Chapter 4: He's... Gone
Lucy's POV:
"N-natsu..."
I stopped dead in my tracks. What just happened can't be real. Natsu can't die. He always get back up when most people would give up. He has to be somewhere, I just know it. Natsu can't be dead.
"Natsu." Lisanna whispered. Her voice was shaking. She sounded like she was on the verge of tears. I looked over at Lisanna. She was standing up, her eyes full of shock. Her lips were quivering and I saw a tear stream down her cheek.
"NATSU!" she cried out. She ran over to the spot where Melody was standing. She looked on the ground to see nothing but a burnt ring of concrete and a pile of ashes where Natsu's body was. Then, Lisanna fell to her knees and started crying. "Please...please come back." she sobbed.
I walked over to Lisanna slowly. I was going to calm her down. If I wanted to calm her down, I was going to have to calm myself down. I wanted to break down too. Natsu was the one that brought me to Fairy Tail. He was my best friend. He was my family. I had to be strong for Lisanna. I could cry when I got back home, but right now I had to get everyone back to the guild.
"Lisanna," I called as I cautiously approached her.
She looked up from the ground and stared at me. Her face was wet from crying and her eyes were red. "Yeah... Lucy."
I took a deep breath and sighed. "Look, I know that Natsu isn't here, but we need to hurry up and get out of here before Melody comes back."
"Okay" she agreed and walked over with me to Erza and Gray who were still unconscious.
"You go and try to wake up Erza, and I'll wake up Gray and try to find Happy." I directed. Lisanna nodded her head and went over to Erza. I walked over to Gray and bent down next to him. I put my head to his chest and listened to his heartbeat. He was hardly breathing. Oh god... I thought I started shaking him and trying to get him to wake up.
"Gray? Gray! Wake up! Come on Gray, we need to get out of here before Melody comes back!" I was shaking him and yelling at him for a while. Finally he started to sit up.
"Ugh," he groaned as he tried to sit up. "What happened? Is that Melody girl gone?"
"Yeah," I replied. "But we have to get out of here in case she decides to come back."
"Oh, okay." Gray said as he carefully stood up.
I looked over to Lisanna. She and Erza were standing and waiting for us.
"Alright, let's go." she said and started walking down the street.
"Hey, wait!" Erza called out. "Where's Natsu and Happy?"
Lisanna and I looked at each other. We didn't know how to tell them about Natsu. Lisanna bit her lip. I looked down at the ground.
"What happened? Is something wrong?" Gray questioned.
I looked up at Gray with tears in my eyes. I was ready to answer, but then suddenly, Happy came flying out of nowhere.
"Hey Lucy!" he shouted as he came down and landed on my shoulder.
"HAPPY WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?" I yelled at him in rage.
"I was hungry, so I went back to the other town and got fish." he said while happily munching on a fish. I scowled and rolled my eyes. Then I started walking down the street. Happy continued eating his fish. When he finished it, he turned his head around like he was looking for something. Then he faced me. "Where's Natsu?" he asked.
Gray, Erza, and Happy were all looking at me. Lisanna stood behind them, looking guiltily at the ground. I bit my lip. "Well... um... Natsu is... um," I started out. I didn't how to tell them what happened.
"What? Did something happen to him?" Erza asked.
"Natsu... um," I stuttered.
"HE'S GONE!" Lisanna cried out suddenly. She had tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Gone where?" Happy asked me. I didn't answer his question. Instead, I walked over to Lisanna. I patted her on the back to calm her down. She stopped crying and looked up at me. Her eyes were red and puffy. Tear stains were all over her face. I told her to stop calm down for a while and she nodded. Then she got it together and looked up at Gray and Erza. They looked at us concerned.
"Happy, can you please get off my shoulder?" I asked him. He nodded and then flew over to where Gray and Erza were.
"What do you mean when you say that he's gone?" Erza asked.
"Well," I started. "Natsu tried to fight Melody but he lost and..." I was tearing up. I couldn't hold back my sadness any longer.
"And...?" Gray asked.
"H-he... died." I finished and then started crying. Lisanna tried to comfort me while Erza, Gray, and Happy tried to process what I had told them.
"What? Natsu couldn't have died. You're just messing with us right?" Gray asked worried.
"No. This isn't a joke." Lisanna stated. "Natsu really died."
"No. This has to be some kind mistake. He can't be dead." Happy said frantically.
"HE'S GONE! THIS ISN'T A MISTAKE. IF YOU THINK IT IS, YOU CAN GO BACK TO WHERE WE JUST CAME FROM. NATSU'S ASHES ARE LYING ON THE GROUND! IS THAT ENOUGH PROOF FOR YOU?" I snapped at Happy. Then I took deep breaths and calmed down. When I was calm, I looked up at Happy. He had tears in his eyes. I made him upset. "Happy, I sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you." I ran over to Happy and hugged him. He cried into my shoulder while I turned over to Lisanna.
"We should get going now." she said. Erza, Gray, and I agreed and we all headed back to the train station.
I finally updated the story! I got sick last week so I didn't feel like updating. I'm sorry if this chapter was boring. I'll make the next chapter more exciting. I'm not going to write a really long author's note. It's 2am and I'm still up writing this. I'm an insomniac so being up this late doesn't bother me, but I have a TON of homework that I need to get finished. I should really be doing that instead of writing fanfics, but that's no fun. I will chapter as soon as I finish the ridiculous amount of homework that I have to do. Until then, BYYYEEEE!
