What on EARTH?
Deciding to upload another chapter since I'm making these quite short.
First Master Mavis
As a light sleeper, Lucy Heartfilia woke up to lamp posts being switched on. She found herself cuddled and squished between Natsu and Happy which was starting to feel uncomfortable since Natsu started digging his elbow into her side.
The sky was still quite dark but she knew in a hours, the place would be bustling with people. Lucy wasn't very sure where this was. Definitely not Magnolia Park but it was some sort of one with a play area. Possibly somewhere in Fiore however since the Salamander could not use his fire magic, it was likely that they have ended up in a entirely different planet.
Heck, this place was worse than Edolas.
Not wanting to wake them up, Lucy quickly adjusted her outfit so that it was tightly bonded together to prevent public humiliation. She dusted herself off and went for a stroll around this place, hoping to detect anything useful. As far as she knew, nothing was the same. The trees weren't very old unlike the ones in Magnolia, the couple of houses she spotted were very different, it seemed much more... modern. Magnolia suddenly seemed quite old fashioned.
The park really was quite small so she took some steps further towards those houses. This place really was different.
The houses were aligned on either side where a road split in between. Cars, sleek, shiny cars went past at quite a slow pace. Eyes following the car she saw a round thing with signs on. (Roundabout)
Wherever this place was, even if no magic, they had created many things. Lucy could not help but admire these talented people. Unlike Edolas, they had found different ways to live without the use of magic. Yet again, they probably didn't know such things exist.
Probably.
The houses on this street were made of red brick. Quite small but looked very cosy. Lucy wrapped her arms around herself.
"Lucy!"
"What are you doing?"
"Just checking out this place.' She admitted. "It seems that they have no magic power whatsoever. Weren't you guys sleeping or something?" She asked.
"Then it got really cold without you." Happy said on Natsu's shoulders. "We thought you got kidnapped."
"Plus, I'm starving!" Natsu complained, holding his stomach.
"Let's go fishing!" Happy exclaimed.
"There's no lake or river close by." Lucy claimed. "We don't want to attract much attention."
"I say we head back." Natsu grumbled. "Want to cuddle. Lucy's cuddly."
"Aye!" Happy agreed.
"SHUT UP, I DO NOT CUDDLE!"
They silently walked back to the park where they sat down again.
"What now?" Lucy asked them wearily. "I'd say it's about 6:00am right now."
No-one spoke up with suggestions.
"I say we find a place." A soft voice said, yawning.
"The hell?!" Natsu yelled, looking up.
"Morning!" An all-too-familiar small, blonde girl with her pink dress greeted. "How's your night?" She was leaning against the tree branches in a childish manner.
"Master Mavis.." Lucy whispered. "When did you get here?!"
The girl laughed, swinging her pale legs. "I arrived when you arrived. I watched you guys being absorbed by the light so I followed you. Because I'm a ghost right? Plus the Third's really are the most interesting!" She smiled widely.
"But why-"
"I like taking people by surprise so I didn't reveal myself."
"Oh."
Natsu butted in. "Master Mavis, can you get home since you're like ultra powerful?"
Mavis cocked her head to the side. "I don't know how to get back. I'm guessing that the spell had a hidden curse or mistake in it. Or perhaps you didn't read it correctly?" She explained. "Either way, figure out the mistake you made and I'll see if I know. For the time being, it's one big adventure right?"
"Yeah, Master Mavis is right." Happy said. "We've gotta enjoy it!"
"Uh huh." Mavis nodded. "I found an abandoned flat nearby, not been used for a long time but we could live their temporally. On Earth, if children were caught on the road, a lot of trouble goes into it and we don't need that."
"Earth?" Lucy repeated. "Not Earthland?"
"Earth. I've only read about in books really, but it seems fascinating! Culture, language, technology is something to marvel at apparently."
"Sounds amazing!" Lucy agreed.
"What about food?" Natsu said.
"Don't worry, the foods are said to be delicious." Natsu gave a delighted growl.
"Let's go then and we'll get some decent clothes for you." Mavis giggled as she leapt off the oak impossibly graceful and soothed her pastel dress.
Hidden by the dark sky, they managed to smuggle themselves into the flat by climbing the window.
"Oof!" Lucy tumbled through the glass as she slipped. "Wow. This place is umm, dirty."
The place was quite big but it was very dusty, dirty and had a bad amount of rubbish in it.
This room had a clothing space with a rack and two creaky beds. When Happy explored outside, there was a smaller room with nothing in it and a large room which basically was the living room and kitchen molded together. There was also a sweet bathroom which was surprisingly clean.
"Well, we could tidy it up a bit." Lucy said finally.
"And get you guys some proper clothes." Mavis replied.
"Princess, are you going to punish me?"
"VIRGO! Where did you come from?!" Yelped Lucy.
"I came from the Celestial Spirit Realm, Princess. Princess, is that you?" The pink haired maid answered.
"Yes and no, that not what I meant! How are you here? Natsu couldn't use his fire!"
"I'll explain Princess." Virgo said, "You see, as a celestial wizard, your magic is used to summon us from an entirely different world. Natsu's dragon slayer magic wouldn't work because he's a caster type, requiring magic power. But this place has no magic at all so his magic is useless. But because we physically are from a different world so you can still summon us. However you have short, limited time before we get hurt because it's now our power being used. More powerful spirits have less time because of the magic taken up so for example, Plue can stay here longer than Leo."
"How long can you last?"
"Possibly half a battle."
"Anyway, I am here to-" Flash "give out clothes." She returned with clothes in her hand. "I will be gone Princess, I want to save energy."
Virgo disappeared and on the floor are two outfits. They looked rather different, rather simpler than their original costumes.
"Earth's sense of style." Mavis remarked.
Luckily, they weren't too different so they each took a pile and Lucy ran into a room, Natsu just stripped in the open.
Lucy wore a teal and golden floral dress and wore black flats. Her hair was styled with her usual side ponytail.
Natsu was trying to get used to the 'denim trousers' as Mavis called them. "Dammit! Can't I wear my normal ones?"
"Nope, you cannot stand out!" Mavis demanded.
Natsu's outfit was a white top and jeans with his scarf and trainers.
"And me!" Mavis laughed, a warm light enveloped her and she turned into a young lady with a sweater and leggings and ankle boots. Glasses sat on her nose.
"Wow!" Happy exclaimed. "Ghost magic!"
"I'll be grown up as foster mother!"
"So you'll actually take care of us."
"Yeah, but first, let's enroll of two at a local school."
Managed to type it out before school and thanks for reading!
Over and out,
AquaArtist