Chapter 11. 11 CHAPTERS! I'M SO HAPPY!. Sorry for not putting in all the people who reviewed favourited and followed last time but I really wanted to get on with the plot. Because I feel bad though, I'm going to make a list. Thank you to:
Morning Emerald!( as always!)
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And everyone else who read the last chapter and the story so far. 823 views so far! Last time I posted a list of questions at the end. The following questions will be answered in this chapter:
Who do you think the mayor and the woman are if their not "clients"?
Who's controlling the beasts?
Why does Meeya need Wendy's Help?
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?!
Are you excited?
Chapter 11: The Prison Cells.
It had been 10 minutes now. Happy should return any second now. The confused team Natsu kept looking at Meeya, she would not answer any questions, and seemed to have a scowl permanently pasted on her face. They had never seen Meeya this serious. She kept pacing back and forth not taking her eyes off the beasts that still lay on the ground. Suddenly she stopped and smelled the air. The wind was blowing in her face and in the wind she smelt a familiar blue haired girl and cat. She noticed Natsu was doing the same thing. She searched the sky for the pair, she saw them in the distance speeding towards them. Happy placed Wendy on the ground in the middle of the clearing then sat on her head panting.
"Thank you happy." Said Meeya. The feline nodded still trying to catch his breath.
"Um..." Said Wendy a little confused at why she had come. As if reading her mind Meeya focused all of her attention on the bluenette.
"Wendy I need you to heal these beasts." Wendy nodded and walked over to the beasts. She placed her hands on one of the beasts massive shoulders. Her hands started to glow. Suddenly she stopped and her eyes widened.
"I can hear them..." she said confused and surprised. She looked up at Meeya.
"They say they were being controlled."
Meeya who still had a scowl on her face, and was still pacing back and forth just rolled her eyes.
"Yes, yes. I know that! Who was controlling them?" she said impatiently.
"t-they say they know who you are..." Wendy continued. She looked up at Meeya. Meeya looked a little confuesed as well.
"They're asking if they can talk to you..." said Wendy again. She dropped her hand to her side and Meeya put her hand down instead. Suddenly a voice popped into her head. The wise voice was old and kind, soft and deep. It spoke sweetly each word playing like a melody in Meeya's head.
"Hello." she whispered.
"We know who you are." the voice said. "We have read it on your face, it still hides your anger young one." it said kindly.
" I've heard about the white beasts before. My mother used to tell me stories about them. Never once did I imagine meeting one."
"You were one of the few that knows who we are."
"What do you mean were?"
"It is something that we cannot tell you."
"What do you mean were?!"
The beasts did not reply.
"What happens to me?" she asked, but the beasts did not reply.
" Tell me.." she begged. "Please..."
"We will only tell you this." said the white beast standing up. "There is a creature in that house in the middle of town, do not fight it! What ever you do, do not fight it. Because if you do. Your secrets out. If you do, then your flame will burn bright like a star only to die and go out. Listen well Meeya daughter of Iganda, for soon if you do not, you will know why we say "were"." the beasts stood and walked away. They were surprisingly graceful for such giant creatures. Meeya looked after them.
"Like a star..." she said softly.
"What did you say?" asked Lucy
"Like a star." she said a little louder.
"Meeya..." started Wendy, but she never got to finish. Meeya started speed walking towards the town. The others followed in hot pursuit.
"What are we doing?" asked Erza.
"Going to deal with our clients."
...
"She knows" hissed a voice in the walls.
"I'm Sorry your greatness.."
"Why have you failed me?!" it snapped angrily hitting the woman hard on the leg. But instead of blood a thick black tar came out in its place from her wounded skin. She whimpered in pain.
"I thought the pets would take care of her, I never imagined she would come back!" the woman quickly spat out. The walls smirked and gave a spine shivering chuckle.
"You were wrong to assume such things!" then suddenly the woman was gone, all that was left on the ground was a dark purple, dusty looking dress.
...
"OF CAURSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO KNOCK!" Said Meeya rather frustrated.
"Well how do you suppose we get in then?" asked Lucy who felt a little embarrassed walking down the streets with a very loud Meeya who was still in her pajama's.
"Kick down the door!" said the rest, as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
"Sorry." she said rolling her eyes. "Don't know why that didn't acure to me."
"Honestly you call yourself a Fairy Tail Wizard?" said Meeya.
"Well at least I am a wizard!" shot back Lucy, who took great offense at that statement. (Like any fairy tail wizard)
"Well at least without magic I can actually do anything in battle!"
"If you ever are allowed to!"
"How is that my fault?"
"There has to be a reason that she doesn't want you to fight!"
"There has to be a reason why you're so dependant on your spirits!"
"At least I can take a bath by myself!"
"At least I don' flaunt my body in scandals clothes! Honestly you might as well still be in the bath!"
"Since when do you know the first thing about clothes!"
"Well no one else shows as much skin!"
"Says the girl who is walking around town wearing only her pajama's!"
"And a sweater!"
"Stop it!" yelled Natsu. He had enough fighting for one day.
"Tell her she's wrong!" they both shouted at once. Natsu's brain was about to burst. He gave up and went to his default back up.
"I Blame gray!" he said.
"I agree!" said Meeya. Even though she started the fight.
"Me too!" said Lucy who was running out of insults.
"HOW IS IT MY FAULT?" Shouted a rather confused and annoyed gray.
"So its settled it's grays fault!" said erza, pounding her fist into her palm menacingly. Then the rest of the walk was spent, in silence except for gray who was trying desperately to escape the clutches of Erza, who had a really tough day and needed to take it out on someone. Natsu was Mentally congratulating himself on solving the problem and getting gray in trouble with erza.
But Meeya and Lucy were thinking completely different things. Although they knew they were both just blowing off steam, the insults that they had shot at each other did leave wounds. Both felt hurt. It had been a long day and they were tired, and angry, and confused. Meeya was worried about what the beast had told her, and Lucy was weak after losing so much of her magic and walking back and forth between the mayors house and the forest several times. The original argument had most likely sprung up because they were lost and they had absolutely no idea where they were going. But nevertheless, what had been said, had been said. Neither girl showed their hurt feelings though. Both had gotten very good at hiding the emotions they felt. Lucy had grown up learning how to hide her sadness or anger as they were most un-lady like. And Meeya was used to shoving her emotions deep down inside her. Both just stared at the ground.
They arrived in the town after an hour of walking and the sun was setting behind them.
Meeya walked up to the door and kicked it down with one smooth motion. All of them stepped in to the dimly lit halls. Meeya walked briskly through the corridors kicking open every door she saw. Finally she found the door to the mayor's office. The wood splintered from the harsh blow, and fell in pieces to the ground. She walked in slowly, moving towards the desk where the fat man sat.
"Why are you here?" he said glaring at Meeya.
"You know perfectly well why I'm here!" she yelled, slamming her hand down on his desk making a crack apear.
"How dare you!" she started. "How dare you control the great white beasts!"
The man gave a smirk. "That just shows how powerful I truly am my dear!"
"If you're so all mighty, and powerful then come face me in the flesh!"
The man looked taken-a-back by her comment.
"How did you..." he mumbled.
It was Meeya's turn to smirk.
"I'm not the only one confused, right?" said gray who thought he might not be getting this because of the bumps on his head. The others just shook their heads. Meeya sighed.
"I guess you have a right to know." she looked them in the eye. "The beasts were being controlled by our "client" here. If he could be called that. This "Mayor" is nothing but a puppet, used to lure people to his master."
The man smirked. "Well I guess you figured it out eh?" He said standing up. "No reason to hide then."
The man started to jump up and down on the ground, the floor reacted like it was made out of rubber. It sagged when he hit the ground and bounced back up when he jumped off. The group started to tumble and fall, trying desperately to keep their balance. The floor sunk down further with every jump, until it sunk so low it broke, and the group fell into the blackness that was now below them. They fell harshly to the floor.
All she could feel was an undieing pain in her leg. It made her want to yell, but she didn't she bit her tongue and kept quiet, it was only when she could taste the blood in her mouth from her tongue that she let out a whimper. She sat up as best she could and looked around, it was a dark basement like room. It smelt of mold, and dirt. She could almost taste the humidity in the air. It felt cold and wet. She was in what appeared to be a prison cell. She looked around for erza and everyone else, but she couldn't see them anywhere, it was too dark all she could see was the dimly lit hallway, and the cell bars. The rest was black. Meeya felt a shiver run down her spine. She shuddered.
"Who is that?" Came a voice from within the darkness. It was Natsu.
"Natsu?" she asked trying to hide the pain and fright in her voice, but had little success. She heard a muffled thumping sound, that sounded distinctly like knee's shuffling on a hard cement ground, until she felt a hand on her shoulder. She flinched at the sudden surprise.
"Is that you Natsu?" she asked quietly.
"Yes." he answered. "Can you see the others?"
"No." she answered truthfully. "I can't even see my hand in front of my face."
"Is that you Meeya?" came a voice from across the hall, that sounded distinctly like Erza.
"Yes. And Natsu's here too!"
She saw something move in a cell across the hall, and she soon saw Erza standing against the bars of the cell. Meeya tried to stand, but she fell on the floor with a thump.
"Are you alright?" Asked Natsu, helping her stand.
"Yes." she lied. "My leg just hurts a bit." He draped one of her arms around his shoulders and helped her limp towards the cell bars.
Meanwhile across the hall, they heard a muffled shout and Erza's grumbling. Then they heard the sound of someone being punched, followed by a rather loud "oof". Erza arrived at the bars again with an annoyed look on her face.
"What is it Nee-San?"
"I found gray.." she muttered. Seconds later a very annoyed gray appeared, clutching his stomach.
"Are you alright Meeya?" He asked looking at her leg.
"Yes, I'm fine." she said tiredly.
Erza looked skeptical. "Did you hurt her Natsu?"
"WHAT!? NO!" He yelled.
"Natsu?" came a soft voice from beside Natsu and Meeya's cell.
"Wendy?"
"Yes." replied the small girl. "And Lucy's here too. But she's still unconscious now."
"Is she okay?" asked Natsu a little worried.
"Yes she's fine."
"How are we going to get out of here?" asked Meeya, wanting to change the subject from a certain blonde mage.
"I think I can still use magic." said Gray. He stood with his arms in front of him. A cold breeze started to blow around him. He froze the lock on their cell. Erza gave a nod, and equipped a sword, she swung it full force at the lock. The poor piece of metal burst into a million pieces. They quickly walked out into the hallway and repeated the process for both, Natsu and Meeya's and Lucy and Wendy's locks. Soon all of them stood in the hallway. Meeya realized she still had an arm around Natsu's shoulder. She quickly pulled her arm away and blushed a million shades of red, pink, and an array of similar colors, making her face look like a mixture of a tomato, a valentine's day card, and Natsu's hair. But why the hell was she blushing. She had learned from Mira that someone blushes when someone they like does something nice for them, or when they're embarrassed by something. Well she didn't like Natsu, right? I mean she couldn't! He wouldn't even like her back! Then why was she embarrassed? Probably because she needed help! That was definitely it! Because it couldn't be anything else at all! Right?
While all these thoughts were rushing through her head, a certain blonde mage was waking up.
"Lucy!" said Natsu running to her aid. Meeya rolled her eyes. She was definitely not feeling jealous at all! Lucy stood up holding her head as Natsu stood beside her asking her a million questions at once.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"The creepy mayor guy sent us to this prison with some sort of magic." explained Meeya.
"Oh." said Lucy, rubbing her head and grimacing when her hand reached the lump. "Oww..." she muttered under her breathe. Natsu still heard it loud and clear.
"Are you okay lucy? You should sit down!" he said. Why was he so jumpy around her and worried? Not that Meeya cared right?
Meeya gave a little cough, she couldn't help but feel hurt that Lucy's lump on her head took priority over her broken leg. Lucy looked up at Meeya and noticed her leg.
"Oh My God!" she shouted. She stood there looking at Meeya's leg. It was a pretty disgusting sight. It was bleeding in two different spots, and was bent completely out when her thigh was straight. A giant purple bruise was already starting to form where here ancle was and a bright blue bruise was forming all along her leg.
"You need to sit down!" said Lucy and she darted over to Meeya's side Natsu trailing behind her. After they managed to get Meeya to sit down, they started to examine her leg. Wendy came from behind them and offered her services.
"Meeya-san needs to rest now well I examine the wound further." said the small girl. The others nodded and walked further down the hall so that Meeya and Wendy could be alone. The small girl waited till they were out of earshot.
"Meeya-San" she began in a hushed whisper. "I know what the beasts told you."
"What?" asked Meeya.
"I know what they told you, somehow even though I let go of their shoulder I still heard them. Meeya-san they told you not to fight what's ever in here!"
Meeya looked at the ground she didn't want to talk to Wendy about this.
"I'm Not going to heal you all the way." Wendy said after a while.
"What?! why?"
"Sorry. I know that this is painful for you but I can't let you die!" she said. "Meeya... Please... Don't fight under any circumstances...please...for me..."
Meeya didn't respond, the rest of the group walked back.
"How is she Wendy?"
"I can't heal the wound all the way but she'll be fine as long as she doesn't fight." said Wendy. Meeya scowled.
"Speaking of which we should head out and Kick this bastards ass!" shouted Natsu.
"We need a strategy first." said Erza hitting him on the head.
"They don't know that we have escaped, we could use that to our advantage." added in Lucy.
"That sounds like a plan." said Erza. "I say we sneak around the house and follow the Mayor around. We'll be able to follow him right to his master."
They all nodded in agreement. Except for Meeya. Who was still sulking.
Slowly Natsu and Erza helped Meeya to her feet, well, foot. At first Meeya continued to walk on it like normal, but soon started to lean on the other's shoulders. Her movement was clumsy, slow and loud. They would be caught in a second.
"Maybe Me and Meeya-san should stay behind and catch up with you after."
The rest nodded. Meeya scowled again. Erza and the others headed up the stairway to the main floor. Meeya sat against the wall.
"Meeya who is Iganda?" came Wendy's small voice after about a minute of silence.
"She's no one!" snapped Meeya. She didn't even want to think about Iganda right now.
There was another long pause. "I know she's your mother." said Wendy again. "I heard the talk with the beasts."
"Shut up." Meeya glared at the floor. Wendy looked surprised at her friend, her best friend! Why was she acting so mean-spirited.
"Why would you hate your own mother?" She asked. Her question had rung around in Meeya's brain for a long time. It had been there for as long as she could remember. Why do I hate her? Why can't I love her?
Silent tears trickled down her face, but her expression did not change. She ignored the tears, she continued to glare at the ground.
"You can tell me." said Wendy.
"You wouldn't understand." Meeya growled
"I think I would." said Wendy. "My mother left me when I was a very little girl. She left me alone in the woods, and had it not been for Jellal, I mean Mystogan, I would have died. But I don't hate her. I know she had to have an Important reason for leaving. And one day I'll find her! I just know it!"
"I was right." said Meeya. "You don't understand. My mother didn't leave me for some important reason. She abandoned me! She never gave a shit about me for all the time I knew her! I was never good enough for my mom! When she left I looked for her everywhere, but I couldn't find her." Meeya thought back to her dreams, the same dreams that had played through her head every night for the last 14 years. "I did terrible things. Things I'm not proud of. All of them just to show her I was strong. So that she would come back. I realize now that she never gave a shit about me! It's her fault that I was a thief her fault for the horrible scenes that play out in my head every time I close my eyes!" Meeya was silent again. She wiped the tears off her face.
"Let's go help them out." she said.
"Meeya-san" said Wendy. "I think we should leave this to Erza and the others, we would only slow them down." said Wendy sadly. She wanted to be useful, but she was just too weak.
"They needed help Defeating those beasts."
"Yes but you saw how easily they freed themselves! The Master won't be too strong if they could get out that easily."
"But then how could they possibly be able to control-" Meeya stopped short. "Shit." she mumbled under her breath. She stood up quickly and tried to walk to the stairs. Wendy helped her and asked "Where are we going?"
"They are not a weak mage." said Meeya walking as quickly as she could. "If they were then Why would the beasts warn us about them? Why would they be able to control the beasts?"
"But then why were we able to escape so easily?"
"Because they wanted us to."
sorry for the cliff hanger! But I really want to end it there! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while but I had a sever case of writters block! But now I'm back! Oh and also The whole thing with Meeya liking Natsu will be further explained but don't worry they won't become a couple! I'm Team NaLu all the way!