Part 2: Shadows of Magic (Rogue Cheney X OC)

Chapter 59

Hope's P. O. V:

Currently, my teammates, Mest and I are on a boat to the Alvarez Empire to rescue Makarov-sama.

I wear the same outfit before we left.

Natsu sits, slumped against the side of the boat, wracked with motion sickness. "We had to take a boat?!" He exclaims, a hand clamped over his mouth.

Lucy, Gray and I walk up to him as the ice mage asks rhetorically, "How'd you think we'd cross the ocean?"

"I don't know. Can't Mest, like, zap us over?"

"Too far for my Direct Line," Mest answers simply, his arms crossed over his chest.

Getting to his feet, the Dragneel wobbles over to Wendy, as he asks, "Hey, Wendy, you have a tummy spell, don't ya?"

A stunned look crosses his and Lucy's faces when they see Wendy slumped over the railing with her hands covering her mouth. "Awe, man!" Natsu and Lucy exclaim in unison.

Wendy sits against the side of the boat as she apologises, "I'm so sorry, but I recently started to get motion sickness just like you, Natsu."

"You poor thing!" Lucy coos.

"Unfortunately, Wendy can't use her Troia Magic when she's in this state," Charlele explains.

Happy asks, holding a fish in his paws, "You think a fishy would help her?"

We sweat drop.

"Alright, fine! Let me carry you to your bunks!" Gray sighs before picking up both Dragon Slayers and walking into the cabin. When he returns, he's in nothing but his boxers. "Happy to help!" He has a deadpan expression on his face as he rubs the back of his head.

"Where did your clothes go?!" Lucy and I exclaim in exasperation, giving him a scolding look.

Gray walks over to me as he holds out a hand and asks, "Hey, Hope-chan, can I borrow your shirt?"

Lucy and Alec gape at him in shock.

I scowl, "No way! Get your own shirt!"

"Geez, Gray! If Rogue were here and heard you ask that, you'd be six feet under by now," Alec says, making the ice wizard sweat drop. I huff indignantly as I cross my arms.

I blink my purple eyes and turn my head to Mest as he walks over to Erza, who is standing before the prow of the ship, the wind tossing her scarlet hair.

"What's on your mind, Erza? Sorry. Suppose I should call you Master?" Mest asks.

"Erza is fine with me," The Requip Magic user responds. "I was thinking about our situation. Makarov went as far as disbanding the guild to keep us safe. And all this time, he's been hiding the Lumen Histiore from an outside force. But what's perplexing, is why he felt he had to go to such extreme lengths." This catches my, Lucy's, Alec's and Gray's attention, cutting off the Heartfilia scolding Gray. "Perhaps if I knew what the Lumen Hostiore actually is, I could make sense of it."

Mest says as we go up to them, "Honestly, I'm as in the dark as you are. But, I believe it's some kind of weapon."

Gray speaks up. "I had heard a rumour about it, that Gramps had actually considered using it to stop the Faces." The rest of us nod our heads in agreement.

Alec says, "I'd heard the same thing, but for some reason, he'd ultimately decided not to."

Charlele asks as she walks up to us, "Are you saying that if he did activate it, it would be powerful enough to counteract all of those Faces?"