'Allo poppets! It's Aurelie here! (The auhor, not the really awesome knight!)
Loke: But you're the same person.
Me: *hits him hard* SHUT UP! DON'T TELL THEM MY IDENTITY IDIOT!
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Juvia's P.O.V.
"Gray-sama?", I asked the raven-haired prince behind me. It was morning, and the sun was shining.
"Juvia please, I told you not to call me that, just Gray's fine.", He walked over to me and placed his cool hand on my shoulder,"What's up?"
I showed him the photo I was holding in my was of a light blue-haired girl sitting on a young Gray's lap."Who's this girl?", A look of pain flashed on his face, and I immediately regretted asking.
"That's my sister, Mariko. She died in a fire that also killed my parents.", His voice was barely a whisper, but I was thinking. Was it too much of a coincidence that Mariko was the name of Gray's sister, AND they looked the EXACT same? O_O Holy shit, maybe they're related. "We should get going." I nodded and followed him out the door, my mind working on the HUGE mystery. How could Mariko Alberona, our chain expert, look EXACTLY like Princess Mariko Fullbuster, chain mage. HOLY SHIT HIS SISTER WAS A CHAIN MAGE! That is too much of a coincidence.
We reached the dining room, and opened the door. There was a silent fight going on in this room; Aurelie was glaring at Erza, who was cowering against Jellal, who was cowering against Erza because Mirajane was glaring at him. Natsu smelt of charred hair, and Aki was smirking. She jolted her hand towards the dragon-slayer, and he flinched. A blue cat that was resting on his shoulder jumped off and flew next to Aki, before slapping her arm..
"Um, are we interrupting something here?", I asked, looking at the six.
"Juvia, I need to talk to you for a minuite.", Aurelie dragged me outside, leaving Gray standing there, wide-eyed. I gestured for him to go in, and he did.
"What's up, Aurelie-sama?", I asked the mage, who looked at me with tears in her eyes.
"It's about the whole point of this mission."
"It's to protect the princes, isn't it?", I was confused.
"That's one part of it. The other part was to tie up loose ends." What? "I know Prince Loke from a while back, and we began *cough* dating.", My eyes widened, filling up my face.
"What?"
"i used to work in his court, as the leader of The Women In Black." THE WOMEN IN BLACK! As in, THE ASSASSIN GROUP! Holy shit. "Yeah, yeah, it's special. One day, it was our 1st year anniversary, and I walked in on him, kissing that damn bitch Karin!"*Author's note: Yeah, I really hate her.* OMG!
"I ran off, and changed my looks, to hide from him. But then, I heard from a friend that he missed me. I thought that by doing this he would recognise me, but he didn't. I asked Erza about it this morning, and she said, she said, she said that she told him I died! Of all the things! That I'd killed myself!", She sobbed, falling on her knees."No wonder he doesn't recognise me, I'm dead to him."
"Aurelie-sama, it's ok. Anyway, there's something about Markio-san Juvia wants to talk to you about."
"What is it?"
"Juvia found a photo of a girl who looks like Markio-san sitting on Prince Gray-sama's lap, and when Juvia asked, Gray-sama told her that it was his little sister, Mariko, a chain magic expert."
"What, what do you mean?"
"And the girl looks exactly like Mariko-san.", I nodded as Aurelie caught my train of thought.
"Oh my god, and to think that she's been here this whole time. What do we do?"
"You can talk to Loke-sama about this, Juvia will talk to Mariko-san.", I offered, lifting the girl off the ground. She smiled weakly at me as we walked inside.
"You ok, Aurelie?", Ishi dances to her side, worried. Aurelie nodded and took her seat beside Loke.
"You sure? You don't look ok.", Mariko looked at her leader, placing her arm on her shoulder. Aurelie flinched under her touch, still thinking about our conversation. "If you need anything, tell me, ok?"
"Mariko, I need to talk to you. Now.", Aurelie got up and dragged the mage outside.
"What's with all the secrets? Juvia, do you know what's going on?", Gray turned to me, hoping for an answer.
"It is Aurelie-sama's choce whether everything should come to light.", I whispered, trying to stay out of the spotlight.
"C'mon, give us a hint.", Mystogan looked at the door, wanting what we all needed, clarification.
"It's about something I did, a long time ago.", Erza whispered, for the first time this morning.
"What do you mean?", Jellal looked at the teen, who shook her head.
"I won't say much more, it might ruin everything she's done for us." Thankyou, Erza.
"Well, I know what's going on, and -", Natsu started.
"SAY A WORD AND I WILL KILL YOU MYSELF!", Aki yelled, knowing where he was going. "THAT GOES FOR YOU TOO, GAJEEL!"
"Aki, only I'm allowed to threaten him.", Levy told the girl, smirking.
"Lovely, Levy.", Gajeel's cat, Pantherlily, muttered, rolling his eyes.
"Shut up the both of you.", Lyon muttered, still half-asleep."Let things go, it'll work out." I really don't think so.
"Lyon, it isn't that easy in this case.", Mira spoke, her voice soft and soothing.
"You know?", I looked at her, scared.
"Yes, I know.", Mira nidded, her eyes full of sorrow. I was worried, what if she- "Don't worry, I won't tell." Phew. Aurelie and Mariko walked back in, and the aura became strangley happier. What happened back there?
"Everything's better now, it'll be clear soon.", Aurelie smiled at us all before sitting down."So, are we going to eat or what?"
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Aurelie's P.O.V.
When breakfast was over, the sun was beaming down hard on the castle grounds, so I decided to 'explore'. I already knew the place like the back of my hand, from past missions as a Woman In Black (WIB for short). I was walking past the lake when Erza's voice reached my ears,"I'm sorry." I looked back, and she was leaning on the tree. "I'm sorry for what I did, it wasn't right, I shouldn't have meddled with your relationship."
"Erza, it's ok. You did what you thought was right.", I walked over to her and leaned next to her. She looked up at me, her brown eyes filled with pain.
"No, it's n-"
"Erza, shut up. I forgive you, now put up with it.", I slapped her arm softly, and she cracked a smile.
"He's lucky."
"What?", I raised my eyebrow.
"Loke, he's lucky, we all are."
"Why?", I raised my eyebrow higher.
"We have you.", She smiled before walking off. Wow, did I really mean that much to them? I feel special now. I heard a noise, and turned around.
"Hello?" I called, but nobody responded."Who's there? Show yourself!"
"God, no need to be so demanding. Is that what you become when you're on the run, Aurelie?", A familiar voice melted out of the shadows, and I turned to see Karin sitting by the pond, looking bored.
"Get away from here, Karin. You're not wanted or needed.", I growled, moments away from snapping.
"Maybe I like it here."
"Leave. Now."
"Nope.", I unsheathed my kitana, and balanced it in my hand.
"Maybe you'll reconsider?", I snarled as she eyed the deadly titanium. She flicked her lime-green hair behind her back, and got up.
"God, your no fun. Ah well, at least you get to see Loke before he dies. The end of the month, Aurelie.", She dissappeared as my face paled. No, she was going to, THAT BITCH!
"MIRA! GRAY-SAMA! LYON-SAMA! ISHI! AKI! ERZA! JUVIA! LOKE-SAMA! NATSU-SAMA! MARKIO! GAJEEL-SAMA! LEVY! JELLAL-SAMA! MYSTOGAN-SAMA!" I yelled as I ran through the palace, searching for someone. I quickly ran into Loke, who glared at me.
"What the h-", He started.
"Iknowwho'stryingtikillyou.", I said without stopping.
"English."
"I. Know. Who's. Trying. To. Kill. You.", I repeated, catching my breath.
"Who?"
"Karin."
"WHO?"
"Karin. She was in the garden, I told her to leave, and before she dissappeared, she said that you would die by the end of the month.", I gasped, the pain in my lungs becoming more obvious as time passed.
Loke saw my pain and picked me up."Hey, you did well. I'm surprised she didn't kill you.", I gasped, realising her full plan. She thinks I'm still dating Loke. That's why, she's waiting to kill me, and is hoping that my death will make him suicidal. "You alright? You look scared?", I looked up into his onyx eyes, and slowed down my breathing.
"I'm fine, Loke-sama.", I smiled.
"You don't need to do that."
"Do what?"
"Add the suffix."
"But, you sa-"
"I wanted to make sure you would follow rules."
"I lead a team of trained ninjas, and you think I can't follow rules? Who installed your brain?", I joked, before glaring at him."You can put me down now."
"Nope."
"Put me down befor Erza sees.", I threatened, not needing to continue.
"Nope." WHAAAAAAAAAAAA!"I don't care what she does, as long as you stick with me." Sweet, but creepy.
"So, friends?"
"Friends.", He nodded, smiling. Well then, today wasn't so bad after all.
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And there we have it, another lovely chapter by me! Bye for now!
Karin: Why am I always the bad guy?
Me: Because I hate you, now deal with it.
Karin: Damn you.
Loke: Fighting over me?
Me: You wish *blushes slightly*
Happy: You liiiiiiiiike hiiiiiiiiim!
Me: *facepalm* No shit, sherlock.