New KeyHolder (Fairy Tail)

Chapter 23- Back Story

Chapter 23

Back Story

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

Alumina let out a long sigh as she leaned back against the head-board of her bed, eyes closed her arms crossed and resting against her forehead. Erza wasn't dropping it...! An hour, a full hour, Erza had been lecturing her about getting out of bed. She had been herded back to the infirmary by the red-head, leaving Natsu behind, where she was sure he had gone home by now.

Mira, Carla, and Wendy had come inside not long ago, and they sat on the bed to her right, wearing small nervous smiles as they listened to Erza just keep talking. Juvia was standing beside the bed, hands clasped together in front of her as she watched silently. Alumina was curious as to why they were here, actually, but Erza wasn't ready to stop, in fact, Alumina wasn't even sure if the red-head knew they were even there.

She knew Erza was only lecturing her like this because she cared, but she really didn't need to go on for this long. She had managed to block most of it out, and she could only wait until Erza was done for now.

When at last, Erza was finished, the Requip Wizard sighed and looked toward the four waiting silently, blinking a few times. "Hello there girls, was there something you needed?" Erza asked and Alumina sweatdropped.

So she hadn't noticed they were there after all...

"We came to talk to Alumina, actually." Mira answered and Alumina looked her way, blinking in confusion.

"About what?" She asked and all four exchanged glances quickly, and Alumina tilted her head a little.

"Well..." Wendy mumbled, looking down at her hands. "We noticed it when we brought you back to the Guild after... Natsu..." She murmured and Alumina blinked.

"At first, we thought it was a wound caused by him." Juvia went on and fixed Alumina with a calm blue stare. Her hands unhooked from each other as she gestured toward Alumina's stomach. "But its not."

"You have a pretty large scar there." Mira continued and Alumina looked away, sweatdropping a little. "May we ask, what its from..?" Mirajane asked her gently, blue eyes glittering with sympathy. The rest of the girls in the room were watching her silently, and Alumina took in a deep breath.

Erza looked back and forth between them, then at Alumina. The blonde's reaction hadn't gone unnoticed by the rest of them, but this was the first time Erza had heard of this supposed 'scar'.

"Well..." Alumina murmured slowly and her eyes fell closed for a minute. She supposed they would figure it out eventually, why not just let it out in the open? Yes, she had a scar. A large one, one that was left by a rather serious wound she had received not too long ago. "Alright.." She murmured and they perked up.

Alumina lifted her eyes from the sheets of her bed, and fixed her gaze on all of them. Erza circled around to stand beside Juvia, and Alumina let out a long breath as she considered where to start.

"Well... It was about four months ago." She started slowly, "There was a huge Train Wreck, I'm sure you heard about it?" She asked and their eyes went wide. They had heard about it, most people had, it had been in the papers, it was talked about in all the cities and towns for a long time.

No one really knew what happened for certain, all everyone knew was there had been some sort of fault with the tracks, and something in the train's engine had gone wrong. Either way, the train had come off its tracks, and crashed right into a town train station, going at a very high speed.

It was bloody, devastating, horrifying.

After the train ran off its tracks and crashed into the city's station, the engine exploded and set off a chain reaction throughout the entire train.