Chapter 8 The Deception


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Aurelia's POV

I walked over to Lucy and tried to act as much like as possible.

Don't worry Lucy this is for your own safety. Once you get over him you can have any man in the kingdom.

I got closer and cried out.


Lucy's POV

"Hey Luce sorry I took so long" I heard Gray shout out.

"It's okay, but please tel me what's the surprise. The suspense is killing me" I said and looked at me with my puppy dog eyes.(Yes, I do have them. Every girl has them. I just don't use it much.)

"Alright fine" he said.

The way he said it shocked me. I've never heard Gray sound so cross before. Except for the time he and Natsu were fighting about kicking me out of the team. He's always tried to hide that side of him, at least around me.

I tried to hide the worry in my face and listened to his 'surprise'.

"Let's take a walk. Then I'll tell you" he said and smirked. Not the cute 'I-know-something-you-don't' kind of smirk. It was one of those 'I'm-gonna-do-something-evil' smirks. I've never seen one of those on a Fairytail member's face. Even an ex-member doesn't use it. I was really worried about him.

Then suddenly he gripped my wrist (Maybe a little TOO hard) and half-speed walked, half-dragged me towards the park. That sudden action cased me to break out of my thoughts. We walked in silence and his grip on me loosened bit by bit as we neared a bench.

He sat down on the said bench and motioned for me to sit down as well. After another moment of awkward silence he suddenly talked.

"Lucy" He said. It made me look at him. I saw his big gray eyes. It made me forget all about my worries and just want to hug him.

"Lucy" he said again but this time I saw his eyes change. It was full of irritation. "It's been a month and I've been thinking"

He stopped and looked at me with his intense, irritated eyes.

"I think. . .Natsu was right!" he suddenly said

"What do you mean" I asked hoping that I didn't hear him right.

"I said NATSU WAS RIGHT!" He practically shouted at me. He stood up and continued. "I've thought about it a lot. Natsu and the whole guild thought you were weak. Even the master. He just didn't show it. I wasn't able to see it at first. I even thought I liked you. After a month of being with you I finally found out. You hide behind your spirits and didn't use your magic while fighting. You nly use your whip. You din't deserve a powerful mage like me."

No this can't be true. I felt my eyes water up and I answered. "What about what you told me. You said you liked me 'a lot'?"

"Hah! My mind was clouded from the job I've taken the day before and I didn't know what I was doing. Did you really think that I an incredible ice mage can fall in love with YOU a lowly celestial wizard! In your wildest dreams." thn he started laughing.

I can't take it anymore I ran away before he saw my tears. I heard him cry out as I ran."Hey weakling! You just love to run away don't you!"

I HATE YOU GRAY FULLBUSTER! I CAN'T BELIEVE I THOUGHT YOU LIKED ME AS MUCH AS I LIKED YOU!.

I ran until I couldn't run anymore. I saw another park bench and sat down.

I burst into tears and I didn't care if other people see me like this. They have no idea what I've been through. I was thought of as weak by the two boys I thought I liked.

"Don't worry dear sister. We would never abandon you like that." I heard a voice say.

I looked up and saw Aurelia.


Aurelia's POV

My plan worked perfectly. Even thought I hated to see her cry I hated the thought of her being in love with a human even more. As I saw her run away I quickly changed my appearance and ran after her.

I sat down next to her and listened as she spilled out her story. Even though I myself was the one who made those things happen.

"So here I am" she said finishing her lament

"I tried to warn you about humans" I said as I put my arms around her. She didn't try to stop me. Instead she cried on my shoulder and I gently stroked her hair. "Loving them only leads to heartache. All I want is to see you be happy."

"Please. . . I want to leave." She said which made me look at her "I want to stay in Marchen with my own kind. I can't take this place anymore!" she said and burst into tears.

"By the way I have great news." I suddenly remembered "We don't live in Marchen anymore. After mother died I traveled back to our world and told the people there the horrible news. All the people mourned because of the loss of their queen. They surrendered and gave us back the world. All the places were as it was before we left. I went back and told everybody the news and we packed up everything and left for home."

"Wow. That's great sis. Now you get to run a whole world!" she said with a smile slowly forming on her lips.

"Correction. WE get to run a whole world. There you can get to harness your power with the greatest magic users in the world."

I stood up and held out my hand. She took it, stood up and I made a portal for our world.

Together we walked through.


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