Chapter Fourteen - Freed, Part One

I frowned at the scene before me.

In a lavish mansion, Freed Justine was being yelled at by his father about his desire to practice magic.

Honestly, it wasn't all that dissimilar to Lucy's situation. Given Freed's stuffy manner of dress (not to mention his longer hair), I wasn't surprised he was from a wealthy or noble family.

His father still surprised me, though. "If you love magic so much, why don't I just disown you? You can join one of those wizard guilds and become a mage," he sneered down at his seven year old son.

"Then perhaps I will!" Freed said coldly, leaving the room and angrily walking to his.

Wanting to be super badass and mysterious, I immediately stopped astral projecting and took my helmet off, before teleporting into his room.

I sat quietly on his bed as the stomping of feet came closer, and Freed burst through the door and shut it behind him, without even seeing me.

"Hello," I said plainly.

"Ahhhh!" he yelled, jumping into the air.

I giggled. Freed was so composed in the future, it was hilarious seeing him act as a child.

"Hello," I repeated. "I heard you're looking to join a wizard guild?"

He stared at me.

I stared at him.

"How did you come by that information?" he asked.

"Magic. Duh," I told him.

He got this look on his face, (a look I've seen a lot at the guild,) that I'm starting to associate as the 'Oh great, Elle's being Elle again' look.

"Anyway," I said, ignoring his look. "I'm here to help you run away!"

"Run away?" he asked.

"Yeah," I told him. "That's what you want, right? To get away from this stuffy place, to have friends, and have fun, and practice magic! So I'm here to take you to my guild."

Slowly, he came and sat down next to me. "Will…you tell me about it?"

"If you tell me about your magic."

His hand tightened on the sword on his belt; the same sword, I noticed, that he had in the future. Though it looked rather large for him now, because of his size. "My tutor, who knew I wanted to learn magic, gave me this sword as a gift, so I could write runes. I practice Rune Magic. Father was threatening to take away my sword, maybe even break it. Then I couldn't practice magic."

Wait. Did that mean that Freed was actually a holder mage?

You know what, it doesn't matter. Get your head in the game, Elle.

"I belong to the wizard guild Fairy Tail," I told him. "It's a wonderful place, and it's more than a guild; it's a family. A home. All of the members fight for each other, and support one another."

I turned to look at him directly. "You don't have to worry about being the only kid. I'm there, of course, and there are also three other girls, all who are younger than you. There's a boy, too, his name is Laxus. He's eleven and super strong. And don't let his attitude fool you, he's very kind and cares about us all. He would gladly hurt others to keep us safe."

Freed was engrossed with my every word.

"Two of the girls, Levy and Juvia, are both five. Despite that, they're pretty proficient at magic, even though Levy only started a few weeks ago. Juvia was born with her magic, and she's becoming quite skilled in it. Cana is six, and she's been in the guild the longest. She's strong, and very bold. Levy is an excited little muffin, and Juvia tends to be shy at first, but adjusts fairly quickly now. Levy also loves to read, and I'm sure you two will get along great! We would love to have you join. And until you can actively support yourself, all of your basic needs are taken care of. We'll give you a place to stay, and keep you fed and watered. I know Laxus especially would like someone who is not a girl, seeing as he's surrounded by them."

"Laxus," he whispered. "Levy…Juvia…Cana."

"You'll probably have to dumb down some of your vocabulary for them," I told him, smiling. "Levy might be able to understand you, but she's also two years younger than you."

He nodded. "Not everyone has been supplied with tutoring as I have." He turned to me. "May I see your guild mark,…what is your name?"

"My full name is Eleanor," I said, taking off my jacket and showing him the Fairy Tail sign on my back. "And I will take just about any variation of the name except for the original. I tend to go by Elle."

He gave me a good, long look, before he went down on one knee as if he was going to propose, and held his sword down in front of him. "Very well, Ella-sama, I shall join you on your quest. My sword is yours to command. Please take me to your guild."

Well that was the first 'Ella' I'd gotten, but I suppose to him it probably sounds more refined. Oh well.

I put a hand on his arm. "Freed," I told him. "You don't need to be so formal. We're going to be a family! You are my nakama now."

He shook his head, remaining adamantly stubborn. "No, I shall refer to you as Ella-sama."

"Freed…" I sighed.

"Either that or Ella-hime, your choice."

Ella-hime? He wanted to go around, calling me Princess Ella in front of other people?

"Fine," I told him. "You may call me Ella-sama. Now, what would you like to take with you?"

"My library, if possible."

"Do you mean the family library, or the books in here?" I asked him.

"The books in here," he said. "Although…"

"Relax," I told him. "You're going to run away; you haven't been kicked out. Which means you can take what you need. I suggest you take some Jewel for you as well, as you probably won't start working as a mage for a while. Even though you won't need to worry about a lot of things, it's still nice to have some cash on hand."

He nodded. "Understood, Ella-sama."

I patted his shoulder. "Get what you want from your library, and try to get Jewel if you can. If you can't, I can help you get some later, and I have a few ideas to help you get more money, too. I'll pack."

He looked at me curiously. "How will you know what to take?"

I blinked at him. "I was gonna take all of it. Is there something you want to leave behind?"

He shook his head. "No, but I thought it'd be hard to sneak out of here with all my things."

I smirked. "For normal people, yes. For me…no. Now, go get your books."

Freed left the room and I started requipping his things into my storage space, which was about the size of a decent living room – maybe somewhere between 30 and 30 feet?

Which was good, because Freed had more things than Levy.

And I was still carrying most of the things from Levy's shop.

I started with his clothes, moving into the walk in closet.

Geez, it was huge, and it was all fancy stuff. Well, at least we can sell what he doesn't want as costumes or something. And he'll grow out of them all eventually.

Finishing with the closet, I went to the dresser, and requipped that too.

Geez, I think he had more clothes than Lucy.

Well, that's probably not true but holy shit, there are a lot of clothes.

I sighed and turned to the bed, wrapping it up in everything it needed, and requipping that as well (which was hard. That bed was huge).

Following that, I went up to the bookcases which were (unfortunately) built into the wall. Sighing, I started to requip each shelf individually. I was able to at least get them in rows. If I had to requip every single book one by one I think I'd go crazy.

I had just finished emptying the room of things (I even took the curtains, hehehe), when Freed came back in.

"How…how on earth did you do all this? Where did it all go?" he gasped.

I smiled at him. "I basically put it in a pocket dimension."

"You were able to requip my entire room?"

Oh, right. Scholar. Of course he knows what requip means.

"Yep. You have the books you want?"

He nodded. "I also managed to take all of the hidden cash in the library."

I nodded as I took the books and requipped them. "Cool, keep that on you. Is there anything else you want to do before we leave?"

He shook his head.

I held out my arm. "Then hold on."

Hesitantly, he reached out, and took it.

And we left his life behind.

Sorry about the wait. Thank you all for your wonderful reviews, and your guesses, even if you were wrong! :) Unfortunately, most of the main characters won't be coming in for awhile because of when they started learning magic. You'll mostly be seeing characters who back stories aren't known, because I can bring them in now.

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