The Smell Of Fresh Blood – Chapter 9 – 1 Day
A/N Yes, I know im sorry. It's been a long time :( I honestly did not mean to anyway better late than never (actually it's better on time but anyway)
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL NOR ANY OF PICTURES USED ALL CREDIT GOES TO THEIR ORIGINAL OWNERS.
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PREVIOUSLY ON THE SMELL OF FRESH BLOOD
I get closer to where the stalls are, friendly faces, family, children and fellow mages follow the flags leading to the main square. I can't help myself! I buy a forest green crown embellished with cerise roses that smell like sweet plum and verbena. Walking over to the fruit stand I get 12 scarlet apples along with a few hair bands, from the make-up stand and a little girl gives me a bunch of cotton daises with lavender purple tips.
I tie my hair into thick plats' with my fringe tucked into the side of my plat. Feeling very spring like I decide to complete the look by buying a cream coloured strapless dress with a thin bow tied under my chest. Looking good, little vampire. I grin baring my fangs.
THIS TIME…
Lucy POV
We are going to arrive at Crocus today! I'm really excited about seeing the flower garden it is apparently filled with a bunch of different flowers like roses, verbenas, tulips, allium and who knows how many different types of cherry blossom.
Gray told us about Shiz running off yesterday, I hope that she is alright, I mean being a young teen in a big city can be dangerous with all those weird people. Shizuko is very pretty with her long midnight hair and her bright blue eyes which (according to Romeo) go black with purple magic circles when she uses a certain spell, Romeo said that she has only used it once and that was to help the magic council when she was 13.
"Oi Luce! Are we there yet?" Natsu's arms where drooping down and Happy was mimicking. Looking at the both of them in perfect sync made me want to burst out laughing;
"We are almost there its 12:30 and we are due to get there at 1:00, only half an hour till we can see all those flowers!" I squealed.
"You really like those types of things don't you" Natsu gave one of his signature toothy grins, I had a mental image of Gray and Natsu wearing flower crowns, I laughed.
"I'm soooo going to buy you and Gray flower crowns!" Natsu looked at me with round eyes and his mouth was hanging open, Gray came up to us clutching his stomach and laughing.
"I don't see why you're laughing stripper! You're getting one too!" Gray stopped laughing and gave the same face as Natsu, they were stood next to each other with both the same facial expression, my head placed colourful crowns on their heads.
TIMESKIP 30 MINUTES
Wendy POV
We have finally arrived at Crocus and it's really pretty! Carla keeps on telling me random facts about the castle, like how old it is and when the King was crowned.
We all stood in one of the streets, Levy was given a HUGE book with all of the rules, she put on her fast reading glasses with little curls on either edge of the frame; Levy let me borrow them to read my sky dragon spells.
"Okay I see about 3 rules that are probably helpful..." Levy spoke mid thought. "Right, all events will only be announced just a few minutes before it starts..."
"Wait, what?" Gray interrupted, but then Bisca cleared things up.
"Basically, every time we compete the challenges change." Alzack started to give an example.
"The year I didn't take part they had a shootout."
"And the year I stopped competing, there was a race." Jet explained.
"So, what else Levy?" I asked
"Uhhhh, well one rule you don't have to worry about… and the last one is… 'All participating must be back in their inn's at 12:00'"
"Great! I mean I have no clue why we need to be back at twelve, but at least that means we can explore the city, avoiding all flower crown shops." Natsu said clueless as ever, but before anyone could tell him anything else he had already run off with Happy flying above him and Lucy being dragged along by her hand.
I giggled, Gray and Gajeel both looked at me and smiled. I know that I'm the weakest at Fairy Tail, but being one of the youngest can have its perks! :-) Everyone treats me like a little sister and I am pretty sure that Natsu, Gray and Gajeel are all having a competition to see who is the best older brother to me!
Carla and I went off in the direction of the tour so that we could get the information from the tour guide, but not have to pay for the tour if that makes sense. It was Beautiful with all the decoration up for the Games, I saw I figure who kinda looked like Shizuko, but this girl was wearing very bright colours (something I could never imagine her wearing)
Shizuko POV
I was walking through the town when I saw Wendy and Carla, I almost went and said hello but realized
A. I was wearing the girlish clothes EVER.
B. They would probably invite me to join their journey around the castle.
C. Considering what I was going to do to them.
Speaking of that, I need to find Raven Tail. Okay, I guess I can start looking near their designated housing. It's now like 2:00pm and I read the manual and it say that all participating members have to be back by 00:00am, so if I want to take part in the events tomorrow I have to do it tonight, that's probably why we have to be back at that time, so that they can see who is taking part. I changed back into my usual clothes, a black top with tight net sleeves and a grey and black tartan skater skirt with 120 denier black tights. (I might have kept the flower crown) I put smoky eyeshadow with butterfly mascara and winged eyeliner
When I got to the front of Raven Tail's housing it looked really dingy and dark, I walked up to the huge spruce doors and lifted the huge knocker, it looked like a raven but in between its beak there was a gold loop attaching it to the door, the eyes were made from cut ruby. I smacked it down onto the gold plate that sat underneath the raven.
I stepped back from the door and waited for a member to let me in. A red haired girl came and opened the house up.
"What do you want blacky? The girl said noticing my hair colour
"I have come to see you're master, I heard he can help me." I said with purpose
"Go away kid. Go kick a tree or something" She stood above and looked down on me with her red dress leaving nothing to the imagination, I filled with rage, how dare they talk to me like I'm some 10 year old.
"How bout I kick this!" I pushed my leg into her bare stomach knocking her backward into the coffee table behind her, a vase smashed and shattered everywhere. I walked in and shouted into the large hall asking where the master was. After about thirty seconds a large man with a strange mask came down the stairs I explained my problem to him. Starting from the very beginning.
