Stand by Me by Fullmetal Pyromaniac
Chapter Two:
Eleven o'clock couldn't come soon enough for Elizabeth. She awoke at nine, went for her daily tests at half past, then at ten she had a meeting with her doctor, Arthur, about her illness and her stay.
Like Merlin had said, Arthur told Elizabeth that he hoped she wouldn't be in long. Just long enough to make sure she was in a stable condition. Then she returned to her room and texted her father.
Unfortunately her father was just as ill as Elizabeth, he still managed to look after them all though they were always telling him off for pushing himself. It was hard on all three sisters but they had managed to get through it.
At eleven as promised, the familiar blonde haired boy knocked at Elizabeth's door.
"Hey Elizabeth, how're you doing?" He asked cheerfully. Elizabeth smiled and placed her phone away in her bedside drawer.
"I'm okay, Meliodas. How are you?" She replied, then stood up, trying not to wobble. Meliodas seemed to notice this and carefully moved towards her, taking her hand. Red blush coursed through Elizabeth's face.
"I'm great! We'd better get going, the gang aren't going to be pleased of their captain is missing"
Elizabeth allowed herself to be pulled out of her room, the smell of anaesthetic became more and more prominent as the pair walked along the corridors. Meliodas lead her to a three-way section in the hall. Left went towards the respite centre, right went towards other wards and if you headed straight you reached the roof.
They went right. Elizabeth was lead along the narrow hall until the two reached a wooden door. It was old and faded, virtually invisible unless you were looking for it. Meliodas turned to Elizabeth and gave a great big grin before opening the door and leading her in. Then he closed it behind him.
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Four people turned to Elizabeth. A brunette girl in a wheelchair, a short boy with ginger hair, a boy with pink hair and glasses and a tall boy with white hair. They were all dressed in the most unusual clothing. The short ginger boy wore a long blue and yellow coat over his hospital clothes. He also wore ankle boots.
The girl in the wheelchair wore an orange short sleeved top and orange shorts. The pink haired boy seemed to be wearing women's clothes and the white haired boy was dressed in a red pyjama shirt that was too short, revealing his toned midriff, and long red cotton trousers. They all sat at a round wooden table surrounded by stools in the middle of the room.
The room itself was very busy, a beautiful treasure chest sat next to the door, a large white curtain hung over a section of the wall on the left. Scenes were painted on the walls, the portion not hidden on the left was a beautiful garden with a fountain in the middle. There stood Elizabeth's doctor, Arthur. he was dressed in golden armour and his strawberry blonde hair was wildly placed under a crown. In swirly cursive writing next to his head, it read 'King Arthur Pendragon'.
Along the back wall were seven people, Meliodas, Nurse Merlin, an old man and the people sitting across from Elizabeth. Their names and sin title was written above their head in black cursive. Ban, Diane, Merlin, Escanor, King, Gowther, Captain Meliodas.
On the right wall is a picture of a pub or tavern of some sorts, outside it stood a pink pig with a red clover on its behind. The sign on the tavern read 'Boar Hat'
Meliodas went to the treasure chest next to the door and pulled on boots, a black waist coat and put a leather band holding a scabbard and sword hilt that looked like a dragon on his back.
"Okay guys" Meliodas said, grinning cheerfully and pointing to Elizabeth. "This is Elizabeth and she's the newest member of the Seven Deadly Sins"
Embarrased at the sudden spotlight on her, Elizabeth turned pink.
"I'm Elizabeth Lyones, it's a pleasure to meet you all. I hope we can all be good friends" she rushed, looking everywhere but the people infront of her.
The white haired boy, presumably Ban, scoffed and walked over to her. Elizabeth was shocked at his size, he stood quite a few inches above her.
"Don't be so formal, Princess. We ain't gonna hurt you. We don't really like outsiders but we'll make an exception of the capt'n's brought you here" Elizabeth let out a breath she didn't know she was holding in and nodded.
"Thank you" she said, "You're very kind" Meliodas stiffened at this and the boy barked a laugh.
"I dunno about that, Princess. I'm Ban, by the way, Fox's sin of greed"
The girl in the wheelchair rolled over to Elizabeth.
"I'm Diane. Serpent sin of Envy" she said shortly and rolled back over to the table. Elizabeth was taken aback by her rudeness but was kind nonetheless. Diane probably had a reason for being so short with her.
"Pleasure to meet you, Diane"
"I'm Harlequin" the ginger haired boy said, "but just call me King, everyone does. I'm the Grizzly sin of Sloth"
The pink haired boy stood next and did a two finger salute.
"I am Gowther. The Goat's sin of Lust" Elizabeth's eyes widened.
"L-Lust?" She stuttered and Meliodas grinned.
"It was the only sin left, don't worry, Gowther's completely immune to human emotion anyway" he explained. Gowther only pushed his glasses up his nose and made a peace sign.
"Merlin's the Boar sin of Gluttony and Escanor was the Lions sin of Pride. He retired a few years back but we've kept him as the sin. He was our founder so it was the least we could do. I'm the Dragon sin of Wrath"
Elizabeth smiled, "Really Meliodas? I can't imagine you hurting a fly!"
An uncomfortable silence spread over the room as all the sins looked at each other knowingly. Elizabeth's smile lessened. Unfazed, Meliodas pulled Elizabeth along and sat at the round table. Elizabeth gave a silent cry of relief, her legs were beginning to hurt.
"Right, first things first, King did you finish the document?" Meliodas asked. King nodded and placed a very large leather bound book on the table.
"Yep. It was difficult though, I had to get Diane to help" he pushed the book over to Meliodas who flicked through it. Elizabeth pondered over how it was difficult, suddenly, a piece of metal caught the light of the room and shone for a few seconds.
A prosthetic arm. That belonged to King.
"This is our storybook, Elizabeth" Meliodas said, breaking Elizabeth out of her trance. "We put all our adventures in here. Kings just finished his section on it. We all write our back stories in here so our adventures make more sense"
Elizabeth nodded, "So what're your stories? I'd love to hear them"
"If you want, we could lend you the book and let you read them for yourself. It would probably be easier than telling you, it would also give you the chance to write your own story" Meliodas said, handing her the book.
"My own story?"
"Yeah" King added, "you need your own story. You're one of us now"
"There's no more sins though" Diane declared, "What could she be?"
"She could always be a princess" Gowther suggested, "Princess of the neighbouring country of Lyones, as that is Elizabeth's last name. Countries are sometimes named after their rulers"
"That's a good idea, it also fits in with our latest story. We needed a motive to return to the kingdom anyway, 'Lyones' is a better name than what Merlin came up with" Ban replied.
Meliodas stood on the table and took a heroic stance.
"Picture this!" He shouted, "Hawk and I are in the Boar Hat when we overhear that the armoured sin of Lust has been spotted in town"
Elizabeth peered around the room, everyone, even Ban and Gowther, was enamoured in Meliodas' story.
"Suddenly, BAM! The armoured sin blasts through the front door, everyone screams and makes a beeline to get out of there. I'm not scared, nope-"
"Because I cannot be there" Gowther interrupts and is shushed by everyone but Meliodas.
"Exactly, the armoured sin falls to the ground and in the armour is not Gowther, but a young woman with long silver hair" he looks at Elizabeth who blushes.
"I take her up to my room to do a medical exam" Meliodas said with a coy smirk and jumped off the table, grabbing a handful of Elizabeth's chest, Elizabeth turned even more red and Diane slammed her fists on the table.
"Captain!" She yelled, "Leave Elizabeth. Get on with the story!"
"I'm only demonstrating the medical exam" Meliodas pouted, "anyway, Elizabeth wakes up and is greeted by Hawk and I"
"Uh, who is Hawk?" Elizabeth asked timidly.
"He's our talking pig!" Meliodas exclaimed.
"Captain of the scraps disposal" Ban added.
"Back on with the story, Elizabeth tells us that the kingdom of Lyones is under threat! She has run away from the castle looking for us after a staged Coup d'état. Her family has been captured by the holy Knights"
When Elizabeth goes to ask what the holy Knights are, she's interrupted by Meliodas who tells her to read the book first.
"Then!-"
"I'm sorry to interrupt your story telling but Elizabeth's family is here to see her"
"Hey, Merlin. You could have knocked first" he said nonchalantly. Merlin laughed.
"But where's the fun in that? I need to take Elizabeth back now, her father is here"
Elizabeth stood and turned to the sins, "It was lovely to meet you all, I'll see you again soon" everyone said their good byes and Elizabeth went to leave. Meliodas pulled off his waistcoat and boots and put them back in the chest.
"I'm heading the same way so I may as well just go too, I'll see you guys in two days?"
"Sure, captain, wish us luck!" Diane cheers, grinning, but ignoring Elizabeth.
The other three boys wave and Merlin closed the door behind Meliodas.
"So what did you think of the sins, Elizabeth?" Merlin asked, Meliodas ear prick up at the question. Elizabeth sighed contentedly.
"I loved them! They're such great fun. I can't wait to tell father, Veronica, Margaret and Gil about them!" And Meliodas relaxed.
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"and then Meliodas gave me this book, he told me I should write about my back story in here! I'm a princess too, father, the sins are wonderful as well. They're so lovely and lively even though they're in a hospital. I'm making friends again" Elizabeth explained to her father, Bartra, who laughed heartily and held his daughters hand.
Elizabeth was lying in her bed, orders from Merlin and Meliodas, while she explained the book and the secret room to her father. She had been talking for hours about each and every sin.
"That's wonderful, Elizabeth, I'm so happy you're making new friends here. It'll help take your mind off of your illness"
"Father, I barely notice my illness! Besides, Arthur tells me I'm only in for a few months while I get check ups, it's nothing serious"
Bartra looked uneasy but smiled.
"Of course not my dear, of course. You're perfectly fine. I must go now my dear, I'm feeling very worn out and visiting hours are nearly over"
Elizabeth teared up slightly, she hated being left alone.
"Okay father, don't push yourself too much. Alright?"
"I promise I won't, I'll see you soon my dear. Remember and keep your phone charged"
"I will, father. I love you!" She said and Bartra left. Elizabeth stared out of her window once more. It was evening and the moon is just appearing. Elizabeth rolled onto her side and slowly drifted away to sleep and dreamt of Meliodas and the sins.
End of chapter two.
Okay, vaguely happy with this, still not too sure though, tell me what you thought ^_^
