Lucy's POV
"YOU'RE ME!" We gasped simultaneously, eyes widening. This was impossible! He was me! Luke was me! But how... How was this even remotely possible?!"
"But... if you're me then..." Luke said blankly, staring at me. I guess I could sort of see the similarities... He had delicate features for a man, the same deep brown eyes that I saw whenever I looked into the mirror, and golden blonde hair that was cut off at his shoulders. I wore a ribbon in my hair, he wore it like a bandanna tied around his forehead. I wore a blue skirt and white blouse with blue on it. He wore blue jeans with a blue and white tee shirt. Our brown thigh high boots were practically identical if you put them side by side to judge. I was mystified by this guy that was me but not at the same time.
"Trust me... I'm just as... wow. This is crazy..." I sighed, pressing a hand to my head. "Who helped us join the guild?"
"Natsu. There was some creepy chick with a charm spell in Hargeon. He probably saved my life at that point... apparently I would have been a brainwashed make model by now if she hadn't stepped in..." He said, mirroring my gesture so closely it was creepy... I mean this whole mess was creepy but still. As he said the name of the familiar Pinkett, my panic began to reignite.
"Wait... Natsu... Where is he?!" I asked, my eyes widening. "And the others! The train crashed... We were going to find a lost bracelet then we crashed!" I groaned as I climbed quickly to my feet. It was clear that whoever had repaired my leg had only taken care of the damage on the outside. I was still in pain.
"It's okay. My friends are looking for them. They'll find them. Will and Natsu have-"
"Dragonslayer senses..." I said, cutting him off mid-sentence. He gaped for a moment before closing his mouth and nodding. "I know. Will. Wendy... Why do I get the feeling that I'm not the only one with an evil twin here?" I asked with a tight smile. "If you're me, and I'm you, then it stands to reason that my friends and your friends are also mirror images..."
"I was thinking the same thing." He said, staring at me. We both shivered from this eerie feeling. "Okay... This is way too weird... Let's try to make some sense of this while we wait for the others to get back. You were looking for a bracelet, so were we... Our train didn't crash, it was blown up by the dark guild, Leviathan Eye."
"Ours went through a sort of... I don't know. It was this weird netherworld looking place. Everything was shadow-y and warped... Then the whole thing began to tip and rock... Debris was flying everywhere... Erza was trying to protect us, but Wendy used a spell at some point that started to deflect everything..." I said, recalling the incident. "Come to think of it, that nether thing made me think of a shadow plain. I've read about them. Little wormhole pockets that are supposedly created by some magic gone horribly wrong, dragging people to other dimensions and never spitting them back out..."
"Maybe this is what actually happens then. The shadow plain leads you to another world or dimension or whatever..." He said thoughtfully. "So you're the me of another dimension... do you use celestial magic then?"
"Yeah... I have ten golden keys and a few silver ones as well." I said with a small nod, showing him the ring of golden objects. He nodded and showed me his own for comparison. "Then are your spirits.."
"Let's find out." He grinned, pulling a random key off his ring. I did the same for mine. "Open! Gate of the golden bull! Taurus!" Luke's key glowed gold as I did the same.
"Open! Gate of the lion! Leo!" I cried, golden light expanding from my own key as two figures took shape.
"You called master? As always your body is heavenly to look at." A cow looking woman with horns and a septum piercing winked before turning to me.
"Lucy are you in danger?" Leo asked me with concern, putting a hand in the pocket of his suit. Luke's eyes widened as he stared at the lion spirit (honestly I wasn't very shocked that the female Taurus was just as... flirtatious as the male.)
"This... This is Leo?" He asked, jaw dropping as the lion spirit turned to him, eyes widening as well.
"Wait... So this is..." Loke looked just as surprised as Luke when he looked back and forth between us. "So that's what the shift was... about an hour ago there was a tremor in the spirit world." He informed me. "We didn't think anything of it, happens all the time. I guess this time it was actually something."
"I felt it too." Taurus said, looking Loke up and down like he was eye candy (which he liked to think that he was). "We all just kept going about our lives. Oops." She rolled her eyes with a small smile, playing with the large ax in her hands.
Wendy's POV
I pushed part of a broken window off of me, wincing from the cuts and scrapes on my body. I wasn't too badly hurt thankfully as I stood up in the remains of the broken train. The carnage was nauseating to see. The air was flooded with the smell of blood and decay. pulling the neckline of my green dress up over my nose, I began to pick a path to the grass, out of the smoking mess.
"Wendy? Erza?" I could hear a female voice yelling. It wasn't Lucy, but they seemed to be looking for me whoever they were. "Can you hear me? Call back!" The voice called. There was a familiar undertone to the voice as it echoed in the overbearing silence that was countered only by the ringing in my ears.
"I'm here!" I tried to yell, my voice coming out in a cracked whisper. I swallowed thickly, wetting my throat and trying again. "I'm here! I'm over here!" I cried, the other voice going quiet. "I can hear you! Can you hear me?!"
"I can hear you! I'm coming!" From her direction, I heard the woman making her way towards me. The rustling of grass, footsteps, and the occasional clang as she stepped on something metal. She finally appeared and ran over to crouch in front of me. She had raven black hair that went down to her chin, and wore a long coat like the one that Gray-san usually wore. Come to think of it, she even smelled kind of like him... She took my hands in hers and examined them in a motherly fashion. "Are you very hurt?" She asked seriously, checking me over quickly.
"Just... Just some cuts and bruises..." I whispered, staring at her. It was true, I wasn't in that bad of shape given the circumstances.
"That's good... What's your name kiddo?" She asked gently, standing back up to her full height again and looking down at me kindly.
"Er... Wendy ma'am..."
"Wendy. Okay good. My name is Gracie. But everyone calls me Gray." She said. I almost took a step back.
"Gray... Oh my gods... Where's Erza?" I asked quickly. "I have to tell her about this..." I mumbled to myself. "If you're Gray then... where's Lucy?! Where's Natsu?! Where's Erza?!" I asked in a panic.
"Wendy, calm down, it's-" I didn't allow Gray to finish her sentence. She was yelling after me as I sprinted down back through the wreckage looking for my friends. This was crazy! Crazy crazy crazy! These people were out doubles! Genderbent doubles! Where were we?! How did we get here?! And most importantly, HOW DO WE GET HOME?!
Okay, next chapter will be longer and better hopefully. Gray is acting maternal because again, she IS a woman after all. I told you guys that Natsu and Gray had female names! You'll find out Natsu's in the next chapter. Anyway, In hopes that you guys still enjoy this story, I will be bringing in my OC later in the story. Some of you will know her if you've read my other stories (the ones that kind of 'star' this OC are earlier writing that I cringe now when I read so please don't judge. Some day I'll take them down and repost them maybe) Anyway, keep leaving reviews! I love your input! Ciao!
