~~~ Nightmares ~~~
~~ Chapter 1 ~~
"Natsu!" Lucy screamed.
She watched as life was seeping away from the pink-haired dragon slayer.
"Natsu!" she screamed again. She ran as fast as she can towards the dragon slayer's body.
His name echoed in his head. "NATSU". Upon hearing Lucy's voice, his eyes fluttered open. Barely.
He tried to get up but all he could manage was lifting his head. He saw Lucy running towards him. Lucy scrambled over to him, resting his head on her lap, her tears falling on his face.
Natsu looked around at his surroundings. Colour was finally coming back to Magnolia, the remains of war slowly disappearing. Acnologia's body was disintegrating, turning int o tiny golden flakes floating towards the sky above.
"Lucy," his voice sounding tired and weak. He looked up to her. Her blonde hair was tied up into a bun some strands of hair falling to cover her face. Her face looked puffy from crying and her eyes still spilled some tears. Her hands and legs were covered in bruises and wounds, blood trailing from her leg to the ground.
He tried to smile just to comfort her but what came out was a weak grin. It was hardly convincing too. Natsu started to cough blood and it splattered on the ground. Lucy tooke his hand in hers, grasping it tightly as if it was a lifeline.
"Natsu," Lucy whispered. She felt raw fear coursing up her body. This was a different type of fear when they were up against Acnologia for there was at least a sparkle of hope on defeating him. Meanwhile, on Natsu's case, even Wendy couldn't help him.
"Lucy, listen to me," Natsu said, using the last ounce of energy left in his body. "Tell the guild I created wonderful memories with them," his breath becoming more ragged as he kept on talking. "Tell the team that even if we had arguments and fights, we all shared our moments," Natsu coughed again and his breaths looks like they were pained. "Tell Happy it was a pleasure being his partner while it lasted." Natsu gasped sharply in pain.
"And…(cough cough) forming a team with you, Lucy, was the best thing that ever happened to me." And with those words, Natsu took his last breath. His hand dropped from Lucy's and his head lolled to one side.
Lucy's world started spinning and time was moving slowly. She saw Erza, Gray and Wendy running towards her at the corner of her eye. Happy was flying behind them, one of his wings was torn and Carla was holding him up. Her mind became blank and all she could do was feel the tears streaming from her eyes, droplets falling onto the lifeless dragon slayer's face and finally rolling down, splashing on the ground.
At first Lucy's mouth moved slowly. She tried to speak but no words came out. Finally, she found air in her lungs and whispered to the sky. "Natsu." The wind started blowing, drying her tears but it won't stop coming out.
"NATSU!"
This is my very first fanfiction ever. So please be gentle with the comments. I've had this idea in my mind since my 12th birthday which was on the 5th of February this year (2014). I thought I would never be able to write this out but I overtook my laziness so here I am.
It is a Fairy Tail fanfiction. I will write disclaimers from time to time.
(Disclaimer) I don't own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.
I am looking forward to posting more chapters.