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Edolas.
Chapter 4.
I could hear yelling and screaming coming from a block away and looked towards the door, seeing everyone who was missing walking back. My heart started racing as I looked around for Wendy, scared that she might pounce when Edolas Wendy came over.
"Where's Wendy?" I asked Kinana.
"I think she went upstairs with Charlie a while ago." She answered me with a light voice.
I saw Edolas Wendy enter and stand up, "and that's where I'm about to go."
Remember what Natsu said, remember what Gajeel said, remember what you decided on. She's more important then this unknown Wendy, though she is Wendy herself. I don't know her though, hence forth I don't love her. The last time I met her eyes though... my heart jumped for her. She looked so... I looked back behind my shoulder and saw her staring at me with that same yearning eyes she had last time. I quickly turned away and finished climbing the stairs.
"Wendy! Wendy!" I called opening random doors.
Wendy came out of one of them with Charlie floating above her, a small glare on her face. The crazy thing about it though was that the glare wasn't directed at me, but at Wendy. I blinked, not believing in this, and quickly walked over.
"Wendy? Charlie? What's wrong?" I asked.
Charlie nudged Wendy with her tail; Wendy looked at me then bowed lowly.
"I'm sorry Doranbolt." She squeaked out.
I blinked, "sorry? What do you have to be sorry for?"
"For keeping you away from everyone's Edolas-selves, from our friends. Charlie said that was very childish of me to do, that if I loved you I would trust that you wouldn't cheat on me. Though I'm sure she's only saying all this so you will cheat and I'll break up with you." She said looking through her bangs at Charlie.
She simply smirked. I was still so confused about this whole thing I didn't know what to say.
"I trust you Doranbolt, honestly I do. So if you want to talk to... Edolas," She growled, "Me, then I won't mind. I'm sorry for being so childish and possessive. It's just my nature, you know?"
"Wendy, you can't blame everything on being a dragon slayer."
"So far I've been able to." She giggled before leaning back up.
I guess it was my turn to talk.
"Wendy I understand your feelings. If an Edolas-Me had came with this group and started talking to you I'd be just as mad. You don't have to apologize, I don't mind not talking to her. I don't care actually."
"See Charlie, I told you he doesn't." Wendy said sticking her tongue out.
"Wendy, you need to grow up. I have no interest in another you and now your boyfriend just confessed he doesn't either. Now calm down, you're making my whiskers shiver."
Wendy took a deep breath and I smiled, bending down to kiss her on the lips lightly. Charlie gagged and Wendy giggled, kissing my cheek.
"Thank you Wendy, you are all I care about though. What do you say we go do something?" I asked.
Wendy smiled, "I'd like to... but I already have something planned." She said biting her lip.
I raised an eyebrow at her.
"Later tonight though, come over. Of course if Fairy Tail isn't throwing a party because in that case I'll be seeing you later tonight then. Anyways bye Doranbolt, love you." She said kissing me again before running down the stairs.
I watched her as she made her way through the guild, leaning against the railing as I saw her seek out the Jellal look alike, Mystogun, and start talking to him. He was the one who rescued her all those years ago; I smiled lightly watching the two of them. She always told me she regretted not being able to pay Mystogun back for saving her life. I'm glad that she was able to talk to him now. I teleported back to my seat at the bar and grinned brightly when I saw Mirajane standing there.
"My favorite bartender. I'm telling you Mira you need to teach Kinana whatever the hell you make for me. It's depressing when you aren't here when I'm in a happy mood." I told her.
Mirajane laughed and started mixing drinks together in a glass, "and why are you so happy?"
"Because Wendy trusts me."
"Is that so? I thought she always trusted you."
"True, but now she really trusts me."
Mirajane had a sparkle in her eye, "you mean she's allowed you to talk to her Edolas version?"
"Yup."
"Are you going to though?"
"Nope."
Mirajane giggled, "I would have decked you out right then and there Doranbolt if you would have said yes."
I pretended I was wounded as she handed me my drink, "that hurts Mira. I love Wendy, you don't trust me?"
Mirajane simply shrugged and started wiping off a glass with a towel. She looked around the guild and I looked around with her, seeing Fairy Tail at its finest moments. Getting drunk, fighting, singing, dancing, playing with magic. Wendy was spinning around on a table holding her drink in the air and I chuckled lightly as I watched her.
"Ditched you for Mystogun, huh?" Mira asked leaning next to me.
"More like I allowed her to leave my presences." I joked.
Mirajane punched my shoulder playfully and my eyes continued moving around, seeing Edolas Wendy sitting in the corner of the room with Edolas Levy, Edolas Erza, and Edolas Olivia. I looked back at the party, then looked back at her.
"Hey, what's going on over there?" I asked motioning over to her.
"After Wendy's outburst everyone kind of thinks of her other half as evil for trying to steal you away from their Wendy. Well not evil, but... you know what I mean, right?" She asked.
"So she's been alone this whole time?"
"No, our Edolas-selves have been hanging out with her. As for us though, as you can see." She trailed off.
She was smiling while talking to her friends before she suddenly stood up and left the guild. I stood up as well, wondering what I was planning on doing before my legs started moving.
"I thought you weren't interested?" Mirajane asked.
"It's cruel what we're doing to her, you know that right?" I asked.
"I actually like Edolas Wendy a lot, she's a lot more knowledgeable than our Wendy if you know what I mean." She said with a wink.
Before I could find out, I teleported out of there. It's not like I wanted to find out; I sighed and shook my head at matchmaker Mirajane. I was standing outside of the guild, but I didn't see Edolas Wendy anyway there.
"She just left." I mumbled to myself before I started walking around town.
It should have been easy to find her, that long navy blue hair should shine out from everyone else. I had no clue where she was though as I walked through the crowds and stood on roofs, searching for her. I wasn't desperate, I just... wanted to talk and apologize for everyone else. She seemed to have vanish though from Magnolia, but I was only a few seconds behind her, a minute tops. Where could she have gone?
"First you ignore me and now you're stalking me? What's a girl to think Doranbolt?"
I turned around and saw Edolas Wendy standing behind me on top of the roof, an eyebrow raised as she cocked her head to the side She was extremely beautiful; I couldn't believe that my little Wendy was going to grow up to be this and that she still actually chose to stay with me after knowing she was going to grow up like this. I blinked before smiling lightly.
"I saw you left and was worried, that's all."
Edolas Wendy snorted, "you sure you should have done that? Little Me might get super jealous."
"She was super jealous, but now she's fine. She trusts me."
Edolas Wendy grinned and walked over to me, placing her hand on my cheek.
"Tell me, do you think she should trust you?" She asked with a wink.
I chuckled, "Wendy acts just like this when she's trying to seduce me."
Edolas Wendy blinked before laughing, her hand falling and her head shaking.
"I can only imagine." She sighed wiping a tear away.
I offered her my hand and she took it without a seconds hesitation. I teleported up back to the ground and turned, releasing our joint hands.
"Come on, I'll buy you a cup of coffee before we go back to the guild and get totally hammered." I offered.
"Ooh, you really know how to make a girl feel special." She said following after me.
We sat at a little café on the patio, sitting across from each other on this little wooden table. She drowned her coffee in milk while I drowned mine in sugar, the two of us taking the first sips and sighing out pleasantly.
"I have to know Edolas Wendy-"
"Call me Wendy." Edolas Wendy smiled.
I saw my Wendy and strained a smile, "I can't."
"Then Wens."
"That's still her name Edolas-"
"How about Windy then? It's close to Wendy and now you don't have to say a mouthful and I don't feel like an alien." She said.
"Wen then, she doesn't like it when I call her Wen."
"But Wens isn't alright? Tell me Doranbolt, honestly, what's her pet name?"
I blinked and blushed a little as I muttered, "honey bee."
Wen started laughing so hard tears fell from her eyes and I tapped my foot while I drank my coffee.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's just so funny though. Doranbolt used to call me the same, I mean, my Doranbolt would call me the same. Guess you two aren't so different." She smirked lightly.
"There was an Edolas-Me?" I asked.
"Yeah, everyone has an Edolas version. From every person to bird to tree even. This cup actually has an Edolas version in my world." She said lifting it up.
"Now I think you're teasing me."
She stuck her tongue out, "maybe a little."
"Why didn't my Edolas-self come with you to Magnolia? Did we have a falling out or something?" I asked.
"I wish it was that easy, then maybe we'd actually have a chance on being together."
I furrowed my eyebrows together and she stared into her cup.
"You died actually, protecting me. It was the saddest day of my life." She said in a whispered.
I dropped my cup and it crashed and spilled on the floor, neither of us reacted though. She smiled bitterly as she continued.
"You always had to be a show off in my world, always putting your life before mine. I couldn't believe it when it happened, it was such a shock I thought it was a dream. The days went on though and you never opened your eyes or smiled, not once. I was such a fool, but when I met everyone here, the Earthland people, I wondered if you were alive here or dead. I didn't get the chance to ask, everyone left as soon as they came."
"The kiss." I stuttered out.
She giggled, "when Levy said she created a portal to Earthland and we were going on vacation I couldn't believe how happy I was. That I could actually meet you again and when I did, it had been so long. I missed you so much... but then I noticed my Earthland-self and I realized that you didn't belong to me, you weren't my Doranbolt. You were hers. You could never be mine. I was so horrible, I thought I could just replace my Doranbolt with a different one. That isn't love though, were my feelings really that shallow? It makes me feel awful, like he died for nothing every time I thought I could be with you."
I reached my hand out and wiped the tears from under her eyes, "no Wendy. You love him, you love him."
She sniffed and stared at me through her watery eyes.
"It's not shallow, you just miss him Wendy. That's all there is. When I lost Wendy, when I thought she was dead, I was in such disappear. I tried to replace her by others who looked like her, who were as kind and as beautiful as her. Let me tell you, there weren't many."
Edolas Wendy giggled at this.
"That's why when she came back I didn't care about anything else but her and left everything to be with her. You love Doranbolt just as much as I love Wendy. I'm sure if I were to saw you when I thought she was dead I'd be doing the same thing your doing Wendy, so don't beat yourself up about it. You weren't trying to replace or forget him, just revive him. I can never be your Doranbolt though just like you can never be my Wendy."
"That's funny because right now you're sounding a lot like my Doranbolt." She smiled.
I cleared my throat and dropped my hand, wiping on my pants.
"You called me Wendy." She said.
"My mistake Wen."
When she laughed, it sounded like Wendy's. I couldn't really blame her for the kiss anymore, I could understand. Even though we aren't each others, we sure act like one another and I would have taken any Wendy when I was drowning in my sorrows. She came back for me though... but that could never happen for this Wendy.
"Ever try moving on?"
"I wish it was that easy, he was my everything though. If it wasn't for Fairy Tail I'm sure I'd be with him right now."
I stared at the floor, my coffee splattered everywhere before clearing my voice.
"Seems I'm finished, what about you?"
She smiled and tossed her cup behind her, it shattering on the floor.
"What a coincidence, I am too."
We both shared a laugh before standing up.
"I must say one thing though, one way you're different from my Doranbolt." She said.
"Oh yeah? How's that?"
"Your confidence. My Doranbolt was a shut in, never liked parties."
"What a coincidence, though my Wendy's very outgoing she's not as confident as you as well."
"I think our Edolas lovers would have been perfect for each other."
I stopped walking and she realized her mistake.
"I'm kidding Doranbolt, relax. We're just friends." She said.
"Edolas Wendy, you need to know that's all we are. I love her."
She nodded at me, "as soon as I convince myself you aren't the one I truly love I can accept that. For right now though you must forgive my mistakes, it's just a lot to take in being with you."
"I love her." I simply repeated.
"And she's very lucky because of that."
Just saying something like that made my heart hurt for her, a very dangerous thing. I didn't care about this Wendy as I did my own. This Wendy wasn't mine, she was confident and strong. She probably didn't trip and fall all the time or get scared from the smallest of things or cry in the middle of the night and search for her Doranbolt. She probably never tried to do her best because her best was enough, never got frustrated and angry when she messed up, tried to impress everyone all the time when all she had to do was impress herself. If I told her a scary story or sad story right now she wouldn't jump in fright or cry. That's how they were different. I needed to remind myself these things when I felt strange with her when I shouldn't because the truth of the matter was...
I was not in love with her.
She was not in love with me.
Those facts were clear and true, never going to change. I have the love of my life, and though it's sad she lost hers, I hope she'll be able to move on. I had to give my respects to my other self though, no way would I have forgiven him if he would have let Wendy died in any universe.
"Come on, let's go." I said offering her a hand.
She blinked at it before slowly grabbing it, squeezing my hand in hers.
"Okay."
Seems the party started without us when I teleported us back into the guild. It was off on full blast and I looked around for my Wendy. When I couldn't find her I started looking for her, letting go of Edolas Wendy's hand.
"Where's Wendy?!" I asked Mirajane over the noise.
"She passed out so Mystogun took her home about ten minutes ago!" She yelled back at me.
"Thanks!" I yelled getting ready to go over to her.
"Wait a second Doranbolt! What about our drink?!" Edolas Wendy asked me.
"Sorry, I need to go after Wendy!" I told her.
"King Mystogun can take care of her, come on! One drink!"
I stared at her and with the way she gave me the puppy dog look I could never refuse with my Wendy... I sighed and ran a hand down my face.
"One drink." I told her.
One drink turned into many and before long I was as drunk as the rest of the guys, fighting everyone and causing mischief and misfortune. I couldn't remember what happened after I challenged Laxus to a fight, I woke up in Wendy's home though on the floor in the living room. My head was in her lap as she started healing my killer headache, a small smile on her face.
"Morning Doranbolt." She said.
I groaned and rolled around, burying my face in her lap. She giggled and started stroking her hands through my hair.
"What happened?" I moaned.
"I'm not sure, I was asleep. I woke up though and saw you passed out on my floor. Rough night?"
"You have no idea, I think I fought Laxus."
"Did you win?"
I groaned again and Wendy laughed once more. My eyes slowly opened as I started remembering everything more clearly and I laid on my side, staring at the wall.
"I had coffee with Edolas Wendy yesterday." I told her.
If she was affected by that, she didn't show it.
"She told me... she told me that Edolas Doranbolt died."
The hands in my hair stopped and I heard her suck in her breath.
"That's why she... she kissed me. She just missed her Doranbolt, I talked with her though. She apologized for thinking I was her Doranbolt and I don't think she'll do it again."
"No wonder." She said lightly.
She tried standing up and I moved out of her way, following up after her.
"Wendy?" I asked.
"I... I'm going to take a shower. I'll see you later." She said leaving the room.
I watched her leave before sighing, wondering if I did the right thing telling her. I took a whiff of me and flinched back, smelling like straight booze. I needed a shower as well and maybe some flowers just in case I did make her mad.