I Couldn't Be Strong (Wendy Version)

When Team Natsu + Gajeel travels to Edolas to free their captured friends, Natsu and Wendy are captured in order to power the dreaded Dragon Chain Cannon. But what if they never actually survived the magic draining?

Wendy POV

Lying limply against the rock face, the cool texture did nothing to ease the raw pain that my body was experiencing. This horrible man who works for the king of Edolas is taking my magic away, bit by bit. I remember Master telling us all in Fairy Tail once that a wizard's magic is their life. Take away their magic, their life leaves shortly afterwards.

I'm dying… I thought weakly. Then Natsu's screams of agony wrenched me from my thoughts.

That's right. He was with me too.

I managed to open my eyes and barely turn my head to him. He was gasping with each breath, clearly struggling to stay conscious. I croaked, "Natsu, are you okay?"

He stilled before answering, "Yeah," He turned towards me, "No matter what they do to us, you can't let them get the best of you, you got that?" I could tell that he was putting on a strong face for me. That's what he always did. Becoming brave when no one else could.

I was terrified, terrified of what was going to happen, but I managed a weak smile. He continued, strength returning to his voice, his eyes filled with determination, "I know we're going to make it through this. Don't you dare give up hope."

I let out a small gasp, "Yeah. I'm sure our friends will come to help us at any minute now,"

The man started cackling and said coolly, "So neither of you are willing to face reality and realize when you've been beaten. Is this fool headedness another part of what makes a dragon slayer?" With those words, he began to siphon more magic away from Natsu.

His screams of pain echoed in the cavern and I screamed, "Natsu, NO!" As he was being drained, I wondered if I even believed what I had said before. The majority of my friends were trapped within a lacrima, Lucy was set to be executed, and Happy and…Carla were who knows where? Maybe they were trying to get to us, but I didn't know if they could get here in time.

In time to save the two of us.

Interrupted from my thoughts, I heard Natsu begin to yell through his pain, "Listen to me! You have to stay strong! You can't let them break your spirit Wendy!"

Tears began to fall down my cheeks as sobs wracked my body, "I promise I won't."

The man growled low, causing my hair to stick on end, "This sounds like a challenge to me." With that, he turned the machine away from Natsu and focused it purely on me.

Fear spiked in my chest and I heard Natsu roar, "No!" He pulled at his chains in desperation, "Take everything from me! Just leave her alone!"

The man smirked before turning the machine on once more, completely zeroed in on me. I immediately began to scream as pain washed over me, stronger than any before. My screams jumped an octave and I began to sob without even meaning to. The feelings in my body seemed to be agonizing, yet numbing at the same time.

My eyes had closed at some point, and I could only hear Natsu scream in more fear than I had ever heard from him before, "PLEASE! DON'T HURT HER!"

He sounded so far away from me. Natsu…Please…don't leave me…

"LEAVE…HER…ALONE!" There was energy in it, but I could barely hear him now. With my strength waning, I somehow managed to open my eyes and turn my head to where I remembered Natsu being. His expression was that of shock, horror, and despair. By now, I couldn't even feel any pain. Was my magic still being drained? Or did the man stop?

No…please…don't be scared Natsu…please don't cry…that's not like you…

For a moment, I could have sworn I heard the voice of Grandeeney.

She said…she's sorry…?

With that, the last thing I saw before my vision faded to black was the grinning visage of the man who was killing me.

Okay okay, before people start freaking out, I'm sorry for killing Wendy. I like her and the idea of her dying is kind of not my cup of tea.

Anyways, so the next chapters of this story are going to be told from the POV of each person that was in Edolas (Natsu, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Happy, Carla, and Gajeel) Each character will get one chapter unless I decide otherwise.

Also, I'm just going to skip to directly after everybody returns back to Earthland. I will reference events that occur during the remainder of the Edolas arc, but I'm not going to completely narrate it. If you want to know the full story, just look it up.

Also, this is the first story in a duo of stories. I plan to write something very similar; however, the sequel will feature Natsu's demise. :'(

So, despite the sad topic, I hope you enjoyed this story and stick around to see the next few updates!