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My Worst Fears Brought To Life...
Narrorator's P.O.V
Lucy stares at Cyrus' frozen and stiff body. "What's wrong with her? Her eyes are weird. They're like...glowing or something." She ponders in confusion. "Jellal? Freed? Have you guys got anything yet?" She nervously glances at Cyrus then Jellal and Freed, then back to Cyrus again, ready to chew her nails. Leaning in close to Cyrus' face, Freed squints with hardcore consentration.
"Hmm...It appears that there is some form of connection of her magic energy and some other being's magic energy..." He steps back to make room for Jellal to take a look.
"I would have to agree." Jellal nods, moving closer to scrutinize Cyrus' glowing eyes. "But I wish to know why her eyes are glowing like this."
"Could she be recieving a message through a magic energy connection?" Lucy mutters to herself. Jellal and Freed turn to stare at her. "I remember reading a book about magic energy." She explains, "It was in the section for telepathy. Because Telepathy is a connection of two or more peoples' mind voices through magic energy, it had a part where it was a message instead of a conversation."
"How does that apply here? That does not explain the glowing eyes." Jellal points out. "But it may solve what is going on within Cyrus' body right now." Off to the side, a fair distance from the group, Natsu is growling, breathing sparks of fire and punching trees in frustration and impatience.
"That's it!" Freed exclaims, holding his arms out as if he is holding an invisible TV.
"What is?" Lucy cocks an eyebrow.
"She's receiving a message for sure. But I know what kind of message and it explains why her eyes are glowing!" He smiles wide and Jellal catches on immediately. "She's receiving..."
"A vision!" Jellal and Freed say in sync.
"Of what? I cannot say. That is impossible to predict." Freed sighs, but everyone smiles anyway. And Natsu stops punching trees and spitting sparks. "She could be seeing the future. Or the past. Or maybe what is happening right now in a different place. And if it's intense enough, she could be seeing the possible future of something that could happen but could be changed or prevented from happening." Freed explains, "There are countless possibilities to what she could be experiencing right now."
"Well whatever it is, it looks like she's comming out of it!" Gajeel speaks up as Cyrus' eyes stop glowing, go back to normal, and she blinks. When her eyes are completely normal, they appear dull, and she slumps to the side, passing out. With an almost inaudible gasp, Natsu swoops in and catches her just before she can heavily crumple to the ground. Jellal is instantly on his knees beside them.
"Happy! Fly back to Fairy Tail and get Wendy and Carla. We need Wendy's healer magic as soon as possible! GO!" Jellal barks orders, checking Cyrus' temperature. "She's burning up with a fever. Juvia, you need to keep her face cool. Do you mind using your water to do that?" Juvia silently slides her shrug off and turns her hand to water, soaking her shrug to use as a cloth. "Natsu, keep her there. I don't want to risk moving her and making her condition worse than it already is." Jellal stands, beginning to pace. "That vision was on a higher scale of intensity than I could have imagined..." He mutters to himself with worry. "An instant fever, passing out, and it was a long ongoing vision..."
"Lucy and I will go look for something edible and some fire wood." Erza offers. "It may be a while before she wakes up. And we need to keep our energy up. Cyrus will need the nurishment when she awakens aswell." She grabs Lucy's arm and drags her away.
"I'll keep a look out for the cats and Wendy, or anything suspicious." Gajeel grunts and climbs into a tall tree, crouching on a thick limb like a bat. Jellal keeps a watch over Cyrus' condition by checking her pulse, breathing and temperature every few minutes. Then a few twigs fall onto his head as he walks by the tree Gajeel is in. It vibrates and shakes a couple of times. A hiss sounds from above him. Jellal looks up.
"Gajeel? What's happening up there with you? I'm getting rained on by twigs." Jellal tries to lighten the mood by talking with a small laugh. An iron pole smashes down just in front of him, narrowly missing his head. He looks at it without being fazed in the slightest. "Okay...that didn't work..." He mumbles then goes serious. "Alright, then. What's eating you, Gajeel? I want a straight answer." Jellal knocks on the pole, knowing he'll feel the vibrations from the tapping. A deep grunt sounds from above.
"Why should I tell you anything? Maybe I'm just annoyed by all the bugs up here!" Gajeel growls/yells.
"It's obvious to me that that is not entierly the case." Jellal responds dryly. "This is about Cyrus, isn't it?" He guesses nonchalantly. Gajeel's responding snort catches in his throat. Jellal's accuzation is correct. "She is a close friend to us all, but you seem to be taking the worst of it. Why?"
Gajeel flies down from the tree, fist an iron club, straight for Jellal. Jellal jumps backwards, dodging Gajeel's attack. Juvia gasps just as Lucy and Erza return. Erza drops her things and runs closer to Jellal and Gajeel, ready to support Jellal if needed. "HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THE ONLY PERSON WHO TRUELY UNDERSTANDS YOU COLLAPSE AND BE A BREATH AWAY FROM DEATH?! HUH!?" Gajeel yells, shaking the trees and ground as he launches an attack. Jellal counters the attack and comes out unharmed. "She was the first human I have ever met! But even though I hated her guts like heck at first and I told her about it too, she still smiled at me." He launches several more attacks, which Jellal again escapes. "When I hurt her during our training spars, she still laughed and defended me when I was getting scolded! She understood a lot of things about me that Metalicana could never understand! Even though I did so many things that hurt her in many ways, she still WANTED to be my friend! SHE'S LIKE AN ANNOYING LITTLE SISTER TO ME! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF THAT WAS GOING TO BE TAKEN FROM YOU!" His voice couln't be any louder and more terrifying than it is now. But, far more angry then ever seen, he ceases attack and, instead, hacks down a massive tree beside him, then leaps back into the tree he was in earlier. Jellal stands, panting, and stares, along with the girls, after Gajeel.
"I've never seen Gajeel so mad..." Lucy murmurs to Erza.
"Perhaps he ..." Erza begins, looking over to Cyrus but bails the idea.
"Perhaps he what?" Lucy pries.
"Oh, it's nothing. Just a foolish thought. Let's get back to helping Cyrus recover." Erza shoos Lucy and Juvia away, then turns to Jellal.
"Did any of you know about that?" He asks her, almost numb sounding. Erza shakes her head.
"What was said, I assume, has been a secret between him, Cyrus, and their dragons since their first encounter with each other. No one could have known about this. But this side of him..." Erza shakes her head helplessly, "It is one no one has seen. Never before have I seen Gajeel look so...emotional I suppose you could say."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well there were many emotions going on within him, that much is clear. But he has never shown that many at once...ever. He and Cyrus must be much closer than any of us could have thought before now." Erza sets her jaw and stares ahead stiffly.
Cyrus' P.O.V
"There. She'll be okay now. She should wake up soon with a little more rest." Wendy's voice echoes in my head. 'W-Wendy? But she was on a mission and couldn't come! Why is she here now? Was I in that bad of a condition?'
"Now you should rest too, Wendy." The strict, motherly voice belonging to non other than Wendy's exceed, Carla, sounds a bit farther away. 'Same old Carla.' I smile inwardly. 'Wait. Carla? What's she here for? Gah, she's with Wendy, dummy!' I chide myself for being so dumb. 'Carla is always with Wendy!' I try to open my eyes, squinting them tighter first to test if I can still move at all. A couple of small gasps sound around me.
"She's waking up!" Wendy gasps.
"Already?!" Lucy jumps in disbelief. I grunt as I finally open my eyes and get blinded by sunlight. I close them quickly, then open them a second time, slower so they can adjust to the light. The first thing I see is Natsu's, for once, worried face looking down at me. 'Is he...holding me? Did I fall? I must have when I passed out. Did he hold me like this the whole time I was out?' I wonder as more questions crash into my foggy brain.
"Hey! You're up! See, Gajeel! I told you she was as tough as nails and woulde be fine!" Natsu laughs, supporting me as I sit up, wincing as I go. "But you better take it easy, okay? Don't want you passin' out again!" He smiles big to let me know he's teasing.
"I-I..." I begin weakly, "I saw...screaming...blood...ice..." I can barely form the words, a lump growing in my throat.
"Calm down, Cyrus." Jellal says quietly, kneeling next to me and Natsu. "Don't try to talk right now. You are at risk of going into shock. That won't help you or any of us right now." He speaks quietly, but his voice is thick with authority. I nod lightly, breathing slowly. He gives a single nod, then stands and moves away. The others follow his motion. All except for Natsu. He sits down right next to me, arm around my shoulders. A sudden wave of exhaustion crashes over me. Whatever that dream was, it's really taking its toll on me. I lean heavily against Natsu, my eye lids drooping. I sense him looking at me in curious confusion as consciousness begins to leave me and I go limp.
"Hey, you're fallin' asleep on me!" Natsu's quiet teasing remark is the last thing I hear, before the darkness of sleep wraps around me and dissmisses all consciousness from my mind.
WELL! That was wonderful right!? Yeah, sure...Anyway! What did you think? I'm trying to have the characters from Fairy Tail be like they are in the Anime as best as I can. And Yes. There are a few *Or a lot* of places that really suck for the characters being like the Anime. But it's hard. And it doesn't help when you're tired either. Well. Always feel free to give me pointers or let me know that there's something wrong, like a word that's spelled wrong or something. It would be a big help! THNX! TO THE NEXT CHAPTERRRRR!