Hi again people!
Wow... haven't I been posting pretty quick the last couple of weeks? Isn't this like the 3rd chapter in 2 weeks or something?
Anyway... Hope you enjoy it!
Let the magic begin~
Lucy's POV
It's been 3 days already and I can finally walk again, even I still had bandages covering most parts of my body. I strutted around the mansion looking for Sting. He was quite a weird boy. He had never once called her by her name. Only saying or shouting 'you' or 'Girlie' or maybe even 'blondie'. I huffed. Didn't he even have the manners to call her by her name? I went around the corner of the big corridor. I didn't look where I was going so I bumped into something hard and big. Before I could fall backwards a hand grabbed me around my waist and held me up. I stared at the person in front of me. Sting.
Author's POV
"Be careful would ya?" He said and helped me to stand up. "Look where you're going." He turned around and made and attempt to retreat. Until…
"Oi! Sting what's your problem?" He heard her bark at him. He turned to her. Annoyed.
"Huh? Whaddya mean?" He asked. She crossed her arms under her chest and huffed. "You know what I mean! Why don't you ever call me by name?" She wondered and pouted at him. He made a snort-like laugh and locked his eyes in hers.
"Why the hell would you like me to call you by name? Isn't blondie enough?" He asked her. She stared in disbelief at him. Her eyes bore into his. It made him uncomfortable. He looked away but could still feel her eyes at him. "Stop starin' would ya?" Sting snapped. She didn't look away and when he turned to her again he was surmised that she didn't look scared. Not even the tiniest bits of fear could be seen in her eyes. He was stunned. He knew that when he snapped even Lector would be scared. But this girl… she didn't show fear in any aspect. "A-aren't you scared of me?" He wondered with shaking voice. She seemed taken aback by the question.
"What? Why would I be scared of you? If it's about the GMG's… You were just following your master. You are not evil by heart." She told him. He took her by surprise, hugging her. "W-what are y-you d-doing?" She stuttered out, voice muffled by his chest. "Just let me stay like this for a while." He said. She smiled at his chest and hugged him back. He almost felt like crying. The girl his guild basically tortured held no grudge against him. She wasn't scared and she had even hugged him back.
They stood like that for a long time.
Rouge's POV
I sat across from the house's master, Gabriel. He seemed very serious, even in his blue T-shirt and white jeans. His red hair was in a ponytail with many loose strands hanging around his face and neck. He held a bunch of papers in his hand. "You may know why I called you in here." He began. I lifted my eyes to meet his. His eyes where stern and grim. "As you may know…the demon that hurt Lucy abducted a couple of people from this city." He said. I nodded quietly. Yeah. That was one of the reasons me and Sting were called here. To track them down with our noses. "I told Lucy that after she defeated the demon, she would find the abducted people and bring them home safely." His face became even sterner. "As you know she weren't able to. I miscalculated the strength and power of the demon. Lucy became a victim of my foolishness. Therefore I want you and Sting to track down the abducted and take them here. Here is a list of the ones being abducted." He said and handed me a paper. I rose from my chair and started to head out of the office. "Oh. And Rouge…" I turned around to look at him. "Thanks to you and Sting… Lucy survived. I will never be able to return that favor." He thanked me. I pondered for a moment before asking.
"Why do you care that much about Lucy-san?" I asked. "She is just another one to accept a mission. You do not know her. Why do you care if she gets hurt on a mission you requested her to take?" Gabriel seemed taken aback by this. I turned around walked out. Before the door closed behind me I heard him whisper.
"I… I don't know."
Author's POV
Rouge found Sting in the room they shared. He was lying on the bed. Dozing off as always. He had a dumb grin stuck on his face. The shadow-dragon slayer walked over to the light-dragon slayer and pushed him off the bed. He shot right back up.
"WHAT THE HELL! Oh it was you Rouge. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Sting yelled at him. Rouge flinched at his loud mouth and quickly plugged his ears with his pinkies. He waited for Sting to stop yelling. When he saw that Sting had stopped moving his mouth and just stood there panting, he unplugged his ears.
"Are you done yelling?" Rouge asked simply. Sting couldn't talk due to the lack of voice, so he only nodded. "Gabriel told me that we are going to find the missing citizens and bring them back here." Sting only nodded. He was leaning on his knees, trying to catch his breath. After a couple of seconds he stood up straight and looked directly at Rouge.
"Well then. Let's go!" Sting said. He and Rouge went downstairs only to meet up with a raging blonde. Which wasn't Sting.
"YOU TWO! HOW DARE YOU TRY TO FIND THE ABDUCTED PEOPLE WITHOUT ME?!" She roared at them. This time both of the dragon slayers flinched at her loud voice. "THIS IS MY MISSION AND I CAN'T JUST LET YOU GO AND SAVE THEM WITHOUT ME! A FAIRY TAIL WIZARD NEVER! AND MEAN NEVER LEAVE A MISSION UNCOMPLETE!" Rouge tried to talk some sense into her.
"Lucy-san, you are just barely recovered from your wounds." He started. But she interrupted him.
"Even so, the spirit is gone and I doubt that something more dangerous lurk in that forest. I'll go with you and that is final." She said. Not being able to stop her the group of three walked together into the forest.
Lucy's POV
We had been walking for more than two hours and my wounds were starting to ache. I tried not to show that it hurt but I knew too well that it was almost impossible to hide something from dragon slayers. I saw them glancing at me from time to time. But I held my head high and continued to walk. Soon Sting and Rouge found a trace. While they started to run through the forest to find them I had a hard time keeping up. The wound on my abdomen made it hard for me to run. Soon enough I was panting and clutching my wound. I felt like crying until I heard Sting's voice.
"Lucy! We found 'em!" He shouted. I stood up and limped there as fast as I could manage. I saw the dragon slayers standing by big rocks and hills. They both looked grim. I started to fear the worst. When I rounded a big hill, I saw the same sight that made the slayers expressions grim. My heart sank and my eyes became wide and teary. Because laying around the rocks and hills there where piles.
Piles of bodies.
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