HELLO EVERYBODY! :) Hoped everyone enjoyed the first chapter, 'cause here's the second!
"Eh?!" Lucy said confusedly. Her bonus reward was a white key? White keys weren't supposed to exist. There were only supposed to be silver keys, which could be purchased in stores, and gold keys, which couldn't be bought.
Hold on Lucy, she thought to herself. Think of all the reasons why white keys can exist. Maybe it was new and she weren't sold in stores yet? No, that couldn't be it. Perhaps someone painted a silver key so that it looked white? No, that can't be it either. If it was painted, the surface of the key wouldn't feel metallic. Oh! It must be a fake key then! Someone could have easily made a white key and passed it as real key by saying it was some rare, never-before-seen kind of key.
Lucy nodded in satisfaction. Her explanation for the white key's existence seemed good enough for her at the moment, so she carelessly through the fake key onto her desk, jumped into bed, and drifted off to sleep.
"Mm." Lucy smelled something really nice. She couldn't quite identify the scent, but it somehow seemed familiar. She moved closer to it and the air around her got warmer. Comforted by the change in temperature, she continued to move closer to the source until she smacked her head into it.
Startled, Lucy's eyes flickered open and came face to face with Natsu. "AHHH!" She kicked him off her bed, sat up straight, and placed her hand on her chest, breathing heavily. She wasn't very happy with the way she woke up. "NATSU! YOU SCARED ME!"
Natsu wasn't very pleased either, since he was woken up by Lucy's scream and was rudely kicked off her bed. He sat cross-legged on the floor and rubbed his eye. "I was just sleeping," he yawned.
"When did you even get into my house?!" She yelled at the pink-haired male while wrapping herself with her blanket to keep warm.
"Hmm," Natsu pondered. "Oh, remember how I said I was going to go home?" He leaned forward and looked at Lucy intently.
"Yes?" Lucy looked away, blushing a little from his gaze.
"Well, I lied!" He grinned and his hands behind his head. Lucy twitched her eye, but let go of the matter since he had stayed over at her place many times before.
"Lushy," Happy said from his place on the floor. "What was your bonus reward?"
"It wasn't anything special," Lucy replied, getting up from her bed. "It was just a fake key. I don't get why the old man would even want me to have it." She walked over to her desk and grabbed the white key, holding it up so Natsu and Happy could see.
Natsu stood up, took the key from her, and started inspecting it. "How do you know it's a fake?" He asked.
"Well, I mainly just assumed it was. There shouldn't be any white keys in Earthland. I've never even heard of white keys before." Lucy said, leaning her back onto the wall and crossing her arms.
"You should try using it!" Natsu jumped over to Lucy excitedly. "It could be real!" He threw his hand out, holding the key right in front of Lucy's face.
"Do I have to?" Lucy sighed, placing her hands on her hips.
"Yes!" Natsu said eagerly. His curiosity was getting the better of him. "It could be a celestial spirit chef! He could make us all the food we can eat! Plus, we're all hungry right now, so a spirit like that would be perfect." Happy's stomach grumbled at the mention of food. Natsu turned his head to look at Happy and gave him a smile. "See?" Natsu said, turning back to Lucy.
"I don't know, Natsu…" Lucy said, unconvinced. She highly doubted that there would be any celestial spirit chef even if her stomach wished there was one.
Natsu leaned in and put his face just centimetres away from Lucy's, making her face turn pink. "Please?" Natsu asked. "If I'm right then we'll never have to buy food again."
The thought of never having to spend money on food for Natsu and Happy convinced Lucy to try using the key in an instant. Again, she knew it was highly unlikely there was a celestial spirit chef, but it was always worth a try. "Fine."
Natsu leaned back to his original posture and handed the key to Lucy with a goofy grin. Lucy gave him an irritated smile and walked to the center of her room.
She held out the key in front of her and said, "I am linked to the path to the world of Celestial Spirits." She placed her hand on her chest before continuing, "Now! O Spirit, answer my call and pass through the Gate!"
Lucy was surrounded by light, she let go as the key started to spin, and she grabbed it when it stopped. At the moment where her hand touched the key, she knew exactly what the key was called. "Gate of the Wishmaker, I open thee! Twinkle!"
Beams of white light shot out from the key, blinding everybody in Lucy's room. When the light faded, Lucy was the first to open her eyes, "Eh?"
In front of her was a little girl in a yellow costume shaped like a star that sparkled. She appeared to be the same age as Wendy and was probably just as cute. The difference between her and Wendy was that she had pale orange hair and amber eyes with three little star-shaped tattoos beside her left eye. Her hair fell midway down her back and her bangs covered her right eye. She lifted up two fingers to form a "V" over her left eye and said, "Wish!"
I didn't know what to make Twinkle say... so I just went with "Wish!". I know it's lame, gomen. :c I hope you readers liked this chapter though. I will probably update in one or two days :) Oh, and leave a review! I would love to know what everyone thinks of the story so far. :D