Xx Chapter 3 xX

Lucy went back home. She didn't want to meet anymore flirtatious guys. But, her mind was filled with thoughts of that pink-haired stranger. His facial features were so distinct, especially his pink hair! Why did he run away from me? Was it because of something I did? Wait. Why am I so concerned about his well-being? It's not like we know each other… Lucy shrugged off those thoughts. She took out a book from the shelf in the living room and sat down to read.

Now that the mortals have understood what is required of them, there is no more reason for Natsu to stay on Earth any longer, except that he still wanted to see Lucy. But once she found out about her being the sacrifice, she might not want to speak to Natsu ever again. Like most people, she would probably carry her anger for being the sacrifice along to the Godly World. All priests and priestesses even after thousands of years of being in the Godly World, still hold a grudge. He didn't want Lucy to not talk to him during all her time in the Godly World. Natsu was turning sick from worry.

Lucy's eyes fluttered open. She had fallen asleep without knowing. Seeing that it was only three in the afternoon, she decided to spend the rest of her day outside. But once she was outside, she noticed something strange; everyone was missing. It was like they suddenly dumped whatever they were holding, stopped whatever they were doing and vanished into thin air.

Lucy went into the bookstore near her house to see if there was anyone there. Behind the counter stood a short and stout man; the bookstore owner. She could see that his facial expression was a little sad, which was weird. What was there to be sad about?

"Um… Mister?" Lucy started to ask.

"H-Hmm?" the store owner was in between soft sobs.

"What happened? What's going on?"

Just then, someone burst through the door causing Lucy and jump and turn around to look at whoever rudely came in. The man took a good look at Lucy and immediately broke down. Lucy could not help but raise an eyebrow. What's wrong with this man?"

"Hey, what's wrong? What happened?"

The man did not reply. He continued sobbing on the ground. Lucy hurriedly left the store. The atmosphere was too weird; it was getting creepy. It was even worse outside; everyone had come out of their hiding place and they were crying. They were mumbling to themselves. Lucy could make words like 'Lucy Heartfilia' and 'will miss'. Why are they mumbling my name? She still had no clue.

"What's going on?" Lucy repeated her question in a louder voice.

An old man from the crowd stood up. Lucy immediately recognised him as her new neighbour. He moved into the vacant apartment next to hers three months ago. He was alone when he came here. Lucy's gaze fell on him.

"Just now, the Fire God's son came to tell us that his father wanted a sacrifice. He said that a sacrifice had already been chosen."

Lucy put everything together.

"Who is the sacrifice?" she asked, though she already knew the answer.

"Lucy Heartfilia."

Natsu had hidden at a place where he could still see what was going on in the village. He saw an old villager tell Lucy the news. Lucy looked like she froze for a minute or two then she turned and left. Natsu smacked his forehead and squeezed his eyes shut.

"Ah! I am such an idiot!" he scolded himself.

Natsu's heart was in a million pieces now. Now that she knew about it, sooner or later she would learn that Natsu was the one who chose her as the sacrifice; no one has told her yet. He thought of how bad Lucy's reaction would be. He imagined her beating him up till he was hurting everywhere. Then, she refuses to speak to him during her time in the Godly World.

"I'm so stupid…" Natsu chided himself.

What will Lucy's reaction be? Will she kill Natsu and hate him forever? Or will she be grateful to him?

Hey ^^ hope I didn't keep you guys waiting for too long. I'm still kind of struggling with the plot so yeah I might be a little slow with updating. Unless I do impromptu chapters :/

I saw the picture on Facebook. It took me quite some time to find it again. Um I'll try to find a way to let you guys look at the picture okay?

Till the next chapter! Peace! ^^v