26 - power of the fairies

The forest whispered a lullaby as Sinder and Isah laid in the grass, facing the clear starry sky. "Isah?" Sinder said softly. "Are you asleep?" The girl shifted in the grass before answering: "yes." Sinder grinned as he reached out to poke her. " you shouldn't lie to your brother." He said as he tickled her. She started laughing but abruptly stopped and started coughing loudly. "Are you ok?" Sinder asked worriedly. She nodded. "It's just a cold." He didn't believe her. There had been no bad or cold weather for days. What if her body wasn't strong enough to handle her fathers powers after all? He snapped out of it as Isah poked with her finger in his cheek. "Sin, what's wrong? You look worried." He shifted and turned his face towards her. "It's nothing, I was just thinking about the fact that I missed today's diner..." Isah gasped as she grabbed her stomach. "I missed mine too! No wonder I'm so hungry!" They looked each other in the eyes,when the sound of a rumbling belly broke the silence. They bursted out into laughter.

Suddenly, nearby a bush rustled slightly. By a human this wouldn't have been noticed, but both were demons with exceptional hearing ability. "Isah..." Sinder laid his hand on her mouth to silence her. "We're not alone.." He jumped up and gestured at Isah to do the same, when he realized she couldn't use her legs. He tried to lift her up, when all of a sudden she pushed him away screaming: "watch out!" He tumbled onto the grass and watched how the girl got hit by a familiar magic. "Isah!" He yelled as she got a blank hit, sending her a few meters away.

"Darn!" He heard, and he turned around to see Myrell standing a few meters away from him. The demon ignored Sinder and quickly ran towards the girl lying motionless on the ground. She lifted the girl up a bit, trying to awake her by gently shaking her. "Hey, wake up Isah!" She cursed again. "If Abbadon finds out I hurt the body..." She turned around to Sinder with flaming eyes. "You piece of shit... This is your fault!" She lunged at the boy with the knife always present in her belt and managed to scratch his face. Sinder crawled backwards with his hands in front of his vital spots. She spinned and moved her knife with her in a whirlpool of death. It hit him on his right arm, tearing his flesh and his sleeve. "It hurts.." Sinder whispered through his gritted teeth. Just when Myrell was about to land another hit, a hoarse voice reached them. "Stop it!" Isah yelled, trying to lift herself up but failing. She fell back on the ground and tried to look at them. "Stop hurting him!" She yelled. "Myrell, I beg you!" The demonic brunette frowned in surprise and look led from Sinder to Isah and back. "Why would you care? He's just a failure. If you're not born demon here, you should just die." Isahs eyes lit up in anger and she pushed herself on her feet. "Isah, you shouldn't be standing-"

"Shut up!" Isah shouted, startling the boy. A green aura surrounded the girl and made her hair float around her head. "Myrell, Sinder is our friggin brother! How could you say something like that?! It may be true that he doesn't look like a demon, but you never even gave him a chance! He could be really powerful without you even knowing, just because his appearance doesn't fit!" She hissed at Myrell. "Honestly, you're my sister, but right now, you disgust me. Aren't big sisters supposed to protect their younger siblings?! Isn't that the reason why they're born first?! In my opinion, you are all just jealous of Sinder. Because he could live a normal live due to his appearance if he wanted to." Isah panted after her long speech, and her panting was the only thing to be heard during the following moments. Even the woods seemed to stay silent.

"Isah, you don't understand-"

"No, I do." She said stubbornly. "He's my brother, so I protected him. Then he helped me because I'm his sister. It's how it's supposed to be." Myrell rolled her eyes. "Oh sure lets all get along with the failure nothing wrong with that." Isah turned around and glared at her in pure rage. "You... You're such a heartless, cold, and mean person! If someone would take your demon-side away there would be nothing left! I am disgusted to be your sister." Myrell's eyes widened. "Well good for you then I'm not your sister!" She quickly shut herself up by folding her hands over her mouth. Isah took a hesitant step in her direction. " No sisters? What do you mean with that?" Isah stumbled back in confusion. "Myrell, stop messing with me, this isn't funny." Myrell looked at her with a scared expression. "Mai?" She started crying. "Then what about all the memories we share? That time we stalked a deer for a whole day, when we went to the village in a disguise and actually made FRIENDS. Our birthdays..." Myrell shook her head. "Isah, they're fake."

"They're not! Isah screamed. "I know they're not!" This was when Myrell turned towards Isah and held a magic tool in front of her. "Sinder, close your eyes." He did as she said without thinking twice. He noticed a bright light through his eyelids. "You can open them up again." He opened his eyes, and saw Isah laying on the ground, her hair completely black now. She was unconcious, and for a short moment Sinder thought she was dead. Then he noticed that her chest was slowly rising and falling. Myrell walked up towards her and kneeled next to her. "Sinder?" He said without turning around. "She won't have any memories about what happened these last weeks with us. She's nothing more than a puppet now. She turned around, and Sinder saw to his confusion how tears streamed down her face. "We will have to lock her up. She's nothing but a fighting machine now..." He looked at her in shock. "How could you do this?! Isn't she your friend?!" She studied her hands and she gritted her teeth. "Sin, I'm sorry... Isah is right, you're my precious little brother, and it's my job to protect you." Sinder was even more shocked right now. "Sin, I'm serious." She looked up at him and smiled through her tears. "Let's be friends, little brother."

The moon was high in the sky and fairytail's light was still lit. The guild had been up all night after a big discovery by Alzack and Bisca. When they were out on a mission in the north of Fiore, they had heard rumors of a guild of demons living in a desolate village in a huge, dark forest. They knew the chances of it being Dead Crow where high, but with just the two of them, they wouldn't be able to do anything. So they went back to magnolia and now they were making a plan to invade the village.

"We already know that these woods are home to pintou hounds. Deadly, magic beasts whose bites infect you with a curse so strong it would take one of the ten saints to lift it. There are also watch crows, which are likely to keep an eye on everything that comes to close to the village. This means we have to go in groups to minimize the chances of getting into trouble. Please promise not to do anything reckless, my children." Master makarov said as he stood at the head of a giant table with a map of Fiore on it, the guild surrounding him. "For Isah!" He yelled throwing his fist in the air. "For Isah!" The others yelled with him.

"For Isah!" Gray yelled with the others. It was strange to yell 'for Isah' when she was already dead. He knew it was more than a year ago since she passed away, but it still hurt every time someone brought it up. He would avenge her. He would freeze those fucking bastards to death, he would- "Gray-sama? Are you OK?" Lucy asked worriedly. "You look ill, should I get you something from the infirmary?" He turned to her and snapped. "Are you an idiot?! I'm perfectly fine! I would be far off if I had to receive any of YOUR care. So shut up and leave me alone!" It startled lucy, and he immediately knew that he had been an idiot. "Droopy-eyes, what the hell did Lucy do to you?!" And of course it turned into a all-out fight as always. However, this time was different. He didn't land a single punch on anyone, and only sloppily dodged Natsu's attacks. When he walked home, natsu stood next to Lucy, who worriedly looked at the disappearing gray. "Lucy, you're right." Natsu said as he pulled her a bit closer to him. "There is something very wrong with gray."

Gray looked through the window and watched how a lone stray cat crossed the dark street. He sighed and walked to his bed. His clothes were already gone, he didn't knew if it happened at the guild or at his house. He couldn't care less. He dropped himself on his bed and soon after fell asleep.

"Gray!" This voice was painfully familiar. He stood in a vast field, nothing else than flowers and grass to be seen. "Gray, I'm here!" He turned around and saw Isah sitting on a swing in the middle of the field. She was wearing a beautiful baby blue dress with a leather belt wrapped around her waist. "Come here, nii! I haven't talked to you in months!" This made his heart skip a beat. He had nightmares about her every night, but yet she said this. And it looked so nice here... No, he thought, I'm sure it's just another nightmare. "Nii, stop looking like that, it makes you look old." She giggled. So realistic...

He sat next to her on a second swing, and slowly rocked forth and back in the same rhythm as her. "So, what do you want to say, gray?" She asked. "I can tell you have something on your mind." He sighed and decided to be straightforward. "Isah, you died a year ago." She stopped swinging by putting her feet deep into the ground. She looked to the ground and strangled the swings ropes with her hands. She looked up at him suddenly and smiled. "I see, so that's why I'm here, huh?" His throat felt sore. "Isah... I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you..it's my fault you died." Isah shook her head. "I don't think it is.. unless you killed me with your own hands, it wasn't your fault gray." Suddenly she grabbed her head, and moaned. Grays heard skipped a beat, and he knew that the next thing coming would be something horrific that would make him wake up. He was wrong.

"Nii..." She moaned. "I- oh god.." She started falling backwards, and gray made a leap to catch her. "Easy, brat... What's wrong?" He knew this wasn't real, but to be able to hold her in his arms again... "Gray... Don't dare to wake up now, you have to know this." She said desperate. He looked confused. "I know you're thinking it's all a dream, but it's not! Gray, please believe me and listen!" He seemed to be thinking and quickly answered. "Sure, brat." Now she was confused. "No way you believe me, gray." He grinned. "I promised myself I would never doubt you or your choices, so I guess I have no choice..." He hugged her with his eyes all watery. "I missed you so much, Isah." She hugged him back. "Gray..." Then she pushed him away. "Gray, I trust only you with this information, and I shouldn't even tell you about it, so listen close cuz I'll say it once.." He lifted her up bridal style when he noticed the swing was gone. Guess we'll just have to sit in the grass then. He put her down again and sat in front of her. He noticed how she... grew up a bit. With a blush, he said "so you age even in heaven, huh?" Isahs head turned red and she knocked her fist on the top of his head. "Pervert!" She pouted. He smiled at her. Suddenly, she stopped pouting. "Why wouldn't I age, gray?" His smile disappeared and he gritted his teeth. "Isah, you're dea-" she jumped on her feet. "I'm not!" She yelled, upsetting gray. "Brat, you died in my fucking arms. I held you for an hour until I was sure you were really dead.. I saw how they put the nails in your coffin, how they lowered you in your grave, I visited it every day, I-"

"Gray." She said. She wept a tear away from his cheek. "I'm alive."

"You're- so this is a dream after all." He said with a hurt expression. "No I'm- gray just shut up!" She startled him with her sudden outburst and noticed how easy his emotions showed compared to usual. "Gray, I didn't die. My mind was sent back to my own dimension making it look as if I died." He jumped up as if stung by a bee and yelled "What?!"

The whole night, she told him about her life after her 'death', and he listened with pricked ears. After that, he gave her a big hug, refusing to let her go. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all that alone..." He whispered in her ear. She snuggled herself up to his bare chest. "Gray, your clothes!" She tried to jump backwards, but he kept her in place and hugged her even tighter. "Pervert!" She slammed her fist into his chest. Then she stopped struggling and laid her head against his chest. "Gray, I'm alive, but right now I'm dying." His heart skipped a beat and he hugged her closer. "Not with me alive and kicking." He said. "I'll protect you for sure." He felt how his chest got wet, and when he looked down he saw Isah silently crying against him. "Gray..." She sniffed, hugging him closer. "I'm scared.." It brought him back to when she 'died'. "Don't worry little sis, you're going to be just fine, I promise." He hoped she would. Losing her a second time, he didn't think he could handle that. She looked up at him. "Gray, at the moment, I'm only slightly connected to my own body. The demon Abbadon is still adjusting to my body, and as soon as he is done, I'll be disconnected and I'll die." He got startled of how close she was to dying. "Gray, I'll be there to guide you. The place which you thought was our hideout, is indeed the home of Dead crow. However, in about one week from now, Abbadon will be done, and I'll die. I don't even know if it's possible to make it." Gray grinned at her. "We're fairies, we can do everything!"

When gray woke up, it was already noon. His heart bumped even faster when he thought back of tonight. She was alive! He wanted to go to the guild as soon as he could to tell them he was going there, no breaks allowed. This was the life of his sister being at stakes.

dear readers,

I'm terrible at updating on time, so sorry for that!

please don't think I dropped the story.

I love writing on it!

xxxx Tinyss