Fairy Tail owned by Hiro Mashima

Fanfiction and Characters with * by: Emerald Sonata

FAIRY TAIL:
The Small Adventures of Wendy Marvell

~10~
'Bells and Kittens'

Carla was lost. Period.

"Wendy! Where are you!? Gaaah! I wish she could have one of those magic-chip devices that you could hide in the fur of pets and trace after them with a magic tracker. Wendyyyyyyyyyy!"

The white cat the size of a walking handbag groaned as she continued to cry out at the top of her lungs. All the while, she gained stared after stares of random citizens who watch this walking and talking cat pass them by as if pretending to be a fellow human.

"… No good. At this rate, it will take too long to find the poor girl. And she hates being alone. Looks like I need to stretch my wings."

Carla was a special type of cat. She was known as an Exceed, sentient beings who resemble cats but act like a regular human. Dress, behaviour, speech, they could mimic a human's perfectly. They could also use magic.

Notably, they can sprout a pair of magic bird-wings on their small back and fly. It was very convenient.

"Now, where should—"

"Oh! A flying cat! So rare!"

"… Heh?"

Carla tried to fly off, only to have her body go nowhere and her tail hurting. It felt like someone grabbed her tail and held her down like a balloon.

"… Little girl! Don't grab a maiden's tail so casually like that!"

"Can I keep you!? I really love your wings! Oh! I have some milk in a carton. Do you want some?"

"Are you treating me like a real cat!?"

There was a girl who looked no older than 10 who held Carla like a carnival balloon by the tail. She had cropped blond hair, a set of copper headphones around her neck, and a simple stuffed vest along with a small round face. Every time someone looked at her, they suddenly get a refreshing feeling. It was no different than chewing on mint gum.

"My name is Mint Bell. Can I call you Darjeeling?"

"No. My name is Carla. I'm not a pet. I'm just lost. I'm looking for my friend. She's a girl who is a head higher than you, with long ocean-blue twintails, and carries a Fairy Tail mark on her shoulder. Have you seen someone like that?"

"Here, Darjeeling, Darjeeling. Chi-chi-chi. I've got a leek stick for your to play with."

"Are you even listening to me!?"

The girl who looked no older than 10 and gave people a refreshing mint feeling whenever they look at her, just smiled.

"Of course, I can hear everything. Even the selfish whisper in your voice."

"…"

"Don't worry. You're not an evil person. So let me take you home. Papa definitely wouldn't mind if you show that you can talk to him like a lady."

"Please listen to me properly, little girl!"

And so, Carla continued to argue with the merry-go-round Mint Bell while the latter held the former down like a carnival balloon.