"Natsu, where are you going dressed like that?" Erza who was in the middle of polishing her swords outside the school asked the boy in front of her.
"Just to a little party." He smiles crazily before walking off casually, Erza rolls her eyes at his stupidity. She had an idea of where he was going already and knew he was an idiot for trying to go alone but she didn't care enough to try and stop him or go with him, besides she had at least another 43 weapons to clean and polish still. She had no time to be messing around.
"Make sure you bring her back or you know they'll be consequences!" she shouts to his retreating figure, he turns around with a huge grin on his face and gives her a thumbs up. She shakes her head with a small smile on her face and then hes gone.
"Wheres he off to?" Gray asks as he comes out of the building himself.
"Just to see a friend." Erza smiles slightly.
"Of course. That idiot, he's so reckless, going there on his own."
"I'm sure he'll survive at least and if not maybe I can have the honour of finishing him off." Gray winces at the thought of what Erza could do.
"Thats a bit harsh even for you." he glances at her expression to a see a creepy grin on it and raises his eyebrow.
"I'm just joking."
"Sure you are." Gray laughs before leaving a menacing looking Erza who glares daggers at his back. He waves as he heads home, not interested enough to go after Natsu.
Natsu casually makes his way to the address on the piece of paper he picked up after that creepy fake took off with Lucy, taunting him with the invitation to his party before he left. He even decided to dress up for this party only because it did say formal attire on the invitation. He was wearing a black suit and shoes with a red striped tie. He felt excited to get to the party and take out the poser who stole his new friend, he refused to give up on something that would be so easy for him. He laughs at the thought of his faker cowering in a corner at his own party, all of his guests laughing at how pathetic he is.
"What are you laughing at, Natsu?"
"Nothing at all. Let's just get there already." The pair quickly move until they find the address. They reach a pier, a surprise for them both.
"Looks like we're looking for a ship then. I guess it'll be big huh?"
"Probably. I think its that one." Natsu says pointing to a huge yacht at the very end of the pier.
"Alright!"
"Let's go!" Natsu dashes towards the yacht and just as hes about to reach it the anchor is lifted and it begins to move out into the open water.
"I feel sick just looking at it!" A sick looking Natsu kneels at the end of the pier trying to hold in the vomit which comes with his motion sickness of moving vehicles.
"Natsu, we have to save your friend! Come on!"
"Right." He stands back up and the two think of a plan of how to get on the ship and what they'll do when they get there.
"Come on pretty lady, why don't you dance for us?" a buff looking man leers at me,and I somehow find myself in a red cocktail dress and sitting at a table on a giant ship. I don't remember waking up and I certainly didn't know if I even changed myself but I feel helpless here, especially when I don't have my keys.
"No way!" I huff turning away stubbornly and crossing my arms over my chest.
"Boss, I thought you said she'd be easy." he turns to the man sitting across from me who is twirling my keys on his finger casually.
"I never thought she'd be like this. All the more fun." He grins evilly while staring at me with crazy eyes, and I feel an involuntary shiver go up my spine. I keep my gaze turned from the two men and watch all the other party guests on the dance floor enjoying themselves on the ship.
"Well she'll have to cooperate soon anyway, we're departing in only a few minutes now." The big man says, now also sporting an evil looking grin.
"What do you even plan on doing with me?" I turn back to the man across from me, his grin grows even wider from my question. He begins to explain what he's planning and as he speaks, my face changes, my mouth drops open. By the time hes finishing talking I'm trying my best not to appear to care but my face gives me away. I can't help it, I begin to laugh out loud. His face shows surprise by my reaction.
"What is so funny?"
"You kidnapped me...to...to...to make me a model? Hahahah! That's ridiculous!" I squeeze out between laughing and his face grows darker.
"There was no other way. I could never convince someone like you to come with me halfway across the world to model. Especially when you have no idea who I really am." Before I can respond to this I feel the ship begin to move away from the pier and feel like I'm going to fall over at first but then I adjust quickly to the motion and sit up straighter.
"There's no way you'll get away with this, I can easily just leave you know." I begin to get up and as soon as I'm on my feet I'm surrounded by big men much like the one who asked me to dance earlier. The man on the other side of the table clicks his tongue.
"Now, now we can't let that happen now can we? It's not every day I stumble upon a girl like you. You're exactly what I've been looking for, I've been searching for years and now that I have you I certainly won't be letting you escape so easily. Besides you're powerless without your keys aren't you?" He smiles at me and holds my keys up to show me, as if telling me he has complete control over me while holding my keys. I grimace, realizing he's right, there's not a whole lot I can do without the help of my spirits. I open my mouth to respond but then the roof suddenly collapses in the centre of the room a single person stands there.
"Who's there? Boys, get him!" the fake Natsu sitting at the table stands and makes a wide arching motion with his arm, sending his men towards the person standing beneath the now collapsed roof. 'It couldn't be. Could it?' The dust begins to clear as the group of men approach the figure. When the dust has finally settled, my face grins on its own.
"Natsu!" I feel relieved that he came to save me. He smiles at me from across the room. The boat lurches and then I see Natsu on the ground looking sick surrounded by men.
"You're kidding me right... You're seasick?" I mutter in an annoyed tone.
"This is the Natsu Dragneel? Are you serious? This is a joke!" the fake is laughing hysterically as the real Natsu rolls on the ground trying not to be sick. The relief I felt earlier vanishes completely and is replaced by a feeling of dread. 'Now what do we do?' I turn to the fake one who is on his feet, hunched over from laughing so hard and see that my keys are lying on the table right in front of me, I snatch them back without even thinking first.
"Gate of the Bull, I open thee! Taurus!" I immediately summon one of my spirits and soon Taurus stands before, oogling me.
"Lucy-san you have a nice body as always!" he seems too excited to see me and I sigh.
"Stop staring at me and go do something!" Before Taurus can react to what I yelled at him a blue cat with wings suddenly swoops in from the hole in the roof. 'What on earth is happening now.'
"Natsu!" It calls and dives for him, I stare in disbelief. First its a blue cat with wings and then its a talking blue with wings. I just don;t understand what is going on now at all but the cat picks up Natsu and suddenly he seems to look a lot better than before.
"You want some of this?!" He shouts to the goonies surrounding him, I feel more relieved again. Natsu begins attacking the group around him and I just stare in awe. He moves so fast and the fire he produces makes it look more beautiful than it should. After all, their blood spatters everything as he attacks them relentlessly until they're all lying on the ground defenceless.
"So this is a Fairytail wizard, is it?" The fake says also in awe, my head snaps to stare at him as soon as the words leave his mouth then my gaze drifts to the real Natsu slowly as if I'm in a trance.
"F-f-fairy...tail?" I look at him in confusion.
"This is the true strength of a Fairytail wizard!" He yells triumphantly. The fake one claps sarcastically while Natsu laughs to himself and the cat is smiling too. I begin to feel lightheaded, unable to accept all that has happened in the past few days. It was all so much to handle in such a short amount of time. As I slowly fade from consciousness I see the cat flying a frantic Natsu towards me and the fake escaping through the hole in the ceiling and then all I see is blackness.
"Hey I think shes waking up!" an excited and slightly familiar voice exclaims.
"Be quiet, Natsu! At least let her wake up on her own and not because of your yelling!" I hear a female voice yelling at Natsu and then a bang. I hear some whimpers slightly distant from me and another boy laughing at what I assume is Natsu cowering from Erza.
"Good one, Erza!" the boy says between his laughter.
"You be quiet too!" she yells again. I hear another bang and then there are two different boys whimpering slightly from Erza's strength. I feel myself smiling slightly as I begin to wake up. I feel like I'm waking from a very deep and dreadful sleep, almost as if I had been sleeping for days.
"Shes opening her eyes!" a shadow looms over me and I hear Erzas voice. I can hear the other two figures approach me as well, my eyes open and I come face to face with Erza. I jump in surprise and sigh as my heart pounds rapidly in my chest, she had nearly given me a heart attack, I never expected her to be so close to me.
"Lucy!" Natsu cries as he practically jumps on me. Hes on top of my bed and also very close to my face, I feel like my cheeks turn a slightly pink colour from his proximity.
"You idiot, don't smother her, she just woke up!" Erza throws him off of the bed and I giggle slightly as he pouts from his new position on the floor.
"How are you feeling Lucy?" the other boy, who appears to be Gray, asks with a slightly concerned tone.
"I feel good as new!" I stretch my arms above my head for emphasis.
"Good to hear. Someone I know was worried sick about you." he smirks at me before I see him glance at Natsu who was talking quietly with the blue cat from earlier. I smile despite the strange feeling I have in my chest, I was glad to see Natsu, he had saved me from the fake Natsu who still remained nameless to me. Then I remembered what Natsu had shouted right before I blacked out.
"Natsu! You're a Fairytail wizard and you didn't even tell me!" I exclaim causing everyone in the room to look at me, I ignore their gazes and stare straight at Natsu.
"Well Lucy I never thought it was something very important to just bring out. I'm very proud of myself and my guild and they're like my family so I never thought to mention it." he rubs the back of his head sheepishly, smiling slightly at me
"But I told you I wanted to join Fairytail! I've always dreamed about it and now that I realize I'm a mage I can feel it within my grasp!" I sit up from the bed I'm in with a determined look. I finally make it a point to examine where I am. I'm in a small room with white floors and white walls even the bed is completely white. The only thing adding colour to the room are the people inside and a vase of flowers sitting on a small table on my left. I figure I must be in the hospital or something, no where else could have such a boring room.
"You wish to join Fairytail Lucy? Do you think you have what it takes?" Erza looks at me fiercly and my smile widens at this.
"Of course I do." she smiles back at my response and reaches out her to me, I shake it for what seems to be no apparent reason. I see Gray standing beside her also wearing a big grin and Natsu behind him with a goofy smile on his face.
"We'll take you to our master, Makarov then Lucy." Natsu says while giving me a thumbs up, I shake my head with a small laugh at his childishness.
"Alright. When can I get out of here? I haven't seen a nurse or doctor yet." I ask them, they all give me a little laugh at my question as if it were something really silly to ask.
"We're back at the school Lucy, our nurse is out right now but we do know some first aid ourselves. The master should still be here though so we can go to him right away if you'd like.
"Why would he be..." my voice trailed off.
"He's also the principal at this school, didn't Natsu tell you that?" Erza asks as her head shifts to the side a little giving her an innocent look.
"Oh my gosh I thought he was joking!" I shout as my face turns a dark colour from embarrassment.
"Don't worry Lucy its a shock for everyone the first time they hear it." Gray says while trying not to laugh at me, Natsu is laughing his head off behind him, making me feel more embarrassed.
"Stupid Natsu" I mutter. Erza offers her hand to help me up with a smile and I take it without hesitation, I already feel as if we have formed a strong bond which can't be broken. Although I've only known them for a few days, I feel like I've known them forever and I can already tell that they're much better friends than any I've had before. I feel comfortable around them, something I never quite felt before with my old friends and it makes me feel much better knowing I can count on them.
"By the way, how long was I out for?" I question them as they lead me through the halls of our school, joking and laughing with each other.
"A few hours I think." Natsu says thoughtfully. I sigh in frustration, my father must be really worried by now and might even be looking for me.
"Well can we make this quick then?"
"Why's that, Lucy?" Gray butts into our conversation and falls back into step with me.
"My father is probably wondering where I am by now."
"Alright Lucy! We'll make you a Fairytail wizard in no time at all! Just make sure you're prepared for it!" Natsu says enthusiastically as we reach the front office. I give them one last smile before we enter the office which could change everything for me. My life, my goals, my wants. Nothing will ever be the same after this. I'm scared by this fact and I feel sudden despair. The feelings of loneliness still haven't disappeared and I still don't feel what could be considered happy for anyone else but I'm ready, more ready for this than anything else I've ever experienced. I'm ready to become a Fairytail wizard.
Hi everyone! Hope you're all doing alright! Sorry for such a short chapter but I can't really explain why I feel that it was right for it to be like this! Such a strange feeling, ahahaha! Anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter and look forward to the next ones to come! I'm so excited to be writing this and can't wait to read any comments or reviews you may leave!
Until next time! ~Hina-chan