Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, but I do own the plot.
A/N: To the AMAZING reviewers, no it won't be a GraLu story, nor will it be a NaLu. In fact, I won't be putting any romance until later chapters. I mean come on! She's 6! If I paired her up with someone, that would make them with a pedo. Oh, and this chapter is mainly about how Lucy died, so half flashback!
Gray let out a large yawn as he groggily opened his eyes, examining his surroundings. His eyes adjusted to the sunlight pouring thru the window. His body was comfortable, but a something was cuddling at his side. He blinked, trying to crane his neck to look at the figure.
It was Lucy. Her hair was falling on her small face, and her breathing was soft and slow. She clutched onto his shirt, which has surprisingly hadn't been striped off yet.
He blushed like mad.
"Lucy's in my bed! HOLY SH- wait." Remembering all the events from yesterday, he shook his head as he stared up at the ceiling. It was almost to good to be true.
Lucy was back. Well. Half of her. Literally. She's like 1/3rd of Lucy. But, it was good enough for Gray.
He remembered that horrid day. It was like a broken tape, replaying over and over again in his mind. Blood. So much blood...
"LUCE!" Natsu practically tore through his nakama in pursuit of the blonde. Lucy had been quietly sipping tea at the bar, while reading the newest copy of her favorite book.
When Natsu had finally stopped in front of the girl, he gave her a toothy grin as she showed her a mission.
"Lucy! Want to go on a mission?" He asked excitedly, with lots of enthusiasm,
Lucy pondered a bit, then she gave him a grin of her own. "Sure! Should we bring Gray and Erza too?"
Natsu frowned, disappointment evident in his eyes.
"AWW! Luce!" He whined, throwing in the nickname for emphasis. "I just want it to be me, you, and Happy! It's been a long time since we've done that, you are my partner!"
Lucy blinked, then she giggled. Ruffling his pink hair, earning a childish pout. "How did you end up being the leader of team Natsu?"
Natsu laughed as Lucy went in search of the other members of his team.
Natsu grinned after her, unaware of the tragedy just waiting to come.
~Time Skip~
"Where is the town?" Erza asked Natsu, who was in front, currently reading the map.
"Er... um... this way. No! Wait! This way!"
Gray walked up and yanked the map away, and inspected it. After confirming his predication, he got an angry tick on his head. He whacked the Dragon Slayer over the head.
"It's upside down moron."
Erza rolled her eyes from behind the boys. "Boys are so stupid, right Lucy?" She got no reply. Puzzled, she whirled around. Lucy wasn't there. "Lucy?"
Natsu heard Erza, and also turned around. "Lucy? Where is she?"
Gray had noticed also, rolling up the map. "Luce?"
The members all glanced over at each other before, before bursting into a panic. "LUCY! LUCE! WHERE ARE YOU!"
"Lucy! If your hiding, this isn't funny!" Happy called desperately.
Before the search could continue though, a piercing scream. This alarmed everyone. That scream. It was Lucy.
Almost in an instant, the team tore thru the forest in search of the missing mage. Natsu sniffing her out, but her usual smell of strawberries, and vanilla was blocked out by the smell of... blood?
Natsu grew alert, following the scent, and eventually leading up to a cave. Where the smell of blood was most strong.
"Luce?" The team cautiously stepped in.
They stopped dead in their tracks with what they saw.
Lucy's body limp, lifeless, pale, on the ground. Blood splattered on the surrounding walls of the cave, and pooling her motionless body. Her once cheerful, chocolate brown orbs, glassed over. Her blonde hair didn't shine, as the red liquid slowly seeped its way through. Her keys sprawled a few feet away from her. That too, covered in small droplets of blood.
Horrified, the team reacted in different, yet similar ways.
Happy had flown directly into Erza's chest, bawling like crazy, while Erza stood still. Her face growing pale, like that of Lucy's. Only her breathing in tact.
Gray stared wide eyed. Unable to comprehend what the hell was going on. A few hours ago, it had been a happy atmosphere. All friendship, nothing to ruin it. Now, it was replaced by horror. Terror.
And in Natsu's case. Anger. He felt angry, hatred. He was going to kill whoever did this. And not metaphorically either. He really will kill the man who did this. With his own hands, his own fire. But first...
Natsu stuttered as he walked over to Lucy's limp body. Touching her, he shivered. She was cold. So cold. Her blood was cold, too. So much blood. So much..
"Lucy? W-wake... up..."
When she remained unfazed, Natsu's anger boiled up.
"Lucy? C'mon! Don't mess with us! This isn't funny!" He said, getting more firm. He knew what was happening in his head, but he refused to let it out. He expected her to sit straight up, giggling.
"Hahaha! You believed that? Wow! I'm alive! See!"
"LUCY! WAKE UP!" He yelled, impatient. He began shaking the body, only to be restrained from Gray, who finally got the courage to step through the blood.
"NATSU! CALM DOWN! SHE'S GONE!"
"NO! SHE'S JUST PLAYING WITH US! LUCY! WAKE UP! LUCY!"
So much blood. Blood... her blood.
Sorry it was short! But it's like 12:00 pm, and I wanted to update twice today.
Oh, and if your like 9 or 10 or something, and your still pretty much innocent, and you read all that gory stuff. I'm sorry. I splashed in some blood in a kid friendly story. It had to be done. Even though I'm 11, my remaining innocence died when I started reading and watching anime and mangas.
So I'll probably change the rating to T, eh... IDK!
Well, REVIEW!
