Ch. 91: Raven-Feather Black

Day: 91

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Genre: Adventure

Summary: Levy has never been afraid of the dark. Mutants, however, that was a different a different matter. (Mutant AU)

Levy watched her breath frost as it hit the air each time she exhaled. Her feet pounded against the sidewalk as she raced to the bus stop, each footstep an explosion in the heavy silence of the early morning.

It wasn't that she needed to run, exactly. There were quite a few hours before the bus arrived. But Levy liked how it felt when she ran. The unsteady beat off her feet on the pavement. The crisp air burning a path down her throat when she took a breath. The occasional whiff of something burning. Even the occasional car that whisked by her, lights flooding the street.

And, in all honesty, she loved the isolation the most.

Her friend Lucy said that it was unhealthy, but Levy brushed her off with a smile each and every time. So, here she was, racing for the chance to have a few hours all alone before her workday started.

Only, when she reached the bus stop, there was already someone there.

The first thing she noticed was the length of his hair. It was fell to his waist, and was kept out of his face by a red bandana. Levy imagined his hair was black in the sunlight, but at this point each individual strand reflected the moonlight, turning his hair a strange silvery-blue.

He looked like a fighter - all muscles, and his nose was certainly crooked enough.

But what was that on his face?

At first glance, they looked like metal studs. Lining his nose, his mouth, even his eyebrows.

But that couldn't be the case, could it?

Levy squinted, and had to stifle a small gasp. They were studs! Levy bit her lip, welcoming the coppery taste of blood. This did not look like the kind of man she wanted to be alone in the dark with. But, when she turned to leave, his head turned, and his eyes met her's.

This time, Levy didn't hold back the sound of her surprise. His eyes were black, midnight black like coals. But it wasn't just his irises that were black.

The whites of his eyes as well.

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