I woke up the next morning in a slight panic. What if he doesn't remember me? What if he does and somehow our time apart has made him hate me? What if he already has someone he loves and he was just forced into marriage with me? What if, what if, what if? Many scenarios ran through my mind, each one worse than the one before. I didn't have the same reassurance as Lucy or the doubtless mind of Juvia. I have read many books where arranged marriages have gone wrong and I don't want any of that. I want what I read in other books that ended well and made me dream of what my life could be like. I want a happy marriage with my knight in shining armor and have many kids with him. Not as many as Juvia though, like three or four is just fine.
Ugh, I just need to stop thinking, which is hard since I am the fairy of knowledge. I just need to stay positive. There is a strong chance that we will work out since we knew each other as friends and it wasn't one of those unknown marriages.
"I can do this. I can do this." I keep chanting to myself
I got out of my bed after I managed to calm myself down. Brushed my hair till it was manageable. Got dressed, and created the word "CLOUD", placed my boxes on it and floated them out the room. Before leaving I turned towards my empty room for the last time, remembering all the things that happened here.
"I hope everything at my new home will be as happy as it was here." I hoped as I closed the door on one chapter of my life and began the next chapter the further I walked away.
Once outside I spotted three carriages that each belonged to our future kingdoms. Each looked like a regular royal carriage but had different designs. Lucy's had flames along the sides of it, Juvia's was painted an ice blue color with snowflakes along it and mine was painted so it would look like it was made of metal with black around the edges. I turned to Lucy and Juvia, who shared the same happy yet sad face that I assumed I had as well.
"So this is it, after we leave we won't be seeing each other like we use to No more late night talks in each other's rooms. No more practicing our magic together, and no more sneaking junk food when our father isn't looking. It's all over now" said Lucy with tears in her eyes.
"Don't say it like we're never going to see each other again. We'll be at each other's weddings; we'll talk on our lacrimas whenever we can. We'll visit each other, and when we have children we'll bring them over to play with each other." I told her.
"Juvia agrees with Levy, this isn't a goodbye more like a see you later. Juvia will see Levy and Lucy again soon." Juvia said cheerfully.
"I guess you're right. I'm just going to miss you both and father as well." Lucy says with a small smile on her face.
"We're going to miss you and father too Lucy but we will see each other again." I told her.
After we were done talking, we each hugged each other and we went into our carriages and went our separate ways.
The journey to Oak town was very long and boring. Luckily I brought a book with me to read. After managed to read a few pages, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"Um, hello? Are we there yet?" I asked because I was uncertain how long we were actually stopped for. No one answered, so I poked my head out of the window and was surprised and scared at what I saw.
Hundreds of dark shadow like creatures were coming towards the carriage and the guards that were with me were nowhere to be found which made me wonder how long we really had stopped here. I got out of the carriage and took off running in the direction that I though Oak town was in.
"Help, someone help me!" I yelled breathlessly as I continued to run, until I tripped and fell on the ground. Yep not only was a short, I was also slightly clumsy and at the worse times is when I would show this trait like right now, when I'm running for my life. My foot started to throb in pain. I looked down at it and already see it start to swell near my right ankle. Great I would get injured at a time like this, with no one around to help me. Well I guess running is not an option anymore, I hope someone finds me soon or else I don't know what will happen to me. In order to buy some time I use my powers to create the word "LIGHT" and shined it towards the monsters. It worked but only managed to get rid of two or three at a time. I wish I had my light pen, it would make this much easier, but it's somewhere in my boxes since I thought I wouldn't need it. I continued to cast it multiple times until I felt my powers drain and I started losing consciousness. As my eyes started to close I heard voices in the distance.
"Requip Black Wing Armor!"
"Musica Sword!"
"Iron-Shadow Dragon Roar!"
My eyes slowly open when I hear these three voices. I don't see who said them, but I see the monsters in front of me start to disappear as the attacks keep coming. After all the monsters are gone I begin to lose consciousness again but before that a blurry tall dark figure that appears to have metal scales stands in front of me trying to get my attention.
"Oi Shrimp, shrimp are you ok? Wake up shorty!"
Shrimp? Shorty? The only person who called me that and got away with it was.
"Gajeel?" I whispered slightly mumbled.
"Gihi Yeah shrimp, it's me, now come one and wake up."
I tired really hard to do as he said but I just can't. Before I can answer, my mind goes blank and I slowly slip into the darkness.
