Prologue: Departure
'I look awful,' I decided as I stared at the reflection staring back at me.
My blonde hair was a mess- sticking this way and that- my face was red and puffy, my nose was running, and my eyes were bloodshot. A stack full of evidence that I've been crying. Turning the water for the sink on, I splashed my face with cool water, in the process washing away the evidence of my tears. I let the water run for a couple more seconds, and stared at my reflection in the mirror for a moment before turning it off and leaving the bathroom.
Clumsily walking towards my bed, I threw myself face-down on the mattress before wrapping myself in the thick blankets that covered my bed and curled myself into a tight ball. The tears that have been gracing me with their presence for the last month showed themselves again as they slid quietly down my cheeks.
I don't know what to do.
I've kept it a secret for a month now, but how long will it last before they find out?
I don't know if I can keep this up; sooner or later they will figure it out and that's the last thing I want.
My sobs grew louder the longer I thought about it. My heart broke at the decision I was forced to make.
I'll leave and never return.
It has been a week since anyone in Fairy Tail has seen a certain blonde haired mage and the guild has lacked it's usual luster since she stopped appearing. Every member in Fairy Tail was anxious to know what was happening with their blonde mage and certain members have even gone to her apartment to check up on her. Only to receive no answer.
A certain pink haired fire mage was mopping at the bar and the only one not surrounded by his friends. He didn't lift his head when he heard the guild doors slam open or when the guild quieted down so that if a pin dropped it'll be heard.
A bluenette was panting in front of the guild doors with tears running down her cheeks. "She...she's gone..." she whispered as her sobs wrecked her body and she fell to the floor crying, a hand covering her mouth to muffle the sound coming out.
"Levy? Whose gone?" a white haired mage asked as she walked towards the bluenette and dropped to the floor before wrapping her arms around the crying girl.
"Lucy!" Levy exclaimed as she wrapped her arms around the older girl's waist and cried onto her shoulder.
"What do you mean?"
"I was...on my w-way o-over here...when I saw a d-delivery truck p-parked outside Fairy Hills," Levy started having earned the attention of the entire guild by now. "I-I asked o-one of the g-guys who were w-working what was g-going on...and th-they said they were d-d-donating some things to Fairy Hills."
"That doesn't explain how's Lucy gone," the white haired mage stated.
"Th-that's n-not all! I-I re-received an env-olpe on the m-mail today...It had Lu-chan's completed story! Th-there was a letter..." she trailed off and just sobbed into her senior's shoulder.
"What did the letter say, Levy," the white haired mage asked trying to keep calm even though a storm was brewing inside her. Taking a few deep breaths Levy continued on with her story.
"It said, 'I'm s-sorry to have worried you g-guys, I-I'm alright. Don't worry y-you don't have t-to w-worry about me anymore. I-I'm leaving Fairy Tail.'"
No one said anything and all was quiet besides the heavy sobbing coming from Levy. The sudden crash that resounded around the hall turned heads faster than lighting resounded in the sky. They stared as the pink haired mage left his corner and began walking towards them.
All watched as he left the guild hall without a word being uttered.
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