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"That's pretty much how my first job went," Helen sighed, slumping over the bar. She closed her eyes tightly, exhausted. Mirajane laughed quietly as Helen moaned.
"Well, you certainly discovered your magic, huh?"
"I guess so…. I didn't know what I was doing exactly. It was like I'd done it before... so I can't remember when or where Ugh, this stupid memory loss!" Helen rubbed her forehead with the heel of her hand.
"Is your memory going to come back at any point in time?" Mirajane asked, concerned.
"I think I might have remembered something…. but you know how there's some memories you just aren't sure are true? Since they're so horrible? Maybe that demon was right…. I probably didn't want to remember anymore," Helen muttered.
"What do you mean?" Mirajane gave Helen a plate of pancakes topped with syrup that was full of sprinkles. Helen dug in.
"Oh, you know how that demon came earlier and gave that wierd warning? Right before it actually said that warning, it was chatting me up," Helen speared a giant forkful of pancake and stuffed it in her mouth. "During the conversation, it sort of slipped in that I had asked it before to erase my memories, but that it didn't- it just hid them."
"That's strange. Why would you ask a demon to do it? Wouldn't a wizard have done a better job? And why would it bother talking to you in the first place?"
"I don't know why I would ever ask that thing. But it said my memories would return….. That was a delicious stack of pancakes, Mira."
"Oh, no problem. I love making those. I hope you figure out what's going on soon."
"Yeah, me too."
"Maybe you should go out and socialize, Helen. There's a lot of guild members that wouldn't mind befriending you if you just went around and talked to them."
"Oh….. um….."
"Awww, you're so cute! Are you shy of people? Don't worry, Wendy is too. In fact, she's over there. Go on!" Mirajane prodded Helen forward to where the blue-haired girl called Wendy was sitting.
When Wendy saw Helen, she smiled at her. "Oh, hi, Helen! How are you?"
"I'm okay. Sorry if I'm intruding."
"Oh, not at all! Come on, Charle was about to predict the future!"
"Predict the future?"
"She's got a gift that lets her predict the future," explained a white-haired girl sitting next to Helen. "I'm Lisanna, by the way. Nice to meet you."
The white cat closed her eyes for a second, and then opened them again, smiling. "Natsu is going to fall asleep."
"Let's watch!" Wendy cheered. The four occupants stared at Natsu. He was eating fire pizza when suddenly he keeled over and started snoring. Lisanna pealed into laughter, and Helen started to laugh as well.
"So you can laugh," the white cat, Charle, said. "I was afraid you couldn't for a second."
Helen smiled at her. "Of course I can!"
Wendy collapsed into giggles as Natsu raised his head sleepily, his face covered in sauce and pizza toppings.