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Chapter 5

At Minerva's Place...

AN's POV

"Virgo, my bags please," Lucy said as she held out her staff and watched as a pink haired girl with a maids outfit on appeared in front them.

"Punishment Princess?" said Virgo as she looked at me and then to Minerva. "Shall I chain her Princess, she looks like she'd like it."

"What... HECK NO!" Lucy said in frustration. "What have you been teaching her Loki?" I shouted.

"How did you know it was me," said the blonde haired Loki as he appeared next to Virgo.

"Who else would put weird ideas in Virgo's head... stop messing with her or I'll tell Aries what you've been up to," smirked Lucy as she laughed.

"AH! my Princess, it's nice to see you smile and laugh again. We missed your kind smile," Loki said as he looked at Minerva. "I take it, you are the one we have to thank for making our Master smile. For that we thank you," he said, as he and Virgo faced Minerva, they both smiled and bowed to her.

"Ah what the heck are you doing. Don't bow to me, I didn't do anything," Minerva said as she turned red with embarrassment.

"Is that so," said Loki as he walked up to Minerva and looked her up and down while circling her. "You're appearance seems to be very deceiving. On the outside you look like a tough, no nonsense, angry woman..." he said as he put his finger to her chest, "but in here you are kind, warm and sincere. We will honor and protect you as we would our friend Lucy."

"T-thank y-you, but why would you do that, you don't know me," said Minerva as a she started to get teary eyed.

"Ah but we do know you Minerva. Capricorn spoke of you years ago, so the Spirit King has been keeping tabs on you. He says that you may have a bad reputation, but you have a good heart. It just needs someone to shine light on it. We believe that you and Lucy will help each other through the trials that lay ahead of you both," Loki said with a smile and turned to Virgo who just returned from the spirit world with the last of Lucy's things.

"Oh my! I just though that you had a few bags, I didn't realize you had that much. Hell! we'll have to add on to the house to store all of that," laughed Minerva.

"Ah! I'm sorry Minerva," Lucy said with a pained look on her face, as she turned to Virgo, "please store some of this for m..."

"Lucy, I was only kidding. I have lots of room. I told you that this is your home as well now. Please feel at ease here," Minerva said as she walked over to Lucy and gave her a big hug and whispered into her ear, "Welcome home little sister."

"See the Spirit King was right about her Virgo. They will be good for one another," Loki said with a big smile. "Princess, we will take our leave now."

"Thank you my friends," Lucy said as Loki and Virgo disappeared.

Lucy's POV

As Loki and Virgo disappeared it slowly dawned on me... 'I'm home, but why do I feel so safe and happy here with this strange, scarey looking girl,' I thought to myself. "Ahhh!" I screamed. 'Why did I call a perfect stranger, Onee-chen.'

"What's wrong Lucy? Why did you scream? Are you alright?" asked Minerva with a worried look on her face.

'Oh my God... what do I say to her, how do I explain myself,' I thought as I quickly looked around the room. "Sorry, I just realized how much stuff we have to carry. I should have had Virgo put it where I will be sleeping... I'm such an IDIOT!" I said as I hung my head and blushed.

"HAHAHA! is that all, don't worry about it. We will take care of all of that later after we eat," Minerva said with a large laugh.

"Ah! Okay," I said as I looked around the room. It was a big room with brightly painted walls, very cheery looking. There was two large light blue sofas that faced each other with a large square coffee table in the center that had a large cloth cover over it. At the end of the room was a large home entertainment center, with many movies and cds stored in the shelves on either side of it. The room as bright as it was, lacked any pictures or paintings on the walls. 'HMM! that's odd,' I thought to myself.

"Shall we make something to eat Lucy?" asked Minerva as she walked into the kitchen which was just off the living room. The living room, dining room and kitchen were all open to one another so it gave of a very spacious feeling. The kitchen was bright and clean looking with a full array of cooking utensils. It looked like Minerva loved to cook, it just had that feeling to it.

"Do you cook much Minerva?" Lucy asked as she caught up to Minerva. "Your kitchen looks very inviting and feels like it's used often."

"Yes, I cook all the time. I love to create something nice, something that I haven't had before. I don't like to eat out so when I'm home I'm almost always in the kitchen," Minerva said as she smiled at me.

"I don't know why, but I feel I like to cook as well," I said as I tried to rack my brain as to why I used to cook so much. 'Oh well, maybe it'll come to me sometime,' I thought as I asked Minerva if I could help.

"No, you just sit there and relax, you can make breakfast if you like," she smiled at me as she opened up her refrigerator.

"That sounds great Onee-chan," I said. 'DAM IT, I did it again... Why do I keep calling her that,' I thought as I scratched my head.

'HAHAHA! You called me Onee-chan again Lucy," Minerva turned around to face me and smiled.

"I'm sorry Minerva, I mean no disrespect. I don't know why I keep calling you that. We've only known each other for a few hours," I said as she sat at the island and hung my head.

Minerva's POV

"Lucy! we've met each other before. It was a long time ago when we were children. I was maybe six at the time and Father wanted to go and see his old friend, so I begged him to let me go. He would always say no but this time he said yes. It was the first time I had been anywhere other than our home and our training area. I had never met another living person other than my Father. My Mother died when I was really young so I only knew one person in my life at that point and that was my Father," I said as Lucy interrupted me.

"That must have been horrible and very lonely. For some reason I feel my childhood was similar," Lucy said as I smiled at her.

"Yes it was very lonely and yes you were just like me when you were young... you were very lonely as well. Anyway, I remember when we pulled up to the big house my father warned me not to cause any problems or he would double up my training when we got back. So I was on my best behavior. We walked into the house and there was a big staircase, paintings on the walls, it was a lot to take in when you're only six. I remember looking around and I spotted a big scarey man walking down the hall and he stopped and shook my Fathers hand and they started to walk away and left me. Father said, "don't cause problems," I remember it so well."

"You thought my Father was scarey too. I hated him after my Mom died. He was so mean to me... I thought he hated me," Lucy said as she remembered something from her childhood. "I remember my birthday or something like that and a cake. It's still a little fuzzy," She said as she looked up at me to hear more of my story.

"I didn't like him either, but I thought he was somewhat nicer than my Father. We'll save that for another time. Getting back to my story... I started to wander around the house and I met lots of people who worked there and they all asked me who I was, so I told them. Then I ran into this really Pretty woman with long blonde hair. She was laying in a bed. When I introduced myself, she smiled and said to go across the hall to the room next door. I did as she asked and when I opened the door a little blonde haired girl looked up from the floor and smiled at me. She stood up and walked over and grabbed my hand and pulling me over to where she was just at and asked me to play with her." I said as a tear formed in my eye. "It was the first time anyone treated me so nice."

As I wiped the tear from my eyes, I continued my story... I remember you said with a big bright smile, "Onee-chan play with me," with that I couldn't help it any more and I started crying. Me, Minerva, the big bad scary bitch was bawling like a child. "I-I'm s-sorry Luccccy, I-I-I-I d-dd-don't, I-I c-can't heellppp..."

Lucy's POV

As I listened to Minerva's story I could tell that she was remembering something very precious to her. I could see it in her eyes, not only was it a sweet memory but it was an important memory to her, one that she obviously treasured. As tears started to pour from her eyes, she just gave into her emotions and started to cry like a new born. I quickly got out of my chair and ran around the island and pulled her into a tight embrace...

"It's alright Minerva, let it all out. It's me your little sister. I remember you now! I remember it all now. I remember we played together for hours and we ate together and we even slept together in a tent in our back garden. I remember Capricorn watched over us all night because Mom was to weak to be with us. I remember how much we cried when we were separated. I remember it all. Now I know why I called you Onee-chan, that's because you liked it when I called you that. "You said it made you feel wanted and loved. Minerva, I'm so glad I found you again, now I really feel like I'm home," I said as I was now crying as well.

We stayed like that for what seems like an eternity. Neither of us wanting to let the other go. There was something very warm and comforting about being like this. I whispered into her ear, "although we are not related by blood, we are sisters now and no one will ever tear us apart again. We will protect each other and all that's dear to us... I swear this to you Onee-chan."

Minerva pulled her head back and looked at me with her puffy red eyes and said, "I also swear, as your Onee-chan I will also protect you and everything that we hold dear. I promise."

We continued our hug for another few moments until a large rumble was heard. Minerva looked at me as she wiped the tears from her eyes and her sad face slowly turned to a smile and before long she was laughing her ass off.

"Oh my God Lucy, what was that," Minerva said as she doubled over in a fit of laughter.

"Geez! Onee-chan, you promised me dinner half an hour ago. Are you gonna feed me or laugh at me all night," I said with a big smile as I dried my eyes.

"Okay! a special dinner coming up for a special someone," she smiled and went back to cooking dinner.

(An Hour Later)

"Ah! so that's what Capricorn meant when he said he knew you. He met you when we were children. So that means... oh this should be interesting," I said as a big grin crossed my face.

"Lucy, what's going on inside your head. I'm getting a little worried here," Minerva said as she looked at me like I had lost my mind.

"Let's try something Onee-chan... I'm gonna show you something REALLY cool, something just for you and only you. Wanna see it," I said with a devilish smirk.

"I don't know Lucy, that look in your eyes is scaring me," Minerva said as she backed away from me.

"Don't worry it will be so cool, but you gotta keep it a secret... OK!" I said in my sweetest voice.

"Fine! what is it?" she asked.

"Bring me my staff and I'll show you," I said.

"WWWHHHAAAATTT! ARE YOU FRIGGING NUTS. HELL NO. I AM NOT TOUCHING THAT THING AGAIN," she shouted. "I still remember that horrifying pain. If that was anyone other than you that did that to me I would have killed them."

"MINERVA! we made a promise. Trust me I would not hurt you. You have to believe me... Onee-chan... please bring me my staff," I pleaded with her.

"That's not fair using that promise against me. Lucy you know I can't touch your staff, no one can. It's too dangerous," Minerva said in a scared voice.

"Trust me, I truly believe that you will be alright... PLEASE!" I begged.

"FINE! but if it hurts me, I'll kick your ass," Minerva nervously said.

"Fair enough," I said.

Minerva cautiously approached my staff which was sitting on my cloak near the front door. As she got closer to it she seemed to become more and more apprehensive. She kept looking at it and then back at me, as if she was begging me to let her stop. But I wouldn't let her.

"Go ahead Minerva, pick it up, I truly believe you won't be harmed," I said as I motioned for her to pick it up.

Minerva slowly moved her hand towards it as she kept looking to me for support and I kept motioning for her to continue. She continued to move ever so slowly towards it until her finger was just a few centimeters away from it. With a last look to me she quickly touched it with her finger tip and instantaneously pulled it back, as if she had touched a hot stove

"Huh! nothing happened," she said with a smile and bravely touched it again. This time she let her finger stay a while longer. "AH! Lucy no pain," she said as she quickly picked it up and walked towards me with a big smile on her face.

"I knew it! I just knew it wouldn't hurt you," I smiled at her.

"How did you know I wouldn't be hurt?" she said with a giant smile.

"Because both Virgo and Loki acknowledged you earlier. I thought it was odd that they spoke of the Spirit King keeping tabs on you. It seems Capricorn spoke highly of you as well. I believe they all accept you as part of our family, or you would probably be dead by now," I said as I looked down at Minerva still holding my staff.

"Hey let's keep that our little secret. OK. Besides it may come in handy someday when we're in a pinch," I said with a wink.

"Okay! So this is our second sisterly secret, I'm glad you came here today Lucy. I feel like I've been given a new lease on life," Minerva said with a smile as she handed me my staff. " So what did you want to show me?"

"Me too Minerva, I'm glad I'm here too. I got a new big sister, I got a new home and I got a few of my memories back as well. It's the best thing that's happened to me in a very long time. Thank you," I said as I hugged her.

As I let go of Minerva I stepped back a little from her and held out my staff and said "grow" and my staff returned to it's original size.

"Now let me show you something really cool, you're gonna love this...