Edited: 4/8/2012 Reedited: 5/31/2012 (Scarf)
Hello! Well this is my first story so I hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: Sorry I can't say I own Fairy Tail, so if you're looking for anyone to sue I'm definitely not your person. ;)
It was a normal day really, the birds were chirping and the sky was blue, with light fluffy clouds above. But, in Fairy Tail's joyful celebration there was one heavy heart.
"Why can't I be happy for him?" A blonde girl with brown eyes wondered.
"Lucy! Where are you? Come over and meet Lisanna!" A cheerful voice startled Lucy Heartfilla out of her stupor. "Alright, I'm coming!" She yelled back as she tried to put a smile on her face.
"Okay I can do this." So Lucy made her way through the crowd to see Natsu, her best friend, arm and arm with a white haired mage that she assumed was Lisanna and talking animatedly to Marco.
Lucy put on her best smile as she approached Lisanna and said, "Hi! You must be Lisanna, I'm Lucy!" Lisanna responded back with a cheerful, "Hello! I've heard a lot about you from Natsu!" For some reason hearing his name from her mouth sent a spear of pain through Lucy's heart.
"Yeah, pretty much… Sorry, but I have to go, I left something at home." It was a lame excuse but Lisanna seemed to buy it. "Okay!" Lisanna had said before she left. But, Luce caught a glimpse of Natsu before she left. He was… radiant, and happy, happier than she had ever seen him even. It hurt her again when she thought how he never made a face like that when she had been around.
So Lucy made her way back home with tears in her eyes threatening to spill. Why? Why couldn't she be happy for the stupid idiot in the first place? There was no reason for her to be this hurt, he was just a friend from the guild, a very important friend.
"Oh great." Lucy thought as tears slowly started running down her face. She ran home and shut herself in her room, wondering what in the world was wrong with herself.
"Where's Lucy?" a curious mind in Fairy Tail wondered. It felt strange without Lucy there to congratulate him. He'd barely seen her since Edolas and when he saw her it was always fleetingly. He hadn't seen her after he shouted out either.
"Natsu! Eh, Natsu are you paying attention?" Natsu realized that Lisanna had been asking something. "Sorry Lisanna I wasn't paying attention, what'd you say?"
"Sheesh, Natsu didn't you hear me? It's not like you to think so hard." Lisanna teased. "Whatever" Natsu grumbled. He did use his brain a lot anyway.
"So Lucy-san is really nice, isn't she?" "What? She was here?" Natsu said as he flipped his head around looking for her. "She must have heard me!" But his hopes of seeing Lucy were crushed when Lisanna said," Yeah, but she left to get something she forgot at home."
"Oh," was all Natsu said as he thought something was wrong with that sentence. Lucy never forgot anything at home; she would always check and double-check that she had everything every time she left for the guild. He had actually watched her do this several times and been roped into helping her find something once.
"Natsu? Hello?" "Oh sorry Lisanna I was a bit lost there." "Heehee, Natsu you're really out of it today" and with that Natsu was lost in the congratulations. And after a minute or two Lucy was one of the last things in his mind.
"Hey Lucy I'm dating Lisanna now!" And there he was with Lisanna hugging his arm, "So can I ask to break up the team? Since Lisanna's back I'm going to go on missions with her."
Abruptly the scene changed and a demon Lisanna was standing over Lucy. "Sorry, but Natsu and I don't need you anymore. So you can go and keep away from us." Then Natsu was there right next to her and he said words that pierced right through Lucy's heart, "Yeah, I don't need you anymore. I love Lisanna and there's nothing to do about it."
The ground beneath Lucy shook and moved and she realized she was being sucked into the ground! "Natsu, help me!" she cried. But Natsu just shook his head and right before Lucy was fully swallowed beneath the earth all she could see was his slowly disappearing back.
"NO!" Lucy shot out of her bed and screamed. Then as she calmed down she realized it was just a dream. Soon silent sobs racked her body. After she stopped she got up and dressed. As she walked through the house Lucy realized how quiet it was without anyone barging in.
"They must be with Lisanna," she thought bitterly. Lucy soon realized that she couldn't possibly go to the guild in this state. "Well, I could just try and work on my novel," she thought wryly. Try being the operative word. So Lucy sat down and thought of what in the world she could do.
"Hey where's Lucy?" The Salamander was currently nursing a bruise that Gray had given him in a fight moments before.
"Oh, I didn't see her today yet Natsu, maybe you should look for her. After all she's usually at the guild at this time." The white haired bartender of Fairy Tail said. "Okay Mira! That should work!" and Natsu set off out of the guild.
Mirajane realized that something was off, "Wait Natsu!"
"What is it Mira?" There was a questioning look on Natsu's face as he turned back to the bar.
"There's a tear in your scarf. Let me fix it so when you come back with Lucy it'll be as good as new!"
The Salamander fingered his scarf and noticed the tear and several others in fact. Working at a guild was never easy on any article of clothing, his scarf included.
"Okay then," even though he was reluctant Natsu unwrapped his scarf from his neck and gave it to the transformation mage.
"Don't worry about it Natsu, I'll take good care of it." He gave her a small smile so she decided to give him a little push, non-physically of course. "Now go! You were going to find Lucy weren't you? If you stay here any longer you might miss her."
Reminded of his previous purpose Natsu nodded and left the guild to find the busty blond.
"Neh, Mira-sis, where's Natsu going?" Lisanna asked. "Oh, just going to find Lucy-chan." Mira replied cheerfully. "Really? Do you think I should join him?"
"I think don't think so Lisanna, maybe later." "Okay then… Why do you have his scarf?" "There are some rips in it, so I want to fix it up."
Lisanna nodded in understanding, "Well, can I help with the bar then?" "Sure, why not?" And so the two white-haired sisters worked at the bar serving the people of Fairy Tail.
Lucy knew what to do now. She would take a break from Fairy Tail to cool off. This way she could sort through her feelings without any interference. She could even train while she was at it. It was like taking out two birds with one stone.
Soon all her bags were packed and she set off on the far route to Fairy Tail so she wouldn't bump into anyone, especially Natsu. He was probably the only person in the guild who could convince her to not leave. She was prepared to leave.
"Hey, Lucy!" Natsu said as he burst through Lucy's apartment. He was greeted by silence. Natsu was perplexed, usually he would be greeted by screams of, 'Get out!', or 'What are you doing here?' Also the house seemed empty.
Soon he was in Lucy's bare room. Nothing other than furniture was there. In the kitchen no food was there, which was even stranger. Lucy always left food out for him and Gray. She always left a lighter too, for Natsu. So there was but one question in Natsu's mind, "Where did Lucy go?"
As Lucy made her way through the guild all eyes were drawn toward her. No one had ever seen Lucy like this ever before. No one even bothered to stop her as she climbed the S-class stairs either. Then after the door to Master's room closed whispers started again while in Master's room something that would've startled every single one of them.
"I want to take a break from the guild"
Well don't be too mean please. After all even if it is my 1st story I have no plot either. ^.^'
Also I won't be able to reply to everyone so please don't expect much.
~Butterfly