CHAPTER-1 THE TRIP
prologue
Gray was sitting above the clear, blue ocean. Well, he was wearing his shirt (how? Don't ask). He's not always without his articles of clothing. Apparently, he forgot his old habit and was staring up at the horizon. The setting sun's light shone upon his eyes, making them look red. His hair was extremely messed up and looked like an Eagle's nest. His shirt was half torn, so maybe you could say that he was half –stripped. His sandals were all fine (anime magic) and there were a few cuts on his arms, feet and through his clothes. His wrists were tightly closed and he had a neutral expression upon his face. But, eyes made a sign of hope.
Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Ezra and Juvia were going for a tour as they were exhausted of the quests that they attempted all these days and so, they needed some time to relax. Wendy had also decided to go along. Natsu was running along the way as he decided running was way better than puking in the carriage. They didn't have enough money and they needed two carriages in all. Both the carriages were filled with luggage. One carriage for Erza's luggage and one for the others' luggage. Why didn't they get another carriage for the people to sit in? Good question. Apparently, in this story Lucy and Juvia are extremely superstitious and consider that three is an incredibly inauspicious number. So, they were crammed inside the carriage amid the luggage. Gray had connected the carriages to one another by making chains of ice.
Loke couldn't help himself, and with his own power, again, came out of the spirit world. Lucy became utterly angry, why did he always have to interfere?
They passed by kardia cathedral, from which a bride and a groom were coming out. The bride was looking extremely gorgeous in her beautiful wedding gown, followed by her friends holding it out from behind and laughing merrily. The groom was wearing an elegant black suit. They both made a pretty good pair to Lucy. She turned and was just saying, 'Hey Erza...' when she noticed that she wasn't there. She turned and saw Erza checking out the gown of the bride and measuring it from every angle.
Lucy ordered politely 'Stop the carriage! Now!'
She stepped out of the carriage and went towards Ezra and soon reached her. She slowly said, 'Uh...uh-a-uh... Erza'
She turned with a blank expression and replied, 'yes?'
'Do you remember where we are going?'
'To go for shopping, maybe?'
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'Uh... uhm, oh, yes, we were about to go for a picnic! Lucy, why are you staring at me like fools, eh? c'mon, we're getting late!'
She grabbed Lucy's hand and dragged her along.
'Ehehehe' was her reply.
'Hey guys!' Natsu complained, 'I'm tired, let's eat something!'
'Aye! I'm hungry too!' said Happy.
'Don't worry, you both, we're about to reach the spot now, just a few minutes of waiting' said Lucy cheerfully.
'Oh! I can't wait!'
They passed through a few valleys with many ups and downs in the trip. They even passed through a small portion of desert that lies towards the east of Magnolia. They exchanged their horses with camels while travelling through the desert as the horses were exhausted.
'Ow! We could have gone to the Magnolia Resort instead of coming this far!' said Happy.
'Don't worry, Happy, we'd be able to explore new places this way!' said Wendy.
At this point, Carla said, 'Wendy's right, Happy. Well, a cat like you can never be optimistic. So maybe that's not your fault.'
'Yes, that's not ma- what? What do mean by a cat like me?'
'We're here' said Gray.
In front of them laid a beautiful town where people were roaming around, talking to each other, and doing lots of other stuff. From the place they were standing, they could see a board, about a hand's length, saying Nasadoma. There were numerous shops, all of them decorated with flowers, glittered wall hangings or other such decorating stuff. Everyone was amazed, except for Lucy; she had been here with her father for a grand ball, arranged by Mister and Misses Fernard.
'Well, now I guess you were right Wendy...'said Happy, 'we should explore new places, especially if they are like this.
Well... this is not my first story but I have deleted the one I last wrote, so indirectly, it is my first story. I guess you would have liked this chapter. If you find it good, please review me and tell me how you think it is. I've decided that I'd write after it only if I get some reviews. So, please review! :)