"What the hell do you mean you're going to be late?" I held the phone away from my ear so I wouldn't turn deaf.

"It's going to be fine Lucy, I'll be at the party in 10 minutes, knowing Natsu he'll be there in an hour." I said calmly, I can see why Lucy was so anxious. She had spent about a month organising this party for Natsu's birthday but she didn't need to destroy my ears for being a few minutes late.

I could hear little murmurs through the phone, "Just get here fast, Gray says that Juvias struggling to keep him away."

I put my hand over my mouth to cover the giggle that was creeping through me. "You put Juvia in charge of keeping him away? She will just want to get back to Gray as fast as she can."

"It was actually Grays job but he gave it to her instead, now I've got to go, if you're not here in the next 10 minutes then I will be seriously mad."

The phone went silent, I chucked it onto the passenger seat and looked out onto the street. It was really dark, just after 9pm, groups of drunk people were already walking in and out of bars and clubs. I turned to the left, Lucy's place was only 2 blocks away from here, nobody would ever want a mad Lucy after them. I shivered at the thought, it doesn't matter anyway I have 7 minutes to get there and it's only a 3 minute drive.

The house looked completely dark and abandoned, no lights were on at all. The little cosy cottage was surrounded by cars, the entire street was full, deciding I'd rather not be late, I drove onto the grass and got out. I knocked a little tune that Lucy told us to use "I only want to shout 'Surprise' once, so use this tune so we know you're not Natsu". A few seconds passed till the door opened and I was pulled into a hug.

"You finally made it Levy! Come on, he's only 1 block away from here." Lucy dragged me into her living room, through the darkness I could only see her couch and little table. I couldn't make out what was on it, probably food or drinks. I couldn't see anybody at all from where I was standing, Lucy planned this out pretty well.

"Well what are you doing standing the Levy? Come over here," I couldn't make out the voice but a small hand grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the wall. Just as I hit, the front door creaked.

"Lucy was helping Juvia wrap a gift for Gray, can you go run in and get it? She said it would be in her living room but Juvia doesn't know where that is."

"You let Lucy wrap a present? She can't even fold a piece of paper straight," Natsu laughed, his voice coming closer by the second. "So what are you getting him this time? A picture of yourself, a snowglobe with you two inside it, oh wait, I have a feeling it's clothing this time."

The door opened and a small amount of light gleamed into the room, Natsu's light pink hair glowed as he stood in the doorway. He turned on the lights "SURPRISE!" I shouted in unison with the rest of Natsu's friends. I could finally see the large amount of people who stood against the walls, the whole entire class was there, I haven't seen most of them since graduation last year. The walls were covered in decorations and the table was overloaded with Beer and chips.

"Aww thanks guys, I almost thought you forgot about my 18th! I'm guessing this was Lucy's idea." Natsu grabbed Lucy and pulled her into his arms, "Thanks buddy, this is awesome."

Everybody cheered and started to talk in their little groups, Lucy was talking to Natsu, Gray and Juvia. When I joined college in year 12 they took me under their wing and they became my best friends. I walked over to the group and squeezed between Juvia and Natsu. "Happy birthday!" I said as I hugged him.

"Well here's my little blue haired bookworm," he hugged me back, "Lucy told me you were running late today, what happened?"

Everybody looked at me with an amused look, Levy McGarden was actually late for something. "Some idiot was speeding around where you work and crashed so I had to take the long route."

Natsu looked surprised "Outside the Dragons Den? My cars still there, I hope he didn't scratch it!"

"No, your cars fine, it was just next to it, you're pretty lucky. Now come on lets continue on with this amazing party!" All 5 of us cheered and held our beers up to the sky.

About one hour later and 6 beers later I was stumbling out of Lucy's little cottage. I shouldn't drive, I don't want to be like that idiot from earlier. I turned to the left and head towards the park, it's only about a 15 minute walk to my house, I can get my car tomorrow when I'm sober.

The park was larger than I remembered, I seemed to had forgotten about the large field that was after the playground. The slide was broken and the large fort was falling apart, everything there seemed scary with the darkness that seemed to swallow it. Lightning filled the sky and I squealed, the thunder was seconds after, a storm was pretty close, I should get home quick. The rain soaked my clothing, creating what felt like a second skin that wrapped around my torso. I could go back to Lucys but all I wanted was sleep and that's probably the last place I could get it.

I jumped up onto the playground and started to walk across, I never saw the broken piece of wood that was lying on the ground, all I knew was that I was falling and that my ankle hurt like hell. Pain throbbed through my leg and the only thing that I could do was scream, my ankle looked red and was already swelling up and the wind was whipping rain at my leg.

"Are you ok?" I flinched and let out another squeal. A deep voice came from behind me, "Hello? You alive over there?" Turning so that I wasn't overcome with pain I saw the tall figure, he was covered in muscles and piercings and had long black hair that was pulled out of his face. The sight of him scared me more than the darkness that surrounded him.

"Yea I'm alive and do I look like I'm ok?"

"Well your ankle looks pretty messed up but if you want me to leave you alone then I'm fine by that." He turned around and started to walk away, what a complete jerk, doesn't he see I need help, can't he see my pain?

"Wait, I can't walk like this."

"Well no shit." He then walked back to me, put his hand on my back and under my legs and picked me up like as if I was nothing.

"Ahh! You could have just helped me walk you know, you don't need to pick me up!" I screamed at him, he didn't reply, he just kept walking with that stupid frown on his face, "Where are you even taking me? My house is in the other direction"

"Look shortie, I don't care if your house is the other way, unless your house is in the middle of that field then where I'm taking you is closer. Now shut that little mouth of yours or I'll drop you."