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Chapter 2 – Dragons and Bandits
"I can't believe you snuck into my bag you damn cat!" hissed Lucy as Happy sat besides her smiling.
Lucy, Wendy, Charle and Happy sat together in a train compartment as the world rushed past them in the train window.
"Aye!" said the blue exceed happily. "I wanted to come along with you to make sure you're alright!"
"Lair! You know perfectly well I can handle myself without your help you mangy cat!" snapped Lucy crossing her arms and looking away haughtily. They both knew that the cat only snuck on to be close to Charle.
"But what about Natsu Happy?" asked Wendy looking a little concern for the fire dragon slayer.
"Won't he panic if finds you missing?"
"Aye!" said Happy as he pulled a fish from his bag and offered it to Charle only for the female exceed to turn her nose away from it.
"That's why I left a note for him! I'm sure he'll be fine without me."
"Stupid…" muttered Lucy as she yawned, feeling the tiredness creeping back to her.
"You know he's only gonna track us down when he sees the note! I just hope he doesn't interrupt our mission, I really need this money you know!"
"Don't worry Lucy! This mission will be a snap!" Wendy smiled clenching her fist in a way to emphasize her words.
Lucy couldn't help but smile at the young girl and closed her eyes, resting her head against the seat.
"I can eat this!" exclaimed Lucy sitting cross-legged on the grassy floor, the sky above was dotted with millions of stars shining brightly against the celestial heavens.
Lucy held up the ball of fire in her hands and sniffed it, not surprise in the least that the flames were not burning her.
"Yes my child, by eating that fire it will replenish your energy and magic." boomed the great voice of Tengoku.
"All five elements that come under my rule you can devour." The dragon turned his scaly head towards the little girl.
"Chi, the element of earth! Sui, the element of water! Ka, the element of Fire! Fū, the element of wind! And lastly Kū, the void element."
"I can eat all of them?" asked the girl amazed.
"Yes, if you ever find yourself running low in a battle and one of these elements is available to you, devour it and regain strength!"
The girl opens her mouth wide in amazement, her unusually sharp teeth gleaming in the starlight.
Lucy bought the ball of fire to her lips and chomped into it, smiling with delight as she felt a burst of energy surge through her body.
Lucy opened her eyes gingerly and noticed the train was still travelling; she looked around and saw that the rest of her companions have also fallen asleep.
"Another weird dream…." muttered Lucy to herself as she looks at the blurry scenery in the window.
Without thinking she bought her fingers to her lips and rubbed her fingertips across her teeth. They felt normal as usual, yet in the dream they were sharp and the dragon. Just what was up with the dragon?
Lucy can't remember ever seeing a dragon when she was little yet, the dragon seemed so familiar
"T-thank you! Thank you!" howled a short plump man dressed in rags and covered in dirt, apparently this blubbering man is the mayor of Yolin Town.
"I can't believe this man is the mayor!" whispered Lucy to Wendy who nodded in agreement.
"Aye!" said Happy simply who seem to be inching ever so slowly towards Charle who kept glancing at him suspiciously.
"Thank you so much for helping us!" howled the Mayor again and he bowed before the group causing them to sweat drop.
"We have been waiting ages for kind people such as you to help us in our time of need! Thank you!"
"N-no problem! Just tell us where those bandits are and we'll soon sort them out!" said Lucy waving her hands as the Mayor burst into more tears, his head repeatedly smacking onto the floor as he bowed to them.
"Just follow that path to the forest!" wailed the Mayor as he pointed the way.
"Our Town is on the brink of destruction! We can't survive if they carry on stealing our stuff! Thank You!"
The group quickly turned their backs on the blubbering plump mayor and headed towards their destination.
"So how are we going to do this?" Lucy asked thoughtfully as the group continued to walk along the beaten path through the trees.
"I say we proceed with caution, it will not do well for us to rush blindly in." said Charle rubbing her chin thoughtfully.
"I can see glimpses into the future and so far can only see one mage fighting us."
"One mage huh?" said Lucy clutching her whip tightly. "No problem!"
"How about a sneak attack? I can use my sense of smell to locate their whereabouts." Wendy said looking at Lucy for her input to her suggestion.
"Good idea! Even if it's one mage we don't know the nature of his magic yet. For all we know he could be strong!" replied Lucy but then she suddenly stopped.
"Huh! Lucy what's wrong?" asked Happy looking at his friend.
"You smell that?" said Lucy looking around, her instincts telling her to be on guard. A strong smell of tar combined with metal and dirt wafted towards them, and it was getting stronger.
"Someone's coming!" growled Wendy and she got into position.
"awww lookie here!" drawled an oily voice.
"Two little lambs have lost their way!"
Wendy and Lucy instantly turned towards the voice and were greeted by a man wearing black fur rags hanging upside down from a tree branch. Below him were a group of heavily armed men wearing an assortment of armor.
"It's dangerous little lambs!" said the man and he stuck out his tongue, drool dripping to the floor below.
"Lost little lambs will get eaten by big bad wolfy!"
The men below started to laugh and jeer.
Lucy gave a shudder of fear and disgust at the sight before her, nevertheless she reach for her whip and with quick reflexes born from countless battles she whipped the man across the face, slicing his cheek open.
"Wind Dragon's Roar!" roared Wendy puffing up her cheeks and releasing a devastating blast of wind from her mouth.
The attack sent the men flying backwards knocking them out instantly.
"Wow! That was amazing!" yelled Happy flying into the air.
"Not really, they don't possess magic." Charle stated beside him.
The man from the tree fell to the ground, landing on his feet and looked at his men before turning towards the girls.
"Y-your mages!" he stuttered wiping the drool from his mouth.
"We're Fairy Tail Mages!" yelled Lucy and cracked her whip once more. The man leaped from the ground avoided the whip and smirked.
"Good thing I'm a mage too!" he smirked as his tongue lolled out, drool flying everywhere.
"Metal Panic!" the man swung his arm forward and a volley of rusty red daggers went flying straight towards Lucy.
"Tch!" Lucy jumped out of the way in time and grabbed the key of Taurus.
"Open! Gate of the Bull! Taurus!" Lucy bellowed feeling her magic flow to the spirit world.
"Moooooooo! Master Lucy has the best breasts ever!" yelled the spirit warrior causing to Lucy to flush bright red, waving her arms frantically at Taurus.
Charle quickly clamped Wendy's ears in order to protect her innocence while glaring at Lucy.
"Oh! I agree!" smirked the man, Lucy screamed as she saw his eyes popping at her chest area.
"No one admires Lucy's assets apart from me!" yelled Taurus in anger and he leaped from the ground with such speed and in one swift swipe, knocked the man out instantly with the blunt end of his axe.
"Why are there so many perverts around?" hissed Lucy as Wendy leaped for joy at their victory.
"It must be the disadvantaged of being sexy!" murmured Lucy as she strikes a sexy pose.
"Not really…" whispered Happy sweat-dropping.
"We did it! Orleana City! Here we come!" yelled Wendy in joy as she flung herself at Lucy.
Lucy smiled brightly and embraces the young Sky Dragon Slayer in a hug.
"I have to admit, it's nice fighting weak people for a change. It's kind of like a break!" laughed Lucy as Wendy smiled in agreement.
Lately the enemies they've been fighting were extremely powerful and it was nice not having to give it their all in a fight.
"Oh yeah!" Wendy said suddenly, looking at Lucy confused.
"How come you managed to smell those guys at the same time as me?"
"Huh?" replied Lucy looking blank.
"I.. I don't know. Maybe they really smelled?"
"Even if they smelled really bad, I should have smelled them way before you." Said Wendy looking even more confused. "Weird!"
"Let's not bother too much about that, lets tied these guys up and head back to town. Our reward is waiting for us!"
"So… it's slowly happening."
"Yes Rico, I've been observing her. There's not been much change though."
"Don't worry Felicia, at the moment only small snippets of her sealed memory and power are surfacing."
"When the Seal has completely unraveled we will reveal ourselves to her, and the Death Blades guild will rise!"
"Finally we're back! Now we can start preparing our shopping trip!" Wendy smiled with glee as the group jumped off the train at Magnolia Station.
"This is gonna be so great! I'm bursting with excitement!" grinned Lucy pumping her fist.
"Hey Wendy! Fancy a sleepover at my place tonight. That way we can both wake up early and catch the train first thing in the morning."
"R-really!" exclaimed Wendy looking at Lucy wide eyed.
"A sleep over! I've never had one of those before!"
"Well?" smiled Lucy hitching up her traveling bags a little.
"Yes!" squeal Wendy in delight! "This is going to be so much fun!"
Lucy grinned at her happy friend and together the group started to walk towards the station exit.
"HAPPY!"
The group turned and sweat dropped as a fireball leaped through the air, colliding with the blue exceed.
"Happy! Why didn't you tell me you were going on a mission?" Natsu roared after he let the poor cat go, flames issuing from his mouth.
"I would have come with you!"
"Aye! But it would have been hard for you to sneak on the train without Lucy knowing!" said Happy.
"Huh… Lucy?" said Wendy looking at Lucy who had been staring at Natsu for a while without speaking.
Lucy had been staring at the flames rising from the Fire Dragon Slayer and felt her mouth water until Wendy's voice snapped her out of it.
"Huh wha?" said Lucy stupidly and slapped herself on the face, blushing madly. She couldn't believe she had a sudden urge to eat fire, for some bizarre reason it looked so tasty!
What was wrong with her!
"Heh, Lucy you weirdo!" grinned Natsu showing off his sharp teeth.
"I'm not a weirdo!" snapped Lucy in anger, the embarrassment still etched on her warm face.
It was then as Lucy stuck her tongue at a laughing Natsu that she noticed something, her teeth felt sharper than usual.
Lucy quickly turned away from the group and opened her mouth while looking at her reflection in the ticket booth window.
There staring back at her were a row of sharp animal like teeth, the same as Natsu's.
"Gah!" yelp Lucy in shock and horror leaping away from her reflection.
"Just what the hell is happening to me!" she thought as the others looked at her in confusion.
"Lucy? Are you ok?" asked Natsu frowning, crossing his arms as he watched his nakama acting weird. Well, weirder than usual.
"Maybe she's really tired?" suggested Happy and he flew towards his friend, concern for her.
"I-I'm f-fine!" stuttered Lucy nervously trying hard not to open her mouth too much.
"I'm j-just tired! That's all!"
Lucy gave her biggest smile (without showing her teeth) and turned towards the exit, was it just her or did the station seem louder than usual?
"Kawai!" exclaimed Wendy in delight as Plue, one of Lucy's Spirits wobbled around in a circle.
"Pun Pun!" the spirit said happily.
"He's so cute!" said Wendy and she picked up Plue and snuggled him.
"Wendy?" asked Lucy suddenly after laying on the bed for a while in deep thought.
"Yeah?" replied Wendy looking up as Lucy sat up on the bed and scratched in head.
"I can trust you can't I? I can tell you anything and you won't tell anyone else will you?"
Lucy looked around the room nervously until finally she made eye contact with the sky dragon slayer.
"Of course you can Lucy! We're nakama!" smiled Wendy brightly as she stood up and sat beside the stellar mage on the bed.
"Ok, it's just. I've been having a lot of weird dreams lately." Muttered Lucy and she quickly looked around the room in case anyone was listening.
Charle, Wendy's exceed partner is downstairs fast asleep after devouring a whole plate of fish even though she claimed she hated the stuff.
"But that's not all… I've been noticing weird things about myself too."
"What do you mean?" said Wendy as she leaned closer to her friend.
Lucy swallows loudly and looked slowly towards Wendy shaking slightly. She leaned close to Wendy and opened her mouth widely, baring her teeth.
"Oh!" exclaimed Wendy looking wide eyed at the unusually sharp teeth that lined the blondes mouth.
"I know…" sighed Lucy closing her mouth. "It's not just my teeth either; my sense of smell and hearing has also changed! I can smell and hear thing so much better."
"What about the dreams?" asked Wendy thoughtful? Lucy looked at her friend and hesitated, then she began to tell the young dragon slayer all about the weird dreams she had been having.
After everything was said the room became silent as the two mages sat on the bed in thoughtful thinking.
"Could these dreams be real?" Wendy asked finally. Lucy shook her head and looked towards the window.
"I don't know, I can't remember ever being a student to a dragon but the dreams, they feel real yet surreal at the same time!"
"Let's get some sleep." Lucy said suddenly, changing the subject.
"There's no point worrying about it, besides I want to enjoy our little trip tomorrow!"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Wendy in excitement.
"I can't wait for tomorrow! It's going to be so much fun!"
Lucy smiled as she got into bed, Wendy jumped to the floor and snuggled into her make shift bed on the floor.
"And Lucy?"
"Huh?"
"If anything else happened you can tell me ok? I won't tell anyone else! That's what friends are for right?"
Lucy looked stunned for a second then broke into a smile. Wendy is right, no matter what happens she's not alone.