Hidden Connections
Hi! This is a fanfic I've been working on for 7 long months and it really means a lot me. :) It contains some language and also has some NaLu, only little hints Gruvia (p.s. I don't really like Gruvia, sorry Gruvia fans, it makes really sad sometimes and I'm really sensitive so please be nice to me :)!) And there will also be Jerza. I'm not the best writer, but I'm not the worst. Okay! Enjoy reading! :)
Prologue
All my life I knew I was different from the other mages in Earthland. Every mage was either born with magic or born to use magic. I thought I was one of those mages. But apparently I don't come from the same place they do. They actually belong here.
It was a cold winter day in the land of Fiore. I was living in a small one bedroom apartment. It was difficult to keep the rent paid because I could barely find work. And whenever i couldn't keep the rent paid I would just go without any electricity what-so-ever. It really sucked especially since it was in the middle of November and the weather was always around twenty degrees. I basically felt like I was living outside in the cold.
I tried to get decent jobs as a waitress or cashier because those were the only jobs available to me. But one thing always stood in my way.
My Magic.
My type of magic changed based on my emotions. At first I didn't see this as a big deal until I realized that my powers could easily injure or even murder someone. Controlling the magic was a struggle. It would always get out of hand at the slightest peek of emotion. So I had no choice but to bottle it up inside. It's the reason I stay secluded from the outside world as much as I can. However, that's only wishful thinking. In order to make a living I have to converse with the people around me.
I decided to take a walk around town to go job hunting. The ratty apartment building wasn't protecting me from the cold anyway. I stepped out of the apartment with gray leggings, my favorite black combat boots, a black tank top covered by a thick heavy brown coat.
Most of the jobs in my area I have had before. I had lost them all before because of me and my clumsy magic. It would only take a flicker of magic for someone to get hurt. But I wasn't going to let my magic get in the way this time! I thought with an irritating grudge. I lived in the small town of Hargeon and was probably well known for my lack of self-control already so I decided to start heading North to the town of the one and only Magnolia.
Chapter 1: Another Fateful Encounter
'I better not get pneumonia from this cold.' I thought to myself. I had been walking North longer than I'd expected. It took me almost the entire day. This was probably a bad idea because as I was walking a blizzard started to form. My nose was clogged, my throat was sore, my throat burned every time I coughed, and the headaches ached to bad they started to mess with my emotional state. 'Ugh... I hate the cold.' I thought with hostility.
I trudged along for any 'Now Hiring' signs of any sort, but there were none. I was ready to give up at the moment as I just stood there thinking of what I should do. I couldn't hear, couldn't think, couldn't feel. As I stood frostbitten with my incredibly stiff body I felt someone bump into me from behind. I was feeling so weak that all I could do was fall to my knees. I guess using most of my energy to restrain my magic was really starting to get the best of me.
"I'm so sorry, are you okay?!". The blonde girl crouched and looked at me with concern which was rare since most people didn't seem to care about me.
"It's alright, I'm fine" I said this struggling to get up and went into a a scorching hot coughing fit.
"You sure don't look fine!". She started to lift me up and wrapped my arm around her. "Come on! We've got to get you some place warm.". I was shocked on how determined this girl was to take care of me. But as we got closer to our destination I started to lose consciousness.
Lucy's POV
Sure I was supposed to meet my team at the train station in the next 5- no 4 minutes, but this girl seriously looked like she was in bad shape. Her skin was terribly pale although it was supposed to be light chocolate color. Her body looked frail and lacked nutrition. She seemed so close to losing her life.
Her body was starting go limp and she got heavier.
"Oh come on! Don't give up on me now!" I cried desperately.
It took all of my strength to keep her going. She was way heavier than she looked. I kept pulling her along through the heavy blistering wind and finally reached the Fairy Tail guild hall. I kicked the doors open which caught everyone's attention. "Come on! Help me get her to the infirmary, she's weak!". Elfman was the closest person to her so he rushed up and took the girl from me to rush her up to the infirmary.
"What happened to her!" exclaimed Mirajane. "I found her sick and alone a few blocks from here! I'm not exactly sure what's wrong with her, but she looks pretty bad!"
"You did well, Lucy... Freed and Evergreen, I need you to go fetch Porlyusica immediately!" said Master Makarov.
We were all going to work together and at least try to save this girl.
At Magnolia train station
"Hey guys, did Lucy come in from a different part of the train or something?" said Gray coming from the train's entrance.
"What do you mean, did you not see her come in?" Erza asked.
"Nope. Unless she got on some other way." Gray nonchalantly sat down with the rest of the group.
"Well then, I guess she decided not to come for some reason." Erza said as she pondered for some kind of reason.
Natsu was on the verge of getting fired up. "SHE CAN"T JUST NOT COME! THIS IS FOR THE WHOLE TEAM! NOT JUST SOME OF US!"
"Aye!" Happy said.
"Calm down, Natsu. I'm sure she had a good reason." Wendy assured.
"No matter. We'll see her when we get back from the mission." Erza concluded.
As the train starts moving a wave of sickness washes over the Fire Dragon Slayer. Team Natsu was headed to their next mission.
Back at the fairy Tail guild
"What is it this time?" Porlyusica was in no mood to be checking on repulsive humans at the moment.
"There's a girl upstairs in the infirmary. She kept on coughing like crazy earlier, now she won't wake up!" Lucy exclaimed. She had been pacing in front of the guild doors hoping that her earlier collision with the girl hadn't caused too much damage.
"Very well, let us go to her." Porlyusica had already begun to march up the stairs to the infirmary.
Once they had entered the room the girl was starting to look a lot better now that she was inside and out of the cold.
Her skin was beautiful mocha color instead of near beige. She definitely looked a lot healthier. Porlyuscia wandered over to her to inspect. She slightly pressed her palm to the girl's forehead. It was at normal temperature and she could automatically sense what symptoms she had been dealing with.
There was long silence. Lucy was starting to get anxious.
"So what's wrong with her?" She squeaked.
"IT'S JUST A COMMON COLD!" she nagged.
"What? Really?"
"I mean sure if she was found a moment later then she would've developed Bronchitis, but that's nothing!"
"What do you mean nothing!?" Lucy exclaimed.
"I'll be going now. You humans have wasted just about enough of my time!" Porlyusica had stormed out of the infirmary in a flash.
Lucy sighed of relief.
Surely if it was just a common cold they would be able to treat her to health in no time.
She went over to readjust the girls blanket as she slept before leaving the infirmary once again.
OC POV
I started to stir awake feeling a strange sense of comfort and warmth. 'It's actually been a while since I felt something like this.'
'Wait a minute... Where am I!?"
I shot up in an instant to realize that I was in an infirmary or hospital of some sort. And if I'm in a hospital, then that means there's a lot of people nearby ,and sick and injured people at that!
I started to think of a way to escape when someone entered the room.
"Oh! You're finally awake!" A blonde girl said in excitement.
"Uh? Yeah..."
'Why does this girl look so familiar?'
"Oh sorry. You must not remember me all too well since you were about to pass out when we met!"
She had a gleeful smile on her face.
'Oh yeah! She's the one that bumped into me and... saved me apparently!'
"Well excuse me for asking, but where am I?"
"You'll be fine! I just brought you to the Fairy Tail guild hall! I had some of my friends help get you to safety!"
'Ah Crap! Even more people that could fall victim to my magic. Thanks fate.'
"So do you have any family or friends we could contact about your whereabouts?"
"Nah... not really. I've been kind of a loner lately."
The girl looked disappointed. "Oh... well what's your name?"
"Brooke... Brooke Norris."
'I usually don't tell just anybody my name, but I feel like I can trust her for some reason.'
"I'm Lucy Heartfilia! It's great to meet you! So what exactly were you doing there all alone?"
"Uh... Looking for a job."
Her face lit up once more. "I could help you with that! Where do you live?"
"I actually have a small place in East Hargeon, but nobody wants to hire me there so I came to Magnolia."
"Why won't anyone hire you? Do you know?"
"Ummm... well.. Basically because my magic makes me a klutz."
"So you're a wizard?" She asks with excitement.
"Yeah." 'Although I'm not exactly proud of it.'
"I have the perfect solution for you!"
'Uh Oh.'
"Why don't you join the Fairy Tail guild. Everyone here is very friendly. And you would just have to take jobs from the job request board, and they pay an awful lot of money!" Lucy explained with excitement.
"I don't know if could really join a guild at the moment... things are just too complicated at the moment."
It made me a little depressed to see her face go from determined to disappointed.
"But I will stick around for a little while to get back on my feet!"
"Sure! That's fine! You'll need a couple of days to heal from the sickness anyway!" she said happily.
Lucy started to get up and head for the door.
"Well I won't bother you anymore. You'll need to get your rest! Bye now!"
"Bye."
She left the room full of glee.
I felt a huge sense of relief come over me as I lifted the restrain off my magic and fell back on the bed.
"Ahhhh"
'I have never been able to restrain my emotions for that long with another person in the room.'
That whole time I was feeling anxious. I haven't found out what happens when I'm anxious, but I didn't want to find out at that moment. I laid back and thought to myself.
'I hope I can keep this up as long as I'm here.'