Cresselum
Chapter 3
Just to let you guys know, my thoughts are in bold.
At the Villa:
Normal POV:
Everyone stared at the little girl who recently entered the villa. She was about a few inches taller than Wendy. She was wearing a black sleeveless sweatshirt with a stitched design of a crescent moon. On her right shoulder, she wore a silver arm band decorated with a silver dragon in the shape of a crescent eating its tail. On her wrist, she wore a red bracelet that looks like a snake eating its tail. Its eyes were green and purple. An odd combination of colors. She wore gray sweat pants that fitted her nicely. She also wore black combat boots that went up to her shin. What was more surprising was that on her entire body, she wore bandages! (Like what Mystogan wore.) Her arms and legs were covered in them. But the most surprising feature of her outfit was that she carried a deadly-looking scythe. Its handle was made of black stone, while the blade look like it was forged out of moonlight. She had luscious long black hair that was held up into a ponytail with a black ribbon. Surprisingly, she had silver eyes. Her right eye was covered by a white eye patch (similar to what Erza wore when she was still a slave in the Tower of Heaven.) and her other eye flickered among the people who were surrounding the room. Her eye held amusement at the sight of everybody's position.
Suddenly, the dragon slayers stiffened, her scent smelling familiar. Especially to Rogue. His eyes glazed over, as if he was remembering something.
"Um . . . are you all trying to fight?" Quinn questioned. "I really don't want the carpenters to fix your mess in my villa." Everyone still stood motionless, still shocked at her way of arriving.
"Um hello?" Quinn sweat dropped at the way everyone was acting. Finally, her smooth soft voice flowed through their ears and they all were jolted back to reality. Quinn sighed in relief.
"Thank god," she said. "I thought you guys were under a spell or something."
"Um . . . this is your villa?" Wendy asked. "How old are you?"
Quinn giggled at the question. "Yes, this is my villa. My guild gave me this. In fact, they gave me a lot of things. And to answer your other question, I'm 12 years old. Probably around your age." Wendy looked very surprised. Then she composed herself and smiled.
"Anyways, it looks like I've never introduced myself. I'm Wendy Marvell. A Fairy Tail mage." she introduced. "Nice to meet you too." Quinn smiled and replied "Likewise."
"Sorry," Erza apologized. "We didn't mean to be so rude. We were just shocked."
"It's alright," Quinn said, waving her apology off. "I'm used to it." Her tone sounded bitter, like it was something that she truly hated. But before anyone could ask why she sounded like that, someone else had arrived at the villa.
"Quinn!" someone yelled. "I've finally caught up to you!" Everyone turned their heads to look behind Quinn to see . . . another exceed! This exceed was a light golden brown color. She wore a purple sleeveless dress (similar to what Charle wore in the first OVA opening. If you want to see what she wore, then go to this link: watch?v=09g9mVHudYM&list=LL0WwRi5n852fDemRv5rjq1g). She also carried a pair of long daggers, about as long as Quinn's elbows. She looked really annoyed while she floated in the air, her white wings glowing slightly.
"Ah Caramel!" Quinn said. "Sorry I left you behind. I thought you were right behind me." The exceed, Caramel, huffed and gently landed onto the tiled floor. (Yes, I know that I'm terrible at naming. But I was thinking about caramel at the time and decided that this was going to be the name. So deal with it.)
"It's alright," she said, sighing. "Just don't do it again." Quinn nodded in agreement. Everyone sweat dropped at this, curious of what was happening. Then, Quinn glanced at everyone else again.
"Ah sorry!" she said realizing. "This is my exceed, partner, and friend; Caramel. We were both chosen to represent Pixie Wing for this mission." While Quinn spoke, she revealed her right shoulder. On her shoulder was a silver mark. The mark was a capital 'P' surrounded on both sides by curved wings. Caramel had the similar kind of mark on her back, but in purple.
"I like this girl's style!" Bacchus announced, hobbling his way towards her. Quinn flinched slightly while wrinkling her nose in disgust. Rogue gritted his teeth. For some reason, he felt very protective of this girl. Even though he had only just met her. But he couldn't shake the feeling that they have met somewhere before at one point. And her scent did smell familiar. She smelled like honey, cinnamon and a really faint scent of hazel nut.
Quinn slowly clenched her hand into a fist. Then, to everyone's surprise, she pulled back her fist and punched Bacchus straight in the face!
"I hate men who are drunk!" she shouted. Bacchus crashed straight into a wall, creating a huge crater. Quatro Cerberus ran over to him to see if he was alright. Everyone else was frozen in their spots, amazed at Quinn's physical strength.
"Quinn!" Caramel scolded. She didn't seem affected by Quinn's actions. "You broke the wall again! So much for not calling the carpenters! Apologize at once! These are our allies for the mission!" Quinn looked down embarrassed.
"Sorry," she muttered. "I didn't mean to hit you so hard." A dazed Bacchus raised his head out of the ruins of the wall. Then, he unexpectedly grinned and said "No problem! My soul is quivering now. . ." Quinn grinned sheepishly, and then rubbed the back of her head.
"Alright!" she said enthusiastically. "Why don't we discuss on how to defeat a dark guild!" Everyone nodded in agreement while Caramel just huffed in annoyance at Quinn's behavior.
"So," Erza started. "There are about 10 people in total in Tartaros. Including the Master. Even though that seems like a small number, we still need to be careful. These people are all very powerful. So, since we have about 16 people on this mission, we should take advantage of these numbers and attack in groups. None of us will fight alone." Everyone nodded in agreement at Erza's reasonable strategy.
"But the problem is," Lucy said. "We don't know where their hideout is. If we can't find them, we won't be able to attack them and stop whatever they're trying to do." Everyone pondered this for a moment.
"Actually," Quinn piped up. "On my way here I sensed a strange magical presence at the mountains. My guild isn't very far, so I easily intercepted it. I'm sure you all did too." Everyone nodded again. "Well, I think they are trying something in the mountains. I've explored this area for years and a few months ago, me and Caramel discovered underground tunnels that run through under the mountain. Their hideout must be hidden somewhere under that mountain." Everyone was, yet again, shocked by Quinn's knowledge of the area.
"So we just have to sniff them out!" Natsu grinned. "That sounds pretty easy right? I'm all fired up!" Everyone in Fairy Tail sighed at Natsu's behavior.
"Since Quinn knows the area pretty well, why doesn't she lead?" Lucy suggested before Natsu went running of again to who-knows-where. Natsu pouted slightly.
"Sure!" Quinn answered. "That'll be easy!" Then she exited the villa with a faint "Follow me!" Having no other choice, everyone else followed her to the mountains.
Huh. That took forever to write! Well hope you liked it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.
~kani-leek-lover