Acnologia, my Childhood Friend

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

With this chapter we've reached over 100.000 words! - although some of it is A/N and stuff, it's still amazing, don'cha think? I apologize for any grammar errors that I have made! R&R!

Disclaimer: Slowpoke is slow as always... I do not own Fairy Tail.

In the Cave – Dragon Realm

Aquarius' P.O.V

"But Scorpio she shouldn't keep two Gates open at the same time, not in this condition." I said to my boyfriend. I may not have been as expressive about it as Leo, but I also cared for our little, not-blonde-anymore Master. I hated to watch her suffer just as much as the other Spirits did.

Lucy had fallen asleep on that wool bed a while ago; she probably needed the rest after getting her Second Origin opened.

Scorpio and I sat with our backs against the cave wall, watching our Master from a distance. We had both tried to go back to the Spirit World several times, but the results were the same as the first time. Eventually we had pretty much given up.

Lucy's magical pressure wasn't at a dangerous level in any way; it felt like she could keep this up all day. I knew the Second Origin could open up for a lot of magic, but I didn't expect this much.

"We know, Aquarius, but there's really nothing to do about it." Scorpio said with a defeated voice. He usually was so energetic, but now he was more like a deflated balloon.

I looked back at our sleeping Master. I hated that Scorpios' words had to be true. I had to ask myself again, why I always had to have such stubborn Masters. Couldn't I, just for once, have a less stubborn Master?

On the other hand, that would be boring. If my Master just gave up whenever he or she faced something difficult, it wouldn't be challenging at all.

Why wasn't there something like Forced Gate Closure for Spirits? That way, we could close our own Gate if our Masters wanted us to do something outrageous. That would be just wonderful. Then I could also have some fun irritating my Master by just disappearing in the middle of a battle. If we could do that, this situation would be prevented easily and Lucy wouldn't be overusing her magic.

Realizing my thoughts had been drifting, I turned back to reality. I looked down at Lucy again. Why was she so much like him?

Lucy was lying completely still; her chest didn't seem to be moving much. I suddenly got afraid. What if it was like with him? I wouldn't be able to go through that again. I got up and rushed to my Master with Scorpio calling in the background. Up close, it was obvious that everything was fine and it was just my eyes and mind playing tricks on me.

I dropped my head and closed my eyes to fight back the tears that threatened to fall. I couldn't go through it again. I just couldn't.

Two strong arms circled around me from behind and pulled me back into a hard chest. I let the warmth embrace me and leaned into his chest. "Why don't you just tell her Aqua?" He asked in a low voice, sending a tingle all the way down my spine. He used the nickname for me, which only he was allowed to use.

I shook my head. "No, I can't. She doesn't need to know." I told him.

Scorpio sighed deeply. "Are you really sure about that?" He asked. I knew what he was thinking, but I wouldn't tell her, she didn't need to know. Not yet anyway.

She probably wanted to know though. Especially with how I was acting earlier. That was a slip on my part, I revealed too much.

I didn't want to tell her about him, not if I didn't have to. I didn't want to remember the whole thing, so I could relieve it and feel the pain once again.