THIS CHAPTER IS LONG COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONES THAT I PREVIOUSLY MADE. I KNOW I HAD ORIGINALLY ENTITLED CHAPTER 3: FOR LIFE, BUT AS I WAS TYPING I HAD PASSED FIFTEEN PAGES OF MATERIAL. SO I DECIDED TO SPLIT IT IN TWO.
I DON'T OWN FAIRY TAIL. MASHIMA HIRO DOES.
CHAPTER 3: JUST A MEMORY
Lisanna stood there at the bar dumbfounded. She tried her best to process it all and surmise the meanings of Natsu's actions. Her eyes never strayed away from the doors that Natsu had exited.
No! Lisanna yelled in her head.
Lisanna then ran after Natsu Dragneel. Her legs burned with each step she took. Her full on sprint was nothing compared to the hot-headed boy's speed. It was hopeless. A part of her told her to stop there in her tracks, but Lisanna clung to a hope that everything wasn't over. Even though her head told her that it was false hope, her heart told her something else.
Every moment they spent together had to mean something to the oblivious boy. The precious moments spent at the river fishing as a family, all the festivals they participated in together, the hours spent talking to each other at each others' homes, the long walks they took at night. It was there, written in the stars by the hand of destiny. They were inseparable. There had to be a way that she could rekindle that fire that used to be there.
He's just dense. He's just dense. Lisanna repeated those words to herself.
Tears started to cloud Lisanna's vision, but she refused to let any fall. Natsu couldn't have replaced her. Those onyx eyes that looked deep into her. The unfailing friendship they had for one another. Their sweet fairy tale was already planned out. She had only one goal in mind:
I have to confess! I have to, or it will be all over, all over.
She's told him countless times of how much she cared for him. Most of the time, she realized that Natsu would think that she was joking about them ending up together. She wasn't. She said it all the more because she loved the way his face would get red.
They worked well together. Lisanna was angry at never seeing Natsu's love interest at first. She knew him better than anyone, dammit! Well, she used to know him better than anyone. All the stories he told her, it was his missions with her. How could she miss that! The excitement in his movements as he got on the table to emphasize their grand adventures together- it was suppose to be her! Those stories that Natsu told with such fire, they were supposed to be his experience with her. Fate, that horrible bitch, how could she do that to her?
A sudden shock of pain met at her side. She wasn't used to this much strenuous running. In Edolas, she never did missions. She couldn't even use magic. Her days were primarily spent in the kitchen with her brother and sister.
I hope I'm not too late! Lisanna thought.
At the train station, she stopped and panted taking in the much needed oxygen to fill her depleted lungs. A messy patch of pink hair caught her attention. There was no one in the city of Magnolia with salmon color hair other than Natsu Dragneel.
"Natsu!" she called trying to grab his attention. "Natsu! Natsu!"
She chased him down till she got to the boarding station. Lisanna looked fervently for her first crush among the sea of blurred faces. "Natsu! Happy!" she repeated as she shoved people away from her path.
"All aboard!" the conductor called out loud.
Lisanna jumped up to see who was at each window searching for a white scaly scarf, blue cat, and pink hair. He had to be somewhere. The train whistle blew and began to move slowly. Lisanna began to run with it.
"Lisanna!" a voice yelled back. Happy opened one of the windows and looked at her. "What are you doing?"
"Let me," she began in steady pants for breath, "talk to Natsu real quick."
Happy looked at his poor motion-sickened friend. His face was as green and it looked like food was about to come out. "I don't think you want to talk to him right now. But I can take a message."
"No," Lisanna said. "Just get him to the window."
"You sure?" Happy asked. Lisanna nodded her head. "Aye, Natsu!"
Before long, Natsu was at the window. He looked deathly sick. "Lisanna!"
"Nastsu, I-"
"Help me!" he cried reaching his hand out towards her.
Lisanna stretched out his hand towards him just barely touching his finger tips, but she had to stop. She had ran out of platform to run on. All she could do was see the green and pink disappear in the distance.
"-love you," she whispered softly to herself.
-xx(flashback)xx-
"An egg! I found an egg!" a little Natsu yelled waving the humongous thing over his head.
"An egg? Where on earth did you find that?" Makarov asked showing little interest.
"Over in the forest to the east!" Natsu answered with much energy.
"Heh, that's a pretty good find for you, Natsu," a young Gray said. "So what, shall we all eat it together?" Gray licked his lips thinking of how tasty the meal was going to be.
"Don't screw around!" Natsu yelled angrily. "This is a dragon egg! I'm gonna hatch it!"
"A dragon?!" everyone exclaimed in disbelief including Lisanna.
"Well, look," Natsu began as he placed the heavy egg on the floor. With his right hand he pointed to a mark that reminded him of Igneel's might foot. "This mark here looks just like a dragon claw."
"You, you think?" Gray said in disbelief. He had hoped that his idiot of a friend was smart enough to realize that the egg in his hands wasn't a dragon's egg.
"So old man, can I hatch the dragon? Please?" the little pink haired boy pleaded with his big onyx eyes.
"What are you talking about, you little fool?" Makarov asked. "There is no magic in this world to desecrate life itself. Life is a force born of love; no magic can hope to match it."
"…" Natsu looked at him with his big onyx eyes with confusion etched on his face. He was young and didn't quite understand Makarov's words. "Old man, are you okay? I don't get what you're saying at all."
"Perhaps you're still too young, eh?"
"What he means is that if you want to hatch that thing, you'll have to do it with your own strength, diligently, and properly. After all, usually you do nothing but destroy things. This is a good opportunity for you to learn about the birth of new life," the young red-haired knight explained.
The guild members recognized the young knight's immense strength. Erza was young for her age, but was a force not to be reckoned with. Even the adults acknowledge Erza's ability as a mage. She had built a reputation. Some called her Titania, Queen of the Fairies. In her presence, they straightened up their act. Natsu and Gray would automatically become best friends not wanting to get beaten up by her, again.
"Oh, so Erza's back, is she?" a menacing voice began. She too was a feared mage, known as the She-Devil. In a fight, these two were on par. They had ten times more destructive power than Natsu and Gray combined. "Let's pick up where we left off then. Go on, bring it on," Mira challenged
"Fighting again?" a little Lisanna exclaimed. Unlike her sister, Lisanna was kind and gentle. She was used to her sister's tough exterior. It was only to scare people away from her siblings. But at home, Mira was the kindest person Lisanna knew. Mira was an overly protective and meddlesome sister.
"Mira," Erza said with hard eyes, "now that you mention it, we hadn't settled things yet, had we?"
The two then went on an all out spar. Swords were flying, dark magic was tossed, punches were thrown, and terrible insults were said. Each one, showed no mercy in their fight. Gray and Natsu looked at the fight with such an upset face. They had to control ever fiber in themselves to not join in on that tempting fight. They were furious at the fact that it wasn't okay for them to fight and brawl but it was okay that those girls could.
"Gah!" Natsu yelled in frustration. "One day, I'm gonna beat the crap outta both of 'em!"
A gentle finger tapped Natsu on the shoulder. What Natsu found was Mira's little sister, Lisanna.
"Hey, Natsu!" she smiled at him with her big blue eyes. "Can I help you raise that egg too?"
"Oh, you're gonna help me, Lisanna?!" Natsu asked surprised. He had never talked to her before because Mira always thought so poorly of him.
"Uh-huh!" she said clasping her two hands together. "It sounds like fun, raising an egg!" Her face was full of excitement.
"Still... How the heck do you even go about hatching an egg, I wonder?" Natsu asked. He had no clue on how to raise an egg. Natsu needed all the help he could get.
"I read in a book once that eggs only hatch if you warm them up," Lisanna informed him.
Suddenly, a little light bulb went off in Natsu's head. "Warm them up?" he said to himself. "That's my specialty!" Natsu exclaimed in glee. Fire started coming from his lips as he was spouting flames at the egg.
"You can't do that!" Lisanna yelled at him grabbing the egg from Natsu's burning flames. "That's way too hot. You're going to burn it!"
"Really?" Natsu asked surprised. Lisanna couldn't help but giggle at the boy's stupidity.
"I'll show you how," Lisanna said. "Take over: Animal soul." In an instant Lisanna transformed into a giant and colorful bird. She then sheltered the egg under her wings. "Why don't we see if I can warm it up like this, okay?"
"Ohh! A giant bird!" Natsu said with such fascination. "Great Idea, Lisanna!"
Lisanna couldn't help but feel flustered for a minute. Her cheeks went pink, but the bright feathers covered it up. She had never been acknowledged like that before. Mira-nee always told her that she was weak and needed to train more.
"Let me try!" Natsu said. He took the giant egg and tucked it under his shirt. Lisanna couldn't help but laugh at how funny Natsu looked.
"You look pregnant, Flamebrain!" Gray mocked.
"Shut up!" Natsu yelled back. "You won't be saying that when my brother eats you!"
That's how it was for the past few days. Natsu and Lisanna took care of this dragon egg, keeping it warm and giving it all the love it deserved. They even built a little base playing pretend. Every day, that's where they met up. Older guild mates called it young love to Mira's dismay.
During that time, Lisanna became closer to Natsu. Mira-nee wasn't too happy about Lisanna spending time with "Erza's scummy little group." But who was she to deny her gentle sister of this?
"Hey come to think of it, you live on your own don't you?" Lisanna asked Natsu one day in their golden hut.
"Yeah," the ten year old boy said.
"What do you for food and stuff?" Lisanna asked curiously.
"I eat at the guild," Natsu answered.
"Paying for it and everything?" Lisanna asked. Mira paid for her food and Lisanna never saw anyone pay for Natsu's food.
"Isn't that what the work is for?" Natsu said as if it was the obvious answer. Lisanna felt so bad for him. All his life, he had been alone. At least she had older siblings to take care of her.
"Hey," Lisanna said with a twinkle in her eye. "How about I make something for you sometime?"
"What, you can cook?! Natsiad exclaimed in shock. Natsu had tried several times at his own house. He either burned his food or his house would turn into flames. Good thing he could eat flames, but that wasn't exactly the same as having real food to fill you up.
"Well, I'm not as good as Mira-nee," Lisanna said. "Or Elf-Niichan."
"Whoa, whoa , whoa!" Natsu exclaimed he tried to picture the two siblings cooking. He couldn't see Mira cooking food. He pictured her slaughtering the food with a butcher's knife with such a sadistic smile that made him cringe. But Elfman cooking? Yeah, that made sense. But where was Lisanna going with this. Natsu quickly grabbed the egg away from Lisanna.
"Well, you're not having this egg, all right?!" Natsu yelled at her. "A dragon's gonna hatch out of here! It could even be Ingeel's kid and my baby brother!"
Lisanna sighed. "Don't tell me you thought I was trying to eat the egg all along? I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of there as well! That's why I'm helping!"
Natsu was happy to hear Lisanna's words. He hugged his egg dearly before singing out, "I hope it hatches soon!"
A little giggle escaped Lisanna's lips. "You know, Natsu, You're usually all rough and stuff, but you can be really nice and cute sometimes, too. You're just like Mira-nee!"
"Wha-?"
"Maybe when we get older, can I be your bride!?" Lisanna asked. "Natsu you're the dad and I'm the mommy. As the dad, you'll have to protect your wife and son."
-xx(End of Flashback)xx-
"Natsu, I love you!" she screamed out loud as she watched the train disappear into the horizon.
Lisanna collapsed to the concrete floor of the train station. Tears started to flood her eyes. Lisanna didn't know it back then as a child. That was the first time she fell for the salmon haired boy. Their time of pretend felt so real to her. She had fallen in love with him at the beginning. It wasn't right for fate to do this to her.
You once said that you would come and find me if I were to disappear again. Is it still true?
Those happy memories of the past kept her going in Edolas- the guild members that were so similar to the ones that she knew of at home. She imagined how life was going at home. Most of all, she dreamed of her best friend. The pink haired boy she would see first after another hard S-Class job with Mira-nee. She imagined his journey and finally finding Igneel. It never crossed her mind that Natsu would fall in love. Sure, it was inevitable for Natsu to finally fall in love with someone, but why did she have to return to Earthland's reality just to witness it all?
She recalled their first fishing trip together as a family. They were so happy together. It was just the three of them.
-xx(Flashback)xx-
"Weren't you going to catch me a big one?" Happy complained again.
The three of them sat around a small fire watching their little fish cook. Every time they went fishing, Natsu would promise a big fish, but all they caught were little tiny fishies. Happy was getting tired of it and so was Natsu.
"I know! You'll get one, just wait!" Natsu fumed.
Lisanna giggled. "It's like you're the dad getting angry at his son."
"Why am I the dad?" Natsu asked.
"I don't want a dad like that!" Happy cried. Natsu was furious with the comment.
"I can't be the dad because I'm Happy's mom and your wife," Lisanna explained.
"This again?!" Natsu exclaimed with a red face. "I never gave my permission for that."
"Aww! You're blushing again!" Lisanna teased. "It'll be true soon enough."
"Shut up!" Natsu said angrily.
"But you're so cute when you're embarrassed," Lisanna told him.
"She liiiiikes you!" the little blue kitten teased fueling Natsu's angery red face even more.
"Stop rolling your tongue like that!" Natsu roared.
-xx(End of Flashback)xx-
Her heart ached so much. She was so ecstatic to be around him once again. His comradary, his friendship, it was all surreal to her right now. This pain that hurt so much inside of her was worse than the near death she experience by her older brother's hand. It hurt so damn much.
Just when she had accepted her new life in Edolas, he had to find her. He kept his promise to her. If she knew of this pain before hand, she would have wished herself to have never been found. Lisanna clenched her knees and let her tears fall down her face.
"Miss, do you need help?" one of the workers asked.
"No, I'm fine," she answered wiping away her tears with her blue sleeves.
Lisanna picked herself up and started a slow walk to the guild. She couldn't help but remember the good times they had together yesterday during the fishing trip. Everything appeared like it hadn't changed at all. It was like that she had never "died."
-xx(Flashback)xx-
"It's just like old times, huh Natsu?" she said.
She hadn't been in this fishing spot for nearly two years. The soft, cool, green grass felt so good against her skin. The fresh forest air, the birds that sung a beautiful melody, butterflies and bees danced a waltz as they passed by lovely flowers, little forest critters that scurried about, and the fish that jumped in the air taunting poor little Happy. It was a perfect day for fishing.
"Aye," Happy said. "You still suck at fishing, just like Lucy."
"Well, this is the first time I've gone fishing for a long time," Lisanna informed him. "Do you remember what happened last time we came to this spot to fish?"
"Uh-huh!" Natsu exclaimed. "Gildarts was with us telling us of his journeys and you brought us tasty food."
"Gildarts caught a dragon sized fish! It was so yummy!" Happy added. "Do you think I could catch a fish like that for Carla?"
"You liiiiiiike her," Lisanna teased him.
"Don't be mean like Lucy!" Happy cried. "Besides, you didn't catch any fish last time either!"
"I did too!" Lisanna exclaimed.
"She did, don't you remember Happy?" Natsu said. "It was small but a fish is still a fish"
"That doesn't count! It was too small to be eaten," Happy pouted. Then Happy's fishing rod started to shake. "Aye, sir! I caught a fish!"
The fish was tugging ferociously at Happy's line. You could even see Happy being dragged into the water. Lisanna lunged in to save Happy. Natsu followed by grabbing onto Lisanna's waist. After a good six minutes fighting for Happy's meal, Natsu pulled back with all his might sending the three of them backwards hitting a tree.
Lisanna blushed feverishly at the close proximity they were in. His arms were around her and his warm hands wrapped around her hands that now held Happy's fishing pole. Both of them stared at each in shock.
"A-are you o-okay?" Lisanna's voice faltered. She brushed a loose strand away from her face to hide her red face. They were so close together, but the look that Natsu gave her wasn't the one she remembered from years ago. Still, he looked just as cute as before.
"Yeah," Natsu said. "Are you okay? Where's Happy?"
Natsu's questions was soon answered by a flying blue cat that plopped onto Lisanna's lap.
"I'm sorry, Natsu," Happy cried. "I lost the-" A scaly blue fish landed on Natsu's head. "Fish!" Happy exclaimed with tears strolling down his face. He grabbed the fish that flopped on Natsu's head and began to dance around with glee. "I'm going to wrap this and give it to Carla!" Happy cried.
Natsu and Lisanna couldn't help but laugh at their feline friend.
-xx(End of Flashback)xx-
On her back to the guild, she saw the big tree in the center of Magnolia's park. It was there were she saw him last before she "died." She walked up to the tree, their first secret spot before Mira dragged her home. Since then, they moved their secret base close to the forest. It was a place that even Mira wouldn't be able to find.
Lisanna climbed up to the high branches of the tree. Up in the high branches of that tree was where she carved their initials with a big heart surrounding it: ND X LS. She had carved it right after she had saved her. He was her hero that day.
-xx(Flashback)xx-
"Lisanna! Lisanna!" Natsu called out in the dark forest.
Natsu could feel the thick fog on his skin. His palms began to sweat. He was scared, but Natsu would never admit it. It was all his fault that Lisanna was lost in the first place. If he wasn't so obsessed with finding Igneel, they'd be home by now. He should have slowed down for her. If he only slowed down his pace, she wouldn't have gotten lost in the first place.
Natsu couldn't go home without Lisanna. He'd have to deal with Mira and Erza, and Natsu didn't want to get beat up so badly by both girls. He swore to himself that he'll surpass them one day.
"Natsu! Help!" Lisanna barely let out. The forest vulcan had a tight grip on her little frame. It was her fault for getting caught. She just couldn't keep up with him.
"Let Lisanna go, you dumb ape!" Natsu yelled out with anger.
"No!" the green monkey said. Glints of revenge were in his eyes. He remembered the last time he saw these brats mess with his dinner. "I picked it up, so it's mine! No returns!"
"Lisanna isn't an object!" Natsu yelled back.
"That's right!" Lisanna squeaked. She groaned in pain as the monkey's grip on her tightened.
"Since you're mine, why don't you be my wife?" the green monkey suggested.
"No!" Lisanna's eyes began to water as she imagined her future life with green, hairy, ugly monkeys.
"Ah!" Happy exclaimed. "This is a forbidden love!"
"That's not going to happen!" Natsu exclaimed.
"I'm going to be Natsu's wife, so I can't go out with you!" she rejected the monkey as kind as she could telling him the truth.
The monkey went out on a rage. "In this case, I'm really not going to give you back!"
"Say that again, you harry mo-!"
"I said, I ain't going to give her back!" the evil monkey said. "But if you want her back, then apologize to me!"
"For what?!" Natsu exclaimed.
"Ahh!" Lisanna cried in pain as the Vulcan crushed Lisanna's body with his fist. "Do it Natsu!"
"Apologize!" the monkey commanded.
"Have it your way then," Natsu said. He got down on his fours and sincerely apologized for the mistake he made to him. Lisanna's eyes were filled with tears as she watched her "husband" rescue her in such a humiliating way.
"No way! Can't believe you fell for it!" the Vulcan said crushing Natsu under his gigantic foot. He began to dance all over Natsu's body. Lisanna was on the brink of tears and slightly dizzy because the Vulcan kept shaking her up and down in his happy state.
"Damn you!" Natsu uttered under his breath.
"Natsu!" Lisanna reached for Natsu's hand.
"Time to finish you off!" the Vulcan said. With his free hand, he lifted a giant boulder that was sure to kill Natsu. But Gildarts came in just in time.
Lisanna was happy that Gildarts had saved them from the forest Vulcan. But she was even happier knowing that Natsu was searching for her in the thick fog. It made her happy inside when she heard him call her name.
"Hey," Lisanna began, "If I disappear again sometime, will you come and find me, Natsu?"
Natsu was puzzled by the question, "S-sure," he answered.
"Promise?" Lisanna asked.
"Yeah, I promise," Natsu pledged.
"Pinky promise?" she said.
Their little pinkies wrapped perfectly together as they sealed the ultimate promise.
"So, you've got a wife already?" Gildarts asked.
"Not again!" Natsu cried. Lisanna laughed.
-xx(End of Flashback)xx-
Lisanna faintly touched her carved art work. Should she change it? She was the only one that knew of this. Only one letter needed to be changed. She would have preferred staying hidden from this harsh reality. But he did keep his promised in finding her when she was disappeared. Lisanna began to sob.
Oh Natsu, would you keep that promise still?
Lisanna lost track of time as she wept bitterly for hours. Those bittersweet memories-was it possible to make more? Lisanna lifted her head up to see the skies. The sun was getting ready to set. Was she really crying for that long? Nature didn't seem to care for her feelings. The least Mother Nature could do was cry with her. Instead, the sky reminded her of her last day "alive." Not a cloud was in sight and the golden sun was wrapped in an unmistakable salmon pink sky.
With a swift hop, Lisanna jumped from her tree and headed towards the guild. Her crying had finally stopped. At the guild, she was surprised to find what awaited her. There was a huge crowd that had gathered around Cana. She was curious as to what was going on.
"Are you telling me that Natsu and Lucy are-?" Gray asked.
"Yep!" Cana said.
"Are we talking about the same Salamander?" Gajeel asked scratching his head.
"There's no way that's going to happen," Gray stated.
"Then why don't you put your money where your mouth is?" Cana taunted.
"Are you sure we're talking about Fairy Tail's Natsu?" Macao asked.
"Remember what happened last time?" Wakaba reminisced the last time Cana foretold of Lucy's Fateful Encounter, nothing big happened. They all expected Lucy to go on her first date, but she didn't. Cana did.
"You cheat Cana," Levy said. "You can see the future. It's not fair to us."
"My magic doesn't work like Carla's," Cana said taking a sip of her bottle. "It's different. How long do you think it's going to take for Natsu and Lucy to a couple?"
"One week!" Juvia yelled. She was determined to do everything in her power to get rid of her love rival. Making Lucy and Natsu a couple would leave Gray all to herself.
"What a man!" Elfman chimed.
"Really?" Gray asked Elfman and Juvia. "I'd say it would take at least seven years for that idiot to realize his feelings."
"You're such a pessimist," Levy told him. "I say, it'll take one year. You know, he did chase after her when Phantom Lord kidnapped her and when Lucy went back home. The poor little guy was crying for her return. Lucy's so lucky to have him. It's like she's really living in a fairy tale. He always saves her."
Lisanna knew of Cana's compulsive betting pools. They never really did attract that much attention but the whole guild was on this. Usually, they'd make bets on who was going to win a simple spar- never one on love affairs.
Upon listening to the conversations, it was evident that Natsu had more than friendly feelings toward the mage. He had brought her to the guild, took her to many missions with him, and he even uprooted one of the giant rainbow sakura trees in the park just so she could see it. They used to celebrate the changing of the sakura flower blossoms together. Not to mention, she heard of the countless times Natsu caught Lucy from near death. He was Lucy's hero. He was also her hero as well. She was his first admirer that never left his side.
"You're back, Lisanna!" Mira said in delight. "Where did you go?"
"Just for a little walk," Lisanna replied.
But Mira knew better. She saw the dried residue of her tears and wished to help her sister. "Why don't you come with me in the kitchen? I would sure appreciate the help." Lisanna nodded and followed her to the kitchen.
-x-x-x-xx-x-x-x-
Lucy sat alone in her carriage. The carriage was to lure the bandits to her. Lucy had formulated a plan primarily depending on Cancer and Taurus. Cancer's cutting magic would be perfect for trimming down her opponents' magic, and Taurus's magic axe would be perfect for chopping down those spells. Based off of the information she gathered in town, she found that there were fourteen bandits in total. The leaders were the only ones that possessed magic skills. One used plant based magic like Droy's while the other used a wood based magic. There were obvious reasons why their attacks mainly happened in the Easter Pine Grove Forest. It was were their magic abilities flourished exponentially.
She gazed out admiring the majestic rocky, mountains and the pine trees that touched the the salmon sunset. It reminded her much of her first mission with Natsu- finding Macao. She was alone for this mission though. This was her solo journey. Fate must have another plan for her life.
Suddenly, Lucy heard a loud thud.
As expected she thought.
"Get out!" she heard one of them yell.
"Get out or we'll destroy you and the carriage!" another man threatened.
Lucy was about to reveal herself to attack but then, her carriage began to shake. Lucy looked out her window and saw that her carriage was being lifted by giant vines.
"Open Gate of the Bull: Taurus!" Lucy yelled. Taurus busted out cutting the vines with his axe. Lucy had gotten out of the carriage just before it was crushed using her whip. Lucy took her fleuve d'etoiles and was able to ring it around a tall branch. Using her momentum, she swung around and kicked one of the bandits square on the face knocking him out.
"One down, thirteen to go," Lucy told him.
Taurus mooed at Lucy. "That was a good moooove Lucy," Taurus complimented. "I will protect your beau-mooo-tiful body."
-x-x-x-xx-x-x-x-
Not far off, two other mages were observing the scene.
"This isn't looking too good," the man said. "She has a strong aroma around her, Aisly."
"The trees tell me," the lady began as the wind brushed through them, "that she's from Fairy Tail."
"Fairy Tail you say?" the man began.
"Yes, Florence. I didn't think the mayor would actually hire mages," the woman stated.
"Poor fairy," he said. "I feel so sorry for this lone flower."
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