Chapter 1: The World is Up in Arms
If Lucy was to recount her story, she would start with the day she discovered Fairy Tail. Of course, it wasn't the base she discovered, but rather a brave and fearless member with beautiful blue hair. Her name was Wendy and it was Lucy who saved her life.
Lucy smiled as she tiptoed around the seemingly abandoned house. This was a new town and it looked surprisingly untouched. She'd seen the occasional zombie but it looked like there hadn't been too many inhabitants here, to begin with.
As she searched around the house, her first stop was the kitchen. Lucy was running dangerously low on food and water, so she prayed that there was something she could salvage.
"Score!" She whispered when she opened a cabinet. It was stocked with plenty of packaged food. She grabbed a few boxes and ripped one open. It was a box of cookies! When was the last time she had tasted the deliciousness of a cookie? Cramming a few into her mouth, she forced herself to close the box and continued her search.
A thought popped into her head. Maybe if there aren't any zombies here, I can stay here for a while.
She quickly vanquished it and shook her head. Her number one rule was to always be moving. Zombies couldn't track you as easily if you were moving.
But…
It wouldn't hurt to stay here the night. She had caught a glimpse of the bathroom and there was a bath! If she could get the generator working, she could finally wash away all the dirt that had accumulated on her body over the past couple of months. If she was lucky, she could get some new clothes too.
With her mind made up, she started the process of zombie-proofing the house. First, she combed each room, looking for any zombies that may be lurking around. Second, she proceeded to barricade herself inside the house, boarding up all windows, especially the broken ones. After bolting all the doors shut, she went into the basement to try to fix that generator.
Now, she was no expert, but she remembered a lesson that Capricorn had taught her after the apocalypse. With hope in her heart, she sat down to work.
No less than 2 hours later, the house was running on electricity. But for how long it would last, only Mavis would know, so Lucy rushed to the bathroom to take the first bath she'd had in weeks.
She let out a sigh as she lowered herself into the warm water and immediately started scrubbing the dirt off her body. When she finished, she noticed how black the water had become and decided to step out while she drained it.
"Has it really been that long?" She said, wistfully. She was met with silence, but it was all the answer she needed. 3 years ago, she was surrounded by people, noise always littering the air. At the time, she had wished for silence. She was foolish then.
She left the bath draining and went to check out what else there was in the kitchen. The moment she opened the refrigerator, she cringed in disgust as the smell of rotten food flooded her nose. She quickly closed it and went to look elsewhere for food.
She settled with a can of soup that smell expired, but tasted okay. She made sure to leave behind the chunks of what supposed to be potato, but really looked like poop. As she ate, she enjoyed the warmth of the fire she had started. Yes, it was risky, but she really couldn't care at that moment. Without even meaning to, her days of surviving with no sleep caught up with her and her eyelids dropped ever so slowly, finally closing so Lucy can collect her energy.
Banging on the door woke Lucy up., her first thought being zombies. Lucy's instincts kicked in as she snatched a knife from her pocket and crept towards the door. She cursed herself for falling asleep so quickly and easily.
The banging intensified and she heard a shout. Her ears perked up and she could've sworn that the voice belonged to a human. There was another shout.
"Please! Help me!" The voice was high and desperate.
A young girl?
"Damn it," she hissed and quickly unlocked the door, yanking it open.
Her suspicions were confirmed when she saw a short girl with dirty blue hair. But, that didn't shock her. It was the two zombies behind her.
Acting on pure instinct again, she yanked the girl's arm, pulling her inside. Next, she threw her only knife at the first zombie, nailing him in the head. The zombie fell and stayed down.
Quickly, she slammed the door shut and ran to the kitchen where her supplies were. There was banging on the door and she assumed that the zombie was trying to break down.
"Hurry!" The girl cried.
She grabbed two more knives and a pistol before the door was broken down and the zombie stumbled in, causing the girl to scream. It ran towards the noise, snarling and drooling.
Lucy was ready though and she made sure her body covered the poor girl as she pulled the trigger. The shot was loud, but it was worth it as the zombie stopped right in its tracks with a confused look on its disgusting face and then it toppled over. Blood splattered everywhere and a couple of drops landed on Lucy, reminding her how close that was.
"Well, whoever said that zombies were slow was fucking wrong." She said in relief. To her surprise, the girl she had just saved laughed weakly. She knew she was gonna like this one.
"Well then. My name's Lucy. Nice to meet you!" She said.
The girl looked up.
"My name's Wendy. Thank you so much for saving me." The girl - no… Wendy said sweetly.
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AN:
Hello all! Thank you for reading this because this is my first story and all. I just wanted to let you know that if you want me to continue this, the following chapters are much longer and better. I will also update weekly. This is just a trial run. Please favorite, follow, and review!
PS: Image is not mine, so kudos to the original artist and Fairy Tail is all thanks to Hiro Mashima. Only the story/plot itself is mine.
-eventinierboat
