Hey readers! I'm back with another chapter for you guys!
I was thinking about making longer chapter for you to enjoy... Hopefully I'm not over-describing things. I know that I use a lot of dashes in my writing style. If you have any feedback - it can be negative too - any would be great! I would like to hear anything. If really needed, you can tell me that my story is horrible and that I really should delete it.
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Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters here. I'm just manipulating their beings at my will for a story (plot of my creation). Because of all of this, all rights goes to Hiro Mashima-senpai!
"Ahhhh, I'm so tired," I exclaimed as I stretched my arms over my head. I just finished work so I was getting ready to go home and going through things that happened throughout the day, kind of like a recap or rewind of anything important. At school, apart from the whole accident in English and the fight that followed after class, we had a math test that caught me by surprise but I'm pretty sure I aced it. School work like math was never too difficult. They were puzzles like word games or riddles, all of which are things I like to do for fun. You just need to know a few tricks and you can figure out the rest. Deciphering was one of my specialties. For Phys Ed though I had to run laps around the track for almost an hour. Ms. Aquarius was too busy flirting with the Geography teacher Mr. Scorpio – who for some reason has a huge fascination with deserts and rock, both the music and the element (A/N: Ba dum tss) – to notice that our warm up jog was taking up the entire period. I was hoping that someone would say something but I knew no one was going to interrupt her. Ms. Aquarius gets crazy and destructive when you talk back or distract her from 'important' things like her love life. I shuttered at the thought of the class' experience when we had Phys Ed in the pool… Running for that long would have definitely been better than to face her full of wrath.
On top of that, work was tiring today. The book store that I work at got a new shipment of books and they wanted me to catalogue, tag and stock the shelves. On top of that, I still had to converse with the customers and work the floor while doing these tasks. I continuously had to walk between the back room and the store. It was weird though; there was this guy that comes in every so often who came up to me directly while I was stocking the shelves. I've seen him just stand around reading a variety of different books when he comes in but he's never come up to me before. Overthinking it as usual, it ended up that he was just wondering if I had any book recommendations. I told him that I enjoyed the adventure books with romance so I suggested The Hunger Games but it also incorporates many different genres that others would enjoy, like some science-fiction. He thanked me then turned around with this weird smirk and walked off. Sure I was a little curious of what just happened and why he smiled like that but I had too much work to do. I had so many things to do that I knew that dealing with that situation was going to burn more energy that I would need to somehow make it home. Is it just me or am I seeing way to many things today, thinking back to Pinkie earlier. Must be it… oh well!
But don't get me wrong, the day was tiring but filled. For a loner like me, days like this help to keep my mind off of things happening right now… "I probably shouldn't think like that," I murmured to myself and reached into my bag to snatch my iPod.
Since it's almost always playing I had no trouble thinking of what song I should listen to. Playing an upbeat song would probably put me in a better mood and give me more energy when I walk home so I decided to play a song from one of my many playlists that was named 'Upbeat and forget'. The names of the playlists were used for exactly what they sound like. There were many songs that had a fast and strong beat making me a little happier than now, letting me forget about any problem that would be pestering me.
Before I left work I checked to see if I had everything because I didn't want to get home and realize I left something that makes me walk all the way back here to grab anything important. I was way too tired for that so I started to name off things. Thank god none of my co-workers were in here. They would think that I was insane. "Keys, iPod (in my hands), wallet, work uniform, school boo-wait a moment… where's my uniform?" I said out loud. Looking down I saw that I was wearing a formfitting (a little too tight for comfort) aqua blue T-shirt with brown kakis. I completely forgot that I was still wearing my uniform for work. The school clothes in my locker should have been a hint. "Damn it," I cursed under my breath. I quickly grabbed my school uniform and changed.
To keep my fly on the wall status I always wore clothes that don't make me stand out amongst others. I had my low-thigh to knee length skirt on, a collared white dress shirt with a big sweater on top to loosely cover up my entire torso. My chest would definitely make me stand out amongst the other girls so the sweater was almost strategic. I never felt truly comfortable with my body so hiding most of it was fine with me and plus the huge sweater is super comfy. (A/N: Lucy isn't like this in the anime/manga, in fact she even exploits her body to get discounts or when in dire need, but I want her to transition to her normal self when she gains confidence later on; not to a huge extent but enough where she's comfortable wearing whatever she feels.)
I grabbed my school clothes from my locker, went to the changing area, closed the curtains and changed back into my school uniform.
Going back over my checklist, I seemed to have everything I needed: keys, iPod, wallet, work uniform, school books, note book, jacket and a novel. I look in the mirror quickly and check in the bow in my hair that tied up some of my hair to the side. I gave a small but sad smile, thinking about how she always did my hair like this when I was younger. Seeing that I was starting to get a little emotional, I quickly shook the thought out of my head, said goodbye to the others who were still working, put on my jacket, plugged the ear buds in and pressed play.
I stepped outside and looked around; nothing out of the ordinary. There's the café across the street where the cappuccinos are to die for and has great herbal teas, a small boutique, a jewelry shop, a small thrift shop where I can find clothes, a whole bunch of CDs, tapes and records for pretty cheap, and a music store to get all the new releases and other awesome merchandise. The iTunes store was of no real use to me because in order to pay for the music you need a credit card; probably not the best idea because someone can trace me from that card alone.
I saw that the street is all pretty quaint but it seems that there's a little more class on one side while the stores on the other side seem cheaper. To me, it didn't really matter; I still liked the entire strip. Having the two on the same street makes it more fun and interesting.
While I was walking down the street I was looking through the windows to see if they had anything new. Might as well check to see if I should bring money the next time I work this weekend. There was a new shipment of everything at the music store so I thought that I should check it out soon.
Continuing down the street, I took a right between an old apartment building and a Chinese take-out restaurant. Today I was a little lazy – like always – so I took a bit of a short cut to get home through a few alley ways. I found the route when I was following this cat home. I probably would have overlooked the little guy but he was blue. How often do you see a blue cat?! So naturally I followed it being the very curious me – wondering if it had an owner – but I got a little lost and wound up at the main street of Magnolia where the stream flows. Even though I got lost and searched for about 10 minutes for the right direction to head in, I noticed that I got home 20 minutes earlier through the alleys so I started to use the easier route when I just want to get home.
On the way through the alley I saw a litter of calico kittens with their mother. I turned around to pet them. The purring and friendliness was so adorable! The cats were so cute and defenseless so I wanted to help them, even if it wasn't that much. I took out a water bottle that I had stored in my bag and grabbed a slightly chipped bowl from a nearby trash bin. I poured some water in the bowl and left it for them. I was just about to leave when I felt a tug at my heart and went back. I couldn't just leave them without truly caring for them, could I? So I took out what was supposed to be my dinner, ripped it up into small pieces so that they could eat it and fed the cats tiny bits of a chicken sandwich. Seeing that they were fed now and getting tired, I left my jacket for them in case they got cold or it started to rain. I could always come back for it tomorrow and bring them a different blanket, right? Maybe even an umbrella for the rain!
Feeling satisfied with myself, I stood up, quickly spun around and continued to walk home thinking about how happy the cats are going to feel the next time I see them. Maybe I should bring some food that cats were actually supposed to eat. I can probably buy them some food the next time I go out for groceries. What should I bring? Kibble? Fish? Milk? I'll probably do some research when I get home to see what would be best…
Being so caught up in my cat obsession, I didn't notice the person lying in wait behind a dumpster who suddenly stepped out of the shadows further behind me, completely undetected.
A cliffhanger! Did I peak your curiosity? Hehehehe, stay tuned for the next chapter then. If there are enough requests I can even release it tomorrow. Don't know if I'll be able to update until next Friday 'cause I have so many projects and tests next week.
Coming right from freezing cold Canada, your Kowaii kohai
FelineDynasty :3
