Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated for like 4 weeks, but I've been really busy with high school. I still haven't finished me homework but like I'm going to write this anyway. I hope you like this chapter!

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Well I guess I'm alone now. Malthus disappeared because I was too weak and I couldn't rely on him. I only depended on myself during that fight and now I've lost him forever.

My eyes get blurry.

I know what he would've told me if he was still here, but what I hear instead is:

Crystal, don't be sad. I think you've noticed by now that I'm gone, but it's okay. Remember all the good times we had together and all the things we had been through. I'll be okay over here, but I won't be going to the same place you will so this is goodbye. There is so much I wanted to explain, but I didn't know when to bring it up so you're going to have to find out on your own. Don't cry for me, because I'll watch you forever, no matter where you are. Thank you for everything, I love you, my dear sister.

I hear Malthus's voice for the last time. I guess he tried to tell me before, but I couldn't hear him.

I covered my mouth and silently cried. I felt the tears spill and pass through my fingers into the slits of my mouth.

I love you too Malthus. I thought, hoping he could hear me.

I wiped my eyes and dried off my hands on my shirt. I tried to slow down my breathing and clear my head a little.

What did he mean by sister? I thought to myself, when I replayed his final words in my head. How can we be siblings, he's a demon and I'm human.

I got out of bed, but felt dizzy immediately. I sat down on the bed and tried to clear my head. I placed a hand on my head, which seemed to be burning up. I couldn't think straight.

I lied down again, but the second I did, the door to the infirmary flew open and Natsu ran in along with the rest of his team.

"Crystal!" Natsu yelled, putting his hands down on the bed to stop himself. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm okay," I said. "Sorry I worried you."

"We were so scared," Lucy said, pushing Natsu aside, leaning over me and checking my temperature. "Are you sure you're okay? Your heads burning."

I nodded. "I'm fine. I'm just a little dizzy."

"Maybe I should freeze her head," Gray said, covering his hand with ice.

"Gray, your clothes," Lucy said, without turning around.

"How did you see that without turning around?!" Gray exclaimed, throwing his hands above his head.

Lucy face palmed. "Boys…"

Mai walked in soon after and stood to my left. "You good?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm good," I replied. "Just a little dizzy."

"Do you need anything?" Erza asked, eating her strawberry cake again.

I shook my head and sat up.

"So what happened while I was out?" I asked.

"Natsu kept yelling about how he thought he killed you," Erza said, clearly trying to hide her laughter.

"Hey! I thought we said we wouldn't' bring that up again!" Natsu denied.

"Yeah, yeah. He totally didn't say anything like that," Lucy said, waving her hand over her shoulder.

I laugh and everyone else joins me.

After a while, Lucy gets up. "Well, I need to go. I promised Levy I'd complete a quest with her. I'll be back later," Lucy says, walking out the door.

"Yeah, we need to go too," Gray says. "There's a quest master wants us to complete."

Natsu, Gray, and the others all exit and leave me to my thoughts.

The 'message' Malthus left comes back to me and it takes everything I have not to burst out in tears.

Once again, I think to myself: What did he mean by sister?

I throw off the sheets and stand up.

"There's only one way I'm going to find out," I declare, walking towards the door.

Wait a second. If everyone's still out there, they'll insist on coming with me. This isn't a place I can take them. I'd only put them in danger, so I guess I'll wait here until they leave.

I check the clock, which reads 8: 30, and I decide to leave in an hour, once the guild is empty.

I walk back to my bed and lie down. I close my eyes and fall asleep.

When I wake up, it's around 10.

I silently curse myself for waking up late. I stand up and check the other beds, to make sure that no one else is here.

I open the door quietly, incase Porlyusica was still in the guild. I peek my head around the corner and, as swiftly as I can muster in my condition, leave the guild.

As I walk, I start to notice a pain in my left leg, then in my right.

In my current condition, I can't use any magic. By moving around like this, I'm in a very bad position. If someone were to attack me, I wouldn't be able to defend myself.

I try to use a simple teleportation spell, but it only takes me half the way there and leaves me drained.

Being the person I am, I happened to bring along a small knife, but it's not going to hold out very long against a strong attacker.

I hear footsteps on the path up ahead.

I slowly make my way to a bush that's well out of sight and wait for them to pass.

"That was so easy," A familiar voice complains. "They didn't even hold up much of a fight."

Natsu. Of course. The one person I didn't want to run into here.

I look around the branches and everyone in team Natsu is there.

Dammit all.

"Deal with with, flame brain," Gray says. "At least we got paid at all, after you nearly destroyed half the village."

"You destroyed the other half, ice princess," Natsu retorts.

"Do I hear fighting?" Erza asks from the front.

In a little bit they'll be gone. Come on Crystal.

Natsu stops right in front of where I'm hiding.

"Hold on," Natsu says, as my heart rate increases. "Do you smell that?"

I hold my breath, hoping he won't notice me.

"Smell what?" Mai asks.

"It smells like.." Natsu trails off, sniffing the air again, probably to make sure he knows what he smells. "Crystal."

"That's not possible," Gray says. "Crystal's back at the guild."

"But her scent, it's so strong here," Natsu says.

"N-Natsu-san is right," Wendy says, also sniffing the air. "S-she smells very close."

"We're almost back, so maybe that's why," Erza says, walking away.

"Or maybe Natsu's nose is broken," Gray jokes.

"I swear she's here," Natsu says, zeroing on my hiding spot.

Please make them leave.

Just when I think they're about to leave, my eyes meet Mai's. I put a finger to my lips and hope she'll keep quiet.

"I think we should go back. And when we do, we'll see that Crystal is in the infirmary," Erza suggests.

"Yeah, she's probably at the guild," Mai says.

Thank you so much Mai! I mentally thank her, hoping she'll get the message.

"What if she's not there?" Natsu asks.

"She will be," Mai says. "Now, let's go, I'm really tired."

They soon disappear from sight and my heart rate goes down.

I wait a few more minutes, until I can't hear them anymore.

I move from my hiding spot and look back at where they were. "Sorry guys. This is something I'm going to have to do myself."

So this chapter was not very great. I'm so tired and I have to go to a thing for like 6 hours so I like speed wrote this. By the way, my next chapter might be short, but I'll try to have it up by next week. Anyways, I'll see you all next time! Bye!