The Best Thing I Never Knew I Needed
Chapter Two
Characters owned by Hiro Mashima

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When Charle was born, she had seen a vision. In this vision, she could hear cats, of different shapes and sizes, speak about the destruction of the Dragon Slayers. At the time, Charle did not understand how these thoughts came to her, but she knew she had a mission to fulfill: to kill the Dragon Slayers. Who would expect that the Dragon Slayer she was destined to kill would be a cute, raven-haired child? She had tried not to get attached, but as Wendy slowly crept into Charle's heart, Charle had come to a decision that would change her life: She would protect Wendy at all cost.

Even though Wendy was Charle's owner, Charle had always felt that their roles were reversed and she was the one who took on the motherly role instead of the other way around. She would be the one to wipe the girl's tears if she scraped her knees or encourage her when the Sky Goddess could not control her powers. No matter how strict she was on the girl, Charle always felt warm whenever she was with Wendy. Surely, there wasn't anyone who could fill up Charle's heart like Wendy did.

So it was no surprise that when Charle met Happy for the first time, she had immediately shown no interest. Her first impression of him was that he was an annoying, blue tomcat, and it didn't help that he would try to bring her gifts or start conversations with her. ("What's your favourite kind of fish? Do you like fish?")

She had tried making her disinterest known by politely rejecting or ignoring him, but he was always so persistent. Why couldn't he see that she had no time for trivial things such as love? The only thing that was important to Charle was Wendy, and every day the same thought crossed her mind: How would she save Wendy from her inevitable fate?

The more she thought about this, the more frustrating the situation became. She had no idea what to do, and seeing Happy with Natsu just angered her more. Was the Tomcat oblivious to his mission? How could he be enjoying his time with Natsu and not feel guilty? Did he not realize that he would eventually be the reason for the Dragon Slayer's death? She had decided that it was better for Happy to stay ignorant than be knowledgeable with the truth.

It would not be long before the inevitable happened. When the time came, Charle had finally snapped at Happy. "Happy, how can you be so stupid? How is it that you do not know anything?" She wished she could have swallowed her words back, seeing how crestfallen the blue cat looked, but she was too angry to bite her tongue. She was furious that Wendy and her had lost their second home within a week's time. If only… If only she had prevented this earlier! If only she did not get Fairy Tail involved!

"W-What do we do now Charle?"

Charle looked towards the group and realized they were all depending on her. She was the only one who knew anything about Edras and was the only one who could lead them to the Edras government, the one who had stolen Fairy Tail from them. 'I… I will make things right,' she had thought, as she then devised a plan with Wendy, Natsu, and Happy to get their beloved Fairy Tail back.

As they wandered through Edras, Charle couldn't help but notice how sad Happy looked as they headed towards their destination. She felt guilt surge through her body, suddenly feeling horrible for revealing the truth in such a harsh matter. But… surely she wasn't caring about the stupid, tomcat! He should have known this would happen! Regardless, no matter how hard Charle reflected, the mix emotions she was feeling towards the blue cat continued to remain mysterious.

"WE ARE NOT YOUR PUPPETS! WE ARE MAGES OF FAIRY TAIL!"

It had finally dawned onto Charle why she had these mix emotions towards Happy. This epiphany couldn't have happened at a greater time as Charle watched, with a blurred vision, Happy standing up for the two of them. Even though he was shaking and tears were running down his face, his words still struck her heart and she watched Nadei and Echiya look at him in shock.

It was the first time Charle had seen Happy show bravery, and it was then she realized that there was more to Happy than she thought. All this time, she had thought he was carefree and idiotic, always making lame jokes and having a strange obsession for fish. But she was wrong, and she now realized that Happy was carefree, because he lived up to his name. He enjoyed making people happy. He cared about his friends and was always there when they needed him. As Charle wiped her eyes, she took a look at Happy's shaky form, as he stood in a protective stance, and felt her heart beat rapidly as she quietly whispered,

"H-Happy…"

When had Happy have such a big influence on her? When did she start to rely on him? As he grabbed her hand, she couldn't help the blush that coloured her cheeks as she continued to stare at the blue cat, as they dodged weapons and ran for their lives.

When did he become the one thing she needed?

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Author's Note: Hooray, this concludes the two parter! I hope you enjoyed it, as it is hard to portray Charle when Hiro doesn't really give us information about her. Read and review, it would be grately appreciated :)