Chapter 9
The…We Still Can't Decide
Me: Teheheh. It's up, the new chapter! Yay!
El: You're hyper.
Me: I know I am but what are you?
El: A version on Erza *glare
Me: Eepp! D-discl-claimed!
El: *smile Good.
Charis sighed as she walked through the busy train station. She saw a few people stop and stare as she walked past them. She wished Erza had been there with her. That might have explained how she defeated a whole dark guild on her own. Then again, it would also make it a whole lot less fun. All she had to do when she got there was flick her hand and there were all defeated. It had seemed just slightly too easy, but maybe they were just the usual pushovers and not really a dark guild at all.
Charis looked at the time and widened her eyes. It was only ten minutes until her train and she still had to find the stupid thing. She sighed and shook her head. Train stations really weren't her thing. They were way too busy. Charis quickened her pace and crashed straight into someone heading the opposite way. "I'm so sorry," they both said at the same time. Charis stared in shock at the person she had bumped into. She couldn't even see his face! It was completely covered up. She smiled and said, "I'm really sorry. I was trying to find my train and I was running a bit late. Could you help me?"
"I'm in a bit of a hurry, myself," the strange guy said, "I have to catch the 11:55 train to Magnolia."
"Really? I'm trying to find that train too!" Charis smiled, "I guess you're going the right way, though."
"Yeah! Follow me," the guy laughed. Charis smiled and followed him as he led the way through the train station. Of course, it just had to be the opposite way to where she had been going. Ugh! She was never going to like train stations. Why did they have to be so confusing?
They found the train and got on. They sat down together. Somehow, in all the confusion, they seemed to be friends. Charis felt a small jolt as the train began to set off. She smiled and relaxed, everything was going to be just fine. She smoothed down her trousers and remembered what Makarov had said to her before she left to go on the job.
"You have to look more normal on this job. No more strange magical energy skirts or dresses. You should wear trousers like most other people."
"Erza wears armour everywhere."
"I know, but I can't really stop her from doing that. If you wear your dress when you're defeating that dark guild, you'll be really easy to find if they want to take revenge."
"Fine. I won't wear my dress, but I can't promise that I'll look completely normal."
"Why is everyone so obstinate around here?"
"Don't worry. We all feel guilty when we're obstinate."
She remembered his shock when she had come back wearing this for her job. She had walked into the guild and watched Makarov as he looked apprehensively at her. He obviously hadn't expected anything like what she was wearing. She was wearing a red top with black sleeves and red trousers that went just below her knees. He probably was surprised that she hadn't worn anything more outlandish but he hadn't said anything about it. He'd just looked sad. He always looked sad when he was remembering Sara. At least she had been wearing something slightly normal. She wouldn't be so easy to track down now.
Suddenly, Charis heard a small commotion in the next train carriage. A few people screamed and she heard a few children crying. She wondered what everyone was upset about. A few seconds later the door connecting her carriage to the next was flung open. Five people stood menacingly in the doorway. Charis saw the unmistakeable symbol on each of their jackets. She knew someone was going to take revenge no matter what clothes she wore. It was the dark guild she had destroyed. She had thought they had been too easy to defeat.
She stood up to announce her presence. "I guess you're looking for me," she said tiredly. A few people gasped as they recognised the dark guild that had almost destroyed the town just a few days ago. She knew what they must be thinking. They were probably thinking that she was part of them. At least she could prove them wrong in that aspect. She stared at the three guys and the two girls that stood in front of her. She quickly scanned through their pasts. They were the strongest in their guild. The two girls were twins. They both dealt in darkness and deception. The three guys consisted of two elemental mages and a mage dealing with memory. She quickly shielded herself from any of their attacks. None of them could get through the boundaries of time.
She saw the guy she was sitting with stand up as if to protect her. "Hey!" she said fiercely at him, "I can handle this myself." He reluctantly sat back down casting a nervous glance back at the dark wizards. She knew from his reaction that he must be a mage. She looked up at the wizards who had come to take revenge. One of the twins spoke in a high and breathy voice, " Don't get too confident now. We are the strongest wizards in our guild. We have even surpassed our master. We have come to take revenge for you destroying our guild."
"Maybe you shouldn't get too confident. I did destroy your guild on my own."
"So? All of the others are very weak. Even so, it must have taken you a while. I bet you didn't even defeat our master."
"That depends. Is he the one with the grey beard that went with all the rest of them when I flicked my hand?"
"What? You're definitely bluffing. She has to be bluffing, right?" The twin turned in shock to the tallest of the group that dealt with memory. He seemed to be the leader of their gang.
Charis smiled threateningly at them, but was stopped in her tracks by a small whimpering behind her. A small child was cowering behind a seat in fear. She heard a hiss of excitement as the five realised that they had found her weak spot. She saw the twins raise their hands to strike at the girl. Charis froze time on everyone behind her. They couldn't harm them now. She didn't bother with her companion. He could take care of himself. She tilted her head as if daring them to do their worst on the child. She saw the twins nod at each other as if to tell each other to do it. Their spell was extremely powerful but was completely useless against the time barrier on the girl. Charis watched in delight as the twins eyes widened as they realised that their spell hadn't hit.
Charis spoke up, "Seeing as you proclaim yourselves to be so powerful, I suppose I'll have to show you what real power looks like." She pulled her hair from its tight hairstyle and felt the familiar tingle as she let her power run through her and her hair turn black. She felt the black in her eyes spread until there was no white, just an expanse of black that pulled you into it and chilled you to the bone. The five froze in shock as they saw her change. They must have been expecting something slightly more golden and serene-looking. They recovered themselves and started to sneer. "I see we've got a proper evil one over here," the memory mage said mockingly. Charis felt the familiar rage flow through her and this time she didn't suppress it. She looked fiercely at the mage and said threateningly, "You don't know the half of it."
The five dark wizards prepared themselves for a fight. She let the first few spells fall uselessly as they reached her time barrier. Eventually she got bored and let a small amount of her power slip through her composure. What felt like a heavy wind flowed through the train. The five mages were completely taken aback. "What was that?" they whispered to each other fearfully.
"That, my dear enemies, is time," Charis said, smiling blissfully as she felt the familiar touch of it across her skin. She saw them staring around as if expecting to see some kind of clock sending it around. "I'm bored," Charis decided. She lifted her hand to open the carriage door. They stared at her hand as if it was diseased. She lifted her other hands and watched their surprised faces as she tossed them out of the train.
Charis felt her hair and eyes turn back to normal and unfroze the people on the train. She tied up her hair again and sat down beside her mage companion. She did some quick searching around his past and widened her eyes as she discovered some of his secrets. He stared at her, completely taken aback by her calm demeanour. "I can read the past and the future," Charis said to him as though talking about the weather.
"Nice to know," her companion replied after regaining his composure.
Charis flashed him a smile and said, "We have something in common."
"Really? What's that?" he was curious now. Charis smiled cunningly and showed him her hand and gauged his reaction as he saw the Fairy Tail logo stamped there. She waited for a while before she talked again. She knew that he was quite shocked.
"Hey!" Charis grabbed his attention, "What's like in Edolas, Mystogan?"
Levy: That's it? I want more!
Me: Me too but we have to wait. El's writing three stories at the moment, remember?
Levy: Yeah, I know. But can't she write faster?
Me: Look she's asleep!
El: *deep breathes
Levy: Hey, she doesn't look so fierce when she's asleep. Maybe Erza's like that. One way to find out! Sleepover!
Me: Sure leave me here alone, thanks.
El: *sleep mumbling My…strawberry…cake
Me; *sweat drop She really is Erza!
