Day 4 Protect

Day 5 Summer

The area of Magnolia often got the most storms throughout the year in all of Fiore. In some seasons the storms were likely caused by a one or more mage's magic, but in summer, there was never a week that went without a storm, whether they were natural or caused by a mage was anyones guess. Some people have guessed that with at least one of the residents having lightning magic for the past several decades the amount of electricity in the area is what makes thunder storms such a common occurrance in Magnolia.

Even though the citizens of Magnolia were far used to the storms by now, the storm that was currently happening over their city was unlike one that they had seen before. The thunder seemed especially loud, the lightning exeptionally bright, the wind exceedingly strong. Little did the citizens know that this storm was one both magic and natural.

Lucy enjoyed thunder storms, loved them, in fact. Lucy liked sitting in the dark and watching as bright lightning flashes lit up the area she was in, only getting to see whatever was there for mere seconds. She liked leaning against the walls of old buildings and feeling the vibrations run through them when thunder crashed. These storms helped her, the thunder kept her grounded, and the lightning made her focus.

When Lucy heard the telltale rumble of thunder, Lucy was jittery and anxious to get home. As much as she loved the guild, sometimes she just needed a good thunderstorm to help her organize her thoughts or to simply relax, which is something she just can't enjoy while at the guild. It was too loud with chatter, and if a brawl started, she was lucky if she could hear the storm outside.

Lucy began walking over to the Master and Laxus to bid her goodbyes and to say that she was headed home early. She had once tried to leave earlier than she usually did and the guild had a meltdown, thinking something was wrong, or that something was bothering her, so she usually tried to let Mira know, but Mira was busy at the moment, so she told the next person that the guild would listen to.

Just as Lucy reached the two, guild doors flew open. Everyone let out an involuntary shiver at the wind when they all froze at the sound of a group of footsteps stepping onto the wooden floors of the guild. Slowly, the members of the guild turned to look at the stangers, when one of them grinned wickedly.

"We wan' this buildin' f'r our guild. Y'all're gonna hafta leave." A woman with long black hair spoke.

Before Laxus or the Master could say a word, Natsu was running forward shouting, "Like hell we do!"

Natsu's fists lit up as he got close to the woman that spoke. One of the people with the woman, a short, fat man, stepped in between Natsu and her, the man's body beginning to look like the jagged edges of a rock. Natsu's fist hit him, but the man didn't even move, and Natsu's flame went out upon impact, a small scuff mark on the man's cheek.

There was silence throughout the the guild before the strangers began to laugh, and quickly enough, the entire guild was full of broken tables, chairs and other small objects. Lucy only had time to be thankful that Bisca and Alzack had taken Asuka home once the rain started as she was roped into her own fight, literally. Sure, the girl wasn't four years old anymore, but she was still far too young to be involved in a fight between guilds.

The man across from Lucy used whips, just as she did. His, though, had different magical properties than being able to control their direction. When one whip struck her leg, it left a burn, far more serious than one someone would get from a regular whip. When the other hit her arm, a frost began to spread from the center of the attack. She wondered if it was the man's own magic and he used the whips as way to attack at a distance, or if he used magical tools? If so, did he have a separate magic that he could use when disarmed, or did he have no magic? Did he need the whips in the same way she needed her keys?

When Lucy looked around at the other enemies, she saw that most of them, except for maybe five or six, seemed to use tools or weapons rather than magic. Lucy focused back on her opponent, and took a chance. She launched herself forward and used her whip to bind the man's hands together. Once she got close enough, and the man hadn't made any movement to use a different form of magic, Lucy planted one foot on the ground and sent the other into the man's jaw, effectively knocking him out.

Lucy dragged the man to the side of the guild, out of the way from other fighters. After she stood and looked around, there were many others that were finishing up their fights, as well. She saw that Natsu was fighting a man that used guns, the bullets releasing a charge of some kind of magic that seemed to decay the walls behind Natsu. Lucy knew just from watching that Natsu would be better off if he moved around more, but saw that Natsu tried to keep to the one corner of the guild to keep other members of the guild from getting struck by a stray bullet, using his head rather than his instinct.

It was because of how intently Lucy was watching that she saw what was going to happen with complete clarity, her body running forward before she had time to truly think, just as Elfman lifted the person he was fighting. She saw how Elfman threw his opponent just as Natsu's jumped back from an attack. She saw as Natsu's opponent's body twisted just as she was about to shoot his gun again. She was already halfway across the guild before the shot even went off, just barely making it in front of the person the shot was going to hit.

Laxus turned around at the feeling of a body falling against his back to see Lucy beginning to fall to the ground. Laxus wrapped an arm around her waist to stop her descent, a warm liquid oozing over his forearm, before remembering that he was in the middle of a fight and turned around to the woman. The woman looked at Lucy with delight. At the look, Laxus felt his magic surge throughout his body, sending several large bolts of lightning out of his body, yelling as he did so. Fairy Tail members just managed to dodge the lightning. The members of the enemy guild were not so lucky and were on the ground unconcious in seconds.

Any residual magic Laxus had released joined the summer storm, strengthening it greatly, and would continue to do so until he calmed.

"Where is Wendy?" Laxus heard himself yell, picking Lucy up in his arms, a part of her shirt crumbling at the touch.

Wendy rushed through the crowd towards Laxus and Lucy.

She took a look at Lucy's pale face before speaking, "Bring her to the infirmary."

Laxus didn't need to be told twice and took the stairs to the infirmary two at a time. Laxus was gently placing Lucy on one of the medical beds when Wendy entered the room. Wendy quickly washed herself and began examining the wound on Lucy's stomach. Laxus could see that it was browning and releasing a green ooze.

"I need you to leave." Wendy said, taking off her coat.

"What? No, I-"

"Leave." Wendy spoke again as she pushed against Laxus' back and forced him out of the room and shut the door.

When Wendy came out of the infirmary, she graced everyone with a soft, but weary, smile and said that she had dealt with the bullet's magic effect on Lucy's body, and was able to heal the worst of the damage, but Lucy was still in rough shape and wouldn't be up and moving around for a while.

Sometime later, which felt like hours to Laxus, he was finally allowed to enter the infirmary again and settled beside Lucy. Laxus takes shuddering breaths as he reached for Lucy's hand, which was cold against his, "Stupid girl. I'm supposed to protect you." Laxus whispers, fingers catching on the ring he had placed there only a few days before.

Laxus took another shaky breath, stressfully rubbing his eyes with his free hand, just before he felt Lucy's icy fingers twitched in his hand. He took his face out of his hands and looked into Lucy's now open, glazed eyes.

"Dummy, sometimes you need protecting, too."

Laxus felt relief at Lucy's voice, and the town shone under the summer sun.

I don't really know how I feel about this one, but I hope that you guys liked it at least. Let me know what you thought.