Forever Fiore

C H A P T E R 3

I huffed, not because I just had an argument with my own mind, but because I couldn't think of a different strategy. That foul mood lightened when I heard the door open.

"Ah, I see you're awake."

"FIRE DRAGON'S--"

"Hush. Don't attack. I'm going to let you go, not hurt you. Just listen to me."

As much as i wanted to attack, I couldn't. There was just something about his voice... It was different. Familiar, and hypnotizing.

"Do you know who I am, Natsu?"

My eyes scanned him, head to toe. He was blonde, the same shade of gold as Lucy's hair. His eyes were a light brown, and he had an obvious neatly-shaved mustache just on the top of his thin pink lips.

"I-- I don't think so?"

Why am I stuttering?

"Ah, I don't think you do either, young man. Well, Natsu, how is Lucy doing?"

"S-She's okay. In a comatose, but still alive."

Why am I even saying the truth? Hold back, Natsu!

"A coma?"

"Yeah."

"So I guess Miyuki hasn't told me the whole story."

I wanted to hit him at the mention of the b*tch's name, but his voice. His voice was a whole different story from everyone else's. It sounded so convincing.

"Well, Natsu, it was such a treat to talk to you. Tell Lucy that Ade said hello."

"Ade?" (A/N Pronounced as Aid or Eyd)

He nodded, and I don't know where he'd gone, but with that nod, he was gone. For some reason, I found him trustworthy. His voice was calm, soothing, and somehow it reminded me of Igneel. It was fatherly.

Easily, I found Erza, Gray, and Nuella, who had met up earlier and found Happy as well.

"Let's get going?" I asked.

"Wait... Where's Josh?"

My eyes widened and I saw Nuella clutch Gray's bare arm and squeeze it.

"OW!"

"Sorry. Can we look for Josh first?"

The rest of us nodded in response and we split up in search for Nuella's husband and Fairy Tail's very own snow mage. Yet he wasn't it the building.

"Any sign of him?"

"Nope."

"No one's in the building aside from us. Even the kidnappers aren't here anymore."

"Where are we anyway?" Nuella's eyebrows furrowed.

Gray and Erza looked out the window and both of them frowned. What was out there? I looked out as well. It was weird. Sakuras and grass at the front, and a complete wasteland at the back.

"I-- I think..."

"Erza. What?"

"I think we're in Reina?"

"Where the frick is Reina?"

POV: Erza

Has anyone ever wondered where I lived before Rosemary village? The village I lived in with Kagura and Simon? Actually, no one would hesitate to think I lived there my entire childhood. Yet I did not.

My family was just there for two years when we were taken and made slaves in the Tower of Heaven.

Before those two years, my preschool was spent in Reina.

"It's an Island, a boat ride away from Magnolia."

"Do you mean we have to find a boat to get out of this hell of a place?" Gray whined.

"We have to build a boat. This place was bombed a long time ago, I doubt there are still boats."

"How do you even know that much about Reina?"

"I...," I stuttered, "I've been here to complete a few jobs."

"Oh."

We proceeded to walk out the building and explore the island, yet I already knew perfectly well where we were, and what building we were in. That place was where I spent my kinder years. It was spared from the bombings, as the terrorists who bombed the place used it as a lair for the few days they were here.

"So, where do we go next?"

"Can we please please, please still look for Joshua?"

All of us knew how important Josh was to Nuella, so we agreed. All around, I knew the island by heart, so I walked around every place I recalled. But Joshua wasn't there. But what would those kidnappers need with him?

Since we couldn't find him in the island, I asked them to help me find bamboo, debris, vines, or left-over ropes so we could build a raft. It took Nuella a lot of persuasion to leave the island without Joshua, but with our quickly made raft, we were off the island in no time.

From afar, I could already see Magnolia port, and I think Natsu did as well, since he increased the flames he used to propel the raft forward. When we landed, we all ran to Fairy Tail.

My eyes widened, and I heard Natsu shout in rage.

"Who the f*ck would do this?!"

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