Chapter 31: Hide-and-Seek

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-N O R M A L  P O V-

"Well.... if you can.... play a game with me." Nora says smiling widely.

"Well I guess. It should be easy." Lucy says.

"Lu-chan. I think there's a trick to this though." Levy says.

"Wow! You are so smart. But, you are right." Nora says.

"Then what is it?" Rouge asks.

"It's hide-and-seek, simply." Nora says smiling.

"What's the catch." Levy asks.

"If you don't find me in the be next hour, then your friend will never be back to his original state." Nora says.

"How can you be so m-" Rouge gets cut off.

"We'll do it." Lucy says seriously.

"Lu-chan..." Levy says almost inaudible.

-L E V Y  P O V-

Lu-chan do you know what you are getting yourself into.

-L U C Y  P O V-

"Here this is to keep our promise." Nora says pulling out her hand.

I reach her hand and shake it only to see a bright light, forcing me to close my eyes. When I open my eyes, I see a mark on my wrist.

"Okay the game starts now." Nora says disappearing.

"Um... I guess we go find her." I say slightly.

"Yeah." Levy-chan says grabbing my hands.

-T I M E  S K I P-

We searched for a good 30 minutes.

"We are running out of time." I say.

"Rouge can't you smell Nora out?" Levy-chan asks.

"No, I think she blocked my smelling here." Rouge says.

"Then let's hurry!" I say rushing.

"Hey, Levy-chan?" I say.

"What is it, Lu-chan?" Levy-chan says.

"Do have any idea where Nora could be hiding?" I ask.

"Well, maybe the Fairy Tree." Levy-chan says tapping her chin.

"Where's that?" Rouge asks.

"Um.... it should be located in the middle of the forest." Levy-chan concludes.

"Well we should head there then." I say smiling.

-R O U G E P O V-

We walk towards the middle of this humorous forest. Once we reached the middle a towering tree shadowed us.

"Let's head up." Lucy says before climbing the tree by a branch.

I got to admit that girls determination to save Sting is incredible.

-L E V Y  P O V-

"Hey, Rouge we are climbing now." I say to him as he's in a daze.

"Ah, right!" Rouge says quickly, climbing the tree with me, I chuckle a little because of his cute reaction.

"Hey! Why are you laughing at?" Rouge says pouting a bit.

"At how cute you are." I say smiling while he blushed at my comment.

"Well let's just focus on climbing the tree." Rouge says flustered.

"Okay, Rouge." I say smiling too much.

-L U C Y  P O V-

I hear Levy-chan's and Rouge's conversation. It makes me happy they are doing so well as a couple. But, it makes me feel kinda single, well more than usual. Ugh! What am I talking about we should focus on saving Sting.

I start to climb at a brisk pace, until I passed this weird mist.

"Hey guys what should we do now?" I say.

I hear no response, so I look behind me.

They weren't behind me!?

"GUYS!" I yell aloud.

I swear I wasn't that ahead of them. I turn my head back to a noise in front of me.

"Oh I guess you found me." Nora says smiling like she always does.

"Wait does that mean Sting will go back to the same Sting." I say inpatient for an answer to wait.

"Yes, I promised you of course." Nora says simply.

"Finally, I can go tell the others now." I say about to turn away.

"But..." Nora says drifting off.

"What is it?" I say.

"I won't be that easy to leave." Nora says.

"What are you talking about?" I ask really confused.

"Well..." Nora starts.

-T O  B E  C O N T I N U E D-

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