It's been three months since I "fell out of the sky". Well, that's all according to Lidia.
Did I really? I mean, who falls out of the sky? Who am I? This remained a mystery. A mystery that has been suffocating me slowly from the inside.
"Clover~" a cheerful voice called out my name. "Clover?" I closed my eyes and let out a sigh. "Clover!" The cheerful voice transformed into a yell. "I called you like 5 times!"
I looked back and saw something pink walking towards me. Well, someone. Her name was Lidia, and she was a nice and caring friend that took me in when she first found me. I didn't know anything at all, so she decided to let me stay with her, and so far, I haven't figured anything out about myself.
"Sorry!" I weakly smiled at her.
"Hmph." She pouted. "I even told you to dress up so we can go to the town today…"
"I am dressed?" I looked down at my jet black pants and white shirt. Well. I was dressed, but not dressed up. "Why are we going there anyway?"
"Well, for one, we both need clothes. Especially you! We are at the age of blooming, but you dress like a guy! The only thing that says you're a girl is your body, face, and hair. Your personality is..very much like a guy." Lidia let out a sigh. "Second, there's a discount. And third…" her eyes glittered. "I heard that Fairy Tail is coming to the harbor in Pathom!"
"In Pathom?!" I rolled my eyes. When the topic of a magic guild came out, Lidia always got excited. And of course, when the topic of the most famous guild in the world came up…well. She would even go to a town that's two hours away by train.
"Yep! Pathom!" Lidia couldn't contain her anger. "Maybe, just maybe! Maybe we'll be able to see the famous people of Fairy Tail!"
"But.." I frowned. "They are the rowdy magic guild that ends up breaking everything…"
"That's the cool part!"
"Oh dear…" I shook my head.
"Well! Even if I'm not very happy about how you're dressed, we're still going!"
With that, I was forced into possibly the turning point of my life.
After two long hours, we finally arrived at Pathom. Pathom was a big city in Fiore that was known for it's busy imports and exports. After all, Pathom had the biggest harbor in Fiore.
"Wow~" Lidia held down her white sun dress. "It's always so pretty here!"
"Yeah…" I had to agree with her on this. The ocean near the harbor was breathtaking; the sparkling water, the active seagulls, and the glorious ships that gallantly awaited its turn out in the sea. This was something worth of seeing.
"Anyway!" Lidia clasped her hands. "No time to waste!" she abruptly grabbed my hand and began to run towards the busy shops that was bustling with people.
"S-slow down, Lidia!" I tried to pull her back a little.
"We're almost there!" Lidia stuck her tongue out at me and continued on. After running into about dozen of people, she finally stopped.
"And this place is…?" I raised my eyebrows.
"A shop. Duh. I really like the clothes here, so let's buy something! One each?"
"Sure…" I never went to a shop like this so I timidly peeked in the colorful shop.
"Wahh~" I could hear Lidia's voice. "Clover!" Lidia came over and held out a yellow dress halter top dress. "This will look so good on you!"
"Huh?" My eyes fell down on this pastel yellow dress that had small designs of flower at the bottom. "T-this? It's too…" I looked away.
"It'll look good on you! I saw this before, and I knew that you would look nice in it!"
"Uhm uhm…" I wasn't sure what to do.
"Try It on?" Lidia suggested. After five minutes of arguing, I lost, so I solemnly went into the dressing room and changed. I peeked out in embarrassment. "I can't wear this, Lidia. It's so…revealing compared to what I wear."
"Oh come on. Just wear it." Lidia pulled back the door and smiled. "Finally. You look like a real girl!"
"W-well.." I continuously tried to pull down the short dress.
"Ah don't be a baby." Lidia smiled. "Miss!" Lidia waved at the cashier. "How much is this?"
In the end, Lidia bought the dress. Not only that, she strongly suggested that I wear that today for a "nice change". But I knew that she just wanted me to get out of those homely clothes.
"Ahhh~" Lidia linked her arm around my arms and smiled. "I always wanted to do this with a friend…" she looked up at me. "I wanted to dress her up and walk around town like this. It's fun, isn't it?"
"Yes." I smiled back at her. Despite the short dress I was wearing, I felt like today was a really fun day. It was good to change environment once in a while.
"But Clover." Lidia tilted her head sideways. "You know…I…"
"STOP THE THIEF!" A loud voice echoed down the street. "Someone! Please! Stop the man!" We both looked back, and we spotted a black masked man violently pushing aside people as he firmly held onto a bag.
"Lidia, we need to-" I pulled Lidia closer to the edge in case of danger, but suddenly a streak of fire flew above our head. "Watch out!" I managed to pull Lidia and duck away from the attack. "What the…" I looked up at the trace of fire that was slowly disappearing.
"What's going on…?" Lidia tried to get up, but arrows began to fly above our heads again. Thankfully, I managed to prevent Lidia from getting hurt, but when I looked up, I was shocked. It was arrows made of…ice?
Finally, when I believed that danger passed away, I stood up. The colorful and lively street now was black with ashes and watery from the melted ice.
"What happened here?" I looked around. Everyone was at the wall of the building or on the floor, shocked as I was. Except four people that was walking this way.
"Natsu! Gray!" A blond girl angrily yelled at them. "You shouldn't have done that! Look what you guys did! AGAIN!"
"Psh. I was just trying to catch the thief." A boy with red hair fumed and rolled his eyes.
"I was just helping flame brain over there because I knew he wouldn't catch the thief." A half naked boy with jet black hair smirked.
"What did you say?!" They both clashed with each other and continued to bicker until a beautiful red haired woman in armor stopped them.
"Be grateful you didn't hurt anyone…eh?" The red haired woman glared at them with a deadly aura.
"Yes mam!" They nervously smiled and continued to walk our way.
"At least we stopped the thief, right?" The red haired boy and black haired boy shrugged.
I silently watched the group of people walk without noticing the real damage done.
"Clover..that's…"
I couldn't take it anymore, so I angrily stood up.
"Who do you think you are?!" I could feel the blood boiling to my head. They all looked my way in confusion. "Just because no one got hurt, you don't need to apologize?!"
"Oh right. I'm very sorry." The red haired woman and the blond haired girl seemed to realize the situation and bowed to the crowd of people.
"Hmph!" I looked away from them. "It's not your fault though! You two!" I pointed at the two boys. "You owe all of us an apology."
"Huh?" It was the black haired boy that spoke first. "Miss, I know that the situation was a bit out of hand, but-"
Without thinking, my hand flew up in the air, and…
Across his face.
I really didn't know who they were.
Nor did I know that this would completely flip my peaceful life into a chaos.
