Hello again! I'm back with another chapter. I'm sorry it is so short and for any mistakes. Um, this chapter was hard to write as I didn't want Lucy to break her wall, but I guess she had to in the end. Anyway, on wards with the story! ^_^

Once

Normal P.O.V

There she was, beautiful as ever. Natsu couldn't believe it was his Lucy. She wore a floaty, plain white dress and her hair hung down to her hips with slight curls and kinks in it. Her soulful chocolate brown eyes were still there and her crescent smile was spread across her face. That was until he stepped out of his hiding spot and her smile vanished.

FLASHBACK

Natsu slowly grasped the ball of light and his vision blurred to black. When he woke up, he was in the infirmary. Black and blue all over and many cuts were covered in bandages. He began to piece together what had happened. Barkack launched a surprise attack on Fairy Tail, most members fell including his Nakamas and he ended up running out of energy. Something was missing though, a missing piece of a puzzle, Natsu's ears pricked up and his senses awakened, he could hear music, laughter and clapping. It sounded like a party, for me? Natsu thought. No they wouldn't leave him out of his own party. Are Grey and Juvia finally getting married? Maybe. How long had he been out? Then, like a rolling camera, a flash of blonde hair was blowing in the wind, her foot was on top of a nearly dead man, she announces...

Lucy.

Silence. A real silence, when there is no sound at all, not even the sound of wind or a heartbeat. And it`s so quiet that your ears are starting to ache cause they need to hear some sound. Lucy felt numb, everything inside of her stopped like a broken clock.

"You're weak. Relying on everyone" His voice sounded in her head, echoing threw her empty body. She couldn't take it, her hands balled into fists and her nails dug into her palm till she felt them bleed. All the laughter, happiness and joy flooded out of her, crushed to its demise when he strode in. Lucy couldn't feel the eyes switching between the two, her eyes never left his. She didn't know that Hiro had let go of her hand and she didn't realise she was falling.

'Lucy? Why do you look so pained?" Natsu asked himself. He hadn't moved forward to her yet, he wanted to scream and hug the blonde mage. But he couldn't move he was trapped like a giant invisible wall was placed right in front of him. People noticed him; they looked between the two like something terrible was going to happen. Tension, is the best word to use. Lucy's eyes never left his. Her normal demeanour slowly changed into a dull and lifeless body. Then her knees buckled. And she landed with a thump.

"Lucy!" He called out in worry, he started to run towards her but a bright golden light stopped him in his path.

"Get away." Loke warned Natsu as he appeared from globe of light.

"Why should I?" Natsu said angrily. 'What was his problem?' he thought.

"You can't see her like this, Natsu. She's been havi-" He was cut short by a piercing scream. Lucy had crumpled on the ground, on all fours; she began screaming and crying hysterically. Her face contorted in such terror and her shoulders shock violently. The whole guild stared wide eyes at their old friend as she continued to shatter. Levy stumbled in shock towards her best friend but was gently pushed away by Loke.

"No one touch her." He barked over the shouts and screams.

"What's happening?" Erza took control of the situation, eyes still on Lucy.

Loke's mouth parted but closes again when Fairy Tail's Master began explaining.

"Lucy is going through a state of horror, where an incident in the past which has shocked or upset Lucy imprinted itself in her brain. It's kind of like an endless nightmare." Makarov said, eyes drifted back Lucy who was by now arching her back and shouting to the heavens.

"What caused it?" Droy questioned.

"Her father's death?" Cana spoke with her own father, Gildarts, who had draped his hands over Cana's shoulders.

"Or her Mother's?" Gray added.

"No. She got over that years back." Loke stopped and turned to Natsu. Everyone else did the same, then they realised. It was 3 years ago, a painful incident occurred.

"It w-was m-me?" Natsu stuttered. His slanted black eyes grew wide and he starred at Lucy. He sprinted towards her, Loke shot a golden lion at his feet but Natsu whipped his fiery wings and demolished all spells. Natsu slammed onto the floor and grabbed the shaking girl's shoulders. Lucy panicked even more, her eyes streaming tears.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She whispered her face shivered as if she was preparing herself for a hit. Natsu was baffled that Lucy would ever think that he would hit her.

"Lucy! Do you hear me?" Natsu cried his own eyes produced tiny gems of crystals. She only replied with another screech. "Lucy! I'D NEVER HURT YOU, WE ARE NAKAMAS." His last word echoed in the astounded hall. Suddenly, the screeching and screaming stopped. Lucy's shivers calmed and her dull eyes shone with the tiniest amount of colour. She stopped eyeing the floor and lifted her head up to face Natsu. A flash back of her and Natsu laughing at the guilds bar then was quickly replaced with shouting of Natsu and the dagger piercing her skin played in her mind.

"We were once Nakamas." Lucy chocked out. Her eyes glinted with light and she forced herself to stand. She swallowed the lump that sat in her throat and she turned on her heels.

"BUT WHY CAN'T WE GO BACK TO WHAT WE WERE ONCE?" Natsu hollered after the blonde.

Lucy turned her head over her shoulder and answered in a weary tone "because once can only happen once. Though it can be tough and hell can seem closer than you think, sometimes you need to put the past away and move on with your life."

Natsu bowed his head and he felt a salty tear trickle down his cheek. The tear dropped in sync with the closing door.

Then there was silence. A real silence, when there is no sound at all, not even the sound of wind or a heartbeat.

Tadah! What did you think? Like I said this chapter was hard to write, I didn't want Lucy to feel weak and cry in front of everyone but I also wanted it to be a dramatic meeting. So yeah. In the next chapter, how will Hiro react to the unfolding past he is told about Lucy and Natsu? Will Natsu go over the edge of guilt? And will Lucy and Natsu meet again? Find out in the next chapter: A thousand broken souls. Please review this chapter and tell me what you think will happen in the next chapter! Thank you so much for all the past reviews and thank you to everyone who is reading my story! Love you guys -sobs- T_T