Me: Alright, let's get right into this.

Happy: Aye sir! The first one today is from SleepinBeautyK who said "Uh Natsu you should've follow your nose god damn it when had your nose ever steered you wrong!"

Me: Well, he's not exactly the smartest person ever.

Natsu: HEY!

Me: When did you get her- you know what? I don't care. Next one Happy.

Happy: This one is from a guest named Nalu Lover who said "Plz Continue OR ELSE I will slaughter you."

Me: *not fazed by this* okay. I don't want to give up on this story anyways. Glad ya like it though!

Happy: The next one is from Akiria134 who said "love it keep going it great"

Me: Thank you very much, I will.

Happy: This one is from PotatoGirl14 who said "I understand how you feel! I have a youtube channel for Nalu ( not joking XD) and I'm not able to upload all the time like I wish to due to: tests, homework, and extra curricular activities...-sighs-... and trust me we all have other stories to read and those authors dont upload everyday either! So don't worry! We'll be patient!️"

Me: Thank you, this means a lot. I usually worry that I won't be able to finish the chapter and submit it and you guys would be mad. This calmed me down quite a bit. Thanks again.

Happy: Do you know how long it's been since you've last updated?

Me: Yeah, sorry about that. But hey, I'm on summer break now and I can finally finish writing this chapter even though all I wrote were these few reviews. Regardless of that-

Happy: ENJOY~!


NATSU'S POV

I wake to the irritating sound of my alarm clock, the beeping telling me it's 6:00 AM. I look on my calendar. Today is Wednesday, the first day of basketball tryouts! Now, before any of you reader's search up basketball season or something, lemme tell ya, Fairy Tail High does whatever the fuck it what whenever the fuck it wants! So, I'm not sure if basketball season is even IN September but who cares?

I excitedly jump out of bed and get dressed in a black fitted t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and my favorite flame Converses. I grab my backpack from the corner of my messy room then run downstairs and practically rip open the fridge. I eat like, 17 times a day, don't judge me, I'm just really hungry. Although it might not be normal, I have more muscles than most guys my age anyways so let me eat. After I heat up some spicy chicken wings, devour them, and wash the plate, I leave the house and head to school, actually trying to get there on time for once.

I run into Gray and Juvia on the way and continue the walk with them, having kinda stupid and weird competitions with Gray along the way. Juvia literally just cheers Gray on, even if it's just to see who can say "YEAH BOOOOOOOOIIIIIIIIIII" the longest. The shit we do... Anyways, while we were having a normal conversation about the basketball tryouts (surprisingly, Juvia knows a lot about the sport), we spot Lucy, sitting on the curb with her knees up to her chest. We all spare a glance at each other and hurry over to her.

"Luce, you alright?" I ask in a gentle tone.

She looks up at us and what we see makes our eyes widen.

Tears are brimming her chocolate brown orbs, a huge bruise covers her left cheek, and little bruises and cuts are scattered around her delicate porcelain face.

She wipes her eyes with her sleeve and looks down. I hear her mumble something I can't make out. I tilt my head in confusion and look over at Gray and Juvia. Juvia looks angry whereas Gray looks like a mix between anger and pity. Finally, after a couple minutes, Lucy stands up.

"Sh-shouldn't we st-start heading to school?" Lucy is shaking slightly and I can tell something is bothering her.

"Yeah, but on the way, you're gonna tell us who did this to you, ok?" I just wanna help you, Luce.

She violently shakes her head and covers her ears with her hands, as if someone is screaming.

Lucy screams, "NO! I can't! If I did, they'd hurt me more!"

She runs to school as fast as possible, which is close to how fast I can run. I look back to the other two, and they seem to have the same look of worry on their face as I do.

We all run to school with the same thought,

'We have to save Lucy'.

~Time skip brought to you by Italy's PASTAAAAA!~

I didn't see Lucy in homeroom. This made me internally freak the fuck out. Even Gildarts didn't know where she was for goodness sake! I feel like I've known Lucy and didn't meet her just yesterday and it makes me wonder, did I meet her before? I shake my head, getting rid of the thought.

I need to focus on finding Lucy, not thinking about this stupid theory that most likely isn't possible. During art class, the class right after homeroom, I accidentally cut my hand with one of the clay knives. I was sent to the nurse immediately so I could get it cleaned properly. When I get there, I knock on the door lightly, just in case some younger kid from the elementary third of the school is asleep in there (The campus itself is called Fairy Tail but there are three parts of the building. The elementary is Fairy Tail Elementary and the junior high is Fairy Tail Junior High). I hear Mira's cheery voice softly say the two words "come in" before I enter.

I see a smiling albino when I walk in.

"Heya Mira. Can you clean my hand and all that stuff?" I ask her while raising my bloody palm.

Sha laughs a bit then nods. "Of course Natsu. I just need you to stay quiet while I do it. There's a student sleeping in here."

I called it! While she get's the supplies, her smile turns into a look of pity.

"The poor girl, beaten black and blue, too scared to say who did it. She said it was only her face though."

...wait, what? I look at Mira and ask the question that will determine if Luce is safe or not.

"What's her name?"