"Some people you will always have about you whom you can trust, and no man these days can boast of more than that. Remember them; forget the others."

-Hugh Lofting

The Dragon & The Slayer

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Chapter 1

What did we do? Wendy and Lucy were just going shopping and then this happened. Carla stayed at the guild to keep an eye on the boys, so they wouldn't try to follow. The Slayers were so protective of them two. Our boys, all six of them have a soft side for family.

Natsu, he's the one always saving them or cheering them up. He always has your back no matter what the problem is. Gajeel; he's too hard headed to show it but he cares. Then there were Laxus and Sting, I mean, they could be brothers, they both called Lucy 'Blondie', they're arrogant, cocky. and also, blonde. But they're lovable and have a sweet side as well.

Cobra was a hard nut to crack but opened up little by little, and Rogue, relatively quiet and emotionless, opened up to Lucy and Wendy. All of them had a spot for the two girls, somehow they were like a crazy family but when Lucy thought about it that way, she always said she didn't belong because she wasn't like them.

But right now they were in a cell made of stone, with a window with prison bars showing the light of the crescent moon outside. They were next to each other, their left legs chained to the wall, magic being suppressed, and clothes tattered to the point that they barely did anything to preserve modesty. Lucy really hated the feeling of being caged, and by the way Wendy was struggling in her chains, she felt the same.

Suddenly the door opened, showing a few men, following in a woman, leering at them. Or should I say mainly Lucy. The woman held a tray of food, which she plopped down on the cell floor, making the unidentifiable mush splatter on them, and smirked.

"We don't want it." Lucy stated plainly, Wendy moved closer to her sister, finding her way into her embrace, and started to tremble in her arms when they came. This made Lucy growl. Right now she was pretty sure she was emitting an aura scarier than Erza, but on the outside probably seeming calm yet ready to kill. Well, Wendy is like her little sister, so it's only natural she'd crack. These people were either stupid, blind or both because they just shrugged it off.

"Oh come on you need to keep your strength up, so eat." The woman said mockingly, bending down to their eye level. Lucy spat in her face and smirked. She looked stunned at first, then angry. Her face promptly turned into a sadistic smirk.

"Looks like our little friends want to play a game." She began to bark orders. "Chain up her hands and take the little girl away from her. But… let her watch." The lone woman, obviously the leader, said, crimson eyes burning into Lucy's defiant honey brown ones as she tried to keep a hold of Wendy. Lucy mused that bad guys seemed to always have red eyes.

Two men came towards Lucy. She tried to struggle out of their grip but was overpowered. Wendy was dragged by her hair to the far corner of the cell. Too far away for Lucy's liking. The blonde growled, deeper this time.

The leader brought out a whip she seemed to have had by the door, just waiting for them to act up. Which Lucy kind of did. She reeled it back to whip Lucy's sun-kissed back repeatedly but Lucy held in her cries of pain for Wendy. Her little sister was watching. She could feel it even though her eyes were closed. Lucy sensed her fear, anger, and she was pained just watching this. So Lucy did the only thing she could do right now and sent her a smile. It may have looked forced or pained but it was a 'don't worry smile'.

She opened her eyes to see that Wendy was crying. She was crying and trying to get out of the grip they had on her hair, but she was a little girl, that was drugged on top of everything, against two muscled men.

"What are you smiling about, bitch?" The whip started hitting with more force. Her body couldn't take it anymore. She screamed. Bone chillingly… heart wrenchingly… it echoed out, bouncing off the walls and vibrating the cell.

She had to stay strong. She had to be okay. Lucy was the only one Wendy had right now. But with another hit, another scream reached Lucy's ears; her own along with Wendy's.

'Do you…Do you feel pain?' The blonde heard a gentle female voice call out to her hesitantly.

"Y-Yes." Her own voice trembled, barely above a whisper.

'Then I shall unlock it'

Seals break,

Binds unlock,

The pained seal shall open,

And restore her power,

Unbind thy gate,

Pain!

The air stood still, as the occupants of the room watched in fear. Fear for their lives. All the water in the air came towards Lucy, her eyes covered by her bangs, clothes tattered and bloody, arms chained to the wall, something from a horror movie. The water in the air gathered around Lucy's body, but if they dared to look closely, they would see a smirk on her face.

The water turned into nine spears, each aiming at their own target; two spears for each of the men, two for the chains on her wrists and one for her leg. Before she did anything, Wendy let out a pained whimper as she bit her lip. The two men had been hitting her as well. This fact pissed Lucy off; her eyes showed immense anger, they swirled with her original brown color mixed with an aqua blue.

The men tried to get away from her, but the woman dropped to her knees, mouth dropped open and lips quivering, when Lucy's voice reached their ears, her voice echoing once again in the small space.

"Let us out now." It was amazing how her voice could stay so calm, yet so stern.

"W-What makes you think we're going to do that? We are getting payed a lot of money for you two!" The leader tried to sound confident but started sweating bullets when the water spears inched closer to her throat.

"Do you really want to take that chance?" She shook her head 'no', black tresses swaying in the motion.

"Then release us." Her voice held no room for argument, and after her last words, their captors reluctantly did as they were instructed.

Lucy slowly got up and the three water spears that were aimed at her chains returned to the air. The group looked frightened as the six other spears darted toward the men, pinning them to the wall.

"If you ever go after anybody like this again, especially one of us, I swear I will hunt you down and no one would ever even know you existed. And you tell your client, that you pissed your pants because of me." Her tone was icy, it was still calm but it held anger- and told truth.

Their jailors did soil themselves. They nodded furiously and let out a breath of air as she went to pick up the now bleeding Wendy. Of course, Lucy was bleeding too, but she wouldn't let the blunette walk even if she wanted to, or if she could.

"Wendy, let's go home." Lucy spoke gently. The little girl nodded her head in response, too tired to say anything. She tried to stand up but fell down into Lucy's waiting arms. The blonde stood up carrying her little sister bridal style, as to not injure her own back any further.

She headed out the door and up the dank stairs, only to be greeted by another door; she opened it slowly and saw the outside world. They were in an abandoned house next to the train tracks that lead to Magnolia.

Lucy's body moved on its own. She didn't know if she was going the right way, she just let her instincts take over to lead the way she hoped home was.

They had been gone since 10 o'clock that morning and now it was 9 o'clock at night. Mira could see everyone on edge- especially the Dragon Slayers. The air was tense with her guild members' anxiety.

Laxus, Gajeel and Rogue were trying to act like nothing was wrong but even they were showing signs of worry. Gajeel and Laxus were tapping their fingers on the table and Rogue was continuously tapping his foot. Natsu and Sting were pacing back and forth, as Cobra was trying to find their voices.

Master gave the direct order not to go anywhere. And it was killing everyone.

I just hope they're alright.

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So close.

Yes, they were so close- just one block away. Wendy was barely conscious; her wounds weren't anywhere near closing without medical assistance, she was bleeding out, but not as much as Lucy's. Their clothes barely doing their job, their bodies beaten and bloody. But they had to stay awake- for they feared they would not wake again.

Lucy stumbled down the road leading to their home, their family, and most of all their brothers. They sensed their family's fear, the tension in the air was so thick it was suffocating. They felt it seven blocks away, Lucy hated feeling their fear.

She just wanted to run to them and tell them that they were okay. But even at her slow pace, plus the weight of Wendy in her arms, her body told her to give in to the darkness and sleep. To just let the pain slowly slip away into the abyss until it was no more, no more feeling.

She knew what would happen if she gave in to her body's demands. She kept her eyes open barely blinking just walking until she was finally leaning against the guild door.

Home.

Beta-Read By Teriyaki Princes

"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?"

-David Mitchell

Updated 8/9/16