Because I am publishing another chapter the day after already publishing one, you might not get another chapter in the coming week. I have a lot of tests coming up and assignments, so I have to focus on them. Hope you don't mind
Enjoy the chapter!
Last chapter:
Standing so close to each other, people couldn't help but notice how alike they looked. The same hair colour, the same pale complexion. The face structure was almost the same. The height, body structure and eyes being some of the few noticeable differences.
Rogue broke the silence.
"What is wrong with you?"
Present time:
Rogue POV:
When I agreed to take this job, I had not been prepared for this to happen.
The house was doused in dark magic. Not evil per say, just dark in nature. It can almost be compared to dark chocolate, with its rich flavour. Stepping into the house, I could feel my magic wanting to come out and explore.
Being introduced to the Fairies we would be working with, did nothing to distract me as I had hoped. But I was glad to see Yukino shine under the positive attention she was given from the other Celestial mage. And seeing their reaction to Sting being the new guild master of Sabertooth was pretty amusing.
But then I felt it. The rich, dark magic I had felt in the air, seemed to longer come from the house. Yes, the house was doused in dark magic, but most of it wasn't coming from the house. It was coming from someone in the house. A person. And they were close.
No longer able to stop myself, I let my magic take control.
Turning into my shadow self, I let my magic guide me toward that delicious magic source. Surprisingly it was only a few meters away from where the room I had just been in. While being close, I didn't think they were that close.
I emerged in front of the person and was hit full force with the feeling of their magic. While being rich with dark magic, I could now feel the underlying light magic hiding. This magic had an almost drugging effect to it. It made me on edge in an almost euphoria of pleasure, while the light underneath soothed my worries.
It was first when I heard a quick intake of breath that I focused on the person holding this power.
He's short, or shorter than I am. He is also on the thin side, but that might be cloths hiding his true muscle. He had black hair, the same black as my own, with his being slightly longer than mine. That doesn't surprise me, as I am first now starting to grow it out. Just not too long, I don' want to look like⦠him. He has eyes greener than anything I had ever seen, and they seem to glow a bit as if his magic is seeping through. His skin is as pale as mine but has no scars to show, as mine does.
His clothes seem to be made of some of the finest material. And while I have only been in this world for not even an hour, I can guess it wasn't cheap. He seems to be caring himself as if he knows that he is important, while also still being a bit of humble. At least humbler than Sting is on his best days.
But his face. On top of those gorgeous eyes, in the middle of his forehead, lay a scar. And I can practically see the scar oozing with black filth. Black magic. Evil magic. Leeching on the power this boy caries.
"What is wrong with you?" I have to know. I don't care about the people watching us. All that matters are knowing what that thing inside the scar is. And how to get rid of it.
"I believe that is kind of a rude thing to ask the person allowing you to stay in his house," the boy said, looking calm. The only reason I know he is shocked is his eyes and the fact that had been close to gasping when I had appeared. I quickly changed strategy.
"My apologies," I start, getting back into my cold mask, which I hadn't noticed had slipped. "My name is Rogue Cheney. I am a shadow dragon slayer, and therefore a dark mage. And I can feel something in that scar of yours."
"Still, you shouldn't ask something of someone you don't know," the boy said coldly. "But I will forgive you this time around. And my name is Harry Potter. The owner of this house at the moment. I hope you enjoy your stay here." And with that, he started walking away. But then he paused, just before walking into a room, I can only assume is his room. "Whatever is wrong with my scar is my business. And could you be a dear and send Draco up here?" And with that. The door closed behind him.
I turn around and see a blond boy already walking up the stairs. 'This must be Draco', I think to myself. I see all the others gaping up at me.
Third POV:
Everyone couldn't believe what they had just seen. The Fairies couldn't help but think about all the things the adults and the teenagers had been telling them. Harry hated socializing with anyone. And to shock him the way Rogue had done, seemed like a one-way ticket to the afterlife to them. But seeing him standing there casual, only seeming slightly annoyed at Rogue was not something they had expected.
Erza and Gray weren't as shocked as the others since they had already had one conversation with him. But he had known that they had been approaching. Rogue's magic. When in shadow form, made it almost impossible for anyone to sense him. And Harry had been shocked, so even with him being powerful, he hadn't been able to sense him. That Rogue hadn't been fried or something surprised them.
Then there were the teenagers, who had known Harry since their first year at Hogwarts. Hermione, Ronald and Ginny knew what could happen if you annoyed him. Ronald had been in the hospital win many times with minor injuries, because of him annoying Harry. And it could never be traced back to Harry since he was good at hiding evidence. He didn't want to be expelled after all. And while he couldn't do server things while at school, he now had all of the opportunities in the world to do it in his own house. So why had he let Rogue go that easily? Ginny felt a bit jealous. She had been hexed with a witch's nose once because she came too close to him, and there was this unknown male only getting a warning? It was not fair!
Harry's friends were also shocked. Well, except for Luna. She stood smiling. 'It is all finally starting,' she thought. 'The stars are finally aligning and we will all fulfil our destinies.' She then looked over at the Fairies. 'Or for some of us, only part of our destinies.' Fred and George were kind of disappointed. They had hoped for an opportunity to prank someone, with a legitimate reason. For while Harry loved their pranks, and was one of the small things that made him smile real smiles, he also knew what destruction it could cause, and he didn't want the house to be damaged unless he had allowed for it to happen. Oh well, they would have to wait for another opportunity.
"Let's go into the kitchen," Luna said in her dreamy voice. "Mrs Weasley has made pudding for dessert."
The rest of the night was spent in relative silence. The only noteworthy thing happening, was Draco coming back down from Harry's room looking annoyed and a bit tired. He was only there to pick up two plates of pudding, before going back up to his and Harry's room. And of course, the small fights between Natsu and Sting, together with the glaring matches between an annoyed Rogue and Gajeel, who kept calling him Ryos.
When it became time for bed, Sting and Rogue were given their own room. Makarov had seen reason, in the fact that mixing Fairies and Sabers wouldn't go well, no matter how they had fought together not even two weeks ago. The Fairies were a little annoyed since they were about four people to a room, while they got to have a big room for themselves. But they weren't willing to share with the Sabers, so they would just have to deal with it. Yukino would be sleeping with Lucy and CO. seeing as she was the only girl from Sabertooth. It also helped that everyone liked her.
The next morning, everyone was up early and looking their best. Makarov had not specified who the last two people were, and while he had seemed nervous about the last two people when he had talked to the Fairies about them, they all assumed that they must be someone important. Maybe some from the magical counsel?
When Makarov finally came through the door, he quickly closed it behind him. He looked sternly at all the 'children', as he sees them as.
"Now, children," he starts. "I know that I am asking a lot of you when I ask you to work together with these two. But we need all the power we can get, and it took me a lot of favours and connections to get these two here. So, I ask you to treat them as you would any other comrade. Or at least better than you would if I had not asked you this."
Without giving them any time to think about his words, he opened the door.
Midnight and Cobra walked through the door, looking smug.
And chaos ensued.
Author note:
I know it is going kind of fast, but I am hoping to get into their training and getting them to Hogwarts before the end of October so that we will be a good way into the story, before I have to wait four months before writing on this again.
Also, I was looking through some of the earlier comments, about certain pairings. I have already asked about if you want Romeo x Wendy, but someone was also asking about NOT doing Lucy x Natsu. And I have been thinking about it and decided that Nalu will not be a pairing in this story. There is Nali in this story (Natsu x Lisanna for those who doesn't know the pairing name), but it won't really be written out, so just know this for a fact.
Other than that, I hope you have a nice week, and I will see you all in about a week.
~Little S
