**This is an AU story and involves pain, lots of it.**

Woop woop. Another story I'll fail to update every other day...

It's not that I'm busy, but imagine me being Patrick from Spongebob. I cannot think of anything to write sometimes xD

But I came up with this idea, and I really hope you enjoy it...

I've strayed from my humorous side with this story, there may be bits of humor here and there, but not right now.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, but shoot, if I did, everyone would be smooching and loving on each other xD

Anyways... Please enjoy. ^-^

Chapter 1: The Cat's Out of the Bag

Normal POV

It's hard to live when the one you love is with someone else. It's hard to live when the only person who cares about you still has her own life. It's hard to live when your sunshine is gone, or your mother that always made you laugh and smile. It's really hard to live when your own dad won't even spare you a second glance. Lucy still lives on though…it's hard but she manages to fight the pain in her life.

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Lucy breathes in and walks inside the school. Her backpack hangs loosely on her, she has a baggy grey sweater on, glasses, faded skinny jeans, and a beat up pair of converse that are older than the Pope (not even close, but…ya know, they're old).

Someone bumps her shoulder and she loses her balance, but shuffles to her feet quickly. She sighs, and starts walking to her class. Without noticing, the blonde rams into her worst nightmare.

Minerva.

The black haired girl pushes Lucy down and snickers. "Why don't you say anything, Blondie?" Her gang starts to laugh at Lucy as she falls on her butt, her glasses falling and skidding across the tiled floor of the hallway. Then that's when it happens. Minerva crushes Lucy's glasses beneath her black stiletto. Lucy gasps and reaches to get them, but Minerva decides the best thing to do is to step on Lucy's hand, the distinct cracking sound triggering silent sobs from the blonde. They all laugh at her and kick her a few times before the bell rings and they head to class, still giggling behind their hands. Her left sleeve is pushed up to her elbow and shows off several scars that litter her arm. The blonde pulls it back down and gathers up her things before standing up and walking towards her beaten up glasses.

I hate them. Lucy thought bitterly as she picked up her broken glasses and dumped them in the nearby trashcan. Hopefully Virgo will just buy me contacts so I don't have to go through this every day. She dried the tears with the sleeve of her sweater and headed to her class noticeably limping, and once again, late. Unknown to her, a pair of onyx eyes had seen the scars, but being dumb, he thought nothing of them; it's probably from one of her pets.

Stupid Natsu should've known Lucy's father hated pets because he always said that they were annoying. He is her childhood friend after all.

Stupid, stupid Natsu.

"Heartfilia, you're late again. I told you it'd be a detention next time." Gildarts said.

She sighed and took the slip from his hands, heading to her seat and sitting silently. Luckily her best friend Levy sat next to her.

"Lucy, what happened?" The petite girl whispered as she leaned in towards Lucy. She was given 'the look' from her friend and automatically knew it had been Minerva and her buddies that caused this. Levy gave her a sympathetic smile and put her hand over Lucy's in comfort before getting back to her worksheet. The blonde looked out the window that was placed next to her seat wondering what she did to deserve that horrible treatment.

I guess those are just the types of girls that think they can do what they want because they have friends, looks, boyfriends, and money. Well Lucy has money, but the other assets, not so much. Even if she does have money, it's not from her father, it's from her maids and butlers that actually care about her enough to get her stuff with their high paychecks. Heck, even Aquarius cares more about her than her father.

The bell rang and signaled the end of the period. Levy walked next to Lucy, making her crack a small smile. "This is our free period Lu-chan. Do you want to go to the library?"

Lucy gave a small nod and smiled once again. These smiles weren't easy to have though. They were a burden; for Lucy, it was harder to smile rather than frown. They weren't genuine like they used to be.

"Lu-chan you know its okay for you to talk to me, no one will care."

Lucy sighed, and then shook her head no as they sat at a vacant table near the back of the library.

You see…

Lucy is a mute. This basically means she doesn't talk, except to Levy. What's there to talk about anyways? She doesn't have exciting news like, "Hey, I got a new pair of shoes the other day!" or "I won my volleyball game!" She's only ever experienced pain, and all the people she's ever talked to have hurt her in some form, except Levy.

Natsu, he was her crush, her childhood friend, her best friend in the whole world. When he got a girlfriend, it hurt Lucy. It hurt even more when he began to ignore her, or every time she asked if he had wanted to hang out, he would say he was busy or had a date with Lisanna.

Jude, her father, hasn't talked to her with a smile since her mother died. When she was 7, shortly after her mother had kicked the bucket, she asked him if he wanted the flower she picked for him. All he did was yell at her and call her a nuisance. That left her in tears, and he didn't care.

Layla, her mother, her sunshine, died when she was little and left her alone in this big world. She left with all of Lucy's happiness trailing behind her. The blonde can remember the funeral. It was dreary and the little girl that sat near the tree cried her eyes out the whole time, receiving looks of sadness and pity from relatives she had never even seen before.

Lucy sifted through the memories sadly as she flipped through the pages of a book.

"Lu-chan, I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping today, after all, it's Friday so we have all the time we want."

"Sure Levy, it sounds like fun." Her voice sounded kind of dry and lifeless, but laced under all that sadness was a thin sliver of hope and happiness.

"When do you have detention?"

"During lunch. That's okay though, I don't really eat at lunch anyways."

"Who would? With that awkwardly shaped grey meat and the spoiled milk."

They both laughed, Levy smiling happily from getting this reaction out of Lucy. It really made her sad when her best friend was sad, and seeing her smile and laugh always brightened up the blue haired girl's day.

Soon, lunch drifted by, and Lucy walked into Gildart's class.

"Okay Lucy, I need you to staple these sheets for the packets I'll be passing out tomorrow, the other guy in detention should be here soon."

Lucy nodded silently and took the stapler from Gildarts, who was pointing at the papers splayed across one of the desks.

She began tapping several sheets of paper against the desk, then stapling them, wondering when that other guy would show up.

She heard footsteps and then panting.

"Sorry."

Lucy almost dropped the papers she was holding upon hearing the voice. N-Natsu?

She looked up and there he was, pink hair and all.

"Lucy?"

She looked back down and ignored him, continuing to staple and stack.

"Why are you so upset with me?"

Why am I so upset?! This is the first time he's talked to me in almost two years!

The blonde felt anger and sadness overwhelm her at the same time, but she tried to bottle those emotions up and store them deep inside her. Without noticing, she had sped up, tears began to fall down her face as she shook slightly, and the stapler fumbled out of her hands before falling to the ground. Her bangs hid her face and she wiped the tears with the sleeves of her sweater before running out of the room.

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Natsu picked up the stapler and looked out the door to where the blonde ran out. After seeing her getting bullied, he felt his heart wrench and he finally realized that he hadn't been around her in forever. Then he saw the scars on her arm, and he didn't want to jump to conclusions, so he held onto the thought of her finally getting the cat she wanted. He could've sworn he saw tears, so he clenched the stapler in his hand. That's when he started running.

Lucy looked at her red, puffy eyes in the bathroom mirror. Thank god no one was in here during lunch, or else they'd see her and probably laugh at her.

Why is her life like this?

Why did her mom have to die?

Why does her father hate her?

Why did Natsu start ignoring her?

Was she really that repulsive to be with?

She shakily took out a pocket knife that was stuffed in one of her pockets.

Then she pulled up her left sleeve, revealing the scars from her previous escapades.

She held the knife to her pale skin and…

One…

Two clean slices across her wrist.

Drops of blood began to drip into the sink before she turned on the water and watched the blood wash away. She saw a blur of pink from the corner of her eye, but dismissed it as her imagination.

The blonde heard a shaky, "Lucy…?"

Lucy froze in her spot, the water still pouring, and her sleeve still rolled up, showing off her fresh cuts to the world. She dropped the small knife, and it clattered to the ground beside her.

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