Well I'm a big liar, not really, I had no intention of writing a second chapter. I just sort of did. Unlike the last one this chapter is...shippy. Well I hope you enjoy.
Metal Cranes.
"Gajeel you need to eat other things besides scrap metal! You're gonna ruin your health. Have some corn." Levy rambled in vain. Even with all her might she couldn't get the corn-on-the-cob anywhere near the metal Dragon-Slayers mouth, he sat there happily gnawing on a piece of metal, his half outstretched arm blocking the small script-mages grainy advance. Levy didn't give up though, all of Fairy Tail had gathered up to watch Magnolia's famous sakura blossoms and have a picnic in the park but Gajeel was refusing to eat any food that she had prepared for the event and continued to eat the scrap metal he had brought along.
"Oi shrimp! A Dragon-Slayers element is the perfectly balanced meal for them. It's the best thing for a growing boy."
"But don't you care about how things taste! I know it's supposed to taste good but don't you get tired of the same flavor."
"Nope, why don't you worry about Salamander instead of me?"
"Cause Natsu eats lots of different food, he just sets it on fire! So come on eat some food!"
"Watch out!" Cried Natsu from the field where the other guild members happily played soccer. Levy turned around with just enough time to see the soccer ball a inch away from her face.
"Droy! Jet! Where are you?" A young Levy walked through the forest, she had somehow gotten separated from Jet and Droy during their game of tag. She clutched her small red tote bag nervously, this is why she had told the two that it would be better to stay in her yard and have a tea party but they refused to listen. Levy heard a stick crack and turned her heard towards the oncoming sound. "Who's there?" She said, trembling slightly.
"Calm down, it's fine." A young boy emerged from the thicket, her had shaggy black hair that went down to his waist and piercing red eyes. "I'm not hear to hurt you, it's just not safe to be here."
Levy backed up." Are you going to eat me Wolf-san?"
"Wolf-san?"
"Mhmm, there was a story about this, a girl gets lost in a forest and a wolf tries to eat her."
"I'm not a wolf, how rude. I'm a dragon!"
"Then are you gonna eat me Dragon-san? Dragons always eat people."
"No, I won't. I'm looking after you, it's dangerous to go farther into these woods. Besides, you don't look very tasty. No matter how hungry I am I won't eat something that doesn't look tasty." A low rumbling sound came from the boys direction, he blushed and looked away.
"Ah, are you hungry? I have cookies and tea!" Levy sat down and started pulling the snacks out of her bag. The boy sat next to her and she handed him a cookie and the thermostat of tea. He sniffed the cookie and took a bite, sticking his tongue out in disgust. "Ew, is this what human food taste like?"
"Ehhh, you didn't like the cookies?! Ginger nip cookies are the best! What do you like then?"
"Metal."
"Okay then, one order of metal coming up." Levy dug around in her bag pulling out her note pad and a set of crayons.
"Meh-tha-lu." She sounded out as she wrote the phonetic spelling on to the paper, which turned black and crumbled up. "What happened?" The boy said looking over her shoulder "I think I spelled it wrong, it's hard for me to spell and read." She giggled and took her crayon to the paper again trying to spell it right. "Just wait, Dragon-san, I'll have your metal soon." The paper turned black and crumbled again.
"Metal is spelled M-E-T-A-L."
"Ah okay!M-E-T-A-L." The piece of paper turned silver and taunt. "Here you go one piece of metal."
"What was that?" He sat there turning the thin plate of metal before setting it to the side.
"Solid Script magic! The old man at the library is teaching it to me! I can't use it well yet, he can make it all pop out and stuff, I can't even spell right. He told me reading will help, but I can't read well either."
"Hehe, if it's magical all you need to do is practice! My dad told me that. Just keep doing the spell until you get it right. I'll practice with you!"
"Really!?"
"Yeah! Do you have something to read?"
"Momotaro!" She said digging up the book from her bag.
"What's that?"
"It's a old folk story, I'll read it to you." She opened the book an began reading."Long, long ego ther libed, an old man and an old wooman; they were pes-ants, and had to work harad to earn their dayly rice. The old man used to go and cut grass for the parmers around, and while he was gone the old woman, his wive, did the worqu of the house and worqued in their own little rice field. One day the.." As the sun went down Levy realized the boy had fallen asleep as she was reading. She poked his cheek waking him up." Did you like the story, Dragon-san?"
"Mhmm," he rolled closer to her. "The animals were funny, I liked how the dog and the monkey fought a lot."
"LEVY-CHAN!" She heard one of the adults from the village scream."WHERE ARE YOU!"
"OVER HERE!" She screamed back. "Dragon-san we can go back to the village." She turned back to the boy, but he was no where to be found.
"Sorry, but my dad wouldn't like me going far from where we live." His voice came from the thicket, his red eyes shinning though, like that of a animal.
"Ahhh, well bye Dragon-san, oh I'm Levy McGarden, I hope we can play together again!"
"Yeah, so do I." The eyes drew dimmer as they disappeared. The adult broke through the forest walls and went to Levys side.
"Levy-chan, are you okay, were you scared?"
"No, Dragon-san was keeping me company."
"Dragon-san?"
"Yup, he was nice and he help me read!"
"Well that's good Levy-chan. Come on let's go, your mama and papa are really worried about you."
"Okay! Let's go!"
Gajeel walked through the thicket to where his foster dad was waiting. His body shining like polished metal in the setting sun. "Oi, Pops! I don't think it's safe to stay here anymore."
"I saw, I didn't think there was a village here, I couldn't see it from the sky."
"That's cause the forest is so thick here."
"You were lucky it was a little girl and not a adult, who knows what would have happened." Metalicana gently flick Gajeel on his back, though it still contained enough force to send the young Dragon-Slayer tumbling. "Tie up any loose ends you have here, we leave at midnight."
"Sure!"
A sharp light pierced through Levy's window. She got out of bed and toddled toward the windowsill. She looked out her window to see a large shadow flying away from the town, on it's back where two gleaming red orbs of light. As Levy stared in wonder her hand came down, resting upon a origami crane that was placed upon a card that had a child's messy hand writing.
"Oi, shrimp!" Gajeel said gently patting Levy on her cheek. "Nap times over." Levy awoke for her slumber groggily. She was seated in Gajeels lap, using his chest as a back rest.
"Gajeel, what time is it?"
"Time to go back, everyone else is leaving."
"Levy, you should have seen it!" Lucy said popping out from behind his back. "Gajeel stayed here the whole time watching you while you slept, he said it was all his fault cause he wasn't able to deflect the ball in time." Lucy smiled giddily as she poked fun at the Dragon-Slayer.
"Well, what kind of Mage can't even deflect a ball!"
"Hmmm, I wonder?" Lucy said skipping around Gajeel.
"Ready to go Levy? How's your head?"
"Fine, thanks Lu-chan." She stood out of Gajeels lap."Any left overs? I need to pack it up if there is."
"Nope, not a crumb left, even your weird ginger nip cookie things are gone."
"Don't call them weird! Who ate everything? it was a lot of food."
"Gajeel did. He was all like,' Oi, bunny girl, bring me the corn! It be a shame if it went bad!'"
"Oi, bunny girl, keep talking and I'm gonna nail you to a tree!"
"Just like that! Well bye now." She ran off, chasing after Happy and Natsu. Levy turned and smiled at Gajeel.
"Thanks for watching over me."
Gajeels face grew red. "No..no problem."
"Bye Gajeel, see you tomorrow." She ran off, trying to catch up to the main group of girls heading toward Fairy Hills.
"Oi, Shrimp, be careful on your way back!"
"I will!" She said waving back at him.
Levy dug through the clutter of her closest, moving piles of book till she she found the box of her childhood books. Upon opening the lid she sighed. "Thank god it wasn't a dream." Standing on top of all the books was a small metal crane, underneath in a six year old messy writing was a simple note. 'CAnT waIT To PlaY agaIN!"
