Lucy strode silently through the train, looking for an empty compartment. She glanced discreetly through the small windows in the sliding doors that indicated the entrance to a compartment. She wouldn't look for long; she didn't want to disrupt anyone's privacy, after all. This was moot point, of course, as she could read minds, but it was only polite, and really, it's the thought that counts, right?
As she continued to look for an empty compartment, she decided some flashbacking was in order, as the people reading about her seemed to have no idea where she got the mind read-y thing.
Is this cannon? You think.
Where's the explanation? You think.
This person isn't a very good writer. You think.
The writer is personally insulted that you think she wouldn't explain any of this. Who do you think she is?
Lucy, as she now considers how to present her memory to you, figures that it's about time that she and the writer stopped violently bludgeoning the fourth wall before she does an acrobatic f***king pirouette off the figurative handle.
*and now, in all seriousness, a flashback is in order, also, the fourth wall has officially been repaired with copious amounts of duct tape. You won't hear from the writer again until this chapter has been completed. She is still very cross with you. *shakes head in disappointment**
Two young girls, almost indistinguishable from each other, sat in a large bedroom, examining six golden keys. They were very young-about 8 years of age-and didn't yet understand what the keys were for, only that their mother said that they were magical, and that her friends needed those to visit. Because of this, the young children naturally assumed that they were keys to doors somewhere in the house, but they had not yet found the rooms to which the keys fit, which confused them greatly. They did not usually dwell on this, though, as their fickle minds would soon be turned to focus on something else.
Right now, though, they were simply admiring the keys. The keys were quite pretty, they thought, and had insisted to their mother on many occasions that, when her friends didn't need them anymore, she was definitely to hand the beautiful golden keys to them. To this, their equally beautiful mother-Layla- would laugh quietly, telling them that they could choose what keys they wanted when they turned nine. This, at first, seemed like quite a long while, but now that they were eight, well, they felt that important decisions need to be made immediately. Obviously, this decision-making was the subject of many an argument, which resulted in many a childish screaming fit about the claimed unfairness of the other sibling. All of these little disagreements were immediately mediated by Layla, who told them that when the time came to choose-which was not now, mind you-,they would know what to do without even thinking about it.
Of course, the girls would nod sagely at their mother as if they understood, but alas, they did not. They believed very strongly that ALL THE TIME was most definitely the time that their mother spoke of, so the fights happened regularly.
Lucy, the elder sister-as she claimed; they weren't exactly sure who was older, but Lucy religiously believed she was older, and her sister was fine with this-carefully removed one of the keys(labeled with the sign of Aquarius) from its place on the sky-blue carpet. The two girls, both with brown eyes and bright blonde hair, gazed at it, transfixed by its beauty.
"Lucy, do you think it's okay if...if i had that one when we turn nine? It's my absolute favorite." said the younger sister, widening her pretty brown eyes -as if to beg- at her self-proclaimed elder sister.
Lucy considered this for a moment, if she were to give in, her pride would take a blow, but she might be able to get her sister to let her have the key with the lion on it-she liked that one best-, but if she didn't, her pride might still take a blow because of guilt...also, a fight would probably break out, and she really couldn't deal with that right now; her head hurt and she could hear some sort of buzz in her ears, this was not a pleasant feeling, and she was quite sure mutual shrieking between the both of them would not help in any way, thus she concluded that it was indeed best to take the safer, less painful route.
"Sure, Lils, but only if i can have that lion one. Deal?" She said quietly-talking too loudly hurt her head-to her younger sister.
"Well...Okay!" Lily replied happily. Lucy handed her the golden key that bore the sign of Aquarius, and was in turn handed the key that bore the sign of Leo.
Lucy held the key happily. It was the most handsome of all the keys her mom owned. She called it handsome because she figured the lion on the key was male. She had named the key Leonardo, because her mother told her the sign on the key was for something called Leo, so she felt it was a wonderfully appropriate name, and her pretty mom thought so, too. She smiled down at her favorite key as she caressed the details in the carvings on it.
She was so happy to be holding it that she was able to slightly ignore the fact that the buzzing in her ears had increased tenfold, and now she could just barely make out voices in the buzz, but she couldn't understand them, nor did she try, as she was so distracted by the most dashing and handsome key of the six.
No sooner had she thought that, than the key glowed a blinding white, warming in her hand as if amazingly happy; she was so shocked by the sudden blinding magical light that she shut her eyes against it, but just as the light had appeared so fantastically, the buzzing increased a hundredfold. The buzzing, actually, was no longer buzzing, but now the loud voices of millions of people, their thoughts, their feelings, their pain, their happiness, she could feel and see it all. Her eyes flew open, but did not see her room or her sister, all she saw was white.
Over the millions of voices, Lucy heard a booming voice that echoed in her ears and in her mind.
""THROUGH A COMPANION YOU WILL ONE DAY TRUST WITH YOUR LIFE, I HAVE GRANTED YOU POWER OF THE MIND.
IT IS NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY THOUGH, YOUNG ONE. YOU MUST USE IT WISELY.""
The moment the voice faded, it was replaced by the same millions of voices.
Her head exploded in pain, and her vision cleared for a moment, revealing her sister, screaming something. She was holding her shoulders, shaking her frantically. For a moment, Lily looked relieved to see her sister's vision more focused, but it didn't last.
Lucy gave her sister a small, confused smile.
Why...couldn't she hear her sister? She was obviously yelling very loudly...Why did her head hurt so...so much?
Before either sister could comprehend what was happening, Lucy screamed. On the inside, Lucy had no idea she was doing such a thing, and became even more puzzled when her sister jumped and scrambled away from her. Lily was terrified. What was she to do? Of course! Mother! Mother would know what to do!
Lily whipped around and, casting another worried look at her screaming sibling, dashed out of their shared room, in search of their mother.
Why...why was Lily running away? Why does she...look so worried? What was the matter? Was something...burning?
She tried to look, but for some reason, Lucy just couldn't get her body to move. Luckily a distraction came in the for of her sister, returning with their mother hot on her heels.
They...were talking to her...Why...can't i hear them...?
What's wrong...mother? Why are you...so scared? It's okay...it's okay...Don't worry...
Whatever it is...whatever's scaring you...I'm sure it'll be fine...I'm sure it'll be okay...
Everything will be...fine...
...And everything faded into darkness.
Lucy had finally reached the end of the train. This was becoming tedious. Not a single compartment was empty. Lucy refused to ride a train for nine hours without a seat.
Ah, the last compartment. If this one wasn't empty, she was going to kick some major ass in order to get some people out.
She opened the compartment door-she lad long since stopped caring about being polite-and...
Blissfully empty.
This was a good moment.
In fact, Lucy decided she would remember it for all of eternity.
Now then, to drag Natsu's ass back here and somehow hope that she can endure the next nine hours without becoming mentally unstable.
After much thought and deliberation, she decided to ask Loki to carry Natsu's sorry behind to the back end of the train*. Hilariously, she had neglected to tell him she used to call him Leonardo when she was a child, though he had no memories of having been Layla's key, because he hadn't been there spiritually. Technically, he had never even met her, and Lucy still hadn't told him that her mother held his key for about a year before she died. But, now was not the time. Now was the time to wait around for nine hours before meeting Erza and Gray at the next train station.
Apparently, They were to be taking four trains within the next two days. The first, this one, would transport Lucy, Natsu, and Happy out of Fiore, through Seven and Iceberg, and into the capitol of the Pergrande Kingdom** where the three would meet with Erza and Gray before boarding and sitting out an even LONGER-eleven hour-Train ride to some distant country called France. It was a weird ass name, if Lucy had any say, but it didn't really matter. Anyway, after that, they would be staying in a hotel for the rest of the night, and early the next morning-EARLY-they would all board some kind of sky-train and fly over to another country called England. Specifically, they were going to a city called London, where they would board yet another train and ride it to their destination. The destination, you ask?
That, she did not know yet. That was for Erza to tell her during the mission briefing on the second train.
Aaaaannnnddd that's the end of chapter two. I'm sorry my updates take so long, i just...well it takes a lot to make me want to type a chapter, but when i do type a chapter i try to make it as good as possible.
*Did anyone notice that? Do you see what i did there?
**I got the country names from the Earthland map. - fairytail . wikia wiki / Earth _ Land-
Also, whoever noticed my not-so-subtle reference get's a nice gold star, because reasons. Seriously, i need to find fellow Homestuck fans.
Also, I Like Your Shoelaces
Tell me if you got either of those(the reference or that^)
