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Surprisingly, this was the longest chapter, but I think it was the quickest update!
Aurea woke up on a soft bed of grass. And when I say bed, I mean, it was a literal bed made of grass. It was the late morning, causing Aurea to believe she had slept through the night. The sun was still low in the sky, but that didn't stop it from shining bright rays of light into Aurea's eyes. It didn't affect her, but it did make her feel even more awake than before. She sat up slowly, as she had the slightest case of amnesia, and tried to register what had happened the day before.
"Hey, you're up!" a boy called out.
Looking to the side, she saw Kai, sitting by a pond of water. That was when all the memories rushed back into her brain at the speed of, well, light. When she saw Kai completely awake and healthy, she almost leaped in joy, and, she kind of did. She jumped off of the makeshift bed, ran up to Kai, and hugged him tightly. The momentum caused Kai to fall backwards, and they both landed in the pond, causing water to fly in the air around them.
"You're okay!" she giggled in happiness, still hugging the poor boy.
"Um, yeah," he pushed Aurea off of him, "all I remember was passing out, and, I woke up here. How'd that happen?"
"Oh, well, for some reason, you fell face-first on the ground, and you looked really bad. So, well, I couldn't leave you there, but I didn't know what to do. I almost gave up, but," she removed the necklace from behind her top, "this started glowing. Next thing I know, I have a map in my head and I knew exactly where to go! So, I picked you up, and carried you all the way here…" she pondered something, "and then, I think I passed out."
Kai just sat there, open-mouthed. "You… carried me all the way here!? How long did that take!?" he asked, almost not believing her. But as he looked at her face, he knew that she wasn't lying. Not this time.
"Um… I don't know… my mind wasn't really registering time… I don't really have any idea." She said, confused about it herself.
All Kai could do was nod in partial understanding. Things like that can happen during an adrenaline rush. So, he didn't think too much about it. Instead he cupped his hands, and scooped up a handful of water. "Thirsty?" he asked, a huge grin on his face.
"Yeah," she giggled, "but I got my own!" she laughed, scooping up her own handful of water.
Next thing they knew, the two children were on their backs, in the water, laughing. They didn't get up, they just laid there, even after they had finished laughing. It was nice. Aurea enjoyed the sun's rays shining on her, and Kai enjoyed the cool water swirling around him. They sat like that for a while, until Kai finally stood up and left the pond. Aurea followed right behind him. Seeing this, he smiled mischievously and shook his head like a dog, spraying water all over the young girl behind him. She squealed in shock and delight, and did the same to the boy ahead of her, causing both of them to burst out laughing once more.
As they sat against a tree, Aurea felt a small weight on her shoulders. She knew what it was, and she didn't like it. She had lied to Kai earlier, and she still hadn't told him the truth. She'd never kept a secret this long, she actually never kept secrets at all, and she couldn't stand having one now.
"Hey Kai, you know the night when I found out you could use magic?" she asked.
"Yeah?" he said, uncertain of where this was going.
"Well, I wasn't really asleep, I followed you. I was curious. Sorry for not telling you-"
"I know." he said.
"What?"
"I already knew. It was kind of obvious." he said.
"Oh."
"Thanks for telling the truth though." he said.
Aurea smiled.
"Now come on, I don't like this seriousness right now." he said as he splashed water in Aurea's face.
"Oh, you're on." Aurea laughed, and ran after the now running boy.
After a while of laughing, falling into water, and splashing each other; the duo started getting ready to continue on with their journey. They refilled the water casket, and Kai collected some seeds from the grass, just in case they ended up anywhere like that wasteland again.
It was mid-day when the two decided to continue on their journey. The sun was high up in the air, but the green under their feet and the small cloud coverage overhead helped allow the two to keep a normal amount of energy. Aurea's necklace directed her to make strange turns and take strange pathways, and even though they seemed absurd, Aurea led her and her friend through them with high confidence and a smile spread across her face.
After about five hours, the necklace's strange power seemed to fade slightly. When this happened, her sense of direction became a small bit cloudy, and she became slightly unsure of which way to go next. The sun was getting lower and lower in the sky, and she was afraid her sense of direction would disappear by nightfall. Thankfully, they met a strange traveler walking the opposite direction they were going, which, being the social little girl she was, Aurea walked up to.
"Excuse me sir," she said, grasping his attention.
"Hm?" the man asked.
"Do you kno-" she tried to ask, but Kai pulled her back before she could.
"Are you sure we can trust this guy? We don't even know him!" he hissed.
"Oh, come on! He's a person!" she said, "I'm sure he's very nice." she assured him and walked back up to the man. "Excuse me, but do you know which direction Fairy Tail is?" she asked sweetly.
"Oh, well it's just over that hill. It may be still a while walk before you get here, but you can see it clearly." he said nicely.
"Really!?" Aurea gasped happily, "Kai did you hear that!? We're almost there!"
"If you don't mind me asking, why are a couple of kids like you looking for Fairy Tail?" he asked, sitting on one knee to be at their eye level.
"We're wizards!" Aurea said happily, waving her arms through the air happily.
"Really?"
"Um, yeah." Kai said quietly, pushing Aurea's arms down slowly.
"So what's your names?" the man asked, Kai wondered why this man was asking so many questions, but Aurea didn't care.
"I'm Aurea!" she said happily.
"M' name's Kai." he said quietly.
"What's your name mister?" Aurea asked sweetly.
"Well, I'm Gildarts." the stranger said nicely.
"Nice to meet you!" Aurea said nicely, her mouth formed into a large grin on her face.
"I would take you to Fairy Tail, but I'm kind of in a rush. Have a safe journey, and I'll hopefully see you guys later!" he said, a small smile on his face as he walked away.
"Bye!" Aurea called happily waving at him while he left.
The man gave a slight wave in response.
"You really need to be more careful when you do stuff like that." Kai said after the man had left.
"Huh? Why?" Aurea asked, confused.
"Well, that man could've been dangerous, and you could've gotten hurt." he said, showing a bit of protectiveness for her.
Knowing arguing would only make him frustrated, Aurea just smiled and nodded. "Okay." she said. "Now let's get to Fairy Tail!" she said happily, starting to walk off.
"Hey, um, Aurea?" Kai asked, "Um, can we, rest for a bit?" he asked, obviously tired.
"Oh, sure! We can get to Fairy Tail tomorrow." she said calmly, caring for her tired friend.
"Thanks." Kai replied as they both sat at the base of a tree.
They both sat down, and immediately their eyes started to droop. Kai immediately dozed off, but Aurea sat there for a while. As she drifted off to sleep, she wondered what Fairy Tail was going to be like. And those fantasies filled her dreams as sleep took over her body. Both of the children now slept, not noticing the dark clouds that started to form a circle overhead.
~~Fairy Tail P.O.V~~
Gray and Natsu were about to have an all-out battle, again. Until Erza grabbed both of their heads and knocked them together, again. Cana was drinking, again, and Elfman was boasting about how a real man should act, again. And Lucy was just sitting at the bar, watching everyone. Yup, just another normal day at Fairy Tail.
"Master, this letter came in for you." Mirajane said as she handed Makarov a white envelope with the council seal on it.
"What's it say gramps?" Natsu asked as he walked up to the bar, a large bump on his head where Gray's skull had made contact.
We have come to the realization that a powerful dark magic has been continually used across the land. It seems to be targeting small towns or great sources of power. All magical guilds be on the lookout for dark clouds forming into the shape of a magic circle. It destroys anything it hovers over. The letter said, and Makarov repeated it back to them.
"Whoa, that's a little scary." Lucy squeaked.
"Clouds forming a magic circle huh?" Levi asked.
Makarov nodded.
"You mean like that!?" Gray asked, pointing off into the distance.
Everyone in the guild rushed over to look, and, sure enough, dark clouds were indeed forming a magic circle over a small area, and it was almost complete. It wasn't over the guild, but it was obviously targeting something over there, and whatever it was, probably had no idea what was happening.
"It's not targeting us." Lucy said, "So the question is…"
"What's it targeting?" Erza finished.
"Whatever it is, there're probably people there." Levi commented, "They might not even know what's happening."
"Well, if there's someone there we gotta help 'em!" Natsu yelled as he ran out of the guild.
"Natsu wait!" Makarov commanded, but he had already left.
"We'll get him master." Lucy said.
"Yeah gramps, we won't let that flame-brain do anything stupid." Gray continued.
"We'll be back quickly." Erza commented before the three of them ran off to chase Natsu.
~~Aurea/Kai P.O.V~~
Wake up. Wake up Aurea. WAKE UP! A voice seemed to whisper in her ear.
At the last command, Aurea's eyes shot open. She was still at the base of the tree, and nothing had happened, but something didn't seem right. Knowing this, she shook Kai's shoulder, forcefully waking him up.
"Five more minutes…" the boy groaned.
"Wake up!" Aurea yelled, causing Kai to wake up immediately.
"Hey, what's wro- wait… what is that!?" Kai asked fearfully as he pointed to the sky.
Aurea looked up, and to her dismay, right above them; was the thing that had killed her family. Even worse, it had already formed a full circle.
"Oh no." Aurea half-whispered.
"What? What is it?" Kai asked, realizing Aurea recognized it.
"That's-that's the-the thing that…" she could barely get any words out.
"Come on, say it!" Kai demanded, starting to get scared.
"That's the thing… that destroyed our towns." she said, tears pricking the corners of her eyes.
"Oh."
"A-and it's a complete circle. It's too late to run." she whimpered.
"Oh."
"No. Not again."
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"Oh, well, I-I guess it's goodbye then." Kai said, his head down trying to hide the tears that were leaving his eyes.
"What!?" Aurea cried.
"Say 'hi' to everyone in Fairy Tail for me." he said in a confident voice, but that was the opposite of what he was feeling. He was scared, he didn't want to die, but… he didn't want Aurea to die either.
"What are you saying!?" she asked as she realized what he was saying, "I won't let you die!" she cried, remembering her mother, and how she acted like this before she…
"You have to! You said it yourself, you don't have enough power to save more than one person!" he yelled, wishing this didn't have to happen.
"Then I'll save you!" she cried.
"No! I won't let you! Save yourself, I won't let you die for me." he said looking into her eyes. Tears now streamed from them, even though he desperately tried to keep them in.
"I can't!" she said tears falling freely from her eyes.
"Yes you can!" he yelled, grabbing onto her shoulders.
Dark magic started to fall from the clouds.
"No!" Aurea screamed hugging Kai tightly. "I can't have anyone else leave me!" she cried.
Memories flashed through her mind, of her family, of everyone she lost. Of everyone she'd loved.
She remembered her grandmother, how Grandma Selena had always told her stories of fairies and magic, of her mother when she told Aurea her grandmother was dead. She remembered how she used to play around in the fields, and all of the nice neighbors and friends in the town, and when she woke up to its ashes. She remembered the wonderful times she had, playing with her father, and how she never got to truly say goodbye. And she remembered her mother. The glowing person that took care of her from the start, the person who loved her, cared for her, and helped her when she couldn't do something on her own. She remembered when her mother had told her she was a wizard, when she had sung to her when she was scared, when she handed the golden necklace to her, and when her mother had first made eye contact with her. And she remembered her last moments with her mother, how she told her to hide, how she gave herself up… for her, and how she saved her. She remembered the last few days. Finding Kai, and taking care of him. She remembered earlier that day, how they had laughed, and had fun. She remembered Kai, and saw him and her mother side by side. She didn't want what happened to her mother happen again.
"I can't let anyone else die." she whispered, tears landing onto Kai's arms as she held him.
At that moment, the dark magic fell from the clouds, but a light began to form in between Kai and Aurea. At the same pace the magic fell, light surrounded the two children, and Kai had to close his eyes so they wouldn't go blind. And as the dark magic almost met its mark, the light spread upwards, destroying any bit of dark magic that it touched.
"I WON'T let anyone else die!" she screamed. As she screamed; the light rushed upwards faster and faster, until it hit the circle of dark clouds, and destroyed it.
The light shined for a while longer, but then faded away, to reveal the two children; still standing. Kai slowly opened his eyes to see the light was gone, and Aurea was still clinging onto him, her eyes closed tightly. He looked up, and saw that the clouds were gone, and no remains were in sight.
"Aurea?" he asked.
She looked up at him.
"You did it Aurea! We're okay!" he said, grabbing her shoulders.
She gave a weak smile, but then her eyes closed, and she fell. Thankfully, Kai's reflexes took over, and he caught the girl before she fell to the ground.
"Aurea? Aurea!?" he called out, but she gave no response. "Come on Aurea! D-don't joke around… stop it!" he said, as he shook her. "Wake up!"
He fell to his knees, still holding the small girl. Tears fell down his cheeks and he cradled her head.
"Please wake up… please."
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~~Team Natsu P.O.V~~
"Natsu! Stop!" Lucy yelled, but he hadn't listened to any of them for the past few minutes.
He was going to send a retort back at his team, but he stopped when a large column of light erupted from the location, and at the same time the dark magic sailed down, but it was quickly destroyed.
"What the…?" he wondered so he ran faster, desperate to know what happened.
"HE CAN RUN FASTER!?" Lucy whined when she saw Natsu dash off.
"Natsu get back here!" Erza commanded when they finally caught up with him.
Natsu just looked downwards.
"Hey flame-brain! Are you even listening?" Gray asked as he followed Natsu's eyes. "What are you-…? What the!?"
Erza and Lucy looked to where both boys were staring, and their reactions were about the same.
Just below the hill, there were two children. A boy and a girl. The girl seemed to be asleep, and the boy was on his knees, cradling the girls head. Tears slowly drifted down the boys cheeks as if he was crying.
"What are kids doing here?" Lucy asked.
"Dunno' I say we find out." Natsu said as he started to slide down the hill, the others close behind him.
"Hey kid, what're you doin' here?" Natsu asked when they got to the two children.
The boy looked up at the four people looking at him. He looked like he was going to say something, but just closed his eyes and shook his head.
"Can you tell me what happened?" Erza asked, kneeling down to look at his face.
The boy opened his eyes and looked at her face, saying nothing. Soon, though, as if he thought he could trust Erza, he sputtered out a few words.
"O-our homes were d-d-destroyed… a-and we were g-g-goin' t-to F-fairy Tail."
Fairy Tail? Why were they coming to the guild? Erza wondered, but let the boy continue.
"A-a-and we got here. But th-then those c-cloud things showed up, a-a-and sh-she said that it was too late to run. S-so I t-told her t-to save her-herself, b-but she w-wouldn't. A-and she hug-ged me, th-then th-there was th-the light and… and… she saved me! But then she fell a-and now sh-she won't get up!" he cried.
"Oh no." Lucy sighed.
Erza looked at the girl, and she could see her chest rise and fall, but barely. "Come with us." she told the boy.
"What?" the boy asked.
"You're friend's okay, but we can help you. We're from Fairy Tail." She said kindly.
"Really? All of you?" he asked, like he didn't know if he could trust them.
"Yeah, why wouldn't we be?" Gray asked.
"We can help." Lucy said sweetly.
"But only if you let us." Erza continued.
The boy looked down for a moment, but quickly looked back up, and nodded.
Erza smiled, and offered to carry the unconscious girl, which the boy accepted.
"So, kid, what's your name?" Gray asked.
"Oh, um, I'm Kai." The boy said quietly as if he was shy.
"Alright Kai!" Natsu yelled. "Let's get to Fairy Tail!"
~~3rd P.O.V~~
And with that, the five of them, six if you include Aurea, walked to the guild known as Fairy Tail.
Was this a good chapter, I think it might've gone pretty quickly, but, what do I know? :P
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WestSpring: I'm glad you enjoyed it! They're the normal age, because x784 is 7 years after all of the dragon's disappeared, which is when the show takes place. I will always keep updating! I'm having a really fun time writing this!
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