Home (Book 3)

Chapter Seventeen

Canissa's POV

I woke up with a start. What was that?! The dream was so scary and realistic. I looked over at the time. Four fourteen. The Grand Magic Games are over for the day. Before going over to Sabertooth, I decided to go over to the hotel Fallen Angels will be staying at, Locus Inn. I went in. The receptionist looked at me with curiousity.

"What room is Fallen Angels staying in?" I asked.

"We do not reveal private informtion about our guests." He said, narrowing his eyes at me.

A tick mark appeared on my head. I held up my fist and it ignited in black flames. "You tell me now or I finish you." I seethed.

The receptionist's eye widened. "Th-They are s-staying in r-room seven h-hundred s-seventy f-fi-five." He stammered.

I nodded and went to the stairs. I went up a few sets of stairs and eventually got to the seven hundreds. I knocked on the door of room 775. It opened, revealing Hasani.

"Finally back?" She asked.

"Um... what?" I asked. "I'm Canissa Dorjina DeGel. I'm looking for the hooded stranger."

"Oh... uh... Never mind, please come in. She's coming back in a few minutes or so." Hasani hesitantly said.

I nodded. I slowly walked in. The room was beautifully furnished. It had five beds, each with a white pillow, white sheets, and a tan blanket. They had a soft looking couch and a piano. Hmm... a piano... reminds me of Musicaux.

Hasani looked at me with unsure eyes. "Um... Silas and Rona's out on a date. The hooded stranger, we call her Cania, is out to visit Crocus. Haiki and I are home. I need to go out to get some stuff, so... I guess Haiki has to entertain you."

I nodded, thinking back to the boy who beat me in Nightmare. "Haiki!" Hasani called.

"What?! Sis, I'm busy." He grumbled, coming out of another room.

"Hi..." I meekly said.

He looked over at me. Then, his eyes widened. "Hi?"

"Haiki, you need to entertain Canissa-san. I'm going out." With that, Hasani walked out leaving me with her brother.

"Um... I didn't know that she was your sister." I said, nervously.

"Oh... uh... She found me when I was uh... young. I don't have parents so..." He trailed off and looked away. I swore I saw a small blush growing. I blushed as well. Unintended of course.

"Uh... well... I'm an orphan as well." I awkwardly said.

"I remember my old life, before I became an orphan." He said, blush gone. "I lived in a huge country. The royal family there was very nice." He seemed to be cautious of what he was saying. I wonder why.

"Um... would you mind describing them." I randomly said.

"Um... they were really nice and powerful. Uh... There was two princes and two princesses. I think two had blonde hair and the other two had black hair. The whole country had magic. The magic was either Demon or Angel."

I gulped. There was only one country in the whole wide world with Demon or Angel powers. My country. The country of DeGel.

"I remember that after the prince and princesses went missing, the king and queen was assassinated. The whole country corrupted. That was the end of DeGel." He sighed. "My race isn't human, it's a Demon. I'm immortal. If you count the years, I would be one thousand three hundred seven."

I gulped. Now he admitted that he was from DeGel. He admitted that he's a demon. I think my mind just blew up.

"Uh... is that a secret?" I asked.

"No, but the only one who knows is Cania." He said. "You're Canissa, right?" He asked.

I nodded. "Now that I told you about my past, why don't you tell me about your past." He said, smiling warmly at me. My face started heating up because 1) His smile was... I can't explain it... relaxing I guess? 2) He just asked about my past, which was something I don't exactly like talking about.

"N-N-N-N-No." I stammered. "I need to go." With that, I hurried out. Without noticing, I stayed too long. I looked for a clock. There was one in the lobby. I hurried down. The clock read 5:12! I'm late!

I hurried over to Crocus Gardens. I went over to the receptionist. "Sabertooths room please." I said as politely as I could at the moment.

"Right upstairs, ma'am." The receptionist said with a smile. I smiled back. This receptionist was much nicer than the other receptionist.

I went upstairs. Sting was sitting on a throne, looking bored. When he saw me, he grinned. "Finally here?" He asked, looking around.

"Um, what are you looking for?" I asked.

"Natsu-san of course!" His smile faded. "Where is he?"

"Uh... He's not here." I said.

"Oh, well Yukino is in room 442." He said, shooing me away.

I walked over to room 442. I knocked on the door. The door opened and Yukino came in sight. "Hello, miss. May I help you?" She asked politely.

"Hi, I'm Lucy Heartfilia's sister, Canissa Dorjina." I said, also politely.

"Oh, hi Canissa-sama." She said. "Come in." I went in her room. Her room was simple.

"Please sit." She said, pointing to a chair.

I sat down on the chair while she got another chair and sat down.

"So is there anything you'd like to talk about with me?" She asked.

"Well, it's about Musicaux." I said.

"Oh, so you knew?" She asked. "I hid it." She added.

"Where?" I asked.

"Well... At first, I hid it here in Crocus, near the Eclipse Gate. Then, Lucy-sama asked me to trust it to Princess Hisui. I haven't heard about it since." She looked at me apologetically.

"Oh..." I sighed. There's so many things in my head right now. "I guess I'll be going now." I said. I got up. "Bye." I said.

"Bye." I heard her say as I left. I walked out into the cool evening air. "Feels good." I murmured. Then, I remembered Levy. She might have found something out. I decided to go to Magnolia tomorrow.

I went back to HoneyBone. I went in my guild's room. Erza was the only one there.

"Cani?!" Erza exclaimed as soon as she saw me.

"Hey." I said with a small smile.

"Are you tired?" She asked. I nodded. "Go to sleep." She said. I nodded again. I'm nodding too much.

I laid down on Erza's bed and drifted off to sleep.

Oh no... I looked around my surroundings. It was the same as the dream I had earlier.

"Princess!" Someone shouted. I looked over and saw...Haiki.

"Me?" I asked.

"Who else is a princess?" He asked, obviously annoyed.

"Sorry... uh... where's everyone else?" I asked.

Haiki's face suddenly turned extremely pale. "While saving you, I kind of got lost." He mumbled.

His eyes suddenly widened and he hugged me. What?! A black laser suddenly shot him and he let out a scream of agony and pain. Then, he went limp.

"A-are you okay?" I asked, bewildered.

No answer.

"Haiki?" I asked, afraid. His eyes were closed. His chest had a... hole and it was bleeding terribly.

"Haiki!" I shouted. This looked like his doing. What is he doing here?

"Haiki!!!" I screamed.