Hey there people! IsolatedWilderness is back with a new chapter! As usual, please leave a review! Oh, and check out my other story, Let's Play Hangman! Now, I am going to start doing disclaimers. I'm not sure if you're supposed to do it, so whatever!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fairy Tail!
Now, without further ado, let us proceed to the story!
Chapter 2- Seriously
She left the station and headed for the address that was written there. She stopped at the door and took a deep breath. Okay. Let's do this.
She braced herself, but she didn't know why. What was she expecting? It wasn't this. An old woman trotted up to her.
"Um. Hi?" Lucy cringed. She didn't mean for it to come out as a question.
"Hello. You are the one who accepted the request?" The woman's voice was fragile and brittle, one that seemed like it would crack and break (metaphorically speaking) at any moment.
"Yes. I would like some further information, please."
"So, the request is to slay a beast that has been ravaging our town. This monster has currently…killed 2 people, and we would very much like it to be gone. The most recent sighting of it is in the forest next to our town. It probably inhabits a cave or suchlike. The reward will be funded by me. That's all." (A/N: I can't remember if there was or wasn't a forest… Just go with the flow, okay peoplez?)
"So all I have to do is kill this thing?"
"I thought we established that already." Lucy nodded and swept away. She stepped outside and scrutinized her surroundings. The town to her right and a clearing to her left. And up front…
The forest.
Lucy walked slowly towards the forest. There was barely any sound. No birds, no rustling that indicated an animal was there. Just the trickling of a nearby stream. Lucy shivered, this was creepy. Oh, how nice it would be if Natsu was here to encourage her and stay by her side.
Lucy was jarred out of her… thoughts about Natsu. She swiftly got out her whip and activated it. The magic whip sputtered and when out. Lucy stared stupidly at it, astonished. There was no way that it could fail! It was from the Celestial World, after all. It was then she heard a loud CRACK!
Lucy swiveled her head in the direction of the sound. She saw a massive, blobby, yucky, slimy thing emerge from the undergrowth. She involuntarily cringed, looking disgustedly at the monster. She saw an aura pulsing around the demon. That must be it! The aura was nullifying her magic coming from the whip! (A/N : I know, I know, just go with it again!J)
She started running blindly away from the monster, turning around once in a while to check how far it was behind her. She screeched to a stop- there was a cliff, with long, long drop. Lucy shuddered. She didn't even want to know how long the drop was. She looked up and saw the creature charging towards her, building up momentum. She gazed from the cliff to the monster, the cliff to the monster…
Eureka! She could jump out of the way when the monster reaches the cliff, which would then result in it falling, due to the momentum that it was building up. And she would be safe. Lucy sighed. She was such a genius!
Lucy readied herself to leap as far as she can. She focused on the monster and JUMPED! She sailed to the side of the thing and turned around to see in time the monster fall of the cliff. She pumped her fist in the air and whooped. It echoed around the forest, leaving a hollow feeling in her heart. If only Team Natsu was here… if only Natsu was here.
Lucy walked towards the client's house. She knocked.
"Enter." The voice was short and clipped, nothing like the frail voice from before.
Lucy opened the door, eliciting a crreeeaak from it. She stepped inside, greeted by the old lady from before. Nothing seemed off, but what was with the young, shot and clipped 'Enter' from before?
"I got rid of the monster."
"Good, good. Shall I give you the reward money?"
"Hai." Lucy replied, trying to not seem too eager for the money. She did need it, though, to pay her rent as usual.
"Here you go." The woman turned around and was holding a sack. It was bulging, and it seemed like it was… moving?
Just what was in this sack?
Is it a new danger approaching for Lucy? Or is it just a mistake?
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