Chapter 1: I am in need
I looked up into the sky as Nastu was boasting about how Gildarts and Erza always turn him down for a battle because they were scared. I chuckled under my breathe and remembered the memories of all of us in a team again. Natsu, Happy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, Juvia and me. All of us. In a team again…
I look over to Natsu. We were walking to our next job. We would get one million jewels. Yes! A million jewels for my rent and for Natsu`s and Happy`s food bills.
"Lucy! I am hungry! Can we stop and fish?" Happy asked me in a whimper.
"AYA! Happy! We have no time for fish and things!" I said with grin on my face and put my fist in the air to show my Fairy Tail insignia," We have a job to fulfill with one million jewels on the line!"
Natsu started to agree with me and said, "Yes! One million jewels to pay off the food bills I owe the guild!"
But then, Natsu`s stomached roared in rebellion. And Natsu whimpered, " Actually, Lucy. I am hungry ,too. Can we find some food?"
My head throbbed with the wish to bonk Happy and Natsu on the head. How are we supposed to find a restaurant in the path of a deserted route? Oh how torturous these two are sometimes.
"Well, keep walking and complete the job. And after we get the money, we could eat," I said with my impatience level going down.
Natsu and Happy sat on the corner of the road with grief. Boy, are those two dramatic. And besides, we need that money to pay off what we owe. Erza and Gray are off to a job to help find a missing pie recipe. And Cana went with Gildarts to a job, well more like Cana had a job and Gildarts followed.
I looked over to Natsu and noticed he was gnawing on a boulder. Aya! And Happy was doing the same to a pebble.
"Natsu! Let's go! We have to carry out this job to the client before it's too late!"
Natsu recovered quickly and complained that the rock wasn`t very tasty. I smirked in amusement. Natsu, Natsu, Natsu…
We arrived at the client`s house around noon and knocked on the door. The house was small and not in a good condition. The paint on the exterior was peeling, and the roof was starting to fall in.
A little girl answered the door with a wide smile. Her hair was golden and glinted with strawberry streaks. She was around ten. She asked, "Hello! You must be the clients! Please, come in!"
Natsu scowled while his stomach rampaged. And Happy`s stomach growled in unison. I sighed as the little girl looked at Natsu and Happy.
"I`ll ask my father to come out. If he doesn`t I will have to it explain to you myself." the girl said in a low tone.
"Wait! What happened to your father? We don`t even know your name!" I stood in the room before the girl.
The room had chairs and a table with a vase of flowers. A stone stove was put in a corner of this kitchen/living room. The interior paint was peeling and the floor was creaking to lightest touch. This house needed fixing.
The girl stood there and stared at me; her eyes getting watery from tears. She said in a low tone, " My name is Adalia Stallione. My father is really sick, and the reason he can`t come out is because he is in the stage of passing." Adalia sobbed her eyes out, " My father had medicine, but a monster attacked my father. The monster took my mother and the medicine with her. And it disappeared into the forest."