Natsu: [Flashback]

Curiosum [Curious] - II

"Lucy and I need to get out of here. And fast."

I shouldn't have stormed off like that. I should've considered her feelings instead of prioritizing my own. I might've hurt her. I'm the worst. Now that I think about it, I didn't even fulfill the objective I wanted to. I pulled out the silver key with its small silver chain from my pocket. Guess I'll save giving her this tomorrow, if she'll even accept it. I contemplated going back, I really did, but I couldn't afford to be caught prowling around. It's not like I'd want to leave anyway. I wanted to be with Lucy. I quickly ran to the main building, careful not to make any noise. I wasn't so tired so I decided to take a late stroll around the house corridors. That's when I spotted a light on in my parents' room. Why were they up so late? Well who am I to talk being up myself. I went to the door and listened.

"That servant girl with the golden hair seems nice. Have you noticed it yet?" My dad said.

Golden? The only person who I could think of was Lucy, but her hair was blonde, right?

"Why of course", my mom said. "She's exactly what we've been looking for plus more. The golden hair of Athena. It's quite lovely actually. That sort of thing only pops up once every millennium. The sign of a strong and upcoming celestial wizard. To think she's been under our noses the whole time."

Athena? Who was that? What's going on?

"What do you say we do with her then?" My dad asked.

"Are you kidding? We'll keep her until the project is ready to be completed. It could take a couple of years to complete, but she will be needed in the end. I'm not particularly wizard friendly so to speak, but since she's a necessity to the project, she can stay here, until the time arises. Something also tells me we have more of them still crawling around." My mom said.

I was in complete shock. My parents already knew about the whole magic situation. So much for that being secret. They probably even knew that I was a wizard too. What I wanted to know was what type of project they were talking about. And what kind of project would need a celestial wizard? Something was telling me that my parents weren't who I thought they were. I wanted to go in there and tell them my mind, but in all honesty, my legs were starting to feel shaky. If they knew this much who knew what they could do to us. As I tried to back away, I tripped over my own feet and fell with a thud.
"Who's there?!" my mom shouted.

Crap. I quickly got myself together and ran as far as I could. I turned the corner and dashed into my room and jumped on my bed. I peeped my head out the door to verify that I wasn't being chased. No one was following me, but I still felt as though eyes were on me. Lucy and I need to get out of here. And fast.

Lucy: [Flashback]

"But at that moment something just struck me. My birthday was on a Wednesday, the day Natsu hated."

Waking up is such a drag. Especially on a day you don't care for. Excuse me if I'm wrong to not care, one single bit about my own birthday. I had the weirdest dream though. In my dream the only person there was Natsu. He was running from something, mumbling things like, "I've got to tell her" and "We need to get out of here it's not safe". I didn't know who "her" was (which worried me) and where he was going, I wasn't sure, but it was just a dream evoked by my silly little emotions. I left the room and strolled through the corridors, it was a Wednesday so there wasn't much work to be done.

"Natsu! Where are you? Come back here right now! It's almost 8:30!" I recognized that voice to be Lady Shinken, Natsu's mom. Hahaha oh yeah! It was a Wednesday! On Wednesdays, Natsu had to practice tea ceremonies for an hour and a half. He usually would run away to avoid it. He despised Wednesdays. We were all used to Lady Shinken's early cries for him to come back. It was a usual weekly occurrence. But at that moment something just struck me. My birthday was on a Wednesday, the day Natsu hated. Just great. Here's another reason why I hate my birthday. It's always on such inconvenient days. I let out a sigh. No need moping over that, I'll just go to the kitchen and-

"Lu-chan!" I turned and saw Natsu who was running at full speed towards me. Before I had time to react, he crashed right into me, and we fell on the floor.

"Ow Natsu! What are you doing? You couldn't stop yourself?" I analyzed the situation and realized that he was right on top of me. I turned deep red. "And g-g-get off of me." My voice shook a little.

"Oh, sorry", he said as he stood up. He held out his hand to help me get up. "I wanted to give you something, so I ran over here as quickly as I could. But first close your eyes." I closed my eyes for what felt like forever. "You can open your eyes now." When I looked at it, I was shocked. There was a silver celestial key on a small silver chain around my neck. I wasn't sure what this one was yet, but I was so happy. "I also brought you this." It was a piece of cloth that was covering something. "Open it up." I opened it and it unraveled a mirror. It looked new.

"Thanks Natsu, I appreciate it. But can I ask why you would give me a mirror?" He laughed.

"So that you can always see how pretty you are of course." He said. I don't know if this could be called "liking" someone, but it was most definitely a fascination. I instinctively hugged him. It felt so weird. Maybe I shouldn't have done it. To my surprise, he hugged me back. "Happy birthday Lu-chan."

"NATSU! It's already 8:40, where are you?" His mom yelled. We quickly broke up our little "moment".

"Well, I have to go" he said. Before leaving he asked, "Are you free tonight after 9?"

"I am now, what do you want to do?" I asked.

"Meet me at the main sakura tree then. I have something I want to tell you." He said.

"Oh alright, I'll be there." I said. I blushed. I wonder what he had to tell me.

"See you around" he said. He then ran away shouting, "I'm coming mom!"

I felt lonely again, so I looked into the mirror. I looked the way I always did. I flipped the mirror to admire the golden handy work when a word in small text caught my eye. When I looked closer, I read the word, which to me had no meaning. It said "Edolas."

Hello everyone! Tao here. Hope you're enjoying the story a bit more? Sorry if this was a little late, I've been pretty busy with my summer work (・へ・;). I'll try as quickly as possible to get chapter III out for you guys. So as always, please don't be shy to put in a review on what you liked, and what I did well, what I didn't do well, it would really help :). (Oh and I wanna say thanks to Skywaters for the tip you gave me on the dialogue, I made sure to do that :D) Well that's pretty much it guys hope you stay with me as I try to make a great story for you guys!