The Shadows of Tragedy

Chapter 14

After Juvia unpacked her bags and settled into her new room she decided to walk around the house and take a look at some of the other rooms. It really was a beautiful house and for some reason, Juvia had the strangest feeling that she had been in this house before. But that wasn't possible. She knew it wasn't and yet pretty much everything about this house from the furniture to the wall paper seemed so familiar to her. Before turning in she wanted to say good night to Romeo first.

"Do you like your new room?" She asked him.

"It's okay. It's bigger than my last room and the bed is softer. What's your room like?"

"I don't think you would like it very much. It's very girly."

"Well I am staying in a girl's room."

"Oh is that right? What makes you say that?"

"Because this is Wendy's room. She used to live in this house when she was alive and this was her bedroom."

"How do you know that?"

"She told me."

"I see. Well I'm sure she won't mind if you use it." She tucked Romeo into bed. "Good night Romeo."

"Good night Juvia."

She left the room but she didn't turn out the lights yet because she knew he was still waiting on Erza to come and kiss him good night. She had started to go back to her room but stopped when she saw someone standing at the end of the hall. It looked like a little girl.

"Hello." Juvia said gently. "Where did you come from?"

The little girl didn't answer. Instead she ran away in the other direction.

"Wait." Juvia said following. "I won't hurt you. Please come back. Are you lost?"

The girl went around a corner which lead to a dead end but when Juvia went around that same corner she saw nothing. There was no little girl in sight.

"That's odd."

"What's odd?" Lucy had walked in from the other hallway.

"Nothing except I thought I saw something."

"What did you think you see?"

"I thought I saw a little girl down the hall."

"A little girl? I think you've been listening to Romeo's stories too much. Not to mention old houses like these can really play tricks on you when it gets dark like this."

"Yes I suppose you're right."

"You look tired. Maybe you should get some sleep."

"That's what I was going to do. You know I can't believe Gray was willing to let the staff move in with him. His family, of course he'd let them move in but to let Dr. Alberona, Natsu, and I move in too? He's very generous."

"And real good looking." Lucy asked. "You think he's seeing anyone?"

"I don't know. He never mentioned it to me. Just out of curiosity why do you ask?"

"No reason except that I think he likes you."

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh come on! You saw how he looked at you when you first met. It was like he hadn't seen a woman in ages."

"I didn't get that from him."

"Okay what about the whole kissing your hand bit?"

"He's from a foreign country. He's lived with different customs."