Revolution Chapter 1: Sacrifice, a fairy tail fanfic

I wrote this story out of the blue for about eight hours straight and finished it, unintended, but happy I did it. (It was probably me procrastinating revising for the Biology exam I have two days from now .) Anyway, here's a new story. The title for this still doesn't sit well with me, so if you think of a better one, give me a PM or Review to let me know!3

Revolution
Chapter one: Sacrifice

"Natsu!" Lucy screeched, the wind and rain blasting out behind her. The violent rage of the wind whipped her hair through the air and across her face as the storm howled in rage. Dirt, sticks, leaves blundered across the sky. Her legs spread out underneath her, trying to fight the wind attempting to drag her over the edge of the cliff beside her. Land cut off sharply as the face of a white cliff fell down into the crashing oceans.

Figures rustled through the trees like wolves stalking their prey from the shadows. Their dark hungry eyes illuminated with the smiles over their faces and the heavy weaponry in their hands; Crossbows, guns, throwing knives, swords, daggers. All were searching for them.

"Natsu, what do we do?" Lucy screamed in shock, looking down the face of the cliff with dread. Brown eyes flicked back to the group closing in with the same sense of fear. "There's not much time before they find us."

"I dunno!" Natsu shouted back, clutching his arm where the blood seeped through from the arrow that grazed him. His legs shook beneath his body, his face turned a pale white and his fingers shivered in the cold. Lucy lept to support him on one side, in fear that he might suddenly keel over. The arrow must have been poisoned; Lucy could tell by the faint pulse of his wrist beneath her finger tips.

"Happy, can you fly Natsu off this cliff?" Lucy yelled, turning to the cat pressed against her calves as support against the winds.

"The wind's strong, but maybe. What about you?" The blue feline called back, his dark eyes looking up at Lucy and then slowly back at the even closer group.

"I won't leave you, Luce." Natsu wheezed heavily, but his black eyes showed his strong defiant will. They fell on top the blonde, making her feel guilty for ever mentioning it. And yet, the idea still held its own in her mind. Natsu was getting worse by the minute, with his pupils growing bigger and bigger as if it would consume the faintly lighter onyx color of his eyes. Natsu was in dire need of help; If she could just get him to Wendy, she would be able to stop the poison in his body. If she left it too long because of her, she couldn't be sure she would make it in time.

As if triggered by her thoughts, Natsu's legs suddenly gave way and he collapsed to his knees unconscious, only kept upwards by Lucy's arms. "Natsu!" Lucy squealed in shock. Happy quickly lept up to her side, holding him upwards.

"Natsu!" Happy cried.

"Dammit, Natsu can't hold on much longer." Lucy snapped, her eyes flicking back to the people no more than ten maybe twenty yards away from them, moving through the trees to the clearing with a perfect spot for shooting them.

"What can we do?" Happy cried. Lucy paused for a moment, looking at Natsu's face in deep thought. Finally, she whipped around to the cat with eyes like brown fire, and an intensity just as strong.

"Take him." Lucy said sharply. "Take him to Wendy."

"But Natsu said-" Happy countered in surprise.

"I know," Lucy replied, with a painful smile on her face. She turned back to the dragon slayer and it softened into a sort of sympathetic wisp of a smile. "I know Natsu doesn't want to leave me here. But if he dies, won't he be leaving me anyway?" Lucy countered, pressing a hand gently to the onyx dragon slayer's face.

"Lucy..." Happy whimpered. His face turned painfully back to the dragon slayers, and a strong wave of emotion suddenly hit him. Tears rolled down his eyes and the stubborn dragon slayer's will took control of him. "I don't want to." Happy snapped.

"What?" Lucy exclaimed in surprise.

"I don't want to." The cat repeated.

"Hap-" Lucy went to speak, in the soft convincing tone she could always somehow muster even in the worst of situations. But Happy didn't want to hear it.

"I don't want to leave you. Natsu said he won't leave you, so I won't take him. If you get captured in return for saving him, he'll hate me. So I won't leave you." Happy defied, his dark eyes staring straight at the stunned blonde's face. Sharp canines bit into his lip, willing himself not to cry. Unfortunately, his eyes betrayed him. They slipped over to the dragon slayer laid slumped against the blonde girl's shoulder and his pale face contorted in the pain of his heavy breathing.

"Happy..." Lucy whispered, catching the cat into her free arm. Drops of water, distinctly not the rain, fell on top the top of his fur as he heard the sniffle of Lucy's breath against his head. With that, all the emotion washed out of him like the tide below them. His tears streamed down his fur cheeks as his voice bawled out with the fright finally released from inside of him. Small paws balled up Lucy's torn and shredded shirt into tight fists, pulling himself closer to his warmth.

They stayed like that for a few seconds, before Lucy's arm finally relaxed. She drew the cat away from herself, and said nothing. Happy watched with big puffy eyes as she careful tilted the dragon slayer's torso away and leant him cautiously against a tree by the cliff edge. Slowly, she rose from her knees to a crouch, keeping one hand against the floor for balance against the pressing winds. "Take care of him okay?" Lucy grinned, and began to rise. For a second she hesitated, and looking from Natsu to the cats confused face. And in that last second, she saw the realization and pain dawn on the cat's blue, innocent face.

Before he could utter a word, she was gone. "LUCY!" Happy cried after her, but her only caught her blonde hair disappearing into the trees. His wings sprouted from behind him, ready to chase after her, but all he heard was the crash of a gun shot. It froze him in place with so much shock, that he couldn't find the will to step forwards. Happy's wide eyes looked into the dense scattering of tree in horror, almost to the brink of terror in the spot he couldn't move from. There was nothing he could do to think. His mind went blank. His heart fell to the bottom of his stomach like a dead bird shot out of the sky.

"There's some more over here!" A voice bellowed through the woodlands. Happy's eyes snapped on top of the man looking at them, and then they fell heavily on top of the black iron crossbow shifting with anticipating in his palms.

Happy didn't think anymore, he just ran to the dragon slayer's side, his wings opening out wider against the wind. The fabric of Natsu's shift was wrapped up in paws, and he caught the current of the air. "FULL SPEED!" Happy cried, and burst into the air against the pull of the wind. And then they were gone.

"Romeo, Wendy," Mira called, summoning both kids. They walked up to the bar together, and got orders quickly from the bar made to make sure all the windows were shut. "There's a storm coming soon." Mira explained.

"Hey Mira, when are those idiots getting back yet, we've been waiting here for ages." Gray groaned, rocking his glass back and forth on the bar top.

"They should have been back a while ago, it was only to check up on the criteria of a job posted for Elfman and Lisanna since they were both busy." Mira explained, polishing a glass with a worn old cloth.

"They're probably just eating something and are on their way back now." Erza added, holding a fork in hand.

"Well, I hope their careful." Levy inputted, overhearing the conversation and feeling a sense of concern. She brushed her wave blue hair from over her shoulder, readjusted her headband and then finally took up the last remaining seat by the bar.

"You mean those assault cases?" Gray asked, deciding to take a mouthful of his drink. Ice cubes clinked against the glass when he set it back down again.

"Yeah, I heard they're specifically attacking wizards." Levy explained nervously, constantly shifting uncomfortably on her chair.

"Is this why you're looking so nervous?" Mira asked. Levy flinched a bit, and looked down feeling slightly ashamed. Mira stopped polishing, setting down the glass and giving the girl a consoling smile. "I'm sure they'll be fine."

"I hope so. It's just-" Levy hesitated. "I have a bad feeling."

"Levy's instincts aren't something to joke about." Gray commented, beginning to feel the nervous energy prickling on his skin.

"It is kind of weird." Erza finally spoke up, remaining strangely quiet throughout most of the conversation.

"What is?" Gray pressed quickly, setting down his drink further away from him.

"Well, I've heard of these assaults happening in nearly every guild in all of Fiore, except not one of us here have come across any people of the sort." Erza commented. "Not yet anyway."

"Don't say anything so ominous." Gray scolded irritably, reaching for his drink again. His hand stopped halfway and he looked at it curiously before retracting it back.

"So, what happened to these wizards?" Mira asked concerning.

"Well, not much has been released. I heard the government was involved." Levy added in more detail.

"The government? What would those guys be doing checking up on wizards?" Erza asked with a curious but confused expression. She hadn't known the government to be too interested in wizard's business; That was more for the guild leaders and the magic council.

"I don't know much else. In fact, all we really know is of the attacks. Nothing else." Levy thought suspiciously.

"Jeez, what's taking those guys so long!" Gray snapped bitterly, rising up from his chair quick enough to make Levy and Mira flinch.

"They'll be fine. They're probably right behind the door." Mira joked, trying to cheer up Gray who seemed to be agitated from the previous conversation. Even the white-haired girl had to admit she was feeling a little dread beginning to rise in her stomach, but it was probably nothing, just mindless thinking.

"They better be." Gray began to rant. "If they're taking their time, leisurely eating, while keeping us waiting her for a job, I'm gonna hit that bas-"

Before the ice mage could finish what he was saying, the guild doors burst open with a cry of thunder. Light died quickly into darkness as the guild lights blew out with the wind, and all the eyes turned to the doorway.

Rain washed over the two figures in the doorway, with thunder rippling behind them. Everyone sat in silence, as their stunned faces looked forward-looking at the strange figures. Light cut through the sky behind them, illuminating the wet pink hair and blue fur.

"NATSU! HAPPY!" Mira cried in fright. Everyone woke up as their eyes adjusted, recognising the people before them. Happy wings dissolved into the air as the feline and the dragon slayer collapsed against the wooden floor. Light blew up around the guild as the lanterns were re-lit and people came flooding through to the guild doors.

"Natsu! Wake up!" Erza called, rolling the dragon slayer over. Blood leaked steadily from his arm into a small puddle smudges across the wooden floor. Wendy had already spotted it, and her hands were in place above the wound. A second after she started, a startled look crossed her face.

"What is it?" Carla asked worryingly.

"It's...poison." Wendy explained. "This cut must have been from something toxic."

"You can get it out, right?" Gray pressed, kneeling beside the unconscious dragon slayer. Dark pink hair was plastered against his pale white face. Hot heavy breaths whispered from the dragon slayer's lips. His face contorted into pain with a lack of strength from his muscles.

"I can get it out but...did Happy get cut anywhere?" Wendy asked.

"Happy, Happy, are you okay?" Lisanna called, scooping the cat into his arms. He was drenched liked a drowned rat, and blood stains over his fur.

"Lisanna!" Gray called urgently over Erza's shoulder. "Is Happy cut anywhere?"

Lisanna looked over to Gray and then back down to the cat. Quickly she scanned his body where there was blood on his fur, but reluctantly found no signs of any cuts. "I don't think so!" She called back over.

"She said she can't see any cuts." Gray relayed, turning back to the blue haired mage.

"Alright." Wendy nodded with a strained look on her face. "I'll take a look in a minute anyway."

"Is he going to be alright?" Romeo asked over her shoulder. Wendy went to say something, but hesitated and seemed to change what she wanted to say.

"I can't get this poison out by my healing magic." Wendy explained.

"You can't heal him?" Romeo exclaimed, catching everyone's attention.

"I can. It seems to react to his magic so I'll have to use my air magic to separate the poison from the blood and pull it out." Wendy explained, relieving everyone. "Can you get two towels please? And Gray, fetch me a bowl, a bit of elastic rope and a wet flannel."

Gray got up first, and disappeared into the kitchen. Romeo nodded quickly and ran as fast as he could to go fetch some more. There were already a few as people quickly tried working to dry the two boys and warm them up. Macao was also trying to use his fire magic to generate a slow build up of heat to slowly warm them up. His son returned quickly carrying two red towels, one medium size one, and one small. Gray came back a second later carrying a large bowl, a wet blue flannel and a piece of rope they would use to tie up the food bags, which was also elastic.

They placed each piece before Wendy, and the girl dropped her hands. The medium towel was passed to Erza to put under his head as Gray and Romeo worked to turn the boy on top of his side so he wouldn't swallow his own tongue. Wendy tied the elastic rope around the dragon slayer's injured forearm, resting it on top the small towel and Carla set the bowl by the healing mage's side. Finally, Gray was handed the flannel. "Put it in his mouth or else he'll bite his tongue." Wendy instructed. "Gajeel, Gray, Erza and Romeo, I'll need you to keep him pinned down. And don't use your magic, it'll only attract the poison."

"Why?" Gray asked, but was already proceeding to rest his weight on top Natsu's shoulders.

"Because this is going to hurt." Wendy replied coldly, and moved her hands over his arm. "Ready?"

They nodded. Blue light began to burn from the girl's hands as she began to work her magic. At first the boy seemed relatively still. But when Gray saw the blood from his wound begin to increase, he began to move. It was sudden and everyone was caught off guard in surprise. His body convulsed like a beached whale, shaking violently as if trying to break free.

Gray was thrown back in shock, staring at the extent of his fight in surprise. "Keep him pinned down!" Wendy ordered harshly, bringing Gray back. All of the other guys were caught up too but instantly threw themselves on top of the dragon slayer at her words. It was a struggle keeping him pinned down with the constant fighting and cries of pain from behind his mouth. The flannel had piercing holes from where his sharp canines had already pierced through the tough fabric. Water leached out from the flannel, seeping down over his lips into a puddle on the floor. Erza kept his head as steady as she could in her arms as he constantly tried bashing it against the floor.

Everyone else just watched on in horror at the terrifying scene in front of them.

It went on for hours and hours as people found themselves escaping into the kitchen, or the infirmary to try to keep their sanity. Darkness had fallen and the storm still raged on the other side of the lantern lit windows. Most of the women had found themselves upstairs with Happy, trying to coax him awake. They didn't want to wake him after such an event just to hear the cries of his best friend from downstairs, but there was one question that needed an urgent answer; where was Lucy?

So what's going to happen to Lucy? Will they find her? Who took her? Find out in the next chapter.

Next Sunday; The First Words
Fairy Tail gets news from an old friend who came to visit, but is it good or is it bad?