Chapter 8

Home Sweet Home

Part 3

She still didn't know if it was possible if she could join after all, they just seemed to welcome her. Nothing hit her real hard until someone asked her what her magical ability was. Sora stood there blankly. Lucy gave out an aura of curiosity.

"I uh-h…" She grabbed the sides of her sunglasses with quivering fingers. 'Be brave.' Lunus's words rung through her head. Even though her hands were shaking and sweaty she pulled off the glasses.

A silent gasp rose from the crowd.

If you were to look in her eyes you would be lost in the endless spiral of blue. It was painful yet beautiful at the same time. The pupils were shaped like a snake or of a dragon. They held a certain sadness. Her eyes sucked in all of the vibrant colors the sun was so bright. Her eyes seemed to scream in rejoice. Even though Sora felt that she would collapse if she didn't put the dark sunglasses back on, but she withheld. She now knew that even if you looked into her eyes you wouldn't be paralyzed, but still dark memories arise from these sorts of things. She could help but have a few pass through her mind.

Two bodies lay in a pool of their own blood.

'This is your fault! It is your fault he's dead!'

Sora's pupils dilated. She fought the scream arising from her throat.

"I-I am an e-ye magic d-drag-gon s-s-slayer," She managed to croak from her pinched throat. "I-I h-hope I c-can be of us-se." She bowed her head down to help fight the tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

Words hurt more than daggers…

'You piece of trash!'

Especially when it comes from someone you love.

'I hope you just die.'

She silently yelped. Tears ran down her face and stained them. She raise her face forcing a smile and pushing the sunglasses back on. Everyone noticed her tears.

"Are you okay!" Lucy exclaimed. Even every one seemed to comfort her.

"What's wrong?" Some asked.

"I-I'm s-sorry!" She cried out, dropping to the floor and pressing her forehead against the rug. "I-I'm s-s-sorry f-for the inconvenience!"

That just earned everybody's attention. They were surprised that someone as powerful as a dragonslayer could be so weak, or at least act like it. Well, there is Wendy but at least Wendy held it together upon her entrance.

"Are you really a dragon slayer?" One person asked from the crowd. "Are you one of those fake ones that have a lacrima implanted inside of them?"

Sora stopped her tears. "Lacrima?" she asked oblivious to what that was. "I was taught by my dragon." She stooped her head, yet another sad memory. "Until he disappeared…" She said putting on yet another fake smile. She sucked in a deep breath, relieved that she had put her glasses back on.

"Another dragon slayer?" someone commented.

"She's pretty cute." Someone mentioned. A group nodded in unison in agreement. A little girl with dark blue hair walked up to Sora who was sort of shaking from all of this attention. Her kind eyes seemed put an end to Sora's internal anguish. A white cat wearing a pink dress seemed to follow the girl, her eyes pulled into a glare as if Sora was a threat to the girls life. This made Sora uneasy. She had seen many of the talking cats upon her travels so the whole fact that there was another one that was blue following the white one holding a fish and offering it to the white cat didn't seem to surprise her as much, but still talking cats were hard to get used to.

"I'm Wendy." She smiled. "I'm also a dragon slayer." She replied.

"Another dragon slayer!" Sora managed to mumble in surprise.

"I'm also a dragon slayer." Someone said from behind Wendy. She looked up to see the Salmon haired boy from earlier except now he wore a cheeky smirk his eyes were menacing but still the bravery they held was astonishing.

"A-Are you perhaps the famous S-Salamander?" She stuttered in awe. She had heard the stories he and his friends been on, only the stories written in the newspaper or on occasion on the back of the Weekly Sorcerer. She already had known that he was in this guild but meeting him was a big surprise. Maybe she was hoping she would run into the Titania as well.

A/N: Sorry for the long wait, a lot of crap has been going down for me recently so I wasn't able to update. My computer charger broke...