Elizabeth sighed as she carried her algebra textbook. It wasn't actually that heavy, it just felt that way because she dreaded it. Elizabeth looked forward to recess. She went to a K-12 school, so there was everything on the playground from slides to swingsets. Elizabeth usually just talked with her best friend, Jasper. Since she was friends with Jasper and Jasper was a boy, everyone thought they were dating. Everyone thought that they were in love, everyone thought that they had a "thing", everyone thought that over the weekends they- ((NSFW))
Finally, recess came. Elizabeth was so happy. Jasper had been absent yesterday, and yesterday was Monday, so they had a lot of catching up to do.
"Hey Jasper!" Elizabeth shouted.
"Hey, Eliza!" Jasper ran up to her. Elizabeth didn't mind it when people called her Eliza, but it wasn't her favorite either.
"So, what did you do over the weekend and why were you absent yesterday?"
"I didn't do much over the weekend, and I was sick. I just stayed home and watched Fairy Tail."
Elizabeth smiled. "So, who would you say is your favorite character? My favorite character is Lucy, she's really cool!"
"Your favorite character is Lucy? Why not Hikari? She's ten times awesomer than Lucy will ever be!"
Elizabeth tried not to blush. Her best friend's favorite character was...her, and he didn't even realize it was her! She enjoyed the compliment but couldn't show it. So, she had to be indirect. "I bet Hikari would love to hear that!"
"I love Fairy Tail so much! I would love to be a part of it!" Jasper grinned. "But I know it's not possible."
Elizabeth could feel it. Time would stop soon. She mentally counted all the ways this could go wrong, but she took a chance. She hadn't even done it before, so she wasn't even sure it would work. Elizabeth touched Jasper's shoulder just in time. Time froze.
"Jasper?" Elizabeth said quietly.
"Eliza, what's going on? Eliza, why is time frozen? Eliza, why-"
"Okay. So it did work. Jasper, I'm going to bring you somewhere you've never been before. Somewhere incredible. Somewhere you'd love to go to. Fairy Tail." Elizabeth felt a hint of fear and regret. This was a little dangerous, having someone else know her secret. At least she thought so.
"You're bringing me to Fairy Tail? You can do that?"
"Yes. I can. I've been doing it for years and I think what I reveal to you is going to shock you even more. Take my hand and don't let go."
