Chapter 1: Alone
Lucy would have been lying is she said she wasn't jealous of Lisanna, but despite of the jealousy, she was happy for her. The guild's mood seemed to be as carefree and earnest as ever since Lisanna's return and Lucy loved the smile that was on each and every one of her guild mate's faces, especially on her team mates faces. But three months had slowly passed and everyday it seemed as if her presence was disappearing more and more, she tried to swallow her jealousy, after all a friend they thought that was dead for 2 years was alive... Until the three months turned into four and four to five and finally to five months turned into six...
Lucy slowly left her apartment building and went to Fairy Tail, she stopped in front of the gate and looked at the building sadly... She remembered when Natsu had introduced her to Fairy Tail, that was when she started to really live, that was when she met everyone, Gray, Erza, Happy, Levy... Everyone... Lucy felt tears prickling the corners of her eyes and just when she wiped them off, she heard someone calling her voice.
"Lucy!" Natsu called out to me, I turned around, surprised to catch Natsu calling me... After all it has been almost six months since he ever paid any real attention to me.
"Ya?" I asked him, putting on a smile.
"Let's go on a mission!" He said smiling and before i could say anything he added, "With Happy and Lisanna and Gray and Erza of course!"
The smile on my face slowly slid off... Lisanna... Of course I thought sadly.
"Um... You know Natsu I'm not feeling really good..." I started out slowly, but the smile on Natsu's face only deflated a little...
"I guess next time then." He said and started walking back to where he came from... I watched his back and before thinking I blurted out.
"Actually, I think I'll go!" I shouted, he turned back and grinned,
"Well then what are you waiting for? Lisanna's waiting!" He started to run, but something was starting to bother me... Why do I feel like there won't be a next time...?
Lucy splashed water on her face, stumbling once in a while, because of the rocking train. I looked into the mirror, my face was still pale and dark bags were located under my eyes. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, Erza, Gray, Happy and Natsu were all furious at me... For not doing my job properly... If only they knew... If only, I looked at the back of my neck, looking at a black sign, shaped like a scythe, with dark mist surrounding it. The death scythe he called it, suddenly the back of my neck throbbed and I tripped, splashing water all over me, I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to figure out what exactly happened.
My job was to protect the client with Lisanna, but when I came back from the washroom, she wasn't there, leaving the client alone in the car. I cursed under my breath, wondering why everyone was so head over heels in love with her, till I heard a scream come from nearby, more so it sounded like Lisanna. Cursing once more, loudly this time, I went in search for her, leaving the client with Taurus. When I found Lisanna she was in town looking at souvenirs, which confused me a lot.
"Where the hell were you!?" I shouted at her, furious. She shot me an annoyed look and sighed.
"Shopping, what else should I be doing?"
"Protecting the client!" I screamed at her, by now we were receiving stares from everyone in the store.
"Geez, chill will you? I'll just buy this and I'll be back." I stomped out of the store, forgetting about the scream I heard.
When I got back to the carriage a man in a dark tunic was standing by it, Taurus nowhere to be seen.
"Excuse me... Who are you?" I asked as I approached the man, when he turned I felt shivers crawl up my spine and his eyes... His eyes her dark and empty... So empty... He then turned to me revealing a bloody and beaten Lisanna in front of him and my eyes widened...
"You... What did you do to her!?" I screamed at began running to her aid. But he stopped me, his hand clasped the back of my neck and a searing pain stretched all throughout my body, I screamed and he was silent. I think that was what scared me the most, he was emotionless, no sound coming from him, he was a robot. Then he spoke to me throwing me on the ground.
"The death scythe. Two more months... You have two more months to live." Then he disappeared without leaving a trace that signified that he was here and then my world went blank.
When I woke up, I found 3 very angry faces staring at me, my neck was still throbbing and every part of my body hurt.
"Where the hell were you?" Gray shouted at me, leaving me confused.
"You just sat there and watched, then fainted cause you were sooo scared?!" Erza screamed at me.
"I never knew you were so weak Lucy!" The voice made me freeze as I turned and faced Natsu, tears threatening to spill.
"Oh look! The princess is ready to cry." Erza sneered at me and I froze...
"Erza... Natsu... Gray." I said my voice wavering. Erza scowled and touched her forehead.
"I'll have to report this to master, I don't think we can take you on missions anymore Lucy... You're a liability." Tears started to drop, one by one.
"I didn't do anything! Lisanna is the one who ditched her mission!" I screamed at them, and Natsu slapped me. I sat there in stunned silence. "Natsu..." I said quietly, tears pouring like waterfalls now.
"Lisanna didn't do anything wrong. It was you that made everything go wrong." I sat shocked and betrayed, watching my teammates leave me.