Meanwhile…
"Do you even know where you're going?! I'm starving and I don't smell any restaurants nearby! Just where are we?" The pink-haired speaker turned to a small figure on the ground. "Geeze Natsu! Give me a break! I'm hungry too and my aera ran out already! Plus, I think this is the way back…"
"Think!?" Natsu said suddenly. "I thought you knew your way back, Happy! Great; now we're lost in the middle of nowhere, hungry, and out of magic power!" Natsu shouted in frustration. "Can't believe I'm saying this, but…I WISH I WAS IN A FREAKING CARRIAGE NOW! WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO WALK TO HARGEON, ANYWAYS?!"
Happy glared at him. "Yours." He said sarcastically. Natsu ignored that comment, and carried on.
"Well…whatever. Let's just see if we can find a lake so we can fish for our lunch, or something. Sound good?"
'GRRRRRR!' Went Happy's stomach. "Aye, Sir!"
Natsu looked around the forest. "Come here Happy, I wanna try something. It might make finding a lake easier."
Natsu and Happy are traveling back to the guild after catching some bandits in Hargeon. During the fight, Natsu used up all of his magic power and had to beat them up with his fists instead. They got the job done and picked up the reward. Of course, Natsu didn't want to ride a train back, so he came up with the bright idea of walking back. Unfortunately, they ran out of food a while ago, and were struggling to find some. Then Happy had the brilliant idea of flying back the rest of the way, so they did; until he ran out of magic power too. Not the brightest, those two.
"Wait, what are you doing?!" Happy shouted. Natsu scooped him up, and was about to toss him.
"I'm gonna throw you up into the air to see if you could spot anything; Why?" Natsu then proceeded to throw him up into the atmosphere.
"WWWHHHAAAAAAAAA!" Happy was tossed up about fifty feet and was frantically flailing him limbs around. "WHAT ABOUT ME FALLING!?" he shouted.
Natsu scratched his head. "Well, I didn't think about that…"
"I'M DEAD! THIS IS ME DYING!"
Natsu thought for a second, then proceeded to run underneath his friend. Right when he was about to hit the ground, Natsu grabbed his tail to stop his downward fall. Happy's face was about a centimeter from the ground.
"wghgafhhga…." Happy shuddered, he had a look of extreme terror on his face. "…..why me?..."
Natsu looked down. "Because you wouldn't be able to throw me. Now, just point out the way to the nearest lake, if you would."
Happy raised a shaky finger and pointed to the west.
"There; see? Now we can eat!"
Happy gave him a look of complete disgust. "I will KILL YOU!"
"Whoah, Happy?! What are you doing?"
"YOU"RE DEAD!"
"Geeze, you're pissed!" Natsu said, frightened of his friend. "I'm just gonna…go that way…." And Natsu ran, leaving a trail of dust behind him.
"WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU; YOU'LL BE SORRY!" Happy soon disappeared through the trees after his best friend, an evil look on his face. "YOU OWE ME A TON OF FISH!"
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"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!" Lucy shouted. "I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO DESERVE TH- MMMMMMM!"
Jude put a piece of duct-tape over her mouth. "SHUT YOUR TRAP! I'm tired of going easy on you! YOU CAN'T RUN AWAY FROM ME!" He had already tied Lucy's hands up with a belt, and she was currently hanging from the bedframe facing the door. "I CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND LET YOU LEAVE!" He shouted, drunk. "Now, it's about time I showed you that you belong TO ME!" He then whipped out a small pocket knife. "MmmmmMMMmmmM!" Lucy tried to move, but her father now held her down. "What's the matter? Are you scared of me? Because you should be." He put the blade onto the skin on her right hand. He dug the blade in a little; just enough for blood to ooze out. "THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE!"
"MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" Lucy was fighting him, but to no use. He was simply too strong for her. Jude Started etching a letter 'J' into her skin; watching her face the entire time as he did so. Seeing her pain drove him even further into what he was doing. "MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!" The pain was too much for Lucy to bear. The blood from the open wound was dripping down her arm, and onto her face.
The 'J' was finished, so Jude took a break of torture and put his hand under Lucy's chin, lifting her face up so they were eye-to-eye. "Heh. You're so helpless. Oh, and what's this?" He wiped a bit of the blood from her forehead with his thumb, and then stuck it in his mouth. "Mmmmm… who knew it was sooo yummy?" He gave her a pervy look, then started to lick at the blood on her face. "MMMmmmmMMmmmMmMm!" Lucy protested. Jude stopped. He drew back and looked at her blood-smeared face. "Oh, what was that? Did you just say 'I want another letter?" Lucy started shaking her head frantically.
"Yes? Oh; then I can oblige." He picked up the pocket knife and then started to carve a letter 'H'. Lucy started to scream again. Blood trickled down onto her eyes, now, causing her vision to go red. Her vision was swirling now. And the blood was making it hard to breathe. Is this how she would die? Being tortured, and then bleeding to death from her father?
Jude looked down at her blood-soaked daughter. "Lucky for you, I'm done branding you now." He looked at the bloody letters 'J.H.' on Lucy's hand. "YOU'RE MY PROPERTY!" He shouted in her face. Then looked around the room and spotted a small glass.
"Ahhhhh… This sure is hard work! I think I'll enjoy that glass of milk, now. But none for you. If you're thirsty, then you'll just have to drink your own blood." Lucy looked at his stupid face. She was sitting in a small puddle of blood on the floor, now, which had started to turn cold. This sent a chill up her spine.
Jude then proceeded to take a drink. "You know, I knew about this ever since last night. My friend, a worker at Magicalooza, told me about a 'special visitor' that went to his store. He said it was a brown haired teen with a hoodie and jeans on. Said she 'bought a special potion for her father'. What he didn't know, was that he gave me just the information I needed to understand your plan." He walked up to her. "Where is it?" He pulled the duct-tape off of her mouth. "The potion, where is it?!"
She smirked at the floor. "Down the hatch." He quizzically looked at her, then realizing, looked down in his hand at the empty milk glass in terror. "Why you BITCH!" He threw the glass at her, hitting her ribs and shattering. "AHHHHHH!" The glass shards flew everywhere, mostly hitting Lucy, and tearing up her shirt.
"HOW DARE YOu…do that…to ….…me?" He fell onto his hands and knees, right at Lucy's feet. "I…will…..find….you. You…..are…..mine…" And he fell over onto his side, his knife falling on the floor beside him.
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