"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" I demanded, staring at the intruder. Or should I say intruders.
"Easy there my princess. I'm not some psycho killer." The orange haired man laughed, pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. He wore a loose t-shirt with a lion on it and a pair of jeans. Loke. His companion was shorter, and had pink hair to just below her chin. She had wide blue eyes and wore a black and white dress. Around her wrists were little metal cuff bracelets.
"Oh my god... Loke?! Virgo?!" I gasped, unable to believe that my spirits may actually be real.
"What am I? Wood?" Another boy stepped out from behind Loke, the two were identical except for the fact that the one who had spoken wore no glasses. He seemed pretty pissed, glaring at me. Loke put a hand on his shoulder.
"Leo take it easy. Remember what Gray told me? She's still kinda confused." He said. Leo nodded reluctantly, Looking down.
"Right... sorry..." Leo grumbled. I could feel my heart start to sink again. Then I saw her leaning on Leo's shoulder. That damn hallucination.
"School playboy. He really hasn't changed a bit has he?" She smirked, pointing at Loke. that same woman who looked like Lauren's twin. "Of course, I personally am of the opinion that Gray trumps."
"Shut up!" I hissed as she disappeared again. The three of them looked at me in confusion.
"Are you okay Luce? Want us to go?" Leo asked, raising an eyebrow. I shook my head slowly.
"N-no... sorry. It's my fault I just thought I heard something... Hey I uh... I'm still a bit fuzzy on who's who... If you talked to Gray, he probably told you about-"
"About your dream? Yes." Virgo said sympathetically. "I'm sorry that you're so out of it... I know it must be hard princess. To jog your memory, I am Virgo Stellar. These are my older brothers. Leo, and his twin brother Loke. We've been friends since you helped my big brothers when they had depression... remember?" She blinked her wide eyes as she recited it in a matter of fact tone. Just like the Virgo that I knew...
"She's right." The two boys chimed together, holding out their arms. a dozen horizontal scars ran up each arm, they had faded to thin white blemishes, only visible because of the tan that both of them possessed. "We couldn't see light in life anymore until you helped us out. Like a little beam of starlight.
"I helped you that much?" I asked, wide eyed. They nodded.
"We did bad things." Loke began.
"Things we weren't proud of."
"We just wanted to disappear."
"But you stopped us. My girlfriend Karen killed herself because I didn't want to be with her anymore. The guilt ate me alive." Leo said quietly.
"I would sleep around and publicly humiliate girls because I felt bad about myself. I lacked confidence and took it out on others. I just couldn't see another way. You kept trying to talk to us and help us to feel better." Loke continued.
"Like you could see what we hid behind smiles and jokes."
"But we pushed you away just like everybody else."
"Finally we couldn't take it anymore. We went together to the cliff in front of the waterfall on the edge of the city everything just seemed so hopeless. Neither of us wanted to go on. And we decided that if we were going to jump, we would do it together. Parents always make the joke that 'if your best friend jumped off a cliff, would you follow him?' but with us, we were actually going to do it."
"and we stood there... thinking..."
"We asked ourselves if we should do it."
"And decided that there was no other way. We walked to the edge, and looked down at the rocks when we heard your voice."Loke pushed his glasses up with a smile. "I believe it went something like this. 'YOU TWO IDIOTS GET DOWN OFF THAT CLIFF RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR TO GOD I WILL KICK YOUR ASSES DEAD OR NOT!'" He imitated in a high angry voice. Leo shuddered.
"I'm pretty sure I stopped out of pure fear. That motherly commanding voice gives me the chills to this very day..." He muttered. I blushed slightly. So that whole thing must have been the whole business with the whole Karen Leo/Loke thing...
"You practically dragged us off that cliff by our ears." Loke laughed, slinging an arm around my shoulders. "You became someone to talk to, and we became your knights. Whenever Natsu was giving you crap, we'd step in."
"And we're going to keep doing that. We're your friends!" Leo smiled. Virgo hugged me.
"It's so great that we can be friends again princess." A smile gradually spread over my face. My spirits were real. Real people! Did that mean that I could be real friends with them? Go out to a movie with the twins or... or maybe go to an archery range with Sagittarius? If they were all as similar to the personalities that I knew like these three then maybe this whole world could have some benefits! Maybe I could really make a home here...
"Oi Luce? You up here?" I heard sting call.
"I'm in my room!" I called back. My blonde haired brother opened the door slightly.
"All decent?"
"You're good man. Unfortunately I don't think she'd strip for us." Leo laughed as Sting walked in.
"Oh hey guys! Good to see that Lucy's hanging out with friends again!" He smiled, looking at me. I smiled back.
"Yeah... It's nice. I almost feel like we're closer now than before the coma." I said quietly, thinking of my fond memories of the awkward maid spirit and the smooth lion spirit. "But it's really nice to have my friends to help me right now."
"Of course, princess." Virgo smiled. "May I take you dress shopping tomorrow after school perhaps? I feel that we should catch up."
"We'll come if you're underwear shopping." Loke grinned. I rolled my eyes and gave him a smack over the head.
"You pervert!" I exclaimed. He chuckled as Sting glared.
"Dude that's my sister! Show some respect! You and Leo can come to the skate park with Rogue and I if you want."
"Sounds fun." They grinned. "Count us in! We're going to beat you again with our Regulas double tail spins."
"Like you could beat my white dragon moves! Rogue and I are the twin dragons! We can beat the Lion brothers in our sleep!"
"Ha! You wish!" They yelled. I held up a hand.
"Take it outside you guys! Sure Virgo, I'd love to."
"Excellent! Perhaps I can get Aquarius and Aries to come with us." She said brightly. Leo turned.
"Um... Aries is going? Maybe I could uh... tag along?"
"No way! You can't just hang your own brother out to dry for a girl!" Loke exclaimed in horror. I smirked to myself.
"Well... Maybe we can all drop by and watch you show off when you're done?" I suggested. I could see Leo's eyes brighten.
"Sure! It's a date!"
Hey, my computers about to die so just in time! Leave reviews as always and I hope you liked the chapter!
