Another late-ish review...
well I made this one UBER long for you guys.
I was going to make it longer, but I thought I should update.
Thank you for all you readers you mean so much to me! ;^; (tears of joy)
"FAIRY TAIL! FAIRY TAIL! FAIRY TAIL!" Kai and Aurea chanted as they ran towards the guild hall, Natsu, Happy, and Lucy trailing behind like normal people.
That is, until Natsu and Happy got bored and decided to join the small duo in their chant, earning some strange looks from the random bystanders. Did the chanters care? Not really. Adults made random comments such as "I remember when I was that young", "they're so cute", and "is that a grown man?" Still the 'children' didn't care as they ran through the streets.
Soon they burst through the guild doors, just like every other day. But this time, instead of heading straight for the members to tell them all "good morning" Kai and Aurea ran straight to the request board and scanned it up and down eagerly. Confused, Lucy walked over to them, and asked them what they were doing.
"We're looking for a job of course!" Aurea exclaimed happily.
"What!?" Lucy replied.
"U-huh!" Kai confirmed as they directed their eyes back to the board.
"Wait, are you sure you're ready for that? I mean you haven't even truly practiced your magic yet…" Lucy said, a bit concerned.
"Yeah we have!" Aurea remarked, "We trained all day yesterday, I mean, after we got back."
"Yeah! Check it out! We can even use magic circles now!" Kai exclaimed as he made a strange position with his hands.
Suddenly, a green magic circle started to glow beneath Aurea and vines burst out of the ground, grabbing her tightly. Though, instead of screaming, Aurea just smirked, as if she had done all of this before. She held her hands in front of her, and a golden circle appeared in them. She closed her hands into fists, and light burst from the circles, destroying the vines around her. Then she just landed on the floor, dusted her hands off, and slung her arm around Kai's shoulder.
"TA-DA!" they both exclaimed, finished with their show.
Lucy, and the other guild members looked pretty shocked, and many of them froze with their mouths open.
"We'll be fine Lucy!" Kai assured, smiling up at the celestial mage.
"I'm not so sure…"
"PWEASE!" Aurea and Kai both begged, both of them bursting out their giant puppy eyes of cuteness in a double attack.
"Fine." Lucy finally sighed.
"YAY!"
"But I get to choose the job."
Lucy walked up to the board and picked out a pretty easy looking job from the wall. It said 'find my daughter's lost pet', with a 70,000 jewel reward and a smudged out picture in the center. She plucked the job from the board and gave it to the two children. When she did, they huddled up together and scanned the job happily.
"Cool!" The both exclaimed.
"Are you guys sure you want to do this all by yourselves?" Lucy asked, still a bit concerned.
"Yeah! Besides, we have each other in case we get into any trouble!" Aurea exclaimed giving Kai a shoulder-hug.
"Alright then, be careful."
"Okay! Bye Lucy!" they called out as they ran out of the guild.
"AND I MEAN IT THIS TIME!" Lucy yelled after them, though they were already too far away to hear.
~~Timeskip by: JOBS JOBS JOBS! (No not Steve Jobs.)~~
The two young mages reached the house of the requester, that was thankfully relatively close to the guild hall, and they walked up to the porch. It was a small white cottage with a deep red roof and a small flower garden in the front and a large oak wood door in the front. There was no doorbell, so Aurea reached out and carefully knocked on the door, stepping back and smiling as she waited for an answer. The door was soon opened by a man who seemed to be in his mid-thirties with tanned skin and dark brown, almost black, hair and small evidence of a recently shaved beard on his cheeks. He wore a slightly wrinkled red colored shirt and tan cacky pants. His brown eyes scanned around him, as he hadn't looked down yet, and he started to look annoyed, as if he thought he had heard it only in his imagination. He was about to close the door, when Aurea decided to get his attention.
"Hello sir!" she exclaimed, causing the man to re-open the door and look down.
"Oh, hello, what're two kids like you doing here?" the man asked.
"We came to answer your job request!" Kai exclaimed, pulling the folded paper out of his back pocket.
"Yeah! We're from Fairy Tail, and we're here to help!" Aurea exclaimed cutely.
Sadly, the man just stood there in shock, and a hint of fear and guilt was displayed on his features.
"What? No, no, no, no. I can't ask two children like you to do this! You're not that much older than my little girl. Where're your parents, surely they couldn't have let you do this." he said quickly, showing his concern for the young mages.
But that last sentence, struck a nerve in both pf the children's hearts. Their hair covered their eyes and a shadow cast over their features as they remembered not too long ago. Kai even started to shake a bit, but not enough for the man to notice. The young boy was struggling to hold back tears that threatened to burst from his eyes. The two stood there in silence for a moment, grief settling into their minds. Soon though, Aurea couldn't take this anymore, and she rose her head towards the man, a sad smile on her face and tears glossed over her eyes, none of them falling.
"Fairy Tail is our family, and they said it was okay! You don't need to worry about us, 'cause we're wizards!" Aurea exclaimed, her ponytail fluttering in the wind, exposing her guild mark as it seemed to glow ever-so-slightly.
The man looked confused for a moment, but was soon able to process the situation lying in front of him. His expression then turned into a sad smile as he looked at the girl. She seemed to be ready to take on the world, and she probably could if she wanted to. Seeing this, he opened the door wider and looked happily at the two.
"Well, then, I guess there's no arguing with you. Why don't you come in so I can talk to you 'professionals' about the situation." he said as he gestured inside his house.
With that, the children looked up with brightened smiles and started to dash into the house, but stopped before they did. They looked at each other, nodding and each gave a very high-and-mighty expression. They were professionals. They marched into the house like soldiers, but Aurea stooped and squeaked out a cute 'thank you!' before completely entering the house. The man just smiled and shook his head, losing the door and leading the children into his living room.
The group walked into a cream colored room with a television on top of a set of drawers on one side of the room. In the middle there was a redwood table that glistened as if it was polished recently, and a red couch sat at the end of the room. A few doors scattered along the sides along with a single open doorway, and pictures of the man and a small girl were displayed on the walls. The man gestured to the couch and the two mages climbed up, though they both needed each other's help to do so. Once they settled down on the couch, the man pulled a plush office chair from another room, and set it on the edge of the table. He then sat down and placed his elbows on the table, lacing his fingers together and resting his chin on them, as if he was a high official in business.
"By the way, my name is Mr. Jeager." [Any Attack on Titan fans out there? Sorry, I don't really know how he looks, I forgot and…yeah. Sorry.] The man greeted.
"My name's Aurea! And this is Kai!" Aurea replied, before shaking his hand along with Kai.
"I believe you both know why I've called you in here." Mr. Jeager said.
"Indeed we do, we've come on the case to find your daughter's lost pet, am I correct?" Aurea replied, taking on the same manner of business.
Mr. Jeager nodded.
"So, where was this 'pet' of yours last seen?" Kai inquired in a fake professional, causing Aurea to cover her mouth to muffle her giggling.
"Come, I'll show you." Mr. Jeager replied, standing and gesturing them to follow.
~~Another Mini Timeskip by: Spooky Scary Skeletons (sorry, had to, since it's around Halloween)~~
The group was now standing in front of a large cave that was formed by large brown stones and filled with darkness. It was nothing less than creepy, and even the grown man shivered a bit. Though, the children just stood there, staring at the cave. Kai was wondering why a little girl would even go in there, while Aurea was wondering who wouldn't?
"This is where my daughter said she lost it. She said she had walked in, but something frightened her and she ran right out." Mr. Jeager explained.
Aurea nodded and looked up at the man. "I can understand why she would go in there. Curiosity is both a blessing and a curse."
Mr. Jeager looked a little surprised at that, but didn't show it too much.
"Okay then, we just go in there, get the pet, and get out. Cool." Kai summed up, looking at the cave.
"Sounds about right! Let's go!" Aurea exclaimed, forgetting all business terms and lighting her hand, stepping towards the cave.
"Wait." Mr. Jeager said, causing the children to stop and look back.
"If it's dangerous, or gets too bad…I ask that you get out as quick as you can. I don't want to see anyone get hurt." he finished.
Aurea nodded and smiled at him. "We'll be fine!"
"And we'll get your daughter's pet back too!" Kai finished as they both ran into the cave, prepared for anything that awaited them.
They were soon immersed in darkness, with only Aurea's magic light to see. A small circle of light surrounded them as they walked on through the darkness. It was quiet, almost too quiet, and the both of them were on edge. They were ready for anything. Strangely, there was no commotion for a while,, and even their footsteps barely made a sound.
"How long does this cave even go on for?" Kai asked.
"I don't know, but I can't even see the entrance anymore." Aurea replied, trying to light the area up a bit more.
"Hey, you shouldn't waste all your magic energy on the light you know, we may meet up with something soon." Kai warned, seeing the light mage's efforts.
"Oh, yeah, I know, I just—" Aurea started.
Though she was interrupted by a large dark mass jumping out from the shadows and lunging for the two children. Thankfully, they were ready for anything, and they both leapt to the side, dodging the being before anyone got hurt. The creature made a strange hissing sound and stood up from where it had landed. Expanding her light, Aurea shed a bit of description over the being and saw that it was a giant, black arachnid with glowing red eyes and large fangs as large as the small girl herself. Kai immediately took action and vines grew from the earth, wrapping themselves around the spider and holding it down. He smirked in pride as he held the vines around the beast and believed it to be in check. Aurea stepped forward to launch a bit of her own magic at it, but an ear-piercing shriek came from the spider and rang through the cave. It was so loud that Aurea and Kai needed to cover their ears as pain shot through them. The area started to shake violently and the air turned cold.
"What's happening!?" Kai yelled.
"I don't know! But it sounds pretty bad!" Aurea replied.
Before anyone could do anything, giant spiders started to surround the two children, many bigger than the one they had just fought. They seemed to be coming towards the captured spider, and after seeing the vines wrapped around their comrade, towards the two children. They were coming out from every angle, causing Aurea and Kai to spin around in confusion.
"They're everywhere!" Kai exclaimed.
"I know!" Aurea replied, looking around her. "Come on! Let's show them what us Fairy Tail wizards are made of!" she continued, lighting her fist and thrusting it into the air.
Kai nodded and they both launched themselves towards the spiders. Kai made vines grow out from everywhere and tied them around the enemies, keeping them in place before forming vines around his own fist, forming it into some sort of vine gauntlet and running at the arachnids, punching them left and right, causing them to disappear in a mass of black smoke. Aurea was standing in one place, watching as more and more arachnids started to surround her. They crept closer and closer until one of them was almost close enough to attack. Suddenly, before they could do anything, Aurea pushed her hands in front of her, causing a magic circle to form in front of them, and closed her hands into fists. Balls of light burst out of the circle, hovering around all of the spiders around her, and exploding into light on impact. The black smoke was diminished by light as soon as each of the spiders were destroyed. This went on for a while, Aurea and Kai changing their attacks slightly with each group of spiders. Soon, all of the spiders had been destroyed, or they had just stopped coming out of fear. Whatever the reason was, the spiders had stopped attacking and Aurea and Kai beamed with pride.
"We did it!" Kai exclaimed happily, giving Aurea a jumping high-five.
"Yeah! But we're not done yet!" Aurea replied, grasping onto Kai's hand and walking further into the cave.
They walked further down into the seemingly endless corridor, when a strange glow could be seen further down.
"Kai! What's that?" Aurea asked her friend.
"I don't know," he replied, "come on, let's check it out."
They walked towards the glow, and found that the cave had changed from a corridor to a room-like setting. It looked like a regular cave, but a strange grey fog filled the area, and the room had a dull glow. The cave ended here, as a wall of stone could be seen in the middle of it. There was nothing there, except for a pile of large stones bunched up in the corner. Aurea and Kai walked up to the mass of stones, hoping to find some kind of animal hiding behind them. They reached out and started to climb the stones, when they saw something strange. The stones were actually in a small circle surrounding a book. The book was a strange burgundy color with corners traced with gold and silver lettering on the front. Though, none of the children could understand what the silver lettering said, as it seemed to be in a different language. Curious, Aurea jumped off of the stone and picked up the book carefully.
"Why's a book here?" Kai asked.
"I don't know, but someone might have lost it in here!" Aurea exclaimed, "We should return it to them."
"How? We don't even know whose it is." Kai questioned.
Aurea pondered that for a moment, before coming up with a small idea. "Well, usually people write their names on the insides of their books right? Maybe the owner's name is there." she suggested.
"It's worth a shot." Kai stated.
Aurea's hand glossed over the cover of the book, something was telling her opening the book was a bad idea. Though, Aurea was naïve, she didn't listen to that voice calling out to her from her subconscious mind. She was too distracted with returning this book, that she barely even noticed the feeling, and continued with her discoveries. Her hand grasped the cover of the book and started to lift it out of the way to reveal the pages below. Once the cover was pulled back, Aurea's eyes scanned over the first page, trying to find any remains of a name.
That was when the real trouble started.
CLIFFHANGER! MUAHAHAHA*cough cough*HA...HA...HAAAAA *dead*
Review Replies!
Featherleap: I love dat song! And dat show! :D And dah pasta goddess forgives you...again.
*Me* Pasta goddess forgive me too?
*Pasta goddess* No. You're still too weird.
*Me* *sulks in emo corner*
Till next time!
Hasta-la-pasta!