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Sunlight hit Lucy's green eyes, making them look blue. She groaned and stood up, lifting her old iron sword with her. Her green dress was covered with dust and her long blonde hair had the orange leaves of autumn decorating it. She turned around and attacked the poor tree she has been hitting for the past twenty minutes. It was an old oak tree, the same one of her difficult childhood, the one that saw her grow. Bad thing about it is… that it moves.
"You should rest, Lucy," the tree said "you look tired"
"No way. I need to practice: tomorrow is the final exam," Rohese replied.
"You won't pass the exam if you push yourself to exhaustion"
"Shut up, Wymond, I know what I'm doing"
"All teenagers are the same… stubborn."
And with that, the old tree took all the hits Lucy gave it without complaining.
"Lucy!" a male voice spoke behind her, forcing her neck to look back until it hurt.
"Gray… what are you doing here?"
"I could ask the same to you," Gray smiled, showing his deep dimple to Lucy. Oh, she hated that dimple.
"I'm practicing. You should, too." She dead-panned.
"I'm taking a break, you should rest too… you look exhausted"
"That's what I told her," the old tree, Wymond, added.
"Shut it. I don't need to rest, I'm fine"
"Then let's have a fight" Gray suggested. Lucy nodded and lifted her sword. The fight began.
Gray tried to stab her, but he well knew that his opponent was the best fighter in the class. He just couldn't win. Lucy made a turn and disappeared of his sight. Gray knew this technique. If you control your breathing and you move fast enough, you could deceive your opponent. But he had an advantage: he could find anything that hid on the shadows. And so, he found her. With a quick move, he made her hand loose the sword and make it fall far away from her. She groaned with wide eyes and then she felt the cold iron of Gray's sword on her neck.
"You should rest," he whispered. He took her sword and gave it to her. She fell on her knees and her back hit Wymond, who saw all the fight.
"You never listen, do you?"
"No. And cover the sunlight, my eyes hurt already"
"That's because you're still opening them as if you want them to fall off," Wymond joked. Lucy hit her elbow on its roots to make him stop talking.
"You should take a joke"
"I'm not in the mood of joking… The class clown just won against me… he is probably telling everyone now…"
"Relax. Gray is a good boy, he wouldn't do that"
"You don't know him like I do… now let me sleep! I woke up too early…"
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The big, shiny moon welcomed Lucy's eyes when she woke up. She felt an uncomfortable branch held her legs, making her unable to move. She sighed.
"How long have I slept?" She asked. No response. She managed to climb down the tree to go train at the woods.
The night was colder than the rest. Darker than the rest. Quieter than the rest. She would feel scared, of course, but she didn't. She didn't show any emotions at all. She was the coldest person on the village, and probably; on the kingdom. She was half way to the forest when she saw it...
A dragon.
She quickly searched for her sword only to realize she left it near her practicing spot. She ran to it and grabbed her black hood and her sword and went back to the spot she was before. She never saw a dragon as beautiful as that one. It was fiery red. Its perfect wings shined like the finest armor and its claws made it look fierce.
"Dragon!" a village hunter screamed startling Lucy and making the dragon turn to her.
The village was soon into chaos. People screaming and running, the torches were soon burning and the Dragon Hunters appeared on their black horses, looking heroic. Or that's what Lucy thought.
The Dragon Hunters, or as people called them; The Full Moon Riders, chased the dragon and killed it. Or so they thought. When they were going back to the village, big fire wings were spotted rising from the burning forest. The village people were so shocked that they couldn't bring themselves to tell them. But Lucy did.
"THE DRAGON! THE DRAGON IS STILL ALIVE!" She screamed. But they didn't hear her. So the dragon rose completely, showing all its power and crushed the hunters. Lucy's eyes watered and her heart clenched. Her oldest brother, Jellal, was the leader of the Hunters. He was crushed and burned in front of her eyes. She thought she could kill the dragon, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. She just froze. And so, the village was attacked. The houses were burning, the people were screaming, blood covered the floor and Wymond, the village guardian tree, was killed. All the Dragon Hunters students tried their best to kill the dragon, but most of them died. Gray and two more, including her, survived. Before she realized, the dragon was in front of her. She looked into its big, black eyes and saw nothing but emptiness. The dragon looked back at her into her eyes and it saw pain in them.
"You… despiteful dragon…" she began "you killed my family… you killed my friends… WHY DON'T YOU KILL ME TOO?!" she spat in anger.
"You should ask yourself that, too. This is revenge." The dragon shot back.
"I'll kill you someday" she said while clenching her teeth.
"And I'll wait for it." And the dragon flew away.
After making sure the dragon was out of sight, Lucy ran to Wymond. She saw its big and hard branches broken and its leaves burning. She wanted to cry.
"Lucy…" Wymond whispered "are… are you okay?"
"Yes," she said, eyes watering "are you?"
"I'm fine… I'm old and damaged… I couldn't protect the village… I can't see danger like I used to anymore…"
"Shh, don't worry. There was nothing you could do…"
"Lucy… protect the village… look for another oak like me… in the north… tell it that I died…"
"Okay. I will" and Wymond's bright wood lost color. It was now a dead tree. She got up and helped the others to turn off the fires and cure the injured people. It was a tough night.
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The final exam arrived, but there were only three students left. So they all passed by the chief's orders. The few people left whispered and called Lucy bad names. Her brother was now a shame to the village. Her family's name was wounded. And so, one night, she decided she had enough. She grabbed her things, bought food and left the village without a word.
She was now a Dragon Hunter. She was now going to clean and restore her family's name. She was now going to kill the dragon. No matter what.
Heyyy~~~ this is my first Fairy Tail fanfic and I really hope you like it! My English is not very good, but I hope you can understand me .! Also, this is a story I published on Wattpad, that's why Lucy's eyes are green and Gray haves a dimple ^^' Anyways, I hope you like it, please review and support this story on Wattpad :*
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