As always Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima

Chapter 2

Forgotten

~TS two and a half months ~~

Laxus was walking to the Guild one morning when a flower cart caught his eye. It was overflowing with every flower in every color imaginable, the wind chimes hanging off the small roof of the cart were making soft clinks in the light breeze. There was a young girl running the cart, she was lightly tanned and was wearing a pale gold dress, a pale blue head scarf was wrapped around her head.

He walked over and was drawn to a white lily with hot pink in the center of each petal, darker pink spots on each petal. "Oi, girl! Do you know how much it is for a bouquet of these lilies?" The girl walked over to him and smiled, her bright blue eyes twinkling in the sunlight.

"Ah... the Stargazer Lily... Is it for someone special?"

"No. Just a friend. I'm waiting for her to... ah... wake up." He looked at the girl and frowned. "You can't be older than twelve, shouldn't one of your parents be running this cart?"

Just as the girl smiled at him a gust of wind caught her scarf, pulling it away from her head, revealing her shoulder length silver hair. He caught her scarf and handed it back to her, and she wrapped it once around her hair and began to make a bouquet with the lilies.

"I'm older than I look." She said as she held the bouquet out to him, and he took out his wallet.

"How much?"

"No charge. I just hope your friend... ah... wakes up." Laxus smiled and took the flowers, and as he walked away he turned to say thanks to the girl, but she and her cart of flowers were gone, the only thing there was her scarf, blowing away in the breeze.

As Laxus walked into Fairy Tail he saw Mira behind the bar and waved in greeting, making his way behind the bar into the back room that Lucy was in. In the past few months Mira had done a bit of decorating, there was now an arm chair with a table and lamp on it next to it, and a small table next to the sphere, a vase with wilted flowers in it on the table.

Laxus walked over and disposed of the wilted flowers, replacing them with the lilies. Instead of sitting in the chair, he sat on the floor and leaned his back against the sphere.

"So, Lucy. Last time I was here I told you about the time Evergreen got into a fight with a Gorgon. How about I tell you about the time Bickslow went up against a Chimera..."

Mira walked into Lucy's room to check on Laxus and walked out smiling, and walked back in with a blanket. Quietly, she walked over and draped it over a sleeping Laxus. She looked up at the sphere Lucy was in and smiled. Her arms were outstretched towards Laxus, like she was trying to embrace him from behind. Mira reached over and placed her hand on the sphere with a smile.

Lucy, you're changing Laxus, even if he doesn't realize it. Please come out soon.

Laxus walked into Lucy's room before he had to leave for the Fantasia parade, and he noticed the lights brighten a bit when he walked in.

"Hey Lucy. The parade is starting soon, so I thought I would stop by before it began. Levy and Freed are researching every chance they get on a way to get you out of there. I know its taking a while just don't give up. I'll come see you after the parade."

Laxus smiled as he left, imagining the day when Lucy would be free, but then frowned. She'll probably just go running right to Flame Brain... Well, its not like we were friends or anything. Hell, I had her turned to stone! I wouldn't be surprised if she ignored me when she gets free... He shook his to get the thought out of his mind and quickly made his way to where the parade was being held.

Lucy listened as a party was being held in the Guild hall, and remembered what Laxus had said about a parade.

I missed the Fantasia Festival... Well, there is always next year... She slowly looked up when she heard the door open, heard laughter.

"Natsu, stop it..." She heard someone laugh.

"But I don't want to..." Lucy looked up to see Natsu press Lisanna into the wall and kiss her.

Natsu... why Lisanna... Is it because I'm trapped in here? Faintly she could see the lights flicker, then heard Lisanna scream as they went off as she curled into a ball.

Laxus was enjoying a beer at the bar when he noticed some of the lights behind it start to flicker, and heard someone, maybe Lisanna, scream as a few went out. The only area affected were the rooms behind the bar, and he saw Natsu and Lisanna run out of the room Lucy was in.

"Mira." Laxus sighed as he stood up and walked behind the bar. "See what those two did. I'm going to check on Lucy." Mira nodded and walked over to her sister and Laxus walked to Lucy's room.

All the lights were out, the only source of light was the faint glow of the sphere. He walked over and noticed Lucy was curling into a ball, and he could make out a few tears on her cheeks as well.

"Lucy, I hope you're okay." Laxus ran a hand through his hair as he stared at the woman trapped in front of him. "I wish there was something I could do to help..."

I didn't ask... this to happen... Laxus looked up as he heard a voice echo in his mind.

"Lucy, what didn't you ask to happen?" He placed a hand on the sphere and waited a few minutes as Lucy lifted her head to look at him.

... hear me?

"Yeah, I can hear you. What did you mean earlier?" It was a moment before Lucy answered, and as she answered the lights in the room got brighter.

So happy... can hear me... Didn't ask... to be trapped... not able... to see friends...

"But didn't you just see Natsu and Lisanna, weren't they just in here?"

Natsu doesn't visit... came in... to kiss Lisanna... He's forgotten me... The lights started to flicker and Laxus could feel her sadness.

"Lucy, you haven't been forgotten. If it would make you feel better how about I stop in everyday to see you?"

He watched as Lucy smiled. Yes... Thank you, Laxus...

~~ TS three months ~~

Laxus brushed snow off his coat as he made it back to Fairy Tail, the Thunder God Tribe behind him, grumbling about the cold. They had just gotten back from a month long job, and he and his team were relieved to be home again. The job had been an emergency S-Class job. A group of thieves had stolen an extremely dangerous magical object, it wasn't hard to find the group, just a pain in the ass to catch. The leader of the thieves kept using teleportation magic every time they got close to catching them, which is why it took a month to catch them. After they caught the thieves and returned the object they had taken the first train home.

As Laxus made his way to the bar he noticed Mira watching him, a worried look in her eyes.

"Mira, why are you looking at me like that. Has something happened to Lucy?"

"Well... no one can really tell, but Lucy seems to be very upset. It happened right after you left for your job. At first it didn't seem that big of a deal, the lights in her room would occasionally dim when someone went in. Now if anyone but me goes in they go out completely, including some of the lights out here."

Laxus sighed and tried to think of what might have upset Lucy. "Did Natsu visit her at all?" Mira shook her head. "How often did she have vis- Fuck! That's what it is! I told her I would visit every day, but I took for a month without telling her." He hit his forehead with he heel of his hand.

"Sorry about this Mira, I'll go try to fix things." Laxus left a rather confused looking Mira and walked to Lucy's room. As he walked in the lights brightened a bit, but then dimmed a bit as he walked over and placed a hand on the sphere.

"Hey, Lucy..." Laxus let out a sigh as she looked at her in the sphere. "Sorry for suddenly leaving like that. An emergency mission came in and my team and I had to leave right away."

Laxus... leave me alone...

His head snapped up at her words. I knew it was too good to be true... He took a step back, removing his hand from the sphere.

"If that's what you want, I'll go, but first tell me why?" His mind flashed back to all the times he visited her every day since she first spoke to him, he had told her so much about his past, and he had heard parts of her's that she hadn't told anyone.

Laxus... go away... I was upset... you left me... no one visited... Only you would... but you left... I ... want to be alone... Please... go...

Laxus took one last look at Lucy before storming out of the room, only to run into Mira.

"Laxus? What's wrong?"

"Lucy told me to leave, so that's what I'm doing!" He yelled out, causing her to flinch.

"She told yo- Wait! She spoke to you?" Mira asked, surprised.

"Yeah, and she told me to leave her alone, so that's what I'm doing!" Laxus yelled out again and turned into lightning and disappeared, leaving Mira staring at the spot where he had just been. She looked up as the light flickered, and tears rolled down her cheek as Fairy Tail went dark. Slowly she opened the door to look in on Lucy and saw her curling up in the faintly glowing sphere, and as she looked closer she saw tears suspended in the liquid beside Lucy.

Laxus, what have you done...

Don't worry things get better! And for everyone who has read my first story... Someone is back... XD I wonder what she's up to o.O If you liked it please leave a review! Later!