Uuuugh, I'm late again!
Sorry 'bout that, but I did make the chapter loonger than the last ones!
So please enjoy!
When all of her rage/sympathy/mojo/I don't even know ran out, she sat back down and let out a sigh. When she tilted her head back up, she noticed everyone's shocked, scared, and just plain freaked-out faces. She looked around, but soon discovered they were all looking at her. Beginning to feel self-conscious, she tried to think of what she did so, well, strange.
"I yelled didn't I?" she finally asked. "Sorry, I guess I got a little too into the moment." she said with an innocent smile.
Everyone just stayed silent and started.
"What? D-did I do something wrong? I'm sorry for yelling…" Aurea questioned. She actually had NO IDEA what she had just did, well, except that she yelled.
When no one responded, she bit her lip lightly and looked down at her hands. She started to swing her legs, like any confused child would, and waited for someone to speak. Sadly, no one did. She looked behind her and saw Mira's usual smiling face as she cleaned a cup. She seemed to be the only one not in shock.
"Mira, do you know what I did so wrong?" Aurea asked; desperate for some answer.
"Why do you keep asking that!? Do you even know what you just did?" Kai asked, his head finally clear.
"Um….No…?" the small girl replied uncertainly. "I guess that's why I've been asking."
"Well, um, you know how I told you about how you stopped those cloud-things?" he asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Yeah, but you didn't really explain it…" she said, "You just said I made them disappear."
"Oh, yeah, um… well, that's not exactly what happened."
As Kai explained everything, Aurea's eyes widened in wonder. She was amazed, but also a bit confused. How did she not know she could do this earlier, and why couldn't she do that when her family needed help? Questions like these bounced through her head, but she tried to ignore them. She wasn't going to fret about that, there was nothing she could do about it.
"—and you kinda did the same thing right now." he finished.
"Oh, wow." was all the small girl could say.
"Oh, and there's one more thing…" Lucy said, obviously out of shock like everyone else.
"What?"
"Just, um, look at your hair." she stuttered.
"What!? What's wrong with my hair!?" Aurea asked, hastily looking at her ponytail. When she finally reached the very right side of her bangs, she pulled the so she could see them, and when she noticed the different color—she kind of freaked out. "What!?" she shrieked, "How did this happen!?"
"I have no idea." Happy said, sounding quite cheerful, "But look on the bright side," he flew over and landed on her head, "it looks kinda cool."
"Yeah, I guess so." Aurea giggled.
"Well, I suppose you don't have to show me your powers now." Erza commented, causing Aurea to giggle again.
"I guess not. But I don't usually do that." she claimed, before remembering the man beside her. "Oh, Mr. Makarov, sorry for yelling. You okay?" she asked innocently.
"I'm quite alright child. It wasn't the first time I've been yelled at, and it certainly won't be the last." he said, as if what happened just before was just a simple misunderstanding.
"Oh yeah, also, I was meaning to ask you; why do people keep calling you 'master'?" she said, very curious to know the answer.
"Hm? Oh, well, that's because I'm the guild master." he replied simply.
Aurea's jaw dropped in shock. "No way. Really?" she asked, just to make sure he wasn't joking.
The old man just nodded.
"OHMYGOSHTHATISSOFREAKIINGAWESOMEICAN'TBELIEVEIACTUALLYTALKEDTOAGUILDMASTEROMGOMGOMG!" she fangirled with her arms flailing and her eyes shut tightly in excitement. Sadly, she fangirled so much that she fell backwards, off of the counter, and landed head-first onto the bar floor.
"Whoa kid! You okay?" Gray asked as he looked over the counter at the girl who was now sitting upside-down on the floor.
"Oops," she giggled as she started to stand back up, "I got a little over-excited."
She reached up and grabbed the top of the counter, but there were no chairs here, so her efforts were futile and she landed back on the floor.
"Um, may I please have some help?" Aurea asked cutely when she discovered there was no way she was going to get up there without some assistance.
"Here you go." Mira said as she wrapped her hands around Aurea's waist and lifted her up to the top of the counter.
"Thanks Mira!" Aurea said happily as she was set back on the counter.
Mira smiled lightly in response.
Aurea picked up the golden necklace she had dropped on the table and watched the light reflect off of it. It made her happy, watching the light, she didn't know why, but watching the glow emit from the necklace gave her a sense of comfort; as if she was sitting with her grandmother once again. Listening to one of those extravagant stories she would tell about her past. It sounds boring, but Aurea held onto each and every word that was said, as if they were important, and she still remembered some of the stories after everything that had happened. She looked at Makarov, and remembered how he'd cried, and how he had been very close to her grandmother. Without thinking, she held out the golden necklace towards the old man.
"Here, you should have this." she said as she placed the necklace in the man's up-turned hands.
He just shook his head, "No child, keep it."
"But—"
"She meant for you to have it, and it only makes sense that you should keep it." he interrupted.
Aurea knew there was no sense in arguing, so she smiled lightly and kissed the old man on the cheek. Shocking almost everyone in the guild, again, and even shocking Makarov. "Thank you." she sai, and hopped off of the counter. [I just put in in there kuz it's cuute!]
With that, everyone basically went straight back to what they were doing before. They all acted like this was all completely normal, but each and every one of them had a strange sense of confusion that lingered in the back of their minds.
[Tiny spoiler if you haven't seen at least to episode 95]
"So, you're not actually a cat?" Aurea asked as Happy explained about the guild's adventure in Edolas.
"Nope! I'm an Exceed. That's how I have," he made his white wings appear on his back, "these babies!" he said as he flew around Aurea's head, causing her to giggle happily.
"Hey, Aurea, can I talk to you, alone, really quickly?" Kai asked as he walked behind the giddy child.
"Oh, sure!" she replied as she stood up, "I'll be right back!" she called back to the others as Kai dragged her around the corner. "So, what's up?" she asked after they were around the corner.
"What are we gonna do now?" Kai asked, earning a confused expression from Aurea. "I mean, we've gotten to Fairy Tail, well, now what? Where are we gonna stay, how are we gonna eat? What are we gonna do now?" he explained.
"Oh," Aurea sighed when she understood, "I don't really know… my mom said we'd be safe if we came here, but that's about it…" she realized, "and I don't want to concern anyone with our problems." She finished.
"Yeah, me neither… that's why I wanted to speak private—" he started.
"Well, how 'bout you stay here with us?" a familiar voice interrupted.
The two children turned around quickly to see Lucy along with Erza, Levi, Happy and Grey behind her. [I just randomly slapped together a group of people.]
"I mean, you guys are wizards right? And you may be young, but Fairy Tail's used to stuff like that." Lucy continued, as she was the person who spoke before.
"Sure we'd have to get it confirmed with gramps first, but I don't think he'll be so against it." Gray commented.
"Really!?" Aurea asked excitedly, thankful everyone here was so welcoming to her and her friend.
Erza nodded, "We'd be honored to have you as part of our guild." She said shocking many people, yet again.
A wide smile on her face, Aurea looked over to her friend Kai to see he was smiling in excitement as well. And with that, they walked over to Master Makarov.
~~Mini Timeskip Because I'm Lazy!~~
The group had just, very easily, convinced Master Makarov to let the two young mages join the Fairy Tail guild! Aurea waited excitedly as Mira brought the stamps over to her and Kai.
"So, where do you want it?" Mira asked as she walked up to Aurea.
Aurea thought for a moment, but soon came up with the best spot she could think of. "Right here please." she said happily as she pointed to the side of her neck, right until it hit where her collarbone connected with her shoulder. [Don't ask me why, I just always imagined mine would be there, so, why not hers?]
Mira just nodded, that light smile still on her face, and placed the symbol in the requested location. Soon enough, a golden Fairy Tail symbol rested on Aurea's neck, and she beamed with happiness. She looked over to Kai, who had gotten a silver one on the back of his upper arm, barely connecting to his elbow. [That time just chose a random spot, and the color, well, you may understand later.] She smiled at him, and he smiled back, adding a double thumbs-up to his toothy grin.
"Well, now you both are officially members of Fairy Tail!" Mira said happily.
This just caused the two children to jump to their feet and smile even wider, if that was even possible.
"And you guys can stay at my place if you want, it is getting pretty late." Lucy offered nicely.
"Really!?" Kai exclaimed, now just as excited as Aurea.
"But, we don't want to cause any trouble." Aurea said, being the polite little girl she was.
"Oh, it's no problem. Come on!" she said, waving them over as she started to leave the guild for the night.
The two children just looked at each other, shrugged, and ran after Lucy happily. As they were about to exit the guild hall, Aurea turned around quickly and waved.
"Bye everyone! We'll see you guys tomorrow!" she said happily.
And, fortunately, the guild waved back as the doors closed behind the small group. The moon was out, and small stars dotted the sky as they walked to Lucy's apartment. 'I'm actually a member of Fairy Tail!' Aurea squealed in her mind as they walked. She looked at Kai, and grasped his hand, smiling, he held hers back as they followed the blonde. As they walked, both of the children's symbols reflected the moon's light at the same time, causing a bar of light to shine across both of them.
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fanficFreakShingeki: Well tank you, shame I couldn't do the same for this one...
PandaDerPepper: Yup! Small derp moment right there, but, yup! I'm going to try to do that next chapter! Thank you for the idea! ^^
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Hasta-la-pasta!