Chapter 7 Lily's mission
Lily had been out in the woods for 6 days strait now and had not found a single track that would led him to the woman, and it was not making it easier that a thick coat of snow had landed over the forest. She was really tough to find, seemed like it was a miracle they had found her the first time. If this would have been a normal mission he would have gone home a long time ago but this was not a normal mission, it was a mission to save his partner, his best friend. Wonder how he was doing by the way? He knew Christmas was coming up and he and Gazille had always gone out of town at winter time not even thinking of the holidays. Sometimes he even though if Gazille even knew what the holidays was about, sometimes he had mentioned it but Gazille had totally ignored him just nagging about how he wanted to get out of Magnolia before the winter came. That moron seemed like he never had had a proper Christmas experience in his whole life, he really hoped that Levy would get some holiday spirit in that thick skull of his. A sound was meeting Lily's ears making him stop and try to hear where it was coming from; it was a song, by a voice he surely recognized, it was now doubt it was her.
Lily flew through the forest witch the song getting stronger and stronger; finally he stopped when he saw a house in the middle of the forest, it was a simple cabin with a big greenhouse and herb garden where he could hear the song coming from. He drew his sword as he sneaked up to the herb garden where he could see her, in a coat and the snow white hair and the crystal blue eyes sitting in the garden picking herbs.
"Don't move" Lily whispered as he hold his sword against her throat,
" I guess you have come for the big baby yes?"
"The big baby's name is Gazille and yes, I have come to force you to make him normal!"
" Than I am sorry to disappoint you my little cat, it's nothing I can do."
" What do you mean? You made him like that so you can turn him back!"
"That is not the case, my magic is very special you see, I can't take the spell back, he must do it by himself." Lily stared at her trying to understand what she meant.
"If you don't mind its cold outside, I can tell the rest indoors if you please."
Lily hesitated for a moment but he to felt cold so he still with his sword to her throat started to walk into her cabin. It looked like she had taken the forest in to her home with all the different plants, herbs and animal skins everywhere.
"I know this is not the typical house but it's my house so don't break anything!" Lily had let her go so she could walk free but he still had his sword draw if she would try any tricks.
"So you live here by yourself?" Lily asked watching the woman laying her herbs on a big table.
"Yes, when you have a magic like mine, you are not welcome in any town."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that my magic is a curse! I can't control the outcome it will bring, the only thing I can do is throw it and then it's up for the person I cursed to undo it. It's a heavy burden and that makes me the witch that curse everyone she touches and then when they find me I can do nothing." She took her robe of relived big scars all over her body.
"This is what happens when people finds me, even some are from the people I once loved."
Lily didn't know what to say, he just stared at the woman and her scarred body. How could anyone to this? But now when he thought about it he easily could have done the same if he was the one who got cursed.
"Will you not bring me to the council now?" Lily woke up by the comment as he met the womans big crystal blue eyes staring into his soul.
"No, I will not". The woman stared at him in surprise but then gave him a worming smile.
"You are not like other people I met; you have a kind hart even when your comrade is in despair"
"If you haven't noticed I am not a person, I am a panther" Lily said smiling back with a grin on his face.
" I wish I could help your friend but I am afraid I can't"
"But can't you tell me how he could help himself?" ~ Wow that sounded fuzzy~
"I am afraid I can not, but I can tell you this: He must see that like a child, he must see the unseen for the older."
"You dint's give me a clue there at all did you?" Lily said giving the woman a sour face
"Maybe I did maybe I didn't she said giggling. "But if you please will get out of my house and not tell anyone you found me, or I will find you and curse you as well." The tone of the woman totally changed when she said the last sentence, so serious and cold.
But before he had left she screamed after him,
"And I have to warn you, the longer he will take to see, the deeper he will fall into the curse!"
Lily watched her as she slammed the door closed and was lost deep in thoughts ~He must like a child, see the unseen for the older~ what was that supposed to mean? And what did she mean with the longer he waits to see the deeper he will fall into the curse? she really liked to talk in riddles it seemed.
How would he be able to get home and tell Gazille this, he wouldn't understand and surly go to hunt her down himself and do like the once before him had done to her. ~I can't allow that. I just say that I dint find her and he will have to figure out the rest himself, that was what she sad right? He must help himself~
"This really dint go as planned, I hope that Levy is keeping up with him, he can get a little out of control sometimes"
"Gazille quit it!"
" You have to catch me first!"
"Give it back"
"naha shrimp, even like this am faster than you! Gihi"
Gazille and Levy was running around in the guild with Gazille waving one of Levy's books in his hand laughing.
"You are so slow, can't you run faster? And this time you can't blame you short legs gihi!
"When I get you, you will wish that you never been born"
"And what will you do shrimp? Ground me?"
"Well right now I am your babysitter so I can do that!
"You could try, but trying to close in a dragon with your precious books?"
Levy stopped for a minute to see her room in ruins and the small dragon slayer in the middle of it all chewing on her books.
"What is wrong, getting tired?"
"You little" She jumped at him to miss him and fell on a table he was just standing on.
Everyone in the guild was laughing and clapping at the two mages running like maniacs true the guild hall. No one had never seen neither of them like this, so happy and playful. And with Natsu now join the hunt for the iron dragon slayer it was even more hilarious seeing how clumsy he looked trying to catch Gazille. But soon enough Gazille was corned with the two mages sneaking up to him, but Gazille made a evil smile taking a deep breath which made everyone stare with fright taking cover behind tables getting ready for the blow.
"Iron dragon roar" It was still powerful to throw Natsu back but it missed Levy (because he just aired at Natsu). The Guild looked like a ware zone with metal sharps stuck to walls overturned tables and other furniture's, Gazille stood on a table laughing not looking at Levy who took the book from him starting to yelling at him. Gazille gave her a sour pout crossing his arms. When everyone started to come up from their hiding places watching the seen before them, they really looked like a mother and son when Levy yield at him like that. But everyone knew that it was something more going on in that relationship of theirs.
So liking it?, i decided to give a explanation for why Gazille never heard of Christmas and how Lily's mission went.
and what will happen if Gazille falls deeper into the curse eh? be free to speculate ;)
so the usual, Please review and hope you liked it ^^
