Weird, I wrote Chapter 5 first. I guess I wanted to add a little prelude. I don't know though, so here's Chapter 4. Just a heads up, it's probably not going to be very long. However, Chapter 5 is going up at the same time, so you'll have two to read. So for now, Enjoy this chapter!
Lucy Heartfilia, a young 17 year old girl who lived in the town of Magnolia. She was alone, lost, without friends. Her life wasn't very fun. She was rich, but she didn't grow up in happiness. Her life started out joyous, like any child's, but quickly turned for the worst when her mother died. Lucy's only friend in the world, her mother, had left and was never coming back. She was heartbroken, but she didn't have anyone else close to her.
Her father wasn't a terrible person. In fact, he loved his daughter a lot. But he had no idea how to help the little girl through the situation. He thought that she would eventually get over her mother's death and go on with life. Even when Lucy said mean things to him, he still loved her. He didn't know how to console her though, so he just busied himself with work so that he wouldn't have time to think of Lucy. He did, however, make sure she was taken care of and that she had people to talk to.
She became friends with many of the servants, upset her father wouldn't talk to her. She began to resent her father, but deep down still cared about him. She knew it was hard to look at the her when she looked identical to her mother. But she didn't feel that this was a reason to ignore her. No, she was a child and she needed a father figure. She became so upset that one day she decided to run away. She felt like there was no one in the world to care for her.
Then, she escaped to Magnolia, where she met Dan. Dan Straight was a handsome man who became Lucy's first friend. They found that they got along together and ended up dating. That was 6 months ago. Lucy was really easy to convince to date because she really wanted love. After all, she had lived without her father's love for several years, she didn't have anyone who felt that sort of connection with her. So when Dan asked for her to be his girlfriend, she accepted without a second thought.
She thought Dan cared about him. That Dan was a really nice person who looked out for her. She didn't see behind the things Dan was doing. When Dan would beat up people who would go near her, she thought that it was normal. That there wasn't anything wrong with that. She thought Dan was doing her a favor of not letting her see or talk to any other boys. She thought it was right, because Dan would tell her that they were all perverts that wanted to get into her pants. And she believed him, she trusted Dan after all. Dan was there for her when she needed him.
However, four months into their relationship, Dan began to stray from Lucy. Dan started hanging out with her less often, though he was still there for her almost every day. Dan would still not let her near any other guys, something Lucy thought was ok. But then one day, she met Sting. Sting was a nice kid, and she could tell that he wasn't trying to hit on her. In fact, he just needed some help with homework. Lucy saw how kind Sting was, and even though she didn't have any feelings towards him, she wanted to spend time with him. But before she could, Dan came back. Dan saw Lucy with another guy and was furious.
Dan wanted to fight Sting. So that's what he did. He charged at Sting, but Sting easily dodged and ended up completely beating the crap out of Dan. Still, Dan didn't want to look weak in front of other people, so Dan got a sword by using his father's endless supply of money. The next day he came into the school and pinned Sting against the wall with his sword telling him that if he went anywhere near Lucy that he'd be dead.
For the next several weeks, Dan was on high alert for guys trying to talk to Lucy. Lucy wasn't happy. She realized that there were people who just wanted to be friends with her like Sting, and weren't seeking a relationship. Lucy began to think back to the times she talked to people and Dan would beat them up. Maybe they weren't after her in a relationship sense, maybe they just wanted to be friends. Lucy began to resent the fact that she let this go on for a long time.
Lucy didn't know any better because she lived in a mansion all her life, away from social interaction. She didn't know that there were guys that just wanted to be friends. She was never told that. It may seem silly, but since Dan was the first guy that was Lucy's age that she met, it solidified the fact that guys were after girls for relationships. It didn't change until Sting came along and showed her that some guys just want to be friends and nothing more.
In about the 5th month of their relationship, Dan became as distant as he was before Lucy met Sting. In fact, Dan would go two or three days without talking to her, or even sometimes just dropping in to say hi and that he was going to be busy for a certain length of time. Lucy didn't meet up with anyone because after what happened with Sting, everyone knew to stay away from Dan. No matter how strong, Dan could threaten people with their lives and that was enough to keep EVERY guy away from her.
Then one day, during the sixth month of her relationship with Dan, she began to hear rumors that Dan was dating Angel. She immediately began to shove those aside, but as she became more and more curious, she began to suspect Dan all the more. It made sense to her, after all, Dan had been incredible distant for the last few weeks. She didn't think he'd do that to her though. He loved her, right? Of course, she just thought Dan was hanging out with some guy friends or was busy with schoolwork.
Later on, towards the end of the sixth month, she bumped into a guy in the hallway. She had no idea who the person was, she'd never seen him before. He must have been new. They said a few things and went their own ways, but she was sure that she'd see this person again. When he was in a few of her classes the next day, she saw that he was waving to her every so often. She was a little scared that he had no idea who her boyfriend was. He was new, however, and he did have pink hair, so maybe he just didn't care. Hopefully, she wouldn't meet up with him, because Dan would definitely show no mercy.