Chapter Seven: As A Single Candle Still Holds Its Passionate Flames, As Laughter Blooms Within The Halls, For Treasure Promise They Kept.
His radiance smile is what kept her going. Through the darkness day, and the darkness night, she always engraves the smile into her mind and soul. For she fears she might forget.
Her chocolate eyes blink three times before she pulled herself upwards, from her white coffin. In her sitting position, she eyes the dragon that is in the brink of tears. Her right bandaged arms lifted away from her, as the rough, white cloth comes in contact with wet, heat warmth of the dragon's skin. Her icy touch, melted into his warmth. Her thumb brush against his cheeks, wiping off the trails of water that hasn't yet vaporize from his heat. Her soothing touch calms the agony that raises from the depth of his trembling heart.
"Lushi!" cries Happy breaking the first silent within the room, crashing into Lucy's chest. Her touch, left away from his warmth and gently stroke the blue feline's head, while her left wrapped around like a blanket on his body. As then her chocolate eyes melted away from the dragon's eyes, she looked at her other fellow members, seeking an answer to her question.
"How long, have I been asleep?"
"About ten hours." Replied the silver beauty standing beside Natsu from his right, taking a step forward.
"Ten hours, huh," Lucy repeated softly, sinking in the information. "Ten hours."
"Lucy, my dear." said a voice brimming with passion and comfortableness that brought Lucy's attention to her lovable Master- Makarov Dreyar.
"Would you mind telling us what happened?" He continues, standing in front, making him more visible to her eye. She looked at his feature. The whiteness of his hair being trimmed by the sides, perfected by the baldness of his head in the middle. His orange stripped attired, drenched over his small body. The more she looked at him, the more she would describe him as the color 'white.'
She smiled as a response. An unknown smile that appears on her face, that no one can comprehend. "Maybe later. For now I," she pauses before she continues. Her eyes lowered, as her iris dilated. She then looked up again, "I'm thirsty."
Location: Somewhere Within Magnolia Town
As the moon rises, the lonely knight walks in the endless skies with gems and pearls shining on him. The water ripples in soft waves, as a single green leaves hits its surface. His covered eyes looked towards the sky. Each star glows with brilliance.
He sighs, as his eyes travel downwards and met a familiar structure before him in the distance.
Location: Fairy Tail Guild-Infirmary Room, Magnolia Town
Red. The color is what she would describe him. A passionate flame burning beside her right side. As he is the only one that stands within the room beside her.
The spiky, salmon hair and the scaly scarf wrapped around his neck. She eyed him curiously, as his hair droops over his eyes.
"What's wrong?" She calls out to him. But there's no answer. All his response was his right hand balled into a tight fist. "Nat-"
"Sorry." Was his next words before he stopped. His voice is layered with heavy guilt and frustration. Her mind flicked by his words and tone.
"It's not your fault." She continues as she tries to ease and break the layered cage that builds inside of him. "These injuries aren't-"
He lifted his head, as his eyes finally met hers. His eyes are clouded by a layer of heavy mist. The shine that she loved that his brimming with hope and determination-gone. The dragon that she loved, is vanishing before her eyes.
He turned his head to the left, averting her eyes once more, and mumbled, "Sorry."
She can feel her heart shattered but such simple words that people use every single day. The word 'sorry', sorry, sorry, sorry, sorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorrysorry-
"Sorry," His words are shattering to hear. The word 'sorry', flowing through his lips, is coated with guilt and melancholy.
The scarf blows within the fiery wind, as his salmon hair dances along. And before the eyes knew it, the figure is gradually becoming smaller and smaller, as the flame itself devours its master.
"NATSU!"
First Second Third…..
Before Natsu knew, his left cheek came in contact with the same sensation of something rough while his right cheek came in contact with a icy touch, and forced him to turn forward again. And the moment he did, the scent of salt, mixed with strawberry and vanilla came rushing into his nostrils.
"Pl..eas.e" Her voice trembles, as her blond hair droops over her eyes, but it did not shield her tears. "Please… don't s..ay so..rr..y. anymore..."
Natsu felt something bubbling inside of him, as he felt his heart being gripped tightly. He doesn't know what the feeling is, but he does know one thing. He hates seeing her like this.
And so, he moved.
As then Lucy felt something on her forehead. Her blonde hair now mixed with pink covered her sight. As his right arm then rested on top of her hair on the soft blonde.
As then another water seeps out under from her hair, as the moon shines through the glass window, and towards the two figures within the dark room exchanging a peaceful silence.
Location: Celestial World
A single drop of warmth falls off Aquarius' cheeks. Her fingers touch the water, as she pulls it off her face and looked at the moisture in her hand.
"Tears?"
Location: Fairy Tail Guild-Infirmary Room, Magnolia Town
Her steady breathing, followed by the soft music of her heartbeat flows into his ears. Her crown, wrapped in purity fits well with her golden hair, dancing forward framing her face, as her body lean close to him. Her eyes narrowed slightly, almost as if it is hiding her dark soiled gazed.
"Thank you," she spoke, as her eyes then traveled upwards and met the eyes of the blazing dragon. She smiles as she continues her words, "Natsu,"
He let out his signature grin as his reply.
And once more, her legs then touched the cobblestone floor, as her black cloak flutters down from her white coffin. And perfectly became one with her womanly body.
"Let's go!" As Natsu slightly pulls her right hand, as she can only follow behind. He then guides her away from the darkness that begins to creep from behind, pulling her towards him as the single candlelight he was. And there, with his free hand, he grabs the doorknob and pushed forward. Revealing a familiar scene, as her soiled eyes engulfed by the bright stars she always loves.
Then the moment, her right leg step forward into the light, a loud cheer erupts as the door shuts behind her. Where there is only darkness within the room, and the dim light raising from the luminous pearl.
Location: Fairy Tail Guild, Magnolia Town
"You want it," The silver beauty parted her lips, holding a gigantic stamp on her left hand. Her words expression confusion, and even more uncertainty, as her clear, blue eyes traveled upwards and met the hollowed, soiled eyes. "Here?" She continues.
Lucy smiled at her silver beauty friend and replied. "Yes."
Pairs of blue eyes then traveled downwards, where a bandaged hand lays before her- Lucy's right hand.
"Is it not possible?" Lucy questioned, causing the blue eyes to snapped back towards Lucy's sorrowful eyes.
The silver beauty quickly shakes her head and smiled brightly at her. "No, of course not." And with that answer, the silver beauty placed the stamp above Lucy's right hand and pressed it firmly onto her cloth. And within a second, the stamp removed away from Lucy's hand and revealed a pink Fairy Tail mark on her bandaged hand.
Seeing the mark once more on her hand, she held her right arm high above her. With the lights shining, seeping through her fingers. She eyed her hand, as if it was a prized treasure, causing other members within the guild to look at her confused, before she pulls it closer to her chest, with her left, bare hand wrapped it around it. And smiled generously towards the silver beauty.
"Thank you," she spoke, as she continues the next words that were like butterflies erupting from her stomach. "Mira."
Upon hearing her name being called, Mira couldn't be helped by return the same smiled. "Your very welcome, Lucy." She continues, "And welcome to Fairy Tail!" Her radiant smile appears on her face.
Lucy blinked, as her lips curled up once more, and gripped her right hand once more. She closed her eyes, before opening once more. I'm home.
The crowd cheered once more, behind her. And in response, she turns and found many of her loved ones smiling at her, and holding a cup of beer raising it towards the air.
She smiled once more. "Thank you, everyone."
As then, laughter and music booms within the halls of the guild. As only Lucy and Mira stand by the sidelines watching the event happening.
Location: Somewhere Within Magnolia Town
The more he walked, the more he can hear the roars of happiness emitting from his home. And the closer he gets, the more he can hear a word. No, a name as they cheer. The name 'Lucy'.
Location: Fairy Tail Guild, Magonlia Town
"Here," said Mira, as she pushed a glass cup, filled with heavy, pinkish liquid, with a single strawberry floating on top of it, and a pink and white striped straw, with its bottom half sinking into the depths of the liquid.
Lucy eyed the cup in front of her before she looked at the barmaid, who is only just smiling brightly at her. "It's strawberry smoothie, mixed with vanilla ice cream."
Letting the words traveling to her ears, Lucy then looked down at the cup.
"It's on the house," Mira continues, "A gift for joining Fairy Tail, and besides you said you were thirsty before." But noticing how Lucy kept eyeing the cup, her tone dies in worry, "Do you not like it?"
In response, this causes the soiled eyes to snapped towards the ocean eyes. Her lips parted a bit, before sealing it back up averting the contact and looked at her cup.
"It's not that," Lucy spoke in a sorrowful tone. Her right hand then reached towards the straw, playing with it between her bandaged fingers. "It's just, been so long since I had anything sweet," and with those words, she looked up at the barmaid, and played a soft smile, before taking the straws between her lips and gently closed it.
She can feel the liquid filling up her mouth, touching her tongue and swallowing down towards her throat. One sip and she releases the straw and looked at Mira. "It's delicious."
Mira can feel something off by the word but didn't question it. For which she then leans towards Lucy, who just eyed the curious silver beauty. Grasping onto her right hand, and spoke, "We…" She begins, as her tone lowers into the darkness, "We Fairy Tail wizards….are all living under a cloud." She continues once more, as Lucy can feel the vibration of fear from her right hand, where Mira is holding. "Some wound….pain….suffering." She struggles to keep it stable. "Like me…"
She tries to continue once more, but Lucy cut her off as she placed her left hand and gently wrapped around Mira's. "I know," she replied, "And that is why in Fairy Tail, we share the same burden, of pain, wounds, suffering, love, hate, anger, and tears as one." She repeats, "As one, like a family." She then gives Mira a beautiful, genuine smile that widens her blue eyes. "Through thick and thin."
Mira couldn't say anything to the mysterious blond girl. As her blanked mind, soon appears a single question, as she begins to speak, "Have you met us before?"
Lucy releases the hold from Mira, and placed her right index finger near her lips and say the same magical words, "My lips are sealed." She continues, "However, do you think that we have met before?"
"No…," Mira replied, eyeing the unreadable blonde girl in front of her. "I don't think we have met you before," She continues causing Lucy to hold back her sadness. "But, I think you have met us before."
Her lips parted once more, but quickly got sealed up "Oh?" Lucy spoke, "How so?"
"Happy." She replied, as it only made Lucy arched a brow, "Happy told us that you knew Natsu is from Fairy Tail, and how a fire wouldn't hurt him. Normally, people wouldn't know that."
Lucy's eyes narrowed, "But if I say that I read that from a Sorcerer Magazine, would you believe me?"
Mira was taken a step back, with Lucy's answer. For she knew that Sorcerer Magazine loved to write about Fairy Tail because of their destructive powers. Especially Natsu because of his immense power that always leads to good articles.
Mira was going to ask another question, but stopped herself, as her eyes reflect Lucy smiling at her as her eyes narrowed. As if, she knew what's going to ask next, and knew what words to counter. While Mira, herself couldn't comprehend what she is thinking. And for the first time, Mira struggles to understand a person. Especially a member of her own family.
"You're really are a mysterious girl, Lucy," Mira replied.
Lucy smiles at Mira's comments. "I may be mysterious and intriguing in your eyes, Mira. But in reality, I'm just an average girl that longs for a future. For she can be with her precious family and friends." She continues, as she eyed the pink colored smoothie, engraving the miraculous color into her mind.
"You are far from being average. But still, I do hope your future becomes a reality." Mira smiled, slightly tilting her head to the right as she expresses her words.
Lucy smiled once more. "I hope so too."
And with that, a loud slam of the doors hitting against the wall echoes within the guild. Silencing the joy and laughter.
Lucy then snapped her head towards the sound where there rest a familiar person. With its arm against one of the doors, and the other on its knees. The familiar color of orange.
"Loki?" As the sight made Lucy slip off of her stool and took a step forward towards her favorite knight, and her long best friend.
With his uneven breathing, he forces himself to lift his head. His eyes darting across the room. But quickly stops as it lays on a specific blonde haired girl- his favorite princess, and his long best friend.
"Lucy!"
Next Chapter: As The Treasure Promise They Kept, As The Night Still Continues, The Stars Whispers
