The night fell on the island sooner than I thought. I didn't even get the chance to fully explore the island when I realized the sun was setting. I just sighed and walked around the beach to find some rocks and wood and start a fire. This island looked abandoned, even though it didn't make any sense. The request had to come from someone inside. No one else cared about the island and just stayed away from it. As I managed to make a torch, I lit it up and took it in my hand. The light illuminated my path as I sighed and stepped into the thick forest.
In a while….I was lost. There was nothing but trees and thick bushes everywhere I looked. I took the torch into my mouth to free my hands for a second before putting my fist on the palm of my hand and a familiar cold shivered my skin. I just grinned; the nice feeling of ice against my skin was refreshing. This humidity here was killing me.
"Ice make machete!" I said with the torch in my mouth, but my magic understood as an ice machete formed in my hand. I took the torch back into my hand and began cutting my way through the forest. It was tiring, but my mind wandered as I felt the cold in my right hand and the heat on my left. Fire and ice, Natsu and me. I wondered what happened between Natsu and Lucy after I left. And right now, when she said she was waiting for me, I was regretting my decision to leave her behind. But I was a Fairy Tail mage and the guilds pride is in stake. So I made my way through the thick forest, cutting everything that came in my path. To be honest, it was a nice workout. My shirt got torn in the branches, so I just took it off and left it there. I'm an ice mage. I don't feel cold anyway.
It took me some hours to cut my way through the forest and into a clearing. I was exhausted and just lay onto the ground with my eyes closed before I felt light on my face. As I opened my eyes to inspect the strange thing, I was stunned. The moon came shinning from behind the thick dark clouds, its light coloring everything in purple. I stroked my eyes, wondering if I was losing my mind, but no. The moon was purple. I just sat up and looked around. What the hell is that? On my way here the moon was normal. But here….
I was confused as all hell when I watched the purple moon in the sky. Even though its light was comforting, it felt strangely creepy at the same time. I quickly took my phone put and took a picture of the phenomenon. Maybe it was a nature thing? What would I know? I just lay back down and closed my eyes, my mind wondering if the sun was purple here too. With that thought and a little reminder to show this to Lucy, I fell asleep.
The morning came quickly. The sun was shining brightly, and to my surprise, it had a soft purple feel to it as well. What's with this place? I brushed off the grass and dirt from my trousers and I gave the clearing another look. After closer inspection and a bit of wandering around, I found a river and I followed it downstream. Why downstream? As I gazed onto the mountain from which the river was flowing from, I wasn't very interested in climbing that. So I just strolled down the river, catching some fish when I got hungry, and then walking some more. Besides a few small monsters, this island didn't seem that cursed to me. Suddenly, at the far side of the island, I saw a wall. It was a tall wooden wall with a big keep out sign on the entrance. I approached it before an arrow was fired at me. Thankfully I was able to dodge it and look up on the wall.
"Who goes there?" said a mysterious figure standing at the very top.
"So shooting first and asking questions later?" I smirked and I heard a slight growl from the figure.
"Identify yourself, or you're going to die!"
"I'm a Fairy Tail mage and I came here to fulfill my quest of lifting the curse!" I said trying to see the person more clearly, but failing miserably.
"There was an Fairy Tail mage here already and he failed." The voice said, the implication of Gildarts making me smile.
"Then you're familiar with this mark," I said showing off more clearly the guild mark on my chest. There was a slight gasp, before the huge gate started to open and I put my hands back into my pockets and walking inside what appeared to be a village. But I did not expect what I saw inside.
It was now noon and I just finished typing a message to Lucy. I told her about the purple moon and sent her the picture I took as well hoping she would know the explanation behind the mystery. As I put my phone away, there was a knock on my door and a girls head peaked in. This girls wasn't ordinary though. Her skin was dark blue, her eyes were red, and she had horns on her head and had claws instead of fingers. The girl reminded me of this night and my first glance at the villagers. They were all just like her, just different types of monsters. And here I was, in the middle of all this. The only human in this demon village.
"Good morning," said the girl as she stepped into the room.
"Well, isn't it about time to tell me what was going on?" I cut to the point.
The girl tilted her head slightly and smiled a bit shyly.
"You don't like us very much do you?"
I just rolled my eyes and stood up.
"I just don't want to be here more than necessary. I came to help you and that's what I'm going to do. After that I'm going home. "
She just smiled looking at me and after a small smile she nodded.
"I'm sure your girlfriend would be very worried about you."
I narrowed my eyes ah her and I saw a small shiver run through her under my gaze. I shook my head a bit letting my fingers run through my hair.
"So? What's going on here? Why do demons want help from a magical guild?"
Her head sunk low at the word demon and she reached into the pocket she had slowly taking out a picture and giving it to me. I took it and looked at the photo of a little human girl with long wavy raven hair and big green eyes as she held onto the hands of her parents, each from both sides, standing in front of a hut near the center of the village. I looked up to her still confused until I noticed the long wavy raven black hair on the girl standing before me. I stood there in shock.
"Is this you?"
She nodded softly, her eyes still looking into the ground before she looked at me and spoke with a shaky voice.
"We're not demons. The villagers, all of us were humans once. But ever since the moon turned purple, our bodies changed to the ones of demons. We slowly lose bits of our mind and turn wild. That's what happened to my parents," she clenched her fist at her heart as I listened.
"We need the guilds help to lift the curse before it's too late and we all go wild."
There were tears forming in her eyes as she spoke, obviously very scared. I felt sorry for the poor girl. She lived for so long in fear that every day could be her last.
I just sighed and nodded.
"Don't worry. I'll break the curse before you change. I'm going to save you all."
Her eyes shot to my face looking at me with hope written all over her face.
"Will you really?"
"Sure. I'll just need to know every little detail there is to know about this situation. How it all began, how the symptoms go and what do you think is the cause. After that, leave it all to me."
A big smile grew at her face as she forcefully nodded her head.
"Of course!" she grabbed me by the hand and pulled me out of the hut and into the village so I could talk to everybody as I heard the distant sound of a vibration from my phone left on the floor.
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