A/N- Alice: Hey orange, you done with the new chapter yet?
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Alice: Orange?
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Alice: ORANGE?! *Orange is asleep on table with laptop in front of her and papers scattered everywhere*
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Alice: *sigh* Fell asleep doing homework again. Even on vacation she has a crap ton of homework.
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Alice: Okay, we get it, you're asleep, you don't have to keep typing zzzzzzzzzzz.
ON: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *Alice looks over at Orange and sees her finger on the Z key*
Alice: Oh, her hand is on Z key. *Moves ON hand off the Z key* That's better. Wait, what's this? *Sees new chapter on word document* When did she write this? Whatever, I'm posting it.
"Alice, please, wake up!" I sprang up, immediately feeling a sharp pain in my side. I laid back down on what I now realized to be a hospital bed. I couldn't feel my right leg and my head felt like it was slammed into a brick. I looked around the room, seeing that I was in a white hospital room with light yellow tiled floors. To my left was a window with red polka-dot curtains that I could see Fairy Tail through and a small table with a glass of water on it. To my right was an IV hooked up to my arm and two chairs one empty and one with Mika in it. Her eyes were bloodshot, most likely for crying, and had bags under them. When she saw me, her eyes widened and a huge small was on her face.
"Alice! Your alive!" She dove into my stomach, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Of course I'm alive, you think a little flesh wound is going to kill me?" She looked up.
"Ali, it wasn't a just a flesh wound. You lost a fatal amount of blood and it nearly cut open you organs. You're lucky to be alive right now." My eyes widened.
"How long have I been out?"
"About a week."
"When did we get back from Edolas?" She looked confused.
"Edolas?"
"You know, that alternate world we went to, we defeat alternate me and Chand, and saved all of the Exceed."
"You must have had some weird dream, none of that stuff ever happened."
"Then how did I get all banged up?" I lifted up my blanket to see why I couldn't feel my leg and gasped. It wasn't there, all I had was a stump.
"You were mauled by a pack of wolves outside the guild. They jumped you while you were walking back to Fairy Hills."
"No, I got these while fight against Edo-Chand and his last attack must have hit more than I thought."
"You must have hit your head harder than we thought. You might need to undergo more surgery."
"Surgery? No, I'm getting out of here."
"But you need to rest."
"I've been resting for a week, I need some fresh air." I looked around for a wheelchair or some crutches, but the only ones I saw were out in the hall. I, literally, crawled out of bed toward the door.
"Ali, stop, you need rest."
"I just want to go outside for a little bit, what's the harm?" Suddenly, the room got really dark and the door slammed shut.
"Mika, what's goin-" I turned around and saw a huge wolf holding Mika and two children, a boy and a girl, in its teeth.
"Mika!" The wolf focused on me, bloodlust in its eyes.
"This is a dream; it has to be a dream." I crawled to a corner and started hyperventilating. Ever since I was little, I had a huge fear of wolves. While I was living with Mizuine, I was attack by a pack after wondering of by myself. The injuries were minor, but the second encounter with wolves was much worse. While passing through a forest, I ran into some little lost children, a brother and sister, who lived in the next town over. I was guiding out of the woods when another wolf pack attacked us, killing the little girl, mortally wounding the boy, and nearly killing me. Luckily, their parents showed up and took us to a hospital, but mental scars remained. Remembering that, I realized the two children in its mouth were the brother and sister.
"Alice…" I looked up; the wolf was edging closer toward me.
"Please….Wake up…." The wolf lunged at me and I braced myself for the worst.
"ALICE!"
I opened my eyes, sadly seeing that I was tied up on the rock again with the sticky stuff. This time, however, a small old man was holding the magic sucking device.
"I see you're awake again. Good, it would be difficult to do this with you asleep."
"You already took my magic, how much more could you possibly need?"
"You seem to not understand that you are our source of magic now and you will be supplying us forever."
"Your insane!"
"Are we? Your magic restores itself regularly and will recharge faster with water. We can sap your magic away forever. Does that sound insane to you?"
"Yes! Bonkers, koo-koo, nuts, crazy! Besides, if you completely empty me of my magic, I'll die and you won't have any more."
"We thought of that, which is why while we are taking your magic, we are going you drink water so you don't run out."
"And if I refuse?"
"If you refuse then we will use the three other dragon slayers we have locked up."I gasped. 'They caught the others?'
"It would take longer to take their magic at once since it's difficult to force fire and iron to them, so using you seemed to be the easiest way. So, what's it going to be?" I gritted my teeth. 'If I don't, they'll torture the other and kill me, but if I do, they torture me forever. Unless the others break free on their own, they can't kill them otherwise they would lose they're hostages!'
"Fine, just leave the others alone." He smiled. 'I know they can break out, they're from Fairy Tail after all.'
"Good." Some guards came through the door carrying a trough of water that was bigger than a bathtub. It had a hose attached to it that, I assumed, was meant to shoot the water down my throat. One of them grabbed the hose and walked over to me.
"Open your mouth." I did and he shoved it into my mouth, which tasted awful.
"Now we can begin."Simultaneously, both the hose and the device started, sending water down my throat and sucking my magic away. I would have screamed, but the water would have choked me. I heard the old man laughing like a maniac. I kept my eyes and stared at the door. 'Any minute now, they'll break out and stop this, just like the first dream.' It was pure torture, it felt like I was dying from both magic loss and drowning. The pain got worse and worse every second, but I never took my eyes off the door. Seconds turned to minutes, minutes turned to hours, and before I knew it, 3 hours passed by. He stopped the hose and the device and I spit the hose out.
"That's plenty for today. Leave the trough here men, well begin again tomorrow." He said and walked out the door, followed by the soldiers. I kept my head up until he left and I let myself go numb. My hope of the other dragon slayers coming to my rescue was starting to disappear. I mentally slapped myself. 'No, I have to have faith in them. They get out, I know it.'
What felt like 3 weeks passed and there was no word of them. Every day for 3 hours, the little old man would come in and suck my magic away. I lost all hope of the dragon slayers coming and escaping. I adjusted to the pain and it hurt less and less because of that. A little girl with a green hat would bring me some bread and fruit and talk with me a little. She didn't like that I was being tortured so often, but I told I was fine. However, she didn't know that much about the dragon slayer.
"You've become surprisingly more compliant." The old man said after one session. I didn't say anything, I stopped talking after the second week.
"Keep this up and we might start giving you better food." He laughed and walked out the door. I sighed and saw myself in the water trough. I skin was pale white, my hair was all over the place and my clothes were ripped in several places. I was a lot skinnier and my eyes were dull and lifeless. 'Geez, I look like a homeless person. I nothing like a Fairy Tail mage.'
"Alice!" I looked up, frantic to see where the voice was coming from.
"Wake up!" I smiled. 'Finally, an end to this dream.' I nearly cried out of sheer joy before everything went black.
I woke up in a softly cushion bed, covered in 5 blankets and bandages. I looked around the room. The walls and floor were made of wood logs and there was a window with white curtains that I could see snow out of. Next to me was Chand, the real Chand, watching over me. I immediately recognized what was going on. It was back I got mugged in the Neve caduta mountains and was taken to their home by Chand's dad. I felt just as weak as I did back then, making me think this was actually happening. I decided to just play along with it. I attempted to sit up, but was overtaken by extreme pain. Chand put his arm in front of me and very gentle forced me back down.
"Don't push yourself, you have a very high fever and are injured everywhere." I attempted to speak but my voice was horse. He got up and went into the other room. My breathing was very shallow and my nose was on fire. I tried to reach over for a tissue, but I could barely move. I sighed. 'I really messed myself up, didn't I?' Chand came back hold a glass of water and held it out to me.
"Here, drink." I shook my head.
"Oh, right, you can't move. I help you, open your mouth." He helped me lift my head up and I drank it as fast as I could. As he set my head back down, he put his hand on my forehead to check my temperature and frowned.
"Your fever hasn't gone down that much, I'll be right." He left and came back with a wet towel that he put on my forehead. I still felt horrible, but at least I was hydrated.
"You know, that was crazy to go through the mountains by yourself, you could have been killed." I frowned.
"Although, I'm impressed, most people would die after a day in the mountain, but managed to get pretty far. Are you a mage?" I nodded.
"That makes sense. You should get some more rest, you are far from being recovered." I shook my head and the towel fell off my forehead. I didn't want to stay in bed, I wanted to go find Mizuine. I sat up, ignoring the pain, and got out of bed, looking down at the floor. Chand stopped me, putting both hands on my shoulders.
"Stop, you need to get more sleep." I shook my head, pushing him away and walking, almost zombie like, toward the door. He picked me up in his arms, which stung everywhere, and carried back to the bed.
"That was a miracle. Don't ever try that again." I smiled and he put the towel back on my forehead.
"So what happened to you anyway? Dad said he found you beaten half to death and covered in snow." I frowned, shook my head, and slowly pointed to my throat.
"Can't talk huh?" I nodded.
"I thought you were just tired to be honest. Speaking of which, go back to sleep, you need rest." I shook my head again, still wanting to leave.
"I'm not letting you leave until your fully healed, so staying and bed and resting is your only option." I stuck my tongue out at him. 'I'm fine, I just need to walk it off.' Chand left the room for a second and came back holding a glass of some sort of red liquid.
"Drink this." I turned away from him.
"Its medicine, it'll help you feel better." I turned back around and he helped me drink again. It tasted really bad, like dirt, sand, and poop got thrown into a blender. However, after drinking it, I immediately felt sleep and my eyelids started falling.
"Trust me, you'll be better soon." I heard Chand say before I fell asleep.
My eyes shot open and I sat up. I looked around, but everything was dark, I couldn't see a thing. There was nothing for miles.
"Where am I, another dream?"
"Not quite." A voiced echoed through the dark. I stood up and looked around.
"Who's there?" Out of the dark, a small flicker of light floated in front of my face.
"A friend and before you ask, my name is of no importance."
"Can you read my mind?"
"No, but that's what most people would ask."
"True."
"Did you enjoy your last dream? I saw how horrible the one before that was and thought that you might want a peaceful, relaxing one."
"You made all those dreams?!"
"No, just that last one from one of your most treasured memories."
"I don't know if you would call getting mugged and almost dying a pleasant memory."
"But that wasn't the memory you dreamed about, was it?" I felt my cheeks go red and tried to change the subject.
"So did you want something or are you just looking through my head?"
"Oh yeah, I'm here to give you a warning. Dark times lie ahead for you. You will have to make a hard choice that will determine the fate of your guild. When that time comes, listen to what your heart tells you. But you won't be alone, your friends will aid you and I will be there as well."
"Wait, how will this affect my guild and what choice will I have to make and how are you going to be there?"
"All will revealed in due time, but now, I believe that your friends are waiting for you. You've been unconscious for several days now, maybe ten?"
"Only ten? But that one dream lasted 3 weeks!"
"Our minds seem to have their own sense of time. What seems like a day here could be a minute in reality. Although, your little stunt with you blood was very risky. When you swallowed it, you activated something called Dragon Force, which makes your attacks much stronger. However, there is a side effect. When that magic runs out, you will be completely drained and vulnerable. Those dreams you had, excluding that last one, were also a result of that. But because you swallowed blood, there was one more side effect. Every time you used an attack, you used up some of your blood and from all those attacks you used, you're lucky to be alive."
"Oh."
"Your friends should be able to explain the rest. Alright, time to send you back. Remember, when the time comes, listen to your heart." Suddenly, the light grew brighter until I couldn't see anything and I was out.
"Please, wake up. Please." I heard Mika sobbing as I slowly opened my eyes. I was in Fairy Tail's infirmary with an IV was strapped to my arm and an oxygen mask on my face. I took the mask off and looked over at Mika, who's bloodshot eyes were widened from seeing me awake.
"Alice! You're alive!" She dove into my stomach, sobbing uncontrollably.
"Of course I'm alive, you think a little flesh wound is going to kill me?" She looked up.
"Ali, it wasn't a just a flesh wound. You lost a fatal amount of blood and Edo-Chand nearly cut open you organs. You're lucky to be alive right now." I smiled. 'Déjà vu.'
"Well, luck is literally in my name." She smiled and jumped back over to her chair.
"Yeah, well you should get some more rest, you've been out for ten days."
"No way, I'm going to let everyone else know I'm okay." I threw my covers off and was relieved to see both my legs were there, even if they were in casts.
"Wait, why are my legs broken, they were working in Edolas."
"It's a long story."
"Well, I'm all ears."
A/N- Well there's the chapter, hope you enjoyed it. *ON wakes up and stretches*
ON: *Yawn* Ugh, what time is it?
Alice: 12:34 am.
ON: What? But it was 3:00 pm when I feel asleep and I was only out for a few minutes.
Alice: It's like you said in the new chapter "Our minds seem to have their own sense of time"
ON: You read through the new chapter?
Alice: Read it, edited it, and posted it.
ON: Oh, thanks. I finished my homework and decided to start working on it.
Alice: You're welcome. I'm going home, Mika's probably already asleep.
ON: Okay, goodnight.
Alice: Goodnight. *Leaves and closes door*
ON: Well, I got a few hours to kill before I go to sleep. I'm going to go play Yoshi's Island on my SNES. Review and alert!