CHAPTER THREE
Where scared of each other..
When they reached the park nighttime has fallen upon them. The shining moon and the stars where the only thing lighting their path. Lucy looked around the empty park for the mysterious figure that called upon them earlier on the monitor.
The five of them stopped when they got close to the statue in the middle. Lucy stared up at it and couldn't help the feeling that they were staring back at them.
"Is it just me, or did this place get creepier." Cana said. She was rubbing up and down her bare arms to try and warm herself up. The wind swept by and Lucy started to feel a chill herself.
"Oi, where's that damn cat at, he suppose' to be handling this right?" Gajeel asked.
"Who knows," Laxus said
"Maybe it's the Happy pulling a prank on us again?" Jellal said. He was focusing on the statue in front of them, looking up at each individual dragon up top.
"What if that thing already got him?" Lucy asked them. Laxus crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. "Then tough luck, what good was he anyway then to bring us to this abandon island anyway. Hopefully it's someone who can take us back home."
Voices could be heard in the distance coming towards them. Lucy looked to the entrance of the park and saw her other classmates join them fully clothed. Erza was ahead guiding them all over to the five near the statue.
"What's going on here?" She asked as she approached them.
"Nothin' so far. It's been quiet." Gajeel told her. Levy ran up next to Jellal and started studying the statue with him.
"Somethings different about this." She mumbled, She placed a hand on the plaque and stared up at the dragons. A puff of warm air seemed to come out of one of the dragons noses.
"Woah is those things alive!?" Natsu said running up next to Levy. He looked up at the dragon, then proceeded to climb the statue.
"Hey Natsu get down you can't do that!" Lucy yelled grabbing the boy and pushing him down.
"Why not it's nothing against the rules?" He said trying to free himself from her grasp.
"Natsu, it is unprofessional to climb up public property. So, Get. Off. The. Statue. Now!" Erza told him in a chilling voice.
"Y-yes m-m-ma'am." Natsu said getting off of the statue.
Levy tried to crane her neck up to see the rest to see the rest of the statue, she was having trouble with how little she was. She jumped up and down in front of it to try and get a closer look.
" 'ere shrimp." Gajeel said. He picked up Levy and put her on his shoulders so she could examine the statue better. Levy blushed and smacked Gajeel on the head.
"Ouch; damn women, what was that for?" Gajeel said grabbing her hand that was hitting him.
"Warn me next time," Levy said hitting him with her other hand "And my name is Levy not shrimp!" She finished. Levy and Gajeel started bickering and Lucy couldn't help but giggle at them.
"Kehuhuhuhuhu!" That weird laughter came out again around them. Lucy looked around to find the source. She couldn't see anything with how dark it was in the park. Everyone became quiet and started looking around as well.
"Hey! Whoever you are come out, we ain't afraid of ya!" Gray yelled into the night.
"Kehuhuhuhu" The laugh came again.
"Look up there" Levy pointed to the top of the statue while still on Gajeel's shoulders. Everyone looked up and saw what looked like a small dragon perched up on the top, but it was different from the ones on the statue. It was small and kind of similar to Happy. It was too dark so Lucy couldn't make out exactly what it was.
"I'm glad to see you all made it! Sorry I'm late, had to deal with some pesky bugs." The voice sounded too cheerful in a dark manor. It didn't carry the same happiness that there teacher possessed. No this voice carried something viler almost like, if Lucy could put it in words, it sounded like despair.
"Who are you?" Laxus asked the figure up top the statue.
The figure jumped off the statue in the most dramatic way possible. Doing flips and poses on its way down. It landed in front of them raising its little paws in the air.
Under the moonlight Lucy got a better look at the 'thing'. It looked like a stuffed animal dragon. On the right side of the stuffed animal it looked sinister. On that side was all black with a blue eye, the eye looked like kind of like venom's eye from that movie. It had sharp teeth upturned into a wicked smile. He seemed to not have an arm on the side.
The other side was completely opposite. It was white and looked plain compared to the other side; He had a single button eye and a straight lined mouth. He had an arm attached with little claws on it.
All over his body though, he had some weird blue flames. He had a long tail coming out the back and horns coming from both sides of his head. He looked harmless for the most part, but Lucy couldn't shake this horrible feeling she was getting from it.
"Why, I'm the headmaster of this academy!" The dragon spoke.
"Bullshit," Laxus said to the stuffed animal. " I know the headmaster and you ain't it."
"Oh I forgot to tell you all, yeah he retired last year. Poor thing spent 30 years as headmaster. Now it's time for a new start!" The dragon said pumping his paw in the air.
"Gramps didn't mention anything about retiring." Laxus said to the thing. He was walking up to it with a murderous look in his eye.
"There is a loooooot he hasn't told you laxy poo" The dragon said in a teasing voice. Laxus grabbed the stuffed animal and looked ready to tear it open.
"Ah-ah I wouldn't do that if I were you" The dragon said. Laxus ignored him and started ripping the stuffed animal apart.
Laxus finished and left the pieces on the ground. The instead was stuffed with fluff like any other stuffed animal. It was weird because it could talk and move, Lucy thought it would be some kind of mechanism in it. But it was totally empty.
"Are you guys alright!" Happy said swooping in on them. He looked down at the ripped up stuffed dragon.
"Where've you been?" Gajeel asked him. But Happy ignored and looked mortified down at the ripped up stuffed animal.
"Who did this?" Happy asked.
"I did, he claimed to be the headmaster." Laxus said.
"Oh no everyone stay back. Happy yelled to them.
Just then the dragons on the statue began to move. The all broke out of the statue and into metal dragons flying in the sky. They were all different colors; there was a black, light purple, grey, and white one. They circled around the park, except for the red one. It floated above the statue right in front of Laxus and Happy. Its mouth began to glow red and aim for them.
"Watch Out!" Happy yelled then pushed Laxus out of the way. The blonde was pushed back just in time as the dragon shot fire down on Happy. After its onslaught on happy it proceeded to burn down the woods surrounding them .It blew fire all around and started setting the trees on fire. The exit was blocked by the flames so they were stuck in the middle of the park. Everyone huddled close together as to not get to close to the flames.
Lucy looked where happy once stood and saw nothing but a burn mark on the asphalt. Lucy gulped and hung on close to the person next to her.
"Kehuhuhu, I warned ya, didn't I." A voice sounded. Right in front of the statue was the stuffed dragon, standing next to his remains. He had a sinister look on his face and was laughing manically. Lucy couldn't help but be afraid of this stuffed animal. It caused all this destruction so soon. There were all going to die by this stuffed dragon and they couldn't do anything about it. Who knew it would have all this power.
"Okay Igneel you can stop now, I think they get the point!" The stuffed animal yelled up to the red dragon. He stopped spreading the fire and floated down to perch himself on the throne on the statue.
"Igneel?" Lucy heard someone say beside her. She looked over and saw she was clung to Natsu. He looked over at the stuffed animal furious.
"Is that dragon really Igneel!?" Natsu yelled at the stuffed animal. The stuffed animal looked over to Natsu and his paw up to his straight lined mouth.
"What's it to you?" He asked Natsu.
"Just answer the damn question!" Natsu yelled back at the stuffed dragon.
"You're way too pushy." The dragon said. He walked over and stood in front of the group huddled together. Lucy tightened her grip on Natsu, afraid that the stuffed dragon might do something else to them.
"ANSWER ME!" Natsu yelled, his whole body started to shake. Lucy circled her arms fully around Natsu and tried to turn him away from the stuffed animal.
"Calm down Natsu!" She tried to get him away, so that the dragon wouldn't harm him. The stuffed animal just stood there and started laughing.
"Kehuhuhu, this is fun. Okay, to answer your question, Yes that Igneel but also it's not Igneel." He said putting a paw up to his mouth to hide his giggles.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Natsu said to the dragon.
"Just what I said. Maybe one day you will find out the truth dear Natsu." The stuffed animal said.
"Anyways we have to hurry its almost night time soon." He quickly changed the subject before Natsu could ask any more questions.
"As you all know I'm your headmaster! My names Acnologia!" The stuffed animal said.
"W-w-w-what d-did you d-do to o-o-our teacher?" Droy spoke up from somewhere in the circle they made.
"Hmm, Oh well he wanted to protect you all, and now he faced the consequences. Kehuhuhu, he should've let me fry blondie over there." Acnologia said pointing a paw at Laxus.
"What are we supposed to do without our teacher?" Erza spoke up. She sounded confident but Lucy could hear how scared she was a little.
"You won't need him anymore."
"What do you mean?" Jellal said, poking his head out of the crowd.
"Well, things are changing now that I'm here. Listen here folks I'm only saying this once so you better listen up!" The dragon said. Everyone stayed quiet and watched the dragon.
He smiled a wicked smile and slowly began, "From now on this is school trip will be the killing school trip."
Lucy felt her heart sink to her stomach. Things have turn for the worse. This trip that was supposed to be a peaceful trip for the students turned into something with killing in it. Lucy didn't know who was even doing the killing but the thought of a murderer on this island with them scared her.
"Uh, when you say killing, what do you mean by that?" Cana asked.
"Kehuhuhu glad you asked," Acnologia started. " In order to graduate and get off of this island, You must kill a classmate and get away with it."
There was silence encasing them. It felt like no one was breathing, no one's heart was beating, nothing. Fear crept their way onto everyone; they all started looking around at one another scared to death.
"What makes you think we will kill each other? We're not murderers." Natsu spoke up beside Lucy. She looked up at him and he had fire in his eyes.
"All you need is a little motivation to get it started!" Acnologia said back to Natsu, but Natsu wasn't going to give up.
"Nothing can motivate us to kill one another. I know I just met them today, But I can tell they would never harm anyone." Natsu said challenging the dragon. It seemed to motivate everyone else as well.
"You'd be surprised to know what people would do given the circumstances." The stuffed animal said. "Just wait and see." He said in a deadly voice at the end.
"We're gonna find a way off this island without killin' one 'nother." Gajeel said.
"Yeah if we work together as a team we can overcome this." Erza said confidently.
"We'll go to the real Fairy Tail and escape this nightmare!" Mirajane yelled.
Everyone began to yell and proclaim they will all work together to get off this island. Lucy looked around stunned at how this groups of people seemed motivated to overturn this sick nightmare. These strangers working together on a common goal to get off this island and away from this messed up reality.
"Yeah we're leaving this island and going back home!" Lucy yelled with them.
The stuffed animal seemed to get annoyed and walked back over to the dragon on the statue. He hopped up onto the dragons lap and sighed.
"I see, I just have to give you all some motivation huh." He said. He put his paw up to his head and got into a thinking pose.
"Ah-ha I got it!" He declared." I see you all have this motivation to go home? But is it really worth it? Do you really want to go back home. I tell ya it's not how it used to be." Everyone grew silent and looked up at the dragon. He smiled as he looked upon the hushed crowd.
"What do you mean?" Lisanna spoke up to him. He just laughed and slammed his paw down on his lap.
"There's a reason we brought you all here! Once you all see what back home you would wish you stayed here is."
"What happened back home?" Levy asked.
"Kill someone and find out!" He said staring back at them with a wide grin.
"Did something happen to our families?" Jet asked
"Maybe, who knows?" Acnologia teased.
"Kehuhuhu, I'll be waiting for you all to decide what you want to do. Until then," He jumped off the dragon and turned to face it." Clean up this mess1" He yelled at the dragon. The dragon got up and started sucking in the flames that got onto the trees. Once he was done the parked looked exactly how it was before. The trees seemed unscathed by the flames the dragon put out.
"I've updated your rule book, I suggest you all take a look before going back to you rooms." Acnologia said.
He turned and walked towards the back of the park disappearing. But his voice lingered as he said, "Your mailboxes in front of your rooms have your room key and a spare. I recommend you put it in a safe place so no one can sneak into your room at night, Also you handbook shows you which room is yours. If you're not certain look at the picture on the mailboxes." His voice faded away and they were left in the park by themselves. The dragons in the sky all scattered and went into opposite directions, except for the red one that stayed perched on the throne.
Lucy heard a 'ding' she pulled out her handbook and saw the school rules app glowing.
Rule #8: Anyone whole kills a fellow student and becomes "blackened" will graduate, unless they are discovered.
Rule #9: The blackened can only kill two students, if more than that appear, the student will be punished.
Rule #10: Using the handbook of another student is strictly prohibited.
Rule #11: The body announcement sound will only activate when three or more students see the dead body, the killer is not included.
Rules #12: If equal votes are given to two students both will be executed as long as one of them is the blackened.
Rule #13: Survivors of the killing game can only happen when five people are left due to the killer's ability to kill 2 people leaving two witnesses.
Rule #14: Additional school regulations may be added if necessary.
Lucy took in a deep breath after reading the new rules. It seemed the stuffed animal was really trying to get them into this killing school trip. Lucy looked around as everyone else was still reading over the new rules.
Lucy thought back to what the headmaster said, he said we wished we stayed here instead of go home? Did something happen back home that none of them were aware of? Lucy doesn't recall hearing anything on the news about something happening. But who knows what happened, they got stuck on this island out of nowhere.
Would Lucy really risk someone else's life to figure out what's going on at home? It's not like she really had anything back home. She was alone for the most part. She didn't really have any friends and she hasn't seen her family in years.
"Aquarius!" she whispered to herself. She almost forgot about her! Lucy caregiver and best friend was back home. She was the only one Lucy had now. Did something happen to her back home?! Lucy started to worry and breath heavily. What would she do without Aquarius, she had been there for her since a small child. She was all Lucy had left. She has to hurry off this island and get back to her-
"Lucy calm down its okay, were going to get home." A warm hand touched Lucy shoulders. Lucy blinked a few times and felt hot tears stain her cheeks. She looked over to Natsu who looked down at her concerned. She rubbed the tears away and looked up at him.
"How?" she asked him, voice still shaky from the little melt down she had.
Natsu stayed quiet and looked down. "I don't know, But trust me I will get you home." He promised her. Lucy looked up to Natsu and she felt her eyes start to water again. This guy who she barely knew was willing to help her. She didn't feel worth his effort but she was thankful still.
"Thank you Natsu." She said.
"Oi stop crying, nothing is gonna happen okay?" Natsu said. Lucy shook her head and wiped the tears away.
Lucy looked around. Everyone else seemed to still look uneasy. There was not much they could do in this situation now. It really was unpredictable what could happen. None of them really knew each other and they were tasked to kill one another. No one could really trust each other now with the weight the headmaster held over them.
But Lucy knew she could trust Natsu. He made her a promise and he seemed determine to keep that promise. Lucy vowed to herself to protect Natsu like he was doing her. She would make sure he made it back home with her.
*Ding Dong*
*Dong Ding*
"Ahem! Fairy Tail Academy's School Trip Executive Committee has an announcement to make…."
"It is now 10:00 p.m."
"Please return to your rooms and relax. Let the sound of the ocean gently rock you to sleep."
"Now then, sweet dreams everyone. Good niiiiiiight…."
*Click*
The monitor went off leaving them staring at a black screen. Everyone stayed still and didn't move. It was silent throughout the park and no one made way to move towards the exit.
"It would be best if we go back to our rooms for the night." Erza spoke up. Everyone turned towards her. She was looking off towards the exit.
"Tomorrow morning we all meet up at the restaurant. We will find a way off of this island. And I promise you all, I'll do everything in my power to keep you safe. I will have no killings on my watch." Erza said, walking towards the exit. Soon after Jellal followed her and the rest slowly made their way off the island and back towards the resort.
Lucy and Natsu walked side by side in silence making their way to their rooms. It was easy to find Lucy's it was the first one on the left. Natsu's was the first one on the right. They were neighbors, except for the sidewalk disconnecting each side. The bungalow next to hers was Levy's. She looked through the window and saw the little light on in her room.
Lucy opened the mailbox and took out her keys. She tucked it into her bag nice and neat so she wouldn't lose them. Natsu didn't go into his room until he saw Lucy enter hers.
Once Lucy got in she took a good look around the room. It was a nice sized room. Bigger than the one she has back home. It had a queen sized canopy bed on the far left side. In front of the bed was a dresser with a t.v. on top. There was a window in the middle between the dresser and wardrobe that was in the far back of the room. Above the window was a monitor. There was sheer curtains covering the window that laid between the two items.
On the right was a door. Lucy walked up to it and looked in, it was a nice size bathroom. It had a shower a sink and a toilet. It seemed to be stocked with all the necessities Lucy would need. She backed out of the restroom and closed the door. She looked over to her right and saw a desk with a chair next to the bathroom door. It had a pamphlet on top that read 'Guide to Fairy Tail Academy'.
Lucy walked over to the wardrobe and opened it up. It was stocked full of clothes, and they seemed to be her size. Lucy closed the wardrobe and walked over to the dresser. It was filled with pajamas and intimacies. Lucy took out a pair of pajamas and made her way to the bathroom. She quickly threw her bag on the desk next to the bathroom and shut the door.
Lucy started up the shower and let the water warm up before she stepped in. She took off her clothes and left them on a pile on the floor. Once Lucy got into the shower she rested her head on the back wall of the shower.
Lucy thoughts started to run rampant. She was stuck here with strangers who probably had very good reasons to leave this island. They had lives back hope and people who cared for them. Lucy couldn't image if something happened to Aquarius, so she knew everyone was just as anxious as her to leave.
But where any of them willing to actually kill someone to get off? Lucy couldn't tell, they seemed like honest people when she first met them, but that may just be an act. One of them could be in there room right now plotting to get home.
But Erza promised to keep them all safe. But could she really do that? She is only one person. And who knows Erza might've just said that to throw them off. She does have a sword she could use that to slice anyone anytime she wanted to.
Lucy just wanted to go home. She didn't want to be here. If she knew her life was going to be like this if she attended Fairy Tail she would've just given up the opportunity. It was not worth this nightmare to stay here.
Lucy finished up her shower and got dressed. She exit the bathroom and threw her clothes next to her wardrobe. Maybe tomorrow she can go to the store and get a hamper to out her clothes in?
She lay down in her bed and tried to still her mind so she could go to sleep. But there was a lot to think about with the new school rules and the headmaster.
Even though Happy had been with them for a short while, she sure missed him. He protected them to his last breath. Lucy didn't understand why she was getting emotional over a stuffed animal, but he truly tried his best to make this a fun trip for them.
Sadly Acnologia had to come in and crash there party. Turning this vacation into a nightmare. The headmaster of this school seemed weird and held so much power in his little paw.
As the night went on slowly Lucy's thoughts stilled. She fell asleep after some time.
Tomorrow would be the first day of this Killing School Trip..
16 Students Remaining
A/N
SORRY THIS TOOK LONGER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE . I have been really busy lately, So maybe for now the updates will be every two weeks okayyy. Until my schedul clears up.
ANYWAYS we finally got to meet anco aka head master. I wanted to use pantherlilly but he's not really a villain type. I wanted to use a villain that is strictly a villain. Not one that has been redeemed and is now a good guy. And btw Acno is going to be super ooc in this fic. He is going to act like monokuma, if you know how monokuma acts then you will know how acno will act in this fic. I could have put monokuma in here but I wanted this to only have fairy tail characters in it.
I don't really think this is a spoiler for the story anyway so I will say it here. No one in this story knows one another, except for Erza and Jellas. As well as Natsu and Gray and Natsu and Gajeel. Erza and Jellal will get explained as the story goes on and you will see. As for Natsu and Gray well, Whenever Natsu was booked for a performance usually the vendor would hire an ice sculptor and Gray would go. They met at these different parties and clashed but they wouldn't call each other friends nor know each other on a personal level. As for Natsu and Gajeel, well they don't really tell anyone they know each other but it will be revealed soon how they are connected.
Thank you all for the follows and fav I really appreciate it. It warms my heart to know people want to keep up with this story and read it 3
And thank you for my first reveiw! It really means a lot to me (And Sailor V you may be onto something puhuhu)
Anyways thank you all for reading. I hope you enjoy. I'm gonna put this warning here and at the beginning of the next chapter, but it will be a character death in the next chapter. Thats danganronpa for ya.
