New KeyHolder (Fairy Tail)

Chpater 13- Cheater!

Chapter 13

Cheater!

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or its characters, only my own OC's, and my Ideas

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Alumina and Happy followed Erza in silence as the redhead lead them deeper and deeper into the maze. Both Happy and Alumina were on high alert for any more traps that were sure to be this way, having already set off more than a few themselves before they found Erza.

Erza however, didn't seem at all worried by the possibility of any traps. Instead, she just walked along with a neutral face, no stress, no visible wariness to anything. It sort of seemed like Erza just didn't even care if she ran into a trap.

Strangely enough, as they walked along for close to twenty minutes they hadn't managed to run into a single trap. Nothing. No spikes, no monsters, no holes, nothing.

They had to wonder why, it couldn't just be luck could it? Or maybe Erza had forced that Chimera she had interrogated to tell her the way without any traps in it.

Alumina exchanged a glance with Happy, and she could see her own curiosity reflected in his eyes. He was wondering the same, and Alumina decided she ought to just ask.

"Hey Erza?" She began. Erza didn't glance back at her,

"Yes?" The red-head replied.

"Isn't it a little odd we haven't run into anymore traps?" Alumina asked and she heard Erza let out a small chuckle.

"Not at all." She replied. "This path has been promised to me, to be completely trap free as we make out way toward our target." Erza assured the two and Alumina and Happy let out low sighs.

Silence passed over the group again as they continued on, and before long a large dark metal gate rose up in front of them. The space behind the gate was dark and nothing could be made out of the mist that floated above the ground on the other side. The sky above the other side was dark with clouds that only seemed to appear over that area.

Their small group came to a halt in front of the gate, Alumina and Happy stared wide-eyed up at it while Erza's gaze just passed over slowly as her expression remained neutral.

"It looks like some kind of Scary Graveyard..." Happy mumbled beside her, but Alumina didn't even bother to glance his way. He was right, what lay before them looked like some kind of scary movie scene.

"She's inside there?" Alumina asked as she looked to Erza, who glanced over her shoulder and nodded.

"She is, be alert. I don't know what we'll find inside of the gate." Erza warned and Alumina and Happy nodded stiffly to show they understood as Erza stepped forward and slowly pushed the heavy gate open.

It creaked on its hinges and a chilly wind blew out from the other side for a minute. Happy and Alumina shivered violently, and Alumina glanced up at him as she heard him gulp a bit loudly.

She saw how nervous he looked at the thought of going inside, and she cast him a reassuring smile, which caused him to smile a little back.

Erza lead the way in confidently, but she did Requip a sword into her hand, her gaze sweeping over the shadows in the other side of the gate as she remained alert for anything and everything. As they stepped in, the gate shut closed behind them loudly, causing both Happy and Alumina to jump a little.

They continued on into the shadows, the mist swirling around their feet becoming thicker as they traveled in more. There wasn't anything around, no bushes, trees, no more hedges even as far as they could see. It only got darker as they kept walking, and silence settled over the group like a thick blanket.