The Joke's on Us

Ron's POV

The number of times I wanted to chase Subha and Hermione around the S.S Tipton with a frying pan is immeasurable.

Ha. So first, they keep the portal about Fairy Tail a secret for years. Then, I find out that Subha found those Celestial Spirit keys the year we formed the bloody DA. Now, apparently, Subha can use those keys, temporarily repair, summon and talk to one, if only for a few minutes. Like seriously, how is it that my own girlfriend is the only person to even know about anything that happens in Subha's life at this point?!And my own sister is her bloody best friend! As if my life with those two and Harry wasn't crazy enough already!

Well, too bad, Hermione, I thought as I marched over to Cody and Woody's cabin. I saw everything and heard just enough to draw my own conclusions. You two are screwed a million times over.

I rapped on the door. "Oi, Cody! We need to talk, now!"

"Ron, are you serious?!" Cody's muffled voice came out from the room. "We're a little busy right now!"

I sighed and took out my wand. I pointed it at the lock. "Alohamora."

A small click went off, signaling that the door was unlocked. I opened it and before me unfolded the weirdest shit that I have see since I got onto this ship. I found Cody and Woody in a muggle's janitor uniform, a vacuum machine with flexible tubes lying on the carpeted floor and blueprints all over the study desks.

"What the bloody hell is going on here?!" I said as I quickly stashed away my wand before Woody saw it.

"We're trying to catch a ghost!" Woody said cheerfully. "You see, Zack found this ghost and-"

Cody coughed loudly, enough to have the black curly haired and plump idiot stop talking. "I-It's a lot more to it than you think," Cody said with a nervous laugh.

I raised my eyebrow at him. "Really? You're going to try to catch a ghost? With...these?" I picked up one of the tubes that was lying on the ground and glanced back at them. "Do you have any idea how barmy you sound?!"

"Yeah, I'm well aware of how insane we sound."

"I...you know what, whatever." I put up my hands in truce. "We've more important matters to talk about." I snapped my fingers and pointed at Woody. "You. Out. Now."

"Hurtful!" Woody said, dramatically clenching his shirt.

At this point I was getting really irritated. "Oh please, I'm not in the mood to deal with dramatics. This has nothing to do with you."

"Alright, gezz," Woody muttered as he passed by me to get to the door. "Someone's in a bad mood."

The minute the door slammed behind me, I started talking. "Apparently, Subha can now use Celestial magic."

Cody looked up at me and arched an eyebrow. "Um...say what now?"

"Maybe you didn't hear me the first time," I said loudly. "SUBHA CAN USE-"

"I heard you the first time, calm down," said Cody. "First off, how did you find out? And second, why aren't you telling Harry this?"

"Because Harry was dragged into the city by Hermione and Bailey. As for how I found out..."

I told him what I saw, from Subha examining a Celestial Spirit Key to actually summoning and talking to Aquarius.

"And don't you think," I continued, "that it's weird in the slightest that with Subha and Hermione knowing about the Fairy Tail guild members on a more personal level than you you'd expect, Subha is handling Celestial magic?"

Cody was not giving the reaction I expected. "Dude, Lucy Heartfilia probably made those keys to appear to Subha when she was old enough to understand more about her powers. Technically, as history recalls, she and Yukino Augaria were the last Celestial Spirit mages to exist."

"I know what I saw, Martin." I pulled up a chair and sat down. "Yes, it's a possibility that Subha inherited her keys from her in the present. And Aquarius specifically said that Subha's magic healed her broken key temporarily so that she could be summoned."

"Well, this at least explains why Subha can use Sakura's cards. They kinda share the same blood. With that said, do we have any idea on how Aquarius' key actually broke?"

"We might as well trust what Aquarius said about that issue because when Subha asked her about that, she pretty much confirmed it. Also, Hermione seems to know."

"Why am I not surprised?" asked Cody.

"There's something else as well," I said sheepishly. I wondered whether telling him what I felt since First year around Subha and Hermione and my resolution about it was a good idea but now it was too late. "Ever since I was eight, ever since I met Subha, I always felt a warm feeling around her. Like a sort of aura or something."

At this Cody raised and eyebrow at me. "Really?"

I nodded, ignoring any pretense on how that must have sounded. "Yeah. And I thought that it was just Subha being Subha...until I met Hermione on the train to Hogwarts, where I have been feeling the exact same warmth as I felt around Subha ever since. When those two are together, that feeling is always-"

"-stronger than you would expect," Cody finished. "Yeah, I think I know what you're talking about. Especially about Subha."

I faltered. "Y-You do?"

"Yeah. What you're saying is pretty much what Zack and I have been feeling around her since preschool."

"Okay. Well, I may have an answer to that. Remember the first time we met Natsu and Lucy?"

Cody nodded. "The exact feeling hit you like a ton of bricks when they were together."

At that point, I decided that Cody was a bloody mind reader. "In addition to that, Hermione and Subha have been spending quite a lot of their time with Natsu and Lucy."

"Okay, what does that have to do with anything?"

I sighed and said, "I saw Future Lucy watching the entire thing. Tonight."

That's when Cody's eyes bugged out of their sockets as he realized what I meant by that.

"You saw her spirit," said Cody. His jaw hung open. "Oh my god. Ron, do you have any idea what-"

"It means that the majority of Fairy Tail has been watching over Hermione and Subha since the day they were born," I finished and exhaled into my hands. "Oh bloody hell."

"Huh. To think that they were more or less meant to meet each other. Should we tell them?"

I hesitated. A good idea, but who knew what we would change in history if we did? "There's a good fat chance that the two won't believe us, mate. Also, there's the possibility that they'll find out in the near future and we might mess that up if we tell them now."

I didn't dare tell Cody this, but learning about Hermione's experience with the time-turner and going through Harry's experience with prophecies had taught me one thing: you're never going to know what you might change in the future. That's why it's unknown and why it should stay unknown.

"Yeah, you got a point," Cody agreed. "But you have to admit, it is tempting."

"It is very tempting, knowing that those two can roast us under a campfire whenever they want to. Now will you tell me the story about all of this?" I gestured to the tubes and his janitor uniform.

Cody looked down as though he noticed that he was wearing it for the first time and let out another nervous laugh. "Um...this is actually kind of a long story."

"You're never going to capture a ghost, mate. You of all people know that."

"Try telling Woody that. Zack's completely lost his mind as well."

A knock on the door startled us.

"I think its Woody," said Cody, getting up and walking to the door. "Wonder how much he heard and thinks we're the maniacs?"

"I opened the door without him asking for any explanation about how I did it without a key," I responded. "I think we're good."

He opened the door and the minute I saw who it was, I knew this was something Harry and Sakura were going to find out the minute we were finished with him. I was looking into the face of Shaoran Li.

"We're dead, aren't we?" I asked Shaoran. The guy had pulled up a chair and sat down in front of me. "You're going to tell Sakura."

"I'm going to decide on what to tell Sakura and what to not," Shaoran said calmly. "As of now, telling her about Subha's ability over Celestial Magic is going to have to wait."

Cody and I shared a confused glance. Shaoran never called Subha, or any girl for that matter, by their first name with the exception of his sisters, his cousin Meiling and Sakura. He was...unique that way.

"Oo-kay," Cody said uncertainly. "But you know that we can't hide the fact that Subha and Natsu are related any more than we can hide Harry's resembling past with Meena as well as Sirius' death from Natsu. Which I always found strange that Hermione had the guild keep their mouths shut about."

Shaoran nearly fell off his chair. "Subha and Natsu Dragneel are related?!"

I snickered. "Sakura never told you? Well, either way, its...complicated. And fun fact, so are Subha and Sakura and their mothers aren't the only thing that makes them related."

"What do you mean?"

"Clow Reed was Meena Randall's uncle."

"You're shitting me."

Cody shook his head. "Nope. Meena's mum Jodha and Clow were half siblings. You, of all people, know Clow Reed's parentage."

"Yeah," answered Shaoran. "His father was Japanese but his mother was British. Oh my god...it makes perfect sense."

"Now I see why Zack kept quiet about Subha's family tree," Cody mused. "It's more screwed up than ours."

"Jodha was Indian-British?" I cut in. "If so, wouldn't that technically make Subha the same way?"

"Subha is Indo-British," corrected Cody. "But yes, she does have British and Indian ancestry. Reminder that Jodha, before getting married, was a former princess."

"I'm not that stupid, boneh-" I started to say but got cut off by something unfortunate.

"Hey guys," Woody came in shouting angrily, making us all jump, "I heard every single word of this conversation. Unless you start coughing up about your little secret, I'm going to ask London and see if she-"

"London is a witch, Woody," Cody interrupted, to my shock and horror. "And I mean that literally. Even if you went to her without me telling you that, she wouldn't tell you everything about all of this. We went through a war recently and her mother was one of the participants."

Woody turned silent. Then he blurted out, "Then what the hell is going on?! I feel like you guys are hiding something bigger! I know that we haven't known each other long but I am your friend, aren't I? I promise that I'll keep my mouth shut!"

The three of us exchanged nervous glances. We were taking a huge risk telling Woody about everything.

But at this point, we were in way over our heads.

A/N: MUWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA CLIFFHANGER

Actually, I have a reason for this one. The reason is because I decided that Mysterious Fates is going to have a sequel. The previous one shot and this one are going to be essential to the plot in general and I am going to add these two as chapters to the sequel. It's not a plot device per say but it is important for reasons I fear will spoil the rest of MF for you guys. I will also say these will not be as concrete because this two part one shot depends on how Fairy Tail plays out. If Aquarius' key stays broken, I'm going to keep it the way it is. If not, well, I got some reworking to do. Think of this as a rough draft of sorts for the sequel. XD

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