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~Dark~ Here's a new chapter! Hope you enjoy!
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"Follow us," Wendy said as Carla sprouted wings similar to Rain's, I was surprised as Carla gently lifted up a smiling Wendy with out trouble. Rain gently grabbed the back of my shirt and wrapped her long tail around my waist. With a quick stroke of their wings both cats shot into the air lifting us high into the full moon starry sky.
"Hold on tight!" Rain said excitedly as we watched Wendy and Carla fly ahead. Before I could really say anything we shot forward spinning around and cutting flips. I screamed in joy and held out my arms as we shot past the shocked faces of the others. After swooping around them we stopped and flew along side this.
"You okay?" Wendy asked laughing at me as I grinned at the exhilarating feeling rushing through my body. I looked over at her and realized what had just happened, after a moment I nodded a small smile still on my face.
"Yea, I've never felt so so..." I started trying to find the right word.
"Amazing?" Wendy asked laughing as Rain spun in the air. I sighed and nodded as we landed.
"It's like I'm feeling this for the first time and I love it. It's like I'm free." I tell her as my feet touch the ground.
"Glad to see you guys finally made it." Someone said from a doorway and I spun around to see Erza at the doorway. I tensed and felt the smile drop off of my face as Rain let me go and landed beside me.
"Welcome to the Fairy Tail Girls Dorm!" Wendy said throwing her arms open while standing in the doorway of a building that looked like a cross between an apartment building and the guild. Slowly, I walked inside keeping a close on eye on Erza who followed behind me. I was amazed at the room I had walked into; there were comfy seats everywhere with pictures, books, and a fireplace along one wall, on another was a large doorway leading into a kitchen and to my right was a staircase leading upstairs with a door underneath.
"What room key did Mira give you?" Erza asked us and I looked at Rain who pulled out a small silver key.
"Looks like F3 R6," Rain said holding up the small key, Erza nodded not really looking at the key for more than a second.
"Wow that's right next to Erza's rooms. Come on I'll show you." Wendy said excitedly as Carla sat down with a book. Without looking at her Carla spoke.
"How about a bath first?" She asked as Erza nodded her head in agreement. I watched as she glanced over at us again before walking upstairs muttering about something.
"Alright, here I'll lend you a set of extra pajamas I keep in my locker, they should fit you." Wendy told me and grabbed my wrist. I jerked reflexively and backed away out of reach. I noticed everyone watching me as I put on a blank face and waited for something to happen.
"Umm...follow me..." Wendy said slowly walking over to the door under the stairs and opening it to show a set of stairs that lead down. I followed her downstairs into a hot and steamy tile room with lockers lining the walls and a stack of towels near the giant tub in the middle of the room filled with hot water.
"Come on," Wendy said and I turned away from her about to go back upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Wendy asked me as I started up the stairs.
"Nowhere," I whispered knowing she didn't hear me. I didn't bother to turn around as I walked upstairs and into the living room. Once I was upstairs I looked around and noticed how empty everything was and relaxed.
"I'm alone." I thought and felt a strange sense of sadness as I sat down on a seat in the corner of the room beside a lamp. After sitting for a few minutes I got back up as questions hit me left and right begging for answers. I walked around the room and looked at pictures of a red haired girl with a brown haired girl, a blue haired girl, and two white haired girls. I watched them grow up in the pictures until one of the white haired girls vanished for a few pictures then reappeared with a happy blond girl after several pictures.
"Erza, Mira, Lisanna, Levy, Lucy, but why isn't Wendy in any and that brown haired woman was at the guild earlier. I wonder who she is." I thought to myself before a small book caught my eye. I carefully grabbed it and walked over to my spot and sat down looking at it curiously. It was a simple leather book wit a ribbon inside it. Carefully I opened it and began to read about a princess and a dragon. After a while I noticed Wendy come up but I didn't speak to her as she said good night and walked upstairs.
"I need to get a bath as well. Falling into a pool in this cool weather was probably not my best idea." I told myself and gently marked my page before going downstairs to the bath. I was at the very end of the bath away from the door when I heard someone walk in and then get in. I couldn't see through the mist and I knew that meant they couldn't see me but I was still frightened. Who was there?
"Is someone else in here?" I heard Erza ask and I breathed a soft sigh of relief, at least I knew this person. I ignored her and slowly reached for a rag near where I was. Suddenly a small sword was there and I jerked back falling into the water with a splash. I jerked back up with a gasp and coughed trying to get air in my lungs. With a thump I felt something hit my back a few times and I jerked upright and moved away.
"You okay? I didn't mean to scare you or anything." Erza said as I moved away from her and grabbed a towel, but before I could get out Erza was standing beside me.
"You still have suds in your hair, come on let's rinse them out." Erza said gently grabbing my shoulder and making me freeze, slowly I nodded and let her lead me over to the deeper part of the giant tub. By the time she stopped my toes could barely touch the bottom and I was beginning to question why I had followed her.
"Here," Erza whispered turning me around and pouring warm water through my hair. At first I tensed at her touch expecting to be hit or something but gradually I relaxed and let her run her fingers through my hair.
"There, all done." Erza whispered letting go of me. I blinked and turned around to look at her for a minute before doing anything.
"Thank you," I said and pulled myself out of the tub. I gently toweled off being careful with my back since it hurt a bit from when she had hit me. Once I was done I grabbed my clothes and slipped back into them before turning to leave quickly.
"Wait up, I'll show you your room since Wendy's already in bed." Erza said making me pause on the stairs. I looked at her then jumped as a white light surrounded her for a second before vanishing to reveal her standing there in a set of plain navy blue pajamas.
"Is something wrong?" Erza asked checking herself for a mistake or stain as I stared at her in surprise. I shook my head and started upstairs as fast as I could, once I was upstairs I turned around and watched Erza slowly come up the stairs yawning and stretching with a smile.
"I'm ready for a nice rest, how about you?" She asked me as I covered a yawn of my own, feeling the effects of the hot bath and the eventful first day. I saw her nod at me before starting up the stairs, turning out lights as she went. After we had gone up two flights of stairs she started talking again.
"So are you going on a job request tomorrow with Rain?" She asked me as I followed behind her.
"Yes," I told her rubbing my eyes as they tried to close and grabbed the rail to keep from stumbling.
"What kind of magic do you use?" She asked as we entered the third floor and I noticed suits of armor along the wall along with more pictures.
"The Master called it...Twisted Light Re-equip..."I said tiredly as I followed her down the hall.
"Wow that's impressive, may I see?" Erza asked stopping and turning around to look at me with a strange look on her face. Immediately I tensed and was on my guard as I watched her.
"Don't worry I promise nothing bad is going to happen." She said and cautiously I summoned my sword and gripped it as a strange look crossed her face.
"Wait here, I'll be right back." She said and dashed into one of the doors beside us. When it shut I looked down at my weapon then back at the door she had vanished behind. Had I done something wrong? I asked myself as I let the sword go and felt a tear fall down my face.
"I'm crying. Why?" I asked myself wiping the tear from my face as Erza came back with a small book.
"Here, this will help you master your magic." She said handing the book to me. I gently took the book from her and looked at the blank cover.
"Come on, the day starts early if you want breakfast." Erza laughed leading me to a door with a six on it. I cautiously followed her wondering what was going on but my mind wouldn't answer.
"Good night Ashley." Erza whispered as she walked past the small girl who nodded, while stepping out of reach. Erza walked over to one of the doors leading into her giant room and looked back to see the door to room six close.
"Well, I guess there's hope when she's tired." Erza laughed to herself as she walked into the room holding her bed and laid down only to get back up as a soft knock hit one of her doors. Erza sighed and got up slowly with a groan before walking over to the door and opening it to reveal Mira in sleeping attire.
"So? How is everything?" Mira asked her best friend and rival excitedly as they both sat down on the giant bed in Erza's sleeping room.
"Well, good I guess. She came in with Wendy, took a bath, and went to bed." Erza told her simply as she shrugged her shoulders and laid back into the pillows her mind clearly elsewhere.
"Okay, be specific, did she talk more, was she happy, anything!" Mira asked laughing like a little kid as she bounced a little on the bed.
"Well Wendy said on the way here she was smiling and laughing as they flew then she stopped when she got here. After that she grabbed her wrist to show her where the baths were and Ashley freaked out. I went down to the baths about twenty minutes ago and found her there, she seemed really tense around me and when she saw me she tried to leave but I was able to get her to stay. After that she seemed to relax a bit and I was able to get her to tell me her magic and whether she was going on a mission with Rain tomorrow. Now good night," Erza said at the end of her explanation giving the silent treatment to her friend as she closed her eyes and clapped her hands turning all the lights off. Mira laughed and poked her friend in the back before laying down beside her to sleep.
"Hey, you asleep?" Erza asked a while later not really expecting a response but needing to say something all the same.
"No, not really. What's wrong?" Mira asked turning over to see her friends big brown eyes staring at her.
"She has scars on her back and shoulders, a few of them look pretty recent too." She whispered sadly to her friend knowing she would understand better than most.
"It's alright, come on let's get some sleep." Mira said and pretended to fall asleep only to open her eyes some time later and get out of the bed, making sure to not wake her friend. Treading softly she slipped out of the room and down the hall to the newly occupied room at the end. Carefully she eased it open and paused at the dim light in the room. After a moment of silence she looked in to see Rain asleep on a wide shelf that had been made into a bed and a small form curled up in a blanket on the floor beside a candle with an open book beside them.
"That's uncomfortable I'm sure." Mira whispered causing the bundle to move before becoming still again. Mira waited in the doorway for a moment to make sure she hadn't woken anyone before cautiously moving forward and moving the candle and book to the nearby night stand then gently lifting the nearly weightless bundle from the floor. Carefully, she pulled back the blankets on the small twin sized bed and laid the sleeping girl on it. She couldn't help but smile as she pulled the blankets over her and she squirmed deeper into the bed and relaxed with a soft sigh.
"Good night Ashley." Mira whispered softly brushing the blue black hair away from the girls face as she slept.
