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The darkness and cold went the greatest combination especially when it came to being trapped on a mountain. But when you're a Fire Dragon Slayer, this becomes less of a problem, except when you've been injured.
Natsu sat inside of a cave trying to ignore the pains from his wounds as he had been the last couple weeks. He tried to lessen his heavy breathing which had been becoming quite difficult the last few days. The self-made bandages he had fallen off and he did the only thing he could think of to stop the wound from bleeding, he used his magic to seal the wound. It was suppressing how painful this was for the for Natsu.
Now Natsu sat in this cave waiting for the blizzard to pass which felt like it's been going for a week. He knew he was close to home but now he wasn't sure if he'd be able to survive through the blizzard. He was dangerously low on food and he was struggling not to go unconscious. Natsu tried to get up but as he did his legs refused to work and he fell back down.
"How long have I been sitting here?" Natsu asked himself.
Natsu remembered all the good times he had with his guild. He remembered when he first Master Makarov first brought him after Igneel disappeared. He remembered finding Happy's egg and hatching it with Lisanna. He remembered when Lisanna disappeared into Edolas or as everyone then believed, when she died. Then there was when he met Lucy. When the guild won the Grand Magic Games. When he found out that the guild was disbanded after they defeated Tartaros. When Lucy and him brought the guild back together. When he started training Romeo to help him get stronger. When they left to go on their mission.
"This must be what I've heard about, when your life flashed before your eyes. Looks like this might be the end." Natsu told himself.
Natsu looked up as he went unconscious to see a figure walking over towards him. As Natsu's eyes closed he heard a few simple words.
"Weren't you supposed to be back a few weeks ago idiot."
"Hey Romeo wake up." Someone said while shaking Romeo.
Romeo woke up and saw his roommate William standing over him. William had black medium length hair with black ripped jeans and a red t-shirt on.
"Come on its our day to make breakfast." William revealed.
"Alright just give me a moment to get ready, I'll meet you in the kitchen." Romeo replied.
"Fine just don't take too long." William said as he walked out of the room.
Romeo got out of bed and grabbed a sleeveless shirt and a pair of shorts and put them on. He looked at the calendar which hung in their room and looked at the date.
"I didn't even realize that I'd been here almost 3 weeks now." Romeo said to himself.
He quickly brushed his teeth and brushed his hair which had looked like a mess. He walked out of his room towards the entrance where he went into a cafeteria like room. It was basically a room which had a few tables with some chairs placed around them and a few stoves and a fridge in it. Romeo walked over to the stoves where William was cutting some potatoes.
"I've got the potatoes covered if you could make some eggs." William told Romeo. "Also it's only us, the kids and Cathy today. The others left early to find some jobs."
"Alright." Romeo simply replied.
Romeo grabbed a few eggs out of the fridge and began to cook them. As the eggs started to finish he turned to see Rey placing a bag onto the table near the stoves.
"I got some groceries." He announced.
"Great whatcha get?" Romeo asked.
"I got bread, butter, grapes, some more eggs because I noticed were running low and some strawberries."
"Dude where did you get strawberries at this time of the year?" William questioned.
"Well that's for me to worry about and you guys to enjoy." Rey replied and turned towards the empty chairs."Hey where is everyone? Normally people are rushing to eat when William is cooking."
"Cathy is probably getting the kids ready. Everyone else is looking for a job." William revealed.
After William finished speaking, the doors opened up with everyone coming in.
"Looks like everyone is here." Rey announced.
Romeo looked to see everyone enter the room. First there were the 3 kids. The first one was Jenny. She was a 7 year old with long blond hair and an orange dress. Next there was Maddie. She was 9 years old and had short black hair and wore a green shirt with a blue skirt. After there was Ren he walked wearing his black sweater and some black pants. From what Romeo found out, he was the oldest kid being 12.
Following the kids was Cathy. She had long Brown hair currently tied back on a pony tail. She wore a grey long sleeve shirt which had the words nice going across her large bust. She was the same age as Rey both of them being 17.
"Hey get to the table, remember you still have school today." Cathy told the kids.
"Hey Cathy you don't have to threaten them like that." Rey joked.
"Ya he's right, that just cruel, threatening them with school." Romeo said joining in with Rey.
"Alright stop it you two I think she's learned her lesson. If not we can send her to school with the other kids." William added.
"Ha ha very funny you guys." Cathy replied sarcastically. "Rey weren't you supposed to be out working right now?"
"I don't work till later. I went and hot some groceries with some money I had saved up." Rey replied.
The group went to the table and started to eat. As they ate, they made some small talk talking about how the kids were doing at school and jobs Rey had done lately.
"So Romeo, why do you keep your arm bandaged up even though it's already been a month since you said it got injured?" Rey asked.
"It hasn't fully healed yet and I'm not sure why. Don told me just keep it clean and bandaged and hope for the best." Romeo answered.
Suddenly a loud banging could be heard from the gate outside.
"Open up, this is the city guards." A man yelled.
"William, go open the gate and let them in, I'll go get Don. Romeo, you stay here with Cathy and the kids." Rey told everyone as he ran out of the room.
William headed towards the door. Romeo looked at the kids and saw that they all looked worried.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Romeo assured the kids.
"Hopefully they will leave quickly." Cathy said.
"Stay in here, I'm going to try to see what's happening." Romeo said as he headed towards the door.
Romeo opened the door just a bit and looked out to see what was happening. Romeo saw Don talking to five guards and William standing behind Don. Rey was nowhere in sight.
"I'm telling you, nobody here stole anything." Don tried to tell the guards.
"Well there was a robbery in the area north of here and witnesses saw the criminal running in this direction." The head guard told Ren. "We are just looking around the area and saw that there are a lot of places that somebody could hide here."
"Well you are free to check the rooms but I can assure you that there isn't a criminal here." Don told the guards.
"Well we just want to check just in case. We know that this place has been close to shutting down for a while now. It would seem like a great place for a criminal to hide out. The guard told Don.
"Hey I'm back." Romeo heard Rey yell.
Rey appeared from behind the guards and walked over to Don.
"So what's going on here? I heard that there was a robbery and I wanted to see if you guys were okay."
"Where'd you come from kid?" One of the guards asked.
"I was just out looking for work when I heard about the robbery. I was still nearby and I just wanted to make sure you guys were safe."
"Hey kid have you seen anyone suspicious in the area?" One of the guards asked.
"Sorry I can't say I have. But if someone got in here than we would have known. These gates are quite old. If anyone tried to get in then we would have heard it." Rey replied.
"Alright well then we'll try and look somewhere else. Thanks for your cooperation." the guard said as the group of guards left.
Once the guards were out of earshot, Rey spoke up. "Well looks like that went off easier than I thought it would."
"Hey is it all over now?" Cathy asked.
"It's all over. You don't need to worry." Don assured her.
"Alright so what happened?" Cathy asked.
"There was a robbery nearby and guards were checking if someone here did it." Rey answered.
"Luckily, Rey convinced the guards that nobody here stole anything and they left." William added.
"But Rey, why did you come in from from behind the guards?" Romeo asked.
"It's because they don't really like me. If they saw me inside, then they would have tried to search the place. Luckily these guards weren't too corrupt." Romeo replied.
"Hey Romeo, with all this going on, can you go with Cathy to take the kids to school?" William asked.
"What are you scared of me being off on my own?" Cathy teased.
"No that's not it." William said as his face turned bright red.
"Sure, I'll go with them." Romeo answered. "It would probably be safer if they didn't go by themselves anyways. Especially with everything going on."
"Alright let me get the kids bags and we will get going then." Cathy said as she left the room.
"Alright I'm going to head back to my office." Don said as he walked away.
Rey walked over to William and put a hand on his shoulder. "William," Rey said as he looked right in his eyes, "I'm sorry but you don't have a chance."
"Shut up alright, I know that already." William said looking down at the floor.
"Wow that's just sad." Romeo commented.
"Like the two of you are ladies men." William yelled.
"Well you know, I am gone from the house a lot and you don't know what I'm doing." Rey responded.
"You remember that I don't remember most of my life. For all I know I could be." Romeo replied.
"Screw the both of you." William said as he left towards his room."
"Well I got to get to work. Be careful out there." Rey said as he walked towards the gate.
After a few more minutes, Cathy returned with the kids. "Alright we are all ready, are you ready to go?"
"I'm ready to leave whenever you are." Romeo replied.
"Alright then, let's get going." Cathy said as the group headed towards the gate.
After a short period of time, Maddie broke the silence. " Hey Romeo?"
"Yes Maddie, what is it?" Romeo asked.
"Are you and Cathy dating?" Maddie asked with an innocent little face.
"No we aren't dating, but I think that she's dating William." Romeo replied.
"I am not." Cathy yelled as a light blush streaked across her face.
Before anyone had a chance to say anything else, they arrived at the school.
"Alright have a good day at school." Cathy told the kids as they entered the school.
"You guys would be cute together." Romeo teased.
Cathy looked angrily at Romeo with a light blush on her face.
"Shut up." she said as she looked away.
"You are into him, aren't you?" Romeo asked.
"Well, I might be, but you can't tell anyone, especially not William." Cathy told Romeo.
"Alright I won't tell anyone but you know that he's into you. Why don't you just tell him?" Romeo asked.
"Well, I don't really know myself. For one thing I don't want things to suddenly become weird. Plus he's younger than me." Cathy replied.
"So what if he's a bit younger than you. He turns 16 next month. It would be a great birthday present for him if you just told him." Romeo suggested.
"Well, I don't know, I'll think about it. Does that make you happy?" Cathy asked.
"Well I think it would make William more happy then it would make me." Romeo answered.
"Just remember, you better not tell anyone. If you do, then you will eternally regret it." Cathy threatened.
"Alright I get it. Let's just get back." Romeo replied.
A/N: So what did you guys think. What do you think about Romeo's companions. More to come soon.