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I don't own Fairy Tail or the characters, just my OC and this story line. Please enjoy and review
Chapter 2:
(Sophie's POV)
Sitting beside mother, her breath coming out in small coughs and shallow breaths, I waited patiently for her to tell me what I already knew was inevitable. "Sophie, help me to sit up," lifting her body up I saw the burn scars from the very first fight that started everything. Sitting back down, mother's grey hair fell lazily around her face and even though the years had withered away at her, there was still a fire inside her eyes. "Sophie, it is time, tonight you must travel inside the barrier and find the resistance, once you do, then you must get the Fire Crystal," as mother stopped to cough I brought a cup to her lips but she pushed it away. "Sophie, you know what it is you must do and if you don't succeed before⦠Before my time, please tell everyone that I am sorry," hearing her talk about her death like that I blinked my eyes to hid my tears.
"Yes mother, I will bring magic back and defeat Tartarus," helping her lie back down I moved to gather the things that I would need. No one really knew what went on inside the barrier but I had forged several weapons that I had practiced using whenever I had the chance. In my brown bag I carefully placed my food, weapons, an old map of Magnolia and finally, the package that mother had given to me. According to mother, it and the box it was in were the last magical items that were still active and the spirits had placed a protection around both as to stop the Fog or Tartarus from taking their powers. I didn't know if this was true but I just hoped that all this wasn't for nothing. Walking into the street I looked around at the place that I had grown up in, nothing grew other than a few bits of grass and I had never seen an animal before, other than the wild dogs that stole our food from time to time. This world wasn't a place that I wanted to remain in but the stories of old sounded like a dream, one that I intended to bring back.
"You alright Sophie?" turning around Kai was walking slowly towards me, the sun just behind him.
"Just thinking about the old stories," the only people that had lived through that time were the dead, the grandparents (who no one listened to) and my mother, who was nearing death herself.
"Yeah, those days sound almost like a dream compared to this place," looking back around I felt Kai wrap his arm around my shoulder. "I realise that everyone treats you guys badly but please don't go and do something stupid," hearing him speak to me like that I couldn't help but laugh.
"Sorry Kai but no one talks like that here, it's all about surviving, no one really cares about love anymore," pushing him aside my inside felt giddy, though I had said that, I was truly happy that Kai was worried about me but this was something I had to do. No, it wasn't just that anymore, this was something that I wanted to do and I was going to succeed. Walking away from Kai with my bag safely over my shoulders I thought that I was ready to go when a gust of darkness touched me as I slowly and calmly walked into the mist and I felt afraid about this for the first time. Breathing deeply, I focused on the dream of the stories that I was trying to bring back and the darkness receded. Walking forwards the darkness of the fog wrapped around me tighter and for a second it felt like it was pressing down against me and I couldn't breathe but just as I thought I would die it realised and I was thrown into a world of darkness and destruction.
