Suddenly drained of anger, Natsu started worrying, where was the brave Lucy? As he made his wings glow brighter for a moment, he saw Lucy move slightly. Maybe the light could make her open her eyes again, see the world as she did normally, but Natsu forgot about what he heard, and maybe that was his mistake.
As Natsu landed, his wings glowed furiously bright for a moment,and Lucy moved slightly. Natsu leaped back, he was going to be careful of her now. She had a habit for surprise attacks, especially when her opponents didn't realize she was still conscious.
But as Natsu leaped back, Lucy leaped up and forward and swung her scythe straight ahead, cutting down some of Natsu's rosy hair, and then she swung once again even quicker, and her scythe hit him square in the middle of her chest.
Natsu collapsed, he couldn't help it. The strain of fighting, even his magic couldn't help him now. Blood tore down from where she hit him, and it wouldn't stop flowing, "Urgh" He blanked out as someone lifted him up and then ,just before he blacked out, he heard cheers coming from the crowd.
~~~~At the Infirmary (Fairytail Infirmary)~~~
Natsu woke as his head throbbed with pain. There was only one thought on his mind, What happened to the rest of his team? Trying to move his strength-less hand, he only managed to lift his pinky up for a millisecond before his pinky flopped down onto the bed again, with a little 'flop' sound.
Someone came into the room "Natsu! Are you alright?" Groggily, Natsu lifted his head slightly, he winced in pain, but continued to look, where he found Wendy coming into his hospital-like room. "I tried healing you completely, but they wouldn't let me! Oh! I'm so glad you're awake..." Natsu groaned "Where's Lisanna and Gray?" He didn't ask about Lucy, maybe later. She wasn't really important enough to be on his mind right now, when he had stripper and his girlfriend to worry about.
Wendy grinned "Their fine! In fact their outside, waiting for you!" Natsu nodded, but he didn't move. He had bandages wound around his entire body, except his head. "Come in" His voice failed to work for a moment, but Lisanna and Gray had heard -ome in, so they assumed that he asked them to come in.
Gray and Lisanna looked completely fine, and back to health. "Why me!" Grumbled Natsu, Gray smirked "YOU'RE TO WEAK, FLAME HEAD!" Lisanna just glared at Gray and said "You should not talk too much, Natsu dear. O! I was So worried for you! I'm glad you won! That skank wasn't strong, I knew it!" She smiled at Natsu, and it was Natsu who broke eye contact with her. "So what happened to Lucy?" Natsu asked quietly.
Silence over took the room. Then the door burst open and in came Levy, Mirajane and Erza who was with Jellal. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" Yelled Levy, everyone except Mirajane, and Erza were shocked. When did Levy become so ...loud? Levy slapped him in the face, shocking everyone again, even Erza and Mirajane. Mirajane stepped forward. "Me,Erza, Levy Alzack, and Bisca, and their daughter, now call off our friendship. We are no longer friends with you." She spoke with a monotone, and an angry expression. Erza stepped forward next, who brought Jellal next to her. Erza looked furious, and sad at the same time. "I can't believe you... You went too far, I'm disappointed." She raised a hand as about to slap Natsu, but she shook her head, and placed her hand next to Jellal's. Jellal just stared at him. Then they all turned their back on Natsu and walked out.
Natsu looked around surprised "Huh? What are they on about?" Now Gray looked slightly annoyed "Asking about blonde? What's next? She's in a separate room, next to Masters." Lisanna flinched "No. She's not, be quiet Gray..." She whispered in Gray's ear and he nodded and then said "Wait, never mind." Natsu jumped up, and some of the bandages fell off him. Lisanna squeaked, "Blood! Lay back down, you're not well yet!"
As Wendy applied some rose-ointment on Natsu, and replaced his bandages, Natsu wondered what was going on. Then he drifted into the underworld of sleep.
~Natsu's Nightmare~
Natsu looked around him, but all he could see were people who were going nowhere, looking like they expected sympathy. He walked on, pass them, and somehow he knew where to go. Following his instincts, he turned around and followed a small path, made from stones, that were sunk into the mud. Everyone was coming through the other side. "What could be there?" He wondered. He kept walking, until he came to many steps made from bone and blood, which was in the middle of a wide path. Walking up the stairs, he looked around and saw blue hair. Wendy? The girl turned around and instead he saw Levy. It wasn't exactly Levy though. She had blank and empty eyes, which seemed to locate his eyes, and they made eye contact. She hissed at him, and flew up, startling him. He ran up the last few steps, and ran towards a corridor. As he followed a jagged path, he tripped over a root of a tree. Lying face down, and he felt some liquid dripping down his back. He turned over, and screamed as he saw Lucy's dead body hanging against a rope, which hang from a tree branch.
The tree branch, looked wet. And as Natsu ran his finger over it, he realized it was blood. And not just anyone's blood. It was Lucy's. He was going to walk forward when his toe hit a stone. He crouched and read the stone, it read "Here lies Lucy, forgotten by the world, tormented by her guild mates, excluding a few. Who can she really trust?" It also had a few marks upon it, which Natsu realized it said when she was born, and when she died. He also saw a number. Huh? He was confused now, but seeing the difference of numbers, he realized it was the age she had died. '18' It said.
Now he was more confused, this number clearly did not count the 7 years when she was in X791. Which meant...she died? The day after they fought...And the day they fought...which now he remembered...was her birthday as she turned 18...
Natsu woke up, with sweat running down his face. Shock was shown on his face, as Wendy came to see what he needed. "Are you alright?" she whispered, leaning towards him. But as she leaned towards him, all Natsu could see was Levy's blank face, with the Big Black hollow eyes. Natsu leaped off the bed, forgetting his pain, and raced towards the room, where Gray had said where Lucy was ,before Lisanna had scolded him.
The door was locked, but he rattled it until it was opened by Levy. She let him in quietly. Inside, Natsu adjusted his eyes to the dark room, which had no light bulb, and the blinds covered over the windows. He heard a small hiccup sound coming form Levy, and saw the tears running down her face. At another corner of the small room, on a single bed, bed sheets one white now red, lay a peaceful Lucy.
Natsu walked quietly but quickly to the other side but Levy laughed madly at him "She can't hear you, she's dead. She left you one last message on the table, you can read it when you want" Natsu saw the small peace of paper upon a table next to her bed. He could smell Lucy's vanilla flowers fragrance which clung onto the paper when she had written the note. Natsu didn't feel the tears dripping down his cheeks until it splashed onto the sweet smelling paper. He cried, next to Levy. He lost count of the time, until Lisanna burst into the room, angrily grabbing Natsu, and tore the paper in his hands.
She dragged the tearful Natsu and yelled at him "You're disgraceful! I can't believe you! Did you read her note? I hope not, the lies written upon paper!"
Natsu tore himself from the devil grip of Lisanna and ran into the room, where the tore pieces of Lucy's note were. He grabbed the pieces, and ran out, pushing past Lisanna, who looked sad, and angry at Natsu.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Funeral ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As the Master of Fairytail, Makarov was expected to say a few words to the small audience who had come today, to witness Lucy's burial. He was disappointed in the guild people who didn't come along. For goodness sake! Lucy was their Nakama!Mirajane,
Natsu was there, which surprised people. His tears ran down his face as he thought her. She was the person who mad you happy every day, the one who made your day better. He missed her, in words he couldn't explain. It was never like how he missed Lisanna, when she went on a long mission. Was it because Natsu knew she would never see Lucy again? That was it. Levy walked up to Natsu, "Why are you here?" Natsu sighed "I miss her already. I love Lisanna ...But I have never missed her that bad..." Levy looked down, and shadows crossed her face "Have you read her note..." Natsu had forgotten, now he pulled out the pieces of the note, and lay them on his hand, piecing them together. When he finished putting the pieces together, he saw the familiar writing. He read it quietly , only loud enough for Levy and himself to hear.
Dear Natsu, (and Levy just in case you're reading it!)
I am sorry, i know the fight we fought was serious, and caused painful injuries to you, and i give you my deepest apologies. What i did was wrong, but there is something that you can't tell he others, except Levy. She was a great friend to me, and maybe one of the only ones who knew me well enough to know something was off. This story starts from a while ago, while i was on a mission with Levy. You, Natsu, were with your Team and Lisanna. In my heart, I can never think of Team Natsu with Lisanna. Anyway, the mission was a like a everyday mission that we go on,one where we capture the robbers, except somehow this mission was different.
While Levy and I were coming back, we hadn't realized that we were being followed, by no not by a shadow of any kind. This one was a spirit, one with powerful magic, and wanted to return back to life. But only could that spirit come back to life with someone else's body, and that person must consent. While Levy was somewhere else, I quickly made a pact with this spirit, so the spirit could live, and so i could take my revenge upon Team Natsu. The spirit had traveled many miles so it could do one last thing. But you may ask, why would i take revenge upon you guys? I felt lonely, left out, bitter, and darkness was getting caught in my soul. I started feeling pity that you had to go on missions with Lisanna, under the influence of this made this pact, so we both could get what we wanted. And because of this pact, I, with the help of the spirit managed to defeat you. But before the fight, the spirit and I traveled long distances, and we came upon a dark town, where the spirit who resided in my body was born. As we knocked on the first door, the spirit mentally set their guards up, and i lost my consciousness, leaving the spirit to control me.
When i woke, the spirit was knocking on the 28th door, i looked down, and saw my hands covered with scarlet blood. This is when i realized, the spirit was evil, and probably used to be a murderer. But by then, i was weak, stuck inside body which i had no control over anymore, and the spirit inside had trapped me, always leaving me unconscious, and always taking over. I never felt more alone. I began to regret this decision, and i started formulating a plan, creating a mental shield to protect my mind from madness.
But then, my plan changed when the spirit took me back to Fairytail. I began to fight for control of my body again. The spirit hated it, but i began to slowly regain control, slowly and slowly, but then it was too late. I had fought you, leaivng you nearly dead. And I had pushed the spirit out, without knowledge, that when you push a spirit out. The energy leaves you drained, and you will die. I had no other choice but to die lonely and forgotten. But at least i could choose to die in peaceful solitude. I began to think that dying isn't that bad, its the better option when you can have a spirit control your body or dying.
This is the end of my story, and I know now, that I, Lucy Heartfilia, Love you, and I'm sorry that i couldn't say it to you to your face, but you were mad, and i was scared. I hope you're not mad anymore, and i hope good luck to you and Lisanna.
Happy Wishes,
Lucy Heartfilia, 3
Forgotten by the world, Tormented by memory, and Lonely until the end of time.
As Natsu finished reading the letter, he started crying, slowly at first, then faster, for not realizing something about Lucy. It was so suspicious! How could he miss it. As Levy walked away, he saw the tears falling from Master, apparently Master has great hearing. As Natsu started to go down on his knees, Lisanna held him up, and supported him. And for the first time in ages, Natsu felt Great.~
---End---
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