DISCLAIMER : I don't own Fairy Tail
Lucy's POV
As I saw the withered flowers, I decided that I should go and try to look for it's source. I thought that while I'd be wandering around the fields, I could search for any sign of life. But, the more I was walking the more I realized that nothing had survived.
After a few minutes of walking I spotted a tree that had somehow survived the force that killed every other living being in the area. I started walking towards it since there wasn't any other tree around that could shield me from the sun that was scorching hot today.
There was something odd about that tree that would keep on getting my attention. I felt some sort of bad energy coming from it as if it warned me that I should go away. However, me being the curious girl that I am, I decided to go and take a look.
When I got closer to the tree, I noticed there was a blob next to it. The blob would move, which would then confirm my doubts that it wasn't just my imagination. Then it started to become a slender human figure. I thought that this person might help me with the recent events that have been happening in my dreams and might know what could be the source of all the death in the fields. I was at a good distance to see the the figure when I noticed it was actually a boy, who was probably a few years older than me.
The boy, who seemed to be sleeping, had black hair and wore a black robe with a white toga. I took another step towards the tree hoping to talk to the boy but he immediately stood up and started looking around frantically while looking extremely worried. He then spotted me and started talking to me.
"Is your name Lucy Heartfilia?" He asked but I figured that since he was in my dream, he should know it's me.
"y-yes" I replied hesitantly
He stared at me, which started to make me uncomfortable so I decided it'd be best if I got closer because I didn't want to have to talk so loud. When he noticed I got closer he said :
"Don't come any closer!" He practically screamed placing his arms in an X in front of his face as if he was shielding himself from something
"Why?I just wanna go in the shade, the sun is really hot today. Can't we just share it?"
"No not really, just stay where you are. I'll be leaving soon anyways." He said with a hint of sadness but still a bit shaken by me trying to approach him.
"What do you mean you'll be leaving soon anyways?! This is my dream you know" I said thinking he might've confused my dream with his own.
"It's almost daytime and you'll be waking up soon." he stated
"How would you know that?"I started getting more and more curious. So I tried walking to the tree again.
"What are you doing?! Stay back!" He screams.
"Don't be afraid, I don't bite" I said teasing him.
"It's not you i'm scared of."
"What?! Is it because I don't look scary?! Trust me I can be dangerous if I want to!" I said trying to get a laugh out of him.
"No do not worry. It has nothing to do with that." He said in a worried voice, much to my disappointment.
"Oh no" I heard him whisper
"GET AWAY FROM HERE!" He screams and then a sudden large amount of black smoke came out of his body just like how mine would and started heading towards me. Knowing what the smoke could do, I started running away from it.
Even though I was a fast runner, the smoke easily caught up to me. I then tripped on something because I couldn't see anything in all this smoke. I fell on the ground, head first, and screamed in pain. I started getting a massive headache and tried placing my hands onto my head to lessen the pain.
The more time passed by, the more tired and weak I felt so I slowly started to close my eyes and place my hands under my head to act as a pillow. When my eyes were almost closed, I heard the boy crying and saying how sorry he was, which somehow made me more tired. I closed my eyes and everything went black.
Zeref's POV
'It happened again. I tried telling her to stand back but she didn't listen.'I thought. The smoke started to clear out and I could see the body of the girl on the ground. I felt guilty,sad,angry at myself but mostly lonely, it was the first time someone had said anything to me exept 'It's the black wizard, run!'.
I started walking towards the unconscious girl but then I stopped myself 'I could do her more harm if I were to get any closer and try to help her.' I thought. So instead, I went back under the tree and made sure nothing would happen to her until she would wake up. "I wish I could see her again sometime." I mumbled out loud surprised after I realized what I had just said.
I then remembered that Lucy would be leaving to go Tenrou island for the S-class exams today. I looked up to see the unconscious girl but instead saw the horizon slowly fading away. It meant she was waking up. 'I should be leaving now" I thought but before I actually did leave, I glanced at the girl and created a plan so I could see her again. "Maybe….Just maybe" I said hard enough for the now-waking-up girl to hear and then I left, along with everything else in the dream.
Lucy's POV
I woke up with a big headache. 'where did that come from?' I thought but then I remembered my dream and the boy, along with those words I heard him say. 'Maybe…Just maybe.' I repeated those words in my head all morning but couldn't figure out what they meant.
To get my mind off of those things, I started packing my stuff for Tenroujima. When I was finished, I started heading down to Hargeon port where all the participants for the S-class exams were supposed to meet. I was one of the first to be there along with Cana, Gray and Freed, all with their respective teammates. After ten minutes, Natsu and Wendy arrived with their luggage and exceeds.
When everyone calmed down and checked they had everything they needed,
the master stated we should be going now if we'd want to be there on time. We all embarked the ship, much to Natsu's discontent, and started to sail towards the island.
I went to my cabin to continue writing about my novel and decided to add the boy in it, along with everything else that happened in my dreams, so I wouldn't forget anything. While finishing my chapter, I remembered the boy's sudden fear as soon as I started walking towards him. I shook it off thinking it was only a dream but somehow I had the feeling that this wouldn't be the last time i'd see him.
I heard someone coming towards my cabin so I quickly hid my novel, in case it was Levy. When the person was in front of my door, I heard a few weak knocks. "Come in" I said from the back of the room, where my desk was. The person then slowly opened the door and I recognized who it was.
"Natsu? What are you doing here?" I asked, because usually he would just stay outside and search for any sign of land.
"Hwell ,i weanted to ask you somethuing" he said trying his best not to slur his words, even though he would always sound drunk. But we all knew it was actually just his motion sickness.
"Well what is it?"
"Did you also get a bad vbie about the icsland recenjtly?" he said with a semi-serious face.
I then remembered about the familiar dark presence I felt last night before I fell asleep and how odd it seemed to me at the time.
"Yeah…Why?" I asked hesitantly
"Because i did otoo and i thoutgh that sicne you had ia strong connecbtion with spirits oyou would mabye know whaat it wads." He said
"Yeah, they will probably know what it is" I said realizing how much sense that made.
'why didn't I think of that earlier' I thought and then I mentally facepalmed myself. I went to get my gate keys and then thought about who might help us the most. I decided Crux might be the best spirit, since he is the one that specializes in information gathering.
"Open, gate of the Southern Cross, Crux!" I chant and then in front of us appears Crux. He was sleeping, as usual, so I knew I should just ask him the question and then he would wake up with the answer.
"Crux, Natsu and I want to know why we are having a bad feeling about Tenrou island." I said. He then nodds and we leave him some time to figure out the answer. While Natsu wasn't looking I took the chance to ask the southern cross if this also had a connection with my a few minutes, Crux suddenly wakes up and tells us what he's found.
"I'm sorry but there are no archives about this presence on Tenjourima in the spirit world but I can confirm that there is something dark on that island." He states. Natsu decided to go back upstairs but before he did he thanked me and Crux for helping him . As I was about to close the gate, Crux told me something.
"There may be no archives about the dark presence but, seeing how we have archives about you, I was able to find out that this presence on the island is similar to the one in your dreams." He said thoughtfully, trying to make sense out of it.
"Is there anything else?" I inquired
"No miss, that is all"
"Well then, thank you for your work"
"You're welcome" he said and as he said those words, he fell asleep again.
I closed his gate and then sat on my bed thinking about what I just heard. 'Is this really just a dream' I asked myself. I then thought of something. 'If the presence is similar to the one in my dreams, does this mean that there are more things from those dreams that are real?' I thought then looked at my hands and thought of the black smoke that killed all the life in the fields.
I realized how tired I was and decided to get a good night sleep since tomorrow we'll arrive at Tenrou island. But unlike yesterday, this time I was more worried than afraid. I was worried that my dream would come true and I could end up hurting my Nakama. But I realized worrying wouldn't do anything so I took out my music lacrima and started to listen to some music to get my mind off of things.
Slowly I entered the fields again, but unlike last time, I was alone. I started walking to the tree where the boy was last time, but he wasn't there. Instead I found a note. It read 'We will meet soon again'. I took the note and placed it in my pocket, so I wouldn't lose it. I decided to lay under the tree until i would wake up.
I was starting to wake up when a flower caught my attention. It was a black rose. It stood in the middle of all of these colourful flowers, so it really stood out. I went to pick it and then the smoke came. It killed all life in the fields. I then took a glance to the black rose and, much to my surprise, it was still in the same condition as before. I didn't have too much time to think of it as I woke up soon after that incident.
After waking up, I went to get my novel so I could update it with what had just happened. When I finished updating it, I got dressed and went to get my gate keys but something stopped me. I looked to where my keys were and besides them, I saw a black rose.
This pretty much confirmed that my dreams weren't just dreams. They were real and that meant that there was another person, just like me, that was also dealing with the whole killing-black-smoke thing. I went outside to see the island and felt the presence as strong as ever.
We were all gathered at the dock of the island and then master appeared. He wore his official ten wizard saints clothes and took a quick glance at each of us. He proceeded by saying :
"Today one team will become S-class wizards. You will all go through some hard steps to make it that far." he looked at Natsu "Until someone has completed all the tasks, the exam will not be over. So with that said, let the S-class wizard exams start!" He said and everyone cheered. They all started running towards the first part of the exam. The tunnels.
A/N So I had to rewrite this multiple times cause I felt it just wasn't PEERRFFEECCTT enough for it to be posted but in the end i'm glad with how it came out XD Next chapter might yes MIGHT coz I have school orchestra starting again and school projects coming up ;-; be posted next week but i'll start writing it this weekend. SO *cue the dramatic music again* UNTIL NEXT TIME!