Chapter 11

Hooded

The sun was setting. Again, it had become a daily routine for Lucy to watch it disappear. The beautiful warm colors, painting the sky a welcoming color. Somehow, the pink color reminded her of something.. Someone.. No, she was not going to think of that now. For now, she had Terobilus, and for now - that was all she needed.

"How pretty.." Her voice came out as a whisper, luckily for them they had found a big islet to rest on for now. Terobilus nodded, they sat at the edge, Lucy dipping her toes into the cold refreshing water and Terobilus biting on an earlier dinner - fish to be exact. Since they began to travel over the sea, all they'd eat for days were fish.

"The sun is setting, which means it'll be dark soon. You better get ready for sleeping. You should wash you mouth with water at least." The big dragon said.

"Saltwater?!" Lucy said out loud as she stared at the dragon who moved a bit further away from her sudden out burst. He looked at her like she was stupid.

"Use you magic, stupid. First of all you have spirits who bring you new clothing every day - who I think could find a bit water - and you have air magic whom you can use to cleanse it." Lucy formed her mouth into an 'o' as if just realizing something big and then she smiled. She moved her hands towards the water in front of her and with a swift movement - the air cut the water and the used the gravity to lift it up to separate the ocean and her soon-to-be drinking water.

"North, south, east and west. And over all - air: I order you to cleanse this water!" And as soon she said the words strong wind gathered around the orb of water. Soon, small white beads started to fly in all directions but other wind protected Lucy as she sat there and watched. After Terobilus taught her wind magic she begged him for more lessons so he showed her how to command the wind to do simple tasks. And even though it was a difficult spell hard to control - Lucy seemed to be able to do it. Though every time she did she became unbearably dizzy.

The water was cleansed and she could drink it. It was a lot, so after she had drunk a few mouthfuls she gave the rest to Terobilus - who gladly accepted. There it was, the dizziness. She lied down, holding her head as everything in her sight was spinning, round and round~ her eyes began to spin with it. After a while it was gone.

"The sun is already down, Lucy. Catch some sleep now, we'll be there soon." She nodded. She still wondered about where they were going, but as long as it was far away from other humans - it was okay.

She crawled closer to Terobilus's warm shells, covering his body like an protective armor. He raised his wings over them, his wings were huge, beautiful and skinny. In sunlight you could almost see through them. He created a little tent, and inside of it were an almost asleep celestial wizard crawled into a ball along his chest, he was a lot bigger now, so big she could stand on his back without falling off. He also flew a lot faster than before - not that she couldn't keep up. As if his wings weren't enough he curved his neck ans created a protective circle around her.

'So warm..' Her eyelids soon touched each other slowly and she slipped away into a deep slumber.

'If it only could last..'

"Natsu-san?! What are you doing here?!" Sting shouted, more like a demand than a question. Yukino stared at his concerned face, first in surprise but her surprised frown soon turned into a blank look. Yukino fixed her stance and then pulled her wrist out of his grasp.

"Fairies.." She cursed under her breath, but being dragon slayers the boys heard her. Natsu looked at her for a while before he realized who she was. "You're from before!" He accused her, pointing at her. She returned his rude manners with a cold glare.

"What are you doing here, Dragneel?" Sting stared at the white mage who suddenly turned into a hostile mood. Natsu let his arm fall to his side.

"Looking for Luce." Yukino was taken back at his reply, she covered her eyes with her bags and let out an annoyed 'tch'.

"You clearly didn't get my message. Don't look for her," He looked at her with a blank face, Yukino returning the gesture. "She's my friend, guild mate and family member. I'm not leaving her behind." Yukino hit him. Right across the face, she hit so hard it left a flaming red mark.

"I.. I hate you, you left her, then suddenly you go after her. What's wrong with you?!" He didn't say anything.

"Yukino.." Lector said. "Let's go." They left the mage alone. After Yukino's outburst of anger the boys decided it was a good idea not to talk to Natsu for the rest of their mission.

'How dare he show his face in front of me again?!' They kept walking until they reached the magic shop. The same picture from the poster was attached in each of the windows. As they opened the door a bell was heard. The sound took the man sitting behind the counter' attention. He turned his head towards them.

"How can I help you?" He asked. Yukino stepped in front of the group, staring at the man.

"We're wizards, hired by the major - we're here to investigate your case," The man jumped up from his chair and ran to the back door.

"I have the bag it gave me!" He then opened the door and ran into a room, the storeroom. He soon came out with a black medium sized bag. He handed it over to her.

"I hope you can find it!" They nodded and went out of the store. As they walked Yukino noticed something rather strange about the bag.

"What.. Is this?!"

"Lucy, wake up. We're leaving." Terobilus gently pushed her side a bit with his forehead. She slowly came to, as she opened her eyes slightly she forced them back together after she saw the bright light of the sun. She slowly opened them again, adjusting to the bright light.

"Good morning, Tero. We're leaving already?" He nodded, giving her the sign to get up. "Food?" She asked.

"You can eat when we get there, it's just a hour away." She jumped up from the cold ground and searched after her keys. As she found Virgo's key a bright light shone in front of her. There she was, the pink haired maid spirit.

"So, you can come out by yourself now?"

"No, princess. Just a touch on our keys and we'll come." The spirit answered.

"Oh, well.. I need new clothing, can you find something blue?" She gave her a slight nod and disappeared in a flash.

"Lucy, we need to hurry." She turned towards him and gave him a look. "I am hurrying! But it's not as if I can just think of and outfit and in a matter of seconds I'm dressed!"

"That's too bad. I think there's a magic for that. After this, I can teach you!" The sides of his lips turned a bit up, she could see his teeth. Those white dangerous teeth, he was smiling. She smiled back. Just being by his side made her feel happy, like back then when she was with her friends.

"By the way Lucy, how are you feeling after you got burned?" Her smile turned into a frown. "I've survived a disease that were supposed to kill me and then traveled and trained with a dragon.. I think I can handle a burn." He thought for a while while nodding, slowly. About this time Virgo had returned with a beautiful light blue dress. It reached her right over the knees and in the end the light blue color turned black. She also received a black belt to have at her waist. At the belt the hung her keys.

"I'm ready, let's go." She jumped high into the air, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. As she opened her eyes and let her breath out two beautiful pure white wings forged at her back. She started moving them, up and down. Up, down, up, down - then repeat the progress.

'I'm ready.'

"Sir, she's still alive."

"If you want to, we can go and..-"

"No, she will die by the curse. If not, it may seem suspicious."

"But, sir.. Her friends are already starting to figure it out and.."

"SO BE IT!" The shadow got up from his chair and walked out, each step getting further and further away from the room.

"He's always been so stubborn.."

"They'll reach that place soon, are you sure it's okay?"

"We'll see.." The hooded figures nodded in agreement and exited the room, one after one.

Oooh~

I wonder who's having a meeting? Where's that place and will Natsu find Lucy?

See you next chapter!(hopefully)

PS: I HAVE STARTED ON A NEW FANFICTION, 'For You'. IT'S AN ATTCK ON TITAN/SHINGEKI NO KYOJIN FANFICTION BTW. CHECK IT OUT IF YOU WANT TO~

-Nofir