Mayhem in Fairy Tale

Chapter 5: Cinderella, part 4

Mayhem's POV:

As we walked, I explained everything that had happened so far to Erza. When I was done, we were outside of town and going into the trees.

Erza frowned and asked, "You said that you had also found Levy and Gajeel, correct?" I nodded, "Yeah. I told them to use their magic when they'd found someone to alert us and we'd meet up with them." Erza nodded, "Alright. We should alert them that you two found me."

I grinned, "You found us really. But ok." I snapped my fingers and clouds gathered overhead quickly. Then, a lightning bolt slammed into the ground near us and I made the clouds vanish. "That should tell them where we are now." Erza nodded, "Alright. This is apparently my cottage." Erza said, stopped Elfman in front of a cheery little cottage.

Erza swung off and I attempted to do the same. I almost stuck the landing. Almost.

Instead of gracefully landing on my feet, the moment I put pressure on my injured leg, I crumpled to the ground. I was suddenly thankful that Elfman was the horse, because if it was a normal horse, they would have bolted the moment I hit the ground.

Erza lunged forward and grabbed my arm. I winced, "I guess I need to be a bit more careful with my leg. Huh?" Erza bit her lip, "Perhaps we should look for Wendy." I shrugged, "Don't do it for my sake. Do it for hers. And besides, maybe Gajeel and Levy already found her." Erza sighed and nodded, "Very well. Come on then. Perhaps we can find something to bind your wound until we find Wendy. I would also like to ask if you know anything about being a pirate."

I would have thought she was dead serious if I hadn't caught the teasing look in her eyes. So instead of huffing, I laughed. "All I know about it is that pirates are arrogant, love adventure, and are greedy." Erza smiled wryly and began to lead me inside her cottage.

"Well, since you are the pirate, perhaps you can make what you want to be. After all, you are not greedy. Perhaps arrogant, and you do love adventure, but if you are the pirate, then make up your own path. We may be stuck here for a while longer. If you are continuously cast as the pirate, or the rogue, then make it up as you go along." I looked at her in awe, "Erza, you could be a philosopher with thoughts like that."

I saw her cheeks color slightly and grinned wider. All she said was, "Thank you." Curtly.

I nodded and hummed, "No problem. Just telling it how it is. But I'll try to take your advice." She dipped her head and opened the door. She ushered me inside and made me sit in a rather uncomfortable chair as she opened the largest window in the room so Elfman could stick his head inside.

Her cottage was situated with three rooms, her bedroom, her bathroom, and the rest of house. The biggest room contained her kitchen, her living room, and a pantry type thing that held herbs, bandages, and many other things that were mostly associated to healers.

She began grabbing things like bandages and aloe vera from the shelves. "Uh, Erza? Do you know what you're doing?" I asked cautiously as she approached me with an armful of things that smelled really weird.

She nodded, "I've learned a few medical tricks over the years. Why?" I gulped, "Uh, no reason. I've just gotten used to Wrath handling all the medical stuff. I've learned basic first aid, but I'm not really good at doing much except freezing the wound until I can get better help." Erza nodded, "I was meaning to ask you about that. Where is Wrath? I don't think I've ever seen you without him."

I swallowed thickly, "I don't know. Maleficent said that I would have to go looking for him, so hopefully I can find him soon. I haven't really been away from him for a long period of time before. It feel weird." I mentally cursed myself. I could take care of myself, so why was I so bent out of shape that Wrath wasn't here? Ok, so I had abandonment issues. But that didn't mean that I should force Wrath to stay with me forever. I needed to get over my issues, it wasn't about me. But still, I had to find Wrath because both of us were in a psycho world with no knowledge on how to get back except complete the stories. And I was not happy about complying. But for now, I would play.