A/N: So this is going to be a story with chapters of various lengths based off or at least someone about, various songs. Enjoy!
Song: Keep Breathing
Artist: Ingrid Michaelson
Pairings: Minor Gajeel/Levy, Levy/Jet/Droy friendship
Words: 295
Levy felt so helpless. She wasn't a very powerful mage, she knew that, but she had gotten stronger. She had… So when she was leading the townspeople away from the capital city instead of fighting alongside her guildmates, she felt like she was abandoning them. People, good people were dying. She wanted to help. Needed to help. But she kept breathing, and focused on getting everyone to safety. As soon as the townspeople were far away from the battle, she rushed towards her friends.
Jet.
Droy.
Gajeel…
After the fight was over and won, and Levy felt like she didn't do a thing to keep the city from being destroyed. She spent the next few days helping rebuild, but at night she would look out her hotel window, at all the destruction, all the people still hard at work.
She'd close the blinds, and sleep. Keep breathing.
Levy was happy everyone was safe, but there were still casualties. She attended the funeral of the general public who had perished in the fight. She didn't cry. She didn't sniffle or cough. She stayed silent. And kept breathing. Levy knew she wasn't personally responsible, but she felt the loss. She felt the pain. She didn't help those people. She didn't do anything to keep their lives from being lost.
Right?
She saved the people of Crocus, didn't she? She led them to a safe place, she saved those people. Levy consoled herself with this thought.
She may not have saved anyone fighting, but she saved the people who couldn't fight for themselves. She couldn't help Jet and Droy, or Gajeel, but she helped the townspeople escape and saved them from an even worse demise.
Keep breathing. Keep breathing, Levy. It's over. It's all over.
A/N: A little sad, but eh. I'll update every Sunday, or at least I'll try to!
~Marshy
