Chapter 18

Diaspro pov

I woke up feeling like I had been fighting for my life. I couldn't remember what happened about but I knew I had escaped fate. I was covered in sweat and bandages and this place smelled like a murder scene or a sewer, I'd been near both and they both had an unrivaled sickly sweet rotting smell that never truly escaped your nostrils. I still hadn't opened my eyes because I knew this wasn't home. Home. Suddenly I remembered my family was gone and how they died, I remembered saving Rana's spirit and I remembered Maloret killing me.

I heard a whimper across the room and I chose then to open my eyes and look. A girl with fuschia hair and a white cat lay chained to the wall to the left side of my bed. I was about to get up when I realized I was chained to the bed. Suddenly I started hearing footsteps coming toward the room then the mechanism to the door clicked, a man who was obviously the source of the rotting smell walked in, his eyes were stuck in an unnatural wideness while the rest of him was strangely clean cut and proper.

Ivan: "I'm sorry dearie, about the cuffs. KUROHEBI! get the keys! so we can treat our guest properly."

Watching him smile made me uneasy and I knew why when along with the keys a collar covered in runes was brought. I wasn't going anywhere.

Rana pov

I sat in the infirmary most of the night watching Jet and Wendy sleep so to speak. Earlier porlyusica worked to heal some of the damage to my eyes so now I could see splotches of color instead of just black. It was interesting… It had been awhile since i'd seen colors and they were more vibrant than I remembered. She said that when Wendy's arm healed she could finish the job. I missed seeing for a long time and now I had a chance to get it back and it was almost unreal.

I still hadn't moved into fairy hills or gotten my stamp so I stayed here when I wasn't roaming. I was debating on heading to the music store when it opened later today. I wasn't sure exactly where it was but I'd find it eventually, for now it was quiet here and other than their snoring it felt comfortable. Eventually I started hearing noise from downstairs and I decided to leave my unofficial post to find out what was going on.

Once downstairs I smelled liquor and loaded mashed potatoes coming from the kitchen. It was bright and it felt strange to have to squint at a light.

Makarov: "Rana what a surprise, are you alright?"

I could hear the warmth in the old man's tone. It helped me maintain my peace so to speak but I felt almost completely overwhelmed.

Rana: "I'm fine sir… is there any luck with finding Carla?"

Makarov: "I'm afraid not… Chelia is still missing as well."

I felt my breath hitch and my heart beat faster. I was close to loosing the little sanity I had left after everything that had happened.

Rana: "I wish I could've done something to stop it…"

Makarov: "Child I'm happy you saved one of my children and if you hadn't Wendy would've been in danger… speaking of which how's Jet?"

I thought about how he was when I was last near him. The lanky man was fine, just drained.

Rana: "he's resting… I drained off almost all his magic when he touched me… Porlyusica said he should be up tomorrow."

Makarov: "I'm glad he's alright as well."

Rana: "yeah."

Gajeel pov

He was runnin in circles. He saw a woman with black hair and blue eyes following him, she was built, tall and laughing. They were playing in the grass and being crazy. He knew it was a memory not just a dream, he'd had it first as a child with metalicana and over time it faded until he joined fairy tail when it became vivid again. It was memory he didn't like despite how it started. Sometimes he'd get lucky and it would be a different but similar memory but that ain't happening this time. They ran into the house past a couple people playing the piano together and another painting a picture. He ran to the next room where a man with black hair stood and fell into him.

The man with black hair: "Get up… I SAID GET UP!"

The woman pushed him behind her after he got up.

The woman with black hair: "Ackie, he was just playing."

The man with black hair: "He's just a brat… I should teach him a lesson."

He felt the fear prickle at his spine. He felt the magic power in the room spike and the man's hair started to turn a blueish white.

The woman with black hair: "You will not hurt your brother Ackie… Do you hear me?! … why are your bags packed?"

His brother didn't answer her questions. Suddenly he woke to his home in pieces. He was covered in cuts and bruises but he didn't care, he ran up to the woman but she didn't move no matter how hard he tried to wake her. The man from the piano earlier was on the ground near them with his red eyes open and blank. BOOM.The girl that painted and the girl at the piano were fighting his brother and they were winning until he directed his magic toward him.

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