Okay, chapter2. Yay. Thanks to the couple people that reviewed my first chapter~
Gin watches the leaves float past her in the river below. She felt so alone. She had a sister, but she was part of the Blue Pegasus Guild so they don't get to talk often. Gin was mad at her usual friends so she did want to talk to them. She wishes she was stronger, wishes she as braver. She wishes she was like Erza and Lucy. They were brave and strong.
But that was it. Gin had decided. She'd go to the job board and she'd pick the hardest one for her rent money. Gin wouldn't tell anyone that she was leaving and she wouldn't ask anyone for help.
That would show them that she wasn't such a scaredy cat.
"Hey Happy-kun, Natsu-kun." She smiles as she passes them on the way to the guild. They were just leaving.
"Hey Gin-chan, did you forget something in the guild?" He asks, a mischievous look in his eyes.
"Yes, I'm going to get it." She smiles and waves goodbye to him. She then slips into the doors of the guild. The only ones there were Mirajane and Elfman. They both wave to her as she goes over to the message board. She takes her time to look and finally picks one. It was with an extremely high reward, enough to keep her afloat for over a year. She would be going to a small coast village and defending a rich family. It sounded easier than some others she had heard of, but was the hardest one there at the moment.
Shrugging a little she takes it and leaves. Unknowingly she had taken an S-ranked mission that Happy had taken from the second floor and put on the first. Natsu and Happy were planning on pulling a prank on someone later. They never thought Gin would take it.
The reason it was S-ranked was that the family that needed protecting was being attacked by a dark guild. That part got conveniently covered by Gin's hand when she held it.
The little metal maker was walking to her doom.
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"Mirajane! Mirajane!" Natsu calls the next day. " Where was the job that was right here on the board!?" He asks frantically, looking at where the S-ranked job had been.
"Gin-chan took it last night, why?" She asks, walking over. Natsu pales.
"Uhm….well…It may, or may not have been…"He fidgets and adjusts his scarf. "an S-ranked mission." He squeaks. Mirajane was smiling as she drops a glass.
"What do you mean?" She asks through clenched teeth that held her fake smile in place. He flinches and backs away, sweating profusely.
"Happy and me were just going to play a joke on someone! Honest, we didn't think she'd take it!" He holds his hands up and tries to run as Erza starts over to him.
"Gin took an S-ranked mission!" Erza demands, voice raising with every word. She catches Natsu by the scarf before he could get far.
"We've got to go get her." Jubia's eyes start to water. In an instant the guild was in an uproar.
The squeal of one chair being backed up silenced everyone in one fell swoop. Gazille smirks as he stands. "Seems the scaredy cat got herself into some trouble." He bends just enough to grab his bag. He had planned on going on his own mission, but the entertainment value of finding the wannabe metal mage and telling her the truth of the mission was to alluring. The rest of the guild watches as Gazille walks out.
Gin smiles as her train comes to a stop. She grabs her bag, which had some clothes, money, a map, and the job request in it. She gets off the train while slinging the teddy bear bag onto her shoulders. As she walks she touches the necklace now around her neck. The charm on it was a crude heart shape that had been her first metal make. It was a low grade silver on a pure silver chain her mother had made for it to go on. It was her good luck charm and she cherished it more than a lot of things. Her house, her clothes, and her furniture.
It was the one connection to her mother she still had.
She smiles and continues on her way. The family's home was along the coast. Gin winces a little, hoping they wouldn't swim often. She didn't know how to swim since she had always sunk like a rock. Maybe it had something to do with her being a metal mage. In any case water was very bad for her.
The manor of the Tomi family was, as expected, magnificent. But the entire building seemed forlorn and empty. No maids or butlers were out and about, and many of the walls were crumbling. She frowns and goes up to the slightly bent front gate. "Uhm…"
"Hello!" Came a sing song voice. She looks down to see a two foot or so lizard with a little top hat, tie, and monocle on. It was a golden brown and stood on its back legs. "You must be another wizard! Come with me." He says and leads her in. Gin hurries to follow.
"Hey, where is everyone Lizard-san?"
"All the maids and butlers quit when the dark mages started attacking." He sings.
"Dark mages, but what? Wait! What dark mages?"
"Here they are Witch-chan." The lizard had led her into a large ball room like area with three other mages.
"Uhm…Hello." She mumbles as they look her way. There was a tall man mage and a smaller woman. She notices they were both from the Blue Pegasus Guild. She smiles a little. " Do you know Morgan?"
" I do!" The woman pipes up.
"She's my sister, could you tell her I said hi?" She asks softly. The woman nods and looks past her as the family enters. Gin turns around to look at the family. There was the mother and father, a younger boy, and a teenage girl.
"Hello Mages." Mr. Tomi starts. "and thank you for showing up. I'm glad there are three of you. This means each of our children may be protected."
"Thank god." Mrs. Tomi whispers and hides her face against her husband's chest in a thankful but tired way.
"Shall we see who gets who?" Mr. Tomi suggests, smiling warmly.
Personally I don't really like this chapter. But anyways, Tomi means Rich, thought it would be a good name for them. Gin means Silver, so I thought that would be a good name for her. Just in case any of you were wondering.