The Sins You Hate and The power I Craved(A Jellal Fernández x oc Fanfic)

Ch2: Help

Jellal's pov

I jumped back, avoiding the blast of magic the other mage sent at me. I looked around but didn't see Meredy or Ultear anywhere. 'I must have gotten separated from them in all the commotion' I thought.

I saw movement in the trees and drew my attention to it, thinking it might be Meredy or Ultear. Big mistake. The mage took it as an opportunity and pinned me to a tree, using his sword to hit me just off my heart.

I cried out in pain but tried to squirm free but it just made things worse.

The mage removed the sword and went to attack again. I braced the attack which did come but instead of hitting my chest, it came down on my arm.

I looked at why he had missed so much and felt heat rise to my cheeks.

Pinning down the mage was a girl with long lemon hair, a lemonade pink feather woven in at the top of her hair. She had on a Ruby red dress with a daffidil cardigan, tights and gloves.

She tied up the now unconscious mage before turning to me. I stared up at her hetrochromia eyes, one a stunning blue and the other a sparkling green.

"Jellal Fernández" she stated, looking me over. I pulled the sword out of my arm and went to run but couldn't due to the injury in my chest.

Instead I collapsed to my knees, clutching at the bleeding wound in my chest. "Abe! Abe? Why are you staring at a criminal" a striped cat with armour asked her, hovering at her height with ivory wings.

She looked at me for a few more seconds before turning to her cat companion. "Nightshade. Take him at least 15 feet that way" she ordered, pointing in the opposite direction that she'd come from.

"But-" the cat protested but was cut short by a simple shake of the head from his companion. He changed into a more human appearance and placed one arm under mine, slinging the other over his shoulders as he led me off somewhere.

He sat me down after a while and my wounds were definitely stinging now. He sat down on the ground, a sword sitting in its holder on a leather belt as he drew in the sand with a stick, the metal of his armor clanging together.

Soon the girl walked through the trees to our location, another cat with black spots following in suit. "So why did we need to bring him away from the council?" the Tom asked.

"He's injured and the council won't heal his wounds if we were to hand him over right now. I'm not heartless you know" she replied.

"So how do we get a criminal out of the forest that the council are also in?" the female cat asked. "That's where the two of you come in" she replied.

"Nah uh. I'm not carrying him" the she-cat protested. "Come on Ivy. It's just this one time. Besides when we do hand him in, the jewel will be massive" she countered.

"Do I even have a say to this?" I asked. "No. You don't" she responded. The she-cat grunted but took hold of the collar of my cape as I was lifted up.

The cat took me high up in the air out of the sight of anyone else, her companion soon following with the other cat.

I stayed quite for the entire trip as I was lowered down again around dark just beside a nice house in a fancy part of the city.

I held onto the wall to steady myself. My arm was swung over someone's shoulder but this time it was the girl's shoulders. She led me up to the door, pulling out her keys and quickly unlocking the door before entering.

She looked at the two cats. "Rufy. You home?" she called through the house. "Abe? I thought you were on a job?" someone called from one of the rooms.

'Abe' handed me off to her two cats and ushered us upstairs. When we were upstairs, I looked over the banaster to see a younger male with long blond hair and a scarlet hat with a rose feather attached to it.

"I was on a job but I finished it so I'm back now. Did Jiemma cause any trouble?" she asked, looking at him. He shook his head. "Did you have any lunch or breakfast?" she asked.

"Yeah. Orga, Sting, Rogue and I went out for lunch" he replied. "Who's idea?" she asked with a smile. "Rogue's" he replied. 'Abe' chuckled.

"Well I'm going upstairs. If you need anything. Knock my door" she explained. He nodded as 'Abe' came up the stairs.

She took me from her cats and led me into a room which I guessed was hers as she sat me down on her bed. I had to admit, I wasn't prepared for the softness of a bed after all this time, sleeping outside or in a prison cell.

"So...... What's your name?" I asked. "Abe Lore" she replied, getting a first aid kit and sitting down on the bed. I removed all clothing from my upper half so she could get to my wounds.

She cleaned them out and dappled them with iodine which stung but I didn't stop her. She then wrapped them in bandages. "We're going to have to share my bed since if Rufus sees either of us on the couch things are gonna get messy" she explained.

I felt hear rise from my neck up to my ears and tried to swallow the lump in my throat. Since I couldn't make a sentance, I just nodded instead.

She got up and went into the bathroom to change while I stayed on the bed, feeling embarrassed and awkward.