Makarov woke up to a cold nose sniffing his face. A really cold nose. "Yaaaaaahhh!" He yelled, sitting up straight. A large black dog jumped back barking. Makarov growled at it. "Run along, fleabag. I've got stuff to do." He stood up and brushed himself off.
He turned around and walked straight into a wall. "Hey! You're awake!" The wall exclaimed, turning around.
"Yaaaaaarrrrrrgghhh!" Makarov jumped back. "T-t-t-the w-w-wall i-i-i-it s-s-sp-p-poke!" He stuttered.
The wall turned around from where it was tending to a kettle on his stove. Except it wasn't a wall. It was the biggest man Makarov had ever seen. Sure, his own giant form could probably combat this man. But Makarov was old. Actual giants would be able to put up a fight though. Yeah, those would be handy right about now.
"Who're you calling a wall?" The man snapped. Then he shook his great shaggy head. "Never mind. You're so. . .tiny. . . . I guess compared to me. I bet you just figured I was a wall 'cause o' my size."
"Y-yeah." Makarov began to calm down. This man seemed friendly enough.
"Name's Hagrid. Rubeus Hagrid. But just call me Hagrid." Hagrid stuck out his giant hand. Makarov placed his tiny one into Hagrid's but did not give the pleasure of his name, due to still being suspicious.
"Anyways, I found you outside. Actually Fang did. Just lyin' there. So I brought ya in here." Hagrid continued, taking the kettle off the stove.
Makarov snapped his head up. "Were there any others besides me?"
Hagrid shook his head. "Just you. Tea?" He asked, holding out a steaming cup.
Makarov frowned. "My brats should have been with me. Yes, thank you." He took the cup.
Hagrid raised his eyebrow. "Brats?"
"Children." Makarov corrected himself.
"Well. . .I can go look for them. They might 'ave landed in the Forest. Somehow. . . ." Hagrid's eyebrow came back into place as he muttered the last part.
Makarov sighed in relief. "Thanks." He said. "If it helps, there should be twelve of them." He then proceeded to inspect the dingy one-room hut. And three of them sort of look like cats. . . did I say that out loud or not?
. . . .
It was as Hagrid made his way into the Forest that he realized he never got the old man's name. When we get back, I'll find out. He decided. "Come on Fang." Who knows, this old man and his kids could be that Makarov Dreyar Professor Dumbledore was talking about this morning. Nah, more likely they're just some muggles who somehow managed to get past the enchantments. . .I somehow doubt that. . . oh well. If they're muggles, we'll erase their memories and send them on their way.
. . . .
Lucy snapped her eyes open. It was chillier than before. And she felt so much lighter especially around. . . .
"Kyyyyaaaaaaa!" Lucy shrieked. She frantically grabbed at her clothes, which had been sliding off her body. "I'm so much smaller!" She gasped. "Like- like- like I'm eleven again!"
Lucy glared around for the perpetrator of this evil joke. Then she noticed her surroundings. A dark, foggy forest with huge trees rose up on all sides. Lucy glanced around her little clearing. It was a basic forest clearing, no trees for a few yards in each direction, a big rock here. But this wasn't a pretty, 'hey let's have a picnic!' kinda clearing. No, this was the clearing where you wait for death to find you.
Lucy shivered some more. She fingered her keys. Her dainty phalanges brushed against a certain key. Lucy quickly brightened up. She grabbed the key.
"Open! Gate of the Maiden! Virgo!" Lucy called out softly. Virgo shimmered into existence.
"Time for punishment Princess?" The pinkette asked.
Lucy held her groan back. "No. But. . .well. . . ." She gestured at her slipping clothes. "Something practical please."
Virgo, understanding perfectly, disappeared then came back, neatly folded clothes in hand. "Here you go Princess. Is it punishment time now?"
"NO! But thanks Virgo. You can go back now."
"Next time perhaps." Virgo muttered to herself, disappearing in a sparkle of light.
. . . .
Lucy stepped out from behind the rock. She knew she didn't have to be behind the rock, but it was a force of habit. She now wore a knee length midnight blue dress, with white constellations decorating it, along with matching leggings. She also had on a pair of snug brown hiking boots. Her hair was pulled back her signature pigtails, tied off with a bright white ribbon.
"Now," she murmured. "To find the others." She chose a random direction. "Better hope they find you first Lucy. This place is creepy!"
. . . .
"Erza! Wake up!"
Erza opened her eyes slowly. She looked at Wendy, Mirajane, and Levy staring down at her with worried faces. She sat up. Where am I? She wondered. She looked left and right, seeing nothing but trees. Trees and trees and trees and trees.
She looked at her worried friends. "Are you okay?" Wendy asked.
"I'm fine." She said. "Where are we?"
"That's what we want to know." Levy sighed.
"I assume that spell Natsu said out loud transpo-" Mirajane cut herself off, slapping a hand over her mouth.
"Oh no." Wendy, Levy and Mirajane voiced in unison.
"NATTSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Erza screamed. "HE WILL PAY FOR HIS INSOLENCE!" She chose a direction and stormed off.
"Definitely fine." Wendy sighed, running to keep up with the angry red head.
"Mira! We said we wouldn't say anything about that!" Levy exclaimed as the last two jogged after the others.
"Sorry. . .I forgot. . . ." Mira sighed sadly.
. . . .
"Wake up idiot." Natsu felt a toe nudge his side. He ignored it.
"Wake up!" The nudging to was now a full on kicking foot.
Natsu's eyes snapped open. He'd know that voice anywhere. He jumped up and let loose a roundhouse.
"Urrgh!" Gray grunted, having landed on his rear end.
"Stupid Ice Princess! I was sleepi-" Natsu's words died in his mouth. "Ice Princess is a kid again!" He yelled in surprise.
"Yeah we all are." Someone snapped from behind him.
"Metal head is too!" Natsu's eyes bugged out.
"Idiot!" Before he could say anything else, Natsu was back on the ground, a two glowing red lump on his head.
"What was that for?!" He asked, getting up.
"For landing us in this stupid forest! And turning us into kids!" Tick marks were evident on Gray and Gajeel's foreheads.
"WE TOLD YOU NOT TO READ THAT!" Gray added.
"Technically, Lucy told me not to read it. You only insulted me." Natsu pointed out.
"Same difference." Gray gritted out through his clenched teeth.
"Where are we anyways?" Natsu said, turning around and completely ignoring Gray.
"Listen to me when I'm talking to you!" Gray aimed another punch at Natsu.
Natsu ducked and grabbed Gray's wrist and flipped him over. They continued back and forth a minute until Gajeel stepped in.
"Quiet!" He hissed. "Someone's coming!"
. . . .
Juvia paced around the three sleeping Exceeds. "Juvia wonders if Gray is a child as well as Juvia and the Exceeds? Eeeee!" She squealed. "He must be so cute! I wonder if he will like Juvia as a child as well?"
She looked up, an image entering her mind. "O-oh! Juvia! Y-you're so cute as a child! Now we can watch each other grow up!" Fake Gray said.
"Y-yes of course Gray, darling! Let's do everything together!"Fake Juvia squealed. In thought bubble above her head the two grasped eachother's hands and skipped off into the setting sun.
"Hmm. . . ." Real Juvia said, thumb and finger on her chin in a thinking way. "It's not quite the same is it?"
"Juvia. . . ? That you?" Juvia glanced down at the Exceeds. It was Pantherlily that had spoken.
"Yes. Juvia is here." Juvia was quick to (kind of) forget her Love and worry about the three friends that were in front of her.
Lily rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. "Where are we?" He asked. "Weren't we just at the guild hall?"
"Yes." Juvia nodded. "Juvia was wondering about that as well."
"Well I expect it has to do with that spell that dumbell Natsu cast." Juvia and Lily turned around to see that Carla had woken as well. The former two nodded in agreement.
"We're just waiting for Happy right?" Juvia asked.
"Yes."
"No!" The three turned around to see Happy with a sleppy paw raised in the air. "I'm awake!"
"Good, that's all of us." Lily nodded. "We should look for the others."
"Yes." Carla agreed. "I'm worried about Wendy as well."
"And Juvia about her Darling Gray." Juvia added sadly.
"NATTSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" The four heard a loud scream.
"Erza!" They all said excitedly, rushing towards the voice.
. . . .
Hagrid trudged through the forest. This is so boring. He thought. The Forest is huge! That guy's kids could be anywhere! Why did I offer to do this?
Fang barked, and ran ahead. "Oy, Fang! Wait for me!" Hagrid called out, running after him.
He found something! Hagrid cheered inwardly A minute later, they arrived at. . .(dromroll please!) da da da daaaa! A pile of fresh centaur poop.
"Faaang!" Hagrid groaned.
. . . .
Lucy frowned. She had been calling for a while now. Nobody had answered yet. "Natsuuuuu! Miraaaa! Erzaaa! Juviaaa! Graaay! Wendyyyyy! Masteeer! Anyooonee?" She tried again, knowing it was pointless.
A few minuted later, she stepped out into a clearing and got the surprise of the day. Natsu and Gray were frozen in the funniest positions. Natsu had one hand up about to punch Gray while the other hand squished against Gray's face. Gray had a hold on one of Natsu's lifted legs with one arm and one of his own legs was barely connected to Natsu's stomach. His free hand was grabbing Natsu's shirt. Gajeel stood off to the side with a slowly relaxing face. The two fighting boys were also released each other.
But that wasn't what surprised Lucy. "You guys are kids too!" She gasped and pointed a finger at them. "It's not just me!" She sobbed in relief.
Her tears quickly subsided as she remembered something. She stomped up to Natsu, who looked uncomfortable.
SLAP!
"IDIOT!" Lucy shrieked. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO US? I TOLD YOU NOT TO READ THE SPELL!BUT DID YOU LISTEN? NNOOOOOOO! NOW YOU'VE LANDED US MAVIS KNOWS WHERE AND TURNED US INTO A BUNCH OF KIDS! SHALL I GO ON?"
Above the tree tops, birds could be seen flying away into the clear night.
"Please don't." Natsu muttered, rubbing his red face. Gray and Gajeel snickered.
"AND YOU TWO!" Lucy rounded and Gray and Gajeel, who flinched away from her. "YOU-" She stopped. "Actually, you guys didn't do anything." The two boys breathed sighs of complete and utter relief. They both knew that Erza and Mira weren't the only demonesses (AN: demonessi? Girl demons? She-devils? Help I don't the plural of demoness!) in the guild.
Suddenly Gajeel tensed up, and let out a small groan. "New people." He said. "Be on guard."
All four watched in fear as a huge shape loomed out of the darkness. Actually, scratch that, Lucy watched in fear. The boys were ready for a good fight.
AN: Hey there people! Thank you for reading. I have a few things to say, but first, I just want to say that this:
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Has three different interpretations.
1. Scene change. If I have two or three different groups doing two or three different things that're all interesting, then I'll use that to show the change.
2. Main point of view change. There are different types of third person writing. I don't know what they're called, but one is where the narrator is just an observer. They don't know anyone's thoughts. The second type where they know everyone's thoughts. The third type is where they know one person's thoughts. That's the kind I try to use. So when I use the dot dot dot dot then the person that the narrator knows the thoughts of will change. But sometimes I'll add another person's thoughts without changing the Main POV because I mean, why would I change the POV for one or two sentences, then change it back again? I wouldn't.
3. Time lapse. If there's a period of time where there's nothing for me to write about, then. . .yeah.
Sometimes this:
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Can mean 2 or even 3 of those things. If I do a scene change then the POV will change too. Maybe I'll do a time lapse and the scene and Pov will change. Normally if the scene changes then the POV will too. . .that's just how it works.
Also, I'm sorry for any confusion with the italics and things in the last chapter. Most things, except for proofreading edits, are prewritten. Copying and pasting from the other app that I pre-write on gets rid of the previous italicized and bolded words. And, I forgot to proofread, so a word or two or ten might be incorrect, and thoughts and emphasized words were not italicized. I apologize, and promise that I will proofread and edit where needed from now on.
And I forget to mention this in the summary, but ALL SHIPS ARE CANON. However, this is NOT a romance story. The amount of romance for each segment/book/arc will be the same as the original book. For example, none in the first, second and third, except for light fluff between some FT characters (like normal interactions- you could also think as unintentional flirting, I suppose). In the fourth, the fluff and flirting will become not as unintentional? And so on and so forth.
Last thing: Thank you to naluforlifenailfornever for following and favoriting! I encourage others to do the same! (PLEASE!)
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-Ember M.
