A Clear Melody
Bonus Chapter
"Vlad and his ears"
Serena Melody had strange things within it's walls, but nothing was more mysterious at the moment to all the guild members than Vlad's wolf-like ears. It was something many in the guild thought of, but none ever had the chance to ask Vlad, so they usually forgot about it. Today though, Kenzi asked what was on everyones mind. " How did you get your ears?" She said bluntly outloud. Total and utter silence followed her statement, as everyones heads turned to look at Vlad.
Vlad, with all the attention focused on him, started blushing shyly and when he registered the question, the blush on his face intensefied. His face was starting to resemble a more purplish colour than anything. There were a couple of "Awww"s and "How cute" from the girls, embaressing Vlad even further. Feeling shy, Vlad pulled the hood over his head further, trying to cover his face completely.
" I know!" A mischievous voice chirped up from behind Vlad. A girl with wavey, cotton pink hair popped up from behind Vlad and hugged him. Vlad seemed to curl inwards in some sort of protective ball." I bet you some witch curse him with a spell!" She exclaimed excitedly, gaining many disbelieving looks before she continued. " She probably fell in love with Vlad, and since he did not want to be with her. She cursed him with a spell, that once every full moon, he'd turn into a half man, half wolf! I call it the Wolfman curse!" She said, as she gained many interested looks in return.
"No, no, That's almost completely incorrect!" Ikki said, as he stepped forward, his hand grabbing Kenzi's butt for a moment, before he got punched. " No, I think the witch wanted him to resurrect her old love, but when he said it was impossible, she went berserk and bit him. Turning him into what he is today!" Ikki said, as he tried wrapping his arm around Mia, only to recieve a slap in return. There were several murmurs of agreement and understanding from the guild mates, that is, until Brandy stepped in.
Brandy's long, rosey pink hair flowed out gracefully behind her, as she stepped in. " Now, I believe you all have the story wrong!" She said confidently. She stopped, then turned towards Vlad. " When you were young, you were probably kidnapped by a dark guild, who wished to sacrifice you to resurrect Zeref." Brandy said, as she pointed towards Vlad. " If it weren't for the fact that this dark ritual was a failure, you'd be dead, but instead...It gave you your wolf ears and dark, indigo skin." She finished. There were again a couple of murmurs of agreement and surprise.
The group seemed satisfied with themselves and were about to continue on to their previous topic, forgetting to ask Vlad about the truth. Vlad though, was sweatdropping underneath his hood, wondering where they got these ridiculous theories from. Each one was bad on it's own.
Just as the group was about to leave him alone, Raiden walked down towards Vlad and crouched down next to him. This surprised everyone, so they quieted down and listened to what theory Raiden could come up with. "...Your theories are silly..." The assumed 'he' replied. "...It is a result from his mother being a take-over mage... Due to his necromancy, he lost his ability to use take over, but the wolf ears got stuck on him due to his mother reproducing while in a take-over form... The blue skin comes from his powers. " Raiden stood up and walked to the pool room, leaving all the members to gape at him.
" How does he expect us to believe that?" Ikki asked. Vlad groaned at the blunt way Raiden had said it, before he replied. " Because I told Raiden that..." There was utter silence that followed this statement before an "oh!" Safe to say, no one ever asked Raiden to explain anything afterwards, or bothered asking why Vlad had such strange ears. They didn't even dare ask where he got his tail from.
AN: A short, but strange chapter. I'm sure everyone is looking forward to seeing their next team chapter. I already have the next one written! No worries, it'll be on soon.