Hello to all the beautiful people who are reading this! And I mean everyone, because you are ALL GORGEOUS! I had an EXTREMELY good day yesterday, so I decided to be EXTRA nice and give you all chapter 9 ahead of schedule! Thank you all for your support! I hope you like my new chappie! Read on my friends! StiCy ahead! But, never fear! The train with the second Dragon Slayer is also running ahead of schedule. O.O Who is on board?
-Sting-
I watch her roll over in her sleep, her blonde hair falls across her face like golden silk. Unable to help myself, I reach over and brush it aside so I can see her sleeping face. I had to have been staring at her for the past half and hour. But, she was beautiful. There was no point denying it. Her head lolls to one side, and suddenly her neck is in plain sight and totally vulnerable. Her scent washes over me and I sit there, beside her bed mesmerised by her scent. I lean over, fangs exposed, millimeters from her neck. Lily snorts in his sleep and I snap to my senses. What the hell was I doing? I was about to claim her! I shake my head. No, no way. I wouldn't do that. Not to her. If she asked me to, then I might but… NO! STUPID STING! She is from Fairy Tail. You can't mark her. Dumb ass! I look at her, a stray bit of hair has fallen across her face and it flutters when she breathes. Just one more night. I think to myself as I climb in beside her. Only tonight, only tonight, then you have to leave her be. Just one more night beside her. She groans and slaps me softly. My eyebrows knit themselves together. Was she awake?
"Go away Natsu. Sleep in your own bed for once." My eyes widen. Natsu? For once? Did the Salamander crawl into her bed often? Why? I decide to test her.
"But I like your bed." I say quietly, hopefully she is too far gone to be able to tell the difference between my voice and Natsus. "Can I stay just for tonight?"
"That's what you said last time." She informs me. "And you were here last night too."
Oh, I guess that was why she snuggled up to me last night. She thought I was him. But, I was selfish. I craved her warmth. Even though she thought I was another man, I was selfish enough to want to stay beside her.
"Please?" I beg. She groans in annoyance.
"Okay." She turns away from me, but tucks the top of her head under my chin. My arm goes around her naturally and she intertwines her fingers with mine. I breathe in her scent and sleep peacefully.
-Lucy-
Do you know the Dragons of Fiore?
Their presence strikes fear into the hearts,
Of those who live in the kingdom,
The kingdom of the beasts.
I frown and walk on, I knew I was dreaming. I'd had the same dream since forever. I didn't always dream this one, but the first time was years ago. (A/N: Does that make sense?) This place was almost as familiar to me as the guild. I walk past the lake, the sun hovering over the edge, almost touching it. I reach the cave, I don't actually know what is inside. I've always woken up before I could see…
BANG!
Well, that was an explosive start to the morning. I roll over and see Lily hovering over a half-asleep Sting. Lily was in battle mode and Sting was holding his arm. The other side of my bed was warm I guess Sting had slept with me again last night.
"Bastard!" Lily growls. So, this is what I think has happened; Lily had woken up first, and-upon seeing Sting in my bed-had kicked the Dragon Slayer's ass. Sting glares at Lily, obviously still doped out.
"WHAT THE-"
"SITNG!" I yell (A/N: Sting was about to say a very bad word! Tee he!)
"WHAT?" I walk over, grab his earlobe and pull down hard.
"OW!" He screeches.
"Don't yell so early in the morning." I tell him, then I let go.
He rubs his ear. "What ever."
I turn away then hear Lily sniff and give a sort of laughing snort.
"What was that?" I ask. He was staring at Sting with an incredulous look on his face.
"What are you looking at?" Hisses Sting. Lily just shake his head.
"Lucy why don't you go out for a bit? I'll cook breakfast." Lily offers.
I raise an eyebrow. "Do you know how? After I let this idiot," I jerk a finger at Sting, "Have free rein in the kitchen I'm a little opposed to letting anyone else in there."
He waves off my concern. "I cook for Gajeel all the time." He tells me. I smirk.
"And Levy too?" I ask slyly. Lily snickers.
"That's for me to know and you to find out."
"Okay. Get out Sting~" I say.
"What? Why?"
"Because," I say impatiently, "I'm going to get changed."
He flushes a shade of red that would make Erza's hair envious. He scurries out of the room, followed by Lily.
"Do you know, the Dragons of Fiore~" I sing. I pick out a duke blue (Google it darlings!) shirt.
"Their presence strikes fear into the hearts~" I find a pair of white jeans in the bottom of my suitcase. I'll need to go shopping, I think.
"Of those who live in the kingdom~" I drag out the 'ing' sound to match the song in my dream. I shut my suitcase and slide it back under the bed.
"The kingdom of the beasts~" I finish the song with a flourish and skip out of the room. I see Sting sitting on the couch, he had a strange expression on his face.
"What?" I ask, walking past him. I reach the coat hanger and put on my cloak.
"That song…" He says. I turn to him. "Where did you learn it?"
I shrug. "I heard it in a dream and thought it sounded nice. I was really little when I first heard it though." I pull on my gloves. "I need new gloves." I tell him.
"Why are you telling me?" He asks.
"So you can buy me new ones!" I tell him cheerfully, pulling on my shoes. I skip out the door, ignoring his protests.
-The second Dragon Slayer-
Queasily, I drag my luggage off the train. Damn this train, and the one before it and the first one I went on. I fall on the ground and a girl nearby laughs at me. At least she couldn't see my face. I get up heavily and rub my jaw. The wind blows and I have to hold the top of my hood so no-one can see who I am. I sniff, then I sniff again. I grin, I could smell her, Lucy. The only reason she could be here is for the peacekeeping mission. Ha, ha, ha! She wouldn't get far. I walk and keep sniffing randomly. I could also smell an Exceed, the smell was too faint for me to remember which one. And… Sniff, sniff, sniff. SHIT! I could smell one of those Twin Bastards or whatever they were called. Lucy had been alone? I was closer to the house now. I burst through the door.
"LUCY?" I call.
"Jeez, all you Fairy Tail shit heads are really loud." It was the blonde one. F**k. If it had been the emo one, it would have been a little better, he wouldn't have done anything to her. But this asshole?
"Where. Is. Lucy?" I growl, hissing though clenched teeth. He smirks at me.
"Gone to buy…" His voice trails off suggestively.
"You little-" I raise a fist. I hear the door open and see Lucy standing there.
"Forgot my keys~" She announces. Then she sees me.
"Oniisan~!" She sings. She dances over and hugs me. "What are you doing here Niisan~?"
I shrug. Now that I had arrived, and our relationship had been made clear to him. He wouldn't try anything stupid. "Train arrived early." I say.
"Yay~" I laugh.
"You're in a good mood today." I observe. She stills, and thinks. Then nods.
"YES~" She trills in agreement.
I hold back an amused snort. For some reason, whenever she was around me she always turned into chibi Lucy. I ruffle her hair. "Where are you going?" I ask her. She shrugs at me then bites her lip. Something she always does when thinking about something really hard.
"I know!" She says. "I'm going to eat out for breakfast!"
"Cool. Can I-"
"No." Lucy cuts him off. "No, Sting you are not coming." Then she turns to me. "You can come niisan!" She informs me I smirk. This Sting kid, obviously had a thing for Lucy. I wasn't overly interested in her like that-I mean, she was hot, but I was her big brother-but I could use our relationship to get under his skin. Lucy knew that too, she was using his emotions to her advantage. She wasn't as dumb as she looked. I hear a snicker from the kitchen. Lily is standing there watching the scene play out.
"Why can't I go too?" Sting is whining. "Lightning Freak gets to go!" (A/N: Yes! The second arrival is none other than Laxus Dreyer!)
"Niisan is not a freak!" Lucy says, pouting.
Sting is quiet, Lucy doesn't notice him staring at her lips. But I do. A possessive growl slips out from the back of my throat. The one that means 'she's mine' I didn't mean it to, but it did. Sting glares at me and responds with a snarl so Lucy won't understand what is being conversed. 'We'll see about that.' I hiss in annoyance, 'Back OFF!' He smirks Lucy is whipping her head side to side, not following the conversation at all. I sling my arm around her shoulder.
"Let's go Talulah." I say, calling her by the nickname I gave her. She giggles.
"Okay, Laxus-niichan!"
We walk out the door and I hear Sting growling in annoyance, frustration, jealousy and anger. And so, I think, the battle for Lucy begins. Things are going to get VERY interesting around here.
Who guessed it was Laxus? I'm not sure if it's going to stay brother/sister but it will for now. I wanted Laxus to have SOME kind of 'claim' on her, some reason that they were close. Do you think Lucy is too OOC? I tried to make her overly chibi because I wanted her to try and make Sting mad! Also, the growling and snarling stuff is universal Dragon language. The boys will be doing this often. Do I need to put it in italics so you can see it better?
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