The door slammed loudly behind them as Lucy kicked it close.

"I can't believe this!" She groaned as she looked at the water dripping onto her carpet. She flicked the light switch and glared. "No electricity either, what the hell!" She shook her head and looked down at her companion. "Why are you on the floor?"

He glared at her, black locks dripping water down his face. "You ran way too fast." He told her, breathing heavily.

She blinked and shrugged. "I didn't want to get wet."

"You don't say?" He asked her sarcastically.

She smirked. "Don't be a brat now, come on." She fumbled her way through the dark and got herself to her desk. After fumbling through the drawers, she came out with a match and grabbed the candle sitting on her desk.

She lit it and looked at him. He still sat on the ground like a puppy.

She nodded. "Pet indeed." She muttered as she walked to put the candle on her coffee table.

"What was that?" He asked her.

"Nothing."

Lucy sighed as she sat by the window, sipping on her hot chocolate, wrapped up in a sweater, thick pajama bottoms and a woolly robe. Top all that with her polkadot socks, and she looked as comfy as a lamb.

She looked up as Midnight slouched in, him still rubbing the wetness from his hair.

She gestured to the other cup in front of her. "Get it while it's hot." She nodded at him.

He sat down on the couch and grabbed at it. He sniffed it at first before taking small tentative sniffs.

Lucy smiled at his almost childlike curiosity, even as his eyes lit up and he almost seemed to gulp down the drink. She winced as he yelped, his tongue coming out a bit.

She shook her head at his carelessness. Idiot. Her brain supplied.

"Told you it was hot." She told him flippantly.

He glared, almost as if to say "No duh Sherlock."

She grinned and opened up her book. They had just enough light from the candle for her to make out the words and she felt comfy.

He slumped back into the couch and sighed before leaning forward and grabbing at something on her coffee table.

She raised her eyes to watch as he held onto her copy of the "Priestess and the Warlock". It was an old children's book that her mom had read to her as child, and she'd loved it. So much so, that the copy he was holding was the original copy her mother had read to her.

It was one of the few things she'd brought with her when she'd run away.

She watched as he opened the book and spent careful time reading the words on it. His hand traced the intricate images and his eyes seem to take in each word like it was prayer.

"Have you read it before?" She asked him, the room a sense of calm even as lightning flashed outside her windows.

He shook his head. "No… I've never read before. Father felt no need to teach me."

Her eyes widened. So he had been looking at the words, probably trying to make sense of them in his head. She felt another deep pang of pity.

She bit her lip and put down her own book. He watched as she shuffled over and plopped down next to him on the couch and reached for the book.

"Alright." She told him as she got herself comfortable. "I can't teach you how to read right now, lighting is horrible; however!" She smiled at him. "I can read the story to you. How's that?"

He stared at her for a bit, then after a while, nodded. "Yes please."

She nodded at him. "So polite. Good boy." She stifled a smirk as his eyes narrowed. "Anyway… here we go. So once upon a time…"

She read each word carefully, just as her mother did before. She painted a world where good fought evil, and stereotypes reigned free. And a love story, of two very different people, one from the light, one from the dark, yet when together, seemed to complement each other perfectly. The priestess gave the warlock a chance and the warlock learned to trust her. Even against all the opposition, their love survived and they lived happily ever after.

Lucy finished the story and noticed that Midnight had fallen asleep, leaning against her shoulder. She stifled her own yawn and leaned back into the couch, her eyes watching the rain outside pound heavily still.

Outside was chaos, but here, it was peace.

And on that thought, Lucy drifted off to sleep.

Somnus - Sleep

Pruvia- Rain

Confido - Trust

So I'm pretty sure a lot of people hate me for leaving this alone. I don't have an acceptable reason for it, other than I outgrew anime I guess. I still love Fairy Tail and return to it from time to time, but I'm not gaga over it anymore and as a writer, I'm sure you understand that if you don't love the story, it takes ages for you to work on it.

On the other hand, I'm also starting to write a book and I need to finish all 8 chapters before the summer ends, since well, its actually 4 books in total and the first is 15 chapters, 2nd is 20, 3rd is 25 and the 4th is 30. And five pages each. And not mention I'm kind of practicing to be a DJ so I really have to find time between having friends over a lot as well.

That's why I feel so bad that this is only two pages, but I guess I kind of modeled it off of how many chapters I used to do. Which was two... I suck. Anyway, I'll try my damn hardest to finish this. It's 4 more chapters left after all. The ending may disappoint some of you, but I tell you, it's for the best. Meow.

Love you guys. Hope you enjoy it.