What's a Soulmate?

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The eight hour walk to the village was one of the most horrible things Levy had ever done. She would've enjoyed it if she could have read during the way there, but Gajeel kept knocking them off her hands and getting them dirty. Eventually she gave up, and walked silently the rest of the way while Gray and Loke argued with Gajeel and Natsu.

"Could you guys stop? It doesn't matter whether pandas are better than koalas," Lucy said.

Natsu gasped. "What do you mean, Lucy? Do you not care? Koalas are obviously better!"

"In your dreams," Gray fired back. "Pandas are multi-cultural!"

"Koalas are cuter!" Gajeel roared, causing Levy to laugh. A man just doesn't look manly while saying the word "cute". She tuned them out when Loke started describing panda eyes. The only thing on her mind was how deceiver magic wasn't supposed to exist. 'Not in this world,' she recited. 'What does that mean?'. She'd read about the theory of other dimensions, but there was no reason for both to collide. It was nearly impossible.

"Agh, this is too confusing!" Levy hadn't noticed she'd said that out loud until she saw everybody looking at her.

Gajeel roughly patted her head. "Don't ya worry, Shorty. I'm sure you'll figure it out."

Levy grinned despite herself. Gajeel seemed to make her do that. "As soon as we get there I'll be digging through more books."

"That," Jellal said. "Won't be too long from now."

Levy skimmed the land in front of her. The village was fairly big, with houses built almost the same way. Creamy colors splashed on the walls, reminding Levy of a dystopian book she'd read. Iron gates separated them in the forest from the inside. A young man was sitting near the entrance, a cap covering his face.

"I hope there's food," Natsu happily said.

The guard felt their presence and looked up, scowling while he did so. "Sorry kids, but nobody comes in or goes out. The curse."

All the Fairy Tail members instinctively revealed their fairy marks. Lucy looked around.

'Brings back memories,' she smiled, remembering the time they went to that "cursed" island full of demons. That had been one of her most favorite jobs.

The guard stared at them with slightly wide eyes, and inmediately apologized. "Excuse me, I didn't know you were wizards coming to help I~" he trailed off.

Erza chuckled and raised her hand. "Don't worry. There was no warning. It was of last notice, to us even."

The guard quickly srambled up and clanked a club on the gates. After a few moments, the iron bars creaked open. Without the Gajeel food hiding it, the place looked beautiful, yet simple. The team walked inside, staring at everything around them. Natsu's nose immediately caught a delicious smell, and he grinned at Happy.

"Tuna!" they both exclaimed, pumping their fists up. The two were quick to separate from the group and investigate where the smell was coming from.

"So," Erza piped up. "We've got to stay somewhere. Levy, you take care of that with Lucy. You boys, come with me."

The remaining seven spread out to do their jobs. Lucy kept kicking rocks out of the way as they walked near the shore of the lake, spreading her arms next to her like always. Levy had a book in hand, trusting Lucy wouldn't do anything like Gajeel.

"You find anything?" Lucy questioned.

"No," Levy sighed. "You find a place?"

Lucy was about to shake her head no, when a blue building caught her eye. It stood out like a sore thumb, considering the rest of the buildings were cream. She grabbed Levy's arm and pulled her towards the place. It was about four stories high, according to Lucy's estimation. Levy rang the bell for a helper to come, and a girl popped out of the back. Big, brown eyes were wide.