The Monster of the Mountains{Fairy Tail}(GaLe)

Chapter 2

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-Levy-

Around three hours into Levy's journey, the seemingly innocent light gray clouds had gotten darker. Thunder rolled in, sending a brief shiver of fear throughout the girl's body. She wasn't exactly scared of thunderstorms, but being caught out in the open with lightning didn't sound very enjoyable.

She only had another hour walk before she would reach the base of the mountain, and dispite already exhausted, Levy knew that she needed to go on ahead and climb the mountain before nightfall. Since she was so confident that the cave held nothing more than a few mere mice and spiderwebs, she could easily shelter from the rain there.

"I hope the rain is on my side today, " the blunette thought aloud, walking toward the edge of the forest in case she needed a quick shelter from the soon-to-come rain.

She sighed as she thought back to the conversations that she had before embarking on this journey. Everyone in that darn village was so fixated on the story about the dragon hybrid. Why would anyone believe in such a tall tale? They had no proof what-so-ever that this legend was true. But perhaps it is a tradition or custom in the village to believe in the story.

Sudden guilt spiraled throughout little Levy.

Would I ruin one of the most oldest traditions of Magnolia?

She suddenly shook her head in defiance towards herself.

Don't be silly, Levy. They won't be bothered if we prove their story a fib. In fact, they may even consider you somewhat of a hero after this trip!

With that new thought in mind, Levy smiled and giggled to herself, skipping along the edge of the forest.

"This looks like a good spot to take a lunch break, " she informed herself, sliding her heavy pack off of her shoulders.

Levy rolled her shoulders and stretched for a moment, relieved of the new light-weight feeling. She definitely needed a break from carrying such a heavy pack around for three and a half hours.

Well...it is kind of my fault for bringing so many books along with me.

Kneeling down, she grabbed a small dagger from the side of her pack. She wasn't one to kill innocent animals, but she knew good and well that this forest also contained rather menacing creatures such as bears or wolves.

Wrapping the leather holder for the dagger around her right leg, she quickly slipped the dagger in it's holder before treading off into the depths of the forest. She was hoping to find a berry bush nearby, as berries were her favorite traveling treat.

Hmm...perhaps I'll need to walk further into the forest.

Not paying attention as to where she was going, she walked further in, ignoring the sudden silence that had fallen onto the wooded area. The birds had stopped chirping, the squirrels and chipmunks stopped chattering in search of acorns and other various nuts, and the crickets and frogs instantly ceased their mating songs. However, Levy and her now growling stomach were too focused on finding berries to notice any unusual changes around her.

Ahah! I found them!

Before the kind and intelligent bookworm was a medium-sized bush full of edible red berries. Smiling brightly, Levy instantly began to strip the bush of it's edible fruit. Every now and then, when she had a nice pile in her hand, she would discard it into her mouth, humming in satisfaction at the berries's taste.

These taste so wonderful! I wonder what kind of berries they are? I can tell that they are edible from the texture and color, but I can't quite figure out its species.