"Higher daddy, higher!" I screamed as my father held me closer to the never-ending blue that was littered with cotton candy clouds. Spinning around and around to make me dizzy. It was working, but I didn't care as long as I could stay with my father. I closed my eyes and laughed at the joy that filled my heart. When they opened again, I was in a new setting. My mother, now present, sat in a rocking chair carefully knitting a long white scarf that had a scaly look.

"Alright, Natsu! I'm finished!" She exclaimed knotting the last of it in place. I jumped up with excitement and stood before her as if I were claiming an award. She placed the scarf around me like a medal. It was warm from sitting on her lap and smelled like strawberries just like her.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I love you mommy!" I smiled as I leapt into her arms. She held me close before the scene changed again. I sat on the stairs of our old home, listening to the angered yelling coming from the other side of the walls. So much hate and anger put into their words you'd never think they were married. Sadness filled my heart. I wish that had never happened to them. I walked up the stairs just as I had done all the nights before. The scene changed once more.

I walked out into the hall outside of my room. The eerie silence growing heavier each second that passed. I stalked down the stairs, quiet as possible and peered around the wall that separated the stairway from the rest of the home. No one was there. I searched the house more to find there wasn't a trace of other people living in the home. I walked to the window and looked down on the busy streets. I blinked and all the cars were gone. Confused, I rubbed my eyes thinking it was a mistake, but when my eyes opened, I was standing in the middle of a street that was completely empty.

"No! Where is everyone?" I screamed, pulling at my hair in frustration. "I can't be alone! I can't just be all alone!" I cried in anxiety. Then, something grabbed my arm. I looked down to find a zombie-like figure that resembled my father attached to my arm. Blood ran from every angle as it spoke in a hoarse, clouded tone. "Then join us… we're gone!"

Another creature grabbed my other arm. The resemblance between it and my mother terrified me. I screamed and shouted for help, but no other soul was in sight. They were all gone, leaving me vulnerable. My greatest fear… abandonment.

I awakened with a jolt coursing through my pressured veins. My clothing clung to my body as I broke into a cold sweat. My chest heaved and heart pounded with fear. I sat up and glanced to my right. There, sleeping like an angel, was Lucy, my angel. I smiled and carefully got up, trying to avoid waking her. I slipped out of the bedroom into the living room of my apartment. Since Lucy and Andy moved in, the small area was always clean due to Lucy's chore lists. They were annoying, but I quickly adapted. I plopped down onto the small window chair Lucy had found a week ago. I was against it, but in the mornings in time like those, it was a great place to sit and think. I look out at the vast city of Chicago. Lights lit every corner of the city making it glow ` brighter than the sun, well not that bright. Little to no cars populated the streets. Nothing but night workers and late-night travelers roamed the roads. It would be a shame for any of this world to be abandoned. I thought as I shivered in a chill.

"Whatcha thinking about?" A queer voice asked as a pair of tiny arms wrapped around my torso. Lucy nuzzled her head onto my back as I kissed her hand in thanks.

"How would you feel if everything disappeared off the face of the Earth except you? All these cities around the world just becoming useless, deserted, empty. No one to love, only people to remember." I asked, staring out into the endless lights. Lucy squirmed at the question. "I guess I would be lonely. I mean there'd be no one else." She giggled slightly tightening her grip. I sighed, "Yeah, I guess I would be scared."

"Why's that?"

"Well, I guess since my parents left me, I-I feel like anyone could abandon me at any moment, a-and…"

"Hey, hey, hey," she comforted moving in front of me and cupping my face, "I'll always be here for you, okay? You've done so much for me and there's no way you could get rid of me now." I laughed at her ending. She smiled and placed her forehead on mine.

"I love you, but we need to go back to bed." She giggled wrapping her arms around my neck. I scooped her into my arms and carried her back into the bedroom.

As I laid on the bed, I looked over to Lucy, thinking about what she had said. "I hope you never do leave me, Luce." I whispered before slipping into a deep slumber.

A/N: Hello! So this is a sequel to my other fanfic The Truth Behind These Bruises! So if you haven't read that fanfic first, then I highly recommend it because there will be references to that. I will be slower on updating this fanfic though due to another fanfic that I will be writing at the same time (The Lengths I'll Go which is another NaLu fanfic) (Lol I think I'm obsessed). Feel free to read those other two books. Just like I said in my last book... I love your guys' comments, compliments, and corrections. I love reading comments such as "I love this! Please update soon!" or other things like that. It just always gives me motivation to keep working on the book. It also tells me I'm doing something right in the book which is always appreciated. Thank you so much for the support and I hope you enjoy the sequel!

-Beth (◕‿◕✿)