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"Twenty-one," someone said in the dark and eerie room, breaking the deep silence. A woman clad in a black cloak right found in the corner by the window raised her head, a dark shadow over her eyes.

She drummed her fingers against the glass table in front of her and turned her head slightly to look at the window.Realizing that she was waiting for a better reply, the young lady who had spoken earlier swallowed deeply, "T-Twenty-one people were killed yesterday." The room was once again silent as the woman clad in a cloak stayed silent.

"Were there any survivors?" she said lowly. The young lady barely heard it though she knew what the woman asked."T-There were no survivors Miss Lucia," the young lady said, her fear slowly disappearing as the woman named Lucia nodded almost proudly.

"Good. Where are Zen and the others?" Lucia asked, muttering a low curse as the headlights of a car shined her eyes, showing her face for just a few seconds."Shall I call them, Miss?" the lady asked, already preparing to leave as she started strapping the belt of her boots around her legs.

"Call Zen."

"Only him?" The lady asked, grabbing her bag and slowly standing up.

"Yes, only him. I have to prepare for a fight tonight with the Bloody Rose gang," Lucia whispered softly, grabbing hold of the dagger that was on the table in front of her.The young lady nodded,

"I'll call him right away." And with that, she closed the door.Lucia gently slid her index finger down the blade as she allowed it to shine in the light through the window. The blade glinted for a brief moment and she stared at her reflection, "Pathetic."

And she threw the blade.Jellal looked through the window of his room and blinked repeatedly for a few seconds before turning around and sitting on his bed. A frown crept up to his face and he stared up at the dark ceiling, a blank look on his face."Fear me."Somehow, his encounter with Lucy yesterday made him think back on the time they had seen her in a café.

He was starting to put the pieces together – from how she warned them up to the point where they (or she) was attacked.Jellal released a long and hoarse sigh as he ran a hand through his blue hair, holding his hand over his head as he stared at the reflection of the moon on his white marble floor.

Grimacing slightly, he stood up and walked over to the door. He opened it and looked down, raising a brow at the little girl in front of him."Why are you here Reina?" Jellal asked the smaller bluenette.

They almost looked identical, except for Reina's bluish-yellow colored eyes, unlike Jellal who had brown eyes. Reina Fernandez was a seven year old girl who had mysterious eyes which was told to be good luck – this was because blue and yellow were always mixed and turned green, but in her eyes, they were mixed (slightly), but not green.

Like her older brother, she too had a tattoo under her right eye. Her long cerulean hair reached just before her knees, with bangs almost like Jellal's."I can't sleep," Reina said, staring at the older bluenette blankly. Her name, Reina, came from the word "Rain". It was an odd one, but she liked it.

She liked the rain sometimes. She liked the cold. People often told Jellal that Reina was like the rain sometimes; cold."Why?" Jellal asked, raising a brow. He leaned against the doorframe, still not letting his sister pass.Reina slowly looked down,

"I had a nightmare about mom and dad dying."

Jellal stared at her sadly and sighed in guilt as he stepped aside, allowing the female bluenette to enter.Reina looked around; it had been quite some time since she had entered his room. Usually Jellal would be the one entering hers, but now it was her turn again.

Her eyes brightened a little as she eagerly walked towards Jellal's bed.Jellal closed the door and walked over to Reina, sitting beside her. A silence enveloped them and Reina exhaled.

"I… also had a dream about a blonde girl," she muttered, her eyes feeling heavy.Jellal's ears perked and he quickly turned his head to look at her, his eyes widened a little.

"A blonde girl? What did she look like?" he asked.Reina shrugged. "Not an ordinary blonde. She looked tough. But in my dream she was fighting a gang I think. She was battling twenty people, one against twenty. For some odd reason, I liked her," the bluenette mumbled and her head tipped, feeling sleepy.

Jellal had no doubt that it was Lucy, but he wasn't sure as well. He wasn't sure if Lucy could battle twenty people all by herself. But thinking back on their first encounter, he thought it was possible for Lucy to battle a whole gang all on her own.Before Jellal could speak, Reina had already leaned against his shoulder.

"I'm sorry onii-chan but I'm feeling sleepy already. I'll… talk to you… in the morning," Reina mumbled and slowly closed her eyes, sleep taking over her.

"FOCUS, Reina!"The cerulean-haired girl snapped out of her daze and nodded, inhaling sharply before looking down at her lap. She concentrated, deep in thought as Jellal stared at her, legs crossed.

"Do you remember anything?" he asked, folding his arms over his chest.Reina frowned, her eyes closed,

"I do remember a little, but just that."

Her eyes fluttered open and she sighed before leaning against the wall.

"I'm tired."

Jellal raised a brow,

"You've never been tired at Judo."

Reina stared blankly at him and Jellal flicked her forehead. But before his finger could hit her forehead, she tilted her head to the side. "I know. But maybe I'm just tired because of the dreams I've been having lately. It scares me," she mumbled, staring up at the ceiling.The male bluenette stared at his crossed legs and frowned as well.

"How do your dreams scare you? I mean, if it was scary, you would usually call it a nightmare," he said.Reina wasn't an ordinary child, though she did have some problems about being sarcastic. She had a mind like an eighteen-year old, or maybe older.

Their parents weren't even near as smart as her. They didn't know why she was so bright and intelligent. It was impossible for it to be in the genes. That was also one of the reasons why she wasn't in school – she didn't need education.Well sometimes she did, when she doesn't understand something.

Like the Tesseract that Jellal had once mentioned. He had explained it to her and she understood, but other than that, she was fine – except for defending herself. Thus, the reason why she practices Judo, it was to defend herself.

"I… don't know exactly. I like the blonde girl, but at the same time the whole scenario scares me. I had another dream about her last night. She was beautiful, but I don't remember her face anymore. She's skilled," Reina said, staring up almost dreamily.Jellal raised a brow in confusion; Reina wasn't acting like herself today.

"How do you know she's skilled?" The older bluenette asked, running a hand through his hair. That blonde haired girl – whoever that was – was bothering his little sister too much. He suddenly missed her odd behavior.

"She's skilled with a gun."Brown eyes met bluish yellow eyes and the two siblings stared at each other.

"…Guns?" Jellal absentmindedly asked, curiosity growing inside of him.Reina nodded,

"Yup, guns. I've seen her fight with a gun in my dream last night. I was awed, but at the same time scared. There was blood everywhere-."

"-It reminded me of when mother and father died."

Jellal once again frowned and he stared at the tattoo below his sister's right eye. It was a little smaller than his, with her small face. But it would be big in no time – Jellal shook his head and cleared his thoughts – this is not the time for being ridiculous, he thought.

"Do you know how we got this tattoo?" he suddenly asked, blinking slightly as the lights of the room turned off. It's late, he thought.

"Well… no. But I doubt it comes from mother or father, they bear no such thing," Reina said, scratching her arm as she felt itchy suddenly.

"You're right, mother didn't have a tattoo like this, neither did father."

Reina blinked owlishly before looking down, "Then where did this," she gently caressed the tattoo on her right cheek, "come from?"Jellal chuckled hoarsely, as if in pain.

"Well, we were branded," he said, no emotion on his face.Reina looked down, deep in thought. Branded, she thought. It has been the first time she heard of the word, but she knew it. It was like having a tattoo – well it was like that. But their kind of being branded was like slavery, at least that's what she thought.

"You're confused, aren't you?" Jellal asked, running a hand through his hair. He was confused too when he learned the truth from his aunt. He didn't understand anything then.

"Not really. I know the concept of the word, but I don't know why our tattoo is colored. Isn't it supposed to be a scar?" the cerulean-haired girl asked, now looking into her brother's eyes.

"Aunt Milly told me that the bandits had planned for it to be a scar. But seeing as though it would just fade away, since I was so young then and so were you too – when they gave you as well a year after you were born. So they decided to make it as a tattoo with permanent ink," Jellal said, letting his bangs hang over his eyes.

Reina stayed still and silent, still trying to process the new information. "Were you… were you also branded after a year you were born?" she whispered, suddenly feeling sad – which was uncharacteristic of her.Jellal nodded hesitantly and smiled at her painfully.

"Do you want to know who the bandits were?" he whispered softly, pushing Reina's cerulean hair behind her left ear.For a moment, the young girl hesitated but nodded nonetheless. "It… It's a man and woman named Jude and Layla," he whispered sourly, hate present in his eyes.Reina blinked and tilted her head to the side, those names seemed so familiar.

"But Aunt Milly told me that it wasn't really them, they were just involved with the whole thing. And that they needed to brand our mother's every child after a year they were born, on their birthday," he spat.Through the hate, Reina smiled softly.

"Somehow, I have a feeling that I know why we were branded. Besides, I like it. It makes me look cool," she said and grinned.Jellal's eyes widened.Reina grinned, for the very first time. She grinned.

"Well… I can't disagree with you more," Jellal grinned as well and bumped fists with his sister like usual.Lucy yawned and leaned on the back of her chair lazily, her cheek leaned against the back of her hand. She stared out of the window like usual, a sleepy look on her face. Even with the noise her classmates were making, her head tipped and her eyes slowly closed

—"No sleeping in class."—Lucy cursed in her mind and lifted her head lazily to look at Jellal who sat in front of her.The blonde smirked lazily,

"It's the last class, and it's no good. It's just History for Pete's sake, I know everything already. Can't I at least sleep for a few minutes? The teacher's not even here yet."Jellal eyed her weary face. Was he imagining things, or were those really bags under her eyes? Lucy rolled her eyes,

"Yes, those are bags under my eyes."

A yawn escaped Lucy's lips and she looked up the sky lazily. "Do you happen to know another little girl identical to you?" she suddenly blurted out, her face impassive.

Jellal whipped his face to look at her and he gulped nervously. "Why?" he asked, raising a brow though inside, he felt anxious.Lucy closed her eyes for a moment and opened them once again, "Nothing."

AFTER SCHOOL

"I'm sorry, I was dazed and didn't quite get what you told me," Lucy sarcastically said, staring at Jellal in annoyance and disbelief. "You can't be serious."

The bluenette rolled his eyes, "I am. You're coming with me home to study for the exams."Lucy didn't say anything and just followed him, an annoyed expression on her face.

Though she was trying to hide the fact that she was still sleepy, Jellal could hear her tiredness in her voice.Meanwhile, the blonde was deep in thought. She had never been to his home. And secretly, though it was small, she was interested in going there. Or maybe it was for an entirely different reason.

She was not known to be the one who was always interested in a guy. She liked adventures, which everyone but the people of FTA knew.

"We're here," Jellal said, going inside his house.Lucy followed after him and immediately took her place on a couch, folding her legs under her and yawning.

"Well, this is comfy," she mumbled lowly, leaning her head to the side.As Jellal was about to tell her to stop lazing off, running footsteps stopped him and he smiled tenderly, which Lucy raised a brow at. She waited for the mystery person to come down from the stairs and when she did, they stared at each other.For a moment,

Lucy's look changed into a rather serious one. While Reina looked absolutely terrified in excitement as she held Jellal's arm, blinking impassively at the blonde. The two had a short staring contest before the cerulean-haired girl looked up at Jellal, "I'm hungry."

"I'll get you something to eat later. But for now, Lucy, do you somehow know her?" the older bluenette asked Lucy who stayed silent, face impassive.Reina continued observing Lucy, her eyes widened in fear and excitement at the newfound information in her head.

"Y-You... you're the girl in my dreams!" she said, though not yelling.Lucy raised a brow in curiosity and gave a light smirk. "Well, this is an encounter. I'm honored to meet Rain."Reina blinked and looked down, "My name is not Rain. My name is Reina." A hand flew to her head in order to massage it gently.

That lady made her feel frightened all of a sudden. She was afraid yet at the same time, she was relieved.

"I know," Lucy stopped to lick her bottom lip in amusement, "After all, I named you."