Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail. Just this story! (And Hesper my character!)
AN: Ok, so this chapter is kinda a bonus chapter… (Which means this isn't really in the plot line and it's in between Gruvia and Jerza.) There's some shipping that goes on, but it's more of… A crack ship…? I at least think it is, but you never know what other people think… Anyway, enjoy!
~LolGizzmo55
Chapter 3.5- Maroom and the Nightmare
"Hesper-chan…? May I ask you a question?" Mirajane, the demon matchmaker, asked the much shyer matchmaker.
"Uh… Yes…? I don't see why not…" Hesper said cautiously, as she sipped her beer while sitting at the bar.
"Ok! Would you agree to reveal a crack-ship for me? That would be really helpful!" The Demon Take Over mage smiled at the girl.
"Uhm… Who are they…?"
"Well, I want you to get Max and the Broom together."
"…"
"What?"
"You've got to be kidding me…"
"Nope! Now get to work!" The woman working at the bar shoved the girl off her seat and pointed her in the direction of Max.
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Ok… So how the hell am I suppose to get a freaking BROOM with a guy?! Brooms don't have feelings… Unless it's someone's name…? This guild is crazier then I thought! No matter, I'm part of it to now! And I think I'm just as crazy as the rest of them…
"So… Max right? Mirajane wanted me to ask you if you wanted to close up shop tonight? She's gonna be kinda busy tonight with a late night photo shoot and I can't be here cuz I'll be leaving for a job the next day and the others are busy too and I need rest so…" Hesper drabbled on and on to the Sand mage, who she thought wasn't paying attention (which is why she wasn't stammering).
"Sure! I don't see a problem with that! Yeah, I got nothing planned tonight, so sure! I can use the broom right…?" The man asked.
"W-What? Oh, y-yeah, sure. G-Great! I-I'll go tell M-Mira then…" She had started stammering when Max got up and left, going to talk to some other mages.
"He was interested? Great! Nice job by the way with what you told him! That was actually true on my part!" Hesper had gone back to the bar to tell Mirajane that he'd do it.
"Really? Wow. I didn't know I was that good… But it's not really true on my part…"
"No matter! You need to stay here anyways!" The oldest Strauss sibling told her.
"What?! But… But why? And how exactly, am I suppose to hide from him?!"
"Simple! You use you're fairy wings like you did with the Nalu project! Just stay here while he sweeps up, and then leave just before he does! Oh, and you need to stay here so that things don't get out of hand…" The mage behind the bar smiled at the girl, who groaned and slammed her head on the bar table.
o~o~o~o (Later That Night…)
Mirajane waved goodbye to Max and walked out into the crisp night air. Little did the Sandstorm mage knew was that the newest fairy to the guild was watching over him…
She sat on top of the bar watching Max clean, which was pretty boring, so she tried sitting in different positions watching while he used his sand magic to sweep everything up. Hesper wondered why even he would consider using a broom if he was this good at cleaning.
"Alright… Now that it's just me and you…" Max turned toward Hesper, and she froze from changing her position (from laying down to going criss cross, which in-between was very awkward).
H-How did he notice I was here?! Damn, my magic must've run out! She frantically jump off the bar, and started heading out the door, when she saw Max walk over behind the bar to grab the broom.
"Me and you, Broom." He hugged the broom and… Kissed it…? He looked around to notice if anyone wasn't watching, which he didn't know someone was, and they (no, he) walked into the closet, and he shut the door.
If no one was here, then why did he bother going into the closet? That's a very strange man… Then again, I'm the one who's stalking him, so…
Hesper went over to a booth (which was in a good view of the closet, so if he walked out she would notice) and hugged her knees to her chest, and rested her head on her knees. She deactivated her wings, because there was no way that Max would be able to see her from this view, unless he decided to do some snooping after… Whatever it was he did with the broom.
At some point she must've drifted off, because she started dreaming at one point…
*~*~*~* (Hesper's Dream…)
I'm running, my little legs in my nightgown running into the forest to the right of my brother's home. And I know exactly from what. Something that I unleashed. Something that was my fault. A beast. A complete monster. I'm still running, into the darkened forest.
I turn around. I see fire. And I see eyes. I now know the eyes weren't real, but back then I didn't know. What had happened was that I was trying to show off to my brother and his new-ish girlfriend by using my fire wings to light the fireplace. But I had misjudged… Funny how a tiny mistake can ruin your life.
"I was only trying to help…" tears from my eyes fell onto my face, eventually falling to the grassy ground, highlighted in reds, oranges, and yellows from the dying fire behind me.
I turn around again, suddenly an idea popped into my head. I knew it wouldn't work, but my younger self didn't know that. I was only seven after all. (AN: She's 18 years old present time, so this was three years before the seven year gap and the one year skip. My gosh that took awhile for me to figure out…)
"Requipt: Water Wings!" I shout. My back grows cold and moist from the tiny wings that sprouted from my back. My hair touched the ground and it was beginning to get wet. I wasn't powerful yet, so that's why I got wet from them, but I flew as fast as I could, my wings creating a shell of water around my skin. I hadn't exactly learned how to make it so that I was completely water.
I finally get to the house to see that it's now in ashes. The fire was staring to smolder due to the rain that had randomly started, so I deactivated my wings. Was it raining the whole time and I hadn't noticed…? My brother's girlfriend was a weird lady after all… And she never told me about her magic…
I feel a hand clasp over my arm, wet and cold, like the rain around us. It wasn't the warm summer rain like it was suppose to be. I turn around to see a water version of my brother's girlfriend. I scream, and she grip around my arm tighter as I try to run.
I never trusted her, not one bit. He just said I was crazy, overprotective even. But he never seemed to notice her mark to show what guild she was in. Phantom Lord. It wasn't a dark guild, but it still did dark guild like requests, like special requests to kill…
"W-What did you d-do to him? You m-monster!" I scream out to her, trying too slip away, but it was no use.
"Juvia was paid a lot to do this job, so don't mess it up little girly. Drip, drip, drop…" She said in a calm creepy voice, twisting my arm, tighter, tighter as I scream from the pain. I never liked what she called me. Little girly. I wasn't little. Well, now I'm not...
"Percy… You never loved him did you?! And you're causing the rain too! I see it every time you come over! You were just faking everything! Everything he's ever done for you! And you just killed him!" I screamed at her, and from her shock, I tore my arm away, and ran over to the ashy house.
I found him. But he wasn't burned at all; instead, he was encased in water, just floating there. I run over to him, the water bubble popped at my presence, and Juvia only followed me.
"Juvia doesn't know how to feel about this… But no, Juvia did not love him. She has never loved anyone. Juvia is sorry for you're loss, but she needed the money. Master Jose told Juvia to kill the boy, but Juvia would get extra if she killed the girl too. But Juvia won't. He wanted to give the little girly this by the way, a necklace. It will protect you from people like Juvia." She grabbed the necklace from his pocket, and threw it to me.
I caught it, looking at it. The necklace was sliver, and it had a purple jewel in the center. I look back up, and she was gone. Just as she came up to me and Percy that one day when we were trying to get out of the rain in town. I place it around my neck, stood up, and went over to my brother, the only family I had left, and hugged him close, but then he dissolved like the rain around us.
This dream I have had for the past eleven years, having it almost every month. But it happened more when I had the necklace on or near. I kept it close, but I never wore it after that. At least I wasn't the one to kill him.
o~o~o~o (End Of The Dream…)
"PERCYYY!" Hesper scream out loud, to the apparently empty guild hall.
"Oh my, Hesper-chan, are you alright?" Mira had just opened that door to the guild, running over to the terrified girl.
"Hmmm…? Oh! Mira-chan! Yes I'm alright! How was your photo shoot?" Hesper smiled, changing the subject quickly, not wanting the Take Over mage to know her recurring nightmare.
"Oh it was just wonderful! We were out on the beach! And the moon was full and everything! It was beautiful!" Mira said, smiling and waving her hand off, walking over to the bar, staring to open up shop. "By the way, the door was still unlocked. Did Max leave?" she asked as she cleaned a glass.
"Wha…? Oh! Max! Uh, I guess not… I must've drifted off at some point. Last I saw him he went into the closet by the bar." The Requipt Wings mage pointed at the closet door.
Both looked at the door, which was slightly ajar. They both walked over, and Mira peaked into the door, and quickly shut it, her face paler then ever.
"What? What is it, Mira-chan?!" Hesper asked, shaking the ghostly girl.
"See for yourself…" She said wearily.
The shy mage grabbed the knob and opened the door fully, to see that Max, in all his naked glory, was asleep, with the broom she saw him hold earlier, up his butt.
"M-MAX!? WHY THE HELL IS THE B-BROOM UP YOU'RE ASS!?" Hesper screamed, waking up the butt naked man.
"Wha…?! Oh! H-Hesper! M-Mira! Uh… Sorry you had to see this… I'll uhm… I-I was just leaving." He jumped up from his position, grabbing his clothes, and started heading for the bathroom when Mira regained herself and called after him.
"You mister, have a lot of explaining to do… And for goodness sake, get the broom out of your ass!" She shouted at him, while Hesper woke up, having passed out on the floor from seeing the hideous sight.
"Tell this to no one! Got me?" Max had shouted to the girls as he got dressed in the bathroom.
"It'll be hard not to but ok…" Both girls said; sweat dropping, still trying to get the horrific sight out of their heads.
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AN: … I don't know what to say about this one… Oh but the dream… Yeah, I'm sorry if that was depressing/scary, but I had thought of a goodish back story, and it would also explain why she was scared of Juvia too… Even though Juvia doesn't remember who she is, which is probably a good thing…? Idk… Anyway, this was just a bonus chapter so it doesn't go with the plot line…
~LolGizzmo55 is off to write more (hopefully funny) stuff!