Lucy's Wonderland [DISCONTINUED]

18: Welcome Back

Alice's POV

We sat there, basking in the sun. The Sabertooth members eventually joined us and started talking to our team's members as well. I was talking to Sting, Rogue, Minerva, and Hatter. We talked about our individual guilds and our own hometowns. We then decided to meet up sometime in the following month in Crocus so that we could get to know each other more. Once we made our plans, we gathered everybody together and decided to head home. We walked with Sabertooth to the train station so we could go back to our respective guilds. 

"It was great meeting you guys, see you guys in the next month!" I said with a smile.

"Yeah, us too Alice. See you guys soon." Minerva replied with a grin.

Sabertooth's train came and we waved them off as they sped off. I looked back at Hatter to see a happy expression on his face. I smirked and gently nudged him with my elbow to the side.

"Now, what are you so happy about?" I asked, still with the smirk on my face.

"Nothing~" He replied just as playfully.

I stared at him for a little while, trying to get the answer out of him but sighed because I knew I wouldn't. He gave me a victory grin and I looked at him with playful angry eyes. We both laughed soon after and started walking to a nearby alleyway.

"Well, I guess it's time for us to get back to our guild. You guys could go back to the spirit world while Hatter and I just go back using the portal." I said as they nodded. 

They soon disappeared and went back to the spirit world. I then opened a portal so that Hatter and I could go back. We walked in and the next second, we were back in our guild. I took a deep breath as I looked at my guild.

"Home sweet home," I said as I rest my arms on the handrail on the second floor. 

"Mm-hmm," Hatter replied as he also put his arms on the handrail next to me.

We both heaved a sigh of happiness as we looked at the guild members that were having a good time chatting with their friends.

The guild members soon realized that we were back and looked up at us with a happy expression. 

"Alice/Master, Hatter! You're back!" They yelled happily as they were waving at us. Hatter and I looked at them with a happy smile on our faces as we jumped down to the first floor where everyone was.

"We're back," I said with a grin.

Soon, a lot of the guild members came to either hug us or ask us about our mission.

"So, how was it? Did you guys complete it? Oh, I'm sure you did but tell us all of the details!" They asked as they looked at us with curiosity.

I then explained everything that happened during the mission. About how we unexpectedly met up with Sabertooth, how we created the plan on how we would attack first and then sabertooth later, how one of the members, Suzumi, attacked us when another member behind her reincarnated all of the members that died, and how we came out on top and won. While I explained what happened, all of the members looked at me with shimmering eyes. By the end of the explanation, my spirits also walked up to us and were listening to the story too. 

I could hear a lot of the members talking to each other about how we were able to fend off a large portion of the enemies with pride. I glanced around the room to see smiles on most of their faces and I couldn't help but beam with happiness. As Hatter saw this, he nudged me on my shoulder and smiled too. 

~At Sabertooth

Sting's POV

Our team and I walked up to the steps of our guild and when we got there, I kicked the doors open.

"We're back everybody!"

As people heard me yell, they all looked at me with happiness and welcomed us back. But soon after, they went back to what they were doing. Our team went into the guild and quickly got a drink and then went to one of the tables and sat down. We all started to discuss our mission and our thoughts on it.

"Wow that was crazy, I didn't know about how Alice had that power," I said with an expression of awe on my face.

"Me too. I thought Alice had another magic though..." Rogue replied. We all looked at him and urged him to explain further. He looked at us with disbelief and rolled his eyes.

"When we went to their guild to celebrate their new guild, her team all demonstrated what magic they had and she clearly showed us celestial magic. She never said anything about other magics." Rogue explained, his face reverting back to his usual blank one. We then soon remembered how Alice was showing her magic to all of us when we were at their guild hall. 

"That's true, she only showed us her celestial magic. Are you sure that what she did there wasn't celestial magic?" Minerva asked. We all thought for a while until Yukino spoke up.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that the magic she used wasn't celestial magic. When she performed her magic, she definitely said divine star fall, and I don't think there's a celestial spell that's called divine star fall. More or less, there aren't any spells that start with divine." 

Everyone was silent as they once again thought about the situation. On the other hand, I started walking away from the group, saying that my head had started hurting from all of the thinking. I just didn't want to think about this matter any further than this. It was way too complicated. I sighed and went back to the bar to get another drink.