Chapter 3: Place to Stay
Erza was frozen stiff, she wasn't scared at all though. "Dammit!, I can't move!" Was all she said. 'It must be from having contact with this beast.' She figured out.
Just as the shape-shifting monster was about to strike her a flashing bright light appeared suddenly. It was so bright Erza had to close her eyes.
"Erza?" Spoke a very familiar voice. Erza opened her eyes, hoping the voice didn't belong to who she thought it did.
"Jellal!?" Was all she could manage to say.
'Why'd it have to be him!?' she thought as she slightly blushes and suddenly notices that he bleeding and has some pretty deep cuts, his shirt has a bunch of rips and he's soaked. 'He's really injured!'
"Do you need some help?, you know, you're still frozen aren't you?" He asked worriedly.
Erza had already forgotten about it but she realized that he's right, she's still incapable of moving and is also now soaking wet from the rain. "Yes. But you also need some help, your very injured, you need to be treated!"
"It's alright this is nothing, here I'll take you to my hiding spot, it's not far." He say trying to calm her down.
"Fine" She gives up. Then she realizes Jellal getting closer to her. "What are you doing?" She asks suspiciously.
"You can't move, right?, I'm gonna have to carry you to my hiding spot."
"Alright"
Jellal picks her up bridal style, Erza's face I'd the same color as her hair and is hoping Jellal wouldn't notice.
~Time Skip~
The two make it to a cave with 2 tents inside, they looked big enough for 2 people each.
It looked like there was someone inside one of them.
"H-hey, I'm back, umm... we're gonna have some company for a while." Jellal says with a bit of nervousness in his voice.
Out comes a figure of a girl. "Meldy!?" Erza says finally recognizing her now that she's out of the tent.
"Erza!, hey what brings you here, and why is Jellal carrying you!?" Meldy greets playfully.
Jellal and Erza both blush deeply. He automatically gently puts her down making her stand and keep holding to give her support.
"I was separated from the others when we were heading back to our boat because of the storm." Erza explains to Meldy.
"I found her just when she was about to get attacked, she couldn't move at all since she had contact with one of those shape-shifting beasts." Jellal also explains.
Melody disassembles the tent she was in, grabs a large bag and put it in there. "It's great seeing ya Erza, but I'm unfortunately leaving now." She sounds a little upset. "Jellal, take good care of Erza, later"
"Where are you going and what about the storm?" He asks confusedly.
"Gonna go spy on a dark guild, and don't worry about the storm, I'll be fine." Meldy says as exits the cave.
"Alright, just be careful!" He shouts to her.
"I will, take care guys!" She shouts back.
Jellal helps Erza into what she realizes is his tent. "Okay, so you can stay here with for a while, and you can take my tent, alright?
"Thanks, but first I need to..."