AN: Hello, everyone! This is chapter two and, as promised, the sleepover. I thank all of those who read, reviewed, and/or favorite this story! It really brightened my day! Getting back to the story, the majority of this chapter is from Lucy's perspective, so I apologize in advance if she doesn't sound like herself, though I tried to make it sound like her. Anyways, I hope you enjoy reading!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Fairy Tail, which belongs to Hiro Mashima
Chapter 2: The Sleepover
-Lucy's House, Lucy's POV-
I have to prepare my house quickly for the sleepover I'm hosting with the majority of the girls from Fairy Tail who could come. I strictly told Natsu to NOT come over tonight because all of the girls would be here and we will probably stay up late talking about girl stuff and catching up with Deox-chan. Wow, she's changed a lot in the past seven years, and I almost didn't recognize her. However, her smile and personality hasn't changed much, which is a good thing. I can't believe that we're now the close in age because I was frozen in time for those seven years. I wonder how she was doing during that time… Focus Lucy! You still have to prepare snacks and beverages and have some movies ready in case we want to watch something. The girls will be coming over around eight o'clock and it is…7:45?! Crap, I only have fifteen minutes left! I started rushing around my house throwing any stuff laying out into a closet while placing snacks on a tray and the beverages in the refrigerator. I placed a stack of movies right next to the TV before sitting down next to my bed in exhaustion.
I heard the window above my bed open and I immediately knew Natsu had showed up in my house even though I yelled at him to stay away! I was about to get up and kick Natsu out of my house when his head popped up from the bed and looked down at me.
"Hey Luce, what are you doing on the floor?" I should be used to this kind of entrance from the fire dragon slayer, yet it still manages to startle me. I yelped in surprise while jumping slightly which cause our foreheads to collide. I was rolling on the ground in pain and I heard a grunt from Natsu as well. Perhaps that taught him a lesson to not do that again. After a few minutes of trying to recover from my agony, I stood up and glared at Natsu who visibly gulped in fear.
"Natsu, what did I tell you about coming to my house tonight?" He glanced around the room in order to avoid eye contact.
"That I should come and spend the night?" He said hesitantly which made a vein pop on my forehead from my anger. I seriously don't know how I manage to put up with his idiocy. Just as I was about to yell at him, the doorbell rang. I sighed at the person's perfect timing before glaring at Natsu while walking away. To my surprise the first people here were Deoxies and Devilily, I think her friend's name was. I smiled brightly at them.
"Hey you two, welcome to my house." Deoxies smiled warmly at me while Devilily gave me an emotionless look. I started getting nervous because of her reaction but then Deox leaned over to whisper something in my ear.
"She can't show any emotion except anger and possibly a slight smirk, if you're lucky. So, since she's not blowing up in your face, that means you're fine." The info helped me feel a bit more at ease, but I still couldn't help but wonder why didn't Devi show any emotion? I noticed that they were still standing in my doorway and I quickly ushered them into my house. They only seemed to have one bag each which made me wonder how they managed to travel so much with so little, but I quickly pushed that thought aside when I noticed that Natsu was still in my room.
"Natsu! I thought I told you that you couldn't come here tonight!" He gave me his innocent pout which made me hesitate a little but I reminded myself that the girls were coming over and if they saw him here I would get teased to no end.
"But Luce, can't I stay here until you're other guests arrive?" I was about to tell him no way when Deoxies spoke up instead.
"I don't mind him staying until the others arrive, besides I didn't get to catch up with him today." I sighed while signaling to them that he could stay. He did a happy dance and began swinging me around in his joy.
"N-Natsu! Stop it! I have guests, remember?!" He immediately put me down and scratched the back of his head.
"Sorry Luce." We all sat down in a circle and began chatting.
"So, Deo, how come we didn't remember you until you showed up at the guild?" I saw a vein pop on her forehead at the nickname that Natsu gave her and I raised one of my eyebrows in question.
"Don't call me 'Deo' again, got that?!" Natsu nodded vigorously at her scary tone while saying his Happy impression of "Aye sir!" I looked over at Devilily for an explanation, and she noticed my gaze.
"Deox doesn't like the nick name of 'Deo' and blows up at everyone who calls her that except—" Devilily paused to notice a deadly aura emitting from the said girl, but continued on in spite of it. "—except her childhood friend who, no matter how many times she tried to shut up, continued to call her it." I nodded in understanding while wondering how Devi managed to continue with such a deadly aura behind her.
"Devilily, why did you tell them that?!" Deoxies screamed at Devi who just simply shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, you don't want them to call you the nickname, right? So then you have to explain to them why."
"Yeah, but you didn't have to tell them the last part!"
"Oh well." Deoxies stood up so abruptly that I thought the whole house would collapse from the force. She was glaring down at Devi with such a murderous gaze that I gulped even though it wasn't directed at me. Natsu and I exchanged looks and he whispered something in my ear.
"It's another Erza!" I suppressed the urge to giggle at his childishness while continuing to watch the scene in front of me. Deox had continued to glare at the red head while she just emotionlessly looked back at her.
"Lucy-san, you have refreshments in your kitchen, right?" She said with such rage that I sat up straight.
"Y-yes, Deoxies."
"Good, I need something to drink." After she spoke these words through gritted teeth, she stormed off to my kitchen. I hope she doesn't break anything.
"S-she's scary." Natsu said while cowering lower behind my back and Devi shrugged.
"Eh, that's not too scary." I studied the flame-head. She seemed so nonchalant about the whole discussion that it seemed hard to believe that the only emotion that she could show was anger. It made me wonder just how scary her wrath was when she blew up.
"To answer your silent questions, I'm a whole lot worse than what you just experience when I'm pissed, and it's so bad that I'm actually called 'the devil.'" Natsu and I gulped in fear, just how scary was this girl. My thoughts were interrupted by the doorbell ringing and I looked over at Natsu who was still frozen in fear. I gently shook him from his stupor while glaring at him.
"Natsu, it's time for you to go." He pouted at me again.
"Luce, I don't want to go." I felt a vein pop on my forehead from his infantile behavior.
"I don't care, the girls are here and you said that you'd leave when they did, now go!" I heard the doorbell ring again and I shouted that I was coming before glaring back at Natsu who was giving me his famous puppy dog eyes. I felt my argument weakening, and I was about to give in when I felt a dangerous aura coming from the flame-headed girl.
"Natsu, I recommend that you leave Lucy's house RIGHT NOW or else you shall have to face the wrath of the devil!" I swear I saw flames burning in Devilily's eyes when she yelled that while cracking her knuckles. Natsu quickly nodded his head before sprinting to the window.
"See you tomorrow, Luce!" He said before jumping out the window.
"Use the door, Idiot!" I shouted at him before mouthing a thank you to Devi while getting up to answer the door. When I opened the door, I was greeted by Levy-chan tackling me to the floor. I looked at the other girls in the doorway who all seemed to be stifling laughter.
"Lu-chan what took you so long to answer the door?!" She yelled at me and I was glancing nervously around to come up with an excuse since I don't want to tell them that Natsu was here. I would get teased to no end. Thankfully, someone saved me from that complete embarrassment.
"We apologize; we were all taking care of a tough problem that needed to be cleared up before anyone came over." Deoxies said behind me while wiping her brow with the back of her one hand while the other held a glass of water. Mira raised a questionable brow at us. Uh oh, I know that look. It means that she's scheming something.
"Did this problem happen to include an intruding boy?" She asked in a polite tone while entering the house, but I knew that she was actually trying to see if she could involve her matchmaking ways. All of the rest of the girls were giggling and I was starting to get nervous. Should we tell them the truth that Natsu was here? Thankfully, Deox-chan had answered in my stead, again.
"No, we accidently spilled flour all over Lucy's kitchen when we were trying to prepare snacks. Would you like to come and see? Devi should still be cleaning it up." Deox-chan elucidated while beginning to walk off towards my kitchen I quickly got up to follow her with the rest of the girls in tow. When I was walking right next to Deoxies, I whispered my question in her ear.
"What are you doing? There isn't a spill in the kitchen!" She turned to me with a mischievous glint in her multi-colored eyes.
"Are you sure, Lucy-san?" I gulped in realization. Deox-chan already knew that I would need assistance with the girls, and planned an excuse. She would be a very powerful enemy, thank Mavis that she joined our guild and I became friends with her!
When we arrived at the kitchen, I wanted to gape in shock, but that would ruin the charade, so I just stared wide-eyed. Devi's back was to us and her long hair was pulled back in a ponytail she looked to be just getting up off the floor. The counters near her were slightly covered with baking flour as well as some of the cabinets. If this had been other circumstances, I would've collapsed from seeing my clean kitchen covered in white powder, but Deox's idea had been ingenious! The girls stood awestruck at the sight of my kitchen before regaining composure.
"Well, it seems you guys were telling the truth, so we'll help with the cleaning so we can all start the sleepover quicker!" Levy-chan said before all of the girls started grabbing washcloths and began wiping counters and cabinets. I looked over at Deox-chan in gratitude; she noticed at gave me a smile back before joining in with the cleaning. In less than a half-an-hour we had finished cleaning the kitchen and the oven dinged. I looked over at Deox-chan and she looked just as surprised as I was.
"Lucy, what's in the oven?" Erza asked in a slightly demanding yet hopeful tone. Maybe she's hoping for some cake?
"I baked a cake, why?" I looked over to the person who said it and my eyes widened in shock for the umpteenth time today. Devi had said it while grabbing it out of the oven. I could tell that it was a regular baked cake, but what type I had no idea. "You guys can get started with the sleep-over, I'm just going to put on the finishing touches." Deox-chan nodded very quickly before ushering us all out of the kitchen. We went to my bedroom and sat on the floor with blankets covering our shoulders and our bags up against one wall. I decided to voice the question that was on everyone's mind.
"Deox-chan, can Devi cook?" She smiled at looked at all the girls.
"Yes, she's the most amazing chef that I know, but she's also one of the most gluttonous." Deox-chan spoke the last part while scratching her cheek in nervousness and all of us laughed.
"So, Deoxies, why did we all forget about you after you left?" Lisanna asked and the said girl glanced away from us in sadness.
"I knew that the pursuers were going to stop by the guild, and that they were going to ask questions. I didn't want you guys to get hurt because they could tell if you're lying, and if you refused to tell them, they'd torture you. If I erased all of your memory of me, then they wouldn't be able to hurt you since you'd be telling the truth in saying that you don't know me. However, the spell would wear-off when you saw me again, so today." All of us had tears in the corners of our eyes. It was so touching how much Deox-chan cared about us.
"Juvia thinks that it was very kind of Deoxies-chan to think about our well-being, but Juvia wonders how Deoxies-chan was able to erase all of our memories, including Master, when she was so young." The water mage said and we all nodded in agreement. Deox-chan was about to reply when Devi walked into the room with a platter covered with a cloche balancing on her right hand.
"That question shall be answered tomorrow along with our group's different magic types. Now, who wants cake?" Erza was immediately up and that was the end of the discussion. When Devi removed the cloche while setting the tray down on the coffee table, we all stared in awe.
The bottom of the cake was a moist chocolate cake that looked so delectable, the middle consisted of a three layered cheesecake going from dark chocolate to milk chocolate and finally to white chocolate, and lastly, in between the two types of cake was a thick layer of what looked like heavenly chocolate frosting. Erza was the first to take a piece (and it was pretty big) and she was dead silent when she tasted it. We all stared at the re-quip mage as tears started spilling out of her eyes.
"This cake is so-o-o-o good!" She yelled in pure happiness and we all sweat dropped. I took a forkful of my piece and put it in my mouth. The flavor exploded as soon as it touched my tongue. The chocolate cake bottom dissipated in my mouth by spreading its deep, delectable flavor. The cheesecake part melted in richness with each layer taking its turn of having the dominant flavor while the frosting was perfectly sweet, but not overly so to make a perfect harmony with the other layers. I felt tears of joy running down my cheeks and I looked around to see everyone else having the same reaction. I looked at Devi to tell her how good it was when I saw her with a disapproving look on her face as she ate her piece.
"W-what's wrong, Devilily-san?" Wendy asked in a polite voice and Devi looked up at her.
"The chocolate cake is a bit too moist, should've left it in the oven for another minute. What?" We were all, including Deox-chan, staring at Devi in shock. This cake was the most amazing thing I've ever tasted, and she's criticizing it?! What is Devi a perfectionist when it comes to her delicious creations? We all look to Deox-chan for a clarification who is slowly recovering from shock.
"Well, I sort of knew that Devi likes her cooking creations to be very well done, but I never knew she was OCD when it came to them. Maybe that's why she yells at people who enter her kitchen…" Deox-chan mumbled the last part so I barely caught it. We all finished our slices in silence due to the fact that no one knew what to say after that recent discovery.
We put the plates into the dishwasher before returning. It was now about 8:45, so we still had lots of time. All of the girls, me included, started describing Fairy Tail's adventures after Deox-chan left, which she didn't seem so surprised about. After we had finished all of our stories, Deox-chan started telling hers with all of her friends and Devilily interjected with any missed details every once in a while. It was incredible to hear what the five of them accomplished in seven years, and also saddening at times.
After we had heard each other stories, Mira clapped her hands and had sparkles in her bright blue eyes. Uh-oh, I know this look, she has something involved with romance up her sleeves. I gulped down my slowly rising fear and noticed Levy-chan, Wendy, and Juvia doing the same. We all know the look, and if anyone else recognized it, they weren't reacting to it.
"How about we play 'Truth or Dare' since no sleepover with girls is complete without it!" Mira suggested (more like demanded) and the majority of us groaned. Erza and Deox-chan, on the other hand, nodded in agreement. When I glanced over at Devi, her left eye was closed (and I can't see her right one) and her arms were crossed in a manner that said "I don't care." It was then, that I knew we had lost. Let the torture commence.
We all decided to get comfortable by laying out our sleeping bags and sitting on them. It was cool to see how the different designs on the sleeping bags portrayed the person who brought them. Levy had a sleeping bag that had different famous phrases from literature on it, Juvia's sleeping bag had waves of an ocean as well as ice chunks, Erza's had- My thoughts were interrupted when Mira cleared her throat.
"Since I came up with the idea, I'll ask the question first. So, Levy, truth or dare?" Poor Levy-chan, I feel bad for her being the first person to feel the "matchmaker's wrath." She gulped heavily while weighing her options.
"T-truth?" The petite bookworm stuttered in a quiet voice that sounded more like a question than an answer, not that I blame her. I saw Mira smirk in triumph.
"Is it true that at the Grand Magic Games you wanted Gajeel to sweep you away during the wedding dress part of my battle versus Jenny?" Levy-chan's face first paled before exploding into a red color that put Erza's hair color to shame. I gave Levy-chan a sympathetic look since everyone knew what it was like to be the Demon Matchmaker's victim.
"C-can I have a different question?" Levy asked and Mira shook her head. Levy sighed before whispering something that was almost incoherent. "Yes…" I heard Mira and Lisanna squeal, yeesh those two are alike. I looked over and saw Deox-chan staring in shock.
"Levy-san, I had no idea that you liked Gajeel-san!" We all laughed, except Devi, while Levy-chan's face turned redder. She was shouting "it's not like that," but we all knew otherwise. Our laughing fit was interrupted by Levy-chan continuing the game.
"J-Juvia, dare or dare?" Juvia looked at Levy-chan in confusion.
"Isn't the question for Juvia supposed to be 'truth or dare'?" Levy-chan did this on purpose, and I saw an evil glint in her eyes.
"Nope, since we all know about you're undying love for Gray, so dare or dare?" It was true, and it wasn't like Juvia was trying to hide it. After all, she has quixotic daydreams about her and Gray every day while stalking him basically everywhere. Juvia had a small blush appearing on her cheeks while saying her only option of dare. Levy-chan got a malicious grin on her face, and I felt a tremor down my spine. "Okay then, tomorrow, you'll have to give Gray a peck on the cheek in front of everyone in this room." Levy-chan said, Mira and Lisanna squealed, Erza and Deox-chan nodded, Wendy blushed, Devi was…emotionless, and Juvia's mind was off Mavis-knows-where while stuttering "k-kiss with G-Gray-sama?!" I sighed at everyone before laughing. After several minutes, everyone regained their composure, if they had lost it in the first place, and Juvia continued on with the game.
"Erza-san, truth or dare?" Juvia asked and we all gave her a shocked look. She's brave enough to ask Erza the question! Erza thought about this for a second before replying.
"I'll take a dare." What will Juvia do? Jellal's whereabouts are currently unknown since the Magic Council is still undecided of whether or not to free Jellal of his crimes, and Fairy Tail, as well as some other individuals, vouched for him. Well, Crime Sorcerie has stopped into Fairy Tail from time to time, but their visits are erratic and it is unknown when they'll next stop by.
"Tomorrow, at the guild, you will yell your eternal love for Jellal-san in front of everyone here, as well as anyone else." Erza's face went as red as her hair, and I tried to stifle my laughter. Erza began shaking poor Wendy while trying to come up with excuses.
"W-why does it have to be Jellal?!" We all answered, including Devi, Erza's question.
"Because you love Jellal!" Erza's blush deepened and it was now darker than her hair. Then her head shot up and was looking pointedly at the two new members.
"How do you two know about Jellal?" The two females exchanged stares. Deox-chan sighed before her multi-colored gaze settled on Titania's figure.
"Based on how you described your adventures, in which some of them included Jellal, as well as some…outside information, we were able to infer that you had a special affection for him." The multi-colored hair girl said with a slight nervous smile adorning her facial features. I blinked in surprise. Deox-chan must really know how to collect and analyze data really well, and for the second time today, I'm grateful that she's my friend. A coughing noise broke me from my thoughts and I looked at Erza who had ruined the silence.
"To continue on with this game: Deoxies, Truth or Dare?" We all turned our attention to the returned mage who was blinking her rainbow colored eyes in surprise before smiling.
"Since we've had a couple of dares recently, I think I'll go with Truth." Out of the corner of my eyes, I swear I saw Mira smirk along with several other girls within the circle. It would seem that they had been waiting for an opportunity to find out more about Deox-chan's life. I frowned slightly in thought, Deox-chan had predicted that I'd need assistance with the girls in order to cover up our little "problem," so wouldn't she have already predicted the outcomes of the two decisions? If so, she must believe that Truth was the safest route. I glanced over at Devi who had her left eye closed and a small (almost unnoticeable) smirk on her lips.
"Very well, Deox, do you have special feelings towards anyone within your traveling group of companions?" Erza asked and I shivered at the evil look she was giving Deox-chan. When I looked over at the said girl, she seemed to be concealing a smile.
"No." she stated simply which made all of us gasp, except Devi who's eye had snapped open and was now glaring at the multi-colored girl.
"Deoxies that's a lie and we both know it." Devilily said with certainty, and Deox-chan looked back at her with her own glare.
"No, it's not. I technically do not like either Castor or Cody that way; therefore, out of the traveling group of companions, as Erza-san put it, I don't have 'special feelings' for any of them."
"It's true, that you see Thunder Mouth and Space Geek as brothers, but I wasn't referring to them." Devi said with a knowing gleam in her ruby red eye. I glanced over at Deox-chan who had slight blush lighting up her cheeks now. Throughout this entire conversation, everyone's gaze had been traveling back and forth between the two new members with excitement. Wendy let out a gasp and we all turned towards her.
"Deoxies-san, Devilily-san couldn't be referring to one of the girls within your group, could she?" All of our eyes widened in shock. I hadn't thought of it that way, but didn't Erza say "among you're group of companions" which isn't referring to any specific gender? If so, then it's obvious that the two girls weren't referring to any other female within their group. So, who…?
"WHAT?! No, no, no, no, no, NO! You misread us completely! I am definitely NOT attracted to any people of the same gender!" Deox-chan said with gestures that clearly stated that she was in denying Wendy's statement. I peered over at Devi and saw her eye closed and a small trickle of blood coming off her lip since she was probably biting it very hard in order not to blow up on Wendy. I gave a small smile, so the red head does have a nice side.
"So do you have someone that you like within your group, Deox-chan?" Mira asked with a mischievous smirk dancing on her lips. It would seem that the match-making demon has now caught interest in Deox-chan's love life. Poor her. The blush on her cheeks had now become more dominant and all of the girls were smirking.
"N-no! I have no attraction to anyone within my group." I heard a scoff and immediately knew that it came from the supposed devil.
"Quit lying, Deox." Deox-chan turned to glare at the flame-head.
"Am not, and how do we know that you're not lying, Devilily?" I gulped in fear. Deox-chan had said that with such malice that I would've been in a puddle of sweat if I was Devilily, yet she was taking it nonchalantly as if Deox-chan's tone hadn't fazed her at all.
"Those two are scary, I'm really glad that they joined our guild now." Levy-chan, who was sitting on my left while Deox-chan was sitting on my right, whispered in my ear and I immediately nodded in agreement.
"Deoxies, you know me, I swore to never lie within my entire life, and I can tell if people are." Devi stated monotonously, and just as Deox-chan was about to retort back, Lisanna butted in.
"Devilily, could you tell us who Deox may have attraction to?" Oh Lisanna, you are so much like your sister it is almost too much to bear.
"I think that you all would've preferred if the girl herself had told you, but since she's being too much of a coward, I shall endarken you." We all nodded, but stopped abruptly. Did she just say "endarken" and not "enlighten"? I looked to Deox-chan for her to elucidate, but she was frozen stiff with shock.
"Um, Devilily-san, not to be rude, but did you mean 'enlighten' instead of 'endarken?'" Juvia said, and I almost had tears welling in my eyes at her courage. Devilily blinked at her blankly.
"No, since I cannot 'enlighten' anyone. Never mind, don't ask. Anyways the guy that Deox has a crush on is her chi-," She started before a hand was slapped onto her mouth. It would seem that Deox-chan didn't want Devi saying anything.
"Who might Chi be, Deoxies?" Mirajane asked innocently which made Erza, Deox-chan, Devi, Juvia, Wendy, and I sweat drop. It was obvious that "Chi" wasn't the guy's name. Devilily managed to muscle Deox-chan off her mouth, and speak one sentence that made all of us girls squeal.
"Chi isn't anyone, but Deoxies is in love with her childhood friend. That's all I'm going to tell you." Deox-chan gave a murderous glare towards Devi, but she ignored it. I half expected Deox-chan to ask Devi the question for the game, but she ended up choosing someone different.
"Wendy-chan, would you please choose Truth or Dare?" Deox-chan asked which made all of us come out of la-la land of imagination of who could Deox-chan's childhood friend be. All eyes were on the long-haired bluenette as she became flustered.
"Um, I'm n-not quite sure, so I think I'll take Dare?" Wendy squeaked quietly and hesitantly, not that I blame her because the aura that Deox-chan radiated was malicious.
"Fine, then for the entire day tomorrow you'll be my little helper, got it?" To say that I wasn't shocked at Deox-chan's Dare, would be a lie. Usually, during Truth or Dare games the concept of love is the basic theme, especially with females. I glanced over at how the demon matchmaker was faring and saw that she was shell-shocked.
"But, but, you didn't do anything that involved romance, Deoxies." Mira managed and Deox-chan crossed her arms across her chest stubbornly.
"I don't care." Gosh, she sounded just like Erza during Pandemonium event of the Grand Magic Tournament. I think she was hanging out with her too much when she was younger.
"Juvia thinks that we should continue the game so that we can start the movie marathon." Juvia said while inserting her typical third person. I must concur, since I was looking forward to some of the movies that had been selected.
"Very well, Wendy-chan, please ask someone the question." Mira suggested in a flat, depressed tone while Wendy nodded her head.
"Okay, um, Lisanna-san, Truth or Dare?" Wendy asked tentatively after glancing over the remaining girls who hadn't gone. Lisanna put a finger to her chin while looking at the ceiling in thought.
"I think that I'll take Truth." Lisanna said while grinning, and Wendy nodded.
"Um, Lisanna-san, do you have special feelings for Natsu-san?" The sky-dragon slayer asked and I felt my breath hitch unconsciously. I don't know why it did, since I feel nothing for Natsu other than being best friends, but I felt myself anxiously waiting for the younger take-over mage's response. She smiled broadly before answering.
"No, I don't like Natsu that way." As soon as she said that I felt the breath I had been holding get exhaled slowly. Again, I have no idea why I had been holding my breath in the first place. Wendy nodded at her answer and Lisanna looked at all of the girls before a malicious smirk appeared on her features when her gaze rested on the quiet flame-head. "Devilily, what do you say to Truth or Dare?" The said girl opened her ruby-red left eye and suspiciously (or what seemed suspiciously since I can't exactly tell since she's emotionless) looked at Lisanna.
"Dare." The word was stated with such force that it made me gulp. How can this girl be so confident when she's up against the demon matchmaker's little sister? I'd be very nervous right now if I were her. The questioner got up and whispered something in Deox-chan's ear before the dark rainbow-head whispered something back and Lisanna took her seat again with a playful smirk on her lips.
"Devilily, I dare you to not have a single fight with Castor tomorrow for a full twenty-four hours starting as soon as you wake up tomorrow." The glare that Devi gave Lisanna made even the great Titania shiver slightly.
"You do realize that tomorrow never comes, right?" Devilily retorted back at the new matchmaker (as I am beginning to call Lisanna) while crossing her arms. Huh, I never thought about that, but technically tomorrow doesn't ever come, does it? By the time it's "tomorrow" it's already "today." The short silver-ish white head was turning a bit red with fury.
"Fine then for the entire course of twenty-four hours starting on October 16th, X791 as soon as you wake up, got it?!" The curly flame-head nodded before turning her attention directly upon me. I gulped in fear and noticed that everyone was giving me pitiful looks of sympathy. Gosh, why did Devi have to pick me?
"Lucy, pick your poison, Truth or Dare?" The way she said that sent chills down my spine. I glanced over at Erza and Deoxies, and saw that they were masking a terrified look as well while the rest of the girls clearly showed their terror. Is this new girl a sadistic devil or something?
"I think I'll choose Dare?" I tentatively answered and what happened next made my heart stop beating and go to my throat. Devi's left eye glinted evilly in the light and the smirk on her face was so mischievous and cruel looking that my whole skeletal system rattled. I peered over to Deox-chan and saw that she had blanched. Everyone else seemed to be leaning away from Devi in fear since she was emitting a malicious aura. I'm officially doomed for eternity.
"Three days from today, I dare you to ask Natsu to go shopping with you for the whole day, and while you're out, you must get him whatever he desires if he asks, except for cutting your…trip short." My jaw dropped and I felt my eyes widen. This was my dare? I love shopping, and Natsu could hold my bags, but I don't have any money, and I highly doubt that Natsu will agree to go. He may be idiotically dense, but he isn't that stupid.
"But I don't have any money." I stated and Devi's smirk broadened.
"I think we can cover that." I gulped, usually I'd be all gun-ho for a shopping spree where I wouldn't have to pay with my money, but this is Devilily, and from what I've seen, she's freaking evil.
"Well, I doubt that Natsu will go along with this."
"Don't worry, we'll take care of that as well." She said while glancing over at Mira. The two seemed to have a silent conversation since Mira immediately smirked as well. I'm not looking forward to this shopping trip.
I needed to change to topic off of me and onto someone else, but who? Who hasn't been asked the question? Wait, Mira only asked it to Levy, but she's never been asked it herself, right? I looked towards Mira with an evil glint in my chocolate-brown orbs, oh how revenge is sometimes so sweet.
"Mirajane, I believe that it's your turn, so Truth or Dare?" I inquired in a false sweet and polite tone and I noticed her slight shiver.
"Truth, I think?" I saw Levy shaking her head at this reply, and I raised one of my eyebrows in question.
"No, I don't accept that, especially after the ridicule you put me through. Lucy, she'll take Dare, and it better be good." Levy exclaimed and all of the girls in the room who have been a "target" for the "matchmaker" were all nodding their heads in unison. Mira had a horrified look and just as I was about to give in to pity, Deox-chan nudged me. I shook my head to rid my mind of such sympathetic thoughts.
"Alright, Dare it is. Mira, I dare you for this entire week to not meddle into any romantic affairs of anyone whether it be directly or indirectly, got that?" The color drained off her face and I swear I saw something shatter in her eyes. The majority of the other girls were silently applauding or cheering (Devi wasn't included). I sat there with worry and feat written across my features. I knew Mira liked being the matchmaker, but I didn't think the dare would affect her like this. She'll so get me back later after the week's over. Fortunately, I had a savior.
"Um, since the game is now over, how about we watch some movies?" Wendy suggested and the entire mood died down into an agreement while Mira had recovered from her stupor and got a malicious smile on her face.
"Good idea, Wendy. How about we all watch some horror movies?" Everyone was nodding and discussing various scary movies that we should watch. Meanwhile, my body froze. I was deathly afraid of horror movies. Sometimes, when Natsu came over, we'd watch one and I'd get so scared that I squeeze him way too hard that he lost all feeling in his arm or be unable to breathe. Not fun for either of us. It turns out that Mira won't be waiting to get me back at the end of the week, she was doing it now, and I only had a few moments left before I died inside.
-Normal POV-
The rest of the night continued without a hitch. Lucy was so scared of the movie that she latched onto Deoxies and didn't let go until Deox gave pleading eyes signaling that she couldn't breathe to Erza who then forcibly removed the terrified blond. By the time that the group of girls had watched three movies, one horror, another action/comedy, and lastly a drama, it was about three o'clock in the morning and everybody was sleeping like the dead.
-4:00 am, Lucy's POV-
I groaned as I slowly woke up. I looked around the room and saw that a nearby clock read 4:00 am, too early. I glanced at the other girls and noticed that they were all asleep except for Deox-chan. I swiveled my head to look around the room as my eyes adjusted to the gloom. It was then, that I noticed, a person leaning out my window with long, wavy, dark hair.
I silently slipped out of my sleeping bag and crept over to the girl who was awake. I didn't want to startle her, but I never got the chance since she spoke in a soft whisper.
"I've always loved gazing at the stars at night; how about you, Lucy-san?" I stared at Deox-chan for a moment before answering. Her multi-colored eyes seemed to have a lost and wistful look to them.
"I like looking at them as well, especially since it helps me feel closer to my celestial spirit friends and my mother." She nodded quietly before speaking again.
"When I was younger, before I first came to Fairy Tail, my childhood friend, Guardian, and I would all stay up late to gaze at the starry sky while my Guardian told us stories. It was a peaceful and pleasant time." She seemed to get a far-off look in her eyes again, and I couldn't help but wonder who those two people are. I remember Deox-chan mentioning when she was ten that her Guardian had disappeared, but what about her childhood friend?
"What happened to your childhood friend?" I asked in a hushed tone. Deox-chan's eyes seemed to dim when I asked this, and I began to feel sorry I asked. Just as I was about to say that she didn't have to answer, Deox-chan spoke up.
"He disappeared when I was eight in order to go on a journey alone. I haven't seen or heard from him since." I felt a stray tear come to my eye. She must've been so lonely and worried from the manner that she spoke in.
"I hope you're able to meet him again." I saw her slowly nod out of the corner of my eye.
"I hope so, too." After a few minutes of comfortable silence, I decided to speak up again.
"It seems like we should follow everyone else's example and go to sleep." Deox-chan turned to look at everyone before replying.
"Well, everyone except for Devi." I viewed the said girl and saw her back to us in what looked a peaceful sleep. I raised a questioning eyebrow at Deox-chan who sighed before answering my unspoken question.
"Devi never has a peaceful slumber, she always has nightmares. Therefore, for her to be sleeping so calmly like that means she's pretending to be asleep, but is actually awake and is probably thinking hard about something. We'll explain everything tomorrow, so let's get a good night's rest. Goodnight." She said before creeping silently to her sleeping bag and falling fast asleep. I soon followed her example.
AN: And that's it for chapter two! So many mysterious yet to be unveiled but hinted at. Next chapter, the dares to be completed as well as the magic to be announced! As always, any and all reviews are appreciated and constructive criticism is welcome. I thank you all for reading and hoped you enjoyed it! ;)
