Hello all! I'm PhantomScarlett, this is my first fanfic on this website so please forgive me if it's really horrible. I will try my best ^^ Please try to enjoy my story!
I do not own Fairy Tail or any of the characters associated with it, I only own this story you are about to read.
A blonde figure ran down the streets of Magnolia, her hair fluttering behind her. She wore a white and blue tank top, blue running shorts, and matching tennis shoes. It was a cool day, and her breath came out in small puffs of white air. At the pace she was running, it was obvious she was in a hurry, and indeed she was! Lucy Heartfilia was late for school, again.
She had been oversleeping lately, finding it harder and harder to wake up each morning. "Dammit.." she huffed softly to herself, knowing she would be scolded by her teacher. "I'm late.. again... Levi-Chan will be worried.. And Erza.." the blonde shuddered, knowing her friend would be greatly irritated by her tardiness. Lucy shook her head and ran faster, pushing the door to Fairy Tail Academy open.
As she stepped into the school, the bell for homeroom rang. Lucy groaned trying to catch her breath, "Damn.." She jogged up to her locker, twisted the lock, and grabbed her books; ignoring the pain in her chest. She ran to her homeroom, arriving just as homeroom ended. Lucy strode in nonchalantly, still a bit out of breath. "Maybe I've caught a cold.." she thought carelessly.
The teacher, Mr. Dreyar gave her a cocky smirk. "You're late Miss Heartfilia... Again." He made a check on a piece of paper, never letting his taunting gaze leave her. "Do you think yourself too high and mighty to attend homeroom?" Lucy's cheeks flushed with anger, Laxus Dreyar was her least favourite teacher. "No sir.." She muttered, taking her seat next to a raven haired boy and a petite blue haired girl.
Mr. Dreyar ignored her remark and began teaching his lesson. Lucy could feel a deathly gaze on her back, turning around, she was faced with an obviously furious scarlet haired female. "E-Erza.." she whispered, trying to explain herself without drawing Mr. Dreyar's attention. Erza gave her another deathly glare, which evolved into worry as she listened to her friends heavy breathing. She was obviously worried, but Lucy, thinking that Erza was angry with her, turned around to pay a bit of attention to the lesson.
After class, Lucy found herself confronted by two worried friends. "Lu-Chan.. Your breathing is all funny.." Levi whimpered, staring at her breathless friend. "You should see the nurse.." the ever rational Erza stated. "I'm fine!" Lucy tried to laugh off her friends worries, "It's just a cold! Come on, we'll be late for our next class." she told them, then proceeded to drag them off.
Over the course of the day, her friends persistently tried to get her to see the nurse, but Lucy refused, stating that she 'didn't want to needlessly worry the nurse.'
During Physical Ed. however, it turned out her friends were right. They were running for P.E., an endurance run to be exact. Lucy had always been a good runner, so naturally she was excited for this race. The race started out smoothly, Lucy was the fastest by far and her friends began to think that maybe they had worried needlessly, when she suddenly stopped running, panting heavily.
She held a hand over her mouth, coughing violently. She gained a couple worried looks from her classmates, but she assured them she was fine before returning to her coughing fit. As her friends caught up to her, Lucy was considerably paler. "L-Lu-Chan!" Levi stuttered, staring in horror at her friend. "W-What.." Lucy managed, looking up at her weakly. "Y-You're hand.. I-It's all.. Bloody.."
Lucy looked at her hand in surprise, then, feeling something sliding down her jaw, she wiped her face. More blood. Lucy whimpered, falling back into a fit of coughing. "L-Levi...-Chan.. I-It's hard to.. To breathe.." she mumbled in between coughs.
"E-Erza-Chan! Call for help!" Levi wailed, practically in hysterics.
"I am! Hold on!" Erza had her cellphone out and pressed to her face. Her fingers were curled so tightly around the device they were turning white.
"Hello! I need help! My friend is coughing up blood and she's having a hard time breathing.." Erza gave whoever she called the adress to where they were then hung up, turning to Lucy and Levi. "They'll be here in five minutes.." she whispered, she was pale and looked more than extremely worried by now.
Lucy stared at her friends, trying to even her breathing and stop the coughing. She could hear sirens... they were getting louder.. closer.. her vision swam before her, small black dots invading the picture of her friends. "Lucy! Lucy!" the darkness was growing, soon, she was entirely engulfed in it.
Lucy Heartfilia fainted.
Lucy slowly awoke to a hospital scene. There were doctors, nurses, machines both small and large, stale air, random beeping noises, and voices she couldn't make out. "Why am I here..?" she thought groggily, trying to remember what exactly had happened.
"Heartphilia-Sama is awake!" one of the nurses shouted. The result of the nurses call was a loud commotion of doctors and nurses, all at once trying to diagnose a problem.
"Oh yea.." she was starting to remember. "I.. started coughing.. there was blood.. I couldn't breathe... then everything went dark.." satisfied that she had remembered, she looked around slowly, starting to really take in her surroundings.
There were a few doctors, maybe two or three, about five nurses, assorted equipment, an IV plugged into her arm, a heart rate monitor attached to her, and a mask over her face, probably helping her breath. "What's wrong with me.. All I have is a cold.." she thought to herself. Minutes later, a grim faced, female doctor approached her and gently removed the mask from her face. It was harder to breath.
"Miss Heartfilia, I'm afraid I have some bad news for you..." she said quietly, attempting a smile.
Lucy tilted her head, waiting for the doctor to respond. The doctor was pretty, with a friendly face and blue hair. "W-Well.. What is it?" she asked, surprised to find her voice hoarse.
The woman sighed, fixing her with a pitying stare. "Miss Heartfilia, I'm afraid you've been diagnosed with Lymphangiomyomatosis.."