CHAPTER TWO! YES! I actually sorta like this. I have another story coming but I have to finish the other ones. sigh. ANYWAY… lets do this. Also, I won't be doing the next chapter in a little while, haha. Don't worry, LITTLE WHILE.
Fantasia Ch. 2
By Halo
Lucy closed her eyes, vowing to herself that once she got better, she would run away and never see her father again.
In a giant house in western Fiore, a little girl was reading in a mansion. The mansion was in a small state of disrepair, as the flowers had not been watered in a long time. The drought was killing the usually lush grass. Farming was futile; it was so very hot that one might get heat stroke in minutes. The usually bustling mansion was eerily quiet. The little girl didn't mind this. It was better for reading. Seven-year-old Lucy looked up from her reading. She what she saw surprised her. It was Stupetto, her maid, gasping for air. "Mistress Lucy! Mistress Lucy!" upon seeing Lucy, she screamed.
After that it was all a blur.
Lucy could only stare as the mansion burned to the ground, her mother inside. The flames danced before her eyes as she crumpled to the ground.
Lucy opened her eyes, sweating profusely. She clutched her sheets. She needed to get outside. Lucy stepped out of her bed and winced. The wounds on her feet were still fresh. Stepping across the cool wooden floor, Lucy opened the large door to the room- which she discovered, after opening the door, was a camper. Rough wooden steps led to the soft summer ground. Looking around, she discovered she was surrounded by campers. She heard a small noise in the distance. It sounded like a circus. Out of curiosity, Lucy walked over to the now-loud noise. The sudden array of lights and noises stunned her. An array of booths lined the small place. A ferris wheel- so large she was really quite surprised she hadn't seen it sooner- glistened beautifully. Knowing no one could see her in the middle of these two booths because darkness shrouded her, she simply sat and watched the happy circus-goers as they laughed and smiled. Lucy knew that she would definitely stand out in the crowd- she was sort of easy to see, covered in bandages and in hospital dress.
Lucy sighed. She had only been able to go to a circus once, and that was when she was about four. She had never been able to go after that. Her father had always held tight reins. She had barely been let out of the house since her mother died, and that was only with one of her maids.
Lucy was content with just watching the happy people smile and ride the ferris wheels and such. Watching happy people made her warm and cuddly inside. That was how she was. She always valued other's happiness above hers, and seeing happy people made her happy, too.
"Well, look at what we have here."
Lucy squeaked at the voice behind her. It surprised her. She darted her head around only to see a tall woman with flowy white hair behind her. She had a kind smile on her face and Lucy wanted to trust her at once.