Chapter 18
Saving Wendy
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's and ideas
Frea opened her eyes slowly and narrowed them at the light that was shining through the window to her left. She sat up and blinked the sleep from her eyes, and rubbed the back of her neck. She swung her feet from off the bed and stood up, stepping toward the chair her bag was set down on and picking it up to swing it over her shoulder. She sighed, sleeping had felt so good, but she was surprised to find that she was still a little tired even after all the rest she had just gotten. Usually I'm full of energy in the morning...
Frea shrugged softly and walked out of the room and returned the room key at the front desk before exiting the hotel. The sun cast its warm rays down into the city, helping to warm it up from the chilly breeze that blew through. She turned in the direction she knew the Train Station would be in and walked along in silence, casting the occasional smile at anyone who greeted her. Once she could her the whistle of the trains she stopped at the entrance to an alley that connected to another street at the other end.
It was fairly dark and she was getting a sort of bad feeling just standing in front of it. She narrowed her eyes and searched the shadows, her nose twitching to take in the scents. Frea's eyes widened in surprise when she caught a scent that sort of smelled like fresh air, mixed in with the faintest signs of... Fairy Tail. The only odd thing was, it wasn't familiar to anyone she knew.
"Ah! Let me go!" A small frightened voice drifted toward Frea and she took a step into the shadows of the alley.
"Don't complain little girl!" A Gruff voice sounded and Frea narrowed her eyes. Now this didn't sound good.
"Unhand her you Hooligan!" Another voice shouted and Frea jumped forward, this definitely didn't sound good. Once her eyes got accustomed to the darkness she could make out the figure of a large man holding on tightly to the arm of a small blue-haired girl in a yellow and blue dress with a white flying cat hovering around them.
"Hey!" Frea snarled and the man turned his dark eyes on her. "Let her go!" Frea demanded and the man gave her a smile.
"What's a puny little girl like you gonna do?" He sneered and Frea glared, clenching her left fist. She took a step forward and brought her fist back, encasing it in her Energy.
"Fist of the Energy Dragon Slayer!" Frea growled and hit him in the face, sending him flying away into a trash can a good 20 feet away. Frea took another few steps and stopped in her tracks fist still raised. To her surprise he got back to his feet and shot an angry look at her.
"So your a mage are ya?" He hissed and his hand shot out in front of him, a pillar of flame shot out toward them. Frea took a step in front of the girl and the cat, crossing her arms in front of her.
"Energy Shield." Frea said calmly and the flames were deflected, Frea let the Shield drop and she smirked at the astonished look on the man's face. "Energy Dragon's ROAR!" Frea snarled and a large column of her silver energy shot out toward him and sent him flying across the street at the end of the alley and he stayed down this time. Frea took a deep breath and frowned slightly at how little Magic Energy she had at the moment. Why am I so low? She turned around to face the small girl and gave her a reassuring smile when she noticed how scared she looked.
"Hey, are you alright?" Frea asked gently and the girl nodded slightly.
"Y-yeah.." She murmured. The girl looked up at the cat, "Are you alright Carla?" She asked and the cat nodded.
"I am quite all right, Wendy, thank this kind stranger for her help." Carla told her with a rather stern look and the girl known as Wendy looked back at Frea.
"Oh, uh Thank you!" Wendy said with a small smile and gave her bandaged arm a sympathetic look. Frea smiled,
"Your Welcome, honestly I'm glad I ran into you, nothing like a good brawl to wake you up!" Frea said and Wendy smiled. Frea caught her scent again and looked her up and down, she definitely smells like Fairy Tail...
"So your a Dragon Slayer?" Wendy asked and Frea was snapped from her thoughts.
"Yep," Frea replied and Wendy smiled wider.
"I'm a Dragon Slayer too!" Wendy exclaimed and Frea hid her surprise, she's still young... and she does have that sweet tinge to her scent like all Dragon Slayer's do. "Your the Energy Dragon Slayer?" Wendy asked and Frea nodded. "I've never heard of that before.."
"Nor have I." The cat known as Carla commented. Frea smiled at her,
"Yeah, I'm the only one in all of Fiore that uses Energy Magic actually.." Frea said and Wendy's eyes widened. "What element do you use?" Frea asked and Wendy looked away with a rather shy smile.
"Oh, I'm the Sky Dragon Slayer..." Wendy said quietly. Frea gave her a warms smile, her scent does have a sort of airy tinge to it, so it makes sense.
"Hey Wendy, if you don't mind my asking, what were you doing down this alley way?" Frea asked and Wendy blinked.
"Oh, I was taking a short cut to the train station. I just got done with a job I took to help heal some of the people in the hospital here." Wendy explained.
"Healing Magic is a Lost Magic isn't it?" Frea asked and Carla answered.
"Yes it is," Frea glanced up at the cat and she flinched at the rather unhappy look on her face. Frea looked back at Wendy and took a step past her,
"Come on Wendy, I'll walk with you to the Train Station. I was heading their myself anyway." Frea told her and Wendy smiled, catching up with her to walk beside her. "So where are you headed?" Frea asked her.
"To Magnolia." Wendy answered. Frea's eyes widened a little in surprise.
"Me too." Frea commented and Wendy smiled wider.
"Really? Could we ride the train together?" Wendy asked and Frea smiled at her cute attitude, she probably doesn't want to go back alone after what just happened...
"Sure thing." Frea told her, Wendy did a little skip.
I'm really starting to like this woman... Wendy thought happily as she followed the Energy Dragon Slayer onto the train.
Frea sat down on the train across from Wendy and Carla sat next to the small girl, fixing Frea with a curious look.
"We never got your name." Carla commented and Frea gave her an embarrassed smile.
"Oh sorry, I forgot to tell you. My name's Frea." She told them and noticed that Carla seemed to be deep in thought. Frea looked over at Wendy and her eyes rested on the blue Fairy Tail Guild Mark on the girls right shoulder. Huh... She's part of Fairy Tail...
"So Wendy?"
"Hmm?"
"Your part of Fairy Tail?" Frea asked and Wendy nodded. "Your new right?" Frea asked and Wendy gave her a confused look.
"Yeah, how did you know?" Wendy asked and Carla looked up. Frea lifted up her left sleeve to reveal the silver Fairy Tail Guild Mark on her left shoulder.
"I haven't seen you around the Guild Before.." Frea murmured and Wendy's eyes widened at the sight of the mark. Both Dragon Slayer's jumped in surprise when Carla got to her feet suddenly and pointed a paw at Frea, her eyes wide and mouth open slightly, she seemed speechless.
"Carla?" Wendy asked worriedly, Frea raised an eyebrow.
"You... your..." Carla whispered and Frea tilted her head along with Wendy.
"I'm?" Frea asked.
"But- but your dead!" Carla finally managed to gasp out and Frea froze. Wendy's eyes went wide and she glanced at Frea. Frea sighed and closed her eyes for a moment.
"So the Guild thinks I'm dead?" She asked quietly.
"What are you talking about Carla?" Wendy asked and Frea opened her eyes.
"Don't you remember Wendy? Haven't you heard the people at the Guild talking about an Energy Mage named Frea? The one that died almost four months ago?" Carla asked Wendy and the small girl seemed to suddenly remember.
"Oh... oh my goodness..." Wendy murmured. Frea cast a glance out the window, four months ago...? They all think I'm dead...?
"Frea?" Wendy murmured and Frea looked back at her, "Your the one everyone thinks is dead?" Wendy asked and Frea gave her a small smile.
"Seems like it.." Frea murmured.
"But how are you even alive? And I didn't know you were a Dragon Slayer." Carla told her and Frea sighed.
"I don't know how I'm alive, I just woke up yesterday in that forest at the edge of the city. But the reason you didn't hear that I was a Dragon Slayer is because no one in the Guild knows that I am. The fight that I got into, I'm sure you've heard about it right? Well, the woman who took me had placed a Memory Sealing Spell on me, so I couldn't remember anything about my life before I joined Fairy Tail. When that woman died, the spell was broken and I remembered." Frea explained quietly.
To her surprise she saw small tears forming in Wendy's eyes and she raised and eyebrow,
"Uh, Wendy? Are you alright?" Frea asked cautiously and the young girl threw herself at Frea, wrapping her arms around her waist.
"It's... its just that sounds really horrible!" Wendy sobbed and Frea patted her back gently.
"Hey, relax... I'm ok, everything's gonna be ok.." Frea murmured and Wendy let her go, leaning back in her seat and wiping the tears away.
"Ok..." Wendy murmured and Frea smiled.
"So are you heading back to Fairy Tail?" Carla asked and Frea nodded.
"Yeah, I figure I ought to tell everyone I'm not dead." Frea said with a smile and Wendy smiled softy back.
"I'm think everyone is going to be happy to see you Frea." Wendy told her. Frea's eyes widened.
"And why would that be?"
"They don't talk about you a lot because I think it makes them sad, but when they do mention you, they all seem to really miss you and they seem to think you were one of the best members in Fairy Tail." Wendy explained and Frea was taken back by her words. Frea smiled after a moment or two,
"Then I guess its a good thing I ran into you," Frea told her. Wendy tilted her head,
"Why?" Wendy asked and Frea gave her a mischievous smile.
"Because your gonna help me mess with them a little."
Last chapter for today, hope you enjoyed all of the ones I posted today!