't that much of what it sounds. If that was choice then, it would be boring."
"Thats what life is," I snap.
She opens her mouth and laughs. Lisanna reaches down and squeezes my hand. Its a habit we had since second grade when we were scared or upset, which is saying I'm here or don't worry about it.
The line goes forward a little, and we pass the iron gates. We head to building 6-C while the boys go to 6-B. When we move closer, I feel the air conditioning which is amazing since its so hot. Then, there is only a few people in front of me, and so, I see the nurse saying, "Please fill this form out including medical and family history."
Lisanna was in front of me, and filling out the form. When she was finished, another nurse tells Lisanna to come in.
"Good luck."
She turns around, and tells me while her face looks nervous.
"You know you can't be happy unless you're unhappy sometimes?" She whispers.
She startles me, and so, I drop the clipboard.
But before I could reply, she bends down to pick up the clipboard I dropped with a composed face as if nothing ever happened. She gives me it, and goes in.
Then, when the nurse comes to get me, Lisanna is already gone in one of the identical white rooms.
I see girls waiting, and one girl is so nervous it almost makes me giggle. Which is a nervous habit I have.
"Lucy Heartfilla."
I hear my name gets called, and follows the nurse that calls me. I try to calm myself down by imagining stuff that is calm. I follow the nurse until she stops at a door that is white like the others.
She tells me to put on a gown which is made of super-sheer plastic. It looks like you can see everything. I step into the lab in a nervous breath. I have trouble adjusting to the light, but when I do, I see four evaluators. One is a man with a scar and black hair, and another is a guy with glasses and green hair.
The rest are another man with a white beard, and has one eye closed. The last one is a woman with blackish-blue hair thats long, and has this weirdly stoic look. She asks me to tell them about myself. So, I say, "I love running, reading, and spending time with my friends."
But I couldn't hear the words coming out of my mouth. It felt like it was like a machine moving by itself. My mind suddenly wonders off to my mom while my mouth was still moving.
I remember the last words she told me when I had a nightmare, I love you. Remember. They can't take it. I flinch when I think of scientists standing around, trying to cure my mom for the third time since they think the anesthesia is interfering with her brain's response to the cure.
The evaluator woman asks me if I would like water, and so, I pour myself a water since I know that I'm done.
They ask me, "What is your favorite book?"
"Red."
"Red?" The evaluator guy with a scar and black hair tilts his head in confusion.
"Since red is unique and reminds me how the diease is dangerous."
But, they weren't listening, they were staring somewhere else with confusion on their faces. At that moment, the door bursts open with cows with wigs charging in the lab. I hide in the corner so, I'm protected from the animals. I see one of the gowns the cows are wearing say, Uncured. Death.
The evaluators are trying to calm down the animals, but something else catches my attention. A laugh, snorting, and yelling. Its deep and smooth like a piano. I look around, trying to find the person who made that noise, and when I did, I saw a boy. He had spiky pink hair with dark charcoal eyes. Then, he turns, and focuses his attention on me.
When I stared at him, I knew what happened. He was from the Wild, and a Invalid. But, somehow, he understands what I'm thinking, and shakes his head. But then, he does something really unthinkable, he winks at me.
The last alarm goes off, but its so loud that I have to cover my ears and look down. But when I looked back to where he was, he was gone.
I guess I'll end it here since its so long :D. Review and give me your thoughts, complaints, or anything I guess. o 3 o. And AWAY I GO
~jumps out a window and lands on a unicorn~
~unicorn flies away into the rainbow~
~ImAKawaiiPotato