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Disclamier: *Looks in mirror* Nope not a Japanese man yet
Something was wrong.
A certain celestial mage just wasn't feeling right. She didn't feel ill, no, rather it was a feeling she never felt before. She never heard or read about it anywhere, which was making her start to worry.
Lucy got out of bed at 7:30, the usual, and followed her daily routine, which consisted of a short shower to wake her up, then putting on her outfit for the day which she chose the night before, and finally putting her hair into a side ponytail. Nothing weird. Reasoning it would just last a little while, she decided to wave it off.
Having Plue at her side, she strolled down Strawberry Street on the side of the river, too early to be called by any fishermen. Unfortunately the blonde mage wasn't feeling any better after 10 minutes of walking towards the guild, like she hoped for. Pondering for a while, Lucy decided with an eager and happy tone, "I'll just talk to Levy-chan and Wendy-san!" Plue agreed.
"Pun puun!"
Lucy wore her favorite and iconic outfit today: a strapless blue, white, and gold top that exposed her stomach with matching vest and arms sleeves to go along with brown boots and miniskirt with thigh-high black socks. With her magical whip on her left and celestial keys dangling on her right, it seemed like an ordinary day. After 10 more minutes of walking, she finally entered the guild.
"Good morning Lucy!" a familiar barmaid greeted. She was looking at Lucy like she was about to ask something, but decided against it.
"Hello!" Lucy replied while taking a seat at the bar, ignoring the look. "Do you know where Wendy-san and Levy-chan are? I need to talk to them."
"Of course Lucy! Wendy unfortunately isn't here yet and Levy is in the library. No surprise." Mira giggled. It wasn't anything to see her bookworm best friend in Fairy Tail's library. Lucy and Levy were always either sharing books, reviewing books, or reading books when they could.
Lucy thanked Mira and hopped off her stool quickly waving the barmaid bye. It's really too bad Wendy isn't here. This feeling is getting stronger. Eh, no need to sweat Lucy! Both Levy-chan and I will figure this out or it would soon fade away. Right? And with that thought in mind, an in-doubt Lucy opened the library doors in search for a head with blue hair, which was spotted rather quickly next to Jet and Droy. Lucy walked up to her bluenette friend with a smile despite the obvious look of worry on her face. "Levy-chan! Are you doing anything important?"
"Hi Lu-chan! No, I'm not doing anything important, just returning this book."
"Heavenly Sword? I loved that book!"
"That makes two of us then!" Levy replied, then noticing the hints of worry on Lucy's face. Before Lucy spoke, Levy beat her to it.
"Lu-chan, is something wrong? You look troubled."
Lucy reacted to her comment looking offended, but really she just finally knew why Mira looked at her with a face.
"Oh, sorry Lu-chan! I didn't mean to offend you!"
Oh no, I'm not offended!" Lucy confirmed, a short and awkward pause following.
"Uh yes- I need help. I'm feeling weird, and it's different from feeling ill. I would have asked Wendy first but she's not here yet, and you're the next best person to go to. Could you help me?"
"Of course Lu-chan, anything for you!" Levy established with her trademark smile. Jet and Droy were just talking in the background, not hearing anything of their conversation. Eventually, they just walked off into the guild hall. Lucy felt less tense once they were given privacy. The two bookworms sat down in some patterned lounge chairs that were placed along a black round table with a few pages upon it.
"So do you have anything that you could tell me that would narrow down the research books?" Levy questioned, a tad worried but happy to lend a hand.
"Well, let's see. It started out early into the day, before I woke up, really small. I thought it would just fade away, but it didn't. It's a bad feeling to- It's similar to when I was shot with a dark spell that was supposed to change my body form." Lucy paused a little when she noticed the horrified look on Levy's face. "Oh, don't worry! Natsu saved me! I'm totally healthy now! Well actually… back to the point! It's a bad feeling, and it's only getting worse. I've never felt this before, and I have another bad feeling something is going to happen."
"That helps! I think I know a few books that know something about this." Levy commented. The bluenette walked off into a section of the library where magical curses, illness, and other magical body-affecting books were. Levy selected a few off the shelf and started reading with her speed reader glasses. After a couple minutes, Levy put the last book down.
"Levy, did you find anything?" Lucy asked, hopeful and confident that Levy knew. Only to be turned down.
"Sorry, nothing yet. But don't give up, I know a few more books that could help!" Levy answered.
After an hour or so of endless reading, the two decided to have a small break.
"Levy-chan, since you were so kind to read all those, I'll get the food. What do you want?" Bookworm 1 asked, really grateful her best friend was Levy. "Thanks, Lu-chan! I'm not really hungry, but could I get a water, please?" Bookworm 2 replied. I mean it's not like it was too big of a deal, she was merely helping her best friend. Not to mention Bookworm 2 *cough cough* loved to read. "Okay, find us some seats!" Bookworm 1 responded.
Lucy ordered a water also. Over the last hour and a half, the feeling grew worse. Not so bad that she needed to sit down (although that's recommended) but worse enough to complain about, and she definitely could not eat right now without being worried she could pass out Lucy Stew. The waters were free also, so she could save up for rent money.
Mira gave Lucy two ice waters, but not without a quick question of stability. Lucy waved it off, telling the beautiful barmaid that it was nothing serious, leaving out the maybe part. As Lucy walked towards Levy, Natsu and Gray were at it again, nothing to her surprise, but then things turned for the worse.
Lucy stood dead still. She knew that something was happening, and so did Levy who was now running towards her. Her hands shook, her pupils dilated, and although she didn't know, her eyes started to glow and her body copied. Her vision was getting burier, but she saw her guild mates running and shouting her name, faces of fear and concern on their fuzzy faces. The sounds of breaking glass shot her eardrum like a bullet, but the voices of her beloved friends soon faded away, like a shell on a beach. And then, everything went white.