AN: Hello Everybody! Greetings from America! Yes! I'm in America visiting my family before school starts up again! I missed everything here, although I'm so used to how things work in the U.K.! But, I still am able to write for you guys! So whoop-dee doo! Couple Things,
1. Senior Year IS starting very soon, so with all the work I'll be doing, updates will become slightly less frequent. I will try my hardest to balance everything, but I can't make promises.
2. I have a question for you the readers. Should I write a bunch of chapters and post them all at once during school season, or try and begin a schedule? I don't mind either, although I have a problem with each one. The first one's being that I will have much work to do for school, and may not be able to write long, quality, chapters, but I will still be writing them. The second one's con is that it is hard for me to stick to a schedule. I write when I want, not because I have to. So writing to a schedule may be a problem for me.
3. Feel free to suggest a story I should write next! It can be any topic you want! I would like to hear what you guys feel is a good topic for me to write for.
4. 2 OC'S WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THIS CHAPTER.
Thanks to Emerald Dynamo for submitting Syra, and scrawlx1012 for submitting Garett!
The other 3 OC'S will be in chapter 9! (hopefully!)
That's enough stuff for now. By the way, I DID change the rating from T to M, just because I wanted to write for descriptive death/fight scenes, as well as implement more strong language. NOW I'm done.
Enjoy the story! Don't forget to R & R!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail! If I did, Sophie would exist. Hiro Mashima does. *lucky guy*
~*~*~*~*~*GRAY'S P.O.V.*~*~*~*~*~
"What just happened?" I thought. Everything had changed in a flash.
Sophie had confessed one of her darkest secrets to me, as well as telling me she had began to love. Then she ran out the door, saying she was expecting somebody. I wonder who? I stood up. I needed something to do. Erza, Wendy and Lucy had gone to finish the job where Sophie and I left off. I hoped they caught Medo. She deserved it. Medo. Many questions still bugged me about her. Why would she use my body to let Sophie go in the first place? Why would she sacrifice her two comrades to kill Sophie? Why was she even in Shirotsume in the first place?
~*~*~*~*~*NATSU'S P.O.V.*~*~*~*~*~
I sat next to Sophie on her couch, watching Aurora and Happy frolic together. It was nice to see him having fun with another Exceed. Carla wasn't exactly the nicest towards him, and Pantherlily wouldn't play with him, just small talk. I glanced at Sophie out of the corner of my eye. She was looking out the window, looking rather forlorn.
"Erm. Sophie? Is something the matter?" I asked her, unsure if I should be asking.
"Hmm? Oh! N-no. Everything's fine!" she told me a little on the shaky side.
I was no fool. I knew she was lying to me. I narrowed my eyes at her.
"Sophie. What's. Wrong." I stared her straight in the face.
A pink blush and colorful as her hair dusted her cheeks.
"I'm remembering somebody." she confessed.
"Eisenwald?" I squinted at her.
She just dipped her head slightly.
"The truth is, not everybody hated me there. A few select people didn't mind me. On rare occasion, some even enjoyed me. I'm just thinking about one of them." she said wistfully, returning her gaze to the window.
"His name was Garett. Garett Xandro. He was a friend of mine that helped me get over Jai." she remembered. "We'd done the occasional job together, and developed quite a bond. He would always say I reminded him of his mother, who had died a few years before he joined the guild. In fact, when he first saw me, he actually thought I was his mother for a moment." she laughed, looking back on the memory.
"What happened to him?" I asked her. This guy didn't sound half bad.
"Oh, he's still part of Eisenwald I believe." she said, putting a finger to her chin, pondering the thought.
A silence drifted into the room, we didn't know what to say to each other.
"Why did you leave the guild in such a hurry today?" I asked her.
"Erm. W-well, I told Gray something I wasn't supposed to say. Two things actually. One of which had to do with my past, the other more personal."
She stammered, clearly upset with herself.
More silence. This was real awkward now. I glanced at the clock. 5:00.
"I've got to go." I said. She smiled, and stood up.
"Yea, I've got to go do something." she told me, looking rather anxious.
"Come on Happy." I called to him.
"Aye Sir! See ya around Aurora!" he cheered to the purple Exceed. She waved to him. Sophie and I laughed. These two were going to be great friends. With that, we left to the guild.
~*~*~*~*~* SOPHIE'S P.O.V.*~*~*~*~*~
"I see somebody's made a friend." I scooped her up.
She giggled. "Yeah! Happy's the best!" I set her on the table.
"I've got to go do something. Something very important. You can't go with me unfortunately." I whispered to her. She pouted.
"Why?! If I'm gonna be here forever, why shouldn't I come with you?"
"You do have to go back to Extalia to get your things and say goodbye to June, Cyrus, and Rider." I pointed out to her.
"Oh! I do! Thanks for reminding me Sophie! I'll be off then!" with that, she gave me a quick hug, and flew out the door.
I walked over to my room, grabbing my bag, throwing a few things in there, and walked over to the door. I pulled out a pen and some paper, writing a message to Aurora for when she gets back. Her trips usually lasted a week, so I'd have plenty of time.
Dear Aurora,
If you are reading this and I'm not here, something bad has most likely happened. Tell Natsu that I've been gone for a week and am in trouble. He'll be the only one that will understand where I am and what I'm doing. I hope. I'll try and get back as soon as I can.
Love,
Sophie McCloud.
I stuck the note to the door, where I hoped she'd find it if she needed to. I took a breath, and walked out the door.
I headed once more down Lotus Street, heading towards the train station. I was headed towards a town I had no desire of going back to. Oshibana Town.
I arrived quickly to the station, I had been keeping a spare ticket in case I ever needed it, and it looked like it was time. I handed a woman my ticket, and boarded the train. I looked out the window, staring at the scenery.
I spent an unhealthy amount of the train ride worrying about what I was getting myself into. As soon as I was calming myself down, the train screeched to a stop, flinging me at the empty seat across from me. I would need to remember that was coming next time I used a train.
I remembered every nook and cranny of this town, for it was where Eisenwald resided. And Eisenwald was my destination. I needed to do something I should have done a long time ago. I followed the route I infamously remembered. After a few minutes of walking, I found it. Eisenwald. The guild that had destroyed so much of the little things I had. I threw my bag in a bush, it would just get in the way. I marched into the guild with a fierce aura surrounding me. I flung open the doors.
"Hello Friends!" I said sarcastically. All eyes turned to focus on me. Some eyes widened. Others reached for a weapon, or summoned something.
"Where. Is. Medo." I snarled. As if on cue she stepped forward, clearly impressed at my newfound confidence.
"I see you're not dead after all." she raised a brow, interest covering her gaze.
"It takes more than a simple knife to the back to kill this mage!" I threw my hands up.
She reached for a knife. She was going to fight me. I glanced around the room, when I noticed two figures in the background, both staring at me.
I recognized both of them immediately. Garett and Syra. The only two people in the guild who enjoyed being around me. I stared at them intently. They had thought I died. It was my last beating when the two were on a job together. They came back to blood stains on the floor as well as my absence. They had assumed the worst and presumed me dead. Medo instantly noticed my stare-down with the two, suddenly smiling.
"Garett. Syra." she snapped at the two, ripping their gaze from me. "Come here."
They both walked up to her.
"Kill this girl. Or I kill you." she ordered them.
My eyes widened. I couldn't fight these two, they were my friends!
Garett lunged at me, malice in his eyes. He knocked me to the ground with an incredible force.
"Why are you fighting me?!" I cried out. "We were friends!"
No response. Was Medo using her mind control? I glanced at her.
She had read my mind. "No Sophie. My Magic isn't involved here. They are doing this on their own will." she laughed. I looked at her. She was telling the truth. I had learned whenever Medo's magic was activated, her ice blue eyes turned red. They were still the striking blue they usually were.
I stared at Garett, sorrow filling my gaze.
"What have you become?" I whispered. "I'm sorry Garett, but you have been corrupted. This is for your own good." I told him.
"LIGHT SUMMON, LONGSWORD!" I cried, a longsword appearing in my hands. Garett knew what I was doing, you could see it. His weapon of choice was "shatterstar", a golden longsword. He pulled it from a sheath slung over his back.
Syra entered the fight too.
" 2v1?" I thought. "This isn't fair!" Syra used weather magic. Her personality was shaped by the weather. If it was sunny, she was happy. If it was rainy, she was sad, and so forth. When I got here, the weather was rather sunny.
"Shouldn't she be happy then?" I thought.
A light fog enveloped the room.
"Damnit Syra." I grunted. I heard a blade swing inches from my face. I jumped back in surprise. Garett was quite handy with a sword. My main priority though, was Syra. If she was gone, so would the fog, making it easier to fight Garett. I squinted through the fog. I could make out blurry shapes through the mist. I saw a pair of light green eyes staring daggers at me. Those eyes would only belong to Syra. I charged at her, my longsword raised above my hand. Another blade collided with mine. Garett. He was sneaky, I'd give him that. I back-pedaled away from Syra so she wouldn't interfere. I was instantly engaged in a fight with Garett, he and I had sparred before, and he always had the upper hand against me since he had been stronger and taller. My speed was something he lacked. I would need to rely on that for now. I took a swing at his left hip. He blocked and quickly slashed at my stomach. I jumped back in the nick of time. He had gotten better since I saw him last. He took another random slice, nicking me in the shoulder. It stung a little bit, but it didn't hurt. A huge gust of wind shoved me to the ground my head at Garett's feet. Syra had come up behind me, blowing a gust of wind at my back. She was the smarter of the two. Always strategizing with Garett without him knowing it. I peered up at Garett, watching the blade raise above his head. I quickly leaped to my feet scrambling away. It collided with the ground where I had just been.
"BLINDING LIGHT!" I raised my hands above my head, scrunching my eyes shut. The light engulfed the room. Several gasps were heard.
"I can't see!" One cried "Help Me!"
Lightning crashed down feet away from me. Syra could still use her magic, she just couldn't aim properly. I ignored it though. I had gotten the two people who I needed too though, Garret had dropped his sword, holding his hands to his eyes, while the fog had lifted, as Syra's concentration had now turned to her eyes.
"LIGHT SUMMON, DUAL BLADES!" I grasped the two blades. I threw one at Syra, hitting her in the leg, and hitting Garett in the abdomen.
They hit the floor, howling in pain. I remembered training with them. Those were their weak spots. Their defensive skills were way under my league though, which made this fight that much easier for me. These weren't the killing blades though. They were like the ones I used with Natsu. I summoned another pair of blades, now turning my attention to Medo. She wasn't watching the fight. She didn't even seemed interested. She was at the bar drinking with two others. I seethed with rage I threw one at her head, the other at her back. They each sunk in. This time, the blades were real. My killing blades claimed their next target. Medo screamed in pain. She fell to the floor, blood pooling around her. She stared at me with more hatred and malice than I had ever seen in my life. She coughed, "Are you happy now? What has this proved?" she spat at me. I stared at her. "You messed with Fairy Tail. You messed with me. You messed with the one person I cared about. You deserve to die." I hissed at her.
"MEDO!" people screamed. Nobody knew I was capable of this much power. Most people had left the guild as I was there, only a few remembered my incident with Medo's father. 2 people rushed over and picked her up, carrying her away. I walked back over to Syra and Garett. I helped the two up. They didn't look seriously wounded.
"What happened to you two?" I asked them quietly.
"Sophie? Is that really you?" Syra asked me quietly. I nodded at her.
She and Garett engulfed me into a hug.
"We thought you were dead." she whispered.
"I'm pretty sure I'm alive and kicking." I told her. "But what came over you two? Garett? You're usually quiet and reading most of the time. Why were you fighting me with that look in your eyes?" I asked them.
Garett refused to look at me.
"Garett?" I asked him.
"Sophie." Syra looked at me.
"Hmm?" I looked at her.
"Ever since you left, Garett had developed some, Erm, "control issues". He loses control of himself sometimes." she said.
Garett just nodded.
"I had to help him. I'm still loyal to him and Eisenwald. Even though we're friends, we're still enemies." Syra pointed out. I nodded in understanding.
People started to surround me. All of them looked angry.
"I have to go." I told them.
"Wai-" Syra began.
I already started running. My speed can't fail me now. I scooped my bag out of the bushes and ran faster. I ran as fast as I could to the train station. When I got there is when I allowed myself to turn around. Nobody was in sight.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
I handed my ticket home to a man, who directed me to my train. I boarded quickly, and sat down. Absolutely exhausted from everything.
I couldn't stop thinking about Medo.
"Are you happy now? What does this prove?" I heard her snarl at me over and over and over again. I wondered what happened to her. If she died, or is still alive. I hoped she was dead. I wanted her to leave Gray and the rest of Fairy Tail alone. If she was alive, her rage would only be fueled. I tried not to think about it. But her last words to me kept repeating over and over again. The train ride was a slow one. It was an over night train ride, so it's been about 3 days since anybody's seen me. 1 on the way, 1 day to rest and prepare, and today. I should be arriving early in the morning.
"Unless a miracle happens and the train gets there faster." I muttered to myself.
I heard footsteps coming down the aisle. I poke my head out to see a man walking down, asking people if they could spare a seat for him.
I called out to him, "I have a empty seat If you'd like!" I smiled.
You could see the gratitude wash over his face. He quickly made his way over to me, putting his luggage above the seats before sitting down on the seat across from me.
"Thanks." he said, gratitude shining in his green eyes.
"It's no problem!" I replied to him. "My name's Sophie!" I introduced myself to him reaching out a hand to him.
"My name's Jaxon." he said, shaking my hand.
"May I ask where you're heading?" he asked me.
"Magnolia. I'm going back to my guild." I smiled.
"A mage? I'm a wizard too." He told me. "What guild do you belong to?"
"I'm a Fairy Tail mage." I explained, my eyes shining.
"Are you in a guild?" I asked him.
"No. I like to work on my own. I usually do private jobs." he told me.
"Don't you get lonely?" I pursued. " I know I would."
"Sometimes yes, but I sometimes make a few friends like this." motioning to the train.
"So, I'm your friend then?" I raised my eyebrows.
"If you want to." he shrugged.
"Okay! Friends!" I high-fived him.
"Do you have a family?" I asked. He looked like the appropriate age to have a wife and children.
"I did. My wife died unfortunately, and I've lost contact with my children." he said wistfully.
"I'm sorry to hear that." I told him. "My mother died form and illness. As well as my brother died from injuries. And I never knew my father." I trailed.
"We have quite a lot in common then don't we." he chuckled.
"I guess we do." I agreed
"What's it like in a guild?" he asked me.
"Well, don't ask me. I've only been in Fairy Tail for about a week." I pointed out.
"That short huh?" he crossed his arms, leaning back in the seat.
"I used to be apart of another guild, but I didn't like it very much." I said quieter.
"Mmmm." he said, closing his eyes.
"Oh! He's going to sleep!" I thought. "Stop talking!"
I looked at Jaxon while he slept. He had messy light green hair that stuck out in every direction. He reminded me of somebody. I just didn't know who.
I stared at him for a little more, trying my hardest to remember.
"Oh well." I gave up. It was to hard.
"I may as well go to sleep." I thought, seeing the train slowly make it's way to Magnolia.
I leaned against the seat, drifting to sleep.
*time skip brought to you by Makarov's mustache*
The train skidded to a halt, flinging me into Jaxon.
"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry! This happens every time!" I apologized.
He helped me up. "It's quite alright." he reassured me.
I looked at him again, and he looked at me closely.
"D-do I know you?" he asked me.
"I don't think so. I asked myself the same thing last night." I told him.
"You look awfully familiar." he stared.
"As do you." I replied, not taking my gaze off his.
"Here. My mother said never to do this, but this is my phone number." I told him, writing a mess of digits on my pad of paper. "In case you or I ever remember. Call it." I told him, passing the paper to him.
He did the same for me.
"See you sometime again!" I waved off to him.
"As do you, Sophie McCloud!" he waved back.
That's when I remembered, he never told me his last name.
I began my trek home from the station.
"I wonder if my absence has been noticed." I said to myself.
My house wasn't to far from the station. In a couple minutes, I arrived. I peeled the note off the door, crumpling it up, and throwing it away. I put my bag away, and changed my clothes that I had been wearing for 3 days straight.
I changed into a solid black crop top, along with some lacy cream shorts. I grabbed I tied my long hair up into a pony tail, and then threw on some brown boots, and then I ran out the door to fairy tail.
I made it there in a matter of minutes. I opened the doors, and walked in. It was normal. Natsu and Gray fighting, people joining in, the females sitting at the bar watching everything throw down. I walked over to the bar, ordering a milkshake. I took and payed for it and walked outside to a nearby park, where I sat under a Cherry Blossom tree. I sipped on it, watching the fight. I thought back to Jaxon.
"Why did he look so familiar?" I thought to myself, my brows furrowing.
Gray suddenly sat next to me.
"When did you get here Gray?" I asked him,
"Where have you been?" he demanded suddenly.
"I had to take care of something." I stated. "Eisenwald stuff."
You're covered in bandages and bruises! Please don't tell me you fought." he muttered, face-palming.
"I did." I blankly said.
"Why didn't you ask me to come with you?" he said. "I could have helped you!"
"You'd be dead." I calmly said. His mouth hung open.
"D-dead?" he stuttered, clearly in shock.
"Mmm-hmm." I sipped on my milkshake.
"Then why did you go!?" he yelled at me.
"Because it was my business. Not yours, not anybody else's." I argued back. "and I was the only one who could do what I did." I added quieter.
"What did you do?" Gray's voice dropped.
"Medo's dead." I told him. You could see the colour drain from his face. You could see his eyes widen, his mouth hang open.
"No." he breathed. "You didn't."
"Well, I think she is. She still may be alive, but I beat her up good." I thought, scratching my head.
He grabbed my hand staring me straight in the eyes.
"Why Sophie? After everything you've told me. After everything you've been through. You vowed never to harm anyone unless it was for defending."
"I was defending!" I told him. "I was defending you."
Gray got real quiet after that. He just stared at me.
"Where you telling the truth when you said you were beginning to love me?" he whispered.
"Yes." I told him.
He scooted next to me. Underneath the tree. I stared off into the distance. We didn't speak for what felt like forever.
That's when it happened.
He kissed me.
AN: Awwwwww he kissed her! How cute! That was chapter 7! It was a good length I think. I would like to say thanks again to the two writers who submitted their OC'S for this chapter! Y'all rock! The others will be in Chapter 9. ( I hope ) I would like to state that the two OC'S in this chapter WILL being making another appearance in ANOTHER CHAPTER. ( I hope )
I would also like to state that I've become accustomed to English tradition, and forget how everything tasted in America. Like, the soda tastes terrible compared to the stuff in the U.K.
My parents love my accent and my brother is jealous. I pick up accents very quickly for an odd reason. I may have an American accent by the time I go back! Who knows?
Expect another chapter by Tuesday! Maybe earlier. Maybe later.
Until Next Time,
-springtimesadness
