Lucy P.O.W

I ran.. I ran as fast as I could. Scared to look behind... Afraid of what he would do to me if he catches me. Every step felt like it was going to be the last one. But somehow I managed to keep going. It was raining and ground was full of mud because of it. I was cold. Mostly because I was only wearing my white nightgown and a morning jacket. My hair was wet and messy. My right arm was broken and my back had several bleeding whip marks all over it. And my heart... It was breaking when I left everything behind. Including everything that reminds me of my mother. Layla Heartfilia. She died 9 years ago. No one knows how, but when my father, Jude Heartfilia, found out about it, he was devistated. He focused on his work, trying to forget everything.. In the process he forgot me, Lucy, his only daughter.

The first months after mama passed away were tough. Every night I stood in front of her grave crying. Until the night of my mother's death anniversary. He came and forced me to come inside. After that he started hitting me. I asked why, but never got an answer. When I turned 14 he started abusing me. When I disobeyd him, he whipped me. This was one of those times. Except that I ran away. I couldnt take it anymore so I waited that he left the room, then went downstairs and out of the kitchen's door. He heard the door close, so now he's coming after me. That is why I can't stop.

I was in the middle of the forest. It won't be easy to find a place to stay, but I don't mind. Everything will work out somehow. I saw a little house not so far away. It got my hopes up. I kept going and got out of the forest, but then I tripped and hit my head. Everything went black and became quiet.

Natsu P.O.W

"Do you want more fish, Happy?", I asked from my friend who was sitting on the table eating his favourite food.

"Aye!", the blue cat answered with a big smile on his face. I gave him the last piece of fish and went sitting on the couch. It was very bad weather outside so I and Happy couldn't go fishing today. Happy was very sad, but when Mirajane said she had some fish she could give to them, Happy became happy again and hugged Mira and thanked her. Mira said It was not so big of a deal but Happy said that it meant a lot to him and gave her a big smile. 'That's Happy for you' I thought right before I heard something from outside.

I focused and listened. Footsteps.. Someone is running towards our house. After few steps I heard a thud. I putted my jacket on and opened the door and looked outside. First, I couldn't see anything, but when my eyes got used to the dark, I saw there was someone lying on the ground. I ran as fast as I could, and went to see what was going on. When I got to the person, I saw that it was a blonde haired girl. She was only wearing a nightgown and some kind of jacket. She was unconcious and looked like she had been running a long time. Now I could smell blood and when I realized the smell was coming from her, I acted fast.

I lifted her up and carried her inside the house. Happy had seen everything from the window and had already got the emergency package from the closet. I put her on the couch and got her wet clothes off.

"What the..?", My eyes opened wide when I saw her back. It had bleeding whip marks all over it. I also noticed that her right arm was broken. I started boiling in rage. Who would do something like this?

"Happy, go get some towels and hot water"

"Aye!", when Happy came with the water and towels I took them, and started cleaning the wounds with Happy's help. After that I put her hand in a good position and tied it.

When we were finished I carried her to my bed. I tugged her in and told Happy to go get master. After he left I started thinking. Who was this girl? I haven't seen her before yet she still seemed familiar.. And why she was running in the forest? Nothing made sense... I was still thinking when Happy arrived with master.

Natsu:"Thank you for coming gramps."

Master:"What's so urgent that you needed to see me immediately?"

Natsu:"See for your self", I showed him the girl and told what happened:"I heard voices outside and I found her lying there unconciuous and I could smell blood. I brought her inside and noticed that she had several wounds on her back and a broken arm. I cleaned and bandaged the wounds and tied her arm and put her here, then I sent Happy to go get you."

Master listened my story carefully and went closer to the girl. He looked at her face and his eyes widened a bit (or did I just see things?). He backed away from the bed and prepared to leave.

Master:"I suggest you take good care of her. Please, tell me when she wakes up and I will visit again. And keep your hands off her."

I just stood there looking after gramps as he leaves closing the door behind him. Keep my hands of her? What the hell did he mean with that? I told Happy to go to sleep. He wanted to look after the girl but I promised that I would do it. I pulled a chair next to the bed and sat down. I looked at her face. She was clearly in pain. I wanted to do something to make her feel comfortable, but there was nothing I could do. I wiped her hair away from her face. Why did she look so familiar? I leaned back when she suddenly started talking.

"No... No, don't... I-I won't do it again... Please, I'm beggíng you... No, don't..!", when she was about to scream I decided to wake her up. I grapped gently her shoulders and shook a bit.

"Hey, wake up!", she didn't woke up. I shook a bit harder. "C'mon wake up", she opened her eyes. Her eyes were beautiful hazelnut brown and they looked confused and scared. It seemed like she was looking to emptiness. Then her eyes cleared and she seemed to realize where she was, or more like where she wasn't. She suddenly looked at me and got scared. She tried to get up but couldn't do it without screaming. I pushed her back down.

"Don't get up. Your wounds are pretty bad. And you're clearly exhausted so try to get some rest."

"Wh-who are you? Where am I?", she asked.

"My name is Natsu, Natsu Dragneel. You're in my home. So at least you could tell me your name."

"M-my name is Lucy H... Just Lucy.", she answered hesitating a bit.

"Well Lucy, would you please tell me why you were running in the forest?", I asked, eager to know what the answer'll be.

"I was... Um..."

At that moment when Lucy was about to answer, someone knocked the door. I wonder who could that be. Then I realized that Lucy's eyes were wide and she was very pale. I got worried and was about to ask what's wrong, when she closed her eyes and whispered to her self.

"He is here. I couldn't make it after all", and started crying.