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Chapter nine.
Onix still hadn't explained what the mysterious, white door on the second floor would be used for which bugged Anya.
"One more thing" The bluette said, searching through the backpack nobody had noticed their entire journey. Within seconds, she pulled out a stack of identical cards and passed them out.
"These are going to be our Guild Cards. All money earned will be put in the bank under the name Demon Dames and everything you buy will be charged to the guild as long as you do enough jobs"
"Are you serious?!" Memory yelled excitedly, bopping up and down, eager to start her shopping spree.
"Now for around the guild rules" Onix started again, she enjoyed watching the colour and eyes of the group brighten at the gold piece of plastic, "Rule number 1. No boys!"
Iris let out a small whine of protest, but was instantly hushed by Eden, "Rule 2: Every member of this guild must uphold a kind of responsibility. A job if you will, such as shopping for groceries every week, getting new clothes or makeup, and tending the bar"
All at once, the girls shouted out the job they wanted.
Iris: Make up consultant.
Eden: Did not care.
Anya: Food Shopper.
Princess: Baker.
Memory: Not old enough.
Ruki: Bartender.
Rosie: Clothes shopper.
Lucy merely cringed. She never had been good at anything other than cheering people up.
"Lucy. You'll be our personal ray of sunshine!" Onix exclaimed sweetly, "And Rule 3: Every Friday we must hold an open bar for the towns people!"
Rosie perked up at this, "But that's tomorrow!"
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Team Natsu.
The group of seven sat in their booth on the train, each talking about the most random-est topic they could think of.
"Hey, Happy?" Natsu asked, staring blankly out of the window.
"Yes Natsu!"
"Were d'you think Lucy is now?" Silence echoed throughout the compartment as Erza stared down at her shoes, lost in thought whilst Gray had decided to put his underwear back on.
Wendy was the only one who didn't mind the topic as much, besides, she was one of the few who wasn't there when it happened. Charla had thrown a tantrum whn they'd arrived only to find their Blonde celestial mage gone.
"I don't know" Happy replied, trying to break the uncomfortable silence.
"Do you ever think we were wrong? To Lucy?"
Erza was the next to speak up, her red bangs covered her eyes as she willed herself not to cry in front of the two idiots and young girl, "All of the time"
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"Okay" Onix said coming out of the bathroom to explain to the other girls what would happen, "I want you all to go out on a shopping spree and get everything you think you'll need for your jobs!" She turned to look at Ruki, "Like vodka"
Lucy opened the grand, black double doors and commentated in her best commercial voice she could muster up, "On your marks. Get set. GO!"
The two girls left behind grinned at each other. So far so good. Already their guild had, what? Nine members?
The blonde's ears twitched as she heard something not far from their Guild, drop to the ground. It wasn't heavy enough to be a bear, but it was to be a human girl.
"Over there" Onix pointed towards the bushes and trees that formed a straight line in front of the building, quietly, they snuck towards the noise, only to find a a girl similar in age to Memory.
Her long, white and grey streaked hair splayed around her look a pool of water. Lucy grabbed a key out of her pocket.
"Gate of the Lion! Loke!"
A bright flash enveloped them as a rather handsome man appeared, his brown hair was perfectly brown hair was dragged to the side slightly, giving him a rouge-ish look.
"You called my princess?" He asked. Onix raised an eyebrow as if to say He calls you Princess?
"Loke. You can't call me princess anymore. My friends nickname is Princess" Lucy explained warmly and then turned to the young girl, "I want you to carry her inside quickly"
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"So, let me get this straight" Onix said with a very thoughtful anime face, "He used to be a member of Fairy Tail but turned out to be a star-dude...Cool! My name's Onix!"
Loke shook her hand before saying, "A name that is suitable in beauty too it's owner"
And that was the first time Lucy saw her best friend almost kill someone.
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Lucy had made Loke go home since she knew that if he stayed any longer, the Bluette would have his head.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" The blonde asked, gesturing to the sleeping 14 year old on the bed opposite Memory's.
A soft groan was heard as a pair of glazed honey brown eyes opened.
"How are you feeling?"
Immediately, the girl shrunk back against the wall, "Who are you people? Is it your hobby to kidnap little kids?"
"One, My name is Lucy and this is Onix. Two, I AM NOT A PEDOPHILE!"
The bluette sweat dropped and decided it would be best to make the blonde leave the room.
"As you can see, I'm Onix. We found you passed outside of our guild and we took you up here. So my question is, who are you?"
"Angeline" The girl replied.
"Well Angeline, from here I can tell you have two options" Onix was ruthless when it came to child-runaways and wasn't afraid to show it.
Interested, Angeline leaned forward, "What are they?"
"One. You can carry on running from what ever you were and live in constant fear until you're caught or..." She looked straight into the younger girls eyes. Black vs Honey Brown. "You can join our guild and be protected from who ever and what ever"
Angeline blinked, was this an invitation or a sentence, she couldn't tell. Smiling Onix ruffled her hair before standing up.
"If you want, I'll leave so you can make your decision, or you could tell me why you're on the run"
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It had been a while since Venus had been to RavensCreak. (Venus was the girl who knew Lucy before she got kicked out remember? Chapter 3) The streets were as lively as ever and the stall people had given up on stuffing their items into your pocket so you'd have to buy it.
Venus looked down at the compass that was supposed to lead her to Lucy. But either this thing didn't work or Lucy was seriously lost. Already, she'd gone through a forest twice, a lake and the beach.
A group of girls shuffled past her, each talking excitedly about some friends they'd made.
"If it weren't for Onix and Lucy, I don't know what I would've done" A Pinkette said.
Wait, Lucy?
Venus ran in front of the group, stopping them, "Lucy? Lucy Heartfilia?"
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Angeline began to plait her hair as she spoke, "My mother abandoned me as a baby and gave me to the church. I was really happy until it happened."
"What's it?" Onix couldn't help but ask.
"A priest came in one day when I was 12, to see how the orphans were doing. He would always play with us before bedtime and read us stories, even ask our cook to make extra food since we were all hungry. I trusted him a lot, and then...after dinner one night" She swallowed, her eyes had a doll-like affect as her body shook, "He asked me to come and see him in his bedroom"
Already, Onix could tell what had happened and went to sit beside the shaking child and held her in a hug.
"I went in, thinking he just wanted to talk, but he locked the door as I came in and pinned me to the wall. He tried to...do things to me"
The bluette's mouth had gone dry as she croaked out, "Did he rape you?"
With a shaky laugh Angeline continued, "No, but he wanted to. I had screamed and gotten the attention of one of the Sisters who immediately made him let go. The next day, I ran"
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Onix held the girl close and rocked them back and forth.
"I'm sorry, I think I'd rather run my whole life instead of staying in a place with boys"
The bluette smiled slightly and pulled Angeline out so she could look at her, "Sweetie, this is an all female guild"
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Natsu looked around the place before taking a seat next to Gray with the two girls opposite them.
Lucy gasped and covered her mouth with her hands as quickly as possible and mouthed, That's them to Onix. The girls black eyes narrowed and flew to the table with the male pink-head. She smirked as an idea hit her.
"Go over there and sit in the next booth. They can't touch whilst you're here, if they try and talk to you, just go to our room"
Lucy nodded and obeyed, walking had never felt so terrifying but thankfully Team Natsu never even noticed her which made her feel bitter.
For two hours, she'd listened to them talk about the guild and the scandals that had happened and finally, Gray and Natsu started to fight. Their fists were raised, ready to hit each other but had stopped.
They'd never gotten past this point, since Lucy would have stepped in to tell them off with Erza backing her up.
"I miss Lucy. I want her back"
Wendy's voice made Lucy's eyes water and gave her the strength to do what she did next.
Stay tuned to find out what she did!
Bye~!
-Kai-chan!