Here's the first chapter everybody! I hope you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail
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Eruption (Ch. 1)
"Congratulations, Gajeel and Levy!"
When the two had walked in the guild hall holding hands, everyone knew it was that time. People past around their betting money, some of them groaning, but most of up in joy. Lucy launched herself at Levy, hugging her small figure tightly and demanding details on what had happened. Levy shyly gave in, but in small whispers and dark blushes.
Gajeel however, awkwardly shook people's hands and even hugged a few of his guild mates. After a moment, Natsu had pulled him aside, privately. To talk about what, Lucy had no idea, but she was too engrossed in Levy's story to care.
Cana, of course, suggested that everyone should party and party did them all! The guild drank liquor to their hearts' content and passed out that night.
All Lucy could remember though, was talking to Levy and being handed a drink from Mira. The next thing she knew, she woke up on the guild floor next to a curled up Happy and a massive headache.
"Owwww…" She mumbled as she sluggishly climbed to her feet. The guild hall was a mess: tables thrown everywhere, people were asleep on tables and even each other, and the room stank of booze…Lucy would have to give Mira and Kinana a hand mopping the floors tonight.
Lucy freshened up the best she could in the girls' restroom, before checking the clock: it was nearly noon. Yikes! They must've partied hard last night!
She went outside to get from fresh air and blocked her eyes from the sun. When she turned the corner to sit on a bench, she saw him standing there.
Natsu. He was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed and staring up at the sky with a faraway look in his eyes. It was only when she was a few feet away from him was when he noticed her.
His eyes lit up at the sight of his favorite blonde. Everyone in the guild except for her knew he was in love with her. They kept trying to tell him that Lucy obviously loved in back, but he just wasn't so sure. He didn't want to ruin his friendship with her, but then again, he wanted something so much more. On the other side of the scale, Lucy keeps denying any kind of romantic feelings for him, which makes him even more doubtful, but both Levy, Erza, and Juvia said she had admitted it to them privately one day. Natsu still wasn't sure.
However, he was absolutely sure of one thing: he loved her and he wanted to be with her the rest of his life.
"Hey," she said as she approached him.
"Hey," Lucy looked really pale and sick, which, of course, made him concerned. "Are you okay? You don't look so good." He stood up straight from the wall and set his hand on her forehead before cupping her cheeks to check to temperature. It looked like she was blushing for a moment, but maybe it was just the color flooding back into her cheeks from the warmth of his hands.
"Yeah, I'm fine…I just have a massive hangover," she rubbed her temples. "I don't remember drinking so much." She looked up at him, "did I really…uh…"
He chuckled, "you mean the monster you turn into when you get drunk? Yup."
Lucy sighed. She's heard so many stories of what she's like when she's drunk. For some reason, according to the dragon slayer, she always throws herself at him all night when she drinks. He, Gray, Gajeel, Jet, and Droy always have panic attacks when the girls mention drinking at all. And Natsu tells her everything that happens the following morning.
"Oh man…I'm so sorry, Natsu."
Surprisingly, he chuckled again. "It's okay. I wasn't in the room so I was saved…however, I heard you were running around looking for me so I could give you a piggy-back ride. You wanted me for other stuff too, but when I asked what, Cana just smirked and turned away."
Lucy sweat dropped. Whatever she said when she was drunk did not support her for trying to convince her friends that she didn't like Natsu. It was hard enough already since she loved him and it was hard not to act like she did around him. She wanted to keep it quiet though and maybe when she gets the courage, she'll confess, but not now.
"Oh well, that's great…I was looking for you…okay then…"
Natsu laughed at her embarrassment.
"So what were you thinking about just now?"
He frowned at her, "huh?"
"When I came out here, you were deep in thought," Lucy then giggled, "you know that's not something you normally do."
"Heh heh…yeah, I know…"
"So what's up?"
"Nothing," Natsu looked away, scratching the back of his head. Lucy knew exactly what that meant: he was nervous, but of what? "It's just…uh…"
"Its okay; you don't have to tell me," she smiled. "I saw you drag Gajeel out of the guild hall last night too. You looked serious. What was that all about?" She then added something she didn't mean to say, but she was curious, "You like Levy or something, Natsu?" She snickered, "you looked a little jealous. I guess Gajeel got to her before you did."
Unexpectedly, Natsu flashed her a hurtful look, before his eyes hardened a second later and he grabbed her forearms.
"Hey! Natsu-"
"Don't think that! I don't want you thinking that I like her because I don't, Lucy! I don't love her and you know it!"
She blinked in shock for a few moments as Natsu's face calmed and he sighed, releasing his grip on her. "Luce listen, I don't like Levy…I love…" He sighed again, "I love-"
*Boom!*
Lucy spun around as Natsu followed her stare up at the sky, where dark clouds loomed over.
"That's weird," Lucy said, wiped sweat off her forehead. Why is it suddenly hot out? It wasn't a moment ago. Maybe it's just because she's standing next to Natsu. "I don't remember the forecast saying there was going to be a storm."
She turned back to Natsu to see his eyes filled with fear, doubt, and worry. He was still staring up at the large, dark clouds.
It was rare to see fear written on his face. So it was clear that something was terribly wrong and it scared her. "Natsu?" When there was no answer, she cupped his cheeks in her hands and forced his eyes on her. "Look at me, Natsu! What's wrong?"
*Boom!*
Both their eyes landed on the dark clouds again that seemed to be already over them.
"I don't think that's a storm, Lucy," Natsu spoke slowly, causing her to turn to him. He sniffed the air and a more panicked look entered his face. "Yeah…that's no storm."
"Then what is it?"
"If I'm right – and let's pray that I'm not – we need to get out of here right now."
"Why?"
*Boom!*
Lucy turned to look at the clouds again as the boom sounded louder than before. Instead of meeting just clouds though, the top Mt. Hakobe exploded, molten lava, ash, and smoke spewed out of it and dripped down the side of the mountain toward Magnolia. Now Lucy knows why it's so hot all of a sudden:
"Mt. Hakobe is a volcano?! When did that happen?!"
"I don't know!" Natsu exclaimed grabbing her hand and pulling her along, "but we've gotta go!"
Fireballs began bombarding Magnolia like bombs and she could already hear the screams. The tears suddenly flowed and she shouted out three words before she could stop herself:
"Natsu, I'm scared!"
She didn't like admitting fear, especially to Natsu. She didn't like showing him how weak she thought of herself, but she knew he'd only say that she's in any way weak and that everyone has their own fear.
Stopping, Natsu turned to her as she clawed at her eyes, trying to keep him from seeing her tears, but he pulled her into his arms and wiped them away with his thumb before leaning down into her ear and whispering, "I'm going to protect you, Luce. I promise. I'm going to get you to safety. Just stay close to me."
She nodded, "o-okay…okay, I trust you."
"Good," he pulled back, smiling despite the situation, and took her hand again, pulling her along quickly, "now let's get our friends!"
"But what about the townspeople?!" They were having to shout now, with the screaming, booming fireballs falling on them, and the ash like rain, they could barely hear each other in their normal voices.
"I don't know!" He replied, "We'll have to see what Gramps says!"
As the two barged into the guild, everyone was already up and moving, panicking. It seemed the First Master, Mavis, appeared, talking seriously with Master Makarov.
"Natsu! Lucy!" Happy flew into them, sobbing with fear. "When I didn't see you two, I got so worried!"
"We're sorry, Happy," Lucy consoled, "we were just outside."
"Listen up!" Erza shouted, gaining everyone's attention. She and everyone else were afraid, but she acted brave and took charge. "We need to get the villagers to safety! Everyone! We must-"
"No!" Master Makarov yelled, making everyone go silent (except for the chaotic noise outside). It was completely shocking to hear their master refuse to let them go save the villagers. He's never done something like that before.
"G-Gramps?…" Natsu quietly took a step toward him, pulling Lucy with him who continued to hold Happy to her with one hand, and grasp the dragon slayer's hand in the other.
Mavis and Makarov continued to talk to each other, and if the chaos outside wasn't happening, they would be able to hear them. Why were they just standing there?! They had to get the villagers and themselves out of here!
As Mavis handed Makarov a small object, she wished them all the best of luck before vanishing. The Master then cleared his throat and turned to them all.
"Yes, you're right!" He shouted, "We need to get the villagers to safety which is exactly what we'll all do, but there is one small problem: The Lumen Historie!"
Hearing that word made everyone raise their eyebrows. They knew what the Lumen Historie is, but why would that be a problem?
"As you all know, the Lumen Historie is one of the most powerful weapons in Earthland! It cannot be activated under any circumstances! I need one person to take the Lumen Historie out of Magnolia and as far away as they could go from the eruption! It is already hot as it is and if it gets hotter, the heat will automatically set off the Lumen Historie! I need one person to leave immediately as the rest of us stay and help people escape!"
"I'll do it!" Erza shouted, "I'll take Fairy Heart!"
"No! Erza, you need to stay here and help! I have already picked someone for the task. Someone perfect and capable: Lucy!"
Lucy froze, "What?!"
No one argued with him; time was of the essence. Everyone rushed out of the guild hall, leaving the Celestial wizard, the dragon slayer, and the exceed in the guild hall with the master.
Lucy didn't want to go. Yes, she would be safe, but she'll be apart from Fairy Tail. She'll be running cowardly away. While she gets to safety, her family will be standing next to molten lava rushing people to away. She'd be safe without knowing if her friends were still alive. This is Fairy Tail's enemy, but not their typical black wizard; this is a volcano eruption and most of them, if not all of them were going to die.
And Master Makarov was asking Lucy to run?
She voiced all this out loud in an argument, but it lasted only a moment when Makarov shouted at her, saying they didn't have time to argue. It was already hot as it was.
Using the object Mavis gave him (that Lucy now saw is a stretcher [a magic item used to shrink and enlarge objects]), Makarov shrunk the Lumen Historie down to a handheld size (almost like a snow globe), slipped into a backpack for Lucy, and gave it her.
She put it on her shoulders and burst into tears.
"Lushee!" Happy bawled along with her, hugging her tightly again. Lucy squeezed back, but soon let go when another eruption sounded. She needed to get going…
…but not without saying goodbye to someone she might not ever see again…
She turned to Natsu, who was just standing there silently, staring at her with fear in his eyes. She knew exactly what he was thinking: this might be the last time they'll ever speak.
Natsu shook his head to clear his uncharacteristic thoughts away, "Luce-"
She grabbed a fist full of his scarf, yanked him to her, and crashed her lips onto his.
At first, he was too stunned to move, but everything faded in the background and he applied the same pressure, caressing her cheeks.
Natsu couldn't remember what was going on around him. All he could think about was how soft her lips were on his, how good she tasted, and most of all, the girl he loved was kissing him.
He wasn't ready for it; he didn't want it to end, but as she pulled back, a small whimper escaped from his mouth.
He blinked, confused at why she did so at first, but as soon as he saw her tears, everything clicked back into place. However, it immediately went out the door again when she said four words:
"I love you, Natsu."
His world froze and everything around was motionless. He couldn't believe she just said that. It made his heart beat fast, his brain hum, and his lung quit on him. He was pretty sure he had just gone blind too, but he couldn't see anything except for her beautiful face smiling at him. However, it all vanished though as soon as he received a slap to the face.
"Natsu!" It was Happy who was hovering in front of him, pulling him from cloud nine. "We've gotta go!"
As Happy pulled him along out of the guild, Natsu looked back at where Master Makarov was – he was gone. His eyes searched franticly, but his favorite blonde was nowhere to be found.
He realized what was happening again; everything clicked again and he realized that he was never going to see his favorite person ever again.
"LUCY!"
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I feel weird making them canon on the very first chapter of my story, but it's okay because I have plans! I hope you enjoyed this!
-zEllie
