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Mira's Point Of View
It's been almost a week since Team Natsu left. I knew the mission was meant to take long, but perhaps it was the fact that it was Team Natsu and they had the potential to finish mission meant to last months within three days.
Either way, I was worried. I continued cleaning dishes when the door opened. I had expected Natsu or Gray to kick it open with excitement and Erza to walk in triumphantly with Lucy carrying Happy and shaking her head at her team.
But no. They walked in, shoulders hunched in a way I had never seen them before.
They looked defeated. Had they failed the mission? No. It couldn't be.
Plus, Lucy wasn't there. I wondered if she'd gone home first. Maybe. Sometimes her Team could be quite infuriating.
"Hey, Natsu, Gray, Erza." Said Levy. "Where's Lu?'
Natsu flinched. I was starting to get scared. What could be wrong?
"Is she okay?' Asked Levy. She had noticed, too.
Natsu didn't reply. Nor did Erza or Gray.
"Natsu…" Levy whispered. "Is Lu alright?'
"No…" Natsu croaked out.
"What happened?!' Wendy exclaimed. She already seemed on the verge of tears.
"Calm yourself, child. I'm sure it's not that bad." Charla tried to comfort Wendy.
Gray swallowed, trying hard not to break down again.
"She's gone."
She's gone
Gone
I dropped the plates I was cleaning. Tears splashed onto the counter. My tears.
NO. Not Lucy.
"You-you're lying!' Someone screamed.
I couldn't tell who. There was no one but me and my beating heart, my tears that loudly splashed onto the plates, but me screaming out a no. I felt paralysed. I could never say this was as bad as Lisanna's death, but it hurt so, so much, despite that.
"Mira? MIRA," Shouted someone, bringing me back to consciousness. It was Elfman.
"E-Elfman?' I said, shakily. Everything felt so unreal.
"Mira…" Elfman said, choking. He had tears in his eyes. "Lucy. She-She's gone!' He shook his head in disbelief.
I embraced him. My cheeks were wet, everything hurt and my eyes were red. But they'll always come first. My hair was matted to my forehead and stuck to Elfman. I felt someone else join the hug. Somebody who wetted my shoulder. Soon, lots of people had joined in.
We were all mourning for the light of Fairy Tail because she had dimmed and lost her spark and without her came darkness that brought agony to all of us.
…..
Erza's Point Of View.
We stood in front of one of our worst nightmares. Lucy's grave. The worst thing was that it didn't have her body in it. We had looked and looked, but we never found it.
My eyes warmed up at the thought that Lucy's corpse was lost at sea, never to be found and ever actually have a proper burial. She didn't deserve that. No one does. Why does life have to be so cruel to her?
But despite that, I did not cry. The Lucy I knew wouldn't want me to. The Lucy I knew would want me to smile.
And it seems Natsu and Gray and Wendy all seem to think the same.
I looked at Natsu. His smile never wavered, no matter what happened.
The brightest smile hides the deepest secret
Mira, whose eyes glistened in the light, whose cheeks were red along with her eyes from all the crying, but who stood strong.
The prettiest eyes are the ones who've shed the most tears
Wendy, who was on her knees, too weak to stand.
The kindest heart who has felt the most pain
Because Lucy would never want us to suffer because of her.
So I smiled my brightest. Just like Natsu, Gray, Wendy, Cana and Levy. Just like Laxus, Levy, Mira and Lisanna. Just like my Fairy Tail.
And I knew then, that although the light of Fairy Tail had dimmed, she hadn't faded. We will keep her burning and sparkling. She'll be brighter than ever now, in our hearts.