Spider with the butterfly wings

By: gummyguppie

Chapter 2: Arachne?

I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters in this story except for 'Nirina' Fairy Tail is the work of Hiro Mashima, glad everyone likes my first chapter so here's the second :3

Levy scrunched her nose up at the overpowering smell of kiwis but she'd rather be knocked out by the sweet smell than have poor Lily feeling scared, though the smoothies probably didn't do anything but his smile was more sincere when she handed him the glass of green, cold liquid and his eyes lit up as she sat down on the couch beside him.

"There, doesn't that taste good!?" She smiled as she stoked his ear and he smiled up at her as she studied him, he seemed so... different, he was constantly shaking, so much so that she slightly feared he'd spill his smoothie on her cream couch. His eyes were darting around and he looked like he was ready to run at any point. She's always seen the cat as nothing but brave but now he was the literal term for 'scaredy-cat'. "do you want to tell me whats wrong now, how is that new girl dangerous?" She questioned and he whimpered as he almost choked on his drink and looked up at her before giving her a slight nod.

"She... she isn't what everyone thinks... she's not a caster mage... she's not even a mage!" He cried out and his drink almost went flying as he jumped into her arms, his eyes wide and afraid. She managed to catch the drink and put it on her coffee table, on a stack of books but he looked like he was about to faint with fright. "I saw her... I saw her, her face changed, she changed, shes a monster, her face became... like a spiders, it turned into some sort of spider creatures, she's not human!" He exclaimed as he held his head in his hands and Levy glared in confusion, it sounded so bizarre.

"Are you sure, are you absolutely positive that you're mistaken?" She asked and he shook his head as he whimpered, she placed him back on the couch and walked around her room, full of books. Levy knew a lot about creatures and she was sure she had a book that would help them, maybe she wasn't a caster, maybe she was a mage who used illusion magic and was in a dark guild. She had to get to the bottom of it. Levy hmmed as she walked around her room, her hazel eyes scanning the endless spines of books until she found a leather one with silver writing 'Monsters and myths' was written clearly on the broken spine. She delicately pulled it from the shelf, her arms suddenly dipping at the weight of the huge book and wobbled over to the couch were Lily was shivering. Levy gave him a sympathetic look before opening the book to it's cracked pages and started flicking through the pages as Lily looked over the yellow paper to the pictures when he suddenly shrieked and hid away. They were on the page of a Arachne, loosely translated as spider, the picture depicted a beautiful woman but next to it was a spider faced woman with sharp teeth and pale skin, pieces of flesh hung from the monsters true form and Levy felt a chill run down her spine as she looked closer at the monster, the tendrils of hair hung in chunks and looked like wire.

"That's what she turned into, that's what I saw!" Lily screamed as Levy tried to find anymore pages for Arachne but she couldn't find any description or indication on what they did. Seeing that Lily was a few seconds from having a heart attack, she closed her book and placed it beside her. She knew something was off about the new girl but she couldn't be that thing... could she? Levy thought more about it as she scooped up the frightened exceed and padded out of her front room to her bedroom where she wrapped him up in the blankets and he whimpered as she pulled away.

"I'm just getting dressed okay, I promise I'll be like a meter away!" She smiled and he gave her a small nod before hiding in the quilt and she walked over to her closet, pulling her dress over her head and sighing as the cold air hit her skin. It was around seven which was quiet early for her to be going to bed but she just felt so tired, like she was slowly being sapped of her energy. She stretched before grabbing a pair of grey, loose shorts and a blue T-shirt, she slipped them on, taking her bra off first and running her hands over them at the feeling of not having a bra then walked back over to the bed. Lily was still shaking but he had his eyes closed as she crawled underneath the blanket with him and pulled his small, furry form into her arms were he nestled between them and started to purr as she hummed, it wasn't a song she'd heard, well she must have because she could hum it but she couldn't remember where from but it was always in her head, like it had been in bedded deep within her thoughts. It was a soft, slow melody that gave off the feeling of someone playing a piano and she closed her eyes, listening to the sound of her own voice before the darkness started to come pouring in.

Pouring, it was pouring with rain, lashing against the glass pain that she was looking out of but everything seemed so fuzzy almost like a sheet of fog was covering her eyes and she tried desperately to rub it away. The darkness of the room didn't help, she could tell it was night but she couldn't see a thing... only adding to her fear as she started to panic and felt the tears well up.

"Mommy!" Her little voice cried and she slowly crawled out of her bed, the cold taking her by surprise and she hissed as she hugged the arms of her long, white nightgown and padded across the wooden floor. The air felt thick and freezing, like she was being engulfed in ice water and she wanted to hide but she wanted her parent, she was so scared. Her little heart was banging against her rib-cage and she knew something wasn't right, she couldn't see the light through her doorway even though her parents always kept it on because she was afraid of the dark. "Solid script: Light" she whispered and the glowing light lit up above her head and followed her to her door where she took a deep breath and opened the door, only to be shrouded with more darkness as she peered down the hall of their small home. Oh god something smelt awful, like rotten meat and she wanted to throw up as she put her small hands over her nose and kept moving towards her parents room. "Mommy... daddy" she whispered but they didn't answer, though something did.

"Levy, come here~!" A woman's sing song voice called and she shivered, that wasn't her mother and she backed away, she didn't want to go any further, something didn't feel right. "Levy, come here!" The voice growled out louder and she shook her head at the invisible person as her light dimmed and she ran, her little feet hitting the wood with small thuds and she ran into her room, slamming her door behind her and she heard the running scrapes of someone something running down the hall. The handle started shaking rapidly and she screamed as she grabbed hold of it and tried desperately to keep the person out. "Levy let me in!" The voice screamed and sh felt her tears coming down like the rain outside as she whimpered and it suddenly grew quiet. She stayed, her little hands gripping the door handle so tight that she could feel her hands start to go numb. Nothing could be heard except her ragged, terrified intake of air and she blinked as she put her ear against the door. No sooner than the blast occurred and she screamed as he little body was sent hurtling backwards and out of the window...

Levy jolted up with a squeak as she looked around frantically. She let out a large sigh of relief when she was back in her room and she slumped back onto the pillow as she tried regain her normal heart rate and she felt something move against her that made her jump. Levy let out a large gasp when she noticed it was only Lily, getting comfy again after her sudden outburst and she again slumped into the pillow. The sky was turning a bright orange as the sun began to rise and she sat up, watching her clock tick for a few minutes as she tried to remember what she was dreaming but it disappeared and she just hmmed before pulling back the blankets. Her small form being engulfed by the morning chill and she shivered but composed herself as she started to walk towards the bathroom when she saw the book on the couch. The memories of yesterday came flooding back and she glared as she opened the bathroom door, she had to get to the bottom of this...