Oi, here's the news update and response to reviews:
So far the votes for either Natsu or Loke are uneven. Please continue to go and vote at the poll that should be on my profile page. Haha, yep, Lucy's going to meet Amaryllis (although I don't have the entire encounter thought up…) Just so you know I'm making this story up as I go. I also want to make one thing clear, if and only if Natsu wins the "who should be with Lucy vote" then he will work more than his butt off and would be coolly rejected by her many times For those who want me to update faster, I update anywhere from 1-3 weeks. I only write fanfic one day a week for about 2 hours. One of those hours are doing research for the story, like the names of all my OCC's have meanings (except for Millisar, hehe). I just got finished looking at the starter Pokémon for Pokemon X and Y. I know I'm getting too old for it, but still… Also, I need help for insults between Natsu and Gray so if you can remember any from the series could you please send it to me in a review or PM or something?
DISCLAIMER: Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima
Chapter 7: The Village Bond between Time and Space
Team Natsu quickly stepped back from the statue, but it didn't help them in the slightest. Enveloped in the glow cast by the statue, Team Natsu felt the ground disappear from beneath their feet and felt like they were floating. All they could see was the reddish glow that surrounded them. Then the light faded to black.
"Wh-what happened?" Wendy whispered, frightened.
Before anybody could answer, they felt a falling sensation. Erza's and Wendy's hair was trailing behind them and Natsu was starting to get sick.
"Happy…! H-h-help!*ulp*," Natsu called out.
"Charla! Please help!" Wendy cried. The two exceeds tried calling forth their wings. Shock filled their eyes.
"I can't open my wings!" Charla exclaimed.
"Me either!" Happy agreed.
Panic filled all of them. "What are we going to do!? It isn't possible for us to die in a place like this, right? So why are-," Lisanna frantically spoke.
"Enough," Erza cut her off. "We can't see anything so we at least need to find each other. Everybody, reach out your hands and try to grab someone near you!"
Happy, Wendy, and Charla locked hands, Erza and Natsu locked hands, but Lisanna couldn't find anybody to lock hands with.
"Natsu, anybody, where are you?" Lisanna whimpered.
"Lisanna, try to follow my voice!" Erza called out to her. Before Lisanna could it felt like they all hit a force field and they all blacked out. As Lisanna's eyes closed she felt their falling slow down to a drift until it stopped.
"Mmph," Natsu moaned, his eyelids opening. The area around him smelt like many animals and he could feel that he was on hay. He heard someone else's breathing in the room. Natsu rolled over to see it was Erza. Natsu quickly got up and ran over to Erza and started to shake her.
"Oi, Erza! Where are we and what's going on!?" Erza's eyes flashed open and she punched Natsu in the gut. He quickly sank to the floor. Erza looked over.
"Oh, sorry Natsu. I didn't mean that. Really." Erza apologized. In his state of pain, Natsu didn't believe her. Erza kept talking. "Are we in…a barn? I though t we were falling. The statue flashed and we ended up here… Was it some sort of teleportation spell?" Natsu recovered as Erza spoke her thoughts out loud. He looked around.
There were only a few horses, pigs, goats, and sheep in the barn. They all looked too terrified of the unannounced visitors to make any sort of sound. Pitchforks, rakes, and shovels were lined u upon one wall of the barn. Natsu wrinkled his noise at the stench of the manure in the barn. A metal fist flew down upon his head.
"Natsu! Weren't you listening? We need to find Wendy, Charla, Happy, and Lisanna, not to mention Gray might be here if his scent ended near the statue. Natsu got up.
"Alright, but where should we start? They could be anywhere. Wait, I can burn down the houses so they have nowhere to hide!" Natsu exclaimed triumphantly with his hands on his hips and a huge grin on his face. He felt something behind him.
He turned around and saw Erza glowering at him while being surrounded by a murderous atmosphere. His grin quickly faltered as he tried to think of what he said wrong.
"Natsu," Erza started, each word laced with venom, "WE will not burn down this village. Understood?"
"A-Aye!" was all Natsu was capable of stuttering out. Erza nodded.
"Good. Now let's go find everybody." Erza walked over to where they horses where locked up and led two to where Natsu was standing.
"Um, Erza? Are we going to make dinner out of those or something? Natsu asked hopefully.
Erza smiled. "No, we are going to ride them in order to find everybody faster." Natsu gulped. Horses where transportation.
"E-Erza…wouldn't that be stealing? I'm perfectly fine with walking." Natsu really hope his excuse would work.
Erza leaped unto her brown horse. "We're just borrowing them Natsu. I'll bring them back later. Right now we have to find our friends. Now get onto your horse."
"But.." Natsu fidgeted.
"Now," Erza ordered.
"A-aye…," Natsu said, disheartened, as he mounted his white horse spotted with black.
Wendy felt a cool washcloth on her head. Her eyes opened and she gently got up, some quilts falling off her.
"Where…am I?" she asked herself hesitantly. An elderly man's voice came from across the room.
"Oh-ho. Glad to see you're awake now. You were asleep practically on my doorstep. Are you alright?"
Looking at the man, Wendy noticed that he had a beard like Conan O'brien (real-life person) and his hair was mostly white with streaks of light gray in some sections. The skin around his eyes were wrinkled, but she could still see the friendly gleam in his green eyes. Wendy's nervousness calmed down, she trusted this man. "Yeah, I'm alright now. Thank-you for helping me." The old man smiled.
"I'm glad to hear that. By the way I put your two cats in a basket in my kitchen. Do you want to come and see them?"
Wendy's eyes lit up. She had completely forgotten about Charla and Happy. "Oh! Yes, please, are they okay?" Wendy asked with concern and guilt. The old saw what a caring young person Wendy was.
"Do not worry, young lady. They looked fine to me and last time I checked they were sleeping contently. By the way, my name is Uberto. May I ask of yours?"
Wendy responded in a soft voice. "I…My name is Wendy. Wendy Marvel."
Uberto smile grew wider. "And what fine name that is, Wendy. Now come with me into the kitchen to where your cats are."
It only took a little under a minute to get to the kitchen. Wendy saw a large hand-woven basket sitting on a table in the center of the room. Edges of the pale yellow quilt flowed over the side. Cuddled in the center of the basket were Happy and Charla. Wendy ran over and pulled the sleeping Charla into her arms.
"Charla! I'm so glad you're alright! You are okay, right? I don't know what I would do without you!" By now tears were forming at the corners of Wendy's eyes and she was spinning Charla in the air.
Charla eyes opened drowsily. She perked up once she saw Wendy. "Wendy, thank goodness you're okay. The last thing I remember is falling and…wait, are you spinning me? I'm getting dizzy!" Wendy stopped spinning Charla.
"Gomen, Charla, I was just so happy." Wendy's eyes looked a bit sad. Before Charla could say anything though, Happy got up with a giant yawn. Happy rubbed his eyes.
"Natsu, my head hurts. Do you have any fish?" When Happy heard no response he looked at his surroundings. "Natsu?"
"Um," Wendy started hesitantly, "let me help you with your headache first." Wendy performed some Sky magic on Happy I was trying to find the sweetest way of telling Happy they had no idea where Natsu was.
"He's not here, Happy," Charla stated, annoyed. Happy looked crestfallen.
"I bet he's somewhere near here, Happy! We can go look for him. We can look for Lisanna and Erza, too," Wendy suggested.
"Aye!" agreed Happy with new hope. Wendy turned around to thank Uberto only to see him as white as a sheet and shaking. Wendy thought she recognized fear in his eyes.
"Uberto-san?" Wendy asked hesitantly, "Are you alright?"
"Get out," Uberto whispered. Wendy was puzzled at his sudden change in attitude and demeanor. She started to ask why, but Uberto started shouting at her while waving around a cane. "Get out! There shall be no black magic in my house! I can never atone for the crime I have committed! Sheltering a witch1 Get out before you do any more harm! Leave this village, this kingdom, the life of the living! Begone! Take your demon cats with you!"
Tears were forming in Wendy's eyes and she bolted at the door. Charla gave Uberto a death glare and flew after her. Happy followed behind them. They found Wendy sobbing under a tree. The two exceeds tried comforting her.
"It's not your personality he didn't like, it was that you could use magic," Happy told her.
This sparked an idea in Charla's mind. "This place is sorta like Edolas. There is no free magic and those who have it are feared, but it seems that in this world there is supposed to be no magic at all, and if someone possess it they are marked as evil."
"B-but I'm not evil," Wendy hiccupped.
"We know you aren't Wendy. Charla, Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray, and I wouldn't be friends with an evil person. You wouldn't be in Fairy Tail if you were evil."
Wendy sniffed and gave a slight smile. "We should get moving now," Charla stated abruptly. "We need to warn the others about how magic is seen in this world."
Wendy got up. "Yosh! Let's find them! Of course, you guys need to get rid of your wings though."
Both Happy and Charla got rid of their wings and together they started to search for everyone else."
"Mmm, huh?" Lisanna moaned as she was shaken awake. She could feel the grass beneath her and she looked up to see two faces looking down at her. One had straight vanilla blonde hair that would probably reach her thighs if she were standing up. Her eyes were a dark violet color. Lisanna had to admit she looked beautiful. The women crouching beside her had burgundy red hair that was styled in a hairstyle called wispy bangs, and she had a mermaid braid that went down to just above her hips. The mermaid braid part of her hair was longer than the rest of her hair that went to her shoulders. Her eyes were a strange, haunting white color that almost made her seem blind or possessed.
"Who are you?" the blond asked. The red head licked her lips.
"I'm Lisanna. Who are you two?" Lisanna responded.
The blonde furrowed her eyebrows. "You don't know who I am?" she questioned her.
Lisanna shook her head. "Gomen, I'm not from around here. I actually just woke up to find myself here. I haven't got any idea how I got here." The blond sighed and stared at Lisanna straight in the eye.
"Fine. Then I'll tell you. I am Princess Lilura, about to be queen once I marry my fiancé, Prince Marik. He will be king once he marries me. Well technically he was already king, but he has to keep the title prince until he weds."
Lisanna bowed her head. "Gomen, your majesty! Forgive me for not knowing!"
Lilura smiled. "Very well, and I might as well introduce you to my companion, Jezebell. Now tell me, you did not end up here all alone, am I right."
Lisanna looked back up. "I was traveling with some friends, but we ran into a strange problem and got separated." Lisanna was starting to feel uncomfortable at the way Jezebell was looking at her with such intensity.
Lilura flipped her hair over her shoulder. "I like you. You shall accompany me and we will find your friends."
Lisanna's eyes lit up. "Oh really Princess Lilura! Thank-you!"
Lilura told Jezebell to help Lisanna up, and secretly told her not to eat Lisanna. They led Lisanna to a carriage and told her to get inside with them as they strolled through the town looking for Natsu, Erza, Wendy, Happy, Charla, and of course, any signs of Gray. Lilura, Jezebell, and Lisanna held polite conversations until Lisanna saw something out her window.
Lilura noticed the look of rage on Lisanna's face and her fist that was tightly clenched. Lisanna noticed she was being watched and fought to control herself.
"That look, jealousy and hatred, was it?" Lilura asked, very familiar of these feelings. It brought back unpleasant memories of Amaryllis to her. She still hated Amaryllis even though she disappeared to who knows where what seemed a lifetime ago. Lilura was also puzzled that most of the other villagers couldn't even remember who Amaryllis was and those who did, like her, could not recall the days leading up to her disappearance.
Lisanna slowly nodded her head. Lilura propped her elbow on the edge of the window of the carriage of rest her head on her fist. "Tell me why." She ordered.
Lisanna took a deep breath. "It was nothing really. Probably a mistake. I just thought I saw a certain person outside."
"Describe her."
"Her name is Lucy and she has blonde hair and brown eyes. I've went missing before for a long time and she tried replacing me in my group of friends. Even with Natsu! I thought I just saw outside, but there's no way she could be here. Besides, the person was wearing a cloak and was amongst two others wearing the same attire so…" Lisanna left it at that.
"This girl reminds me so much of myself," Lilura thought. "Did you get your revenge?"
Lisanna gave a small grin. "Sort of. I came back and Natsu stood up for me kicking her out of our team. Then my friends and I went on a mission. End of story."
Lilura grinned. "How would you like to get more revenge?"
Lisanna looked at her and smiled. "I'm listening. But we're worlds apart by now. How can I?"
Lilura looked at Jezebell and Jezebell gave a small nod. Lilura gave a small chuckle. "There are always ways. Do you trust me?"
Lisanna looked at her and gave a huge smile. "Yeah."
