Me: Hello, everyone! This will be my first Fairy Tail story! I'm not quite sure what to expect, since I came up with this on the fly.
Lucy: It's all good, I do it all the time.
M: Well, here it goes!
L: She doesn't own Fairy Tail or its characters!
M: Please read and review! I don't own Fairy Tail or it's characters!
Frozen and Forgotten Feelings
Chapter 1
Leaning against a nearby tree, I pulled out my whip. The target was known as Glaciem Scutum Cordis, otherwise known as Ice Covered Heart. His magic was similar to Gray's, but there was a major difference: this ice could penetrate one's soul. I flinched as an ice dagger flew past and buried itself into the sapling in front of me. To my horror, the little tree slowly lost its color and wilted, as if it had given up on growing to become a mighty tree like its neighbors.
"Come on out!" Footsteps starting coming my way. "I just want to give you a hug!"
Icy clouds billowed around me, sending shivers down my spine as his footsteps grew closer. "Yeah, right!" I screamed, lashing out. My whip wrapped itself around his wrists, successfully making them unusable.
His white eyes locked on mine and felt myself grow numb. Standing at a towering seven feet, this porcelain colored giant loomed over me as he broke free of my whip. With a smile, he reached for me. "Come now, I just want to help you get rid of all the things causing you pain."
I screamed as he grabbed me and lifted me into the air. His finger rubbed my cheek as he brought me closer to his face. My entire body screamed as his finger trailed down my body, leaving a burning sensation that left my body feeling numb and cold.
His breath wafted me in the face, leaving it stinging, as he began to whisper soft words of comfort. "Once every inch of you has been touched," he whispered as I screamed from the burning pain in my legs. "Then it will be time to cleanse you of your pain."
My thrashing started to get sloppy once I had lost all feeling in my legs. Crap, what am I going to do? Looking over my shoulder, I saw Gray and Natsu still knocked out from one of his first attacks. They still needed time to recuperate! I desperately reached for my keys, preparing to call one of them forth, when he chuckled.
"Silly, girl," I shivered as he rubbed my cheeks again, making them grow even more cold. "You can't use your magic when I have you in my purgatio amplexus."
My vision started to go blurry as the cold expanded and covered my whole body. I was running out of time… "N-Natsu! Gray! Anytime you guys want to jump it would be great!" I yelled as my arms went limp.
"And now," he whispered, cradling me in his arms. "to take your pain away."
I screamed as memories flashed before my eyes. My mother's smiling face as she taught me about Celestial Spirits; my first day away from the estate; meeting Natsu in Hargeon; my adventures as a member of Fairy Tail… Tears spilled down my cheeks as the emotions I had struggled to hide suddenly burst forth as Lisanna embraced Natsu. "I can't take it…" I whimpered. "Make it stop…"
He slid a finger over my eyes, closing them. "Shhh. It will be all over soon…"
Black started to creep into the corners of my vision, slowly growing and covering everything. My lips trembled as the cold surrounded my heart. "N…Natsu…" And everything went black…
Natsu POV
"N…Natsu…"
My eyes shot open. That was Lucy's voice. Raising my head, I saw her in that creep's arms, limp. "Lucy!" I jumped to my feet, never taking my eyes off her lifeless form. "What did that creep do to her?" I looked over my shoulder to see ice princess stand.
"We have to get her away from him before his spell is completed!" He pointed above their head.
There was an almost invisible magic circle above them, drawing a strange pink mist from Lucy. My nose wrinkled at the stench of despair radiating from the guy that was coming off in waves, making my stomach churn. "We have to get this guy!" I shouted, launching myself at him. "Fire Dragon: Iron Fist!" A loud crack rang through the air as my fist sent him flying. Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of Lucy, falling headfirst. I quickly used another Iron Fist to propel myself forward and managed to catch her not an inch from the ground. That was too close… I sighed, holding her tightly.
"I got this!" Gray yelled, darting past me.
"No way, man!" I bellowed, placing her against a tree a safe distance from the fight. "You can't have all the fun!"
He smirked at me from over his shoulder as he sent the guy reeling. "Then get your sorry ass over here, flame-brain!"
"It's on, pervy popsicle!" I roared, leaping into the fray.
"I shall return for the rest of her," he hissed, disappearing in a flurry of white. "Make no mistake."
I growled, clapping my hands to get rid of the dust that had stained them. "If you do, we will be ready."
"Yo, pyro, we have to get Lucy somewhere safe." Gray kneeled next to Lucy as I leaned against a tree. "Looks like a storm is coming in, and it's coming straight at us really quickly."
Huffing, I knelt and gathered her in my arms. "Yikes!" I yelped, nearly dropping her the second our skins touched.
Gray threw me a dark look. "Don't drop her, moron!"
"Did you just call me a 'moron'?!" I growled, knocking my head against his.
He suddenly jumped back, rubbing his forearm. Confused, I looked down and noticed that he would have made contact with Lucy when we butted head. The area that must have touched her was starting to turn white. "As if you weren't vampire-like already," I laughed, pointing it out to him. "You're literally turning white!"
"Can you focus for just a second?" he sighed as rain suddenly began to fall from the sky. "If we stay out here too long, her condition is going to get worse."
Looking back down, I noticed that she hadn't reprimanded us during our entire fight. She just hung limply in my arms, silent and cold. Her usually tan skin was now white as snow and her hair had gone form blonde to platinum. She was in really bad shape. "Let's get out of here."
"There's an inn not too far north that we could go to." Gray nodded and led the way through the forest.
I couldn't keep my eyes off of her face. Any second now, she was going to wake up and reprimand us for not helping her sooner. She wasn't going to let herself be beaten by the likes of that creep. I screeched to a halt as we reached the front of the inn, noticing something very strange, unable to believe what my senses were telling me.
Gray stopped, turning around and walking back to us. "Yo! What's the hold up?"
"S-she…" I couldn't finish the sentence. My hands began to shake as I hugged her tighter, trying to make sense of what had happened to her. "She doesn't have a scent anymore…"
"Man, you are weird."
Shaking my head, I looked him in the eye. "I'm being serious, she doesn't have a scent. I don't think she's even breathing."
His eyes grew wide and I saw panic enter them. "Let's get her inside and go from there."
I nodded and followed him inside. He booked a room and gave me a key, saying that he was going to find someone with medical magic. The room was like every other room: two beds, couple chairs and tables, red rug and tan walls, a TV, and a bathroom. Grabbing the comforter, I lifted it and placed her on the cushiony bed, tucking the sheets around her.
The fact that she hadn't gotten any warmer from me carrying her for so long was starting to worry me… I blinked as my stomach growled loudly. "Man, all this activity isn't good on an empty stomach." My stomach kept getting louder and louder the longer I waited for Gray to get back. I didn't want to leave her alone in case she woke up…
"Dude, shut your stomach up and eat already."
Spinning around, I barely had time to catch the bags of food that he tossed me. "Watch it, streaker!"
"What did you just call me?!" he yelled, head butting me.
"You heard me, you pervy popsicle!" I growled back, dropping the food and preparing to hit him with my iron fist, but froze just before my fist made contact with his face. Standing perfectly still, I waited to see if the sound would come again…
The bed sheets shifted ever so slightly.
I slowly turned to face the bed and grinned: Lucy was awake! "Hey, there! You feeling okay?" I asked, plopping down next to her. "You really worried us."
"What were you thinking, taking that guy on all by yourself?" Gray said, sitting on her other side.
She slowly raised her head as she sat up and I almost fell off the bed. Her usual brown eyes were now as white as her hair, making her look like something from a horror film. I suppressed a shiver as she looked at me. "Who are you?"
With a forced laugh, I slung my arm over her shoulders. "What are you talking about, Luce? Did you hit your head or something?"
She tilted her head to the left, as if my words confused her. "Luce…That's my name, right?"
"Come on, Lucy," Gray chuckled. "How could you forget him? He's the guild's biggest idiot."
"What was that?" I bristled.
"Guild?" She turned her eyes to him and I noticed his smirk falter. "Lucy...Am I Lucy?"
That's when I noticed the slight burning in my arm that was draped over her shoulders. My arm was starting to turn lighter from her freezing skin. She still hadn't warmed up after being under more than four blankets?! "Hey, Luce, how are you feeling?"
"I don't know…" she said, looking at me. "I guess you could say that fine…but…"
"What's wrong?" I asked as she removed my arm with a shrug of her shoulders. "You're not hurt, are you?"
She shook her head. "I don't think so, but I can't really feel anything." Her eyes suddenly lifted and locked on mine. "My father didn't send you, did he?"
I nearly lost it. "Lucy, why would you think that?"
"I'm never going back to that house!" she suddenly screamed, holding her head as she rocked back and forth. "I can't go through that again!"
I grabbed her wrists and forced them away from her head, biting back a growl as her skin burned mine. "Calm down!"
"I HATE HIM! I HATE HIM!" she screamed. "HOW COULD HE DO THAT TO ME, HIS DAUGHTER?"
"Sorry, Luce." I punched her as softly as I could in her middle, where it would do the least damage. She collapsed against my chest, tears spilling down her cheeks. She didn't remember Gray or me, but she remembered what her father did to her before she came to the guild… "What did that guy do to you, Luce?"
M: Well? What do you guys think?
Lucy: O.O What happened to me?!
Natsu: Geesh, how could you forget me, Luce?
Lucy: As if I could have helped it! She's the author!
Natsu: Will she ever remember?
M: You're going to have to wait and see! Stay tuned for more! Thanks for reading!