Hot and Cold

Lullaby

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Erza went into great detail about Lullaby and the men she suspects are with Eisenwald. Apparently, they were being led by Erigor the Reaper. Someone I knew quite well from my days as a mercenary. "He kills for money?" Lucy whimpered.

"Yeah, the council outlawed Assassination requests." I mention. "But Eisenwald has a reputation to put money before anything else. They were kicked out of their wizard league six years ago."

"Yes, unfortunately, that didn't stop them." Erza sighs. "They've disobeyed orders and remained active to this day."

"O-Okay, I should be heading back home now!" Lucy whimpered as she clung to my free arm.

"Lucy's slimy all of a sudden." Happy mentions cutely.

"It's sweat!" She hisses under her breath.

"How could I have been so careless?" Erza growls. "If only I had recognized Erigor's name that day... I could've pulverized them. I could have forced them to reveal their scheme to me."

Lucy whimpered again and clung even tighter to my arm.

"So, if I got this, Eisenwald's planning to do something with this Lullaby, and you wanna stop them. Because after what you overheard, you're sure that it's gonna be something bad." Gray confirms.

"That's correct," Erza nods. "And I'm not foolish enough to believe that I can take on an entire magical guild all by myself. That's why I asked you and Natsu for your help. We're storming the Eisenwald Guild."

"Sounds like fun to me." Gray hums.

I snort as I stare at him. "Aye!" Happy chirps.

"I shouldn't have come along..." Lucy whines.

"Ew, now you're super slimy!" Happy complains.

"I told you, it's sweat!" Lucy snaps at him.

~*****~

The train made a brief stop, giving us the opportunity to grab some food before boarding again. "If you don't mind, what kind of magic do you practice, Erza?" Lucy hummed as I horfed down a sandwich.

"That's a good question," Erza smiled.

"Erza's magic is really pretty!" Happy comments. "She makes her enemies bleed alot!"

"That sure is ominous," I laugh as Lucy begins to panic.

Erza chuckles at my comment. "Personally, I think Gray's magic is much more beautiful than mine." Erza states.

"Oh, like this?" Gray hums and creates a small little Fairy Tail symbol of ice. The sudden chill in the air has me shivering just a bit. "I use Ice Magic," Gray explains to Lucy.

"Now I understand why you and Natsu don't get along." Lucy comments. "He's fire and you're ice! Talk about not mixing very well. But, oh... why is it that you get along so well with him, Aria?"

"Do you practice ice magic as well?" Erza asks me.

I shake my head. "It's Dragon Slayer Magic. Which so happens to be taught from an ice dragon, so I guess? To be frank, I hate the cold. I get along with Natsu because we use the same type of magic, the elements just happen to be way opposite. And I think he's funny!" I shrug. "Do you just not like the guy?" I ask Gray.

"Yeah, I hate his guts," Gray nods. I chuckle and rub at Natsu's hair as he groans through the insults trying to worm its way out from his motion sickness-stricken body.