Meilin: Yo, minna! If you're reading this make sure all the lights are on, sit back and enjoy the story!
Natsu: That's my line!
Meilin: But I wanted to be like you... -tears up-
Happy: Oooh, Natsu you made Meilin-san cry.
Natsu: A-alright, alright, I'm sorry.
Meilin: Hooray! This is my first NALU fic for Fairy Tail - the first chapter is sort of similar to the Edolas scenes but I cut most of it out and rushed through it ONLY because the more important parts come in chapter two. So I don't blame you for not finding the first chapter interesting. But I promise the second one will be better!
Happy: She gives up all rights!
BROKEN BIRTHDAY BONDS: Episode 1
Lucy Heartfillia's the name and I joined Fairy Tail almost a year ago on my birthday. Two days from that day was my 21st birthday and it was a huge deal to me. It excited me just thinking about it so I decided to treat myself to a special drink. Walking over to the bar to grab an orange-mango smoothie, I noticed that the silver haired bartender wasn't there to serve her usual customers.
"If you're looking for Mirajane, she and Elfman are at the Church. They went to visit Lisanna, their younger sister," a guild member explained.
From the stories told to me, Lisanna was a kind and caring person. She and Natsu were very close and they shared a bond that could never be broken. Unfortunately, Fairy Tail lost her on their last mission. The takeover siblings had incredible strength, none could defeat the three when they were together – but nothing could stop the tragedy that passed, a horrible accident that cut Lisanna's life short. Her breathing stopped, her heart slowed down and then…she disappeared into the afterlife, no trace of her was left behind. She had passed on.
I would have loved to see Lisanna myself. She seemed like a friendly girl that I could get along with. If Natsu really loved her then surely she was a special person.
"Lucy." I hand was placed on my shoulder breaking me from my trance like state.
"Natsu," I replied to the spiky haired boy.
"We're going on a mission!" he exclaimed. "It'll be enough to pay your rent and my food!"
"Eh? Really! What's the job description?"
Suddenly, a white flyer flew to my face and smacked me head on. I peeled the piece of paper off my face and held it elbows length from my view. After puffing my bangs away from over my eyes, I read the words written sloppily on the processed tree.
Assistance needed from a dragon slayer, a celestial mage, and a blue cat – must have an ice mage, water mage, and a powerful leader who can wield swords…others are welcome.
"That's oddly specific," I said doubtfully. "Don't you think this is kind of strange, Natsu?"
"Who cares? This is perfect! And I've already gathered up all the people. All I need is a celestial mage, which is you."
"M-me?" I blushed slightly.
He nodded his head excitedly and pointed to the bottom of the request. "Look who it's signed by!"
"Mystogan?!" Shockingly enough, the request was from the mysterious member of Fairy Tail. I sweat dropped. "Couldn't he have just asked us directly?"
"Aye…" Happy, the flying exceed answered.
Out of the blue, the front gates to the guild burst open. "Natsu, hurry it up! Mystogan is waiting for you and Lucy!"
"What about me?" The floating cat sobbed. "Don't I count as a member of the group?" Sadly, no one heard the poor neko.
"You two are slower than an old married couple," the ice mage continued.
"What did you say, ice boy?" the dragon slayer growled.
"I said you and Lucy are slower than an old married couple!" He annunciated.
"You wanna go?" Natsu yelled pushing his face against Gray's face, both of their eyes twitching.
"Bring it on, dragon breath!"
Slightly oblivious to the fight going on before her, the blonde haired mage flushed red and inwardly freaked out. A c-couple with Natsu…?
Now, I wasn't the type to freak out about boys – this was something more Juvia related. Okay so she only did that when it involved Gray but still, I, Lucy Heartfilia was strong! There was absolutely no way I would become jelly for a mere boy, but then why did my heart race for the boy named Natsu?
"Karyu no Hoko!" screamed the dragon slayer. With a deep breath that filled his lungs, Natsu launched a breath of fire at the ice mage who shielded himself within a casing of frozen water.
"Ice cannon!" Returning the favor, Gray launched a large ice bullet toward the fire breathing slayer. Being nimble on his feet, Natsu dodged the bullet by a hair and it ended up hitting me square in the face. Flying backwards, I crashed into the wall opposite of the guild.
"Good going, droopy eyes, you hit Lucy!"
"Shut it, slanty eyes. It wouldn't have hit her if you didn't dodge! What kind of a man lets the woman take the hit?"
"Lucy! Are you okay?" The scarlet haired mage asked in concern. "You two! Are you fighting again?"
Immediately the boys stopped their bickering and linked arms over each other's neck like good boys. "N-no Erza-Sama, we're the best of buds, right, Natsu?"
"A-aye!"
Erza could be really scary when she wanted to. "I'm fine, Erza. Thanks," I expressed grabbing ahold of the requip mage's hand. "Eek!" She pulled me from the floor and into a hug, my head slamming against Erza's armor.
"Ah, Lucy, I'm glad you are okay."
"I was until now," I hardly managed to choke out. Dang, was her armor made out of steel or something?
...Oh wait, stupid me. It was.
"Enough talk!" Screamed Miss Scarlet. "It is time to depart on this journey!" Dragging the two boys by the collar, Erza made her way towards the doors of Fairy Tail. "Come along, Lucy!" Without a spare of hesitation, I as well as Happy followed in the red-head's path.
~X-x-X~
"I thank you all for aiding me in my quest," the masked man said showing his gratitude. Wendy and Charla were standing next to him too.
"Mystogan, fight me!" Natsu yelled charging at the mysterious figure. Unfortunately, Erza glared in his direction which was enough to freeze him on the spot. "Sorry," he apologized.
"So, what exactly is this mission?"
"Excellent question, Gray. We are going to travel to another universe and bring back what was stolen. Somehow an item here from Earthland was teleported to a place called Edolas. Now there is an unbalance in power over there and I need your help to restore order." Mystogan explained.
"Wait just a moment, how do you know of such a place? I most certainly have never heard of 'Edolas' let alone know what is happening on that side of the universe. How could you have knowledge of such a thing?"
"I knew nothing could slip pass you, Erza Scarlet. I am not originally from Earthland – this place you all live- but a world known as Edolas. Edolas is my home but something went wrong when space collided between our two worlds. I was sent to Earthland and someone or something from Earthland was sent to Edolas. My guess is that the universe needed to balance what each place had lost, but now that power is uneven and distorted. We need to figure out what doesn't belong in Edolas."
Erza, Gray, Happy and I didn't know what to make of his speech. It sounded like a bunch of bologna. But this was Mystogan they were talking about. His whole being was a mystery.
"Yosh, I'm all fired up! Send us to Edolas. We'll bring whatever it is back to our world!"
Mystogan showed his deepest gratitude towards the dragon slayer. "Will you all be accompanying him?"
"We're in. It's not like we can leave this idiot to do a job this big by himself," Gray smirked, jabbing his thumb in Natsu's direction. Surely, Natsu would have made a comment about Gray being a stripper but Erza's aura was not something he would poke at.
"You have our help. Take us to Edolas."
"Thank you, Titania."
With a wave of his overly, gigantic wand a large black hole opened up in the sky and sucked all of us right into it! Of course, Natsu being Natsu, he got motion sickness on our way up.
~X-x-X~
"I am never riding in a magical black hole ever again!"
"Natsu, you say that about all types of transportations."
"Happy is right. Besides, when are you ever going to ride in one of those again? It's highly unlikely." I added onto the neko's thought.
"I can cast Troia on you next time Natsu-san."
We followed Mystogan's orders as we walked through the town. For some reason it creeped me out being here. It had a feeling something was going to happen – and it was no good feeling.
"I have a weird feeling in the pit of my stomach."
So, Gray felt it to, huh?
"You might be hungry. Want a fish?"
"No thanks, Happy. I'm pretty sure it's not food that's the issue."
Mystogan stopped walking, as did Erza.
"I can feel its presence. It's close by," the wizard saint gasped. He took off running in the direction of an oddly shaped building.
"Wait!"
Erza bolted after him, followed by Gray, Natsu and Happy. I wasn't a fast runner at all and so I was left behind. My stamina was close to zero as well so I didn't make it very far. My hands rested on my knees as I wheezed in and out. How are they able to run so fast? Why was I so weak?
"Lucy…" I looked up and saw a hand stretched out to me. It was slightly tan, had a black band on its wrist and muscles chiseled to perfection.
"Natsu." He came back for me.
"I can't leave my precious nakama behind. Let's go." He flashed me his goofy grin that I found so handsome and hoisted me up on his back. I wrapped my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist to keep me from falling as he ran full speed ahead. The sun gleamed on his beautiful face and colored his pink hair a slight golden highlight – and I found myself lost in the sight.
"Lucy…"
"Hm?" I answered in a daze.
"You're heavy."
…
And all the way to the awkward looking building, Natsu had a large lump on the side of his head.
~X-x-X~
This was the place? It looked like Fairy Tail back on Earthland!
"This is the Edolas guild; Fairy Tail. You may see familiar faces but do not be alarmed. These people will not be the same as on Earthland. I leave the rest up to you all."
"Wait Mystogan, aren't you coming inside?" I asked him.
"I cannot. It would be too suspicious of me if my identity was revealed. Until will meet again…" he said walking off.
Upon opening the doors to the all familiar guild, a chair was thrown at us. All ducked except Erza. The wooden chair merely broke into pieces upon impact. She walked inside unaffected.
Whispers spread amongst the guild members until:
"What is the Royal Army Captain doing here?" A girl who looked just like me yelled. "Answer me Knightwalker!"
"Heh?!" Our Earthland mages bellowed in confusion. Who dared speak to the Titania that way?
"Royal Army Captain?" Erza Scarlet asked in confusion. "Knightwalker? You are mistaken. I am Erza, Erza Scarlet and I am an S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail."
"You can't fool us! I am Lucy Ashley and I am leader of Fairy Tail. You have attacked us countless times and you dare call yourself a mage of Fairy Tail? Ha!"
"Oi! I don't know what you guys are blabbering on about, but Erza would never attack a member of Fairy Tail!" The pink haired dragon slayer roared.
"Natsu? Gray? What are you doing on their side? Have you betrayed us!"
This girl who called herself Lucy Ashley pointed a finger at Natsu Dragneel and Gray Fullbuster…but when her finger landed on Wendy and myself, she stopped.
"What is going on here? You're not Natsu. You're not the Gray I know, and is that Wendy and…myself?"
She paused for a moment before emotionally blowing up.
"What the hell is going on here!"
~X-x-X~
After moments of explaining, the entire Edolas guild calmed down. They supposedly were the opposite of Earthland's Fairy Tail but they were equally as destructive as we were.
"I see. So you all are from Earthland. I apologize for hitting you with a chair, Scarlet."
"Apology accepted."
A silver haired girl in a pink dress came over and offered for us a place to stay. "To show our apologies, please stay as long as you need to. My name is Mirajane. Let me know if you need anything." She smiled. Wow, she was exactly the same as Earthland Mira.
"We will accept your offer. Thank you," said Erza.
"Strip down! You're wearing way too many layers of clothes!"
"I get cold easily! Why don't you put some clothes on?"
Gray Fullbuster and Gray Surge seemed to have met their other selves.
"Hey, other Natsu, I'm Natsu too!" Dragneel never ceased to amaze me at his friend making skills.
"C-can you please stop. You're scaring m-me."
"Oh cheer up! I'm not going to hurt you," Earthland Natsu laughed as he slung his arm over the poor Edolas boy's neck.
"So what brings you here to Edolas," Lucy Ashley asked me.
"We were brought here to bring back something to our world," I answered to my other self.
A sweet and gentle voice came from behind Edolas Lucy and questioned, "What are you looking for?"
"Mirajane?"-
"That's me," she smiled.
It was strange. If Edolas was supposedly the opposite of Earthland Fairy Tail, then why was Mira the same old Mirajane? Oh, now I remember the stories, Mira used to be a punk mage. That made sense.
"Well, I'm not exactly sure what we're looking for. We were just told to find what once belonged in our world."
The take over from Edolas smiled just a tad, but I felt like something was off. I was going to ask her what was wrong but the loud slamming of the door drowned me out.
"She's here! They're coming!" a petite but firm voice yelled, her voice shaking.
Everyone's eyes widened. Wendy and I were confused. Who was this girl everyone was staring at? She had Fairy Tail's insignia embedded on her upper thigh, a beautiful periwinkle dress, and hair as white as the first fallen snow.
Natsu's lips parted. "L-lisanna," he whispered unsure of whether or not that was her. He took a step forward but a sword blocked his path.
So that was Lisanna, huh?
"Stop, Natsu, I know what you're thinking, but don't get any closer."
"But Erza!"
"No buts! She is from Edolas remember? She is not the one we all used to know."
"Erza-"
"Enough!" the requip mage cried. Her smooth scarlet bangs covered her face and a single tear fell from one of her eyes.
Poor Erza, it must be so hard for her to accept that the person they loved so much is not the one they knew when they were children.
"Lisanna!" Happy exclaimed, tearing up from happiness. He expanded his wings and flew over to her with bliss in his heart.
"Look out!" I looked over to see Gray running towards Happy and Lisanna. He grabbed them both and jumped to the floor, ducking for cover. A quarter of a second later, an explosion burst through the front entrance blowing the doors right off its hinges.
An evil laugher filled the room while all the Fairy Tail mages were stunned from the unexpected welcoming crash. A doppelganger of Erza Scarlet showed herself beneath the screen of smoke.
"Fairy Tail mages, I know you have been harboring magic weapons in your possession. It's your fault that our world is running low! Hand them over immediately or we will take them by force!"
"Over your dead body, Knightwalker!" Lucy Ashley cracked her knuckles and smirked, "And I can make that happen."
"Hah! Without any magic what can you pathetic fools do?" The one known as Knightwalker jumped down from her transportation and dangerously approached. Grabbing her spear and holding it up she preached, "Behold, the Ten Commandments!" Four bat-like wings attached themselves onto the end of the magic rod and Edolas Erza launched an attack on us.
Fortunately, our Erza from Earthland drew out her sword and blocked the attack. Knightwalker sure was shocked.
"M-me?" She asked in confusion.
"I am Erza, Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail. How dare you use my face and attack my comrades," she said pointing her weapon at the enemy.
"Heh, you think you defeat me with a sword? I am Erza Knightwalker, the strongest and most powerful wielder in all of Edolas!" Striking blow after blow, Knightwalker was pushed back by Earthland Erza.
"We will see who is more powerful." A light surrounded Scarlet as her clothes began to change. "Kanso: Yūen no Koromo!" As she requiped into her purple robe, she hurled Knightwalker out of the guild.
Our guild mates of Earthland Fairy Tail were cheering while Lucy Ashley and her Fairy Tail gawked at the sight. "Magic at will?"
I guessed that Edolas wasn't able to use magic at will like we were.
"Aye! Erza is the strongest woman in Magnolia!"
"Attack them and take all of the magic! Do it by force if you have to," Knightwalker snared. All her minions by the troops marched right into the guild and destroyed everything.
Geez and I thought our guild was destructive! Fairy Tail from both guilds were fighting for our friends. They may be from another parallel universe but hey, they're still Fairy Tail wizards and our nakama. I would do anything to protect my friends and make them happy.
"Open the gate of the bull: Taurus!"
"I will protect Lucy's nice body, moo!"
"Defeat that Erza and take out her troops!"
Taurus swung around his giant ax and prepared to attack the one who called herself Erza, the one from Edolas. He suddenly stopped.
"Oi! What's wrong? Attack her!"
"But Lucy-Sama, I can't harm Erza's nice body, moo!"
"Hey, you're supposed to be protecting me!"
"Sorry, but no can do. It goes against my principles. Maybe next time, moo~" and Taurus closed his gate and returned to the spirit world.
"You traitor!" I said flailing my arms. I heard a deep chuckle behind me. Gulp. I turned around and sheepishly smiled at Knightwalker. "Uh, ha-ha, I didn't mean it?"
She sent me an evil smirk and raised her weapon. In a flash I was sent flying out of the guild. "How do I get myself into messes like these?!" I yell while taking an unwanted trip across the sky.
~X-x-X~
By the time I found myself back on the path to the guild, a good three hours or so had passed by. I've been walking for ages and my back hurts and my hair is a mess! Oh, I know!
"Open the gate of the lion: Leo!"
"You called, Ebi?"
"Cancer? I called Loke, where is he?"
"Leo-Sama is on a date and sent me in his place, Ebi."
I sweat dropped. What was it with him and dates?
"Well, since you're here do you mind giving me a new hair style? I just landed in a lake and I can't do much with my hair without a brush."
"Yes, what would you like me to do, Ebi?"
"Hmm…How about a nice wash up and a quick trim?" Sure enough he did as I asked. I thanked him and gasped soon afterwards. "Oh, no! I need to get back to the guild. They might need my help!" I dashed as fast as I could back to Fairy Tail.
When I got there, the whole place was roughed up a bit. You know, a giant hole in the ceiling, the doors were blown off, and the furniture was broken into pieces, the usual. Upon entering the home of these mages, I saw Edolas people surrounding our Earthland wizards. They were asking all sorts of questions about magic and why we were here.
But there was one particular mage all the Earthland wizards were crowding around.
"W-why are you all staring at me like that?" She stuttered putting her hands up in front of her.
"Sorry, Edolas Lisanna, we used to have a girl just like you back on our world. She…she isn't with us anymore so it's sort of strange to see her face."
"I see. I'm sorry," she apologized. She looked quite sad, as if she experienced the same sadness of losing someone before.
"Lucy-San," Wendy said.
"Huh?"
"Are you okay? You look kind of pale. Did you get injured during the fight? Do you need me to heal you?"
I looked back over to Natsu who had a huge grin on his face as he spoke to Edolas Lisanna, err should I say Lisanna since there is only one.
"N-no, Wendy, I'm fine thanks." I replied trying to ease her mind by smiling.
"Thank goodness. Please, don't hesitate to ask me for help when you need it."
"Thanks."
"Oh, Lucy, your birthday is coming up soon, right?" I nodded. "Is there anything you wanted?" I placed my finger on my chin and looked up for a brief moment.
"I like to collect as many keys as I can. Hmm…there is this one key: Venus. It's really rare. Not that it's super powerful or anything, I just wanted one because it's the key of love and beauty."
The blunette dragon slayer clasped her hands together and her eyes twinkled. "That sounds like a great gift! I'll try my best to find it for you."
"Aw, you don't have to."
"But I want to. You've done so much for me and I…um…I think of you as my older sister," she blushed. Wendy was always shy but she is too cute for her own good.
"Arigatou, Wendy," I thanked giving her a tight hug.
Whispers started racing around the room when all eyes landed on the man at the door.
"Mystogan," Erza Scarlet announced. He walked boldly into the room making his way down the aisle.
"Who do you think you are barging into our guild like that, huh?" Lucy Ashley spat. Mystogan completely ignored her and brushed past her. "Hey, buddy, I was talking to you!" She angrily grabbed a fistful of his cape and forcefully yanked it off his head.
Gasp!
"Jellal?" Erza breathed out. Her eyes were wide, her mind shocked. He was the only one who could make the great Titania speechless.
"You," Gray and Natsu growled.
Again, whispers were flying into the open air. No one could make out the words only sounds like "ssps" were audible. Edolas Mirajane stepped forward and bowed politely in front of Mystogan.
"My, my, it is quite the honor of seeing you here, son of Faust. To what business do you have here, Prince Jellal of Edolas?"
"PRINCE!?" I, along with the Earthland wizards, gaped. We hadn't noticed it before, but all the inhabitants of Edolas were bowing down.
Prince Jellal raised his hand. "You may all stand." He took a step backward, knelt down on one knee and took Mirajane's hand, kissing it as a gentleman would. The other guild members were squealing in jealousy… and it wasn't just the ladies.
He stood up once more and pointed to the young girl behind the eldest Strauss. "I have business with the young woman standing behind you."
All eyes were now on Lisanna. "Might I ask what you need from me, Prince?"
Mystogan – I mean, Jellal of Edolas gracefully walked towards Lisanna, all the mages moved out of the way and made a path for the prince to walk down. He placed his right hand on her left cheek and his left hand on her hip. Bringing his face down, extremely close to hers, Lisanna blushed a deep red and Jellal said out loud:
"You are the one."
"Heh?!" The entire guild yelled. What did he mean by that?
Erza's face was slightly saddened but mostly flushed with embarrassment and Natsu was about to go on a rampage.
"Oi, Mystogan! What the hell are you saying?" the fire dragon slayer bellowed.
The man with the tattoo on his face stood up straight and looked at Natsu. "She is the one I have been looking for."
Most of the faces that were present in the guild, including mine, went blank. No matter how smart you were, that sentence would always be misinterpreted. Everyone's minds were too shocked to process what just happened.
Jellal turned to Lisanna once more. "You are not from Edolas, are you?"
The girl in the periwinkle dress was stunned. "What do you mean? I am Lisanna Strauss. My sister is Mirajane and my brother is Elfman."
"But you are Lisanna Strauss, younger sister to Mirajane and Elfman of Earthland, am I correct?" the prince specified.
She didn't answer. How could this be? I thought Earthland Lisanna had died months ago.
"Your deed here is done. Thank you Earthland Fairy Tail for your help. The balance between our worlds shall be restored." Mystogan raised his staff and chanted a few words. All Earthland mages glowed yellow and began to ascend into the sky. He turned to Lisanna. "You will now be sent back home to where you belong."
The youngest takeover mage then was engulfed by yellow magic and began floating off into the sky. "No! I can't leave onee-sama and oni-sama alone again!"
Mira grabbed ahold of Lisanna's hand. "It's okay. We already knew," she confessed, speaking for both her and Elfman. "We figured it out eventually but didn't say anything as long as you wished to stay here. I know you're not the Lisanna we knew but you will always be my little sister."
"Mira-nee," she cried.
"It's fine. Go back. Your real brother and sister miss you and your friends are ready to have you home. Don't make them wait." Mira released the hold on Lisanna's hand and dropped down to her knees. Although she was crying, she held a bright smile toward her younger sister.
Lisanna then returned back to where she belonged, back home to Earthland.
~X-x-X~
"Lisanna!" Natsu and Happy exclaimed with tears streaking down their faces in an unruly manner. They tackled her into a hug and she smiled down on them.
"I'm home."
"Wait," commanded Erza. "We thought you died."
She sighed. "I thought I did too, but it seems that the anima sucked me into Edolas to replace their Lisanna. While I was over there the power in their world balanced out. I saw many familiar faces yet I didn't know anyone at all. As time went by, I learned to love this new Fairy Tail just as I had loved you all."
"Why didn't you tell us that it was you?" Happy asked sitting on her shoulder.
"I didn't want to have to make the choice of hurting my siblings and you again."
A thin sheet of silence coated the air.
"…In any case, it's good to have you back," welcomed the ice mage.
"Gray."
"Lisanna," Erza said. "I believe it's time for you to return home and see your siblings."
She nodded and dashed off.
~X-x-X~
Later on in the evening, I went back to my apartment. "Ah, traveling dimensions really takes a lot out of you, right Plue?"
"Pun-puun!"
"I can't believe one day in Edolas is two days Earthland time." I hopped into the nice, hot bath and soaked in the calming sea salts. "This feels great!"
~X-x-X~
"Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Happy…"
"Yes, Erza-san?" The two dragon slayers, ice mage and exceed gathered around the red headed mage.
"Now that our mission is concluded, I believe a celebratory day of birth party is in order."
"That's right! And I still have to get a present for her!" Wendy jumped excitedly.
"You're really into this aren't you, Wendy?" Gray asked. She gave him a nod.
"Yosh, I'm all fired up!"
"Aye!"
"This party has to be huge and glamorous with lots of strawberry cake!"
"I'll make the ice sculpture."
"Happy and I will get the decorations. After all, we do know her best," he grinned.
"I'll be in charge of the cake! Now minna, let everyone else know about the party tomorrow but make sure they keep it a secret from her! Move out!" Titania commanded.
~X-x-X~
"Lucy!" Natsu screamed jumping through the window.
"Gah, Natsu! How many times do I have to tell you to use the door?" I said wrapping the towel tighter around my body.
"I forgot."
I sweat dropped.
"Anywho, come by the guild at 10:30 am sharp! We have something set up so make sure you come on time!"
I blushed. They remembered my birthday.
"But make sure you don't say anything. Sh!" He grinned holding a finger over his lips. Then he jumped back out.
"Use the door!"
I went to sleep happy that night, but little did I know how big of a surprise it was going to be.
Meilin: That's it for now but be sure to read on! I have a preview for you at the bottom ^.^
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Arigatou!
Preview:
"Where is Lucy?" Wendy asked scanning the guild to find the stellar mage.
"She went home early. She said something about her stomach feeling weird," the dragon slayer explained.
"But why would the birthday girl leave her own party?" She mumbled to herself.
"What was that?" He questioned not catching what she asked. Then he noticed the small rectangular shaped box in her hand. "Oh, is that for Lisanna? I can give it to her if you want."
"Lisanna?"
"Yeah, it's Lisanna's 20th birthday. That's why we threw this party, don't you remember?"
"Oh, no," she gasped.
"What's wrong, Wendy?"
"Natsu-san, today is Lucy's birthday."
"No it isn't silly. Today is Lisanna's birthday."
…
"Oh, no. Lucy…"