Ohayo mina! This is my second fan fic. Thanks to everyone who's read my first fan fic, My Other Half.

Hope you enjoy!

Third person POV

Flashback/dream

"Mommy! Don't leave me!" A five year old girl wailed at her mother's hospital bed. Her chocolate brown eyes were glazed over with the rivers of tears she was shedding.

"Lucy, I love you. I love you so much. Promise me you'll keep on living. Don't ever give up." Her blond mother was barely able to whisper the words. She did her best to smile at her daughter comfortingly. Lightly, she wiped away the still running tears. "I love you."

Her frail hand dropped from her daughter's soft cheek. The heart monitor did one continuous BEEEEEP! before going completely and utterly silent. The small, blond girl grabbed onto her mother's now cold and lifeless hand.

"NOOOOOOOO!" She screamed. Burying her face into her mother's unmoving stomach, she sobbed, nonstop. For two hours she wept until she ran out of tears to shed. For, at that moment, her beloved mother, Layla Heartfillia, had died.

Five years later

Lucy's POV

I woke with a start. Covered in sweat I lay on my bed, gasping for breath. It was that dream again. No, it was that memory. It always came when I was nervous or scared. But I had no reason to be, at least, not that I knew of. That was until I opened my eyes.

Darkness.

Figuring it was still night, I reached for my lamp. Feeling for it, I blinked. I blinked again. Finally, my hand found the string and I pulled. I heard the click of the light coming on. Nothing. Again I blinked. Then realization hit me.

I was blind.

I've had many eye diseases since birth, the huge ones being cataracts, glaucoma, and aphakia. I knew there was always the possibility of going blind, I just didn't think it would happen so early in my life.

I couldn't help but let out the scream that forced it's way up my throat. Tears welled in my now unseeing eyes as I covered my mouth with trembling hands. I heard the door open as my knees buckled under me. Gentle hands grabbed me before I hit the ground. I sobbed uncontrollably into the person's clothing. I didn't care who it was. I just needed to let it all out.

"Lucy, dear, what's wrong?" I recognized the voice to be the maid's, Ms. Spetto. She rubbed my back in a comforting way.

I tried to reply, but gave up when another sob wracked my body. Taking steadying breaths, I choked out, "I can't see...I can't see..." New tears forced their way out of my tightly closed eyes as I held on tighter to Ms. Spetto's nightgown.

She tensed. I heard her call for someone over her shoulder. Turning back to me, she said in a soft voice, "Shhh, it's okay. You're going to be okay. We'll figure this all out. Please, stop crying." Her words only made me cry harder, though.

The next couple of days were hectic. Constant visits to the best optometrists, meeting my new orientation and mobility (O&M) teacher, and my Braille teacher, and learning how to live without seeing. But the worst thing was when my father stopped interacting with me.

One year later

Using my cane, I made my way to my father's office. I knocked softly on the door before entering.

I heard the shuffling of papers, then his deep and emotionless voice. "Lucy, since you are now unable to have any hope of being able to run the Heartfillia Konzern, you are to be given to an orphanage tomorrow."

Shock coursed through me at his words. What happened to the loving father I once knew? I held back my tears as I bowed slightly, giving a "Yes, sir." in reply.

"Good. You may leave now." I pictured him waving his hand in a dismissive manner. I deepened my bow, then straitened, and left the room. My sighted guide, Julie Lockser, and her daughter, Juvia, who's a sighted guide in training, we're waiting for me outside the oak doors. Juvia handed Plue's (my guide dog) harness handle and leash to me.

I started walking away from them, my head lowered so my bangs were covering my eyes. A hand rested gently on my trembling shoulder and I stopped.

"What happened in there?" Julie asked me. I turned to her with tear filled eyes.

"He... He... He's sending me to an orphanage tomorrow!" I wailed. The tears spilled over and ran like rivers down my cheeks. I heard a gasp from Juvia as Julie led me to an empty room.

She hugged me tight, just like a mother would to her child, and gently stroked my hair. "It'll be okay. You'll be fine." When I continued to sob, she spoke again. "How about Juvia and I stay with you. I don't have the money to raise you at our house, but we can come visit you everyday. How's that sound?" I raised my head in the direction of her voice.

"You.. You'd do that?" I felt her nod. I was still sad, but I wanted them to not worry about me. "Thank you!" I smiled at her. Letting go of Julie and turning to where I thought Juvia was, I squealed. "We'll be like sisters!" She rushed to me and enveloped me in a bone crushing hug.

"Yeah! I can't wait!" She exclaimed joyfully.

The rest of that day was used to pack the things I needed. Tomorrow, I would be parentless.

Five months later

Today is the day. The day I get a permanent home. I met with a brown haired woman named Cana Alberona about a week ago. We easily became friends and she decided to adopt me and my best friend, Levy McGarden, who's paralyzed from the waist down from a freak car accident that took the lives of both her parents. She gets around in a wheelchair now.

Packing the rest of my things into a small suitcase, I asked Levy "You excited?"

"Oh yes! I can't wait to see if she has any books for me to read!" She exclaimed. Levy loves reading, just like me, but I read in braille.

"I'm so happy that we get to leave this place together!" It was fine here, but I missed the comfort of a permanent home.

"Me too! You're my only friend here, and I could never imagine leaving you. We're like sisters!"

Before I could reply, the door burst open. I smelled alcohol and instantly knew it was Cana. She's a huge drinker, but somehow she never seems to get drunk.

"You ready to go! The paperwork is all filled out, and the car is callin' our names!" she yelled joyfully.

"Yeah!"

"Let's go!"

"But first. Come on in!" Cana called to someone.

I smelled a watery scent, and two emotions ran through me. Utter happiness that she was here, but sadness because this was probably the last time I'll ever get to see her.

"Lucy! I've missed you!" Juvia wrapped her arms around me. I hugged her back.

"Juvia! It's so great to see you!" A month ago, her and her mom had to move because of a new job. I haven't seen her sense.

"Juvia, this is Levy, Lucy's great friend. Levy, this is Juvia, Lucy's great friend and sighted guide." Cana introduced them to each other. Juvia walked away and shook hands with Levy as they greeted each other. "From now on, all of you will be sisters!"

"Does that mean?..." I turned in Juvia's general direction.

With a joy filled voice she replied "Yes. I'm coming to live with you and Levy-chan!" I squealed as she pulled me to Levy and we group hugged.

"This is nice and all, but the orphanage lady wants us to be gone in five minutes. Finish packing and come to the car." Cana said before exiting the room.

"We better finish, then." I said. "Juvia, can you help us?" I asked.

"Of course!"

We finished packing and got in the car. It was time to start our new lives as Alberona's.

Guest reviewed with these questions; Person:I was kind of confused as to why Lucy knew what Cana looked like when she was blind... And I don't quite understand who Julie is. Here's the answers to your questions: Julie is an OC I made up who is Juvia's mother. Lucy knew what Cana looked like because Cana described herself to Lucy.

Terms to know:

Optometrist- an eye doctor

Cataracts- a clouding of the lens in the eye that affects vision

Glaucoma- a condition that causes damage to your eye's optic nerve and gets worse over time

Aphakia- the absence of the lens of the eye, due to surgical removal, a perforating wound or ulcer, or congenital anomaly

Trust me when I say this, (because I have them) having these suck. With glaucoma, if it works, you have to do eye drops one in each eye, twice daily. And they sting like hell. Plus, if not treated, or treatment doesn't work, it can lead to blindness. With cataracts, you usually have to remove the eye lens (the part of the eye that focuses everything), which leads to aphakia, and get contacts to act as prosthetic lenses. But, the contacts may not fix it all, and you have to wear glasses too. It's really a pain. But then if you add other eye diseases to that, well, let's just say it's probably worse than you're thinking. I would know.

Well! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. There aren't that many fan fics where Lucy is blind, so I thought "Why not! It'll let people know 1) it really does suck, and 2) impaired people may need extra help, but we're not helpless. We can get around, we just need adaptations."

I would love if you could review with your thoughts so that I know people are actually reading this. Til next time! Ja ne!

-AlphaDemon