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~996 words in the new context~
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"Gihi," He laughed. "It looks like Bunny Girl got into trouble again." I couldn't help but pout at the name he called me. Bunny girl… that nickname brought back memories.
"The first time we met," I trailed off and met Gajeel's red eyes. He stood there and smirked softly, memories of our childhood together resurfacing. Destiny and Metalicana… our dragons were mates, so Gajeel and I had a lot of brother-sister bonding time.
The first time we met he had immediately challenged me to a magic battle - not even knowing who I was, or why Metalicana had brought him into a dense forest to meet a dragon and a little girl.
Surprisingly to him, I had accepted his challenge and creamed him, but since he didn't surrender, I had to knock him unconscious. When he woke, the first thing he had asked was,
"Are you a bunny?" I knocked him unconscious again after that.
"Stop dreaming Bunny Girl," Gajeel's voice brought me back to the present. "The past was in the past." He had drawn out his katana as well, but we both knew who would win.
I had the skills to, but I always refused to injure my "brother" every time my stepfather sent him out to capture me. But this time, this time was different.
I saw the ship there, out of the corner of my eye, sailing away from the dock amidst the darkness - exactly as I had predicted.
Gajeel was looking over there now as well. He could see the ship because to a dragon slayer, darkness and distance was nothing.
I straightened up and re-sheathed my katana. There was no use lying to him anymore.
"You coming, Gajeel? Freedom is awaiting," I grinned hopefully. He stared at me for a second, and I knew he thought I was crazy - smart and clever, but still crazy.
Finally, Gajeel grinned too.
"Sure, sis," Within a second, he called off the hounds and we headed over to the edge of the dock. The ship was in the far reaches of the harbor, but we both had a plan to get over there.
"Three…" I counted down calmly but a sudden familiar smell caught my nose.
"DUCK!" I pushed Gajeel off the dock and down into the water as I jumped and flipped into the air, dodging the many shurikens thrown at me.
"I knew Gajeel-kun would betray me sooner or later, so I shadowed him today." The man stepped out of the shadows still dressed in his business suit.
"It's nice to see you out here, Lucy." He half hissed at me.
"Stepfather…" I replied venomously. Below the dock, I could hear Gajeel quietly coughing water out of his lungs. My stepfather took a step towards me and I stepped to the side so I could see him better.
The metal shurikens gleamed in his hands.
"Come home to me peacefully, Lucy or I'll have to use alternate means." He threatened. Now was my chance, to rebel and fight for my freedom!
"No," Now I took a step forward and he shuffled back. "I will not stay locked in the mansion like a prisoner anymore. I want freedom, to make my own decisions and choices – not to have others do it for me."
"I see now," He sighed and I blinked. Did I hear right? "I will have to get rid of you now – like your mother." He said sadistically.
For a second, I didn't hear what he said first. The words "like your mother" echoed and echoed and echoed through my head.
"What?" I screamed. It echoed through the still, silent air and I swear that if there was a dragon slayer on the ship I had planned to escape on with Gajeel, they would've heard it.
"I killed her, not by myself, no," My stepfather continued, eyes gleaming with satisfaction. "With all the money I had, I just hired some poison experts to poison her food and then, boom! She was deathly sick!" He began laughing maniacally and I clenched my fists.
Now is not the time to cry! Anger, uncontrollable anger swept out from me. Below the dock Gajeel kept whispering things to me, since he knew I could hear him.
"Stop," He whispered. "Calm down Lucy." Usually calling me by my name would calm me down, but now, now it was too late.
With one smooth move, I unsheathed my katana and pointed it at my stepfather's throat. He stopped laughing as he stared down at the gleaming blade touching his neck.
"Lucy," He looked up at me, and tried to not move his neck. In another quick motion, I cut his four remaining shurikens into sixty-four tiny, little pieces with my hidden knife. I was tempted to move my right hand just a bit more, but I couldn't.
"Don't take lives" was one of the most important lessons I learned from Destiny. Everyone deserves a second chance. I knew that. I knew that. I knew that.
Slowly, I retracted my knife and sheathed it along with my katana.
I turned away from the man before me in disgust and contempt. He struggled to get up and I turned my head, quick as a flash.
"I never want to see your face ever again." I snarled. He recoiled in fright and lowered his face.
"Let's go Gajeel," I called out. Gajeel appeared from under the dock and nodded. I tensed; ready to jump when a "whoosh" sound split the air. Pain exploded on my back and I fell forward into the water.
I knew it was Gajeel who had caught me, and that was all I needed to know. In the distance I heard a thump, the baying of hounds, and a female's raised angry voice.
It sounded familiar but with my blood being drained every second, my vision and consciousness soon faded into nothing but dark, safe, blackness.