The Flames of Friendship (Natsu's Sister Fanfic)

The Curse

Athena's POV~ They're all wrong. They're always wrong! Medusa did nothing wrong. It wasn't her fault. It was mine.

Flashback~

It all happened about 15 years ago. I lived in a small village southwest of Fiore with my younger twin sisters, Stheno and Euyale and my older sister, Medusa. Stheno and Euyale loved each other very much, they were absolutely inseparable. Like two peas in a pod. The eldest, Medusa was known as one of the loveliest girls in the region. A contributing factor for her overwhelming beauty was her long silky black hair. Medusa took great pride in her hair and was envied all over for its shine.

All was as it should be.

We lived happily together until one day, Medusa fell gravely ill.

We tried every medication, every doctor, every remedy with no luck. Medusa was on the brink of death and her light began to fade. Finally, one day we found an old witch doctor who lived at the edge of the woods.

She mumbled something under her breath and said in a hoarse voice, "If you want to save your sister, you must go to the dark forest and touch the Stone of Snakes. It is the only way I see for your sister to be healed."

Without time to spare, I quickly ventured into the woods to find the stone. When I found it, I laid my palm on the cold rock. I felt a dark, cold feeling come over me.

Suddenly a snake came from behind the rock and bit me in the arm. The symbol of a black snake appeared along my wrist.

I winced in pain. Poison rushed through my veins. What's going on?

Suddenly the pain stopped and everything went back to normal. Had it worked? Did I save my sister?

I returned to the village and found my sister peacefully sleeping like a infant. 

"She's fine. She suddenly got better out of nowhere." Said Stheno.

"Yea, about an hour after you went into the woods. Was it you? Did you find the stone? Did you save her?" Said Euyale.

I nodded. "Yes, I believe so. Just in time too."

Suddenly, out of the blue, Stheno and Euyale began to shriek hysterically, grabbing their faces.

My two younger twin sisters' beautiful fair skin turned into rough scales. Their nimble fingers turned into sharp claws.

I was horrified. "What is this? Is this my fault?"

I asked as I watched my two younger sisters get turned into snake-like creatures. 

The spot on my arm where I had been bitten began to burn. "Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!! The pain!" I yelled.

My sisters stopped yelling and looked at each other, horrified. 

"Y-you look.......different!!!" The fainted.

Medusa woke up. "Athena.....what on Earthland is going on?" She ask me. 

"I'm not sure! I don't know whats going on!" 

Medusa got out of bed and began to walk towards me. 

"No, stay away or else...." 

I was cut off with her hugging me saying, "Thanks Sis. You saved me."

Tears welled up in my eyes. "S-sis......are you..." I was interrupted by the sound of a cold hiss in the darkness.

I pulled away and saw my sister, her beautiful black hair had been turned to blue slithering snakes. I looked at her face. She wasn't sad, scared, or angry. She was smiling.