A Belated Happy Christmas! I hope you, dear readers, had an awesome holiday. I had worked for many hours (I'm a waitress) and yesterday I took the early shift so I could celebrate a bit of Christmas. In the Netherlands you have two Christmas days.
Anyway here is my new chapter for today~ I hope you like it.

Chapter 8: Sting and Emilia

I might have pulled an arrogant face but that didn't mean that I felt that way. I had lied to Sting and it made me feel very bad. Jiemma was still standing, just like me. I only couldn't use my new powers again but it felt cool to see his face shift and I hoped his legs were hurting him. "Would you two please leave the arena and let the battle continue?" Mato, the Pumpkin looked at me than at Jiemma. "Sure I will. After you gave me the mic.." He seemed to look very worried but I wouldn't leave before he gave that to me.
Jiemma left after some of the council showed up. I looked at Lahar who nodded but he probably didn't know what I was going to do. Mato came running back with a microphone. This was going to be the most embarrassing thing I did in my life. However there were already people yelling my name in awe and others who were boo-ing me. So I shouldn't longer care. I quickly looked at Laxus and Erza and the rest of the Fairy Tail Booth.
I looked back at the Arena field to Sting, Rogue, Natsu and Gajeel. They were still not fighting which was a good moment for now.
"So Ladies and Gentlemen. Welcome to another episode of dramatime." I said in the mic and although I was good enough with jokes, I hated this talking to a lot of people. Especially because they seemed to know me but I didn't know all of them. I fixed my gaze at Sting but his back was only to me. "I want to apologize to Sting Eucliffe. I have pretended to be Emilia to get closer to you. Not for the sake of Fairy Tail. I have not told anyone within the Guild anything what we talked about. I hope that we could talk about it, after this battle. Let's meet where we talked yesterday. Because I hope that you remember my words. I mean you no harm, only the best for you Sting." He turned around and I feel a fluttering feeling in my stomach. Not the one that Laxus gave me but the one Natsu gave me. Did this made sense? I respected Sting or I would if he would also come tonight. I hoped he took my words to his heart.

I walked away from the Arena. Some of the others meet up with me. "What were you thinking?" Erza yelled, "What happened?" Laxus said. "Luka?" Lahar demanded my attention. "Could you guys leave me alone for a minute?" I had lost my temper. My back was hurting, I was still bleeding and everyone only seemed to care about the fact that I ruined my cover or fell into the arena. "I will walk with you." Laxus said but he must not think that I will tell him anything. Not because I didn't want to but because I haven't worked out everything myself.
What had I done? How did the Games get a picture of me. Where they stalking? I left Lahar and Erza and I didn't care if they were angry. Laxus was right, I had the right to think about me.
I entered the Hospital Wing and Wendy and Charla looked up in surprise. "I think I can use some healing if you don't mind." She was probably more shocked together with Porlyusica-san than before. If you looked at my face nothing was wrong, untill I turned around. I couldn't see how bad it was but it was hurting good enough. "I am thinking about me right now." I whispered at Laxus and although he probably wanted to know what happened, he smiled.

Wendy healed a bit of my wounds but she couldn't give it her all. When Porlyusica-san checked the rest I talked Laxus, Lucy, Wendy and Charla through what happened. They, three here, were the first to ask how I felt. Which I appreciated. When I was fixed up in bandaged I walked back to the Fairy Tail booth. I didn't have to hide my identity any longer. I could be Luka again. Princess of Fairies. When I entered the booth, Bisca hugged me softly. "I missed you." I smiled and answered her. "Let's do something together tonight. To cheer you up. Alzack can babysit Asuka on his own." I thanked her and Alzack before looking at the field. "Dragon Force?" I said in surprise and made my way next to Master. "What happened?", "Nothing actually. They just activated it." I looked at the field again. That was so weird, I wasn't able to activate my Dragon Force by will. Was this the third generation power?

I kept looking at the battle although I didn't register much. I hoped that Sting would come after this. For his sake I hoped he would win, for a few seconds. I mean if Jiemma attacked me because of this and that incident with Yukino. What would happen if Sting lost? Although I supported Fairy Tail. Whole Hearty.. "Go Natsu!" Where was Gajeel?
I felt something, Zeref? I had to leave the booth. Zeref was more important. I had faith in Natsu and Gajeel, wherever the last was.
I said goodbye to Bisca and called it Jellal-business and ran away. Although it hurts to take steps that soon after each other and the stones weren't easy walking either but it didn't matter. I had to find Jellal or Zeref myself. I couldn't find the essence of Zeref through searching through the earth. However I could find Jellal. "Stay with your Guild. We can handle this." He kept running but I was too flabbergasted to actually move. "What? WHAT! I kept doing this and now you set me up?" He waved at me. "Oh I don't like you Je.." I bit my lip to not scream his name in the middle of the Arena. I remembered our first meeting that I almost hit him in the face. If Ultear hadn't stopped me. I was really, really really pissed. "Next time I see you. I'm really going to punch you in the face!" I yelled, which was also something as a goodbye. I mean I would see him again right..
I gasped when I heard the stadium applaud. "Go Fairy Tail!" And such. I felt myself smile as wide as I could and although the pain, I ran back. "Natsu!"
He was there with Happy and I hugged him. "Woha. Luka." and I congratulated him on his Victory. Gray and Erza also showed up and not much later Lily. "Where was Gajeel?" I asked Lily and he explained although Natsu seemed to miss it too. "Next time Luka! Let's have a battle." I could only laugh. Good enough.

Sting had lost but still I was waiting at the bridge for him. I didn't know how long it could take or that he would come at all. "Are you still here?" I looked up to see Erza. "I know he will come. He would want to know what happened. Why I did this. His ego will push him." I muttered but grabbed the meal that she brought me. "I feel like I'm made of stone though. Everyone who is passing me, keeps telling me off or how great my small fight was." Erza nodded, "Do you follow his essence?" I nodded, he had been attacked or hurt. I was worried, it might have been Jiemma. I didn't know.
I could feel that he was leaving the Guild as Erza and I were speaking. "Go, he is coming this way." Erza gave me a short hug. "Take it easy, okay. Your back isn't healed completely." Yeah yeah.
"White Dragon's Roar!" I climbed up on the bridge and jumped over the ray of white. "Sting! Please!" He appeared out of nowhere. His face and body were covered in bruises, his eyes were kind of red and puffy. As if he had been crying. Because of all these things he got me and grabbed the collar of my jacket. "White Dragon's Punch," and it hurts, a lot but I didn't plan to fight him. I had caused enough trouble. I grabbed his wrist. "Please listen to me." However he dropped me and I fell to the ground. I should hit him with the Metallic Ball or a lava stream or my own Earth Kick but I couldn't bare it. I mean his eyes, the hurt and pain in them: it said enough.
"What happened?" He dropped on his knees before me. He told me what happened and partly what Minerva did. I grabbed his wrist. "This is not over Sting. We could help." But he pulled his hands free. "Don't act as if we are friends. Luka." It was like he spitted my name out. "Or whatever your name is. I thought I could trust you. I could trust Emilia. I liked her a lot. But you, you are someone else.", "No I'm still the same. I meant everything I said. Sting you could do so much better.", "Shut up! Shut up! I don't want to hear what you have to say." He of course had all the right to be angry at me. But I was not the one whom made Lector disappear. "For the sake of Lector, I will win tomorrow." Secretly I was happy that he said for the sake of Lector and not Sabertooth. "I wish you all the best. I really do. I like you Sting. I only wished you could see what I mean.", "Fight me." I arched my eyebrow but he stood up and put his hand in front of my face. "White Dragon's!" Before he finished I shoved my legs across his and let him fall on his bum. "I don't want to fight.", "You have to." I jumped to the back so I wasn't standing too close to Sting. He pointed his hands towards me. "Holy Nova!" I saw a large amount of light coming my way but I didn't want to fight!
I jumped to the side but my legs were scratched. "Fine. You want to fight. I will." I pushed my fist together. "Earth Dragon's Lava Stream!" Like Juvia her Water Beam, the stream of Lava (which was heated Earth as Ultear taught me) sprang to Sting but I hoped he would block. "White Dragon's Punch!" He was suddenly at my right and I felt another punch in my gut. I should put all my might to this. Still I didn't feel like winning. I couldn't win. My back was bleeding again, my body was hurt but Sting wasn't in a much better condition.
Our fist collided when we used the same attack and we were both blown backwards. I couldn't find the strength to get up again and although Sting could, he dropped after two steps again to his knees. "You shouldn't fight in this state of your body." He scowled at me. "I figured."He answered and I wanted to say something more but he shhh-ed me. "I forgive you. If your story is good enough." I didn't understand but he asked me to tell why I wanted to be close to him. So I told him what I was doing for the council.
"It is no use. Weisslogia is dead." If Sting said so he would be right, because he was the one that killed his foster parent. "I have heard. But I can feel the essence of the White Dragon through you. It is different from what I have felt from Laxus. Who shares a lacrima just like you." Although I must admit that with this battle with Natsu, I have felt the essence from Natsu too. Maybe it was about the power, although Natsu hadn't been able to use Dragon Force on his own free will.

This way might be getting a lot more interesting than I have thought.

Side note: I had an email from someone with the question if I wanted to make Sting in love with Emilia/Luka or not.
But it was never my intention. I don't think that Sting is a guy who is in love with some random person very easily. Especially because he barely knows Emilia and she doesn't seem to like his way of living that much.