Chapter 7 – Dark Fate

Lucy chased Natsu through the forest, but she wasn't seeing him anymore. The forest was so dense that she could just see the trees and nothing more. "Where you went, Natsu?", that's the only thing that Lucy kept murmuring to herself. She started to reduce her pace until she stopped completely. She began to feel her tears falling through her face, reaching her chin joining in a single tear and then fell to the ground. She felt desperate. In the same time Natsu was back to the park where Erza and the other were. Juvia was already there too.

"Natsu-san, did you saw Gray-sama?", asked the blue haired mage.

"Yeah. He was with Lucy in the forest.", the fire mage replied with his head down.

"Wha-? Gray-sama with Lucy? Alone? How dare you, Lucy?", Juvia was in rage with what she heard and left the park chasing, once again, Gray. "Gray-sama is only mine.", she shouted.

"Juvia being Juvia, I guess.", Erza laughed.

"I'm going on ahead Erza.", Natsu said. Wendy started running after Natsu saying that she wanted to go with him. Natsu smiled to the little girl allowing her to do so.

"Natsu was so silent. Maybe something happened between them.", Erza thought looking to the huge forest in front of her.

"Natsu-san, you look down.", said Wendy a little worried about her friend.

"No, I'm fine Wendy. I'm just a little tired, that's all.", Natsu replied with the best smile he could not to worry Wendy.

"I don't believe you, Natsu-san. I know you, you are always full of energy, even when you're tired.", Wendy grabbed his hand. "You can trust me."

At this moment they heard something behind them. And then, a familiar girl with blue hair jumped from the bushes.

"What are you doing Juvia?", Natsu sighed and rapidly asked.

"Juvia was looking for Gray-sama, but Juvia got lost.", whined the water mage.

Natsu, Happy, Wendy and Charle couldn't help but laughed a little.

"You never learn, don't you Juvia?", Natsu helped Juvia to stand.

"I can't do anything about it. Gray-sama is so…", she entered in her wild imagination again.

"Anyway, we're going for the guild. Do you want to come with us?", Natsu thought that maybe Juvia should go with them, because she could see anything that she couldn't enjoy.

"Yeah. Let's go.", the water mage replied with a smile.

At the guild the three of them sat at the usual table. Juvia went to take drinks and the two dragon slayers stayed in the table.

"Can you tell us now what happened Natsu-san?", Wendy said with Charle on her lap.

"It-It's about Luce and Gray. I kinda appeared when they were about to k-kiss each other.", Natsu was looking down since they sat. He wanted to be angry, but he couldn't be angry with his best friend. They always helped each other in most dangerous situations. They fought all the time, but they trusted, even their own lives, to each other.

"What? Gray-san and Lucy-san kissed?!", yelled the sky wizard. She was in shock. She always thought that Lucy had feelings for Natsu.

They heard something crack and when they turned they saw their friend with a mad look and reciting something.

"I'll kill her. I'll kill her. I'll kil her.", Juvia just repeated that when the others arrived. Juvia and Wendy looked to the two wizards with sinister looks. Juvia walked to Gray and gave him a slap with everyone's surprise. She didn't slapped him because of her, but because Gray betrayed his best friend. Wendy at the other hand was looking disappointed with them. She liked Natsu so much and she couldn't bear him suffering and worst off all, trying smiling to not worry anyone. Natsu just turned away when Lucy looked to him.

A man wasn't moving and he was bleeding from his chest. In front of him was a girl with a knife in her hands. The man smiled and said something to the girl, then layed on the ground dead. The girl fell on her knees crying. "Natsu…"

Charle was in shock. The vision she had, it was no doubts about Natsu. But the girl, she couldn't tell who she was. Her big eyes reflected the fear she felt. "I can't say anything about this. Maybe that's my imagination.", she thought without realizing that Wendy was looking at her. When she came to her senses, she looked to Wendy and smiled. Wendy smiled back.

Meanwhile in a derelict warehouse, a man was looking to the sky when someone interrupted him.

"We found him, master.", someone said.

"This is quite surprising. To think that he could be here. I guess the fun will start.", the mysterious person said with a joy look in his face.

"What do we do with this girl?", the other person pulled a pink haired girl. She was in a bad state. Her clothes were torn and her hands and feet were tied up. She looked to the guy and spit him. The man threw her to the ground and stomped in her hands making her scream in pain.

"She is crucial to my plans.", the man that was called master said. "The fate can't be changed. You must die for the sake of this world….."

"Salamander!"