I exhaled quietly through my nose, trying hard to stay calm. I didn't know that hearing the voice of the character that always touched my heart will almost make me loose my poker face. I turned around swiftly to face the old man.
And my eyes softened slightly, which, fortunately, went unnoticed.
„Makarov Dreyar, Master of the Fairy Tail guild, one of the Ten Wizards Saint. It's a pleasure to meet you." I bowed my head slightly.
When I called him by his full title, he looked surprised and interested, but the expression quickly disappeared. He smiled, which really almost made me break down in tears and hug him.
He replied.
„You don't need to be so formal, the pleasure is all mine. What brings you to the doorstep of our guild, may I ask? I'm sure this no coincidence you are here, am I right? And could you tell me your name child?"
I froze a tiny bit. I knew he would ask me questions and I wanted to answer them as accurately as possible, but something in my mind was telling me to not reveal to much information and to not go into details. I don't know what that feeling was, but it was pushing me, so I said.
„Please, call me Lilight." He frowned and examined me quizzicaly.
I know he knows. I JUST KNOW HE KNOWS! I'm pretty sure the Magic Council contacted him about the Madthorns incident, so the name MUST be supicious to him.
If he doesn't know already.
„But that isn't your real name, is it?" I looked back at the guild, a bit more of sadness on my face.
What was this nostalgic feeling? Why did this view of me looking up at a building feel so familiar to me? I shrugged the feeling off. No point in thinking about it now.
I could see the guild members, inlucing Macao and Wakaba (that I haven't met yet) gathered around the windows and entrance and when I glanced at them, they tried to hide as quickly as possible.
My eyes sparkled and I chuckled in my head.
They never change, do they? If they did, it wouldn't be Fairy Tail.
„I would prefer for my new name to stay a secret for now. I don't trust myself with it. Anyway, if you want to talk to me, I wouldn't mind. However, I would like to continue this somewhere else. I don't want some things to be overheard." I said the last part a bit louder, knowing very well that the guild could hear me.
Makarov couldn't help but chuckle at my point.
„I agree. Why don't we go up to my office? It's quiet and no one will bother us." He started walking towards the entrance when I stopped him with my hand. He looked at me questioningly and frowned a bit at the mischievous light in my eyes.
„Hold on tight was all the warning I gave him before I teleported us to his office.
When we appeared in his office, I had to grip his chair for support, almost collapsing to the ground from exhaustion. When did teleporting with another person feel so exhausting? The distance wasn't a problem, I was sure of that. It could be because of the magical power that Makarov had, but that was very unlikely. I had a feeling that they placed protective spells and runes around the guild.
Great. I have another problem to take care of. I didn't even notice the old man looking at me with worry until he placed a hand on my shoulder which made me jump away and ready my magic. When I saw his expression become even more worried, I realized what I did and calmed down, but another question popped up in my head.
Why did I do that? Why did I feel so threatened and so...scared?
"Are you alright child? I'm sorry, I should have warned you about this, but you surprised me with this. After someone sneaked into our guild, I made some precautions." I shook my head, still deep in thought about my reaction.
"It's nothing. On this matter, what did this "someone" look like?" I asked innocently.
Of course, I knew very well who sneaked into the guild hall. They were following my plan. Why wouldn't I know her. He frowned at my question and thought for a moment.
"Well I couldn't see her clearly, but I'm pretty sure it was a young girl. She looked like she was eight or nine years old. She had black hair and I believe she used Invisibility Magic. But I suspect that wasn't her main magic. I could sense an ancient and dark magic in her at the same time. However, her aura didn't seem evil." I stopped dead in my tracks at the second part.
Hold on, we weren't even sure what our magic was before our training. How did he know that Anna used a type of black magic?
I snapped out of my train of thoughts. This wasn't the time to think about this! Gramps wanted to talk to you so listen for God's sake!
I sat down in front of Makarov.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" I asked him, acting confused and innocent. He sighed and he turned serious.
"I would like to know what connection do you have with the destroying of Madthorns."
I knew he would ask this question. That's why I came prepared.
"I was nearby when it happened. I big wave of magic hit right after a big pillar of white appeared and knocked me out. That's all. If you want to know what I was doing there, I was traveling." I replied. I know it wasn't the truth, but it wasn't a lie either. I did see the light and I did get knocked out, although it was because of the wave of magic. And I was technically traveling. It seemed that he knew that I wasn't telling him the entire truth, but he couldn't pin point what was the lie.
"How old are you exactly? Your physic looks young, but your eyes, expression and aura say something different." Again, how did he know that I technically wasn't six? I feel bad for underestimating him now.
"I am six years old. I have simply lived through too much." I did the same trick again, and he knew I did, but he didn't push it.
"Where did you learn teleportation magic?"
Hmmm, tricky question. I couldn't say that I was born with it.
"I learned it by myself. Nothing more, nothing less." He frowned even more.
"Do you know any other magic?" I tilted my head to the side.
"What do you think? If you sensed the magic of that intruder, you can sense if I have another one, can't you?" To my surprise, he shook his head.
"I can only sense that you have a white aura, but when I try to focus on your magical power, I can't. Now, can you answer my question." This agitated me a bit inside.
It was...strange that he couldn't focus on my main magic.
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't." He gave the "really?" look. I stared back. He was the first to break eye contact.
"Do you have friends that traveled with you?" I responded the same way.
He kept asking me questions, and I always gave him an evasive answer. After an hour or so, I stood up.
"If that is all you wanted to ask me, I will take my leave. I have other things I want to antend to." He nodded.
"Very well. Goodbye and I hope we could talk again."
"Of course." I said. I walked over to the door and suddenly stopped upon remembering something. I turned back around.
"Oh, and please, keep an eye on your son please. And never EVER neglect Laxus and always make time for him. Please."
With that, I teleported away leaving a confused and frowning Makarov behind.
