Me: Hey guys!
Everyone: Hey carlygrl15!
Me: I'm excited to write this chapter!
Gajeel: Why?
Me: Because there will be some Gale interaction! *fangirling*
Erza: This will be an interesting chapter indeed.
Wendy: But you will only torture Gajeel. *sweat drops*
Erza: Yes, but I will only do part of the torturing. She will do most of the torturing. *points at Levy*
Levy: W-W-WHAT!? *blushing*
Erza: What? It's true.
*both women argue in the background*
Gajeel: *blushing* O-ok... anyway, carlygrl15 would like to thank, .5 and saphiredragonstorm for the follow/fav.
Wendy: Since there will be singing, here are the keys:
singing
talking
thinking
Lily: And she doesn't own FT or Tangled. They belong to their rightful owners.
Me, Lily, Gajeel, and Wendy: ENJOY!
Previously
Gajeel's P.O.V.
I was contemplating on going back, but the horse's neighs told me otherwise. I ran towards the tower, climbed it and opened the window. When I was finally safe, I said to myself and the satchel, "Alone at last." All of a sudden, I was hit by a blunt object and the world went black.
Chapter 6 Freedom
Levy's P.O.V.
Erza and I were in my room daydreaming about the lights when we heard a horse in the distance. We looked at each other with puzzled looks. We just shrugged it off for a few minutes, until we heard someone coming in through the window. W-w-who is it? I think to myself. Erza and I crept down to the living room where the stranger is looking in his satchel.
I grab my own satchel filled with at least a couple books and I hit him with it. It knocked him out. I shrieked and hide behind the railing. I slowly approach him while grabbing frying pan when I saw that he wasn't getting up. I poked him with the handle of the frying pan. When he didn't respond to that, I looked at Erza, who was silently saying, Move his head.
I move the man's head a little bit. Part of his dark hair covered part of his face. I look at Erza again and she changes her skin color to brown while pointing the drawing of a pointy-teeth man. I use the frying pan to move part of his lips showing is SLIGHTLY pointed teeth. "Oh" I whispered out loud. I moved the part of his hair covering his face aside and see some piercings on his face. That alone should terrify me, but it didn't. I was intrigued by his looks.
As I slowly approach, he opens his red eyes. Surprised, I hit him with the frying pan. I sigh thinking, What am I going to do with him? I looked around the room stopping at the closet. I drag him to the closet(using my hair of course:P) and try to get him in.
First time, I tried by pushing him ass first, but his head went UNDERNEATH the closet. Second time, I tried swinging him in using my hair. It worked at first but when I went to get my hair out, it didn't time, I don't even want to describe it but it was a failure. -_- Fourth time, I used my back to lift him into the closet. It went well until he fell on top of me. =3= Last time, I used a broom, my back and my foot to get him in SUCCESSFULLY but in the process, I squished his fingers. So I just pushed them in one by one. (A/N: *laughing hysterically*) I pushed a chair under the handles, and said, "Ok, ok, ok, I've got a person in my closet."
"I've got a person in my closet." I slowly realize. "I've got a PERSON in my CLOSET!" I laughed when I realized what I have accomplished. I look into the mirror that was near the closet and say while holding the frying pan, "Too weak to handle myself out there, huh, Minerva? Well... hmm-hmm... tell that to my frying pan-" I was twirling the pan in my hand when it hit me. I looked down to see the satchel that the strange man was drooling at. There was a some type of expensive jewelry. "Huh?" I wondered.
I took it out of the satchel, hung it on my forearm, and looked at Erza who shook her head. I then used it as a magnifying lens, Erza still shook her head. I put it on my head, and I couldn't help but feel that it belonged there. Erza looked astonished, but declined that idea.
Suddenly, we hear in the distance, "Rapunzel!"
I gasped. Shit, Minerva is back!
"Let down your hair!" she yells.
"One moment, Minerva!" I yell back rushing to the window, letting my hair down.
"I have a big surprise!" she says while I lift her.
"I seriously doubt it." I mumble back. When she is close enough, she steps on the sill saying, "I brought back parsnips. I'm going to make hazelnut soup for dinner, your absolute FAVORITE-surprise!"
"Well, Minerva, there's something I want to tell you." I begin. "Oh Levy, you know I hate leaving you after a fight especially when I've done absolutely nothing wrong." she replies. Really Minerva? Because I must have been thinking of another arguing. I thought to myself sarcastically.
"Okay, I've been thinking a lot about what you've said earlier and-"
"I hope you're not still talking about the stars." she interrupts.
"'Floating Lights'", I correct, "and, yes, I'm leading up to that, and..."
"Because I really thought we dropped the issue, sweetheart."
"No, Minerva, I'm just saying, you think I'm not strong enough to handle myself out there."
"Oh darling, I KNOW you're not strong enough to handle yourself out there."
"But if you just-"
"Levy, we're done talking about this-", she interrupts.
"Trust me-", I interject.
"Levy-" she warns me.
"I know what I'm saying-" I say as I reach for the chair keeping my 'prisoner' hidden.
"Levy-" she warns me again.
"Oh, come on~" I try to persuade her to listen to me.
"ENOUGH OF THE LIGHTS, LEVY! YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS TOWER! EVER!" she snapped at me. I let go of the chair, scared of her. She collapse on another chair that we own.
"Ugh. Great. Now I'M the bad guy." she says dejected. I took a look at the painting with the floating lights, then at the closet before saying shyly, "All I was gonna say, Minerva, is that, I know what I want for my birthday."
"And what is that?" she asks exasperated.
"New paint." I answer. "The paint made from the white shells you once brought me."
"Well, that is a very long trip, Levy. Almost three days' time." she explains to me.
I know. That's why I 'want it' for my birthday. I thought to myself. "I just thought it would be a better idea than...stars." I reply.
"Ugh. You're sure you'll be all right on your own?" she asks me while walking towards me. She hugs me while I answer, "I know I'm safe as long as I'm here." She kisses my forehead while saying, "I'll be back in three days' time. I love you very much, dear." "I love you more." "I love you more."
After I safely lowered her down beneath the tower, and she went through the cave-like entrance, I race to the closet. I slowly move the chair out of the way while silently thinking, Okay. I open the closet with my hair, and the stranger falls out of the closet. I was surprised he didn't wake up. Then I came up with an idea: tie him up with my hair.
A few minutes later, the stranger was tied up securely with my hair. Erza was in charge of waking him up. At first, she tried poking him. When that didn't work, she gave him her version of a 'Wet Willie'(sticking her tongue in his ear) and that worked.
"Shit! Huh?" he said with his deep voice. He struggles with the bindings. "The fuck?! Is this hair?"
I took that as a sign to start. "Struggling...struggling is pointless."
He looks up with a confused look. "Huh?"
"I know why you're here, and I'm not afraid of you." I continued.
"What?"
I step into the light. "Who are you, and how did you find me?" I ask.
"Aha" he says with a far off gaze. It was almost like he is in a daydream. Answer the question, dumbass. I thought sarcastically.
"Who are you, and how did you find me?" I ask again while gripping the pan and reeling back getting ready to hit. He suddenly clears his throat before saying, "I know not who you are, nor how I came to find you, but may I just say..." he pauses before saying, "Hi. How are ya? The name's Metalicana. How's your day goin'?"
Hold on. Did he just flirt with me? I thought to myself. "Ugh! Who else knows my location, Metalicana?" I continue while pointing the pan towards him.
"Alright, shortie-" he says.
"Levy." I correct him.
"Gesundheit. Here's the deal." he ignores me before continuing. "I was in a situation running through the forest. I came across your tower and... what? OH SHIT!... WHERE IS MY GOD DAMNED SATCHEL?!" he screams looking around frantically for his satchel.
"I've hidden it, somewhere you'll never find it." I say with a smug look on my face.
Metalicana looks around and says, "It's in that pot, isn't it?" with a bored look. I whack him in the head with the pan.
When he comes to, Erza's tongue was in his ear. "SHIT!" knocking off Erza in the process. "Would you stop that dammit?" he says looking at her.
"NOW it's hidden where you'll never find it." I say in confidence. "So, what do you want with my hair? To cut it?" I ask.
"The fuck?"
"Sell it?"
"NO! Listen, the only thing I want to do with your hair is to get out of it. LITERALLY!"
"Yi. Wait. You don't want my hair?" I ask.
"Why the fuck would I want your hair? Look, I was being chased, I saw the tower, I climbed it, the end." He explains.
"You're...telling the truth?" I ask hesitantly.
"Yea."
I look at Erza and she has a look that says, I don't trust him. "I know, I need someone to take me." I explain. She motions to him asking if he is REALLY telling the truth. "Well of course he's telling the truth! I think." She points to the picture of a man with pointed teeth. "HE doesn't have that many fangs, but what choice do I have?"
I turn around to Metalicana and apparently he was trying to escape. "Okay, Metalicana, I'm prepared to offer you a deal." I tell him. "Deal?" he asked suspiciously. "Look this way." I say while moving my hair holding him captive making him collapse with the chair. I stop in front of the mural with the floating lights.
"Do you know what these are?" I ask him while moving the curtain. "You men the lantern thing they do for the princess?" he replies while lifting his head.
"Lanterns. I knew they weren't stars." I whispered to myself. I turn around to Metalicana and say, "Well, tomorrow evening they will light the night sky with these lanterns. You will act as my guide, take me to these lanterns, and return me safely home. Then, and only then, will I return your satchel to you. That is my deal."
"Yea. No can do." he says. "Unfortunately, the kingdom and I aren't exactly seeing 'eye-to-eye' at the moment. So I won't be taking you anywhere." Erza gives him an icy stare while I pull him up.
"Something brought you here, Metalicana. Call it what you will: fate, destiny..." "A horse" "So I have made the decision of trusting you." "A horrible decision, really." "But trust me when I tell you this." I tug my hair making him fall forward, but I grab the chair before continuing with an icy stare of my own, "You can tear this tower apart, brick by brick, but without my help, you will NEVER find your 'precious' satchel."
"Mhm. Let me just get this straight. I take you to see the lanterns, bring you back home, and you'll give me back my satchel?" he says.
"I promise." I reply. He looks at me with disbelief. "And when I promise something, I never EVER break that promise." He raises his studded eyebrow. "EVER." Erza nods in agreement. Metalicana looks at her then at me before saying, "Alright, listen, I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me with no choice. Here comes the 'smoulder'." He looks down for a second before looking up with his lips puckered and his eyes, well, smouldering. Erza and I just give him a look that says, It's not working.
"This is kinda an off day for me. This doesn't normally happen." He says, still with his 'smoulder' look on before sighing and continuing, "Fine, I'll take you to see the god damned lanterns!"
"Really?" I gasped letting go of the chair making him fall forward. "Oops." "You broke the 'smoulder'."
After letting him go, he climbs down the tower. Halfway down he yells out, "Oi, shortie! You comin' or what?!" I am still on the window sill, thinking out loud, "Look at the world so close, and I'm halfway to it! Look at it all so big, do I even dare?" I look back at the mural with doubt still in my mind. "Look at me, there at last! I just have to do it. Should I? NO! Here I go..." I look at Erza sitting on my shoulder who grab part of my hair and wrap it around her waist. I drop my hair all the way down to the bottom. I slide down, enjoying the feel of the wind passing by me. I even saw a glimpse of Metalicana's shocked face.
I look down and I grab my hair. I am at least 6-7 inches from the ground. I slowly lower one of my big toes and I gasp at the softness. "Just smell the grass! The dirt! Just like I dreamed they'd be! Just feel the summer breeze, the way it's calling me!" I stepped into something wet, look down and feel water. I scooped some up and spread them out. "For like the first time EVER, I'm completely free! I could go running, and racing, and dancing, and chasing, and leaping, and bounding, hair flying, heart pounding, and splashing, and reeling, and FINALLY feeling!" I run through the cave-like opening and enter the forest surrounded by ACTUAL TREES. "That's when my life begins!" I circle around with my arms wide open.
To be continued...
Me: So what did you think?
Gajeel: *jaw drops* I WAS KNOCKED OUT BY THE SHRIMP?!
Levy: *jaw drops* I CAN LIFT HIM WITH SOME EASE?!
Me: *turns to Gajeel* Yes you were knocked out by Levy because you were knocked out by her before on Tenroujima.
Gajeel: *goes to sulk corner*
Me: *turns to Levy* Yes you did lift that big, heavy metal(pun intended) Dragon Slayer with some ease. You've done it before.
Levy: Hmm. That's true. *high fives*
Me: *high fives back*
Levy: I liked the fact that I was the one who knocked him out! *excited*
Erza: I liked that part too. *nods*
Natsu: It was AWESOME seeing Metalhead knocked out by a girl! *laughing hysterically*
Gajeel:*growls then pounces on Natsu*
*Natsu and Gajeel fight in the background*
Me:*hands Erza strawberry cheesecake*
Erza:*goes off somewhere enjoying her treat*
Everyone else: *sweat drops*
Me: What? I love watching Natsu and Gajeel kick each others ass. *shrugs*
Lily: A-anyways, please review. carlygrl15 would like to hear your responses to this chapter.
Everyone except Erza, Natsu, and Gajeel: THANKS!