Extra chapter for today, enjoy!
Levy and company stop for the night before the final stretch to Magnolia, one of the great things about living in Fiore is even though it was warm during the days and the night weren't too cold so a fire wasn't necessary. However they did light torches to see, Natsu started going on about old stories.
"And the Fire Falls of Dragons…." was where Levy tuned back in.
"Pardon?" she asks, Natsu look surprised she had spoken but happily launched into what he knew.
"My dad used to tell me stories of the Fire Falls, it's an oasis out in the desert supposedly created by dragons, hence Fire Falls, when the sun sets the light hits the water of the waterfall and makes it look like it's on fire, apparently its beautiful and if you make a wish, you'll meet an actual dragon!"
"Its nonsense obviously, dragons are extinct" Lucy says, lightly hitting Natsu for filling her head with such things. Levy however, trying to be inconspicuous reached into her bag pulling out one of her books, she scanned the pages until she came to the part about the Dragons bestowing power to those who passed their trials. One of the stories in this book wasn't fiction maybe this one wasn't either, maybe it could help! She had to go to these Fire Falls but how was she going to do that?"
"Have you ever been?" Levy asks, putting the book away, Natsu blinks he had been laughing at something Lucy said and had to think back to what they had been talking about.
"Uh no, my dad just told me stories and something about the North Star being a guide to the lost and it finds you? Like the oasis only appears to those worthy of finding it"
"Isn't the North Star how people tell where they are?" Levy asks.
"Yep" Natsu nods, Levy looks up to the clear night sky, the North Star shone brightly, she'd charted stars being locked up in her room for so long, Lucy loved stars too and would tell her all about constellations, if this legend was true, Levy was sure she could use the North Star to find her way. The group settled down for the night, Natsu snoring away next to Lucy who must have been used to it, slept right next to him. Wendy was fast asleep beside Levy, Gray too was rolled over on his sleeping mat, Gajeel lightly snored, Levy couldn't tell if Laxus was asleep, he was laying upright against the caravan.
His eyes closed, Levy waited a full hour before she stood up, she gently grabbed her bag and stepped away from the group. Making sure to be quiet she went around the caravan and untied one of the camels it thankfully didn't make any noise, she led it away from the group, every step she took she thought she would be found out but she wasn't. She very difficultly got onto the camel, terrified as she had never controlled one of these things, she did as she'd seen the others do and clicked and it started moving, Levy followed the North Star and hoped she was doing the right thing.
Three hours later and well into the night, Levy came to a stop, doubting herself for the hundredth time.
Maybe Lucy was right, maybe this was just a story
But Levy for some reason kept going, another hour in she spotted something, an oasis it looked like, Levy headed for it hoping it wasn't a mirage but it was real like a small tropical rainforest. Levy jumped down from the camel, tying it to a tree and headed in, whether this was the place or not it was beautiful, Levy heard running water and headed for it hoping no wild animals had the same idea but there was nothing when she came across a beautiful waterfall and pool, the waterfall was about five stories high, falling into the pool below, the moon was shining down reflecting in the water making it look so very much alive.
"It's beautiful" she says out loud, Levy put down her bags and took off her pink dress, leaving it on a rock, she gently steps into the water, eventually coming up to her waist, she swims the rest of the way toward the waterfall. Levy might have missed the inscription on the rock wall but she had been looking for something, anything and now she found it.
The inscription was in Ancient Fiorian 'Dragon's Tears' its says, Levy dives under the fall of the waterfall to behind it, coming back up she spots a very small opening just above her, impossible to see from the other side. Levy reaches up and climbs in, even though it hurt kneeling on the rock she crawls inside wishing she had some light, her wish was granted, the moonlight was flowing inside from an opening at the top so she could see. A wall of inscription appeared before her it was faded from age but Levy could read it.
'Only those who are worthy and pass the Dragon's tests will drink from the Fire Falls, made from Dragon Tears, state your claim and let the trial begin'
State her claim? How? Levy thought back to Natsu saying you had to make a wish, Levy closed her eyes.
"I wish to have the power to help my people" she says, the entire room shakes like an earthquake and Levy is thrown back, hitting the wall, she ignored the scrapes she got and stood seeing the creature that had suddenly appeared!
"You're…" she breathes.
"A dragon, I know who you are Princess Levy and why you have come but only those who are worthy may pass" a deep voice comes from the green scaled dragon.
"I understand, what do I have to do?" she asks, she didn't care that she was naked or hurt or hungry and tired, she would do anything to have the power she needed to help her people.
Tell me what you guys think! Sorry you have to wait a few days to find out what happens.