I'M SO SO SO SO SOOOOOO SORRY THIS TOOK SO FREAKIN' LONG! It took a lot longer than I thought it would, but that's probably because I am editing my original chapter to make it sound better while I type it. Plus I'm just being incredibly lazy! I also add in some things, and ocationally take a thing or two out. But I mostly add stuff. Anywhooooo... *Smiles eveilly* Are you ready for me to leave you hanging again!? I'm going to, since...THIS IS THE LAST CHAPTER FOR STORY 2!This where things ACTUALLY start to happen. THE ANTAGONIST (Bad guy) IS FINALLY INTRODUCED! XD! YEY! Can you handle what's up next? Some serious stuff will happen, but of course I am not telling you! HAHA! Anyway. I won't keep you any longer, so...*Drum roll*...CHAPTER 7!
Fun And Games!
"Gajeel?" I barely whisper, taking one step closer to the man who rescued me from Sting. He has his arms crossed lazily, and is looking at the ground with bordom. When I say his name, he looks up, uncrossing his arms. His eyes widen as he takes a look at me.
"Cyrus?" He asks, not daring to move a hair. Natsu bursts from the bushes behind me, gasping or air just as Gajeel and I freak out symultaniously.
"WHOA!" Gajeel and I yell in sync, throwing our arms in the air.
"Is it really...?" I start.
"Are you...?" He stutters.
"GAAAHH!" We cry, and I jump at him. He's gotten so much taller than the last time I saw him. So much taller that I have to jump to hug him properly, instead of around the waist. I laugh as he spins around, hugging me back.
"You've had a growth spurt while we were separated!" I giggle, and he sets me down. "It's been so long! AND SO IS YOUR HAIR!" I gasp, grabbing a lock of his super long spiky hair. "What else got longer about you while I was away!?" I joke.
"Nothing. You've guessed everything." He jokes back. "Do you still have my feather?"
"ALWAYS! My necklace?" I point at him like a mother would to their child.
"Yup." He pulls the necklace from his pocket, showing how well he's taken care of it. The chain shines with fresh furnishing. I pull out his feather, from his shoulder piece, that I had won in an assesment, before Universe died. The feather looks as though I had just plucket the most perfect feather from a raven two minutes ago.
We freeze, remembering that Natsu's watching us. Slowly we turn to face him. I laugh nervously, and Gajeel instantly puts on his usual face. Hasn't changed from when I last saw him. One of the things that will never change.
"What the...? How do you...? How is this...? You guys actually...? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTT?" Natsu stutters in complete confusion. So much confusion, that his eye twitches involuntarily.
Once I finish excplaining to Natsu how Gajeel and I know each other (Not including how we got separated.), Natsu nods slowly, happy with the explaination.
"Oooooooooooooooooooookaaaaaayyy. I get it. Buuuuuuuuuttt...What happened? I heard you scream for me, so I came running, but when I got here, everything was fine and dandy." Natsu stares at me for an answer.
"So you did hear me. I didn't think you did. Well, what happened was..." I explain, "This guy as following me, but he caught me when I tried to get away. He said his name was Sting. The butte head was trying to kidnap me, so I screamed for you. I stopped, because his was squeezing me so tight I could barely breathe. Then Gajeel showed up, whooped Sting's butte, then everything was honky dory." I finish.
"Honky dory? You're still using that?" Gajeel pokes my arm with his elbow.
"S-S-Sting? From Sabertooth?" Natsu's face is pure rage. I swear he's going to spontaniously combust at any second. And it's fully possible for him to do that too! (I love saying spontaineously combust!)
"That's the guy." Gajeel nods. Then it happens. Natsu spontaniously combusts. Flames are spewing everywhere.
"I'LL KILL THAT RAT! HOW DARE HE TRY TO KIDNAP A FRIEND OF MINE! I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" Natsu flailes his arms around, spitting fire as he speaks. "I'm going to hunt him down, wait till he's asleep, then set his house on fire, killing him in the proccess..." As he rambles on and on at how and when he's going to kill Sting, whome Natsu has given many unmeantionable names to, Gajeel and I glance at each other, each of us with an eyebrow raised. I smile, silently laughing.
"Is he going to be okay?" I laugh.
"In a while." Gajeel huffs. "Natsu! Knock it off!" He yells, making Natsu freeze, flames disappearing. Suddenly they bang heads, both growling like angry dogs.
"Who says I have to, Bag of Bolts!?" Natsu yells.
"I did, Fire Place!" Gajeel yells back. More growling.
"Uh, guys?" I raise my hand like a student would, stoping the outbreak of a fight. "I'm perfectly fine, Sting's gone, and it's late. There's nothing to fight about. But you know. You can keep fighting like preschool kids if you want." I manage to speak seriously when I make fun of them. With heads still pressed together the turn their heads to glare at me.
"Preschool?" Gajeel questions.
"Kids?" Natsu smiles mischieviously at Gajeel. "Preschool kids she says?" Gajeel catches on, and descides to play along. 'Oh, crud! What did I just get myself into!? It's the end of the world as we know it!' Gajeel gives me that all too familiar evil smirk of a smile. Natsu Smiles darkly, and they start to creap towards me.
"Guys? What are you doing?" I stick out my arms to say stop, backing away a step with each step they take closer. Then Gajeel runs at me.
"GET HER!" Natsu shouts, following Gajeel's lead. I scream, and try to run, but Gajeel picks me up off the ground by my waist. With me two feet off the ground, I squrim and twist to escape, but Gajeel holds strong. After much struggle, They get me to a laying position, my head on Gajeel's lap. Natsu sits on my legs as Gajeel holds my arms up by my wrists.
"Get her sides and arm-pits! She's most tickle-ish there!" Gajeel commands Natsu.
"WHAT!?" I squeak, and Natsu, grinning madly, slowly reaches for my sides. "No! NO NO NO NO NO NO! Please! Please..." I squeeze my eyes shut. They're not going to stop. Not now. I brace myself, forcing down a gasp when I feel Natsu's fingers touch my sides. He wiggles them back andf forth, sending that feeling you get from being tickled through me. It's unbarable. It takes two seconds for me to crack.
"She's cracking up! Keep going!" Gajeel encourages Natsu. Laughing himself, Natsu tickles me more, moving back and forth between my sides and arm pits. I squirm around to try and free my arms, but I can't take it anymore. I burst out laughing, tears streaming down my cheeks. I laugh so hard, that I can't breathe anymore.
"YES! WE GOT HER! Mission acomplished." Gajeel smiles broadly.
"S-stop..." I whisper through my laughter, pain from laughing so much shooting up and down my sides. Natsu stops tickling me, falling on to his back. He's laughing too hard to continue. Gajeel releases me, and I flop to my back once he moves away. I gasp for air, still laughing, grabbing my sides.
"Cyrus?" Natsu forces out between laughs, "You...have the...best laugh...I've ever heard." This makes me laugh more. When we finally calm down enough to catch our breath, we look at each other. Wrong thing to do. We burst out laughing again, and Gajeel rolls his eyes, trying not to laugh himself. I bet we look stupid, rolling on the ground, laughing like retards.
After a while, we settle down enough to actually look at each other without laughing.
"Cyrus, where are you staying at right now?" Gajeel speaks, getting Natsu and I's attention away from laughing more.
"Natsu's place." I replie curtly. "I just joined Fairy Tail...Saaaayyy...If you two know each other...Gajeel, are you in Fairy Tail too!?" I jump to my feet. He nods, and I do a cart-wheel, cheering. "I'll get to see my big bro every DAY!"
"Big...bro?" Natsu stares at me, a bit of fear in his eyes. I bet he's thinking something like "They're brother and sister? But they look nothing alike!" Or "Another Gajeel, only one's more fun?" I can see it on his face. He's thinking that.
"Oh, that's just what I call him. He's like one too!" I playfully punch Gajeel on the arm. He glances down at me. "Only a brother that's BORING!" I say "boring" louder for emphasis, standing on tip toes, smiling cheeckily up at him.
"And you're just like an annoying little sister, who always gets on my nerves." Gajeel glares at me.
"I can see why you say that." Natsu agrees, "You fight like a brother and sister too!" I suddenly realize how dark it's gotten, crickets chirping loudly.
"Wow, it's gotten dark fast!" I tilt my head back, so I can gaze at the twinkling stars that are just starting to show up.
"We should be getting back then." Natsu points out.
"Mmm. See you tomorrow, Big Bro?" I face Gajeel again.
"Mmm, Squirt." Gajeel nods, fading into the shadows as he leaves. Then Natsu and I make our way back to his place.
Time Skip:
The next morning...
I wake up to Happy lightly tapping my shoulder. I sit up sleepily, and feel a hot tray be layed on my lap.
"Wha?" My vision slowly focuses on the tray, full of food.
"Breakfast." Happy states. "Natsu's gone, but he left a note, saying he wanted me to make you breakfast. He said he was going to do something with Lucy that he can't tell me about."
"Oh, okay. Thanks for the breakfast in bed, Happy. It smells delicious." I grab the fork, and start to eat. With me not being fully awake, I don't think of what Natsu couldn't tell Happy about.
Once I finish my breakfast in bed, I clean the mountain of dishes from last night's snack. (Key word there 'SNACK'!) It takes me an hour and a half just to clean and rinse off the dishes. Let alone dry them and put them away! After I have all of the dishes cleaned and put away, I get my stuff to shower. I am about to step into the shower, but a sticky note is stuck to the door at my eye level.
Dear Cyrus,
At 5:00 PM, meet me at the guild hall. But don't come before then. Stay here and relax, and make sure Happy stays with you. I don't want him finding out something then telling you.
-Natsu
I lay the note on my change of clothes, and get in the shower, thinking of what the note said. 'What is it that I can't find out about? What is that crazy kid up to? It's obviously a surprise for me, but what kind of surprise?' I mutter to myself and let my thoughts run wild. For the rest of the day, I laze around, sing, clean while humming, and talk to Happy. Finally, 4:45 rolls around.
"Come on, Happy! Natsu said to meet us at the guild at 5!" I yell.
"But its not 5 yet!" Happy whines back.
"And what do you have to do?" I raise my eyebrows at him defiantly.
"Uh, well...I...uuuuhh..." He stutters.
"That's what I thought. And I'm only leaving early so we can get there at 5 instead of twenty to thirty minutes after. I also knew that you would take forever to get out of the house, so I started to pester you sooner too!" I smile smugly as Happy flies over to me. He lands on my head.
"I'm ready to go now." He sighs. "Your hair's softer than I thought it was." He mumbles, then falls asleep.
"Woooooooww..." I whisper, "Out like a light when he did nothing all day." I roll my eyes and make my way to the guild hall.
As I walk up the steps to the guild hall, I realize how quiet it is. 'Strange. Usually there's a lot of noise, not quiet like time's frozen!' I think to myself, raising an eyebrow, and open the big doors, finding only Mirajane, Master, Erza, and Natsu. They seem to be waiting for me.
"Okay. What's this whole strange note and relaxing all day at your house about, Natsu? What was it that you couldn't even tell Happy?" As I speak, Happy slowly slides off my head, onto my face, then flies sleepily to Natsu. Natsu nods to Erza, setting Happy on a chair.
"You know what to do, Erza." He gestures to me. My eyes widen, and Erza nods, walking towards me.
"What are you doing this time, Natsu?" I smile nervously, silently beging Erza not to do whatever Natsu has gotten her to do.
With a deathly straight face, Erza grabs my right arm powerfully. There is no way I can get out of this kind of death grip! "Sorry about this, Cyrus." Is all she says, then Mirajane, in her She-Devil form, advances, and blind folds me! I squirm around to get away power beginning to surge through me. They feel it.
"Don't worry, Cyrus." Mira chirps the way she always does. Her voice slightly reassures me, but I'm still nervous of what Natsu has planned. "It's just a surprise, and you can't know how we get there, or you'll possibly figure out what the surprise is!" I relax a bit more.
"Okay...That's understandable. So...We're walking there?"
"We are, but you're not." Natsu's voice chimes in, scaring me at how suddenly close he is.
"WOW! Natsu! How'd you get so close without me knowing? My senses are better than all of yours' are."
"When you walked in, we sprayed you with a spell that makes your senses like regular wizard once your eyes are covered." Mira explains. "You'll be like Erza and I. But you'll be back to normal once we take the blind fold off. And the spell will wear off within ten minutes after the blind fold is gone."
"Okay, but why did you have to go and do that?" I lift my shoulders in confusion.
"You ask too many questions!" Natsu says hurriedly. strong hands grab my waist, then I'm swiftly hoisted up onto a broad, strong shoulder. I scream. "Calm down. It's just me." Natsu mutters, holding my anckle firmly. I slam my hands onto his back, and feel all over his back for his scarf. I brush it, then grab onto it, sighing with relief. "What was with that?" I hear the smile in his voice. My face turns a light pink color. I guess I was being handsy...
"I was just making sure it was you since somebody took away my senses almost entirely! I'm not used to this! I'M USED TO HEARING THINGS THAT ARE 2 MILES AWAY AS THOUGH THEY'RE RIGHT NEXT TO ME!" My voice gives away my scowl. "And do you REALLY have to CARRY me to where ever the HECK we're going!? My legs work just fine you know!"
"Calm your horses, Cyrus! It's not the end of the world." The laugh in Natsu's voice makes me even more angry.
"It is if your friends just blindfolded you, took away your senses, and are carrying you to WHO KNOWS WHERE!" I squeal, elbowing his head.
"OW! Whatch it, will yah!?" He barks.
"NO! I WILL NOT!" I elbow him again, but a bit lighter this time. He gives a small hop, making me lift from his shoulder an inch for just a second, then come back down. I'm slightly surprised by the jolt, and try not to yelp when his shoulder jabs my stomach.
"HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR!?" I squawk, once I recover.
"To make you stop hitting me." He laughs. "And it worked!" I open my mouth to make another remark, but Erza stops me.
"Would both of you just stop it!? I didn't agree to do this just to hear you two bicker!" Erza barks, smacking each of us, in turn, on the head. We both yelp in pain, but I guess we did deserve it.
"Oh, my." Mira giggles.
Suddenly I jump in surprise. "HEY! Whatch your hands, Natsu! MODESTY HERE!" I slap his back as hard as I can, knowing he won't be bothered by it much. I feel my face turn a firey red.
"Sorry." He mumbles.
"Do you see that? They're blushing!" Mira whisper-squeals to Erza, who merely smiles.
After about ten more minutes of being carried around, Mira runs ahead.
"Where's Mira going?" I ask, having heard the deep thumping of her running footsteps.
"Just ahead a bit." Natsu shrugs.
"That's not an answer." I shake my head.
"Too bad, cuz it's the only answer you're getting." He chuckles. I grumble, going limp from bordom with a massive sigh.
"Are we there yeeeeeeeetttt?" I whine/groan after a few more minutes.
"Why? Is your ride not fun?" Natsu laughs.
"No. It's not, because you shoulder is stabbing my gut and it's starting to hurt." I mutter.
"Can you hold out for a few more moments?" He asks, patting my back.
"Don't you pat me." I snap. "But..." I sigh, "I guess I can put up with this for a little longer. But a few moments better mean a few moments, not a few hours!" I mutter grouchily.
Like Natsu said, it takes only a few more moments until we stop. I lift my head up, still blindfolded.
"Are we here?" My voice lighter than before.
"Yes we are." Erza answeres before Natsu can. Carefully, Natsu sets me down, and the blindfold is finally removed. Slowly, my senses feel sharper, and more natural. The spell is already wearing off. I open my eyes, and as they adjust, the whole guild jumps out from behind bushes and trees, screaming "surprise!" at me. I just stare, eyes wide.
"Wha-what is this?" I ask, barely able to take my eyes off the decorations.
"It's a welcoming party for you. Natsu came up with it." Wendy calls, trotting over to me, Carla at her shoulder like usual. "You know. Since you just joined Fairy Tail."
"What are we just standing around for!?" Natsu breaks in, "LET'S PARTY!" He grabs my wrist, and drags me to three long tables set up with a mountain of party food. He pulls me over to the beverage table. "I even got Mira and Lucy to get a WHOLE BUNCH of your favorite drink!" I stare at him, then smell the air. He's right. It is my favorite drink. And no one's let Cana spike it.
"I-It's...Pepsi! Awwwwwwwwwe, and you didn't let Cana spike it! Thank you Natsu!" I hug him so tightly, that I hear him grunt. I let him go and he lays a hand on his chest, gasping slightly.
"I didn't think you could hug that tightly." He squeezes out.
"It's a gift." I giggle. Suddenly, Natsu is barely an inch away from me.
"That...giggle...was...ADORABLE! Do it again!" His wide eyes beg. I can't help but giggle at his face.
"Come on you two!" Lucy's voice breaks our silence. "Let's play Twister!"
"All RIGHT!" I cheer, charging over to the mat. Natsu jumps into the game, along with Lucy, Gray, and Erza who's spinning the wheel. Several times, Lucy and Gray are caught in an awkward moment, but Natsu and I are no different. Once we finish Twister, we play spin the bottle. I, on purpose, sit that one out. I AM NOT GOING TO KISS WHOEVER THE HECK THE BOTTLE LANDS ON! AND THERE AIN'T NO WAY ON EARTH AM I GOING TO LET SOMEONE KISS ME! After spin the bottle, we play night tag, which is a lot more fun than it sounds, as so many members found out. Once we can't run around anymore, Erza requips a kareoke machine.
"Who's going to go first?" She yells, so every one will stop talking and pay attention.
"MIRAJAAAANE!" Everyone yells at the top of their lungs. Mira laughs, but does not object. She gladly strolls to the front where Erza has placed the kareoke machine and microphone. She finds the song 'We are family' (From Ice Age Continental Drift.) Once she's done, Erza goes, then Gray (With a lot of force), Lucy, Macao, Levy, a drunk Cana, and even Natsu and Gajeel! (Although, Gajeel still hasn't perfected his voice in singing yet. XD!)
"Okay. We'll have one last song. Who will it be?" Erza scans the crowd. Many shake their heads, step back, or look away. Erza's gaze lands on Romeo, Macao's son. She walks over to him, then looks him in the eye. "Why don't you pick who goes." With that, Romeo takes the mic. and smiles deviously.
"I think..." He begins slowly, scanning the crowd, "Since this party is for our newest member, she should sing the last song!" The air catches in my throat, making me cough.
"What!?" I yelp after I stop coughing. "ME!?" The crowd goes wild. I start to back away, but Gajeel, Natsu, Gray, and Laxus box me in, pushing me to the mic. and imaginary stage. Gray shoves the mic into my hands as the others melt back into the crowd. Slowly, and shakily, I pic out a song. (Let It Burn-Nightcore) I take a deep breath, and lose myself in the music. It takes only a few seconds to get everyone dancing, with me dancing around myself! Once I finish, walking back to where I was before, Erza takes the mic. again.
"Okay. Everyone split into groups of five to ten. We are going to play a few rounds of Truth or Dare." With no questions asked, everyone quickly finds a group to play in. I'm stuck with Gajeel, Natsu, Juvia, Gray, Biska, and Alzack.
This is how my group's rounds go...
1) Alzack asks Cana what she fears the most.
2) Cana, then dares Juvia to lick Gajeel's arm (Which does NOT go down easily...)
3) Gajeel tells Biska to admit how she feels about Alzack.
4) Then, Biska asks Natsu Truth or Dare...
"So, Natsu...Truth or Dare?" Biska slyly asks. Her voice screams that there's no way that either choice will be good for him.
"I'm not one for mooshy gooshy truths, so dare." Natsu sighs, laying down on the grass. Biska smiles darkly.
"Okay...that's exactly what I wanted to hear." She giggles, and Natsu sits up fast as lightning, fear sparkling in his eyes. "I dare you tooooooo..." She fake thinks for suspence, "Kiss...,on the lips,...CYRUS!" A chourus of "Ooooooooooooo..."s breaks out once the words leave her mouth. Natsu's eyes bulg, jaw dropping. I gasp and start to cough, having swallowed a pine needle that just so happened to be falling by my mouth.
"PASS!" Natsu and I yell in sync. Like robots, the group shakes their heads at us.
"Nope. You have to. It's the rules, and we all did everything we were supposed to." Gajeel grunts.
"Even Juvia did what she was told!" Juvia sobs, "Gajeel tastes really icky..."
Sighing, Gajeel stands and starts to walk towards me after sending a hard glare to Juvia. "Gray, Alzack, hold Natsu down." They obey (With much struggle obviously.) and I slowly try to crawl away. Gajeel notices me trying to sneak away, so he quickly picks me up. (AGIAN WITH BEING CARRIED AROUND!) It happens so fast that a scream slips out of me.
"GAJEEL! PUT! ME! DOWN!" I kick my legs around and beat his back, but like that will do anything!
"Calm down, will yah?" He smirks, "I'm just helping things along, since you want to postpone the inevitable." He explains, referring to Natsu and I's dare. He holds me at least a foot above the ground, by my waist, turns me around to face a nervous Natsu, and I think...aims.
"Now." He huffs. I twist my self around to give him my scariest death glare. It is so intense, that he looks away immediately. Many of the people who see it yelp or panic. One of the girls in another group faints!
"You wouldn't dare..." I growl menacingly, as though I am going to rip his head off, mount it on my wall, then use it as a dart board! Everyone in my goup look at each other nervously.
"Oh, I dare...Sis." He uses his nick name he had given me a long time ago with a sneer, then throws/drops me onto Natsu. I close my eyes the moment Gajeel lets me go, and I crash inevitably into Natsu. Thankfully, we don't kiss. I just land on him, forcing him onto his back from impact. He grunts loudly on contact. Eight "Awwwwwwwe"s break out from the group, but Natsu and I take no notice. We are distracted too much to care, staring at each other.
"Look!" Juvia gasps, pointing at us. We blush red as cherries.
"CUTE!" Lucy squeals, bringing Natsu and I back to reality. Fast as lightning, I jump off him, and we look away from each other with embarassment. I bite my bottom lip and rub my arm. 'How could I have let myself be so exposed like that!?' I scold myself silently.
"Just do it already!" Alzack blurts out with anticipation. I hear a small sigh and turn to see who it was. In a split second, before I am even half way around, someone's lips land on mine. But just as quickly as they had landed, they are gone. I sit rigid, eyes wide from shock. Everyone cheers as I turn 10 shades of red darker. 'Don't tell me Natsu just...' I can't even finish my silent thought. It all happened so fast! My mind can't even register what just happened. Gajeel pokes my cheek.
"I think she's dead." He laughs. "Gray did you freeze her on the spot or something?" The relationship of sibling rivalry brings me out of my frozen state. I leap onto Gajeel, wrestling with him.
"I'm dead you say?" I growl playfully, "Well then I have come back from the dead, so I can pull you back down with me!"
"I don't think so, Squirt!" He wrestles back. Suddenly Erza stands up from her group.
"Alright! It's late, so everyone who wants to stay for our last game, gather around. those who do not want to or can't stay, are excused to go home. Gajeel and I break away from our tussle, and I run over and sit in front of Erza.
"This is a party for me, so you're all stuck with me 'till it's OVER!" I smile widely. Gajeel stands behind me.
"At least you can't object to what you have to do in this next game." He whispers to me, "Cuz Erza's here to make sure it all goes smoothly..." He creepily trials off. I shudder, but stick to my word. 'I'm not gonna chicken out that easily, Gajeel! And you can't do anything about it!' I growl silently. In a few minutes all who are left, besides me, are Natsu, Gajeel, Juvia, Levy, Lucy, Freed, Gray, Erza, and Jellal. (JUST CUZ I CAN!)
"So how this game works is, if you're a boy, you pick out a piece of paper from the girl's bowl." Erza explains, holding up a medium sized, flower designed, bowl with folded pieces of paper in it. "And same goes for girls, only you pick out of the boy's bowl." She holds up a blue bowl the same size as the flowered one. "Each piece of paper has a name. Whose ever name you get, you have to go sit alone with them in our prepared tent for seven minutes." She gestures to a blue one person tent. "Since we don't have a closet for Seven Minutes In Heaven, we substatuted it with a tent that Mirajane so generously let us borrow. So I don't want anything happening to it!" Erza throws a hard glare at Gajeel, Gray, and Natsu. "Okay. Let's begin. Who will go first?" The group all look at each other nervously.
Suddenly, Gajeel grabs the girl's bowl, swishes his hand around disdainfully, then pulls out a paper. He unfolds it, and when he reads the names he almost drops the paper. Everyone leans in to look at his face closer. With a blank face, he drags Levy, who also is blank faced, to the tent.
"I guess he got Levy." Lucy giggles. Three minutes after the time starts, I hear sense something.
"Um, Erza?" I ask, raising my hand a little.
"Yes?" She looks at me curiously.
"C-can Gajeel and Levy come out now?" I nervously ask, knowing how she can be.
"Why? The time has barely started." Now the whole group is watching and listening.
"Th-they just need to come out!" I say louder than I wanted to, the feeling getting stronger, and darker. Natsu is suddenly behind me, mouth near my ear. (HA! THAT RYMED AND I WASN'T TRYING!)
"What's wrong? Do you sense something?" He whispers. He's the only one who really understands the full extent of my powers...ish...It's Natsu!
"Y-yeah." I stutter, trying to stay calm. Him acting like that kind of threw me off a bit. "And it doesn't feel friendly." He nods, moving away.
"I agree with her. They should come out." I smile at him for supporting me.
"What's the problem? I would like to know what is going on." Erza asks, her face becoming scary, like usual when she's serious. Natsu opens his mouth to answer, but I jump to my feet and dash towards the tent. "Cyrus! What are you doing!?" Erza yells. I ignore her. This is too serious. As I run, a thought fills my mind. 'This presence. This energy. This MAGIC! It's dark and evil. And it's going after Gajeel and Levy! WHAT IS THIS!?'
"GAJEEL! LEVY! GET OUT OF THERE!" I scream just as a dark black cloud covers the tent.
"GAJEEL!" Levy screams from inside the tent. I'm half way there. For some reason, something is making it hard to get to the tent. It's pushing me back as I run, so I can't get hardly anywhere!
"LEVY!" Gajeel hollars back. I'm almost there! Just a little farther! BAM! Someone crashes into me, throwing me back. When my body hits the ground, I skid on my back for a few seconds, then whoever crashed into me rolls with me. When we finally stop, I open my eyes, and find that it was Gajeel who I had collided with!
"Gajeel!" I gasp. He jumps up, ready to run to the tent, but I grab his arm. He looks at me, and I catch an ever so small and faint flicker of...fear...in his eyes, but it's quickly replaced by anger and frustration.
"Let go! I need to save Levy!" He pulls against my grip, then stops suddenly. "Th-the...shadow..." He's staring at the tent. Gray slides out of it.
"It's Levy...she's gone!" Gray calls to us. I see the color slightlt drain from Gajeel's face. Something glitters at the edge of his eye, but he whipes his arm across it, and it's gone. Was it a tear!? (SORRY! I know that sounds weird for Gajeel, but just bare it with me! Otay Panky?)
"Gone? WHAT DO YOU MEAN GONE! SHE CAN'T BE GONE!" Gajeel explodes with fury, arms long iron blades. I hold tighter, and dig my feet into the ground. Hopefully I won't be forced to use magic against him. I'm not ready for the others to see it. Not yet.
"Gajeel! Just tell me what happened!" I yell at him. He freezes, then reluctantly begins to explain.
"We were just sitting in there talking, then this dark black cloud thing with purple-ish-red lightning sparking in it just cover the whole tent! I grabbed Levy's hand, but a wall was separating us. I hit it as hard as I could with my Iron Club, but it did nothing. Then our hands slipped away, and all I heard was her screaming my name, then I was thrown out of the tent!" Concerne for the fun smart girl shadows his face.
"Did anyone else see the cloud?" I ask. Everyone shakes their heads, and I hiss. My eyes widen as I think of something. "Wait a minute," I mutter, "this smell...Gajeel! Come here!" I pull his shoulder peice (along with him) to my nose, and suck in a big whiff of its sent, whispering as I smell it more and more. "It's still there..." I murmer ever so quietly.
"What's still there?" Gajeel asks as I release him. I smell the air several times, and answer in between each sniff.
"The...smell...of the...cloud is...still...on your clothes, Gajeel. I think I...can track it...if we...hurry." I gance at him as I continue to smell the air.
Lucy catches everyone's attention, but I continue to search for the sent. "Hey, guys? Have you seen Gray anywhere? He was here just a second ago."
Gray's P.O.V.
When Cyrus jumps up and starts to run towards the tent, I know something is really wrong. Then I hear Levy's scream. I race to get to the tent, and dodge Cyrus as she and Gajeel collide and go flying. There's no time for me to worry about them beng okay. The others will take care of them, but somebody's got to follow the JERK who's kidnapping Levy! As the cloud leaves the tent and starts to disappear into the forest, I sneak after it. I've got to find who's doing this and save Levy. Hopefully Gajeel, Cyrus, and that Flame for Brains can follow my sent trail to where ever this Jerk is taking Levy. It takes five minutes of trailing the cloud, making sure I stay hidding just in case, before it finally comes to a stop beside a tall figure in a long black trench coat with a flaring collar. It appears that this mysterious figure is controlling the cloud with some sort of dark magic. I can't make out his face, because it's shrouded with shadows. He pinches the edge of the right side of his flaring trench coat collar, and speaks to it.
"I have the girl, Boss. Shall I return to the base? Or wait until they start to follow? You know the sent of this spell fades quickly." He pauses, and a deep, fuzzy voice answers quietly, and I can barely hear.
"Return to base. Knowing young Dragonfly, she'll already be trying to find her friend. You did kidnap her in front of everyone like I asked didn't you?" The voice becomes slightly menacing.
"Of course. I shall be back by sunrise, Sir." The man answers, then releases his coat collar, and begins to walk to the North-West. The cloud follows as though it's a loyal dog. 'He has Levy! But who the heck is he? And who was he talking to?' I think darkly, quietly beginning to trail the strange man. My thoughts darken, and what I was hoping to happen seems like a bad idea now. 'How does he know Cyrus? Wait. He's just using Levy as a dekoy, so he and his boss can get to Cyrus! Now I really wish I hadn't come. Cyrus will be in this thing until the end! She'll be walking right into these guys's trap! But if I hadn't come, they may never be able to find Levy! What if more of us get captured! Then we'll be used as more bait to get her! Whatever the case...we need to get Levy back.'
BOOM! END OF CHAPTER! Is the suspence killing you yet? You may have just skipped this too because the suspence is so strong! XD! Any way. Again with the million sorries about this taking forever to be posted. When March break gets here...oh,...I'll be posting like a mad man if I can help it! But until then, you'll be on halt with suspencion at your side until I post chapter one of story 3! HAHA! FEAR ME AND MY WAYS OF SUSPENCE! Please review if you liked this chapter! SEE YOU IN THE NEXT STORY! XD!