Happy New Year!
Gray's POV
Ugh, why did my head hurt so much? I sat up groggily, looking around the room, where was I?
"Erza! Flame Brain! Happy!" something hard smacked into me, "OW!"
"Shut up Gray." A voice hissed towards me.
"Erza?" I whispered in the dark.
Another punch came to my face, "Who else would it be? Now be quiet, I'm trying to listen to their conversation."
I immediately silenced myself and listened to the slightly muffled voices outside, "Was it successful?" A raspy voice asked.
"Hai, the girl was sent to Project X07253 today and thinks she's been there for years." Another voice answered that sounded quite young about 9? 10?
The first voice chuckled, "Her memory?"
"Cleaned, swapped and remolded."
"No memory at all?" a female's voice that sounded a few years older than me spoke up.
"Well, I swiped some memories, but not all of them." The young voice spoke timidly.
SLAP
"I CLEARLY TOLD YOU TO SWIPE ALL HER MEMORIES ALL OF THEM NOT JUST SOME OF THEM." The female spoke in rage.
"Gomennasai!" The young voice cried out, I could hear her sob.
"Now, now" the raspy voice spoke, "Don't be so cruel to your daughter, she did the best she could." But it wasn't very sincere as to you could his twisted cruelness in his voice.
Daughter!? I glanced over towards Erza who seemed just as surprised as me.
I heard the lady try to breathe calmly then took a deep breathe, "Now, do you know what we do to bad little girls who don't follow the rules?"
The little girl shuddered and stumbled her words, "Wh-w-hat?"
I could imagine her mother smile cruelly while stroking her daughter's head, "The room."
Silence then the little girl's mother laughed evilly, "Guards! Take her to the room!" she commanded.
"NOO! Please no!" the little girl wailed while sobbing she whimpered as she finished her cries.
Next to me I could feel Erza shake in anger and sadness, and then I remembered the story the scarlet mage had told me, Lucy, and Juvia at the Tower of Heaven onto how she had been tortured also in a room.
Erza stood up abruptly she looked around searching for the exit which I assume to destroy and beat up the ruthless mother and the raspy voiced person.
I pulled her back down and shook my head and pointed up indicating we should listen more. Erza unclenched her fists just slightly and sat back down.
"Hmph, useless girl, why do we even keep her around?" The mother huffed angrily.
"Weell," A new voice that was smooth and about the age of the women spoke out, I assume he just arrived, "You haveee to, theeee king only agreeeeed to keeeep this projeeect seeecreeet beeecause you agreeeeed to keeeeep heeer, you know sheee has a hugeee amount of magic." My eye twitched this guy was getting on my neeervees I mean nerves, what kind of person draws out every single e?
I could tell Erza was unaffected, wait never mind, her fists were clenched tightly too.
"You have not told her yet have you?" the silky voice now serious, "If you tell her then it will put us all in danger."
I clenched my fists, that bastard, caring only for himself!
"That's why I sent her to the magic absorber chamber; we get more magic power for Project X07253 and she has less magic. Killing two birds with one stone." She cackled.
"Yeeess, but onee probleeem, sheee will geeet heeer magic back." The smooth voice hissed angrily.
"That won't be a problem; the room has been adjusted to take most of her magic!" the raspy voice chuckled.
Natsu's POV
I scanned the crowd then stopped when I saw a familiar face, Lucy's.
Lucy's POV
Huh?
"Hey!" the pink haired guy who was previously on the ground before came up to me, "Yo, Lucy! What are you doing here?"
I backed away slightly, "H-h-h-ow do you know my name?" I asked fearfully.
The guy frowned, "Lucy, quit messing around, what do you mean how do I know your name?"
The blue cat? Jumped up suddenly wings sprouting on its back flew over and hugged me while sobbing, "Lucy! Why did you leave us to go on a job? We're a team aren't we?"
"Huh? Team? What are you talking about alley cat?"
Natsu's POV
My frown kept increasing, something wasn't right here, "Hey, Lucy where did you get that necklace?"
The blonde mage looked up towards me, "Huh? What do you mean? I've had this forever! And you still haven't told me how you know my name!"
I grabbed her by the shoulders and shook Lucy, "Stop joking around Luce!"
She raised her right hand and brushed me off, "Geez, what's your problem? I don't know you so don't you dare call me nicknames." She gave me an evil demon glare, "You hear me?"
My eyes widened and so did my mouth, "Lucy, yo-o-o-o-ou-r hand!" I grabbed her right hand and twisted it around and stared at it, "Your guild mark what happened to it?!"
Now Lucy was emitting a dark aura, "What did I tell you? Stay away from me!"
Lucy's POV
I looked around me, the people had cleared away, most likely assuming it was just a fight between a couple.
I couldn't believe the nerve of the pink haired idiot! He was somebody who I didn't know at all and yet he knew my name, called me nicknames, and even had the guts to grab me?
"Look here," I told him darkly, "Never talk to me, never touch me, and NEVER come near me again you hear me?" I turned my back towards him and walked away.
I heard footsteps behind me the minute I walked away, "Wait! Lucy! What happened to your guild mark? Did you move it somewhere else?"
I turned around now super pissed, "Ok, I've had enough of your crazy rants!" I swiped my hand though the air, "Just leave me alone can't you!?"
The crazy pink haired guy pointed towards a tattoo? On his arm that was shaped like a fairy, or at least I think it was a fairy.
"YOUR FAIRY TAIL MARK! LUCY WHERE IS IT?" he yelled towards me his face full of seriousness.
"Aye! Lucy where is it?" the blue cat asked flying up to me with a fish in his mouth.
