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Believe me when I say that the ship is huge. It has at least 8 floors (from what I can see) and there is probably a pool on the deck.
I also can't believe that Erza wants to get on it. Without paying.
She suddenly got the idea in her head and right now, because there really wasn't a choice, we are discussing how to get on. And that's how we got on a dock, sitting in a circle telling everyone their ideas. Natsu got an idea pretty fast. And was discarded. He wanted to burn down the whole boat. Which wouldn't work because we wanted to get on board. And besides, how was he going to do that? With matches?
Happy got the first idea that made sense. We should all go on board, acting like performers! Most people liked the idea and were already planning their acts. Erza got up from her seat and started to practice her voice. So I guess she wanted to sing. Gray wasn't that sure yet of what to do but nodded now and then. I don't know if he's agreeing with the act, or if he's falling asleep.
Natsu was, to describe in the best word, fired up. He yelled random things to do. Most of them contained fire. I believe he's a pyromaniac.
The only one that is on the same level was Lucy. I think she could perform (easily!) but that she didn't like to do it or something. I just kept eyeing her, begging her with my eyes to oppose the idea.
I just can't perform.
I have two left hands and feet. I'm clumsy and most of the time, unlucky. So I know that whatever I do, it will fail. Wait, did Gray just say I should juggle?
"Juggle? Where did you get the idea that I possess such a skill?"
He shrugged. "Okay, fine. No juggle. Then what is your act?"
The eyes went back to Lucy. I could feel tears starting to appear. Please save me!
"You're sure that going as performers would work?"
Thank you Lucy! I love you!
Erza turned to Lucy and a pressing, dark and evil aura appeared around her. "Of course!"
No discussion possible. Natsu decided not to do anything with fire but eventually focused on animal trainer. (he said lion trainer, but I don't think Happy counts as a lion) He somehow got a ring where Happy can jump through and is now working on his act. Erza stayed with her first idea, singing. Gray…To be honest, I still have no idea what he is going to do. Smile maybe?
And Lucy is going to dance. I will, you can guess it, juggle.
After a couple of minutes practicing and stuff falling on my head, Erza said we were ready to perform. Everybody nodded and we all went to the ship.
"I'm sorry but we don't need any performers." The guy in the front said. We all looked at each other, questioning what to do. Then suddenly Gray looked around and then nodded at Natsu, who then proceeded to knock the guy out cold.
"Natsu, what are you doing?" Lucy whispered and yelled at the same time. He grinned at her. "Plan B of course. You think this would fit me?"
He started to undress the guy. I thought we were supposed to be stealthy! Everybody can see this! Erza got the walki-talki in her hand. "Hello, we need back-up at the front. Send a guy and 3 girls please."
You got to be kidding. Who would be stupid enough to listen to that message? "Okay, they are on their way." Okay, they are stupid.
By now, Natsu had undressed the guy and held the clothes next to his body, showing off to Lucy. "So what do you think Luce?"
The clothes reminded me of those luggage guys at hotels. It was bright red pants with a black board and also a red shirt with buttons. And to top it off, on the head was a red little round hat or something. And to be completely honest, it would look horrible on Natsu. Lucy got the same conclusion as me, but didn't say that. You could clearly see it on her face. Natsu didn't notice and proceeded to get dressed.
"Natsu!" Lucy hit him on the head. "Don't change here! There are girls around!"
He rubbed his hand over his head where she hit him. "But Luce…"
"Don't Luce me. Go change somewhere private!"
"Guys, isn't that the back-up over there?" I really shouldn't have said that. Everyone turned around (Natsu's arm already in the shirt) and before I could blink, they were all on the ground unconscious. "That was fast." I turned to Gray and saw that he was already changed. I looked at the guy on the floor and indeed, he was only wearing his shorts. "Gray, how did you change so fast?"
He shrugged and put his hands on his side. "I'm used to it." He said a bit proudly. I stared at him a bit more before I noticed a noise. I turned and saw Erza, Lucy and Natsu dragging the bodies towards a room inside.
This was actually the first time I noticed the insides and wondered why I didn't notice the glamour sooner. It was amazing! There was a beautiful soft red carpet on the floor and a big chandelier was hanging from the ceiling. It was made of crystal of some sort (or really fancy glass). There were marks on the floor from the dragging. But Happy is already taking care of that.
Lucy pushed me in a room with her and Erza. On the ground were the 3 females. "We have to get changed as well?" I stared at the bodies again. "I don't think I fit in that." Those girls were really thin and had long legs.
Lucy laughed a little bit and pointed to a more normal looking girl. "Oh, that would fit indeed."
The outfit for the girls was slightly similar to that of the boys. But instead of pants, there were some short skirts. Lucy and Erza didn't seem to mind and were already changing. I kept staring at the skirt. It was so short…
But eventually, I changed as well. Lucy and Erza were already done but waited for me. I was glad for that. Also for the fact they stood in front of the door. Because Natsu doesn't like to wait and is pounding on the door. The shirt wasn't a problem. They were pretty comfy. The hat didn't like to stay on top of my head, but not a real problem. It was that skirt. It would have been better if it came up to my knees. They can't see my underwear, right?
"I'm ready." Lucy nodded and opened the door. She looked so good in this. So did Erza, but it clashed a bit with her hair I think. When I saw Natsu, I snorted. He looked ridiculous! He kept his scarf on (which was horrible with the rest). With Gray…I wouldn't say red was his color. But none the less, we were changed. It seemed plan B worked.
"Okay, we are changed. Now what's the plan?" I asked. Natsu looked at me for the first time and he laughed. I didn't look that bad, did I?
Erza hit Natsu and Lucy put an arm around me. "Don't worry about the idiot. You look good in it." She gave me a warm smile with her answer.
"You can't see my underwear, right?" I whispered. Hoping no one else heard it. She shook her head. "Don't worry."
"Thanks Lucy." I said but I still felt uncomfortable. I usually just don't wear anything that short. But like they say, the show must go on and work must go on as well.
"The boat is leaving in about an hour." Gray said while putting his hands in his pockets. It didn't match the outfit. The uniform was probably made to work a lot in it and Gray didn't seem like he was going to work. He was in a lazy pose. It really didn't match. "How do you know that?" I asked, pulling my skirt lower hoping it would stretch and would cover my knees. He didn't seem to notice my struggle. "One of our guys woke up."
I don't see a guy walking around so I guess he isn't awake now. Probably knocked him out again. Very gentle of course. "Okay, one hour. That's more than enough time to hide, right?"
They all turned to me at the same time. They all had the same look; 'Hide? Us?' My best guess was that they never planned to hide. I think I miss the basics of this so called plan B. "No hiding then?" They shook their head and Natsu just started to march forward, yet again all fired up. Happy joined him. If Happy was a girl, she seriously would be Natsu's fangirl.
I can't really do anything than follow him. I'm not the best with finding my way. It goes okay, if I have a map.
Everyone else joined him as well and started to chat with each other.
To be completely honest, I like the group but I still feel some sort of an outsider. They chat with one another, walking together. And me? I'm the one walking behind them, walking a bit faster than normal to keep up with them. I sometimes wonder if they really want me in their group…
"Mireille?"
My head jolted up. I missed a question again? Lucy noticed but by now I think she's a bit used to the fact I space out from time to time.
"You're coming? You stopped walking." I stared at her. I did? I didn't even notice my feet weren't moving anymore. "Ah, sorry. I spaced out I guessed. Where are we going actually?"
She pointed to the boss, Erza. But she didn't seem to lead, but Pinky. His head was up high, his nose even higher. He seemed to be sniffing around. "Is he a dog?"
He heard that and gave me a dirty look but proceeded further to sniff the air. After a minute waiting and staring at the dog (his newest nickname! But I like Satan more.) he found something. We noticed because he was gone in an instant. Lucy, who has a quicker reaction time than me went after him, yelling his name. Erza and Gray took it a bit more slow and also went after him in a jog. And me also. But my jog wasn't that fast as the rest of them but I could keep up enough.
We took turns, corners, stairs up and down. This means that I lost my sense of direction. I was lucky I could see the red from Erza and Gray in front of me or I would be lost. I almost missed the next corner but after that there was a big dining room. With lots and lots of people. It made me want to disappear.
No such luck.
Natsu attracted more attention than needed. People started to watch. They were all dressed real fancy. I could see some lady's dressed in evening gowns. Which was strange because last time I remembered, it was somewhere around noon.
Lucy tried to keep Natsu from something. Did I see drool out of his mouth? And is Happy holding a fish? Where did he…? Oh, a buffet. Now I see…Wait, aren't we trying to act like staff?
"Pinky! We are here undercover!" I whispered loudly as I approached him. He didn't even notice me but kept trying to reach the buffet. Lucy was a good barrier. Gray joined Lucy and put his arm around him. He whispered something in Natsu's ear. At first, he wanted to dismiss it but now Erza came into the picture. You don't fight her.
Although Natsu seemed to forget that fact.
"Champagne." I stared at the man next to me. He was holding his champagne glass in front of me. "No thank you, I don't like champagne."
He gave me one of those looks. The ones that explain that he is superior and more important than me and that I should listen. I grabbed the glass from him (not so gently). "If you say please."
He was rude. I can be rude too.
The guy gave me that look again. "I don't need to give that to the staff. Do your job, girl."
"Didn't your mother teach you any manners? I-" "-Mireille!" Erza interrupted.
"I'm sorry sir. We're not working in this district of the ship. But you could always ask one of our colleagues if you want. They will be more than willing to help."
I kept staring at Erza the entire time. She changed. In a second. From a soldier into a nice girl who was willing to help. Creepy…
The man humped and left. I was still holding his glass but dumped it at a nearby table. Erza didn't seem to be mad at me. More amused. Really? I was just irritated by the guy. Without her, I would have blown our cover.
But you don't need me for that. Yes, you guessed right. Without Erza Natsu made his way to the buffet. Did you know he is a fast eater? And a messy one as well? You now know.
When people stared and started to whisper and point. That was the signal to leave. Gray successfully pulled Natsu from the table (who protested, but came along eventually) and I went after them. This time it seems I was leading the way. To where? I don't know.
When you don't know, always turn right and go as high as you can. Until a loud noise made us all stop in our tracks.
"Is the boat leaving?" I asked. They looked at Natsu, but he seemed fine. "According to Natsu, no."
But Natsu kept quiet. That wasn't good. "I think I see a speck of green…" Again, heads turned. And yes, we have our reaction. He's sick.
"Mireille. Carry him."
"Erza, I can't carry him!" I exclaimed. "He's way to heavy!" And besides, as soon as he's on my back, he would be fine. And who would want that?
"Mm, you have a point." Thank God she changed her mind. "Than he sits on you." I take that back. Say it again?
"Erza, we have to move somewhere else. We can't sit around." My angel in need, Lucy to the rescue.
Erza nodded. "Gray, you drag Natsu with us until we get to a safe location." Gray listened to her orders and went to grab Natsu by his arm. Natsu on the other hand was really sick. The indicator that the ship was moving. Probably because the ship is so big, we can't really feel it. Wait, if we don't even feel it, how does Natsu know?
But Natsu got sick. And green. He was ready to puke on the floor. That is also the place where he was sitting on his knees with Happy next to him with some encouraging words. Not that Natsu noticed by the way.
He eventually got up. Good thing Gray is strong because Pinky looks like a bag of potatoes.
"We better get going. This hallway is scary." Lucy said, looking around. She seemed to be scared. Now that she says that, it is scary here. I notice a couple of boxes to our right, and a lonely lamp hanging from the ceiling above us. It barely gave any light, but enough to see what is in front of us and not stepping on stuff.
So after taking in the room, I totally agree with Lucy. And did I just see something move?
"Lucy…Did you see that box?" I asked, pointing to a rather large wooden box. She takes a good look at it after a few steps. Gray, who is still holding Natsu didn't seem interested. I think he just want to get going, because Pinky is heavy (and I know!) Erza on the other hand went to take a look with Lucy. And yes, the box did move!
Lucy screamed as loud as she can (or was it Erza?) when the snout of a rat appeared behind the box. Rats aren't my favorite animals either so you can guess what happened next.
Indeed. We made a run for it. Me and Lucy in the front and Erza only just behind us. It seems rats aren't her favorites either. And Gray and Pinky? No idea if they are following. They'll catch up eventually.
After a couple of minutes of climbing more stairs and some more corners, we caught some sunlight through a window. And a view of an ocean. So Pinky was right. We are indeed moving! We went slower from now on. Mostly for me and Lucy to catch our breaths and for Gray to catch up with us hopefully with Natsu and Happy.
We were also away from all the creepiness and more in the world of civilization. The hallway that we were in at the moment had a red carpet and some round windows with an ocean view. As we're walking in silence I can see some seagulls flying around and the smell of salt came through. I guess there is a door close by. Lucy on the other hand kept looking backwards from time to time. To see if Gray had caught up with us.
I think I see something. I rubbed my eyes for a minute. Do I really see this? It seems like it, because Erza starts to get irritated.
Somehow Gray lost his clothes along the way. I don't know how he did that without his notice when holding Natsu at the same time. He was also breathing heavy. He was out of breath of the little run but points to something behind us when he catches up. "There is a door." We turned around and there was indeed a door that leads the way to the outside.
"Gray, can I ask you something?" He looks down on me (he is a bit taller) and waits. "How come you're only in your boxers?"
His gaze immediately went down. "Darn! I did it again!"
I giggled a bit. He was wearing baby blue boxers! So cute! And those abs…
"Mireille? Mireille?" A hand was waving in front of my face, trying to get my attention. "Yes? Oh, Lucy? Something –"
Abs…
"- Wrong?"
She kept waving. "You seem to be distracted." I shook my head. "Me? Distracted? What gave you that idea?"
Gray was smirking at the attention and Lucy just smiled. She just thought it was funny. "Never mind. Don't answer."
"Let's go outside. I have a plan!" Erza said already marching out of the door. Everyone else followed quietly. The sun was still shining bright outside, and the sea looked to calm. Almost a mirror. We kept walking around, avoiding people that were watching the scenery. Erza seemed to know where she was going. She was a woman with a goal. And that goal was somewhere in front of the ship. Now, my knowledge of boats isn't that great, but I bet she wants to do the scene from the Titanic.
Or maybe not.
It seems were going inside a cabin and…Oh no! I think I know what she's planning. This is not a good idea! Lucy now knows too and agrees with me. Gray likes Erza's idea. Bad Gray!
Now, to explain what cabin we just entered. I can see a couple of sailors and a somewhat important looking man. I'm pretty sure that is the captain of this ship. There are quite a lot of buttons and most important of all. A steering wheel. It seemed like one of those classic one you see in old movies.
Now you may get Erza's idea. Yes, to hijack the ship. Is this plan C?
"Hello captain, what a lovely day. Does this ship stop in Magnolia harbor?"
The eyes of the captain are focused on her armor and her sword. "I'm terribly sorry. But that is not on our route."
Without turning around, Erza commanded. "Gray, dump Natsu on Mireille." Wait, why?
But Gray listened and the next thing I know, I'm lying face flat on the ground (at least they have nice carpets, making it a little softer) and a heavy Natsu on top of me. He started to feel better I think, because I could feel him move that he is now comfortable sitting on my back.
"What's going on? Happy?" He turned to his blue cat friend who explained the situation out loud. The sailors who were still present in the room were slowly backing away in the direction of the door on the other side (because we were still blocking the one we entered) As soon as Happy was done explaining, the only one still present was a shaking captain. Maybe Happy shouldn't have said they are going to play with a boat. Natsu, on the other hand thought it was a great idea!
Lucy, the voice of reason tried to explain. "Guys! This is not a good-"
Oh dear, the captain just had a little taste of Erza as he slumped to the ground.
"– Idea. Never mind. Just a quick question. Which one of us knows how to steer a ship?" She is starting to panic a little and pointing towards anyone. I would agree on that one, but I can't seem to move with that heavy object on top of me.
Everyone looked at each other, hoping one of them would say: 'Oh, I know. Not a problem. I can steer this ship.'
It didn't work. Erza is concentrating on the panel with buttons to see if she sees something that could help us out. Gray, who is cool headed walks up to her to help her out.
"Where was this ship going in the first place?" Lucy discovered a map and pointed to a location. Eventually they got a general direction in what way to go for Magnum or something like that. The one who wants to steer is the pink headed idiot on top of me.
"Pinky, can you get off me and please be sick again?" I could turn my head a little so he could hear me. He stared at me for a minute debating to get off and be sick or staying on. His decision was quickly made. "Can you lie down in front of the wheel? Then I can stand on top of you!"
I glared. I swear, I glared with all my might. That he even suggested such a thing! "No!"
He glares back and crosses his arms. "Why not? I want to steer!"
"Well, maybe I want to steer as well. Have you thought about that?"
"No…But that's not important! Happy! Help me a little. Can you pull her over there?" Happy ayed and started to pull on my shirt. For such a small cat, he seems to be quite strong as I started to get dragged over the ground.
The others didn't seem to notice at first. They were busy enough looking at the map and the control panel to figure out where we needed to go, that they didn't see me. But soon enough, I was on the ground in front of the wheel. Pinky, now definitely Satan, is standing on top of me. Just being happy that he isn't green with sickness. With a quick spin on the wheel, the ship started to lean to the right. Now Erza, Gray and Lucy noticed that he was there. Maybe because they started to fall to the right side.
"Natsu! Get away from that wheel!" Lucy yelled, trying to hold on to one of the bars that was there so she didn't fall over.
He just smiled evil and commanded someone (probably Happy) to get more speed. Apparently that worked, but with Pinky driving, who knows where we would end up.
Everybody just held on onto something and kept yelling at Natsu to stop. They even yelled at me to move. He is heavy, I can't move an inch! But I get the general idea. If I was gone, then he would get sick again.
But in no time at all, Magnum harbor was in sight. And the next thing that happened was that we missed it. We hit the mountain right next to it. And if you have seen the sinking of the Titanic, you would know what is happening right now. But at least the ship stopped, so Satan could at least get off me!
The next moments were just blurs. I think Lucy grabbed my arm and we started to run. I think we jumped off somewhere because we suddenly hit the water.
Then Erza kept yelling to swim to safety. And now, we indeed arrived in Magnolia (it wasn't Magnum) harbor without a ship and wet. And with some angry looking people still swimming behind us.
"Guys. Now what?" I said, feeling cold and dripping wet. "We run!" Pinky said and grabbed my arm again. I can run on my own too you know! I glanced behind and saw the angry mob coming out of the water. "Pinky, run faster with me! They are catching up!"
"The alley!" Lucy yelled pointing to the right. Everyone turned and ran there. Hiding. The mob didn't see us and ran past the alley. We survived. Erza looked at her clothes. "We better change back before the master sees us. Natsu, the ship sinking is all your fault."
Lucy just cried a bit about her rent money being gone. Gray just kept insulting Natsu.
But our clothes were kept dry for some reason and we changed back in that alley (which was creepy!) before heading off to Fairy Tail.
It wasn't that far away actually. A couple of minutes walking were all we needed and a huge building came in sight.
I stopped walking and just gaped at it. "It's huge!"
They also stopped walking and just smiled at me. Natsu even had that big grin of his on his face. "Welcome to Fairy Tail!"
And you know what. I actually feel welcome.
She's finally at Fairy Tail! From now on, I'm going to follow the anime/manga.
Thanks for reading and enjoying Fairy Tail in general. Maybe some more Mireille/Natsu fluff in next chapter. Has been a while...
Bye, O_E! (and my lovely Beta-reader Rajini says Hi too!)