Trash: A Collection of Stories

Chapter 29

I woke up extremely early the next morning, close to around four thirty a.m. My bag was already packed and I was sprinting to the hall.

Once I got there, of course no one would be up at this time, so I went to the second floor and looked at the s-class job requests. Skimming over the papers, I found one that specifically requested a celestial wizard. 'Perfect' I snatched the paper, stuffing it in my backpack, and decided that since nothing was going to be leaving at this time, I'll just walk to the destination.

I felt bad for not giving Sting or Rouge a heads up about my leaving, but hopefully everything will have blown over once I get back. I pumped my fists, 'I can't wait for Natsu and everyone to be back to normal. It's like the games changed everything.'

It took the rest of the day, but I finally reached the place. It was deserted, no noise could be heard anywhere.

"Hello?" I called out. No answer. "I'm here for the job?" I pulled the crumpled paper from my bag. Still no reply. "Well, how am I supposed to do this if I don't know what 'this' is?" I mumbled to myself, kicking the ground.

Suddenly, the ground fell in on itself, and I fell with it into the depths of the earth. The light from above quickly faded and I was surrounded by darkness, waiting to hit the bottom.

My body crashed hard with the dirt floor. A month has passed since I first fell down this hole, and hopefully this is the last day. I've been sleeping and fighting down here, I haven't seen light since that fateful day.

"Princess, are you ok?" Virgo stood next to me.

"Yeah," I panted. "Just out of breath. Thank you so much for helping me." She bowed and left. I brought my hands to my forehead, crossing my wrists over my eyes and taking in deep breaths.

"Thanks," a voice came from above me, dropping a sack next to my face. I didn't get a chance to see them, they were gone in a whoosh. 'He must have been the one who requested my help.'

At first, this place was just a giant hole in the ground. But it actually spread in many directions, I got lost with ease. I found a group of people, they were trying to harvest celestial magic. I never got why they wanted it, but they did have a few wizards captured. It took forever because the guys could teleport and this place is massive, I would be wandering for days at a time.

I had also lost my book bag, so I haven't changed in ages and I was disgusting.

"Ok," I sighed, finally getting up. I pulled out one of my silver keys,"Pyxis!" He jumped out and Ruffles his feathers. "Can you show me the way out of here?" He made a sound and the compass on his head began spinning. Once it stopped, he lead me in the direction.

We found the original hole in a few minutes. I thanked Pyxis and he left. 'How am I supposed to get out of here?' I looked up. It was dug so far down, I couldn't see any light, well I also didn't know if it was night or day so that could be a reason. 'If only I had Gray's maker magic.. Guess I'm climbing.'

That took another hour or so to do, I found little crevices so I could get a good hold. Now I was covered in more dirt and my arms were dying. 'We are taking a train home.'

I began walking and grabbed the sack, opening it to see if I was fully paid. Yep, everything checked out. The other celestial wizards used their spirits to escape, I hope they made it out ok.

Today was not my day, I couldn't find the train station and it was getting late, the sun was setting. I gave up and walked home, making it back around two a.m.

I couldn't stand the filth and took a quick shower, cleaning as much of me as I could, and crashed into bed. I was out the moment my head hit the pillow.

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