K. This one took a heck of a lot of time to finish because I had a case of writer's block, but here is the next chapter of Willy's Water Days. I do not own Fairy Tail and there might be a reference here and there. Until then... enjoy!


Chapter 9

Into the Forest

It had been a couple days since that morning. The morning when I first realized that Aquadia had disappeared from my life. I was now walking through the forest trying to find my way. I can still remember what happened that morning...


It was another morning for me, but this time was different. Instead of feeling the warmth of my Mama's scales like I usually would, I was feeling the cold hardness of the cave floor. I grunted sleepily as I sleepily opened my eyes and sat up. My vision was blurry with nothing, but grayness and the bright blurry yellow circle above me. I rubbed my eyes and everything came into focus. The grayness was the cave I usually see everyday and the bright yellow circle was the sun shining brightly above the hole in the cave, usually close due to me sleeping on my Mama, but for some reason they seemed so far away. I looked around trying to understand what was going on. I was here, but my Mama wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"Hmm. Maybe she went out fishing," I thought. "She could have at least taken me with her. Oh well, guess I better go join her."

I walked out to past the entrance to the cave and headed out to the ocean expecting to find my Mama fishing, but when I got to the shores there was only the crashing waves. I looked around trying to find Aquadia, but there was no sign or trace of her anywhere. I called out to her hoping that she would call to me back, but there was no answer. Then I dove into the water and searched for her below the surface. I swam along the ocean floor and looked everywhere. I searched for her in the reefs, in the caves, and even in the tiniest nook or cranny, but I still couldn't find her. Eventually I got out of the water and searched some more. I looked for her anywhere I could possibly think of, but still I couldn't find Aquadia anywhere.

Eventually my search for her led me back to the cave. I looked inside hoping that she came back while I was looking for her, but sadly my hopes were dashed. The only thing I saw inside that cave was nothing. Nothing but emptiness and the rocks inside it. At that moment, it finally started getting into my head. I didn't want to believe it. I refused to believe it. I couldn't believe it. Aquadia was gone and I was once again all alone. I fell to my knees in shock. Hot tears began to gather in my eyes before they started falling down on my face. Sobs also began to choke out as I started to cry.

"Mama!" I cried. "Mama! Where are you?! Mama! Please, Mama! Answer me! Mama!"

The only sound I could hear was the echoes caused my voice reverberating throughout the cave. I screamed and I sobbed and I yelled. I wanted my Mama. I needed my Mama. I didn't want to be all alone like this. All alone in this dark cave without anyone to be with. Not when my Mama wasn't here.

Eventually, the day had turned into night and I was still alone in the cave. I gave up on looking so I did what any other person who had given up do. Absolutely nothing. I lied on the floor curled up in a ball still crying. I was so upset that I didn't even bother to eat or drink anything. Even if I was hungry or thirsty, I wouldn't even bother because everything reminded me of my Mama. Fishing, swimming... everything. Everything reminded me of my Mama and I didn't want to think about those things right this minute.

Thousands of questions went through my mind as I lied there. Why did she leave me all alone? What happened to her? Did she abandon me? These questions kept running through my head like a record skipping over and over again. The biggest question that kept popping in my head was this; Where was she? Where was my Mama? The mere question alone made me feel even sadder than before. I hugged my knees tighter as more tears fell from my eyes blurring my vision. I also clutched the necklace, the only thing left that Aquadia left behind, around my neck. It tore me apart being without my Mama. I missed her warmth, her blue scales cradling me everytime I slept on her head, and most of all her smiling face. I could always count on my Mama to give me that smile as a sign that she cares and she loves me. Even when I was feeling down like how I was right now, I could always count on my Mama's smile to cheer me up and I sure could use that smile right now. Unfortunately, I would never be able to see it. I just lied down on the ground and cried. Eventually, I ran out of tears to shed and I stayed up hour after hour, after hour - until at last... I finally fell fast asleep - and then started to dream.

I was in my village playing with some of the kids, laughing, having fun, not having a care in the world. It was like heaven on earth. Suddenly all the kids I was playing with disappeared. Then the village was suddenly caught ablaze with fire. The houses all around me were either on fire or were crumbling into nothing, but rubble. The air was now filled with the sounds of destruction as people screamed in terror fleeing for their lives. My eyes widened in horror as I witnessed this hell unfold in front of my eyes. Then you saw my Papa appear in front of my eyes.

"Willy... Willy..." he said his eyes meeting mine and he reached out n his hand as if he was trying to get to me, but then a spear burst out from the center of his chest, blood splattering all over the ground in on me.

I stared dumbly at the spear that just pierced my Papa and then at the blood on the ground. Then I slowly reached toward my face and swiped the blood.

I looked at my hand and my eyes widened. There was no blood. Nothing. Not a single drop was on my hand.

"What... what is this..." I mumbled out loud.

"WILLY!"

I heard my Papa's voice call out again. I turned to look at him, but he was gone. He just vanished into thin air leaving me standing alone in the chaos of fire and burning rubble. Then I heard another voice.

"Willy... my baby boy... my precious boy..."

If my eyes hadn't wide enough, they were now. That voice... I knew it anywhere. It was a voice I knew ever since I was born. A voice that I missed and longed to hear ever since that tragic incident.

I turned around and there she was. She was a woman that had fair white skin, long black hair, and wore an expression of sorrow. She was my Mama. My real Mama.

"Mama!"

I raced towards her with my hand outstretched to grab her trying to save her from what was coming next.

I was too late.

A sword pierced through her chest behind her making a fountain of blood gush out of her and covering all over me.

"MAMA!"

Ignoring the disgusting feeling of blood all over my body, I ran forward towards her, but she was gone leaving me alone again.

I sank to the ground, burying my face in my hands sobbing. No tears came out of my eyes, but I could feel and hear the sobs come out of his mouth. I wanted this nightmare to end. I didn't want to relive this nightmare again. Not again. Not like this.

"Please... someone help me... please... SOMEONE HELP ME! MAKE IT STOP! PLEASE! MAKE IT STOP!"

My screams echoed throughout the destruction I was in the middle in. Suddenly as if I said the magic words, there was a faint rumbling sound. The ground trembled below my feet. I looked around trying to find out where it was coming from.

Then as soon as I look behind me, I froze. A giant tidal wave towered over the entire village and was heading straight for me. I ran away trying to avoid it, but the wave came closer and closer until it swept me away and crashed into the fiery hell extinguishing the flames. Everything went dark after that.

Then I heard a different voice. Another female.

"Willy... Willy..."

My eyes open upon hearing the voice. My vision was blurry for a moment, but then it slowly became clearer. I looked around. I was underwater in what seemed to be an endless ocean. Everywhere I looked, I saw nothing but water. It was as if all the hell I went through just now was nothing more but a distant memory. Then I heard the voice again. This time it became louder.

"Willy... Willy... can you hear me?"

"Mama? Mama?"

I looked around the water trying to see where Aquadia was, but I saw nothing but water. Then I looked up. A cloud of murky water was forming in the water and in that could I saw a pair of familiar golden yellow eyes looking straight at me.

"Mama?" I called out. "Mama is that you?"

The eyes just stared at me. Stared at me as if they were looking at me inside and out. Then I heard the voice again.

"You must be strong Willy... be strong..."

"Mama!" I called out. "Tell me where you are! Tell me so I can find you!"

"Be strong Willy... be strong and you will find your family... your true family..."

The was voice started to fade, the murky water began to dissipate and the eyes began to disappear as well. I swam towards her trying to reach her before she disappeared.

"Mama wait! Don't go!" I yelled.

"Be strong Willy... and find...your true family..."

"Mama!"

Just then I was about to reach the murky cloud of water with the eyes, it disappeared. I was once again left all alone. I floated there trying to comprehend what just happened. What was she taking about? My true family? What did she mean?

Suddenly I heard a swirling noise coming from below me. I looked and I saw a whirlpool. It kept growing bigger and bigger and soon it was close enough to me sucking me into it. I swam as hard as I could trying to get away, but the whirlpool's current was strong and I was soon pulled in. I was whipped around and around tumbling inside it. I was sucked down, down, and down until I saw nothing but darkness.

I couldn't see a thing in the darkness. Then suddenly from the darkness, a little blue light glowed in my chest. It grew brighter and brighter until the brightness alone overwhelmed me and saw nothing, but blue as I lost conscious.

I woke up with a start in a cold sweat, my heart pounding and my eyes wide from fright. I looked down and saw my chest was still glowing just like in my dream. Then I realized that it wasn't my chest that was glowing. It was the necklace that Aquadia gave me.

"What...what's going on?!"

I sat up and took off my necklace taking a look at it. It glowed brightly in a bright blue color with the slit in the middle glowing yellow. Then suddenly, I began to see images in my head. Memories of what happened to me in the past. I saw myself with my real parents and then the destruction of my village. Then I saw my myself crying over my mom's dead body and then myself looking up at Aquadia when I first encountered her. Finally, I saw myself hugging Aquadia hugging her snout after I passed her test. Then the images stopped and the glow from my necklace slowly died down until it stopped glowing.

I sat there staring at my necklace trying to comprehend what just happened.

"What...was that?" I wondered as I inspected my necklace again.

I tried to think about what had made it start glowing, but I couldn't think of any reason why or how. Then I remembered something about it. It was made out of Aquadia's magic energy. Not to mention I heard her voice inside my dream. Could this be a sign? A sign that was telling me that she was still out there somewhere?

I slowly got up and made my decision.

"I'm gonna find you Mama. I don't care how long it takes. If you're still out there somewhere, I'm gonna find you. I promise. I won't give up hope."


Ever since then, I've set out on journey. A journey to find Aquadia. I walked along the shore until I found my way to the forest. The forest was deep filled with tall trees with a couple creatures popping up here and there. As I walked along, I could feel some of the creatures staring at me as if they were curious as to what I was doing here in the forest or what I was. I paid no attention and kept on walking. I walked past tree after tree, stone after stone, and creature after creature. It was late in the afternoon and the sun was shining through the trees as I walked along. I was starting to feel tired, hot, and a little thirsty and hungry. My stomach let out a growl confirming how hungry I was. It had been a couple days since I left the cave. I may have been able to eat before I left, but now my stomach was on empty.

"I better go sit somewhere and take a break," I thought. "But where..."

I looked all around trying to find something to drink or eat. Anything to restore my strength. Then I came to stop. I heard a voice drifting through the trees. A voice that was singing...? It sounded familiar like I heard it before. Then my necklace began to emit a blue light again, a little less stronger than the last time. As soon as I looked at it, another memory came into my head. Back when I was with Aquadia when she awakened my magic powers and taught me how to sense water. The singing must have been my water sense kicking in. It seemed to be coming from the direction just east of me. So I started walking in that direction. But as I started walking toward that direction, the light from my necklace began to die and I started to not hear the singing anymore.

"What the... I'm losing it," I thought. "Am I getting further away from the water?"

What was I doing wrong? Was I mishearing things because I was so thirsty and hungry?

Just close your eyes and listen, Willy... Listen. Not with your ears... but with your heart...

I looked around a little surprised upon hearing the voice. Was that Aquadia's voice I heard? I looked at the stone on my necklace on my neck and looked at it. I closed my eyes and listened deeply clutching the stone in my fist. There was nothing, but silence. Then, a gentle wind came blowing through the trees and I heard the singing once again and this time I heard it more clearly.

Que que na-to-ra

You will understand

Listen with your heart

You will understand

Let it wash upon you

Like a wave upon the sand

Listen with your heart

You will understand

I could hear the song Aquadia sang to me in my head and the necklace began to glow again. I followed the singing deep into the forest until I heard a different sound. The sound of running water. I ran towards it and then I was welcomed to the sight of a river.

"Alright!" I thought. "Just what I needed! I'll take a rest here and then I'll get moving again."

I went to the river and put my head in the water. I gulped down the water as it filled my mouth. It not only satisfied my thirst, but it made me feel energized. Probably due to the fact that I was a water dragon slayer and drinking water replenishes my power. I lifted my head out of the water and let out a satisfied sigh.

"Haaah... That was good. I feel much better!"

I stretched as I took a look around. Alongside the river there were lots of creatures here, drinking the water or hard at work taking care of their young or building their homes. I saw some deer by the river drinking silently. A mama, a papa, and a baby. It was cute, but it kinda made me feel a little jealous of them. Seeing them together reminded me of myself and my previous parents and that made me feel a little sad.

"Mama... Papa..."

Before I realized it, I felt a stray tear come out of my eye and trickle down my cheek. I wiped it away and looked away from the deer. I had to think about something else to try and get my mind off of things. After sitting there for a while, I decided to drink some more water and move on. I had to find some info on Aquadia and find some real food. At least the water can replenish my strength a little. I dunked my head in the water and drank some more. After I had my fill, I stood up and was just about to start walking when a small green bird like creature zipped right past me and flew up a tree in front of a branch with a small berry on it. It grabbed the berry with its beak and pulled on the berry on the branch. It wouldn't budge. It pulled and it pulled until it finally came off. It got up and was just about to fly away with its food when another creature just like it with a blue color snuck up behind it came up from behind and took the berry from the green one's beak. Not wanting to give up the berry, the green bird creature took the berry back from the blue one. Then both of them tugged at the berry both wanting it for lunch until the green one took it back with a sharp tug.

The green creature chirped with victory thinking that it had won. That is until a yellow bird creature joined in wanting the berry. It attempted to take the berry from the green one's mouth, but the green one wouldn't give it up. Both creatures tugged the berry until they both tugged too hard and made the berry fly up in the air. Both scrambled to catch the berry, but it slipped out from underneath them. A red then zipped by and nabbed the cherry and hid in a hole in the trunk of a tree. Another bird creature, a brown one who was inside the tree noticed the berry too and joined the fray. They poked out their heads out from the tree the brown one trying to catch the red one and the one red one trying to avoid the brown one like a scene from a cartoon.

I couldn't help but giggle at this sight. It was pretty cute and funny.

Then the red bird creature slowly came out of the tree thinking that it was safe feet first, but the brown one slowly poked out his head sneaking up on it and he pounced! He pecked on the red one's bottom causing it to squeak in pain letting go of the berry. The berry flew into the air and then fell to the ground. All five of the bird creatures dive-bombed onto the berry and ended up in a big pile. The berry somehow slipped out from and rolled in front of a sixth bird-like¶

creature. An orange one. The orange one looked at the other five fighting and looked at the berry. Then it silently grabbed the berry and started walked away. At first, it thought it was gonna make a clean get away, but then it found itself surrounded by the other five and they didn't look happy.

There was a long pause, then all five of the bird creatures pounced on the orange one and all of them went into a brawl to get the berry. In the middle of the brawl, the berry popped out from the fight and landed a few feet away from the fight. Then another creature walked past. It had four legs and had the appearance of some kind of reptile. It saw the berry lying there on the ground and thought 'Meh. Might as well eat it if no one wants it' so it ate the berry and kept walking.

The six bird creatures who had now noticed that the berry had been eaten, became very crestfallen. I couldn't help but feel sorry for the poor things. They all must have been starving.

I got up and looked around trying to find some more berries. Then from another branch on a tree, I saw some berries hanging on a branch. I walked up to the tree and focused. Then a blue magic circle with a dragon emblem appeared beneath me and then jets of water shot out from under my feet shooting me upward and landing on the branch with the berries on it. I picked a couple of the berries enough for the creatures to eat and then I jumped off the branch. I then used the jets of water under my feet again to slow down my decent and landed safely on the ground. I kneeled down and walked over to the little creatures and placed the berries in front of them.

"Here you go, little guys. Try not to fight each other OK?"

The creatures looked up and when they saw the berries, they immediately chirped with joy and began to eat the berries. I watched them eat with a grin on my face happy that I was able to help. The green one went over to me with a berry in its beak and offered one to me.

"Aw... It's okay little guy. I'm not hungry. I had my fill in the stream."

I tried to decline, but the little bird creature wouldn't take no for an answer and insisted that I took the berry as a thank you for helping him and it's friends.

"Oh, all right I'll take it. Thank you, little guy."

I ate the berry and the bird creature returned with its friends to eat. I then turned and walked away from the stream and back into the trees once more, resuming my journey. I wish I could have taken some of the berries from the tree myself, but I wasn't really hungry. After all, I had my fill of water so I should've been fine. Or so I thought. After a few more feet of walking, my stomach started to grumble.

"Oh now you start complaining," I said to my gut a little annoyed. "Wish you would've told me sooner... Oh great. Now I'm talking to my belly. OK. Stay focused on Willy. You have to find Aquadia. Even though I have no idea where to start looking."

I continued to walk through the trees trying to not to think about being hungry, but due to the constant complaining of my stomach,

it was a little difficult. I just kept on thinking about Aquadia and how I was going to find her no matter what. Eventually, my walking took me to a darker part of the forest. The trees were so tall and big that they completely blocked out the sunlight. It gave the forest a bit of a foreboding and spooky feel making me feel a little bit uneasy. I carefully walked past tree by the tree being ready to use my magic if anyone were to attack me. I walked for what seemed to be hours and hours until I heard a noise.

"Who's there?!"

I snapped my head towards the left of where I heard the noise. There was nothing there. I heard the sound again and I snapped my head to the right. Again, there was nothing there.

"Come out! Show yourself!"

I yelled out trying to be brave, but my body was trembling slightly. I kept telling myself to stop being so scared, but my body refused to listen. I could also hear a voice in my head that told me, danger! Run away! Get off there now! I slowly walked backward unaware of where I was walking into. Then I felt something fall on my shoulder. It was just a tree branch, but to me, it felt like a demon's hand. I looked at my shoulder and when I saw the branch, I screamed and immediately broke into a sprint with my eyes closed wanting to get away as soon as possible.

I raced through bushes, past trees, and past rocks until I saw something few feet ahead. A little speck of light. In my haste of fear, I ran straight toward the light. My lungs felt tired from all the running and lack of food and my stamina was waning, but I didn't dare stop. I kept on running until I took a giant leap and jumped straight into the light.

When I did I felt myself falling. Then I kissed the ground face first and I was tumbling around and around feeling hurt every time I bounced on the hard ground. Eventually, I came rolling to a stop with my face planted into the ground on top of a mound of leaves with my body in a scorpion. I got out of my scorpion and sat up spitting out dirt. My upper body was covered in dirt with a few cuts and scrapes and my lip was busted open oozing with a little blood, but other than that I was pretty much fine. It did hurt though.

"Ow...that hurts..." I said as I felt my lip and looked at the blood that was on my hand. I wiped it off on my shorts and clapped my hands together. My hands started to glow blue and slowly started to spread on my body until my body was glowing in a bright blue. The cuts and scrapes that I had just received including my busted up all slowly started to disappear. Even my lip which was swollen with a big gash slowly went down and closed up. Eventually, I was all healed up and as good as new.

"Whew... That took some magic power and water, but I'm as good as new."

Yup. It was a good thing Aquadia taught me how to use healing magic. It was a good thing to know if you were stuck, hurt, and without anyone to treat you. The only downside was that it took some magic power and water inside my body depending on the injuries.

I straightened up and looked around. I seemed to have tumbled down a hill and was now at an open part of the forest. I stood up and looked around trying to decide which direction should I go, but then the mound of leaves I was standing on began to move then suddenly I heard a deep groan.

"That... doesn't sound good."

Suddenly the mound of leaves began to move and rise up from the ground forcing me off and sending me to the ground. I looked up and I saw that the mound of leaves turned out to be a creature I have never seen before. It was some kind of green primate with a purple chest, ears, hands, and face. The lower half of the body was a darker shade of green and it had five pink hearts on its arms. The one thing that really made my heart stop was it's pupilless eyes. They seemed to glow as it stared me down in anger.

For those of you who don't know, this type of creature is a forest Vulcan aka the Gorian. They're pretty big and they're not exactly well known for being friendly. For now, we'll call this one the gorian.

"Hey! What the hell do you think you're doing?" The gorian growled.

"I... I... um...uh..." I stammered a little taken aback that the creature could speak.

"You woke me up from my nap you little punk! Not to mention you stood on me! You're gonna pay for that!"

"I'm...s-s-sorry sir! I didn't mean to..." I began to apologize, but then the gorian swung down one of it's fists straight at me. Luckily I was barely able to roll out of the way before I could get smashed.

"Forget it! I don't need your apology! I'm gonna beat you up and have you for lunch!" Thr gorian said with a predatory grin on his face.

My face paled as the gorian cracked his knuckles and prepared to pound me. Then once again, I broke into a full sprint with even more energy than I ever had before with the gorian hot on my heels.

"Hey! Get back here so I can bash your face in punk!" It roared.

I could hear the gorian's footsteps thumping on the ground behind me as it chased me. As if I hadn't run enough. If someone was trying to set me up for an exercise program, this was the worst way to do it!

I kept on running and running and then the worst thing just happened... I started getting tired and I fumbled my legs a little. Then I felt something hit on my side and everything seemed spinning. After that, I slammed into something hard and I slid slowly to the ground.

The gorian caught me when I fumbled and hit me with its giant fist and I was sent flying into a tree.

"Ha! Got you, you little runt!" The gorian gloated with a sly grin on its face.

Groaning a little, I unsteadily got up on my feet and saw on the side of my arm was a spectacular bruise in a sickly purple color. I turned my attention to the gorian which was now coming towards me ready to beat me some more. I struggled to my feet leaning my body up against the tree.

"Heh. So you're still getting up eh? That means I can beat you around some more."

Damn it...things didn't look good for me. If I didn't do something fast, I was going to get beaten to a pulp. Or worse.

Then I realized... I completely forgot. I was a dragon slayer. I could use magic! I'm a dragon slayer darn it! I didn't know how much magic power I had left considering I haven't eaten in a while and the only things I had was a few gulps of water and a berry, but I sure as hell wasn't gonna let that gorian beat me!

Ignoring the pain from my arm, I stepped away from the tree and got into a fighting stance. I let my anger against this creature and my magic power surge through me as I started to glow in a slight blue color. The gorian stopped.

"What the..?"

"You had your fun monster! Now it's my turn!"

"Oh? Talking big eh? Well, let's see where that big talk gets you after I pound your face in!"

The gorian let out a yell as it charged at me foaming at the mouth. It raised it's fist and brought it to the ground where I was standing. I immediately jumped up making the blow miss me. The ground shook and cracked a little from the impact.

"What the... Where'd he go?" the gorian said trying to find me.

While I was in the air, I used the power in my body and cloaked my hands in water and released a shockwave of water at the gorian.

"WATER DRAGON WING ATTACK!"

The attack hit the gorian square on making it slide back from the impact.

"What the hell?! This kid can use magic?!" it grunted gaining its footing.

Not giving it a chance to react I attacked again. I ran toward the gorian while my legs were enveloped in water. I jumped and gave the gorian a powerful kick on its abdomen.

"WATER DRAGON TALON!"

The gorian felt the wind get knocked out of him as he was once again sent sliding back. When it gained its footing, he glared at me with its eyes glowing in anger.

"OK kid! You're starting to piss me off! Now I'm really mad!" it growled.

It came at me running like an enraged bull that got branded in the butt. I attempted to attack, but the gorian was able to get to me first and sent me flying again with a mighty kick.

"How did you like that punk?!" The gorian laughed as I was heading straight to a tree, but this time I didn't slam into it. I flipped myself and planted my feet on the tree that I almost slammed into. Using it as a spring board, I launched myself shooting water from my feet and shot forward like a rocket straight at the gorian and then making my hand covered in water.

"What the...?"

"Eat this! WATER DRAGON AQUA JET combined with...WATER DRAGON IRON FIST!"

My iron fist slammed into the gorian's face filled with the power and the momentum I had gained. The beast was sent flying and crashed into a couple of trees and onto the ground knocked out in a heap.

"Hahaha... how'd...you like that you...beast...?" I said a little weak from the adrenaline.

I fell on one knee and struggled to catch my breath. I'm pretty sure that I used up every bit of magic that I had, so now I was feeling weak and a little dehydrated. I had to find some water fast before that gorian got back up and starts coming after me again.

I struggled as I got back up on my feet and weakly limped away from the Vulcan as fast I as could. Pretty soon, I was far enough away from the gorian and took a rest by a tree.

"Man...I guess that fight took more out of me than I thought..." I thought to myself. "I need water...and fast...I don't know how much longer I can keep this up..."

I breathed heavily as I tried to catch my breath. My arm was still sore and bruised and it hurt like crazy. Not to mention I was weak in he first place, so I probably didn't think this one through. My vision became a little blurry as the weakness and fatigue became stronger. I tried to stay awake, but I couldn't. All I could do was lean against the tree and let the weakness take over my body.

Yes...I need...to sleep...I'll feel better...after some sleep...

Feeling tired and weak...I closed my eyes...and eventually fell unconscious...


Don't worry folks! Willy's gonna be OK

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