Notes— it's official. the reviews i've received so far make me giggle like a maniac. fo srs.
aannnd, i've decided to make this Layla and Lucy centered. for some reason, i love Layla. also, i just randomly wrote this up. so it's choppy.
Falling.
She was falling.
It may have not been the best idea. Really, it was her fault. Lucy was the one who had accidently strayed away from everyone, then managed to get herself cornered—
On a cliff, with jumping the only way out.
Cutting rapidly through the air, her eyes bulged as she realized something.
My keys!
There was a giant river below her with deadly rapids. Her body would be washed away, along with her beloved keys. Gasping, she tried to reach for them, to throw them on a ledge or something.
Before she could even so much as touch them, she was suddenly underwater, harsh water crashing her around. Instinctively gaping, she flailed her arms around as water filled her lungs.
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a flash of bright white, and for a second she thought she was dying—
But then thin yet strong arms wrapped around her waist, yanking her along. A hand covered her mouth and nose, stopping her from accidentally inhaling more water.
Gliding through the water, she felt herself being quickly tugged out onto a rough, hard surface. Before she could react, she was on her hands and knee's, coughing up water with the help of hard pat's on her back.
"Lucy!"
Gaze darting to the side, Lucy choked on the water she was coughing on when she saw Aquarius beside her looking—
Worried?
"How did you—" She cut herself off, coughing more and sitting back on her bottom.
"I came through the gate myself," Aquarius stiffly answered. So much for concern...
"Because someone—" The water bearer paused. Before Lucy could ask, the blonde yelped as a sudden sharp pain hit her head. Aquarius smacking her, no doubt.
"Because someone's an idiot!" The harsh aqua haired beauty hissed. Turning around and rubbing her arms to keep warm, Lucy glanced over her spirit, who was sitting on the river bank with her fin in the water.
"—and really, couldn't you have atleast opened a gate first?" She ranted on, "You know Leo would have helped— hell, he would have taken the entire impact! But no, because you're a dumbass, you acted without thinking. I swear, sometimes you're just like your mother—"
"Mother?" Lucy cut her off, cocking her head to the side with a sudden curious gaze. Internally, she cringed. Cutting Aquarious off? While she was already angry? A death wish, for sure.
But instead of recieving another hit, she saw something in the spirit's gaze.
Something like loss and regret.
"Yes, mother." She answered, even stiffer than before. "She was always so impulsive, acting without thinking. Now that I think about it, you two are— were— alike. Always pissing me off with your antics. Jeesh, are you ever Layla's dau— why the hell are you smiling?"
"N-no reason..."
"Ugh, you're so— are you crying? Damnit, I'm not cut out for this!"
