Is this pay back for not listening to you earlier? Lucy thought to herself.
What kind of person do you think I am? I'm not the one making you go to the second floor. I actually highly disagree but what do you care you don't listen to me.
Who are you anyways? Lucy felt weird having this conversation with herself.
Your common sense idiot.
It didn't matter she had to do this.
"Luce...what are you doing?" Natsu asked as she stared at the door to the second floor. She could feel it. She had to go up there. No matter the risk.
She took a deep breath before opening the door.
"Hey whoa you can't go up there!" Natsu complained but it was too late Lucy had closed the door.
It was dark. That was the first thing she noticed. The second thing she noticed was the smell. It was the smell of blood. Though she was only on the staircase to the second floor she could smell the blood. Was it that strong of a scent on the second floor or were people killed and tortured here? But why on the staircase?
She pushed the thought away. She didn't need to be thinking about that now.
She went to grasp the railing. But there was none. Only wall. That didn't help the fear in Lucy's chest that was slowly rising. She also didn't like the way that the stairs creaked under her feet. She feared she would fall right through.
She held her breath as she took another step.
How long were these stairs?
As if on cue she hit a wall in front of her.
Apparently that long.
Lucy held her hand out feeling the wall for a door knob or something. It couldn't just be a wall could it?
Finally she felt something, it was a door knob. This was a door. She opened it slowly trying not to make to much of a noise. Who knows what the guards would do if they caught her up here. One time there was a girl, Laki was it? Well she got curious about what was up here so she decided to check it out and was never seen again. Lucy shuddered at the thought. If the guards found her would she even be able to defend herself or would she be over run quickly?
She peaked her head out the door and looked left then right. There weren't any guards. Slowly she walked out and proceeded to follow her instincts. They were telling her to turn left, but the voices she heard told her to turn right.
"Lady has been extra cranky lately." One of the voices said, they were distant voices though. By the way Lucy could hear it sounded like he/she was coming from a corner down the left side.
"Yeah it's because she's impatient." another voice said. They were definitely coming in Lucy's direction. She closed the door quietly as she waited for the guards to pass.
"Her plan is never going to work." the first one said.
What plan?
"Don't say that she might hear you." the second one warned. How could she hear them. If she could hear them does that mean she could hear Lucy too? That means Lucy wouldn't be able to talk at all.
Lucy waited a few more moments to hear any voices. The voices were gone. Well not completely gone but more distant so she couldn't hear them. Again Lucy slowly opened the door and walked out.
She decided it would be best to creep along the walls. She kept walking and walking, quietly and keeping an eye on everything, until she hit a door.
It wasn't the first door she had seen up here. No, most of them were labeled as torture chambers, except for this one. She placed her hand on the door knob. It felt strange. She felt as if something terrible was down there. That this was a trap. Yet it also felt like it was calling to her. Whatever it was. And with that she opened the door to find another staircase.
Lucy let out a deep breath that she had been holding in. She was secretly happy there was only another stair case. Yet she knew she would have to go down there. So she did.
When she finally reached the bottom there was another door. Lucy wasn't as sure as last time if she wanted to open this door. But her instincts too over and opened it for her.
"Lalalalala..." a girl sang in front of Lucy. The girl was about 14 with long blonde hair and she seemed to be playing with a puppy. Oh and she was also in a jail cell.
"Hello?" Lucy said approaching the trapped girl, dislodging the fact that she had just talked and she may have heard Lucy.
"Wh-o who are you?" the girl asked staring at Lucy in shock. Or was it fear?
"Please don't be afraid I'm here to help you." Lucy said walking slowly to the girl her hand held out. Lucy had no escape plan, nor did she plan on even helping the girl at the start. Most of her wanted to just walk away but something kept here there.
"Then kill me."
"What?"
"Kill me, she is nothing without me." the girl said looking over at Lucy as the puppy vanished. The puppy vanished, out of thin air. How? Illusion magic perhaps?
"I'm not going to kill you." Lucy stated firmly. No way was she going to kill this girl. She looked so innocent, and hurt.
"Then there is no hope." the girl said and turning her attention to the air in front of her where the puppy reappeared. Definitely illusion magic.
"What's your name?" Lucy asked feeling that it was an important question.
"Mavis, now go she will be here soon." the girl said looking at the door on the left wall. Since when had there been a door there?
"I'm not leaving without you."
"Go Lucy Heartphilia, I promise we'll meet again." Mavis said smiling, a real smile. Lucy started to hear foot steps coming from the left door so she turned around and went up the stairs. That's when it hit her, how did Mavis know her name?
"B^tch! Who said you could use magic without my permission!" her voice screamed from below and then there was a slapping sound. Lucy, worried about the girl, started to turn around ready to protect Mavis. She didn't know Mavis for too long but she felt a connection with her. Lucy held her hand on the door knob ready to push the door open when there was a hand on her shoulder.
I'm so awesome. Giving you guys ANOTHER cliff hanger then leaving for a week. Aren't I the best? Anyways see yeah later.
