Of Fire and Ice

C.63

I was at home getting into costume and getting my makeup on as I warmed up and practised. "Down Down.... down down..." I hummed to the mirror.

"Henley, let's go!" Lucy called and I pouted. I grabbed my iron pumps and ran out barefooted. "I'm ready!" I cheered. "You don't have shoes on." She said and I held my shoes up in my hand. Lucy rolled her eyes and we walked to the guild together, me barefoot.

We soon found our floats and Grey helped me up on mine, which was shockingly strong enough to support Ariadne, who was about the size of three large bulls or maybe two large elephants.

"I put a strength spell on it." Levy said when I looked surprised. "Wow. You're awesome, Levy. Thanks." I smiled. "You're welcome. And you look amazing, by the way, Henley. Guess that's why you won Miss Fairy Tail." She hummed and my face fell in shock. "I won?" I asked and she nodded.

"Well fuck! No one told me! Hey Lucy! We can pay off rent now!" I called and she cheered. "Yay!"

"Promise you'll put on a good show?" Grey asked as we started moving. "I swear it." I gave him a quick kiss and he jumped on his own float.

We went down the whole Street and I blew out fire or made flaming images in the air while waving and smiling and blowing kisses.

It was nightfall when my name was introduced to play music, and I readied myself.

"This is Gospel for the fallen ones
Locked away in permanent slumber
Assembling their philosophies
With pieces of broken memories

Am I more than you bargained for yet?
I've been dying to tell you anything
You wanna hear
Cos that's just who I am this week
Lie in the grass, next to the mausoleum
I'm just a notch in your bed post
But you're just a line in a song

The gnashing teeth and criminal tongues
Conspire against the odds,
But they haven't seen
The best of us yet...
If you love me let me go

We're going down down in an earlier round,
and sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex,
Cock it and pull it
Cos these words are knives and often leave scars
The fear of falling apart
Truth be told, I never was yours
The fear the fear of falling a-
Down Down in an earlier round
And sugar, we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex,
Cock it and pull it

This is Gospel for the vagabonds
Ne'er do Wells and insufferable bastards
Confessing their aprophecies
Lead away by imperfect imposters

Is this more than you bargained for yet?
Oh don't mind me I'm watching you two from the closet
Wishing to be the friction in your jeans
Isn't it messed up
How I'm just dying to be him?
I'm just a notch in your bed post
But you're just a line in a song

Don't try and sleep through the end of the world
Or bury me alive,
Cos I won't give up without a fight...
If you love me let me go

We're going down down in an earlier round
And sugar we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it
Cos these words are knives and often leave scars
The fear of falling apart
Truth be told, I never was yours
The fear the fear of falling apart
We're going down down in an earlier round
And sugar we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it

We're going down down
Down down
Down down
Down down
We're going Down down
Down down
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it

We're going down down in an earlier round
And sugar we're going down swinging
I'll be your number one with a bullet
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it
The fear the fear of falling apart."

I finished the song and a bunch of flames and sparks were all over everywhere, and I honestly couldn't be more proud of myself.