Alright, so it's finally time for chapter 12. I'll tell you what, I literally say on my ass and wrote this in one sitting. Absolutely no regrets here, guys. I will warn you guys though, this chapter is a bit on the short side due to the shit that's going down in the next one. I suspect that there's only going to be about three more chapters of this story before I start working on the sequel! Remember, the sequel will be more centered about Rogue and Lucy. ;)
Also, if you guys are looking for some seriously juicy RoLu loving, check out my friend SynriLynn's story Broken in the Worst Way! It's such a beautiful story and I've been given the honor of betaing it for her. Seriously, check it out. It's amazing. *insert some heart eyes right here please*
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S Lyubov'yu,
Casper
Previously;
The Lightening Slayer was brought out of his thoughts when Bickslow's voice broke the comfortable silence that had engulfed them.
"What do you think about her budding relationship with Rogue, Boss Man?", the blue haired mage asked with his typical tongue waggling grin.
"He hurts her in anyway and he's as good as dead.", Laxus replied seriously.
"Agreed.", all three of his team mates nodded in unison.
Good, they all understood each other.
The walk back to Lucy's home was made in mostly silence. Each of the members of their little family were all lost in their own thoughts for the future. None of them knew what the future was going to bring them. Nor did any of them, save for Lucy, know what the blonde woman had in store for them when they returned to the house. They knew that the news she had gotten was important, but they didn't know if it would effect the familial bonds that they had.
They all knew that there was always a chance that Cobra and Midnight could wake up one morning in their original bodies and, at this point, none of them knew how they felt about that fact. It was clear that both of the boys had no intentions of ever returning to a life filled with blood and crime, but Cobra and Midnight feared that they just weren't ready to change back yet. If changing back was even an option for them.
Both boys had already come to terms with the fact that they may end up going through their childhoods a second time. They had no issues witht that fact, especially since they would not be repeating their younger years trapped in the Tower of Heaven. The thought of growing back into adults under the watchful eye of Lucy and the Twins didn't bother them one bit. While they looked at Lucy as their mother, they had grown to look at the Twin Slayers as big brothers of sorts.
Even if one was bubbly and could be downright idiotic. While the other one was stoic and a bit of a smart ass. Unless Lucy was around, that is. When Lucy was around, Rogue pretty much turned into a pile of goo.
While no one in their little group, save for Lucy, knew what was going on at the moment, they all trusted her judgement. Normally, if it had been something of great importance, she would have told them immediately. They all knew that they had to be patient and wait until they got home before she told them.
But that didn't stop them all from wishing that her house was a lot closer than it was to the guild. They wanted to know everything, and they wanted to know now. The suspense was starting to ebb away at their sanity.
Which was sad, considering they'd only been walking for about five minutes.
Lucy unlocked the door to the home she shared with her boys with irritating slowness. She could almost feel the four glares that were being shot her way as their eyes bored into the back of her head. She knew that they wanted to know what Makarov had told her, but she couldn't help but mess with them just a little bit. It was almost too easy when they were like this.
After what felt like an eternity, she pushed the door to the house open. She quickly ushered everybody into the house before shutting the door firmly behind her. She redid the lock on the door as an afterthought. She knew that nobody they knew would come barging into her house unannounced, but she couldn't help but be a little paranoid at the moment. The fight with Zero had taken more out of her than she would have liked to admit. She turned her attention back to her boy's and gestured for them to take a seat in the living room. It was finally time to let them all know what she and the Master had talked about during her recollection of events during their job.
"Are you finally going to tell us what you and Master talked about, Lucy?", Sting spoke up, effectively breaking the tense silence that seemed to engulf the room.
"Yes and honestly, I don't know how I feel about what I'm about to tell you guys. It can either be taken in a really, really good way, or it can be some shit news depending on how you look at it. I just want you guys to promise me right now that you won't get angry or freak out.", Lucy sighed as she took a seat on the sofa between Cobra and Midnight. She leaned forward and rested her elbows on her bent knees before laying her forehead on her laced fingers.
"We promise not to act rashly. We all know that this is a very sensitive situation and we never know what is going to happen next.", Rogue replied firmly.
"I need to hear it from all of you. You all need to promise me. Keep in mind that I am a Celestial Wizard and I expect promises to be kept.", Lucy said sternly, her brow furrowing against her laced fingers.
"While I won't promised not to get pissed, I promise not to act on my anger.", Cobra muttered. He didn't like where this was going and she hadn't even started yet. What could the old man have told her that made her react this way? At this point, he was almost expecting the worst to come out of her mouth.
"I promise to keep my emotions in check and to not act on any anger that I may feel once you have finished explaining.", Midnight promised from his seat next to his mother.
He didn't know how he was going to handle what Lucy was about to tell him. At this point, he hadn't even had time to sit down and really think about his newly recovered memories. He knew what he had done in the past was beyond shitty and he didn't know how he was going to handle even more information. He silently told himself that everything would be fine as long as he had Lucy and the others by his side. She had promised that they would never be alone again and he knew full well that she made good on her promises when she made them.
"I promise not to freak out or get angry. I think Rogue would probably make my balls into a coin purse if I did.", Sting smirked.
"You lie, I would never even touch your balls. Let alone walk around with them carrying my spare change.", the ebony haired Slayer snorted with disgust.
"And why the hell not?!", Sting asked in mock offense.
"I'm not gay.", Rogue deadpanned in response.
"Could have fooled me. The only thing keeping me from questioning your sexuality is the fact that you have the hots for my mom.", Cobra drawled lazily.
A snort of amusement was heard from Midnight and Lucy from their positions on the couch. Lucy's eyes zoned in on Rogue as she watched him slowly start to lift himself from his chair. She decided it was time to put a stop to this before they all got out of hand. Only they would be able to start a brawl when she was about to lay some serious shit on them.
"Okay, before you all decide to kill each other, let's get this over with, shall we?", Lucy interrupted, pinning Rogue with a stern glare. She internally grinned when she watched his face pale before retaking his seat. She knew that her boys would probably pay for their remark later, but she would deal with that when the time came.
"I think that would be wise.", Midnight stated with a sigh.
"Alright, so it's like this you guys. I don't have a whole lot of information about this person but Master seems to have a good feeling about them. He suspects that the person responsible for turning Midnight and Cobra into children was a woman by the name of Vorona Dikaya. From what he told me, she uses curses. The curse she primarily uses can distort time and basically change it. I guess she can warp the time around a person, either changing them into children, elderly people, babies, you get the idea.", Lucy explained slowly, having a hard time believing the words that were leaving her mouth.
"So, you're saying that a woman we've never even heard of may be the cause behind all of this?", Midnight asked through gritted teeth.
"Master seems to think so. It sounds like he actually has a way of contacting this woman. He's going to see what he can do and if he is able to get into contact her, he is going to ask her to come to the guild and talk to us. If she is indeed the person behind this, there is a chance that she may be able to reverse what she's done to you. If she's the one who even did this. If she isn't, I don't doubt that she would know who did.", the blonde woman nodded.
"So, this could either answer all of our questions or this could be a huge fucking waste of time.", Cobra muttered.
"Not quite. Like I said, if she isn't the one who did it, there is a chance that she would know who is the one responsible. From what Master told me, this woman is hard to deal with. Luckily for us, I'm used to dealing with people like that.", Lucy grunted before looking over at Cobra mockingly.
"How am I difficult to deal with!?", the maroon haired Slayer protested.
"Seriously, dude?", Midnight, Sting, and Rogue deadpanned at once.
"Point taken, continue.", Cobra conceded.
"I will, thanks for giving me permission to do so. As I was saying, Master is going to try to get this woman to the guild. For now, all we can really do is wait for him to contact me with some more information. I don't know about you guys, but I think that it is best for us to stick around Magnolia until Master has some more information for us. It wouldn't be good if he got in contact with this woman and we weren't around to meet up with her, you know? I understand if the Twins want to take another job, but the boys and I will be staying in town until this is taken care off.", Lucy finished with an exhausted sigh.
She hadn't thought that telling them all of this would take so much energy. There really wasn't a whole lot that she was able to tell them, but it was still hard to say. The fact that none of them knew if this Vorona woman had been the one behind their stress or not. It was nerve wracking all the same. They were either going to get some answers or they were going to go straight back to square one. Honestly, Lucy hoped that they were going to get some damn answers. They were seriously overdue for some.
"You really think we would just leave you three here while we traveled around without you? Are you insane, Blondie?", Sting snorted, his eyebrow raised in question. Did this woman truly think that he and his partner would up and leave them now that they were finally getting somewhere? Hell no, they were sticking this through and weren't going to miss a minute of it.
"He's right, you know. We are just as involved in this as you are. We have grown quite fond of Cobra and Midnight and would like to support them in any way that we are able to. We will be sticking around Magnolia as well.", Rogue agreed with a nod of his head.
Lucy couldn't help the watery smile that graced her lips. She felt two sets of short arms wrap loosely around her waist and instantly curled her arms around her boys. She really couldn't have chosen a better family for herself. She had no idea what she had done right to deserve such wonderful people in her life.
"Thanks guys, you have no idea what that means to me.", Lucy whispered through her silent tears.
"You know what I think we need?", Sting spoke up suddenly, his eye lighting up with excitement.
"I'm going to regret the living hell out of this but...what do we need oh wise Bumble Booty?", Cobra sighed. Once he realized what he had called the Light Slayer, he mentally kicked the shit out of himself. Of all the fruity things to call the man, he just had to use his mother's nickname for him. He was living in a household with three other men and a woman and he was stuck picking up her habits?! He needed a guys night, dammit!
If only he was actually able to drink while being stuck in his childlike state...
Damn.
"I think we need a movie night complete with junk food and way too much take out.", Sting smirked.
"That actually sounds quite nice.", Rogue nodded in agreement.
"I could go for some snacks.", Midnight nodded into his mother's side.
"I'm in as long as we get to pick the movies.", Cobra sighed.
"What's wrong with my movie choices?!", Sting cried, clearly offended.
"You tried to fucking Notebook us all, asshole.", Lucy snorted. She was already feeling better. That was the effect that her four boys had on her. It was almost impossible for her to stay upset or angry with them around.
"Language, Mother.", Cobra and Midnight snickered in unison.
"Bite me, boys.", the blonde woman retorted as she stuck her tongue out childishly.
"Ask me when I'm an adult again.", Cobra replied, his voice dripping with obvious sarcasm.
"Incest!", Sting and Midnight bellowed together.
Rogue and Lucy just shook their heads with amusement. There really never was a dull moment in this house.
"So, movies and snacks?", Rogue interjected before more strange arguments could ensue.
The ebony haired mage received four nods of agreement before they all set out in search of food and movies that weren't the Notebook, much to Sting's displeasure. Sting had gotten stuck with popcorn duty. Rogue had taken the liberty of ordering horrifying amounts of takeout food. Midnight and Cobra were charged with finding them acceptable movies to watch, again, to Sting's displeasure. And then that left Lucy with gathering all the blankets in the house and fixing them into the most badass living room fort known to all of Fiore.
As Lucy put the final touches on their blanket fort, she let her mind wander. After some serious mental warfare, she came to the conclusion that she wasn't going to dwell on whatever was coming their way in the near future. For now, she would take it day by day. As long as she had her family by her side, she could face whatever life threw her way. She would stand with her head held high and would face whatever was to come with her family by her side.
She would not have to shoulder everybody's burdens by herself anymore.
Somewhere off on the other side of Fiore, a feminine chuckle was heard. The woman swiped her snow white hair out of her shimmering violet eyes as she peered into the mirror in front of her. She watched the scene of a happy family of five curling up for the night as they passed the time watching movies together. The woman smirked with amusement as she watched two young boys curl into the woman contently before they allowed themselves to succumb to sleeps embrace.
She allowed the image to fade as she stood from her seat. She looked closely at her own reflection in the mirror and couldn't help but grimace at the sight she saw. Hair white as snow trailed down her back, ending just above the backs of her knees. Violet eyes that always seemed to filled with a rage that just couldn't be completely controlled. It was almost as if her rage was destined to swim in her eyes until the end of time. Bandages black as the night sky were wrapped snugly around her generous chest, leaving the rest of her torso bare. Equally black leather pants stretched down to her knees and covered nothing more. Her bare feet cooled against the frozen floor below. She looked at her reflection with disgust rolling off her body in waves.
Her thoughts suddenly strayed back to the scene she had just watch unfold. While her life thus far had not been ideal, she couldn't help but smile a little at the happy scene she had helped create. The reasoning behind the use of her curse on those boys may not have been ethical, but she was relieved to see that they had found the place they truly belonged because of it.
If only the other people who had been effected by her curse in the past had been so lucky.
She allowed her thoughts to wander towards the others who had been effected by the cursed power that she possessed. Her mind wandered to a happy go lucky boy with salmon pink hair. A young boy with long, spiky black hair whose face seemed to be frozen in a scowl. A little girl with hair so blue, it reminded her of the sky at midnight. A young boy who's unruly blonde hair that couldn't be tamed, a cocky smirk almost always present on his lips. A quiet ebony haired boy who seemed to love books more than interaction with other children, save for the company of the cocky blonde haired boy.
"It seems that even they were able to find their place in this time. It would seem that they all were. Who would have guessed that they all would have ended up in the same place. Funny thing, time. You never know just what it will do to you. I will see you soon, my children.", the woman whispered into the wind.
So...did you guys see that coming or nah? I'm actually quite curious to see if you guys did. Let me know what you think!
As always, I do not use a beta, so please excuse any mistakes I may have missed during my editing!
Is this woman going to help Cobra and Midnight return to normal?
What was the true reason behind their change?
How is she connected with some of the other characters?
Seriously, is Rogue ever going to get that date?
Guess you'll have to stick around and find out, yeah?
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Only a couple chapters left and then comes the writing of the sequel!
Until Next Time, My Lovelies!
