Chapter 3 – Following
LUCY'S POV
The breakfast cart came around 10:00 AM on the train. We were expected to arrive at Indy at 11:30 AM, about 20-30 miles from the city of Indy. I ordered some pancakes and eggs with a glass of water. Erza ordered the same thing as me. The chairs have hinges on it, making it turn around easily to face the person behind you, which was useful for Erza and me.
As Erza was finishing up her meal, she sparked up a conversation to break the 15 minutes of silence.
"What was that dream about anyway?" Erza asked as she munched on her last last bite.
I up and placed my figure on my cheek, "Eh... It was a nightmare and dream at the same time."
"How did it go?" Erza's muffled voice gulped and cleared up as she swallowed her food.
I started giggling a bit. "What is it?" Erza questioned.
"Nothing, just can't wait to see your reaction when I tell the story." I said. I hesitated for a moment, should I tell it short and sweet or tell the whole thing in exact detail. I don't want to bore Erza with a story that I imagined.
"Alright, here's how it went." I stated, "I woke up on the floor in the fairy tail guild hall. I looked around to see Natsu igniting me up, and you stabbing me." I said as my voice got deep. "Gray was chucking ice at me, everyone was laughing at me. Then I felt myself go out of control. Everything just went into complete chaos. I somehow grabbed your swords and took Gray down in an instant. Then I took you down somehow."
"Me?" Erza pointed at herself in shock.
"Yeah, you. I couldn't help it but just retaliate who attacked me." I said. "I then threw a sword through Natsu's head, which killed him."
"Wait, woah woah woah" Erza said as she waved her hands to stop the story. "First, were hurting you, Then you're kicking ass, now you killed Natsu?"
"I guess…" I grinned awkwardly.
"So why were we attacking you first of all?" Erza dropped another big question.
"You guys were calling me worthless, useless, and even weak." I frowned.
"W-wow…" Erza said, shocked.
"Then as I knocked everyone down, I saw myself standing there." I gulped down, "My old self. She was crying. She couldn't take it anymore. She was breaking down, crying because she didn't save her friends. She called herself weak. It made me want to help her."
"What'd you do then?" said an interested Erza.
I started to re-think about my decision of giving her the sword. What if I didn't give her the sword? "I gave her the 2nd sword I had."
"Then…" Erza waited.
"I told her to believe. Believe that she can defeat me." I smiled. Erza blinked a couple of times as she was thinking.
"Wow." Erza said. "You told yourself to believe that it can defeat you."
"Yep." I nodded. "It was an intense fight. I swung, she swung… Everything went up in smoke. The final charge was amazing though. It was like… out of an anime."
"That good?" Erza asked.
"That good." I smiled. "We sliced each other's backs open, as we were kissing each other for pleasure."
"Wait, WHAT?" Erza bellowed. I smiled in response. "You kissed yourself after the fight. What the hell." Erza crawled up into a ball as thoughts rushed through her head like a harsh river.
"Ehh… I should of taken that story a bit slower…" I sweatdropped.
"THE TRAIN WILL BE DEPARTING IN 5 MINUTES. PLEASE FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS AND TURN YOUR CHAIRS INTO THE DEFAULT POSITION." The announcer spoke.
"Well see ya when the train stops!" I said.
"Right!" Erza smiled back at me.
I twisted my chair around and locked my seatbelt in place. From there, the train started to slowly break. I heard the train brakes screeching like nails across a chalk board, but less bad than that. The train after a few minutes finally stopped in its tracks, in front of a massive train station. There were people lined up in fences for some reason.
"Hey Lucy" Erza got up from her seat as she took her suit case with her, "Before you go your training, wanna come with me?"
"Ehh…." I thought. It is the last time I'm going to see her. But she has to go to a different train station, as I'll have to separate from her here.
"Sorry Erza. I'm going out on the training mission." I said to her sadly. Erza then frowned, but her face lit up.
"One year." She said as she pulled be in for a hug. I hugged her back tightly. "I'll miss you."
"You too. Tell team Natsu goodbye." I said to Erza as a tear flew off of my face. Both of us held hands as we came out of the train. We were then suddenly greeted by Fairy Tail fans in Indy.
"THERE THEY ARE!" Someone cheered.
"OH MY GOD IT'S LUCY!" Someone else cried. I waved back to them.
Erza then tugged right while I tugged left. Our hands left each other, separating opposite ways. I turned back to Erza, who was giving me the signature fairy tail hand (The one where you point up with the top of your hand facing where your face is facing).
Everyone else put their hands up in response, as they started to chant faintly.
"FAIRY TAIL!" They hollered. "FAIRY TAIL!"
With a heavy heart, but a faint smile, I made my way toward Indy, where the unexpected came around.
I was a sidewalk to Indy when I spotted a couple of people stalking me. I looked back at them a couple of times to see if they were actually trailing me. I started to walk faster away from them, but they started to pace with me slowly. I ran into an ally and made a dash for it. The two people followed me up the ally into the outskirts of Indy.
"How the hell did I get here?" I cried running away into a deep forest.
I need open space to spawn a spirit. This forest is very dense, therefore I can't spawn any spirits. Opening, Opening…
There's one! I dash toward a small field onto the middle. I turned around not to see two people, but atleast a group of bandits ready to capture me.
"OPEN- GATE OF THE BULL, TAURUS!" I screamed, as I swiped the key to summon the pervert.
"MOOOOO!" Taurus hollered as he unclipped his axe from his back, "LUCY HAS ONE HELL OF A BODY!"
I facepalmed, "Not now Taurus… Now take 'em down!" I pointed at the bandits.
"MOOOO!" Taurus swung his axe. In one swoop, he took down at least 6 members. He then swung again taking down the remaining rest.
"Thanks Taurus" I said as I sent him back to the celestial world. I looked around me, not knowing a clue where I am.
"Damn it… Why did I run out of the town…" I cussed as I clinched my fists in defeat. I saw the bandits, lying unconscious. I then noticed something on their hands.
"A stigma!" I gasped. Usually, bandits don't have guilds. They're in groups. I should research about this guild. I took out my camera and snapped a photo of the stigma. Then, trailed off fast before the bandits woke up.
I looked up on the horizon to see the skyscrapers standing in the distance. I started running towards it as fast as possible. I saw the city growing larger into my sight, meaning I'm going the right way. I started to run out of stamina and walk, when something else outcast of my vision.
I stopped in my tracks. It was big. Really big. I skipped a couple heartbeats because it made me jump.
"Who-" I gulped, "Who's there?" I heard rustling behind me. Immediately, I spun around.
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"WHAT THE-", my eyes widened. What stood in front of me was a beautiful dragon. It had light yellow fins and a sky blue body. It seemed like it was trying to merge with the sky. As I inspected the dragon, I saw it's head turn towards me.
"Shit" I whispered to myself.
"Oh…" The dragon grinned, "Looks like a human spotted me." I slowly started to back away as fast as possible. I felt sweat seep out of my skin, wind picking up, air become thin, and fear.
Fear. That word… Disgusting. I can't be afraid. I need to stand up for myself. This is my chance. I straightened up my body and took a deep breath.
The dragon looked at me surprised, "Ah… So I've seen your standing up."
I take another deep breath.
"What's your name, child?" The dragon asked me.
"L-Lucy…" I stuttered between words. "Lu-ucy…. H-heartfilia."
I gulped again. He then spoke up, "Well… I'll be off then!"
It didn't feel right. Why would a dragon just venture off like that? This must be some type of trick. I saw the dragon spread its wings and fly directly upward. It camouflaged with the sky, and made its way east. The thing is – I still sense magical power… Right behind me.
"You didn't leave, dragon." I said as I turned around. I saw the exact same dragon right in front of me. "What do you want from me…."
The dragon grinned, "I saw you beat-up those people. You seem strong with those keys."
I sighed, "Stop screwing around with me.."
I turned around. There stood the dragon right in front of me. I sighed in annoyance.
"What do you want? Really." I asked crossing my arms.
"Hmm…" The dragon dipped its nose into the front of me to get a closer look. He then straightened himself up again. "What if I offered you training?"
I flinched in shock. Millions of thoughts ran into my head. "W-wait. How would you do that anyway?"
"Easy." The dragon giggled. "We can take very easy 7 years…"
"S-Seven years?" I complained. The dragon rolled it's eyes at me.
"Or you can take the hard 1 year."
"Oh. One year…" I thought. Master did say 1 year of training. "But it'll be hard…"
"You'll live through it." The dragon winked at me.
"So how would you train me in 1 year?" I questioned.
The dragon then lifted his hand up. An aroura formed around it, as well as a small ball. "Dragon implant!"
Yet again, another one-million thoughts rushed through my head. "M-Me… as a dragon slayer…"
"That'll make fairy tail 4 dragon slayers…." I sweat dropped at that thought. But then I re-thank. I would like to become stronger though. He's literally offering it, but why to me first of all?
"H-hey…. Why did you chose me?" I asked the dragon.
"Pffft- It's because you were the ones beating up those kids. No one uses force here..." The dragon frowned.
Confused, I asked him this, "No one uses force here? By that you mean…."
"Saw those people that were cheering you on? They were cheering you because your one of the few that fight." The dragon stated. "One of the few that fight people directly."
"Ehhh? People… Never fight here?"
"Yeah. They're usually standing around. I've flown around here, but still couldn't find anyone strong enough to train."
"How long have you been here anyway?"
"6 days."
I nodded my head, "Oh. Well let me think for a moment alright?" The dragon nodded in response.
He says he'll turn me into a dragon slayer within 1 year. I have 1 year to complete my training outside of fairy tail. As I said, I wanted to be par with Erza. I asked for this. This is for me to repair my past. I'll do it.
"I'll do it." I said walking up to him.
The dragon grinned, as he put his arm up to reform the dragon implant. "This might feel weird."
"As you said, I'll live through it. It doesn't matter." I smiled. He smiled back.
"Alright, Here we go." The dragon said. He then pushed the dragon implant slowly into my heart. I got a good glimpse of it. It looked like a crystal instead of a ball.
The crystal then flew into my heart. At that moment, things started to change dramaticly. My point of view was enlarging to give me a bigger view of everything. I then smelled a fresh smell, mixed with a hint of strawberry. My muscles tightened, buffing me up about a small inch.
"Errugh" I moaned as changes start to overtake my body.
I then heard the footsteps of the people in Indy lightly. I also heard the trees swipe their branches against each other. I felt water drive up my skin. Water was forming under me. It then started pillaring up to my height. It felt like it was teasing me, as if it were saying that I can't drink any water. Then I felt the power of the water flow to me, as if it were to be on standby right now.
I lifted my hands to feel the water. I felt fresh, just by touching it. I saw a drop of water get near my mouth. I sucked in the droplet, but the water shifted towards my mouth as if I sucked in too hard. I then sucked in the other nearby droplets, but then realized, I was sucking in the water everywhere. It was like Natsu sucking in fire.
*SLURPPP-*
I gulped it all in. How'd I do that? I look myself in amazement.
"There's your first lesson. Gathering energy." The dragon said.
Since the lesson was about energy, I turned my senses toward my magic container. I felt the water placed in there, but there was still a lot of space left.
"We need to train somewhere else." I said, thirsty for more water.
"Oh- Right." The dragon bent its head down. I climbed on it and latched myself onto its back. I took a deep breath as the dragon flew up into the air like a rocket, which nearly flung me off.
"AHHHH HAAH HAH HAH!" I laughed my scardiness off. "WOOO!"
The dragon shifted over the clouds, which gave me an insane view of the sun, which was now setting in the distance. I looked at it directly. My eyes didn't get watery for some reason, I guess that's just because of my new dragon powers. The sun landed it's bottom on the horizon.
"Beautiful, right?" The dragon said. I nodded in reply.
"By the way, What's your name?" I questioned the dragon, whose focus looked like it was all into flying.
"Neptune." He said.
"Wow. That's a unique name." I complimented him.
"Thank you, Lucy." The dragon thanked me back. "No one says that stuff to me."
There was a moment of silence to see the sun set. The sun was now half sunk into the horizon. It turned redder. Then, I noticed. The red, It reminded me of Natsu a bit.
The sun set down which cooled the air up in the skies.
"Were here." Neptune said, as he dove down. He landed on a small island surrounded by water. There was only 1 tree that's stood lonesome.
We landed in the dark. The moon shined on the water, reflecting a bit of light onto the island. I yawned all of a sudden.
"You shouldn't be yawning." The dragon said.
"Huh?"
"We train at night." The dragon told me.
I jumped in surprise so hard, It woke me up., "WHAT?"
The dragon giggled a bit. "Lesson 2 – Adjusting yourself to the conditions"
End of Chapter 3
-WHOLLY SHIT BALLS THOSE ARE A LOT OF FOLLOWS!-