I always mess up the ages! Elvena is six, not ten. Sorry for confusion. When I made the story, I realized that I had to change the age so it would fit in with her history, but forgot to edit it. Yes I know Evergreen was on a job with Elfman and then she was with them. It confused me, too. My sister helped me write that part since I didn't know who to exactly write that part. My bad! I'll be adding dates in as well, so I can keep track of her birthday. I think I might edit that part.
Chapter Two (February 3, X791)
Lucy shot up when she felt small hands shaking her lightly. She looked up to see Elvena staring down at her. Elvena pointed to the door. As if on cue, a few blocks were heard on the door. Lucy stood up and stretched, yawning as she opened the door. There stood Laxus leaning against the door frame, Evergreen standing next to him. Lucy was taken back a little. "Oh, good morning Laxus, Evergreen. What are you doing here?" Lucy asked.
"Master asked us if we could come over and help get some clothes for Elvena, and sort out the care taking problem." Evergreen answered. Elvena looked over Lucy's shoulder, and when she saw Laxus, she walked up to him, teaching her hands up. Laxus didn't seem to notice her, which made Elvena mad. She wasn't that short! So she sneezed lightly, and all three of them turned to her. The sneeze sounded rough and shaky, but soft at the same time. "Laxus, pick up the child!" Evergreen exclaimed. Laxus grunted and turned away. Elvena frowned. Did he not like her anymore? Did no one like her anymore? Why were they all ignoring her. Before she could stop herself, she was crying. No sound came from her, just the sound of the tears hitting Lucy's wooden floors. Lucy sighed and picked Elvena up, bringing her over to her small kitchen as Elvena wrapped her legs around Lucy's waist.
"Smooth, Laxus." Lucy yelled from the kitchen as she set Elvena down in a chair and went to the bathroom. Putting on a pair of black ripped jeans, blue short sleeve shirt and black boots, Lucy walks back into the kitchen and gives Elvena her keys, which she starts to mess around with like any other child would. Evergreen sits down next to Elvena, watching Lucy as she starts cooking. Laxus sits on her bed, observing Elvena. Just who was the child?
Elvena stuck Aquarius's key in her mouth, and it started glowing. Lucy cursed as Aquarius appeared with a scowl on her face. "H-Hey Aquarius." Lucy stuttered. Aquarius didn't have time to be mad at Lucy as she stared at Elvena. "So you finally got a boyfriend, huh Lucy?" Aquarius sneered. Lucy blushed and shook her head. "No, this is Elvena. Laxus saved her from an abusive home." Lucy explained. Elvena started shaking. She didn't like how the Mermaid was looking at her. Elvena put the keys down. Aquarius lifted her vase and rested it on her hip. Elvena sensed something nice flowing inside of it. So she lifted her arm, a large ball of water rising from the vase. Aquarius watched with large eyes as Elvena lifted the water and formed a small crown, putting it on her head as it surprisingly stayed together.
"Awwwww, she looks like a princess!" Evergreen cooed, pinching Elvena's cheeks. Elvena frowned. She was a princess, but she was also a human. Elvena shook her head, making Evergreen release her cheeks. "How did she do that?" Aquarius asked.
"We believe she has control over the elements, but we aren't completely sure since we haven't seen her use any other magic yet." Lucy explained. Aquarius nodded, and disappeared. Did she know something they didn't? Lucy placed a plate of eggs and bacon in front of Elvena. Elvena stared at it. Richard never allowed her to eat eggs before. Or bacon. Or food for that matter. She was so skinny, the PJ's didn't even for properly. Elvena looked up at Lucy. "What's the matter, not hungry?" Lucy asked, setting two plates down for herself and Evergreen. Laxus obviously wasn't interested in her cooking, since he was too busy searching her fridge. "Do you think her father let her eat?" Laxus asked as if it was obvious. Lucy glared at him. Elvena stuck her tongue out. and they saw the same golden designs all over it as before as she licked the bacon.
"How did you get those marks on your tongue?" Lucy asked. Laxus watched as Elvena stopped eating and sat up. She engulfed her hand in fire. "Fire?" Lucy asked. She shook her head. Elvena hovered it over her tongue. "Your father burned your tongue?" Evergreen asked. Elvena nodded. Lucy clenched her fists. "Why...you know what, never mind. But why is it gold?" Lucy asked.
Elvena took the butter knife from the table, and before Lucy could stop her, she cut herself. Golden blood dripped from her arm. "When I saved her, she didn't have gold blood." Laxus stated, looking at Elvena's tongue in confusion. Evergreen quickly wrapped a napkin around Elvena's arm. Elvena made a writing motion. Lucy went over to her drawer and took out a notebook and pen. She handed it to Elvena, and she started writing.
My blood is gold. It's cool, right? It was red before because I haven't been uses my magics for a while. Well, you knew she was a six year old by her use of words. "Elvena, you want to go shopping now?" Lucy asked. Elvena nodded and stood up. "Laxus, get out. I have to change Elvena." Lucy ordered.
"It's not like I'm gonna look. I'm not a pervert unlike Salamander and the ice freak." Laxus stated. Elvena let out an airy giggle and waddled over to Laxus, jumped on him. He stumbled but caught himself and picked Elvena up so she wouldn't fall. "Okay seriously, stop doing that." Laxus growled. Elvena kissed his nose. Heat rushed to his face, but he brushed it off by glaring at Elvena. She winced and jumped out of his arms, running behind Lucy.
"Aw, don't be such a meany, Laxus. Anyway, I need to get going. Elfman asked me to meet up with him at the guild to talk about something. See ya." She said, opening the door. Walking out, she shut it. Lucy sighed and called Virgo out. She had gotten some clothes for Elvena. After thanking Virgo, she sent her back and made Laxus turn around. Lucy dressed Elvena in a pair of overalls, a pink ruffle shirt under it. The short sleeves showed her bruises and her thin arms. Lucy slipped black sneakers on Elvena's feet and grabbed her hand. "You can turn around now." Lucy said. Laxus turned around and walked toward the door.
"Come on, I'm not waiting for you." He said. Lucy grabbed her wallet and walked to the door, Elvena toddling beside her. Laxus shut the door as they walked out the apartment and down the street. Lots of people gave them looks, some whispering to one another. Elvena waved at everyone with a smile on her face. It was hard to believe such an innocent girl would have been abused for so long. A majority of the people waved back, while others just gave her a look.
"Elvena, what exactly do you want to wear?" Lucy asked. Elvena shrugged as she looked at all the stores. Her eyes brightened as she looked at a nice outfit, a black ruffle skirt, a grey sweater with multicolored hearts all over it, the background full of sparkles. She pointed to it and started jumping up and down. Lucy giggled and walked into the store as Laxus stayed outside.
They walked through the isles, Elvena spotting some other things she liked as well as the outfit she saw in the window. Once they were done, Lucy had spent nearly 3,000 jewel, not that much, but a lot for one kid. They left the store with three bags. Elvena took one of them and handed it to Laxus. He started at the bag as if he didn't know what to do with it. Elvena pursed her lips and grabbed Laxus's arm, putting the bag on it. She walked back over to Lucy and did the same with the other two bags. Clapping her hands, she smiled up at Laxus. He growled under his breath.
"Coooool!" An annoying voice said from behind Elvena. She turned to see a man with funny looking blonde hair, slanted eyes and a camera was running toward them. Elvena freaked out and ran behind Laxus, gripping onto his pant leg. "Is that your daughter?! Lucy Heartfillia and Laxus Dreyar has a kid?! So coooooool! I have to get this for the cover of Sorcerer Weekly!" He exclaimed. Lucy sweatdropped. "Um, no, this isn't our daughter. We aren't even dating. She's a girl Laxus rescued on one of his missions." Lucy explained. Jason frowned. "Just one picture?" He asked.
"Um..." Lucy looked at Laxus, who gave her a look that said 'If you say yes, I will kill you.' She smirked and turned back to Jason. "Yes." Laxus groaned. He set down the bags, mumbling curse words under his breath as he picked up Elvena, supporting her on one arm as he walked next to Lucy. The height difference fit perfectly, and the smile on Lucy's face made the picture happier. Elvena stuck out her tongue, putting a thumbs up at the camera. Laxus looked away as the camera snapped.
"You'll be on the cover of this weeks magazine!" He exclaimed, running down the street. "If I see any weird captions I swear to Mavis' grave I'm gonna kill you!" Lucy yelled after him. Laxus put Elvena down and picked the bags back up. Elvena smiled up at him. Even if he was so grumpy all the time, she liked him. Can't say that much for everyone else in Fairy Tail.
"Hey Luce, whatcha doin' out here?!" Natsu's voice yelled from somehere behind them. Team Natsu was walking over to them. A large cart full of luggage was strolling behind Erza. "Oh, hey guys." Lucy said. Lisanna waved at Elvena, who stood next to Laxus, gripping his pant leg with one small hand. "We needed to buy some clothes for Elvena. You're going on a mission?" Lucy asked. Gray nodded. "An S-Class one, too. To get this gem from a cursed tomb hidden under the Haboke Mountain." He explained.
"Oh, you guys should come along!" Natsu exclaimed. Laxus glared at him. "Unless you want me to fry your annoying asses, then no. And I'm not taking a six year old." He stated. Natsu frowned. "You're no fun."
"Well, it wouldn't hurt, right? We could keep her away from the tomb and have a little adventure. Would you like that, Ellie?" Lucy asked. Elvena's eyes widened. Ellie? Was that her new nickname? She smiled. She liked it. Elvena nodded her head and smiled even brighter. Lucy clapped her hands together. "Then it's settled. I'll put her clothes in the Spirit World and we can get going." Lucy said.
"Right now?" Laxus asked. Lucy turned to him and nodded. He groaned and put the bags back down for the second time. For the third time today, Lucy called Virgo out, apologizing for calling her out so much, and placed her bags in the Spirit World. Lucy thanked her and then picked up Elvena. Elvena squirmed in her arms, reaching for Laxus. Laxus didn't even look at her. Elvena frowned. She was going to do something she hadn't done in a while. Making a low humming noice, a high frequency sound was emitted from her throat. Everyone around her covered their ears. Laxus looked at her and she stopped. "What the hell! Why is she doing that?" Erza asked. "She wants Laxus to hold her, but he's behind annoying." Lucy stated. Laxus mumbled something about girls being annoying and picked Elvena up. Elvena climbed on his shoulders, gripping onto his hair as she wrapped her legs around his neck.
They walked toward the train stataion, Natsu whining about not wanting to go. Elvena showed Erza her magic, fire, earth, water and wind. It was quite amazing. First, she lit her hand on fire. Then, she took a small piece of the ground and made it float in the air. Wind circled around Erza, making her hair fly everywhere, and finally, she made a small cloud above Natsu, rain pouring onto his head. Gray was laughing his ass off as Natsu yelled at him to stop. Elvena smiled. She seemed to be getting close to Team Natsu, but she was still uncomfortable around them. Especially Natsu. He had this sort of...presence that made her stomach hurt. She was scared of him. Every time he would look at her, she would turn away or grip onto Laxus's hair tighter. This didn't go unnoticed by Lucy, since she gave Natsu a look. Maybe it was something from her past?
Makarov stood in front of the four main members of the Council, Draculous, Wolfheim, Warrod and Jura. "I'm sure you've heard of the arrival of a young girl saved by Laxus during one of his missions, yes?" Makarov asked.
"Yes, we have." Draculous said. The Council knew everything, no matter how hard someone tried to keep it a secret. Makarov nodded. "She is something else. Her name is Elvena Marshall. Her voice box was crushed by her father, who was abusive. It's a very horrible case at that. Her body was riddled with bruises and scars, her ribs were broken, there were previous breaks. It was morbid. I put her in the responsibility of Laxus and Lucy. She has the most trust in those two, and then Bixlow, which is out of the blue. But that's not all. She has...control over the elements." Makarov explained. Jura's eyes widened.
"That's impossible. The Elementals were taken out years ago along with Yolonda and Lucas." Jura stated.
"I know that, Jura. The thing is, she is almost an exact replica of Yolonda. The light blonde hair, the blue eyes. Well, blue eye. She has one red eye as well." Makarov said. Warrod scratched his chin.
"This is alarming. If she's an Elemental, it means there's more. You say her eyes are different colors?" He asked. Makarov nodded.
"There must be others then. Make sure she doesn't leave your sight. I have a bad feeling. Is her abuser still alive?" Warrod asked.
"From the information Laxus gave me, yes. He was about to deal with him, but a Evergreen was yelling at him that they had to leave and get help for her. The one thing I'm worried about the most is if she's old enough to handle all this. She's six, and she has already used her magic." Makarov said.
"Not good. Just another reason to keep her close. At that age, she shouldn't have any contact with her magic. Not if she was born with it. Warrod, look for her records. See if there is anything." Draculous ordered. Warrod nodded and stood up, walking out of the large room.
"Make sure she is secured, Makarov. I'm putting this on you. If anything happens that involves this girl, I'm taking her out of your hands, understand?" Draculous asked. Makarov nodded, putting his hands behind his back and walking out. Elvena seemed to be more of a problem than it's worth. The Elementals were taken out at least seven years ago. Though, the body of Yolonda was never found. It added up. Elvena was six, and Yolonda disappeared seven years ago...no, no. Makarov shook the thought out of his mind.
Once at the guild, he went to his office, and put his hands on his head, remembering his talk with Levy.
A Few Hours Before...
When Lucy and Laxus left Makarov's office, Levy walked in and stood in the door frame. "Take a seat, Levy." Makarov said. Levy sat down in front of Makarov. "Sorry for asking, but what is this for?" Levy asked.
"I need you to do some research about Elementals for me. Don't tell anyone else of this." Makarov said.
"But why?" Levy asked.
"As your master, I need you to trust me. This not only effects Elvena, but it effects everyone with her. Meaning us. And if we don't know what she is, we don't know what she can do." Makarov answered.
"But what makes you think she is one of these 'elementals' you speak of?" Levy asked.
"She used all four elements today, and its alarming. I will speak to the council about her, but I fear they might try to control her so she doesn't use her magic. Please, just do this for me." Makarov said. Levy sighed.
"Yes Master."
After that, Makarov has had a few things on his mind. It was like he wanted to think something, but he didn't want it to be true. He had to trust the Council. Walking out of his office, he stood on the railing.
"Where is Elvena?" He asked the guild.
"They went on a mission with Team Natsu and Laxus. I'm surprised he even agreed to-"
"WHAT?!"
That'll be all for this second chapter. Thanks again to Chan19 for pointing out the Evergreen and age thing, I wouldn't have found that on my own. So just to explain one more time, Elvena is six, and I'll edit chapter One, but it'll be all the same except Evergreen never goes on the mission with Elfman.
