AN:LadyPlague here! I'm back and ready to write my little heart out. I know It's been awhile since I updated this story and I apologize. Life gets crazy and other stories take up your mind! But alas! This is the next chapter in I Can Here You! Thank you all for your support. I love you guys very much! And thank you so much to the wonderful Bixlu lover who offered hugs to me while I've been hurting. I appreciate it so much! As always I do not own Fairy Tail.
Cobra P.O.V
As I lay in my bed listening to Nyx's soul, I realize I made a horrible mistake thinking that her dark symphony would lull me to sleep. I grit my teeth and clench my fists as the images of her nightmare burrow into my skull. How the fuck can she sleep through this. I watch her nightmare through her soul. She's young probably around 15. I realize that she has two purple eyes in her dream. Is this…is this a memory?
It's like I'm a third person in this dream, watching but unable to stop the events taking place. She's strapped down to a table but it doesn't stop her from struggling. There's no sound. This must be a memory, one after she lost her hearing. She thrashes in her bindings. Her face terrified, red from the exertion of her silent screams, her eyes are wet with tears.
I watch as a man draws close to her, a sharp device in his hand, it's like a pen but the tip has four sharp blades forming a claw, and a large needle in the center of the claw. He positions himself by her face. Fuck. He's going to take her god damn eye!
I quickly get out of bed, and rush down the hallway to her room, slamming the door open, I make it to her bedside, as the man in her nightmare, her memory, hovers the device above her eye. She's thrashing in her bed, fighting something that's not really there. I see the shadows of her bedroom darken, and a strange stream of darkness and silver light enter through the slightly open window. She's drawing on her power.
Without hesitation, I scoop Nyx into my arms and pull her into my body, relaxing my mind, and letting my soul call out to her. Nyx, it's just a dream, please wake up. Wake up my little vixen. I look at her face, her closed eyes are dripping with tears. Come on my little vixen let me see those pretty eyes of yours.
Her eyes snap open and her mouth parts and chest heaves in a silent gasp. Her eyes widen and stare into mine. Her magic quickly recedes. You saved me, Erik. Her soul sounds so broken as it talks to me. I frown at her, wishing with every part of my being that I would have actually been able to save her. That I had known her then. That I could have done something to protect her. To protect my vixen.
I make sure she's watching my lips. I know she can apparently hear me, but, that's still to weird for me so I speak out loud and let her read my lips. "I wish I really could have saved you, my little vixen."
She smiles sadly at me. You did…Erik…he didn't get my eye this time. I relive things like that, every night…I know you saw it. You saw my memory…or else you wouldn't have been in here. Trying to wake me. Nox has never woken me from a nightmare. He doesn't know, how could her? I don't make a sound. She snuggles close to me. I can't bring myself to push her away, even as her hands start to rub my bare back, my scared back. Her fingers brush over one of the scars, she doesn't say anything, or act like she even felt it. She has scars to…I realize that now.
Tonight was the first night in 13 years that…they never got what they wanted from me. You saved me, Erik.
I pull her into me, closely and kiss the top of her head. I'll always save you, my little vixen.
I can hear her soul sing and feel its essence smile. You need to sleep, Erik. Stay with me tonight? Please?
I feel my lips curl up into a smile, but I don't say anything. I simply lay us both down in her bed, keeping her tucked close to my body and pull the blankets around us, allowing us both to slip into a deep slumber.
-the time skip line break! It's breakitude is non negotiable.-
I groan feeling something shake my body. I swat at it, enjoying my sleep. The shaking persists, letting my sleep addled mind slowly de-fog. Erik! The soul shouts my name, its song is going haywire, sounding frantic and scared. Who it is doesn't register and I try to burrow back into the warmth of the blankets. Erik! Please wake up! I can't…I can't hear your soul!
Can't hear my soul? Why would you be able to no one can hear my….Vixen! My eyes shoot open only to be met with one red and one purple eye, filled with worry. I pull Nyx into my arms. Her eyes are staring at my mouth. Does she want me to speak out loud?
"Little vixen what's wrong?"
I can't hear your soul, Erik! I could hear it before but, I can't hear it now!
How can she suddenly not hear my soul? It makes no sense, Gajeel said a slayer only gets one mate and they can tap into a little bit of a slayers magic. It's not like I magically got a new mate. It's not possible. I take a glance out the window, and notice the sun is rising. I frown.
"When did you notice that you couldn't hear me?"
She frowns at me, it causes my heart to clench, she should never frown, she's to beautiful to frown. I don't know. All I know is I fell asleep to your soul singing, but, there was silence. So much silence that it woke me up. The sun was just starting to rise.
My eyes widen. She can't fully tap into my magic. An idea strikes me and it makes so much sense. Maybe she can only tap into it when she's at her strongest. "Nyx," her eyes zoom into my lips. "You're the goddess of night, your power is strongest when the moon is out and the sun is gone, isn't it."
Well, yeah.
"You might only be able to tap into my power at night. When your in your element. I know you heard me call you my mate. I don't…I don't think I can explain it right away. However, if what my fellow slayer told me, a slayers mate can only fully tap into the slayers magic, when they are a fully mated pair."
She looks at me, her face showing that she's putting a lot of thought into this. So I'll be able to hear you again? Right? Just at night? I don't think I could live and be happy if I never got to hear your soul again, Erik.
I shudder at her words, as a feeling of warmth courses through my veins. No one has ever made me feel like I was important to them before, except Macbeth, but that's completely different. "You'll hear me again, my little vixen."
She smiles at me and nods. I pull her close and kiss her forehead.
Nyx P.O.V
I smile contentedly as Erik and I walk to the guild-hall, his arm slung over my shoulder, pulling me close to his body, the warmth from his body radiating into my skin. God he feels so good pressed against me, Fuck imagine if he didn't have any clothes on! Fuck, Nyx stop it. Your living with the man now! He's your roommate, stop being a pervert.
His body starts shaking slightly and I know he's laughing at my inner dialogue. I huff. Shut it, Erik. I can't help it that I think your body's sexy and that your man meat could probably do amazing things to my body.
He stops walking, his arm on my shoulders, holding me to him, forces me to stop as well. I look up at his face. He has the largest, most perverted grin on his face. I stick my tongue out at him. He waggles his eyebrows at me and bares his slightly fanged teeth at me. I giggle and we start walking again.
He places his thumb on my cheek and I feel him kiss the top of my head, causing my face to blush a bright red. I'm seriously one lucky woman to have this hunk of a mage holding onto me. I feel him squeeze my shoulder letting me know he heard that. I let out a silent giggle.
We make it to the guild and quickly enter. I smile at the fact that, once again a brawl is going on. Erik steers me over to the table we sat at yesterday, and I see that Macbeth is already there. His eyes closed and his head tilted slightly downward. I can tell by the rise and fall of his chest, that he isn't sleeping. He's merely pretending.
Macbeth is a sneaky little bastard, isn't he?
He raises and eyebrow at me as he helps me into my chair.
He's pretending to sleep so people don't bug him, isn't he?
He gives me a small smile and nods.
I knew it. Tell him his eyeliner smudged.
I watch as Erik chuckles, wishing more than anything that I could hear him. He nudges Macbeth, causing the mage to crack his eye open, then relays my message to him. Without a moment of delay, Macbeth quickly whips out a small compact mirror ad hastily checks his makeup. His perfectly put on makeup.
He looks at me and arches an eyebrow, I give a silent giggle and stick my tongue out at Macbeth. He just shakes his head at me and glances at Erik.
Erik looks at me and speaks, "Blueberry smoothie?" I nod my head and go to fish out some money from my pocket, but before I can he's gone.
Stupid boy. I can pay for my own god damn self. He doesn't have to be a twat waffle and make me feel dependent on him. I mean, it is really sweet that he's doing that for me, but I feel bed. He doesn't need me being a nuisance. Fuck!
I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn around to face, that pink haired fellow, the pervert and redheaded lady. Standing next to the three is a really pretty blond with a large smile on her face, her brown eyes sparkling with happiness.
"Hi, welcome to Fairy Tail! My name is Lucy!" Her lips move and I'm happy it wasn't to fast for me to read her lips. I smile at her as she looks at me patiently, expecting me to say something. I frown slightly and point to Macbeth.
Lucy and I both turn to face the reflector mage. Macbeth groans. "Her name is Nyx. She isn't being rude. She's mute and deaf."
I smile and nod my thanks to Macbeth. His lips give a small flicker, unnoticeable to probably everyone, but with my heightened sight I saw it. He gave me a smile.
I quickly turn my attention back to the beautiful blond, Lucy. She gives me a smile. "I'll make sure to remember that, and try keep my mouth in eye sight when talking to you." I smile and nod my thanks to her. Lucy motions to the three beside her. "This is Erza." Super ginger. "This is Gray." Man with little worm wiener. "And finally, Natsu." I glare at the pink haired guy. He's the flaming double ended dildo!
Natsu grins at me and talks. Once more way to fast and over exaggerated for me to read his lips. I look at Lucy and she sighs. "He says he wants you to fight him."
I roll my eyes and crook my pointer finger at him, motioning for him to come closer. He smiles wide and moves closer. I beckon him just a little closer, and he does so. I can feel the excitement radiating from him. With a smile, I blow out a little air, directed at his face, causing a black and blue smoke to leave my mouth and flitter into Natsu's mouth, nose and pores. Within seconds, the pinkette falls the ground unconscious. I smile sheepishly at Lucy as she looks at me wide eyed.
I glance around, and notice that Erik has made it back to our table, drinks in hand. He places my smoothie in front of me. And places his hand on my shoulder looking at my face. "What did you do?"
I told you that I'm the goddess of night, darkness, and eternal slumber, I just made him take a nap. He'll wake up in about an hour."
Erik shakes his head with a smile on the face, and relays what I said to Lucy and the other two. They must be teammates.
Erik grins. "You're something else, Nyx."
But I'm your something else.
"Yeah…you are."