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~Lucia's POV~
I stare at the window, feeling an ominous premonition. Something horrible is coming, but I don't know what. I look back into my grimoire analyzing the spells they hold. The grimoire I possess is the violent grimoire of exotic flowers. The many spells that are conjured are mainly wind and gravity based, but the will of its chosen user can change the spells. I now realize that only my eyes can understand the contents of this mechanism. To everyone else, the grimoire is either blank or it's written in a language that not even ancient texts can decipher. It's almost as if the grimoire was destined to be mine, and mine alone.
Now I just wish I could remember everything before I met Lola.
My eyes open in a huge room. I'm wearing a soft nightgown and there is a girl sitting in a chair next to me. She was calmly reading a book and notices me. "You're finally awake! I'm so glad!" I stare at her blankly, unsure of how to react. Who is this girl? Where am I? What am I doing here? Who am I?
The girl clasps my hand. "When I found you in the forest, you were covered in blood! I'm so happy you're okay! My name is Lola. What's yours?" I shrugged, unsure myself. Later, I found out I have retrograde amnesia, meaning I don't remember anything due to a major event, probably a traumatic one. Because I didn't know my name, they decided to name me Lucia. I would end up staying with Lola and her family in their giant house for a while. Then, Lola said she wanted to join the Fairy Tail guild. We went to the train station nearby and traveled to Magnolia, with a small amount of money and one day's worth of clothes. By the time we made it to the guild hall, everyone was on the floor asleep. By the looks of it, they threw a party of some kind. Later, we had joined and stopped by a magic shop, and that's when I saw the grimoire. I couldn't help my curiosity for it. It was as if it called out to me. I was so happy when Lola bought it for me. The grimoire held spells that captured my heart, and I felt this was my form of power.
However, even now, I still don't know much about myself.
~Normal POV~
Shortly after the brawl died down, Master Makarov came out and made an announcement. "Everyone, I have a small announcement. Tomorrow is the day we have a huge bingo celebration! Everyone is required to show up and the people who don't will suffer a severe punishment!" Everyone cheered, and some shivered at the same time.
Lola nudged Natsu's shoulder. "Punishment?" Natsu turned blue from fear. Gray came behind him.
"Master's punishments are brutal. A mild one is making you dress up in weird costumes and posing for Sorcery Weekly." Gray shuddered.
"What's so bad about that?" Lola asked, raising an eyebrow.
"When I mean weird, I mean 'really embarrassing' weird. Once he forced a group of us guys to dress up like girls and be interviewed. I will never live that one down."
Then Happy decided to chime in. "Please don't let it be THAT!" he starts crying on the ground. Gray and Natsu freak out.
"I can't live through THAT again!" They yelled simultaneously.
"Why are you complaining? Dressing up isn't that bad!"
"No, that's not what we meant. We meant THAT punishment." Gray and Natsu were crouching on the ground. Lola began to feel uneasy.
"What is THAT?"
Half of the guild became petrified. You could practically feel the tension and hear the whispers.
"Rest in peace to the people being punished."
"I have to be here tomorrow, so I can't get sick!"
"Please don't let it be THAT. I'd rather die than face that hell again!"
"Same here!" Eventually chaos came back to being once Gray fell on Natsu.
"Hey, get off me ice princess!" Natsu yelled
"Someone pushed me, idiot!" Gray retorted. Five seconds later tables were flying along with fiery yells. Lola sweatdropped, muttering a "Not again". Erza calmly ate her strawberry cake while muttering something about how everyone needs to calm down. Mira tried yelling over the noise to get everyone to calm down, but to no avail.
"Don't waste your breathe, Mira. These fools need to blow off all this energy." Erza put another bite of cake into her mouth. Right after she did, a chair hit the back of her head, launching her face into the cake. A slightly terrifying aura emerged. "However, they shouldn't blow it off by destroying my cake!" Erza turned around and then joined the fray.
Somehow, the chaos died down and the sunset approached. Fearing the punishment that would occur, everyone rushed home and went to bed early. Of course, Lola and Lucia headed to their apartment as well, with Natsu and Happy following close behind. Lola turned around and hissed, "Why are you guys following us?"
"Because you're apartment is better!" Happy chirped. Lucia kept walking straight ahead, not caring what was occurring behind her.
"Yeah, but my apartment is not some cheap hotel!" they had reached the front of her apartment at this point. Natsu and Happy jumped up and went through the window, causing Lola to freak out. She freaked out even more to find Lucia had followed suit and entered through the window. Lola ran up the stairs like a maniac and went through the door like a normal person, unlike what the other's had done. By the time she walked in, tea was prepared and plates of food were on the table. Natsu was gobbling down the food quickly, and took notice of Lola.
"What took you so long?" he asked.
"What are you doing here? You need to go back to your house!" She retorted, ignoring his question.
"Why?" Natsu asked.
"Again, this place is not a cheap hotel! You can't just stay here every day just because you like it better!" Natsu and Happy sulked in a corner.
"Lola's so mean…" Happy sulked.
"You're right, buddy." Instantly Lola felt guilty. She sighed in defeat.
"Fine, but you can only stay the night tonight. You have your own house to sleep, use it." Natsu and Happy jumped up, as if they weren't sulking in the first place. Lucia got up and made more food. The meal consisted of rice topped with thinly sliced beef, green onions, and an egg. In another bowl was chicken soup with bow-tie noodles, small pieces of cabbage, and hearty mushrooms. Fresh tea was poured into tiny white cups and everyone dug in, extremely hungry.
By the time they were done, Lola took a shower while Lucia cleaned up the dishes. Natsu saw this as an opportunity to try and get her to talk. "Hey Lucia, why do you refuse to talk?" He was met with silence. "At first, I thought you were mute, but it seems like you aren't willing to talk at all." Lucia silently cleaned the dishes. When she was done, she gave him a blank stare, making him more curious. "What are you thinking about right now?" She grabbed her grimoire, ignoring him. "Geez, can you at least say one word?!"
"You should stop trying." Lola was leaning against the wall, dressed in her pajamas. "She doesn't want to talk, so leave it at that." Natsu humphed like a child. Happy slowly ate his fish and Lucia got into the shower. Lola sat down on her bed and dried her hair. Unlike the awkward silence that occurred between Natsu and Lucia, this kind of silence was comforting. Eventually, Lucia walked out in just a towel. She grabbed her clothes and began changing right in the center of the room, causing Lola to freak out once again. Except for this time…
"Lucia! You can't change out here when there's a guest! Especially if the guest is a dude!" Lola pushed Lucia to the bathroom and closed the doors. She sighed.
"What's the big deal? She's just changing clothes." Natsu asked.
"You liiiiiiike her."
"She seems like a nice person, buddy."
"YOU IDIOT! BOYS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO WATCH OTHER GIRLS CHANGE!"
"But that's all she's doing!"
"Fine, if she changes out here, so be it. But if I catch you looking," Lola makes a scissor gesture with her hand, and smiles in a creepy Mira kind of way, "I'll chop it off."
A sudden chill ran down Natsu and Happy's back. Who knows what she was implying (I'll let you guys use your imagination. Whoever got the reference, receive a free cookie through this story!)? Lucia then walked out wearing shorts and a t-shirt, and nonchalantly fell asleep on the sleeping bag.
~Time Skip! Bingo day!~
Everyone was gathered at the park. There were blankets everywhere, along with a table filled with a variety of different items, such as a nearly dead plant, a strawberry cake, and a small pouch filled with who knows what. Master Makarov stood on the blanket in the center, and sighed with disappointment. "And I thought I was going to get to punish someone…" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, glad they weren't getting punished. "Oh well, whoever doesn't get a prize will get a punishment." Thus everyone panicked, hoping they would win something.
Everyone sat down on a blanket, which had two bingo tablets. Mira stood up and called out the first number. "B5!" Lola threw down a chip. Natsu on the other hand, began to sweat.
"I-23!" Lucia, Lola, and Erza threw down a chip.
"N-34!" Gray and Happy threw down one of their chips.
At the end of the game, Erza had called bingo and received the nearly dead flower. She seemed calm and stoic, but everyone wondered if she was disappointed about not getting the strawberry cake.
Several games later, quite a few people had begun to panic (except for Lucia, of course). Only two prizes were left: a small pouch and the strawberry cake. Mira called out the numbers. Lola jumped up excitedly and shouted "BINGO!" and Mira handed her the small pouch, telling her congrats.
The anxiety and fear was evident at this point. Makarov stood up and announced, "This is our last game. Whoever doesn't receive a prize will undergo the punishment game!" He smiled and sat down. Mira called out a new set of numbers. Natsu peeked over at everyone's boards, and then took notice.
"Hey Mira! Lucia has a bingo!" He shouted, totally forgetting that he would end up in the punishment game later. Mira stopped, mid-calling a number.
"B-She does? Well come on up, Lucia!" Mira pulled Lucia up to the table, and handed her the strawberry cake. Lucia stared at it blankly, then walked back to her seat. She handed it over to Erza, who accepted it gratefully.
Master then took his cue to stand up. "Alright, those who did not receive a prize will have to begin their punishment by cleaning up the park! Then, you will come to the guild hall for your next assignment in the punishment game!" Gray, Natsu, Happy, Elfman, Jet, Droy, Macao and Wakaba stood up and grumbled. "What was that? Do I hear the sounds of grumbling?" The guys quickly shouted a "Nope!" and cleaned the park quickly. Lola pounded her fist on the ground, because she couldn't stop laughing from the mess. Lucia even let a smile slip before putting on her blank face. However, it didn't go unnoticed by Mira.
FLASH!
"Aw, that's such a cute photo of Lucia!" Mira showed the photo of Lucia smiling to Lola.
Blink.
Blink blink.
"KAWAII!" Lola tackled Lucia in a hug on the ground. Suddenly, everyone had gotten curious. A huge swarm surrounded Mira as they tried to get a glimpse of the phenomena. Everyone was so focused on the picture, they didn't notice the figure that whispered in Lola's ear.
"We have you cornered, and you can't escape, Lucy Heartfilia. Our seal will not be broken." Lola turned around, but the figure was gone.
What was that? Seal? Lucy Heartfilia? Lola scrunched her eyebrows, trying to make sense of what just happened. But all thoughts were temporarily put aside when a flying Natsu landed on her.
"Ow ow…. Weight… Crushing… Me…" Lola broke out before her face landed in the ground. After about ten seconds, she was able to breathe after Lucia pulled Natsu off her. Of course, Lucia had nonchalantly thrown Natsu off Lola, and where he landed is debatable. Either way, it resulted in most of the guild members being in a heap on the ground. Lucia stood off to the side, the look on her face unreadable.
A few minutes later, everyone had stood up and prepared to go home, some narrowly missing the punishment game since Master Makarov was in a good mood. Due to obvious reasons, Lola and Lucia received quite a surprise when they got home. By surprise, the author means Lola.
Erza, Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lisanna were sitting at the table, happily drinking tea.
"Yo, Lola and Lucia!" Natsu greeted. The main response was a kick to the face, sending Natsu flying.
"WHAT THE HELL?! You guys just invited yourselves in?!" Lola freaked out for the who knows how many-ith time.
"What? You're the only one who seems to be bothered." Gray gestured to Lucia, who was bringing out a platter full of different foods, such as an assortment of meats, vegetables, and a large empty pot. Welp, looks like sukiyaki is for dinner. Lucia sat down the pot and motioned for Natsu to light a fire.
"Why do I have to?" he whined. No one saw anything wrong with the look on Lucia's face, but apparently Natsu did, because he lit a fire without a debate. Then, Lucia fried the meats, which sizzled softly. As if the group wasn't already hungry enough. She poured a thick sauce over the meat, then a huge quantity of water. Very carefully, she placed the vegetables in the pot, which simmered nicely. Lola stood up.
"I'll go get some more tea." She went inside the kitchen and prepared the tea. She brought out several more tea cups and placed everything on the table. While she was doing this, she decided to bring up a thought weighing on her mind. "Did you guys notice anything strange after the bingo party?" Everyone looked at her confused.
"What do you mean by 'strange'?" Erza asked. Lola put her hand on her chin.
"Some random person whispered in my ear 'We have you cornered, and you can't escape'- huh, I forgot what the name was…. But after that, he said, 'Our seal will not be broken'." She explained.
"That sounds kinda freaky…" Lisanna murmured.
"Maybe it's a pervert stalking you!" Happy joked. Lola kicked him across the room.
"KNOCK IT OFF, CAT!" Lola shouted (Imagine if Lucy said that).
"I don't know, but if they try to harm you, I'll just beat them to death!" Natsu said, standing up in a comical heroic pose, causing everyone to laugh.
"But seriously, what bothers me is the name he said. I don't remember the name, but it's unsettling." Lola said.
Erza put her hand on Lola's shoulder. "Don't worry. We won't let anything bad happen to you."
Before the topic was discussed even further, Lucia had begun serving everyone's food, and oh boy was it good!
"Wow Lucia, I have to give you credit for making such a delicious meal!" Gray said. Lucia said nothing as she was eating.
"I have to agree. This is really good!" Lisanna said excitedly. Lucia nodded and put her empty plate down, grasping her cup of tea. She took a small sip and set the empty cup down.
"I bet this is better than your cooking, Lisanna!" Natsu teased. Lisanna puffed out her cheeks.
"That's not very nice Natsu."
At the end of the day, the whole group ended up staying in the apartment that night, unaware of the future events that would occur.
~Mysterious figure's POV in third person~
He chuckled to himself softly. He had grabbed her attention now. He whispered a warning in her ear, hoping she got the message that she needs to come back with him.
"Lola Taigamura… Or Lucy Heartfilia? Either way, they're the same. She needs to be back in her shrine or else the world will fall into chaos. Just you watch, Lola. I'm coming for you."
And that concludes this chapter!
Oh my goodness I am so sorry for updating two months later!
I have no excuse this time… I was just lazy.
Please forgive me!
Gajeel: Yeah, watching anime isn't such a good idea anymore, isn't it?
Me: I'm sorry!
Anyways, Next Time, on Beyond the Stars
"You're coming with me!"
"Lola!"
"Lucy?"
"I… remember everything."
"I'm sorry Natsu!"
See ya next chapter! ~Mikuri