Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)
Good Things Come, Even If You're Unaware of Them
Lucy had been running down to the harbor of Magnolia for a few minutes now, and she was not exactly fast. The blonde mage was trying to reach the next ship that would be scheduled for the town of Rustboro, and she certainly did not want to see it set sail without her. Lucy narrowed her brown eyes while she had been running, going as fast as her energy would allow, but she had also been pulling her black suitcase behind her. It had quite a lot of things in it, mainly her food and clothes that had all been folded neatly, and those were things that could not be left behind.
As she ran past a few flower shops on a street in Magnolia, Lucy's cocoa brown eyes had caught sight of them. They all looked so beautiful, having their shops smelling wonderful with the many fragrances of various flowers, and the blonde mage's running had come to a halt when her body had told her to stop. It was nice to see that all the flowers were being treated with love and care, things that Lucy had hoped to find when she had joined the guild of Fairy Tail, but the flowers had much better luck than she did. They had people helping them grow stronger with daylight and positive energy, not keeping them in the dark to let them wilt and die in sadness.
Clenching her left fist tightly, Lucy could only growl at the fact that she saw happy couples walking out of the florist shops with many bouquets of flowers. Even seeing Gajeel presumably buy a sapling in a small pot of soil as a little gift for Levy was enough to make Lucy look envious, but she had no romantic feelings towards the tough iron dragon slayer. Her attention had mainly been focused on the plant, imagining it as the love that she had shared with Natsu, and their relationship was like a few seeds in a flower pot that had bloomed into many daffodils.
However, Natsu had then decided that the daffodils were not good enough. They were not the ones that he wanted, so the fire dragon slayer had decided to help his new girlfriend grow some red roses in a much larger pot of soil. He had been taking great care of the roses, hoping that they would have every day filled with brightness, but did that dense jerk even care about the daffodils that were now wilting? Natsu probably would be cheering happily when the news of Lucy being gone reached his ears, and then him and Lisanna could smell their little roses of deceit together while taking in their aroma of happiness.
Shaking her head quickly, Lucy realized that she had to get back on track with her task of not missing the next boat headed for the port town of Rustboro. She would never reach the harbor in time by simply running, even though she had to wait for her energy to recharge, and Lucy inhaled a breath of air. In a few seconds, the blonde mage suddenly felt herself become revitalized with air in her lungs. Lucy had never healed that fast before, and she looked a bit curious while wondering if that new little trick had something to do with the green book that Heidi had given her.
Not planning to waste time with figuring out the effects of the other readable spells, if she had gained anymore, Lucy simply kept on running to the harbor. She was definitely filled with energy again, most likely because of the Wind Magic in the green book, and the blonde mage continued her sprint to the boat. She probably only had at least 12 minutes left before the boat would leave the port of Magnolia, so she really had to hurry. Lucy was wanting something to go right today, instead of having another moment of shock in her life, but she had tempted fate upon turning a corner to slam into the one person who she really wanted to avoid.
"Ouch! Lucy, watch where you're going! You slammed into me like you're in a total rush, but I told you two days ago that we were going to go on our next date later today! Anyway, you're so sweet and I love you. If your bed needs to be warmed up, then let's sleep together and-" Natsu had told her in a kind tone with his usual goofy grin, extending his left hand to try and help her up from the ground.
Lucy was able to stand up on her own, but what happened next was a real shock to Natsu. Lucy glared angrily at him, before giving him a harsh slap across the face with most of her anger focused into that slap. It made a resounding sound that got the attention of the people on the street, some of them even seeing Lucy slap Natsu, and this drama was definitely about to unfold. Lucy had tears streaming down her face from feeling the pain of her harsh collision with Natsu, but she felt more pain from having to encounter him on her way out of this town. On the bright side of this, wouldn't it be good for Lucy to actually break up with the fire dragon slayer before searching for a new love interest?
She shouted fiercely at him, jabbing the index finger of her left hand against his chest, "I don't want to sleep with a jerk like you, Natsu, and I am furious with you and the whole guild of Fairy Tail for not telling me about how you had been cheating on me with Lisanna! Did you really think that I would never find out about how you two were going to have your little seven-month anniversary? Did you think that I wouldn't notice how the people in the guild have become quiet around me, and you even made a friend like Cana betray me to keep your little affair in the dark from me! Well, we're through! I never want to see you ever again!"
Natsu replied in a shocked manner while not having thought that she would find out so soon, secretly wondering about who had been the snitch to reveal his new relationship to Lucy, "I can't believe that someone with loose lips would tell you about Lisanna before I did, Luce! I really wanted to come clean about the affair to you, but you're so fragile and weak that you'd overreact about it. Even if I said that I wanted to break up with you, you'd just be a crybaby and throw a massive tantrum like what you're doing now. You're just not as fun or as sweet as Lisanna can be, and I'm glad that you're dumping me. It saved me the trouble of having to dump you."
He had really picked the wrong choice of words in his response, and Lucy narrowed her cocoa brown eyes from hearing that jerk describe her as fragile and weak. She could definitely handle the news, and Lucy was certainly not throwing a tantrum at all by expressing how she felt. She could only wish that it was possible to get away from this scene, with everyone staring at her to see what she would say, so Lucy closed her eyes while wishing that she could just vanish. Suddenly, a large green cloud of smoke had been made around the blonde girl! It made Natsu step back into an area where he could see all of the smoke, and he wondered if Lucy was trying to distract him.
The smoke cleared up quickly to reveal that Lucy and her belongings were no longer in the spot where they had originally been, and Natsu looked very puzzled about what had just happened. He could've sworn that he was talking to the real Lucy, not a joker dressed like her with smoke bombs at their disposal, and Natsu sniffed the air to detect her scent. The spot where had been standing definitely smelled like strawberries and vanilla, but the fire dragon slayer could not tell where she had gone. He assumed that she had went to Fairy Tail for the removing of her guild mark, but would she be that predictable?
At the harbor...
Lucy opened her eyes to see that she had now ended up at the harbor of Magnolia, smelling the salty air while feeling the ocean breeze gently pass her by, and she smiled a bit while wondering how she had gotten here. Lucy wanted to get away from Natsu, but she did not think that it could actually be done in a way that involved the use of Magic. She did not know any Teleportation Magic, but the spell that had been used was not one that focused around teleporting. This was actually the second spell that belonged to Wind Magic, and it was known as Vanishing Breeze.
The name might've sounded a bit weird, but it had allowed Lucy to move through the air to reach wherever she wanted to go. It could be used to blow Lucy in any direction to evade attacks, and this spell could also be used to push people backwards for long-range attacks to be more effective. Lucy did not know that she wielded a book that was meant as a basis for Molding Magic, shaping the magic into whatever the user wanted the moves to be, and she could also set the power and effects of those moves. It was quite useful for convenience, but even this book had rules on how it could be used.
Upon looking at the cute heart-shaped pink watch on her left arm, Lucy noticed that the current time was now 7:50 a.m. in the morning. The last boat to the town of Rustboro had already set sail, having left while Lucy had unfortunately been arguing with her dense pink-haired ex, and she could only guess that he had been on his way to buy some flowers for the new love of his life. There was no doubt that almost nothing had been going Lucy's way today, but it could have actually been worse if she had missed the boat and got soaked with water.
The angry look on her face could let anyone know that she was really upset to find out that Natsu had been cheating on her, and she was even more miffed to know that he had been preferring Lisanna over her for a while now. Lucy had heard the saying about being happy for two people who want to be in love, but how could she be happy at all to see the guy who she liked being a complete backstabber? It was almost like those thirteen months of romance were all for nothing, and she had just squandered away all of her time with a guy who had lost his feelings for her. She was glad to have broken up with him, but being the dumper had its side effect.
Now that Natsu was probably on his way back to the Fairy Tail guild, would he tell everyone that Lucy had been the one to dump him? He would also say that she threw a big tantrum about how he had been cheating on her, but he had never asked her about how she discovered his little love affair with his white-haired princess. This meant that he would most likely be assuming that someone had let it slip to her, but he would not know who had done it. In an ironic twist, he had actually been the one to let Lucy know that he'd been cheating on her. If he had never discussed the situation with Erza and the others or kissed Lisanna, then Lucy never would've found out about the affair.
As Lucy felt pretty angry about this whole thing, she looked at the green book to imagine up another spell. If Natsu was going to say that she was weak and fragile, then she would definitely prove him wrong. Narrowing her brown eyes while also wanting to vent out all the anger, Lucy inhaled air through her mouth before exhaling it all in the form of a spiraling green vortex of wind! It spun really quickly, growing with distance as it headed straight for a stack of bricks, and an emerald green blast of Wind Magic had transpired! This move seemed to be powerful, since it had been made from tons of Lucy's anger, and the bricks had been decimated into dust.
She was panting heavily after using that new move, and Lucy still felt like venting out her emotions on the dock's inanimate objects. She needed a name for this spell, and Lucy simply called it Decimating Wind because of how it obliterated those bricks. She used the spell to destroy a pile of lumber, creating another green blast of energy, and this move had also pushed Lucy backwards while it had used up so much power. The brown-eyed girl continued to pant, feeling her magical power deplete once again, but she did not expect to feel her legs shaking while she was losing her balance. Nothing had been going right for Lucy on this day, and she only wanted something good to happen to her.
While Lucy fell to her knees, she could only say in an upset manner as tears began to well up in her eyes, "Even anger doesn't make me feel good about losing Natsu, and he makes me feel like I'm not good enough. I lost him to Lisanna, and I doubt that any other guy would even see the value in me. If I rush into another relationship, it won't even work out. Natsu is probably telling the whole guild about how I dumped him, and everybody must really be wondering about how I found out. Even if I were to strengthen my magic, I'll always be a failure at love..."
The stress from dealing with Natsu, combined with the fact that most of her energy was depleted, had caused Lucy to feel a pain in her heart before she passed out. The blonde mage had lost consciousness once again, but she was not going to be alone. Unknown to Lucy, a certain blond dragon slayer and his female friend with light-blue hair had heard every word while they had been observing the blasts from behind a nearby bush. They were also accompanied by a black-haired male who had a green Exceed on his left shoulder, and the blond male had been waiting for his red Exceed to finish the job of delivering newspapers from the sky to a gang in Magnolia. Apparently, they were paying Sting's group 200,000 jewels to deliver the newspapers to them so that they could rob the most successful business of the week for some easy cash.
Upon seeing that Lucy had collapsed, Sting ran from behind the bush to be at her side while looking concerned for the well-being of the blonde girl. He had heard her words about dumping Natsu, and Sting had picked her up in his arms gently. It was true that him and Lucy did not know each other yet, but he was not going to send her back to the guild of Fairy Tail without getting a full explanation about what she had been saying. After all, there was obviously more to her story. Sting smiled a bit while knowing where he would take this hurt woman, and it would actually be where she had been wanting to go.
How was the 3rd chapter? Did you like it? I apologize for the fact that it seems short, but the next update will be longer. Lucy will also get to meet the writer of the contents in the pink envelope, and she will be using the book with the compatible spirits in this story. I still haven't decided the main pairing for Lucy in a romance, though. Standby for the update!