Another second Friday, another chapter. Still doing a recap, really- but since I'm almost back to where it was, the real plot can start soon. Enjoy!
Chapter Two
'Who were those two?' Lucy wondered. 'They seemed so familiar, but do I really know them from somewhere?'
She walked along the street to her home humming absently. 'Natsu said that they smelled funny,' the blonde recalled. "Oh, well," she murmured. "I'll just ask Southern Crux to tell me what he can find out about them."
As she got home however, she forgot about her question; Natsu, Happy, Wendy and Charle were in her room. The former of the duo was wreaking havoc on her furniture. "Natsu!" she yelled. "Get out!" Lucy reached for a key just as Natsu smiled.
"Luce! Happy and I found the perfect mission. But we got bored because you took so long and decided to play a game."
"What kind of game requires the destruction of my furniture!?" Lucy sighed. 'Why do I have to deal with all of this? Wait,' she thought, 'a quest?' Lucy narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean by 'perfect mission'?"
"I'm glad you asked, Lucy." Seeing the look on Natsu's face made her wish that she hadn't. His "demon king" smirk fixed itself on the pinkette. Lucy hadn't seen that look since Edolas and she had hoped she would never have to again.
What ever had happened to good luck?
"We just need to find something and we'll be paid 70,000 jewels apiece."
"Wendy, why are you here?"
"I don't know. I was getting a drink at the guild and then Natsu just grabbed me and dragged me here. I'm not sure why…"
"Natsu," Lucy said. The look on her face made him cringe (devil's smirk disappearing in the process) and the tone of voice she was using was beginning to scare him. "Did you really bring Wendy here without letting her grab a drink?"
He nodded mutely. 'Happy and I joke about her being scary, but this…' he thought, shivering.
"Before we go on the job, you're treating Wendy, Charle and me to a drink. Okay, Natsu?" He nodded again. "Good. Okay, Wendy, Charle, let's go."
By the time they arrived at the guild, there were few other people besides Mirajane. Lucy figured it was a good thing, because she didn't want anyone to say anything about Natsu's sulking- not that Mirajane wouldn't tell someone when they left…
Harumi looked up from his dinner frowning. 'Of course Jack would do the exact opposite of what I said and pick a three hour job.' His sister was happily munching on her food, ignoring his glare. 'We did get paid well, but sometimes I wish she cared less about how we are financially.' "Jack, would you mind getting me a refill, please?"
"Get it yourself," she replied after swallowing a large mouthful. "I'm not your maid and, even if I was, you're old enough to get your own drink." She blew her bangs out of her blue eye and kept eating.
Sighing, Harumi walked to the counter. Seeing that Mirajane was helping someone else, he waited to ask for more juice. Just as she finished helping a group of three, Harumi moved. As he did so, Lucy- just coming from the counter- bumped into him. "Sorry," he said as he glanced up. Paling again, he tried to move, but found that he couldn't. His eyes were locked on hers and what he saw there caused his magic to react. Words for a spell quickly tumbled out of his mouth.
"Tane no Seimei, esa no kokoro no soko no tamashii. Tsuyoku narimasu, hanasaku. Onegai uketorinin o tasukemasu minarai; onegai naraimasu mata. Narimasu konno hito hitsuyoo. Yurushimasu karera no mahou to kyoofu, karera no kanki, karera no kenkyo, karera no kanashimi, karera no ai, karera no jiman shimasu to karera no ikai katachi anata. Ikimasu to hanasahu, Kooka Tane." At the end of the spell, a glow appeared in his hands. When the light had subsided, a necklace with a black, orb-like jewel was hanging in his hand. After placing it in a puzzled Lucy's hand, he passed out.
Wendy was one of the first to react. But, as is usually her downfall, she tripped, knocking the wind out of Haru and sending him back into unconsciousness. Other guild members gathered around to see what the commotion was about.
Attracted to the area by the crowd that was forming, Jack saw her younger brother lying on the floor. Ignoring everyone else's concern, she pushed through the group and stood in front of her brother. Then she kicked him in the head.
"Ow," he murmured, opening his eyes and sitting up. The boy rubbed his head. "What was that for, Jack? Better yet," he asked looking around, "why am I on the floor?" The crowd began to disperse once they saw that he was awake.
She kicked him to wake him up? Lucy wondered. The blonde watched as Jack declined Wendy's frazzled offer of making sure Harumi was feeling okay. "Um, excuse me. Why did you give this to me?" she asked. She held out the necklace.
'Oh, no! he thought. I gave her a bauble band. This isn't good.' Harumi took a deep, calming breath before answering. "You are a Stellar Spirit mage, right?" he asked, his voice not betraying the worry he felt. Seeing her nod he said, "When I am around mages with that power, my magic goes a little haywire."
'Usually because they are trying to kill me, but still...'
"It's hard for your type of wizard to summon a lot, so I tend to make amplifier necklaces. If you wear one, you can use it to make something you need." He paused. 'Of course, they're usually for Jack and they are never that color or size,' he thought. "You need to be careful with it though; it only works once. I apologize if I worried you."
Before anyone could do or say anything else, Jack murmured, "Come on, Ru-ru. Let's get out of here." She then proceeded to drag him out the door. His glare was lost on her, for while she had promised not to call him by that name, she knew he would have struggled if she hadn't.
Word Count: 928
I feel like I'm starting to sound like a broken record now, but please look for me on Fictionpress and tell me what you think of "The True Summons", my work of fiction. There have only been like nine hits; I'm starting to think that my plot ideas might be useless afterall...
