Title: Gone Away
Author: PARADISE.x but you can just call me Parrie-chan~!
Rated: M for heavy language, violence, graphic sexual content, and adult situations
Genres: Romance and Angst
Summary: Instead of Lucy being 'asleep' for 7 years with the rest of her mage friends, she escapes after only 2 years and returns back to Fairy Tail believing all of her friends that were on that island are dead. What has the years without her best friends turned Lucy into? And what is this about her being the Master of Fairy Tail? There will probably be 5 chapters at the most.
Hello everyone and welcome to Gone Away by me, PARADISE.x! I hope all of you enjoy my first attempt at a sad fanfic. Pretty much Lucy believes that Erza, Natsu, Grey, Loke [even though he CANNOT die…erg.], Wendy, Happy, Charlie, Laxus, Cana, Master Marcov, Levy, Gajeel, Evergreen, Elfman and whoever else was on Tenrou Island died when that Dragon attacked…cannot remember his name…erg.
Anywho, enjoy this story!
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It was the normal day in the Fairy Tail guild…except for the fact that a number of people were missing. They have been for two years now yet the mage guild has still not gotten over the grief and sorrow over losing a majority of their close comrades and family members. They had moved on of course, but the shame that they could not protect their friends still always hung in the dingy air of the rickety new guild building they had been forced to retreat to, for they could not pay off the rent. They were low on money, way low; they could barely even afford beer! Yet, through all of these hardships they managed to keep smiles on their faces and the memories of their fallen comrades alive.
There had been many changes to the guild members left behind. Without cute Levy McGarden to make his life worth living, Droy had drowned his sorrows in food, eventually getting so fat he was hardly recognizable. Jet had stayed the same, yet there had been many rumors going around about the suspicious cuts along his wrists. Many members had just got on by training every day or drinking so much that they just…forgot. That was the worst, when drunken guild members would stumble in-usually with an empty beer bottle in their hands-and just pass out on the dirty floor of the guild. That was the saddest part, seeing the guild slowly crumble.
There was no master of Fairy Tail either, and at first no one was willing to fill Master Marcov's spot in fear of forgetting the old man who made every day so magical for them…well, used to, anyway. No one would step up to the hard task of running a guild that was destined to just completely fall apart. Of course, no one ever mentioned the dark shadows of the guilds that sprung up and above them in power and number, and the constant threat of Dark Guilds wishing to take revenge now that Fairy Tail was weaker than ever. No one dared.
Just when all hope was lost, just when everyone thought that this was the end of Fairy Tail, a God send appeared in the form of an old friend. She smiles faintly at her old friends, golden hair now dirtied from her being on the road so long dull in the weak afternoon sun that shined behind her as she held that rickety door open. Her big doe-eyes, that had lost their luster because of the crushing grief she felt, tear up at the sight of what was left of Fairy Tail. Everyone stares in awe at the girl-no, the woman-that stands before them, taking in her dirty hair, bruised and broken body, lifeless eyes and torn clothing. But what stood out the most was the surprisingly clean Dragon scaled scarf that was wrapped around her neck. It was silent for a long time, too long, when finally a single voice rang out, one of a small boy now turned young man,
"Big sister Lucy?"
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"So you're saying a Dragon blasted Tenrou and you were in the Celestial Spirit World for 8 days? You were gone for two years, Lucy!" Macao says in disbelief.
Lucy smiles faintly at the older mage and takes a sip of the warm tea that was given to her. It didn't taste all that great, but to Lucy, it was the most delicious thing she has ever tasted, "A day in the Celestial Spirit World is equal to three months on Earthland."
"How'd you get there?" A voice speaks up, that of Romeo Conbolt, the son of Macao Conbolt. He sits next to Lucy in a rickety chair, eyes huge and staring at Lucy like if he looked away she would disappear forever.
Taking another drink from her mug, she sets it down on the table and connects her hands at her lap, staring into the floor of the guild, "It's real messy in here…do you all not take care of this place at all?" She says in humor, a ghost of a smile gracing her features. She was trying to ignore their question for as long as she could, this they could tell. She reaches up and grabs the scarf around her neck, biting her bottom lip.
Wakaba decides to cut in, speaking around the pipe that was in his mouth, "C'mon, Lucy, you can tell us." His tone is comforting and he puts a hand on her shoulder, which she responds to by putting her hand over his.
The young woman stares at him for a moment, before tears spring into her dead brown eyes and they quickly run down her cheeks. No one says anything as she sobs; they just stare at her with looks of concern and patience. After a few minutes of her continued crying, she stops, wiping quickly at her eyes and ceasing the flow of tears. She takes a deep breath before saying in a surprisingly strong voice, "Horologium…at the last moment, right when that fucking beast attacked!" Something was obviously different, both inside Lucy and outside. Firstly, she never used profanity, even when she's beyond angry, and never before has she sounded so…cold. Her eyes…when you looked into them, there was nothing there, no spark of life, not a hint of youthful playfulness. Those eyes have seen way more than any human should have, and Lucy was no more than seventeen. It frightened the guild members the way she stared at them, without any emotion. If you didn't know any better, you would think she was possessed.
Macao's eyes widen and he says, "You mean that clock spirit ye got?" He takes a sip of the beer he has in his hand, "Wouldn't that thing be destroyed too?"
Lucy shakes her head, "Celestial Spirits cannot die under any circumstances, and since he locked me inside of him…" She sighs heavily, "I just remember…Natsu…" Her voice breaks at his name, yet she continues on, "…I was holding his hand; I was holding everyone's hands…the blast came and we were all torn apart from each other…I was thrown towards Natsu, but him away from me and…I was reaching for him…" She grabs her head and hisses as if trying to remember hurt, "…he was reaching for me…I was so close, so close to grabbing his hand…but I missed and instead caught his scarf." She reaches up and grabs the garment that was wrapped around her scrawny neck. She strokes it once, twice, before she starts up again, "I tried to pull myself towards him, but the winds were too strong, I was blown back and I must have taken his scarf with me. I remember the tree coming towards me, and I knew that it was the end, only it wasn't. Horologium appeared out of nowhere and trapped me inside of him, quickly transporting me into the Celestial Spirit World, but not after a rock hit me in the head. I was out for eight days straight, Loke had told, and immediately I had realized just how bad that was…
"When I came back to Earthland, I was on a beach. I recognized it as the one we had gone to before setting sail to Tenrou Island, and I quickly went to the nearest town. I got help from a guy who owns a café. I worked for a week to earn 10,000 jewels, a good enough sum to easily make it back to Magnolia. You know the rest." She waves her hand and takes another sip of her now lukewarm tea, closing her cold, dead eyes.
Everyone stares at her, some with tears in their eyes at her tragic story. Finally Romeo speaks up in a shaky voice, "S-so, Natsu-nii and the others…"
"Yes, Romeo." Lucy says, taking another sip of her tea. The next words that came from her were spoken in such a stoic voice that it broke the hearts of every single guild member present, "They are all dead."
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I know, extremely short beginning, but trust me, it'll get better! And less confusing…so pretty much, next chapter, there's going to be a whole '5 YEARS LATER' thing, and things will go from there :D I hoped you enjoyed 'Gone Away' chapter 1 of 4, and have a great day :D
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