Fairy Tail: Homecoming

Rumble in the Desert

Author's Note 1: Art update guys! Mistrel-Fox recently finished my commissions of Lyle Hudson and Alexander Marvell, which you can see at my Klag2 DeviantArt account!

Also, I made a bit of mistake in terminology in the last chapter concerning how huge the Badlands are. I meant to say that it was 10,000 miles, not feet. I will not make that mistake again.

But enough about my personal business or screw-ups, let's get to the magic!

Chapter 11: Rumble in the Desert

On a cool night, the moon high in the sky, a pair of young lovers were engaged in a romantic embrace in front of a roaring fire. Their bodies glistened with sweat as they laid on a rug, exploring each other's bodies with their hands and lips.

The girl pulled away for a moment, breathless, blonde hair disheveled yet beautiful, and moaned her partner's name, "Freed."

"Lucy," the boy said, his voice passionate and wanting, as his long green hair hung down, practically tickling the girl's face.

He immediately re-engaged the embrace.

As he trailed kisses up her neck, his hands got to work; one gently glided across the girl's back while the other stroked her thigh.

"Freed," she moaned as he began to gently nibble on her ear.

Then he started to nibble not so gently, which was quite uncomfortable for her.

Then he bit down. Hard.

"AHHHHHH!" Lucy screamed, suddenly wide awake. As her senses returned to her, she remembered where she was and why she was here. The mission, the Titan Five, the Badlands. The Badlands which were infamously the home for tribes of insane cannibals.

Naturally, there was only one reaction she could have in this situation.

"I DON'T WANT TO BE EATEN!" She screamed, before tossing whoever was biting her ear into the air... right in the direction of Zeke and his sleeping bag. Said archer was just waking up from Lucy's screaming.

'It is far too early for this nonsense.' The archer thought rubbing his eyes. Zeke barely had time to register the flying person before they made a crash landing on his head, sending them both tumbling to the ground.

Lucy, having calmed down enough to think rationally, finally saw the person she had sent flying was in actuality, not a cannibal, but the Wolf Spirit, Lupus.

"Oh my gosh! Lupus, Zeke, I'm so sorry!" Lucy cried out, rushing to help the dazed wolf spirit and archer.

"You're really strong, Ms. Lucy," The tiny wolf spirit said in confusion.

"And we're off to a great start." Zeke stated as he picked himself off the ground. As he did this, Lucy explained how she thought that Lupus was a cannibal, so the wolf spirit was quick to forgive her. Lupus, in turn, explained to Lucy that nibbling on someone's ear was how most wolf spirits wake up their friends and family.

"By the way, who's Freed?" Lupus asked.

"Huh? How do you know that name?"

"Well, you kept saying his name in your sleep." The silver-haired girl explained, making Lucy blush as she recalled her dream.

"He's her booooooyfriend!" A sing-song voice called from the side.

"Happy?!" Lucy turned to the smiling blue cat, who was sitting across from her and enjoying a carton of milk. "When did you wake up?!" She asked, her face bright red.