Here's the next chapter! Yay I'm not late!
But now it's even harder to update this quickly, because I'm not going to be able to update late at night. Oh well, I'll think of something. I can start trying to write more during the day I guess.
Sorry, but this one may be even shorter than the last. Both of these put together were supposed to be one chapter so... yeah.
"Aurea?" the man asked as he looked down at the small girl. "Ah, so you're the girl Erza brought in. Glad you're awake." he said.
"A-are you, Mr. Makarov?" Aurea asked shyly, not able to gain more than her nose over the counter.
"That's my name, don't wear it out." the man replied, a toothy grin appearing on his face. [Sorry if he ever seems too OOC, I'm having trouble creating his personality.]
"Um, may I speak with you?" she asked.
"You are right now, but go on." Makarov replied.
Not wanting to have to look upwards like this, Aurea tried to pull herself up onto the counter. Sadly, the first time she failed, and landed on her bottom after the attempt. She simply didn't have that brute strength, so, she decided to try to use her cleverness instead. She looked around, and finally recognized the chair beside her. There was a piece of wood in-between each of the legs, which could easily be used as a ladder, and that's exactly what Aurea used it as. She climbed up to the top of the chair, and could now, fairly easily, reach the counter. With that advantage; Aurea grabbed the base of the counter, and leapt up onto it. Next thing she knew, she was sitting on the table. She looked beside her to see the man was, yes a little taller, but not by much.
"You've been in Fairy Tail for a long time, right? Aurea asked, thinking this was a good place to start.
"Well, yes, but if you're implying that I'm old—" he stated.
"What? No! Not at all!" she tried to explain, causing the man to chuckle slightly. "I mean, since you've been here for a while, did you, um, know anyone named Selena?" she asked quietly; she thought that if she tried to speak any louder; she wouldn't be able to.
"Hm, let me think…" he said, "Yes, I believe I did. She was a lovely young lady. It was a shame when she left the guild." he finally said.
His voice was even, as if that was just a normal statement, but what couldn't be seen or heard; was the pang of sadness that hit the poor guild master as he remembered the young woman who once lived in the guild with him. The young woman that left the guild late at night, and never returned. The young woman, that took half of his heart when she left.
"Oh, so you were good friends?" Aurea asked, completely oblivious to the sadness that hovered around Makarov.
"Yes, you could say that."
"Well, I don't know how to say this…but" her voice faltered, and she took her golden necklace off and looked down at it, concentrating on her last item of remembrance to her late grandmother, "sh-she's…dead."
"What!?" Makarov gasped, which Aurea noted.
"Yeah, um, I think it was a few days ago… unless I was asleep for a few days…" Aurea said as she tried to calculate how long it had been since she got the letter, "I'm not really sure."
They were both very silent for a while. None of them spoke a word. The only noise, and a loud one at that, was the guild doing, well, whatever the guild does. It would've been a little annoying, but Aurea's ears seemed to have tuned it all out, and only muffled sounds entered her brain.
"How?" Makarov said after about five minutes.
"What?"
"How? How did she die." the man repeated.
"Oh." Aurea sighed, she wanted to tell him that she died peacefully. Maybe of old age, like she was asleep. But Aurea didn't want to lie, this man obviously knew her grandmother, and he deserved to know what happened to her. "The clouds took her." she finally said, gaining a questioning look from Makarov.
"Clouds?"
Aurea nodded, "They're dark, not good. They took her away," she said, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. She didn't want to cry anymore, but she could barely help herself, "they took everyone, everything away. They took my home, my whole town, and my family…" she said, a single tear falling down her cheek, "and they took my grandma… Grandma Selena." Her hands clenched on her knees, and her bangs covered her eyes as her head drooped down. But that couldn't hide the single tear that fell on her hand.
Makarov was about to say something, but the little girl spoke again.
"They tried to take me too, and my friend. But they didn't," she said, a smile crept up her lips at the thought, "I didn't let them."
"You're Selena's granddaughter?" Makarov asked, when the tears dried from her eyes.
"Oh, yeah, but I was adopted. My mom too." she said, "I don't have a grandpa 'cause grandma Selena never married. She said she couldn't…" she looked at the old man sitting next to her, "she said that a young man in Fairy Tail stole half of her heart."
Makarov's eyes widened a bit at this, but Aurea continued.
"And she said his name was Makarov." she said as she looked off into the distance.
"Master, what's wrong?" Mira suddenly asked.
[You can imagine any music you want for this part, because I can't choose one that fits perfectly with this part. Almost all of them do.]
Aurea looked over at the man, to see tears sliding down his cheeks. The man's face was now struggling to stay normal, but it was failing, and filling with emotion. Though, Aurea only noticed the tears. She was tired of tears, of people crying. She hated it when people cried. She couldn't stand it anymore.
"Stop it." she told the Makarov sternly.
He looked up, but sear still slid down his cheeks.
"STOP IT RIGHT NOW!" Aurea yelled, standing up.
Unfortunately, about the whole guild heard and were now turned towards the small girl. But she either didn't notice, or didn't care. There was a strange glint in her golden eyes, that had a mix of leadership, and care contained in it.
"If I knew my grandma at all, she didn't like it when anyone cried, and neither do I!" she yelled. "And if she's watching us, and I know she is, it would break her heart to see you cry over her! So stop crying and let her be happy!" she yelled at the old man. "Because she's not gone, she's just invisible! She's still watching us, and she still remembers! She still loves!" as she yelled, a golden glow surrounded her, like when she was trapped under the clouds with Kai. "AND IT IS WITH THAT LOVE THAT SHE LIVES ON! BUT THAT CAN ONLY WORK IF WE CARRY THAT LOVE FOR HER!" the glow grew brighter and brighter as Aurea continued, it seemed to glow brightest at her chest, and at the object she held in her hands. "I KNOW YOU'RE STRONGER THAN THAT AND SHE DID TOO! SO PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER! BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FAMMILY SHE ONCE HAD, AND I WON'T LET IT BECOME BROKEN LIKE HER OTHER ONE!"
As she yelled this, she thrust the object into the air, holding it by the string, and letting the Fairy Tail symbol dangle beneath it, glowing like a beacon. The light grew brighter and brighter, and soon enough the whole building was encased in light. It was just like before, but this time, when the light went out; Aurea didn't fall. She stood there, strong, and she looked at the now not-crying-but-kinda-shocked Makarov.
"So don't you cry, and I won't either." she said sternly, not noticing the strands of hair on her bangs that now turned bright blonde.
Review Replies!
PandaDerPepper: Yup, that's basically all you need to say to summarize that chapter. Hmmm, I wonder if I should try the giant puppy eyes of cuteness on other people... how do you think that'll turn out? X3
fanficFreakShingeki: XD lolz, power pown. I'm glad you like it! ^^
Till next time!
Hasta-la-pasta!