Awakening

Lucy could feel the strong grip of her pink haired teammate at her hand, as if assuring her that soon everything would be alright. As much as she wants to believe that she knows that deep inside her heart she can't. This is truly her first time encountering a ferocious and humongous dragon.

She knows it would also be a first time for her other nakamas but it is seriously overwhelming for her to take.

She had encountered strong enemies before. And even if there is only a slight chance of winning, she found herself unable to give up. But she knows that this time, this is a totally different scenario. They aren't dealing with just some monster like what she had encounter in Mt. Hakobe to rescue Macao but instead what they are dealing right now is something much bigger.

It is a dragon; not only some dragon but a dragon that Zeref himself summoned.

They could probably defeat that black dragon if only her guild mates had regained their full magic power. Unfortunately because of all the series of events that had transpired, all of them including her master are drained with is no more hope of them defeating the dragon called Acnologia.

The celestial mage could feel her knees go wobbly making Natsu looked at her in worry. She gathers her courage to try to smile despite the troublesome situation they are in.

"I'm okay." She mumbled. It would be impossible for anyone to hear her because of the commotion but the pink haired mage managed to hear her just fine thanks to his sharp sense of hearing.

The fire mage gave her his usual goofy grin. He didn't say any assuring words but with his smile alone, relief washed over Lucy's face. But it was immediately replaced with horror when the dragon flew over the sky and prepared itself for a breath could hear her teammates shouting in panic while trying to form a defensive plan against the attack of the dragon.

"Okay, we'll never give up!" the blonde mage yelled with tears forming at her eyes. She held the hand of Natsu at her left with Gray's hand at her right. She closed her eyes and breathes in heavily while preparing herself mentally for the worst.

Light illuminated around Tenrou Island before it suddenly disappear from the eyes of the world.

A sudden gust of wind blew everyone away. Lucy found herself being separated from the hands of her nakamas and soon being slammed against a tree. She gasped at the pain she felt at her back. She slowly opened her eyes; no words dare to escape her lips as she saw the scene before her.

Tears threatened to flow at her eyes as she stares at the corpse- 'no! They aren't dead yet! I refuse to believe it!' Lucy told herself, unable to accept the reality of her situation.

She musters her strength to stand up, only to fall towards the harsh ground. She hug her knees.

"Why?" she choked as tears flowed down to her cheeks. "Why am I the only one alive?"

She hugged her knees closer to her chest. She stayed in that position for a while and cried like she had never cried before. Only the sound of her cry of agony filled the entire island of Tenrou. And soon, Lucy caught herself slowly closing her eyes and drifting to a peaceful slumber.

But her sleep didn't last long when she could faintly hear the sound of someone's footsteps drawing near her. Different emotions flashed over her face. Anxiety, fear and happiness. But what she felt the most was happiness.

She snapped her eyes open and looked at the unfamiliar person in front of her.

With new found strength, Lucy find herself standing up and running towards the unknown man. Not caring who he is or the consequences of her actions, she embraced the man before her. She sobbed in his clothes.

"T-thank God!" she cried, not really caring if she looked so pathetic in front of the man. "I-I thought I was a-alone!"

"S-Stay away from me! I-I might kill you!" Despite his warning, Lucy squeezed him even more.

"No." she whispered softly.

The man looked away, waiting for the woman before him to be turned in to dust like the others. He could already feel the dark magic that started to surge from his body. "I'm so sorry."

Seconds passed but he could still feel the warmth of the woman embracing him. 'What?' He turned his gaze over her. Shock flashed through his face but it was only for a short while. He lowered his face, his long black bangs hiding his expression.

A small smile crept to his lips and a single tear drop fell from his eye. This is definitely the first time he hasn't killed anybody for 400 years. He couldn't explain the happiness he is feeling right this moment.

With no moment to lose, he didn't hesitate to return the hug of the blonde.

Lucy felt something wet in her shoulder. She hesitantly looked up. A warm smile sneaked its place to her lips as she raised her hand, touching the man's left cheek. She wiped the tear.

'This is the first time that I didn't take a life.'

'This is the first time for me to witness a man cry.'

Author's note: School starts tomorrow so I thought, why not start a new story? Anyways, thank you for reading!