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Chapter 12
I wake up, lying on a bed. 'I guess I'm a bit desperate, dreaming of sleeping on a bed.' I think to myself. I rub my eyes to wake myself up but still find myself lying on the bed. I stare at the ceiling and hear voices of people talking. I blink and lick my lips. I heard a voice saying, "What should we do with her?" 'Uhh what?' I strain to hear the voice again. The reality dawned on me: probably they found out that I've been stealing and they would hand me to the council and throw me in jail! I scramble out of bed, only to fall flat on my face. I didn't know what happened but my legs just give way, wouldn't support my weight and yea, now I'm on the floor. I sit up again, I guess they saw me fall because all of them come rushing towards me and I look up at them and frown.
"You're awake!" Happy breaks the silence by stating the obvious.
"I'm sorry, I have to go." I say and get up too quickly that I stagger forward, feeling dizzy. Luckily, Gray catches my arm, stopping me from falling.
"No, you're not going anywhere until you eat something." Erza says. With that, they steer me to sit on the sofa and shoves a plate on my lap. I stare at it and hesitate. 'What if it was poisoned? But then this is a respectable guild we're talking about.' My stomach grumbles and I give in. "Where am I?"
"Lucy's apartment." She replies.
They ask me questions while I eat. Lucy is the first to ask, "What's your name?" I freeze. I steal a glance at Happy and Charle. 'Surely if I say my real name they will connect it to the cat I've been transforming into. On the other hand, all of them already saw me using magic while fighting off those goons...'I debate in my head until I come to a conclusion: they deserve to know since I've been having meals at their guild.
"My name is Lia Katmist." I stare at them. I look at Happy and Charle, watching their reaction. Happy just stand there smiling at me while Charle frown.
"I've heard of that name before." Charle says. 'There you go, Charle.'
"Really?" Wendy asks, surprised.
Charle turns to Happy and says, "Happy, remember we talked to the cat that comes for food and her name is Lia Katmist too."
This time, Happy looked surprised, "Really?" I laugh as I watch Charle face-palm herself. Then we look at each other eye to eye, and a smile appearing at the corner of my lips. 'Go on, say it Charle', I think.
"Yes, you are Lia Katmist, and the cat." She states and I beam at her.
The rest of the group are really confused and exclaim in unison, "Whaaaat?" I shrug. Natsu ruffles his hair, trying to make sense of the information.
"Wait, are you originally human or originally a cat?" Natsu asks, scratching his head.
"Natsu! Of course she's human! She only transformed into a cat." Lucy smacks him on the head. He cries out from the pain. "Ohh you're that cat." Lucy realizes.
"What an idiot." Gray says while rolling his eyes. I silently agree with him.
"What? You wanna start a fight?" Natsu challenges.
"I can fight you anytime and you'll lose." Gray replies.
"Boys, behave." Erza says. "Aye!" Both say in unison.
"But she got cat ears and a tail..." Natsu trails off, and finally adds, "The same as Millianna. Oohhh..". This make Lucy roll her eyes.
"How old are you?" Wendy shyly asks in which I respond 17 years old. "Oh you are just a year older than I am and Romeo-kun." She extends out her hand and says, "I hope we can be friends." Her offering brings a tear to my eye and I take her hands straight away and whispers, "Thank you".
"So you can do magic?" Gray asks.
"Which guild are you from?" Natsu fires at me.
"What was that thing you did in the alley?" Erza fires another question at me. I look at the three of them back and forth.
"You guys, slow down! You're making her uncomfortable." Lucy scolds them. 'Damn right.'
I turn to Gray and answer his question, "Yes I can do magic." Then I turn to Natsu, "I don't belong to any guild" and finally to Erza, "What thing?"
"You did something and the attacks just dissolved, the magic didn't touch you at all." She describes.
"Umm, honestly I had no idea. But one thing I know, that surely zapped all of my energy." I reply.
"What type of magic can you do?" Lucy asks.
"I can transform into a cat, not like Happy and Charle, but the normal ones. I can also transform into different types of cat-like creatures. I can do a bit of requip too, and that shield thingy if you count that." They stare at me in awe and I feel my cheeks burning.
"So you are that cat from the guild?" Erza asks and I nod.
Suddenly, I remember about the useless gold key I obtained from the shop, so I decide to mention it to Lucy. "Lucy, you are a celestial spirit mage, am I right?"
"Yes, I am. Why?" She responds.
I fidget in my seat, "Well, when I was around 10 years old, I went to a magic shop and the shopkeeper gave me this." I take out the gold key from my utility belt and hand it to her. The gold key's handle has the shape of a diamond with curled points at the top and bottom side and a long oval shape in the middle. The end of the key is also in the shape of a diamond but smaller with curled points at the top. 'That's confusing.' I think to myself.
Lucy examines the gold key and gasps. Her gasp made all of us gasps. She looks up at us with a mixture of expressions of pure delight, confusion, and disbelief. I decide the silence is too long and ask, "What is it? Other mages didn't buy the key because they were skeptical and the shopkeeper wanted to get rid of it so he gave it to me for free."
"Guys, if I'm not mistaken..." She pauses and we look at her eagerly. "This is possibly; it could be the legendary 14th Gold Key of the Celestial World!" We gasp again. 'No way. Whaat? There's such a thing?'
"There's such thing? I thought there were only 13, which Yukino has." Charle says. 'Why is she reading my mind?'
Lucy shrugs, "Yeah but this one could be a phony too, or the shopkeeper wouldn't have given it to Lia for free." We nod in agreement.
I start fidgeting again, out of embarrassment. "Umm, I was wondering if I could borrow your shower for a minute." I really do need a shower; it is also unladylike to be smelly like this. I remembered Zara.
"Sure, sure this way." Lucy leads me to her bath and hands me a towel. I thank her and she closes the door. 'Oh this feels so good', I think as I scrub myself clean and wash my hair. Then I sink into the bath, 'Oh yeah, this is heaven'.
After I feel like I spent too long in the bath, I dry myself and get dressed. I get out and Erza walks past me saying that tea is ready. I join them and they ask me whether I am an independent mage. 'Independent mage? I don't consider myself to be a mage yet…especially with my situation.'
"Well, in a way, kind of, but I haven't fully developed my magic yet." I answer.
"Who were those guys that we beat up?" Gray is curious.
"Old rivals."
I tell them my life story of how from living happily with my dad to how the house was taken and to me finding refuge in different places, surviving by stealing. I also told them how I was practicing magic and taught myself how to fight and about the 'old rivals'. Finally when I was done, the room is quiet. I shrug. I think I shrug too much. Mental note: cut the shrugging.
"Those bastards, if I see them again I will beat the crap out of them." Natsu says, clenching his fist.
"Definitely!" Gray agrees.
I decide to ask them about the same symbol they have on their body. They tell me it is the insignia of Fairy Tail, to show which guild that mages belongs to. They tell me there are many different guilds with specific insignia, including independent guilds and dark guilds. They describe to me how Fairy Tail is and what they do as mages. It sounds fun and I long to be part of that guild. They also tell me about other guilds in Fiore such as Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, Mermaid Heels, Sabertooth, etcetera and some dark guilds like Oración Seis and Grimoire Heart that they eliminated years ago.
I turn to Lucy and ask her what she's going to do with the key. "I can have it?" She asks me in surprise.
"Well yeah, it's useless to me." I am not a celestial spirit mage. I think that would be difficult for me to handle.
"Oh, I don't know what to say... Thank you!" She smiles at me.
"Lucy, you have to try it out!" Natsu becomes excited and drags her out of her own apartment.
Everyone just got up and runs after Natsu and Lucy. I am uncertain of what I should be doing when Happy floats next to me and say, "Come on!" I hesitate and Gray, Wendy, Erza and Charle come back and push me through the door. And so, I run with them. "Where are we going?"
"To the guild." Erza answers.
Pfft~ Natsu *shakes head* XD
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