The New World [Magi Fanfic]

The Bump

Lucy cried as she sprinted away from Sheba, who in return just laughed. A large ball of fire whizzed past Lucy's head and into the tree just in front of her.

This was Sheba's training regime. Lucy ran and the queen chased. Lucy has never truly been hit with one of Sheba's attacks before and with what she remembers, Sheba is truly a force to be reckoned with. The queen was just taking it easy on her. She could truly be burnt to a crisp if Sheba wanted.

Lucy kept going. Fearing for the worse, she slowly came to a stop. Sheba's laughs weren't echoing through the air like they were.

Was Lucy lost?

She looked around and heard rustling in the bushes nearby. So, she took off again.

Another few minutes of running and the girl crashed into something rather hard. A light grunt came from the figure as she plopped into the ground rather ungracefully.

"Who are you?" A light but very threatening voice said while a sword was now aimed at Lucy's neck. She looked up at the person.

"I said, Who are you?" Kouen said menacingly as he tightened the grip on his sword. Lucy waved her hands in front of her, slowly inching away from the sword.

"Hey now, I am only a magician in training. I was with my trainer while we were practicing but I got myself lost... so, if you don't mind... I would like to be on my way." Lucy explained as she scooted back even more. Kouen almost growled at her, but before he could do anything...

She was gone.

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Sheba followed Lucy around with a small pout.

"Come on, Lucy... I said I was sorry!" Sheba cried. When Lucy came too, she was back in the small clearing they started at. Sheba explained that she got distracted by something and didn't realize Lucy was gone. Lucy decided a little silent treatment was in order.

"As payment for getting distracted, how about I teach you a super-duper hard spell!" Sheba offered as she coaxed Lucy over to her side. Sheba just knew that Lucy could not resist a chance to learn more magic.

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Throughout their time together, Sheba taught Lucy a wide variety of spells and definitely made her a lot stronger. But not by much. Lucy was still stuck in the body of a young girl.

"Lucy! Come here!" Layla called out to Lucy, who trotted happily over to her loving mother.

"We are going to visit some dear friends of ours and we were wondering if you would like to come with us," Layla explained with a gentle smile. Lucy nodded without hesitation.

"Of course! You've been cooping me up here for my whole life! I need some fresh air mother." Lucy joked. Jude waved her off, a playful grin on his face.

"Just go gather your things. Just not too much, we aren't staying long. We will be spending just a few days over there." Jude added as he closed the book in his hands.

"Where are we going?" Lucy asked as she fiddled with her mother's hands. Jude set the book in one of the drawers in his desk and stood up.

"Tison Village."

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