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Seven Heroines

Chapter Three: The Wizard, the Knight, and the Guild Member

"I see. So that's where they appeared." Medaka Kurokami took this news quite well despite the scared look her subordinate had on her face. "Well, it's no problem."

Her subordinate didn't see how it wasn't a problem. "B-But my lady! They've landed in Misty Forest. A place where one wrong turn can mean spending an eternity trying to find a way out. That's the worst place they've could've ended up."

The queen snapped her fan at her subordinate. "As I've said, it is of no concern. We had several return from that forest before."

"But that's few and far in between!"

To Medaka, she had all the confidence of how the situation will go. "Do not worry Natsuru the Rising Knight. I'll contact the Magi Squad on this recent update."

The queen left the room. Natsuru looked down and sighed. "Sometimes I wonder where our queen gets all of this confidence." She stood up. "In any case, I hope those heroes haven't gone insane yet. That forest is known for anyone foolish enough to wander in and never come out. Even those who did come out had symptoms of insanity. Even if they did come out with the help of the Magi squad, chances are that they still have any sanity left is close to zero." She realized something. "Why am I talking to myself?" Natsuru shrugged and left the room to meet up with remaining knights.

B

"AHHH! This is so frustrating! It's like everywhere I turn, I feel like I'm walking in circles." A girl with long brown hair, part of it in a small side ponytail held by a green ribbon. She was wearing a blue coat that might a bit big for her that's open with eight other cell phones attached to her belt, wore a black tank top with black shorts underneath the coat. She also has green eyes. She checked her cellphone again for what it seemed to be a countless time. "I still have no reception. Just like the other eight." She sighed heavily "What kind of place is this anyway?" She searched around again to see any sign of other life. Even a giant monster would be better than this. The brunette closed her eyes and stood still. "Maybe it's one of those things where you can't see with your eyes but with your mind instead. If I can just imagine my way out, I'll find my exit."

What she didn't expect listening to other voices. "I heard a voice over here! Hurry up!"

"Okay, okay. Pretty bossy for a knight."

The brunette pulled out what seemed to be katars and took up a battle stance. She would be glad she heard other voices but monsters are one thing, people are another. Then two people emerged from behind the trees. She got a good look at them. One of them was an older girl that had long red hair, was wearing armor and a blue skirt. The other girl was a bit younger than the other but close her age. She seemed to wear a school uniform consisting of a red vest with a white blouse underneath, a black tie, wore black shorts and white stockings. She also had long red hair as well but was put up in a ponytail. "Ah, it seems good fortune is on our side. Are you lost like us?"

The brunette nodded. "Yeah, I am. Who are you two?"

The girl in armor placed her hand on her chest plate. "I am Erza Scarlet. A member of Fairy Tail."

The second girl waved at her. "I'm Sora Himoto. I am a knight who saves princesses."

The other girl set her weapons down. "I'm IF. Do you two have any idea where we are?"

"We're in a forest." Erza pointed out.

As if that wasn't obvious enough for IF. "Yeah, I can see that. What I mean is where am I really? The last thing I remember was going back home when this weird purple light came out of nowhere. Next thing I know, I'm spending most of my time in this forest."

Her story rang very strong bells for Erza. "Strange. The same thing happened to Sora and I. I was on my to the cake shop to try the newest cake at when this light suddenly came up."

Sora recalled the same thing happening to her too. "Yeah, and I was just going to meet up with Yuki and the others when this light came out of nowhere."

IF thought this was no accident that all of them were here by the same method. "Okay, that' way too coincidental." IF saw noticed something on Sora's hand. "Hey, you have something on your hand."

The younger redhead looked at her hand. "Huh, I didn't have something like this before."

"What is it?" the older redhead asked.

"Looks like a tattoo." The brunette stated.

Erza took a closer look at the mark. "It's not any guild mark I know."

IF caught that and was a little surprised. "Wait, guild? You're from the guild?"

Erza glanced over at the other girl. "I did not mention I'm from the Fairy Tail guild?"

Fairy Tail. IF couldn't recall a name like that before. "I've never heard of a guild like that." A thought occurred to IF. "Wait." She took off her coat to see if the same mark was on her body.

Sora quickly spotted something on the brunette's body. "Hey, I think saw it. The mark."

IF looked all over herself. "Where?"

Sora pointed at one point of IF's body. "On your back."

IF tried to look at her back to see if it really was there. "Seriously?"

Sora had another thought and turned to the knight in question. "Hey, what about you Erza-san? You have it as well?"

Erza really hasn't thought of that but was quite curious about it now. "Well, I can check and see." A white light enveloped Erza. When it was gone, Erza's armor was gone and was now wearing a ruffled blue blouse. "Do you see it anywhere?"

IF took a good look but couldn't see anywhere visibly. "First off no. Second off, what did you do with your armor? It completely disappeared."

Erza thought that this was IF's first time seeing her magic. "I'll explain that later. Where could my mark be?"

Sora was looking at the older redhead from head to toe. An idea hit her. "Maybe it's on your chest?"

Erza looked down at her chest and thought it could be possible. "Well, let's see." The same bright light came again and now Erza was in a different outfit. This time it was an outfit where there were wrappings around her chest, red pants with flames on them and was holding two katanas.

Not once but twice IF has seen Erza switch into two different outfits. "How many outfits do you have?"

"About 100." She replied simply. IF went wide eyed when she heard the answer. She's never heard of anyone having that many outfits and the biggest question is, where are these outfits coming from?

Sora finally saw the tattoo located on Erza and sure enough, she was right. "Oh, you do have it. It just above your cleavage."

The older redhead looked and saw that Sora was right. "So it seems."

A nagging thought occurred to IF. So far all she had in common with these other girls was that they all seen a purple light like her and have the same mark on their bodies. "Where are you two from anyway?" The other two looked the brunette.

"Fiore."

"Japan."

"I'm from Gamindunstri."

All three were confused now. "Wait, that doesn't make sense. We're all from different worlds?" Sora wondered.

"I'm finding this hard to believe either." IF agreed.

"Interesting. Another world." Erza spoke with an interest in her voice.

Her words caught Sora's interest. "You've been to another world before Erza-san?"

The older redhead nodded. "Yes. It was a world called Edolas but I'm guessing that's not where I am right now."

"At least one of us has an out of world experience." IF remarked. "How did you two meet up in the first place?"

Erza glanced over at Sora. "I was walking around like anyone would then I encountered Sora who took a liking to me."

The younger girl giggled happily. "How can I not! This is like the first time I've met an actual knight."

Erza had to admit she rather enjoys Sora's enthusiasm. "Well, I wouldn't call myself a knight."

With everything cleared up between them, IF thought they needed to come up with a new plan. "Now that we all know each other; can we focus on getting out of this forest now. I feel like I'm losing my mind in this place."

That was something Erza could agree with. At least she wasn't the only with this kind of dilemma. "There's strength in numbers. I'm sure we'll find a way out." The light came back and now she was wearing her armor once again. "Let us go now. The sooner we find an exit, the sooner we can leave this place. Maybe we can find other people in this forest who are lost as well."

The brunette sighed. "Well, doesn't seem I have a choice."

"I'll follow you anywhere." Sora preached.

Erza smiled at both of the girls. "Then let us go!"

10 minutes later…

"AHHHHHH! Where's the damn exit?! I grow tired of this already! I will cut down every tree in this forest if I have to!" Erza summoned a sword out of nowhere and started to cut one tree at a time. Both girls were keeping their distance away from the angry sword user.

The brunette sighed "And I thought she would be the sanest here."

The younger redhead laughed awkwardly a little. "She isn't at all what I expect from a knight."

"AHHHHH!"

"And there goes another tree."