I do not own Fairy Tail.

"Now I know how it feels, to be left alone by the people you hold dear."

Prologue- Fading Hope

"Natsu?" Holding him close to her chest, Lucy slowly moved his body back and forth hoping to wake him.

"Natsu, please open your eyes! Don't leave me here" Her tears dripping onto his face, slightly washing the dirt and blood.

"Natsu, please!" She uttered.

Heart pounding, hands trembling, she noticed that his eyes moved.

Holding her breath, she heard it, her name whispered in his still parted lips, "Lucy".

She smiled.

/TBC