The following week went by fast and Lucy loved Fairy Tail Academy so much. She was actually happy that her father kicked her out of the house. Lucy had also been secretly glancing at the two strange boys due to her curiosity and realised that they barely socialised with anyone and are barely seen apart in school. She found them stranger every time, how they sometimes leave class at random times, even during lectures. But who was Lucy to judge? Everyone was different and she didn't even had a real conversation with them.
Another thing that happened this week was that Lucy was invited to a pizza party that was being held on Saturday, which was today. It was starting at seven o'clock at night and at the moment, it was two in the afternoon and Lucy was still in bed. She went late to bed after going to karaoke with the girls which ended at midnight.
Slowly, she opened her eyes and scanned her room which had light pink walls with white transparent curtains. There was a wooden desk which had papers and homework neatly stacked and pictures of her friends and past. On the walls there were posters of her favourite band, Epica, and paintings Lucy had painted. In the corner of her room, parallel to her bed, there was a white wardrobe which was decorated with carvings.
She got out from under her pink covers and slipped on her slippers which were creamy yellow with light pink stars. Her feet dragged her to her closet where she lazily got her clothing and head towards the bathroom. During her shower, Lucy thought about what might happen at the pizza party. She had a feeling that her entire life will change tonight, but she is just not sure how or what.
Sighing, she turned off the shower and changed into her clothing after drying her body with a pink towel. She quickly checked herself in the mirror to see if she looked good. Lucy wore a white loose top which had geometrical black shapes, dark skinny jeans completed with a brown leather braided belt, and boots. Her hair was loose with a small single braid on the side of her head tied with a small bow and she wore her usual glasses.
Nodding in approval, she head down to the kitchen to eat, well, breakfast. In the small room, she saw Levy eating toast with eggs whilst reading the news paper. The bluenette wore an orange loose top with black skinny jeans and sneakers, had her hair loose, and wore her purple reading glasses.
Lucy made a bowl of cereal and got a class of milk to go along and sat next to her best friend.
"Good afternoon, or should I say good morning," Levy said as she flipped to the next page in the newspaper. Lucy giggled as she took a spoonful of cereal and munched it down before replying.
"Good afternoon to you, too," she replied and continued eating.
"So," Levy started as she put down her newspaper, "who do you like, Zeref or Jellal?" The question made Lucy choke on her cereal and cough for a while. She was surprised that her best friend would ask such a question and at the most random time. Lucy had also made sure that no one would catch her staring at the two, but she guessed that she was always terrible at acting secretly, or like a ninja.
"What do you mean?" Lucy said, trying to avoid the question.
"You know exactly what I mean. I caught you red handed staring at those two during school, so don't deny it," she replied, not letting her best friend escape this question. Levy started to wonder if Mira had caught Lucy, because if she did, she would be up to something. Mira is known as the matchmaker in the school and will match anyone any anywhere; she also claimed that she has love signals.
"I, well, don't, I," she stumbled on her words. Lucy knew that she couldn't run away from the question now that Levy had evidence to use against her. The one thing she did know was that she did not love either of them. Heck, they weren't friends or even acquainted. "I don't like or even know them. I am just merely curious about them," she finally replied, and truthfully as well.
Levy sighed, giving up. She knew Lucy ever since they were children and she knows that the blonde was a very stubborn one. Lucy was not going to change her answer, not now, not soon. Levy picked up her newspaper again and mumbled a whatever under her breath. The blonde girl giggled at her response and continued to eat.
It was now three thirty in the afternoon and Lucy was bored out of her mind. She laid on the couch with her head dangling down from the edge and her feet over the headboard. There were still three hours to waste before they drive to the party, which is held in this abandoned building. Lucy heard that they students from FTA changed the entire building into a party place, so it isn't totally abandoned or have the looks of a haunted place.
Shivers ran down her spine when she thought of an haunted house. She wasn't the biggest fan of scary stuff, or even the dark. Lucy would always keep a little lamp on so she could sleep better without thinking about things that could lurk in the shadows.
Suddenly caramel eyes stared down at her, which made Lucy jump and slide off the couch. She rubbed the spot on her head that she had hit on the hard floor and glared at Levy who smiled innocently as if she had done nothing wrong.
"What do you want?" Lucy asked the blunette as she got up and sat down normally on the couch. Levy then grinned and took out a DVD case from behind her back and showed it to Lucy. The movie had a picture of a dark wasteland with a crow sitting on top of a tree branch and there were unidentified creatures making their way through the mist and there were blood splatters on the ground. The title was written in blood which read 'The Bloody Wasteland'.
Lucy swallowed a lump in her throat and looked at Levy who smiled smugly. The bluenette knew that the blonde disliked horror movies, but every once in a while, she would force her to watch it.
"Uhm, Levy, do you think we can watch a romance comedy instead?" Lucy asked kindly and tried to hide the fact that she wanted to run and hide away from the DVD Levy was holding. It wasn't her fault that she doesn't like gory stuff.
"Fine," Levy agreed and sighed as she got another movie which was called 'Roses and Chocolates'. It was suppose to be a movie about this guy who met a girl whilst in the library, they soon got to know each other and went dates. Something happens and the girl got upset and ran away from the man. The man chased after her, apologising and giving her roses and chocolates. They lived happily ever after, the end.
Lucy was in tears at the end of the movie whilst Levy just sniffed, trying had not to cry, but at the same time was upset that they didn't end up watching that horror movie. It was now six forty in the evening and the girls decided to get ready. There was a specific dress code for pizza party, which Lucy found weird but Levy told her that they mostly throw weird, wild parties. Everyone had to dress up as an mythical creature, thus the blonde decided to dress up as a fairy.
Most people would find that a bit girly and common, but Lucy didn't mind. She always thought that fairies were mysterious and elegant creatures. Her outfit was a pink mixed in with purple tutu, which ended above her knees, was completed with a black corset and purple fairy wings which had transparent fabric covered in glitter and swirls. Lucy wore black combat boots with fishnet tights and had her hair up in a bun with pink and purple flowers decorating it. Her make-up were light colours along with a bit of glitter and of course she wore her glasses.
Levy, being the bookworm, dressed up as a book. Her dress was a cream mermaid dress covered in fancy writing. She wore black heels and silver armlets along with a necklace around her neck. The blunnette wore natural make-up and had her hair held up by clips.
Once they were done, they were already late for the party so the two girls raced to the car. Levy was in the driving seat whilst Lucy sat in the passenger blonde put on her seat belts and held on to anything she could reach, because she knew how Levy was when it comes to being late and driving; it was not safe.
The bluenette might look innocent and sweet, but will drive over 100 miles per hour on a 50m/h road if she was late. Lucy was surprised that her friend was never caught by cops, or that they were in heaven at the moment.
They finally arrived at the entrance of a dark forest and Levy parked the car at left side of the woods. As soon as the cold air hit her skin Lucy shivered wildly, suddenly hearing animals in the darkness. The two slowly walked through the passageway through the thick trees, listening to the creatures of the night.
After a few minutes of strolling, waves of loud music echoed through the air and Lucy looked to her left to find a white house that had some paint scrapped off and the bright lights were soaring through the broken windows. They walked towards the large, old barn like, brown doors were open which lead to the insides of the lively building
The part was fun, Lucy danced with Natsu, who was dressed as a dragon with the colours red, gold, green and black. Levy danced (it took a lot of effort to) and talked with Gajeel, who was dressed as a mummy with toilet paper (which people took without permission when they had to sneeze or so). Gray, who was dressed as a snow monster with the colours blue and white, danced (forced to) with Juvia, who was dressed as a blue and purple mermaid with a hint of green.
Lucy then had to go to the bathroom after drinking too much fruit punch. The music died as she walked further down the halls of the building which were empty and the only sound heard were her footsteps. Suddenly she tripped over something and fell on her face with an 'oof'.
"Ouch," she said under her breath as she slowly at up while rubbing her now red nose. Lucy heard someone sigh in front of her and looked up to find none other than Jellal. He was dressed as a zombie with drawn on scars, a gray dress shirt with a long white and blue coat and black pants and combat boots.
Lucy then realised something. There it was, a black 'x' with a purple glow on his heart. Her eyes widen in horror and touched her face to only find that her glasses were gone. She let out a whimper and tears formed in the corner of her eyes and she got up, running as fast as possible.
She could not erase the image of seeing that 'x' on his chest. Sorrow and sympathy dwelled inside Lucy's heart to know the fate he has. She doesn't wear wear glasses because she has bad eye sight or that she liked it. Lucy wore glasses to hide from the curse she beholds, although she cannot run from the truth.
Ever since she was little, she knew that she was always different. She had always been able to see 'x's on people heart, and in different colours as well. Over the years, Lucy had learned what every colour meant the hard way; the lighter the 'x' was, the more time they have to live and as it gets darker, it means their time is coming closer and closer, and once it was very dark gray it means their death is right around the corner. At the age of six, her mother, Layla, had a dark 'x' and Lucy kept on telling her father about it, but he always told her that it was just her imagination. That is until Layla's death and ever since then, Jude called Lucy the devil and shunned her.
Meanwhile, Jellal stood there stunned to how Lucy reacted when she saw him. He pondered as to why, and all these others questions soon followed such as 'what if she saw it? What if she will tell the others?'
"Do you think she saw it?" He asked Zeref quietly as he watched the brunette pick up an arm and then attach it to his body once again.
"I don't know," the man said, being a bit disappointed that it was his arm that was trampled on. It isn't always nice having a shoe print inked into your flesh; it's dirty and unproper for his taste. "Why not go after her? You know it is risky keeping a witness alive," Jellal nodded and ran in the direction that Lucy went. Zeref sighed, and slowly followed, having a feeling that his 'friend' would mess up.
Lucy panted and stopped after turning around a corner to catch her breath. Whilst she rested her hands on her knees, she didn't realise that someone other than her was there. That is until it came out from the shadows.
"Hello Lucy," a voice said and the blonde looked up and gasped in horror.