A/N: Yeah, finals are over and winter break is here! Time for a new chapter.
ON: This chapter is mostly flashback and is the first time I'm using the third person POV.
Alice: So am I in this chapter?
ON: Has there ever been a chapter where you aren't there?
Alice: No.
ON: Then no.
Alice: Do I do anything in this chapter?
ON: Ehhhhh, not really, but-
Alice: Why not?!
ON: Well, I'm trying to do a little foreshadowing of things to come and explain a few things.
Alice: So what, because of that I can't do anything?
ON: Thanks for understanding.
Alice: That's stupid! *Sound of something snapping*
ON: You know what else is stupid? The fact that all you do in these author's notes is complain. Why don't say anything while I'm actually writing it rather than during the author's note? Because I write the author's note last, that gives you plenty of time to look at the chapter and review it. Next time you want your impute to actually mean something, why don't try putting in some effort so that I'll give your ideas some sort of thought. Your complaints do nothing but add to the word count and no one appreciates your negative attitude toward a story that you're the "star" in. So please, if you have nothing good to say, SHUT UP!
Alice: *In shock*…... *Leaves room*
ON: Shoot, I did it again. I've been doing that to people a lot lately. I have got to find a better way to vent out my stress. Anyway, here's the chapter.
Flashback (Third person POV):
Mika looked down at Alice, who was unnervingly quiet.
"Ali, you okay?" She asked, nudging Alice slightly. She didn't answer. Mika looked down at her and saw she lost consciousness.
"I knew this would happen, we're turning arou-" She was interrupted by a laser that flew inches from her face. One after another, soldiers began to fire at her, barely missing every time. Mika was having trouble dodging because of Alice and was looking for a place to hide. She spotted Lucy, Gray, Happy, Charlie, and the Edolas Fairy Tail on another island just before getting hit by one of the blasts, turning her into a lacrima. She dropped Alice and they both were falling very fast toward the ground. Alice landed on a small hill, feet first, that she tumbled down and slammed into a tree, stomach first, followed by the Mika lacrima. The cut from Chand's last attack opened up and started bleeding heavily. Alice turned very pale and her breathing was becoming quieter. A short girl, about Alice's height, with shoulder-length green hair and blue eyes ran over to her. She wore a long sleeve white shirt with a logo of a sunset on it, long blue pants and white tennis shoes with dirt on them. She was followed by a tall man with black spiky hair and brown eyes that was wearing an unzipped black jacket that was ripped on the right sleeve, a dark blue shirt, long black pants, and black tennis shoes. There was also a woman, a few inches shorter than the man, with long orange hair that went down to her elbows and hazel eyes that was wearing a red t-shirt, a yellow necklace, a white skirt, and red sandals.
"Kadin, Alonsa, she needs help!" The girl yelled, panicking over Alice's rapid loss of blood. Alonsa knelt down and inspected how badly she was hurt. 'She has a cut with a lot of blood coming from the left side of her stomach that needs stitches and her legs are defiantly broken.' She thought and looked over at Kadin and the little girl.
"Amity, go back inside and have Farrah make a bed for her. Kadin, help me tend to her wounds." Alonsa ordered. Amity ran as fast as she could toward a little house not too far away. Alonsa ripped some of Alice's dress around the stomach off to use as a temporary bandage and put a little pressure on it to stop the bleeding. Alice shifted in discomfort.
"Alright, let carry her inside."
"Wait, what about that?" Kadin pointed at the Mika lacrima.
"What about it?"
"That exceed was her friend, shouldn't we take it with us?"
"Do you want to attract the kingdom's attention? Just leave it there."
"Alright." Kadin took Alice in his arms and Alonsa carefully elevated her broken legs. 'I'll come back for that later' Kadin thought as they were walking back to their house. Amity was waiting outside for them when they got there.
"Is she okay?"
"Yes, she'll be fine. Go get my first aid kit and bring it to your room." Alonsa told her as Kadin carried Alice inside. Their one story house had three bedrooms, one for Alonsa and Kadin, and the other two for their adopted children, a small kitchen with a stove, refrigerator, and a table with six chairs around it, a bathroom, and a living room with two couches, a wooden coffee table, and a small table with a lamp on it. Kadin took Alice into Amity's room and laid her down on one of the beds, followed by Alonsa. Amity walked in with her big sister Farrah carrying the large first aid kit that needed two people to carry it. Farrah had long brown hair in a ponytail and brown eyes. She was wearing a light green t-shirt with a white floral pattern on the bottom, a yellow bracelet, light blue shorts, and white boots. They put the first aid kit down beside the bed and looked at their mom.
"Thanks girls, now can you go get me some walang malay juice? I need to give her stitches and it would be horrible if she woke up." They nodded and ran out of the room. Walang Malay is a fruit (in both Edolas and Earthland) that can knock a person out for a long time. If it's made into juice, the effects last longer, but either way, there are side effects. First, when the wake up, they will be completely delirious of their surrounding for three to five days. Second, if they consume a large amount of it, they will have narcolepsy for a week to 10 days. Lastly, the one beneficial side effect is that any injuries will heal faster. The girls came back carrying a bucket full of red juice (a.k.a. Walang Malay juice) and a funnel.
"Thanks just leave that on the desk and wait outside. This will take a while. Close the door on your way out." Alonsa told them while organizing the necessary supplies she needed. Amity and Farrah did as they were told and spotted Kadin coming in the front door hiding something in his hands.
"Dad, what are you carrying?" Amity asked, making Kadin jump.
"Just grabbing something that belongs to that girl we picked up."
"What is it?" Kadin looked nervously at them, debating whether or not to show them the Mika lacrima. He sighed and showed it to them.
"It's her friend. She was turned into this by those horrible kingdom soldiers."
"Why do you hate the kingdom so much?" Farrah nudged Amity in the side.
"I told you a hundred times to never bring it up in front of dad." She growled and Kadin smiled.
"Its fine, I don't mind telling her what happened. It should give your mother enough time to tend to that girl." They moved over to the couches, each sitting on opposite side of their father.
"Before we adopted you and your brothers, Farrah, your mother, and I lived in the kingdom as jewelers. We made a decent living and everything was peaceful. However, that was just a mirage brainwashed into us. My brother, Gage, was a soldier for the kingdom and worked very closely with the king. One day, he came running into our house, claiming that he found out some big news. He overheard the king talking about a plan to kill all the Exceed in Edolas so that we could have unlimited magical power. Your mother and I were disgusted by the plan, because even though they aren't human, they were still living creatures that deserved to live. We told him to warn the Exceed about it and he ran off. The next day, he came back saying that the king was going to kill him because he attempted to expose the plan and asked us to help him get out of the kingdom. We packed all of our things and hurried out of there in a car, but we were followed. They shot at our tires and window, claiming that if my brother came quietly, they would let us leave with our lives. We didn't want him to leave, but he jumped out of the car and was captured. We were charged with harboring a criminal and forced to leave the kingdom. Gage, however, was executed for betraying the kingdom." He stopped when Alonsa came out of Amity's room and hid the lacrima behind him.
"So, how is she?" He asked.
"She'll be fine, she won't be awake for a while and delusional when she wakes up, so we won't be getting any information on who she is or how she got so beaten up for a while."
"You used the Walang Malay juice?" She nodded.
"How much?"
"A bucket's full."
"She won't be waking up for a least a week."
"No, a bucket only lasts for six da- wait a second. Kadin, what is that behind you-"
"I can explain!"
"Because it's moving." Kadin looked behind him and saw a little brown exceed moving around in panic. She jumped off the couch and started running around.
"Where's Alice? Alice? This is no time for you to be courageous." Amity ran up to her and picked her up, helping her calm down a bit.
"So this is the friend you were talking about dad?"
"Yeah, put her down Amity." She placed Mika down.
"Thanks, now do you know where my friend is, she has black hair, blue eyes, and has been badly injured."
"She's in the other room, but she won't be waking up for a while."
"What!? I didn't think she was hurt that badly." Mika looked like she was on the brim of a heart attack. Farrah walked over to her and put a hand on her soldier.
"Relax, we just gave her some Walang Malay juice. She'll be fine."
"Where is she?"
"In the other room." Farrah pointed to her and Amity's room. Mika ran over there as fast as she could and climbed up on Alice's bed. She sighed with relief that she was okay. Alonsa and the others filed into the room and Mika looked.
"Thank you for helping Alice. My name is Mika."
"I'm Alonsa, this is my husband Kadin, our two daughters, Amity and Farrah, and our son's, Ryden and Carter are out getting food. So what exactly happened to you two?"
"It's a bit of a long story."
"We have time, explain."
"And then, the next thing I knew, I was on your couch." Mika said, finishing her recap on how they got to Edolas and what occurred, still sitting on Alice's bed, while Alonsa, Kadin, and Farrah were sitting on Farrah's bed and Amity was in the kitchen getting water. Alonsa already summarized to Mika what happened while she was a lacrima.
"Looks like Gage was right." Kadin mumbled to himself
"What?" Mika asked.
"Nothing."
"Anyway, since the kingdom is still in pursuit of you and Alice, you guys can stay here as long as you like." Alonsa offered.
"Thank you, but we shouldn't stay here too long we might put you guys in danger."
"Don't worry, we have traps set up everywhere. Without knowing where they are, you could make it to the front yard. In fact, you guys almost landed on one of them."
"Hey, what's going on outside?" Amity asked from the living room. Everyone walked into the living room to see yellow streams of magic floating to the sky.
"I don't know, but you should stay in the house." Kadin answered. Suddenly, Mika started glowing yellow and floated to the roof.
"What' going on?" Mika shouted while a 'thump' could be heard from Amity's room. Farrah ran over to see Alice floating on the roof.
"What are you doing?" Amity asked Mika.
"I'm not doing this!" They pushed through the roof and floated toward the sky.
"And then, while we were floating….." Mika stopped recapping when she realized Alice had fallen asleep.
"Oh yeah, she's going to be narcoleptic for while. I'll just explain the rest later." She put a blanket over Alice and walked out the door to let the others know about the good news.
Alice's dream (First Person, Alice):
'Strange.' I thought as I stood up in a familiar dark room. 'I was listening to Mika's explanation and, suddenly, I'm here.' I looked up to see the same light floating down in front of my face.
"That's because your narcolepsy kicked in." It said in the same feminine voice as last time.
"Oh, yeah right. So why are you here? Are you still messing around with my memories?"
"Do you want more bad dreams? Because if you do, I could just leave-"
"No!" The light floated back a few inches in surprise.
"I do NOT want to go through that again." The thought of going through something so horrible again made me cringe.
"Don't worry, I'll be watching over your dream until you are better. But I did want to talk more with you about your near future."
"I was wondering about that, what's this 'choice' I have to make?"
"I can't exactly tell you what the choice is, because you will have to make several soon, but one of them will impact everyone around you."
"Gee, that's helpful."
"But there's more. These choices will also impact your life, emotionally and physically. One wrong move and you could end up dead. Lucky for you, I'm going to be there with you every step of the way. However, none of your guild mates are allowed to come."
"Come? Come where?"
"If I told you this soon, it would affect t your decision."
"Leaving me in the literal dark isn't helping my decision either."
"Just take my word for it, I'm only looking after your well-being."
"But you will tell me eventually right?"
"When you're fully recovered, yes."
"Good." There was silence for a moment before something dawned on me.
"Wait a second, if I go alone, how will it impact my guild?"
"You are a part of their family, correct? If you mess up or die, they will come after you to try to help you and get themselves killed by doing so."
"But they're from Fairy Tail, they can get out of even the tightest of situations."
"That maybe so, but when I come to your guild personally and explain the whole situation, everything will make sense. You will have to back me up though, they might not believe me if you aren't there to back me up."
"They'd believe you, but it would be good to hear all of this when I'm not prone to pass out every 10 minutes. Or you could just tell me now."
"I prefer to wait, it will give me time to prepare."
"But won't I need to prepare to?"
"When I explain everything, you'll see why I waited. Now, it's time I left, enjoy your dream!"
"Wait-" The light suddenly grew blindingly bright and I blacked out.
When I could see again, I saw I was in Chand's house, sitting next to their fire place, wrapped in a blanket and holding a warm glass of water. 'Another memory dream, I knew she was looking in my memories. I'll just go along with it like last time.' This was about 1-2 months after the last memory. My injuries were all healed and I got to know all the people who lived in their house. There was Chand's father, Randal, who lead travelers through the mountains and was barely ever home. Chand's mother, Rosemary, who care of us and did most of the house work. She spent a lot of her time taking care of Ryou, Chand's baby brother, who was only 2 at the time. Finally, there was Chand, who I got along with really well. As it turns out, his little sister, Maria, died six months ago from getting lost by herself in the mountains and freezing to death Chand's 10th birthday. She was barely alive when they found her, but died in Chand's arms when they were trying to get her back to the house. Chand's dad apparently found me in a similar state as her (because she wasn't mugged like me), making Chand determined to make sure I didn't suffer the same fate. He made sure I never left my bed on an hourly basis until every scratch on me was healed. We got to know each other really well during then and by the time I was healed, we were practically best friends. This made me want to stay for a little longer, even after my injuries were healed. That day, Chand's mother had just put Ryou to bed and passed out in her room. Chand sat down next to me while I was trying to warm up from playing in the snow earlier.
"Hey Ali, is mom asleep?"
"Yeah, she just passed out, why?"
"I want to show to you something cool. What time is it?"
"It's about 6:00."
"Great, we'll be right on time, follow me." Chand grabbed my hand and pulled me toward his room, making my blanket fall off me and making me drop me cup of water. It was plastic, so it just spilled over the floor. I hadn't been in is room to many times and it was very simplistic. There was a bed with a blue blanket and white pillow on it, a dresser, a window showing a blanket of snow outside, a small table next to his bed, and an oddly placed rock on the wall facing the mountain. He walked over to rock and moved it over, revealing a hole large enough for a child, like us, to fit though.
"Well, crawl in." He gestured toward the hole.
"What? Why?"
"Just do it."
"You go first, I don't know what's in there." I wasn't very adventurous when I was younger.
"Fine, but you have to follow me, okay?"
"Fine." We crawled through the small hole until it led to a dark cave that was lit by the sun through the exit. The stalagmites on the roof had water that dripped of it that landed in a pond with a little waterfall under it that sparkled in the sunlight. The exit led to a small cliff with a lone tree that had a swing on one of the branches. There was extra awe from the snow that began to fall.
"Isn't cool? I found it a year ago and haven't told anyone about it. What do you think?"
"What do I think? This is the coolest thing I've ever seen."
"It gets even better, watch the sun go down." He led me over to the tree and we leaned against the trunk. The sunset looked absolutely amazing. The snowflakes sparkled in the sun's glow as a mist began filling the sky, reflect multiple shades of red, orange, and yellow, making the mist look like it was coming out of the sun.
"It's beautiful." I said unconsciously.
"I come here every day to see this. Promise to keep a secret." He put his pinky out in front of me. I smiled and linked mine with his.
"Promise."
A/N: So, what did you guys think? Should I do more of the third person POV or should I just stick with first person with Alice?
Alice: You okay now?
ON: Yeah, I just played some Yoshi's Island on my SNES. I'm fine now. (REALLY love that game)
Alice: Good, now why didn't you write the entire flash back?
ON: To test if my third person writing was any good. This is my way of "Testing the waters" for future stories/chapters.
Alice: And why are you including these new random OC's?
ON: Future reasons.
Alice: And those would be?
ON: *Evil grin* You shall see.
Alice: I'm the main character, you can at least tell me something.
ON: Something.
Alice: Not funny.
ON: That's what you asked.
Alice: Seriously, tell me.
ON: Tell you what?
Alice: About the story.
ON: About the story.
Alice: *Face palm* You know what? It's new years, there's a party going on at my house right now, and left Mika by herself there. I'm out of here. *Leaves*
ON: Okay then. Please leave a review to let me know if the third person part was written well. Happy New Year! And a late happy holidays since I missed my Christmas deadline.