Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 10

The train let out a loud whistle as it finally stopped at the station. For a while there was a huge crowd of people who erupted from the train one after another from different doors and other people were waiting for their turn to get in the train.

Freed stepped down with Felix holding his hand and they were followed by Laxus, Bickslow, Evergreen and Roscoe, everyone holding their own bags for the trip. Freed was slightly amused but he also felt sorry for the lightning dragon slayer who was using all of his strenght so he wouldn't puke. It had been a while since he had to travel without feeling the motion sickness. But he seemed to be fine after taking few deep breaths.

"Wooooow!" Felix gasped loudly his turquoise eyes wide as he saw the huge station. It was so much bigger than the one in Magnolia! "There's so much people all around!"

"Don't pull my hair", Laxus grunted as he was now holding Felix on his shoulders so the boy wouldn't get lost.

"I'm sorry, dad."

"Everyone is hurrying somewhere", Roscoe muttered when again he got pushed by someone, as they were trying to get out of the station. "It was the same thing last time too. What is wrong with these people?"

"Well, life here is pretty much different than in Naava Town, baby", Bickslow cackled.

"That is true", Ever smiled. She still had a few bandages around her arms, but she had assured them that she would be just fine and wanted to travel with them. "But I liked walking in Naava Town, even though there weren't as many different shops as here. Bigger city means busier people, that's just how it is."

"I'm hungry! Let's go eat somewhere!" Bickslow grinned.

"Yes!" Felix agreed.

"We can eat once we find a tavern where to stay", Freed reminded looking at the big clock on the wall of the train station. "It is better to bring our bags to the tavern first so we don't have to carry them around."

"Did you book our rooms already?" Laxus asked.

"Yes, from the tavern called Dancing Nope."

"Sounds fun", Bickslow smirked.

"Though, I liked the place where we stayed last time", Ever huffed disappointed.

They had a tradition with Laxus and the Thunder Legion that every time they stayed in Crocus by themselves, they would book rooms from a tavern where they had not visited yet. That way they always had new places to discover in this huge city.

Freed looked at the map and Laxus looked over his shoulder, trying to figure where they were even standing right now. Who the hell was making these maps? Why couldn't they be more simple?

"It takes a while to get in our tavern but the area around it should be nice", Freed smiled folding the map away. "Not anything luxurious but we have never needed something like that."

"Speak for yourself", Ever tisked. "I wouldn't mind if even once we could try something a little bit more exquisite than some old tavern."

"You don't have to stay in the same place as us, baby", Bickslow reminded. "You can go in one of those fancy pansy hotels whenever you want."

"I know I can", Ever tisked opening her fan. "But if I leave you idiots alone there would be a chaos in the town."

"Sure that is the reason, Ever", Freed chuckled.

"What is that?" Felix asked pointing at the tram that let out loud clatter as it went past them.

"That is the tram car, in a big city like this it is hard to always just walk from place to place so you use those nasty cans to move around", Laxus grunted and he almost got green colour on his face.