The Contract

Chapter 4

Levy waited for everyone to fall asleep, after all that happened last night. She never knew people could get so rowdy, in her life. They throw beers around breaking things, while yelling, and laughing...as if everything was alright. She couldn't judge them either, not when she tried it herself when she had Lisanna. Not hearing any movement, she sneaks to the entrance of the cave. Levy stopped at the edge, to see that they were high up in the mountains, which wasn't a bad idea for a hideout. The view of the forest, wasn't bad either. In the night, the moon shined upon the lush trees, and grass, showing that the South land definitely was beautiful. Huh, she thought, something catching her eye next to her.

Turning her head, Gajeel stood there with his arms crossed, his straight posture made him look tall. In the moonlight, she noticed the metal piercings on his face, and his red eyes, that gleamed in the moonlight. His eyes suddenly met hers, causing her to look away. Her heart pounded by the electric shock that flowed in her.

"So?"

"So what?"

"Were you going somewhere or just taking in the view?"

"I wanted to see our location. It is pretty decent," Levy said, feeling his eyes still on her.

He turned his head, nodding. "Jellal and Carla thought of this together. Making the caves were Elfman's and Ezra's job."

"Making?"

"Yes, there are caves everywhere on this mountain, so it doesn't look suspicious."

"Good idea."

"It was." Silence took over for a while, until Gajeel asked, "A kid your age, it must have been hard fighting to get here."

Her eye twitched, and she remarks, "I am older than-I mean I am 17."

He blinks his eyes, looking at her. She didn't look that old, especially of her size. Her body looked lean, but hardly had any breasts. From what he could it was a size B? He blinks again, thinking, was I just checking her out. He chuckles, and hears, "Yeah, yeah, I'm short, but I can kick your ass."

Opps, I need to stay un-noticed, and in the shadows. She clears her throat, and asks, "What kind of magic do you have?"

"Magic?"

"Yes. You bite her knife in half and ate it."

"Ah. I'm a metal dragon."

"Dragon! I haven't see-I have heard stories, but I haven't seen them."

She looks at him fascinated, her eyes checking him out again. He smirks, holding out his hand, his skin turning into pure iron. She gasps, touching his arm, feeling the cool metal against her skin. Gajeel watches the shocked face on her, and suddenly felt a tingle go up his arm. His eyes move to his arm, watching her small slender fingers, touching his hand. The tingle went up his arm again, causing him to clench his teeth at this weird feeling. Pulling his hand away, causes her eyes too look up at him, and her face turns red.

"Sorry. I am just very curious." The last time I saw a dragon was decades ago, she thought. And she couldn't let herself near them for the fact that they were different species. She didn't want to cause trouble.

"Are you...The same dragon of decades ago?"

"No, a descendant. I am a child of a dragon."

"So they had kids with humans...Amazing."

"Indeed," Gajeel added, "It was hard growing up without a family though. My mother died when she gave birth to me and when I was 12, my father left me."

"I don't think he left you alone. He is inside you."

"Inside?" She nods. "He will always be apart of you. You got that magic from him."

"I'm not the only one that was abandoned by his dragon though."

"Huh?" "Nastu, Carly, me, and others were abandoned by them."

She looks at the tents, amazed. They must have had a good reason, she thought, they were like a flock of wolves or birds to be more exact. "Well, I am sorry to hear that."

"What about you?"

"..."

Gajeel watches her look away, but his sharp senses felt she was in pain. Levy collects her thoughts together, and says, "I don't remember."

She didn't want to remember, yet they haunted her in her dreams...The last time she saw her mother was when she was captured, by the men. When her mother used the little power she had left to blow them away, she pushed little Levy and yelled repeatedly for her to run. She didn't look back, but heard the scream. A hand goes on her head, causing her to snap out of her thoughts. Her eyes look up at him, to see him looking out at the forest.

"Sorry, Shrimp." He simply said.

"I'm not a shrimp."

He smirks and says, "Well you are short for your age. Btw, I am curious about your...bandages?"

He goes to touch them, but Levy stops him. "Don't touch me...Please.."

She didn't want to answer nor talk about who she is, because she didn't want to be noticed. That was the last thing, she needed, because of what she is. Gajeel noticed her expression change, from confident to scared?

"It doesn't matter. You are new, and we don't know each other. So, you better get some sleep good, we will be getting up at the crack of dawn."

"What?! I am not going."

Gajeel's eyes met her, closing the distance between them. Her back touched the cave, her heart pounded, as he looks down at her.

"I don't care what you think, I am thinking of the interest of my family. I need to see I can trust you, so yes, you are coming with Shrimp."

Levy stood there watching him walk away, her heart pounding, and her mind confused. Why is my heart pounding like that? Does my body think danger? And if she had to go, Levy had to stay in the shadows.