Letters and Love with a dash of Robbery

[Verity Lohlepher]

Vera remembered Clover Town very well. She used to visit there after all. Not that she particularly liked the place that much. She was currently walking around that area and had simply decided to pay a visit. She sighed. The last time she was in the town, she found it to be a war zone. In fact, the last time she was in the town it had been when she and her sister were passing through with their parent's family friend. Five years ago. Maybe more. Vera shook her head. She wasn't the type to reminisce about her past. She hated her past. Her thoughts deserved more than pondering about what happened way back then. Now was the only thing she cared about.

Vera lifted her head to look up at the sky. Now there was a nice sight. All blue and the sun was shining bright. She had a feeling it was going to be a good day. A nice sky was always promise of getting one. The young mage continued to stare at the sky while walking until she reached the actual town. At that point, she lowered her head to eye-level in order to gaze around at what new things were going on. It seemed different. Well obviously it would be. War desired change and if it hadn't changed, it would definitely have been half in ruin.

The blonde today was wearing different clothes from what she was used to. It was a pain but the land owner of her house became almost comically aghast at the fact she hadn't changed her top in two weeks. It then became top priority for her to make one of the rules that she had to have a shower at least once every four days much to Vera's chagrin. At least it wasn't having a shower one every day, that'd be pure torture. As it was, her outfit today was a short sleeved blue and green t-shirt and a pair of white shorts with brown ankle high boots. It sounded a bit strange but as she hadn't had any weird looks throughout the day so far, she guessed it didn't seem that bad.

So engrossed with looking at her surroundings was she that it took a while for her to notice that someone was tapping her on the shoulder. Once she finally realised, she turned around and was about to ask what that person wanted when the lady (who had been tapping her) started talking without her even realising it.

"Hello, I'm Linda, are you a guild mage? I have a letter to deliver and no one has come to get it yet,"

The woman had sea green hair and shining blue eyes and looked dreamy as she mentioned the letter. Vera could only guess what it was about. A love letter. Urgh. Soooo boring. Uninterested. Never the less her personal opinion, Vera guessed that it was a job and would probably make her day seem better and she couldn't just say 'wait for whatever guild you posted it to,' (technically she could but she thought it would be better not too). So instead, the blonde found herself telling the lady that she was a mage from Fairy Tail and she would accept her letter delivery if she so wanted her to do it. Turned out the lady did want her to deliver it despite the fact it was a Blue Pegasus job and was head over heels in love with this 'Mark' whom was the receiver of the letter. Now all Vera had to do was find him.

She left the lady with the letter and began thinking about love. Love to her was something that she had never thought about really. In all the books she read about it, it was some fantastic thing that could give the main character the strength to fight back. Love didn't have to be generic romantic love. It could be platonic or just a love for an object really she guessed. Vera took one last look behind her shoulder at Clover Town before continuing forward to the road that lead to Era. Farewell city she thought mentally in her head. Off to Era we go.

[Verity Lohlepher]

Vera's eyelids began to droop as the warm feeling of the sun on her made her body more relaxed. It was peaceful no doubt but highly un-entertaining as far as walks went. Not her style at all. It was due to this that the blonde casually flicked her satchel open where Linda's letter was and pulled open her book. She was especially good at reading and walking at the same time and she had no intention of halfheartedly trying to enjoy scenery when she was half way through a book and about to find out the plot twist. A few minutes past by and the young wizard was still engrossed in the story. A slight rustle sounded behind her which caused the girl to switch back her alertness. Her eyes darted to where she thought the noise came from. She still held the book as if she was reading it and decided to keep it that way.

Whoever it was could come out and get beat or stay wherever they were and be wise. She started to walk again when she heard the noise for the second time. This time she hesitated and stopped, putting her book away. It would have to wait for later till she found out what happened to the protagonist after being ambushed by the bad guys. She turned her head an inch the other way round and scanned the area a bit. There! Her eyes gleamed as she saw the person with the mask on.

"Hey you!" she called out, hands over mouth.

She smirked as the robber froze like a deer caught in headlights. However, her satisfaction didn't last very long as she was tackled from behind by another person in a mask. Quickly, she ducked her head under her shoulders and rolled forwards causing the thief to stumble. She got to her feet quickly and turned so she could see both robbers.

"Two against one? That's not fair!" she stated before dropping her bag behind her and charging one of the robbers with her hand up and ready for a punch. Sadly, she missed by an  inch. The robber managed to avoid her punch. She whirled around quickly and to her dismay, she found the other robber had made their way to her bag. They seemed to be searching for something to which she realised they probably wanted money. Of course. She was an idiot for leaving her bag behind. Time to bust out some magic before they got to Linda's letter or any of her actual money.

"Re-quip!" she called out before summoning her trusty broomstick from the other dimension.

At this the robbers stopped laying waste to her things. An exchange seemed to happen between the two and one got to their feet before calling 'Lightning Spear!' out. The other robber just kind of hung back. No matter, she would get all of them. How did she get the overcharging thingy from her spell? Oh yes, being a crazy person. At this, Vera's face became deadpan. Oh well, maybe they'd get surprised. She took a deep breath before turning in a circle.

"FIERA IGNIS BURNS MY FLOOR FAIRLY WHEN I SWEEP! BURNING CIRCLE!"

At this point in time, the two previously laughing robbers stopped laughing as a steady stream of fire that burst from her broom stick hit and successfully knocked out the one with the lightning spear out. The other robber still just kind of stood there as Vera then charged and knocked that one out with a direct uppercut to the jaw.

"HA! YA DIDN'T GET MY STUFF!" she exclaimed loudly, laughing at the pair before realizing she should probably check whether her bag and all it's contents (which included the letter) got burned.

Vera's face fell. Oh dear lord and sweet souls in heaven. She didn't think her attack was that strong but then again, the bag had been right next to the robber she had kindly burned with her attack and the overcharge had been activated. Whoopsy daisy, there went her mission. She laughed nervously to herself. Linda seemed lovely but dear god she hoped she wouldn't be mad that her letter she had most likely poured her heart and soul into was decimated because of the Fairy Tail mage's carelessness.

Well the least she could do was tell this Mark person that Linda had written a love letter for him...

So there she went the rest of the way with a gloomy cloud hanging above her head. As soon as she found Mark, she babbled about Linda sending him a love letter which she was meant to deliver but unfortunately was stolen along the way by a group of robbers who ambushed her. A little bit far fetched but would save her the embarrassment. Anyways, judging by Mark, she deduced that their relationship wouldn't go into flames just because she sent the letter for Mark, well, into flames.

[EXIT]

1525/500 words

105/150 mana

Re-quip:

Fiera Ignus aka trusty broomstick:

Burning Circle: