The ride to Hargeon was… I guess you could say interesting. Who knew that dragons get motion sickness? I mean they can fly using their wings but they can't get on any object that moves. I was wondering why Gajeel didn't want to get in the carriage this morning until Erza all but forced him into it since he was arguing the whole time.
"Shrimp you go on and ride in the carriage with Erza and Lily. I'll just fly and meet you there."
"But Gajeel it's raining. It's going to be hard to fly in this. I don't think it's safe.
"I'll be alright Shrimp. Just go on into the carriage so you don't get sick."
"Gajeel just come with us. Why are you trying to avoid it?"
"I just don't wanna get in the carriage!" Gajeel said pouting.
"Gajeel stop complaining and get in. You're not going to fly in this weather." Lily said
"Shut up Lily I'll do what I wa..."
Gajeel was cut off when Erza came by and punched him in the stomach, knocking him out.
"Lily get him and put him in the carriage." Erza said and then climbed in there herself. Lily shook his head and went to get Gajeel and carried him to the carriage.
I just stood there in shock at what just happened.
"Come on Princess. We must go if you want to be there on time." Lily said.
I turned towards the carriage and went to get in. Once I was seated Lily placed Gajeel next to me and laid his head on my lap, and then took his seat next to Erza.
"Um... Does this happen a lot?" I ask
"Only when Gajeel is being stubborn which is most of the time. We usually let him fly if the weather is good since he doesn't like to ride in or on anything that moves and you'll find out why when he becomes conscious again." Lily told me.
About half way through Gajeel finally started to move around. When I looked down at him I noticed that he was looking kinda green.
"Um Gajeel, are you alright? You're not looking to well?" I ask.
All that answers me back is a moan from Gajeel.
"Yeah Gajeel as well as other dragons get motion sickness when riding on movable objects, that's why he didn't want to ride with us." Lily stated
I looked back down at Gajeel and felt bad for him. I placed my hand on top of his head and started to run it through his hair. Eventually Gajeel stopped groaning in pain and slowly started to fall asleep against me. I continued to rub his head to keep him asleep.
"Wow! You're the first person to actually make him fall asleep on anything moving. The best we could do was knock him out but I suspect that will only cause problems for him if we continue doing that. We need to bring you along whenever he can't fly so we don't be late all the time since he complains every time." Lily said to me.
During the rest if the time on out trip Erza stayed quiet and was looking out the window, Lily and I continued talking to one another while I absentmindedly continued to stroke Gajeel's head as he sleepy on my lap.
Finally the carriage stopped in front of Hargeon's castle. I looked out the window and saw Juvia bouncing with the amount of energy that only she could have.
Erza was the first one to get out the carriage. After her, Lily got out, grabbed Gajeel, and dragged him out the carriage. Once he was out, I got out as well and then was pulled into a hug with Juvia.
"Juvia is so happy that Levy came. Lucy and Natsu just got here. It looks like Gajeel is in the same state that Natsu arrived in. Gajeel can be placed next to Natsu while they both recover." Juvia says as she leads us into the castle and to a lounge-like area where Natsu was on a couch groaning, Lucy was sitting next to him rubbing his head, and Gray stood against the wall in nothing but his boxers. I guess that's why Gajeel calls him a stripper. I wonder if he knows he's just in his boxers.
I turn to Juvia who is swooning next to me with hearts in her eyes and his clothes in her hand.
"Gray-sama your clothes." Juvia says even though I doubt she really wanted to give him his clothes. It was probably because Lucy was in the room otherwise she would have hidden them.
Gray looked down and finally noticed he didn't have any clothes. I don't see how he didn't know, you would think he would feel cold, but I guess since he's an ice demon he wouldn't feel the difference anyway. He went over to Juvia, took his clothes and started to put them on.
Lily placed Gajeel on a couch next to Natsu and Lucy, and I went over and set next to him, placed his head back on my lap and stroked his hair so he would feel better.
"Ha, look at these two. Can't even handle a short carriage ride without getting sick, you guys are so weak." Gray mocked.
Apparently that's all that Natsu and Gajeel needed to get better because they were up and in front of Gray in seconds.
"What did you say ice princess?!"
"You heard me metal head, you and flame brain over here are weak since you can't even ride on a carriage."
"At least we can keep on our clothes for more than five minutes you perverted stripper."
While the boys argued, Erza walked up to them and bashed Natsu and Gray's heads together.
"Gihi!" Gajeel laughed before Erza bashed Gajeel's head with her fist knocking him out along with the other two.
After witnessing that, I decided to ignore it and turned to talk to Juvia and Lucy.
"So Juvia what do we need to do in order to make your wedding what you dreamed of since you meet Gray?" I asked.
"Well Juvia wanted a fairy tale like wedding so she was thinking about an ice castle in the background with water fountain arches. Juvia was wondering if some of Lucy's celestial spirits could help out with the wedding as well?"
"I'm sure they would love to help out Juvia." Lucy tells her.
"That's wonderful. Juvia guesses we can talk about the wedding later when Gray-sama wakes up. Right now Levy and Lucy should go to their rooms and prepare for lunch."
We all got up and followed Juvia as she led us to our rooms. Once I got to my room I noticed that not only was my stuff in the room but so was Gajeel's. Why was it here, we couldn't be? No Juvia should know better.
"Juvia why is Gajeel's stuff in here?" I ask afraid of the answer I somehow knew she would give me."
"Because Levy and Gajeel are sharing the room."