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Storybook Romance

Erza found it took quite a while to regain her sense of self. She looked around, but Jellal was nowhere to be seen.

Instead there was blankness, a gaping expanse of white that stretched on endlessly. Erza was not one to panic, but nor was she pleased.

"Levy?" she tried, hoping the trust in Miss McGarden that was keeping her composed would remain. "Levy? What did you just do?"

"You're totally cool, you know that, Erza? You're not even screaming!"

Levy's voice echoed not just in her head, but all around her, as if she was some great divinity. The psychic link was solid and powerful. Erza cleared her throat, daring not speak lest she prove Levy's previous statement glaringly prophetic.

"Do you know where you are?"

The knight glanced around the empty world again – not that it helped her any. She made an effort to control her voice when she guessed, "Your book?"

"Cool and clever – I guess there's a reason you're the top girl in Fairy Tail, huh? Guess I have a long way to go..."

"Be that as it may," Erza said cautiously, unsure of what sort of powers Levy had in this world, "I can't say I'm overly pleased with this predicament."

"Oh... sorry about that... But you said anything, so..."

Erza sighed, arms crossed. Talking out loud to someone she knew – and found she still trusted – was soothing enough for her to shove her original concerns aside.

"So I'm in your book. The pages were blank, and that's why this place is too?"

"Yup!"

"Then where is Jellal?"

"Ooooh~! Are you worried about him~?" Levy asked, and Erza could hear the excited giggles through their connection. "That's so cute!"

Erza raised an eyebrow, and sent a strong shockwave of disapproval up their link, able to use basic telepathy herself.

"Oh my gosh! Don't do that again! I feel like crawling into a pit!"

"There's a certain sort of pit I'd dig for you right now if I could," Erza scowled, casually morbid. Levy laughed again, nervously this time, and told her what she wanted to know.

"Jellal's safe – as if I would hurt him! I just wanted to have some fun with you two," she said. "He's just a few pages away from you – page 4, I think. I can move him around depending on where he needs to fit in to the story. It's okay. He'll just be a bit bored. I'll set up a house for him, maybe... Does he play any games? Train?"

"He's okay with a book or twelve," Erza answered, relieved, and trying not to show it. Not that such a thing was ever effective when linked to someone else's mind.

"Oh, you do care!"

"Have you not met me, Levy McGarden? Do I give off the impression I don't like him?"

"Well... it's just that... I don't know... You're the heroine of a story. Shouldn't you be upset that your handsome prince has been taken away? I thought couples were meant to like... you know. Be all drastic, and stuff..."

Erza chewed on the inside of her cheek, wondering how best to bother explaining. In the end, she settled on, "You read too much, Levy," and left it at that.

"That's the whole problem, though... I don't really know what romance is like... I read and I read and I read and I read but I don't really... A-And so... I wanted to see the difference between real people's romance and storybooks. It's... kind of roundabout... I'm really sorry. But it will be fun! I promise!"

"I don't know how comfortable I am with you having access to my feelings when Jellal's involved," Erza said dubiously. "It's sort of... private."

"But you said anything," Levy reminded her. She was pouting, looking at the words appearing on the paper under the description of the steely knight's appearance and actions.

-:

Erza Scarlet raises her head to a non-existent sky and sighs impatiently, conceding defeat.

"You're right, Levy. I did say that."

The things I manage to get myself into, Erza reflects, not knowing that Levy McGarden can see everything she thinks, feels and does on the paper before her.

:-

"As well as a romantic education," Levy continued, "This is also about trying to improve my writing. I have the two of you for character examples, so I should be able to learn a lot from just listening – and of course, lifting a finger here and there~"

"Wait, what do you-?"

"But I also really need to get better at world building, so I'm going to take care of that, okay? You won't be in that blankness for long – that must be really creepy. I've never been... is it really creepy?"

"It is certainly not my idea of paradise."

"... Sorry. But it's going to get better! Soon I'm going to start creating a world. When using this Living Script technique, they say it's best to create a world around a certain centre point. In this case, you will be the centre point - so don't move, okay? No matter what happens, you will be completely safe. I'm the goddess of this world! I can do whatever I want!"

Erza didn't actually like the sound of that.

"What is it exactly that you want to do?" she asked, standing stock still in case Levy's renovations came without warning.

"I'm going to start with a story we're all familiar with. In this case, my favourite old fairy tale! You know Snow White, don't you, Erza?"

"I suppose."

"Well I'm going to make you the main character. You're Snow Erza now!"

"This feels... more than a little bit stupid," Erza said bluntly. But she sighed, shoulders sagging, repeating the, "You said anything!" mantra that Levy was suddenly so keen on.

"The fairy tale is just to give you some stability. Ultimately, you know what will happen in the story. So you won't die or anything, and you know it all ends well. So just relax. I know this is probably really weird. What I want to do now is put my own imagination into the story – mainly through setting and design. Like I said before – world building. Don't move, no matter what, okay? Here I go!"

And Erza could only stare.

Storybook Romance

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