I'll Love You for a Thousand More
AN: So sorry that this chapter has taken so long guys! I kinda forgot that I even had this story, but, I'm updating it again! So, it's back! (Also, I only own any OCs that I throw in, like the hunter and the two wolves). Thank you, and read on!
Chapter 2: Bonding
Lisanna POV
After Lucy left the guild, I walked behind the bar, deciding to take Mira's place while she was away at the trials. I looked around, trying to gain a sense of how Mira ran her bar, but only found a mess.
"Hey Bisca?" I called out to the closest mage.
"Yeah?" She turned to me from where she was talking to Alzack.
"Was there a fight while Lucy and I were gone? Because it's a mess back here, and Mira-nee is usually pretty organized." She laughed for a minute, before fully facing me.
"Jet and Droy wanted to get a drink and the only other woman in the guild at the time was Laki. So they walked up to her and asked her to try her hand behind the bar." She shook her head slightly.
"Did she hurt them too badly?"
"Actually no, she did try. But when she couldn't make sense of how Mira's organizing worked, she organized herself. Her way. That's what happened." I burst out laughing at the thought of someone not from our family figuring out Mira-nee's organizing style.
"Classic Mira-nee. Her organizing is a family secret." I could barely speak through my giggles, and as Bisca looked at me, she joined in.
"Now if you'll excuse me Bisca-san, I have to reorganize." She shot me a smile and waved off my comment.
"Don't you worry about it Lisanna. I have to practice with Alzack anyways."
"Oh?" I raised an eyebrow at her, and she blushed.
"Not like that! We're practicing our magic together!" She yelled.
"Alright then Bisca-san. I'll let you get to that." I giggled again as I waved her off.
"See you Lisanna!" As she left the guild, I looked back down at the bar, and made my way over to the pile of glasses.
'Time to get to work.'
*Timeskip: Two hours later*
"Alright, I finished up cleaning the outside of the bar, organized the refrigerator, freezer, and the rest of the kitchen. Do I have anything else to-" As I checked things off on my list, I looked up at the clock hanging inside the guild and shrieked.
"Oh my Mavis, when did it get so late! I have to meet Lucy!" I threw down my list and ran out the door, calling out a goodbye to the people still in the guild. I ran through the streets to the house I shared with Mira-nee and Elfman-nii, throwing open the door. As I stood in the doorway, I huffed slightly.
"Oh Elfman-nii, you never do like to have things in just one place." Clothes and shoes were everywhere, but some were placed with their match, so I guess Mira-nee came through here at least once. As I looked around our house, I couldn't help but feel like I'm forgetting about something.
"Oh right, I have to get to Lucy's!" I jumped into the house, swinging the door shut behind me, and wasted no time picking up what I needed.
'Would Lucy want me to bring a snack?' I thought as I looked at a platter of food Mira-nee must have prepared just before she left. 'I'll bring some food just in case.' I grabbed a few unbaked items, as well as some of Mira-nee's cooking and threw it into a basket that we had lying around.
"Alright, I think that's everything." I looked around my house once more, before leaving to Lucy's, making sure to lock the door behind me. As I walked towards Lucy's apartment, I couldn't help but admire her view.
'Now I know why Lucy picked this apartment. It's quite beautiful here.' Though I do love our little house near the woods, sometimes I do wish we were a bit closer to the guild. Soon enough, I reached Strawberry Street and climbed the stairs of the apartment building Lucy said she lived in.
"Alright, this is her apartment. I wonder if she's home." I talked to myself for a minute before finally knocking on her door. Then I heard a crash inside and opened the door, finding it unlocked. The sight that reached my eyes was a startled Lucy standing in her little kitchenette with wide eyes and a pot on the ground. She shook her head, before picking up the pot and turning towards me.
"Sorry about that Lisanna." She chuckled. "I'm just used to people entering either when I'm not here, or however they want, especially through the window." She had said the last part to herself, but it reached my ears as I moved closer to her.
"Don't worry about it Lucy, I'm just sorry that I startled you. Are you alright?" I looked over my friend and didn't see anything visibly wrong with her.
"I'm fine Lisanna. I was just a bit shocked when I heard a knock at my door. Now, I was just going to make some soup, but I see you've brought some food as well. Why don't we see what we can make together?" I smiled at her, and nodded happily.
"Let's do it!" She chuckled at my enthusiasm, and soon enough what we made was ready. As we sat down and ate, she asked me a few questions.
"How did the guild look?"
"It was so quiet without everyone there." I gushed. "It almost didn't feel like Fairy Tail. Almost." I laughed at the end, and as I saw Lucy's look, I explained how my day went.
"That seems like something Jet, Droy and Laki would do. Though, I must saw, I'm surprised Laki didn't go after those two for the woman thing." She said as I finished my story.
"Truth be told, so am I." I giggled. We talked throughout the night, and soon enough we both fell asleep where we were.
*Timeskip: Two months later*
Days turned into weeks and weeks into months, and there still wasn't any news from the group of mages that went to the S-Class trials. A journey into the archives with Lucy had us finding that usually the Trials only last a few weeks, so the guild was beginning to get antsy.
"Who should be the next Master if Master Makarov is gone?" and "What happened to them?" were questions I heard a lot while standing behind the bar. I had taken up Mira-nee's old position behind the bar, and was training a new recruit named Kinana to help out when I went on missions with Lucy. We both had a lot of spare time on our hands, since we took missions about once a month, and I was working behind the bar while she was going through old papers of Master Makarov's.
For a while, we had thought that Fairy Tail was majorly indebted to another, smaller, guild in Magnolia, but as Lucy went through the papers and receipts, she found out that we only owed about 5 jewel. They still bothered us occasionally, but once Laki beat them back once, they didn't bother the guild anymore.
Lucy and I had grown closer as well, as we waited for news from the mages at the S-Class trials. We've gone on a few more missions, and gained a good reputation in the surrounding towns, but in some towns out in the mountains, any Fairy Tail mages were still thought of as majorly destructive. The doors slammed open, and I jumped a bit.
"Where is the Master of Fairy Tail?" A Rune Knight stepped in, looking around the room with a few council members behind him.
"The Master isn't here at the moment. He and many of our mages went to Tenrou Island for our guild's S-Class trials." I called out, stepping out from behind the bar.
"Yes, well…" He paused and cleared his throat. "That is what Captain Lahar is here to talk to you about." He stepped to the side and a man our guild knew too well stepped up. Captain Lahar was notorious for trying to lay penalties on Fairy Tail mages whenever he could, even if it was for some minor offense.
"Mages of Fairy Tail." He called out. "I regret to inform you that you will not be hearing from your Master or any of the mages from Tenrou Island, now or anytime in the future." This caught everyone's attention. "Tenrou Island has been destroyed. The Black Dragon, known as Acnologia, destroyed your island and killed everyone on it. The island has disappeared as has the dragon. Now you, as the remaining mages of Fairy Tail have three choices: keep you guild running and appoint a new Guild Master to oversee you, join another guild, or work with the Magic Council." Gasps ran through the crowd at the thought of abandoning our guild and Bisca stood up from the back of the guild.
"I can only speak for myself, but I know that I will never abandon this guild, no matter what happens to it!" Cries of agreement ran through the mages in the guild, and the Council members as well as the Rune Knights turned and left through the still open doors. From where I stood, I looked over to Lucy, who was still standing where she had come out from the guild's library.
"Lucy." I called out to my friend. "Are you alright?" She shook her head, falling down to the ground while supporting herself with the wall behind her. I rushed over to her to help her sit back up, as I heard her whisper.
"Natsu. Gray. Happy. Master. Juvia. Elfman. Evergreen. Freed. They're all dead." She looked up at me with despair in her eyes. She looked around the guild hall before shaking her head. "I don't know if I can stay here with all these memories."
"I know Lucy." I helped her stand up before sitting her down at the bar. "I know."
'Can we stay here?' I looked at the blond before me, watching as she sank into her seat. Then I looked around the guild hall. 'But also can we leave?'
AN: Hey guys! Second update in like three days, dang that's pretty good for me! Shoot me a PM or post a comment if you spot any mistakes! Thanks in advance!
Also, I will say, the wolves will be coming back in a future chapter.
See you next time, WhiteRosePhoenix!
