Heyy Chapter 13 is here!

Oh my god, finally I finished that long ass summer project! and back to school on Monday! T_T

So many surprises! Okay, I will shut up now :P

Enjoy :)

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, except the ones I created.


Chapter 13

I run after them until we arrive at a great stone building with a massive Fairy Tail banner hanging on the wall of the roof. I slow down to catch my breath and stare at every detail of the building - I can't believe that I am about to enter this building in a human form, as myself. It feels like the first time I set foot in it even though I've been in there countless times to get food. Everybody disappears through the door, except Wendy who turns around and asks, "You're coming?" I slowly nod and walk in. There is a commotion at a table, the whole guild seem to be crowded around it. I transform into a cat and slide through legs and jump on the table to see what's happening.

A blue-haired girl with orange headband wearing red glasses is reading a book, well actually I should say flipping through it. The pages flip at such a great speed that the motion is quite blurred if I don't focus properly. She's muttering to herself when Natsu's patience runs out. He's standing behind the blue-haired girl next to Lucy and screams, "Levy! Have you found anything yet?"

"Shut up Natsu. Let her concentrate." Lucy scolds him. Natsu rakes his hair and make it look messier than it was before. I chuckle to myself. I think it is the mythical 14th Golden Key, so that means it should be a powerful one. I remember reading about it somewhere.

Suddenly, the room is quiet. I look around, oh did Levy find something? Wait a minute; they're not staring at Levy. They're staring at me! I tilt my head to the side in confusion. I look at Lucy, then Natsu, and then switch my gaze to Erza, Gray, Wendy, and Charle. Lastly to Happy, who says "You just spoke out loud" like it was the most obvious thing.

"I DID?!" I exclaim in surprised and realized I said that out loud too and cover my mouth.

"Oh yes that's what I thought too, but at the same time it's impossible. It could be a fake key." Lucy says, referring back to the Gold key.

"Yes it could be a fake one." Mirajane points out.

"So what if she spoke out loud? She can talk." Natsu shrugs, continuing the previous conversation.

"Yeah, but she's a cat." Argues a round-bellied guy with hair that stood up into a curled point.

"So? Happy's a cat and he can talk Droy." Natsu argues.

"Jet, Happy is an Exceed though." Droy nudges the guy next to him.

"She's a normal cat, and she's behaving like a human!" Jet says. He wears a tall brown hat and has sharp teeth.

"Oh Lia, please end the confusion." Erza says while holding her head. I shrug, and people move to give me some space. I jump off the table, I could feel them staring at me. 'Oh well, it doesn't hurt to enjoy the limelight once in a while.' So, I walk a few paces and turn around to face them. Their expression amuses me; I'm loving this. Then, I transform into my normal self.

Everyone gasp- I smile and introduce myself, "Hi, my name is Lia Katmist and I have been eating free food here for the past years." I look at Mirajane and thank her for the food in which she waves and tells me it is not a problem.

"So you're that cat!" A long, black and spiky-haired guy with a lot of piercings, or nails (I'm not sure) said. I nod. I decide they are piercings. 'Idiot, who would put a bunch of nails on their face as decoration?'

Everyone starts to talk among themselves and as soon as Erza clears her throat, the room goes quiet. "Be nice everyone. Make her feel comfortable and welcome." I am guessing Erza has a lot of authority over these guys.

All the guys starts towards me and feel myself being picked off the ground and sat down to one of the tables, then plates of food are shoved in front of me and they start firing questions one after another at me. I stare at them and thank god, Gray saves me. "Guys, you're making her feel overwhelmed. Let her breathe for Mavis's sake." He comes over and shoves the other guys, and sit opposite me. He takes a bite out of my untouched chicken leg lying on the plate.

"Hey! My chicken!" I snatch it away from him before he could finish it off. I can be nice and friendly but when it involves food – he's already on my bad side. Everyone laugh and Droy says, "Oh look who's making her feel very welcome by stealing her food." Everyone laugh and I feel my face getting hot at the use of the word 'stealing' and quickly finish my plate.

"So your name is Lia Katmist?"' Jet asks. I nod.

"How old are you?" Droy asked in which I respond 17.

"You are a mage?" An older guy with purple hair and moustache asks me.

Another older man with a funny hairstyle, smoking a pipe says, "Macao, you idiot. Of course she's a mage! She transformed from a cat into human." Then he turns to me, "Wait, are you originally a cat or a human? The cat ears and tail got me confused." Like Natsu.

Macao rolls his eyes and makes a comment, "Now who's the idiot Wakaba? There's no such thing as a normal cat with magic. Plus there's another girl from Mermaid Heel that looks the same, Milliana."

"I am human, but I don't really know what my magic is." I say, as a matter of fact.

"What do you mean you don't know? Didn't your teacher tell you?" Gajeel asks.

"No, I didn't have a teacher but I think the magic I did was called transformation. I read that off a book from the library."

"Yes, your magic is similar to my youngest sister, Lisanna. Like a man!" A buff, heavily-muscled guy with white spiky hair say. 'Did he just say his sister is like a man? Or did he mean my magic is like a man? What does a man has anything to do with this?' I scratch the back of my head.

"This is nothing to do with being a man, Elf-nissan." A young guy with black hair said. He is the same age as Wendy and I notice his clothing is similar to Natsu's. He must be Romeo-kun that Wendy mentioned earlier.

"Romeo, go see if Levy found anything yet." Gray orders the young guy. Ding-ding, I was right. Then Gajeel turns to me and asks the million jewels question, "How did you learn magic without a teacher?" It feels like everyone leans in further so as they don't miss any word that was being said.

"Well, technically you can learn magic without teacher. I heard Chelia Blendy from Lamia Scale learned her magic through a book." Macao says.

I nod, agreeing with Macao. "I learned by reading books about magic. There were some vague and basic instructions so I just followed them and did what I felt was right, and err something else. I mostly practice by myself." All of them nod at the same time.

"What is that something else?" A girl with short white-colored hair asks. Err, should I be telling them this? I'm not even their guild member, so technically they could kick me out anytime and send me to jail...

"Umm a magic school?" I say, unsure of myself.

"Woah, you went to a magic school? Like me!" Romeo has returned.

I look down, embarrassed. "Not exactly."

"What do you mean?" Gray asks.

"It's ok, you can tell us." The same girl assures me.

I look at Gray with raised eyebrows. He frowns at me and then raises his eyebrows too. I give a slight shrug and he makes a knowing face. "Hey, hey, don't leave us out. Share the silent conversation you both just had." Wakaba says.

"Yes! Like a man!" Elfman thumps his fist against his chest. 'Can I point out that I am not a man?' I look down at my breast and consider pointing it out to him.

Grays nods at me, which I interpret as 'It's ok, they can be trusted.' So, I tell them. "I went to the magic school secretly, as a cat and took what I learned from there back to my place and practiced on my own. Sometimes, I practiced with my friend."

"Ohhhhhh~"

A long and wavy blue-haired girl standing behind Gray whispered, "Juvia's new rival." I look up at her and she is giving me a death stare. I feel shivers running up and down my body. I look at Gray, and he is staring at me. No, he's staring past me, where Levy and co are. I look at everyone else, and they are also staring at me. They don't seem to notice what Juvia said or they are pretending that they didn't hear it. Except Gajeel, who has somewhat an annoyed expression. 'Ok, this is weird. Can anyone see this woman? Seriously, she looks like she wants to strangle me. What did I do?'

I decide to ignore her and say, "Also, in the book that I read, it did mention about the legendary 13th and 14th Golden key-"

I am cut off by Gray who says, "The 13th Golden Key was used by-"

I cut him off, "Yukino Aguria, former member of Sabertooth, I know. Her name was mentioned in the book. Lucy's name was in the book too. It said she was the current celestial mage that has collected 10 of the golden keys." That is rude, cutting me off like that. Tch.

"Wow, that's cool." He nods. "She's the strongest celestial mage there is in Fiore." Everyone else nods in agreement. I notice there is a lot of nodding in this guild. 'Well who am I to judge, it's the same with me shrugging all the time.' I shrug at the thought. 'Shit.'

"Found it!" Levy yells. We gather around her as she read out loud, "There was a myth of the 13th and 14th Golden Key. The 13th key indeed exists as it was used in the Grand Magic Tournament by Yukino Aguria, witnessed by everyone at the game. It was said to be a metallic snake/dragon-like spirit. However, the 14th key was spoken little of, and has no known evidence or information about its spirit or form."

"Lucy you have to try it out!" Natsu's poking Lucy at the sides.

Lucy looks up and agrees. I am swept along with the crowd that seems to be heading through another door. I find myself outside, in a field surrounded by tall brick walls, wide enough to hold every member of the guild. I spot a big sturdy tree and push past people to get to the tree. Finally, I reach the tree and climb onto a low branch and see Wendy, stretching on her short legs to see past other people's figures. I call Charle and told her to bring Wendy over and Romeo too.

"I can't carry two people at the same time." She says. I decide to do another experiment.

"Stay still." I say to her. I focus on Charle, take in every detail of her features and tell her to spread her wings. She did as she was told and I memorize how her wings looked like. I close my eyes and see an Exceed figure behind closed eyes, changing a few details of the color of the body, the tail, and when I think I am satisfied, I begin the transformation. Again, I feel the familiar tingling in my body to my fingertips and feel the magic changing my body shape, all the while having that image in my mind, feeling myself in that body of an Exceed cat. I open my eyes and see that I have turned myself into an Exceed form like Charle, Happy and Lily. My body was light turquoise and I spread my wings - it feels so different. 'Oh my wings are soft and light! This is so awesome!'

"Wow, you managed to transform into an Exceed!" Charle exclaims.

I giggle and say, "Let's go."

Charle fly over to Wendy and picks her up by the shoulders and takes her to the tree while I fly over to Romeo and wave my cat hands in his face. "Huh? Where did you come from? I've never seen you before."

"It's me Lia, come I'll take you to a tree so we can watch." I grab him by the shoulder and fly up. At first, he was heavy, but as I adjust my hold on him, he becomes lighter and I carry him to the tree. Then I set him down and transform myself back to human form. He thanks me and we watch Lucy from the tree.


So, a new Gold Key? XD

Real or fake? Haha~ you will find out in the next chapter :) bye~