IMPORTANT NOTICE! Hey everyone! So for all of my old reader's, this is indeed a brand new chapter that wasn't in the previous version of this story. I always thought that I completely side-stepped the fact that Lucy got raped, and I didn't like that I made it seem like she got over it so quickly. So I wanted to make another chapter to elaborate on it more. Enjoy everyone!
ALSO! There is some very dark themes in this chapter. It is going to start out italicized, which is going to be the whole happening of Lucy getting raped. It's a lot of curse words and abuse, the actual rape isn't actually written, you are just reading Lucy's thoughts and how they abuse her, but sex. But if you can't stomach that, scroll past the italics and find the line break, that will be the end of the "story"
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy tail
Chapter 8: The Truth
"You're coming with me." He whispered in my ear. I felt the tears falling even more. I guess I really deserved this; I was just a worthless piece of trash to everyone around me. I closed my eyes and just let Sting drag me away to god knows where, whispering good bye to no one in particular.
"You better stand up straight and follow me you little bitch. There are people around and I don't want any of them suspecting something." He hissed into my ear. I inched away from him and nodded trying to stand up and walk on my own. I followed him around the town, not really paying attention to where we were going. He suddenly pushed me into a door and pressed his body against mine.
"I finally have my prize." He whispered biting my ear. I whimpered and turned away from his mouth. He growled and hit my head.
"Don't you dare turn away from me." He yelled kicking my shin. I yelled out in pain and started to fall down to grasp the injured area. Sting grasped my neck and pushed me up against the door once more, his grip tightening.
"I didn't say you could move." He growled. He opened the door and shoved me into the warehouse, dust kicking up around me. Two cold pairs of hands grasped both of my wrists and dragged me further into the darkness. Sting walked over and stared down at me in disgust.
"Lift her up. I want to see her fully." He said licking his lips. I shook my head, tears pouring down my cheeks.
"No please don't do this Sting." I whispered. His hand cracked against my cheek. I bit my lip in pain. "Don't you dare talk back to me you stupid slut." He growled slapping my other cheek. Rogue and Rufus were laughing manically, holding onto my wrists even tighter. Sting walked up to me and grasped my chin tightly in between his index finger and his thumb. "Oh Lucy, how I've been waiting to do this since I saw you a couple of months ago." He whispered. He then aggressively kissed me, his tongue swirling every which way around my mouth. I tried not to pull away in disgust, scared that I would be hit again. He suddenly kneed me in the stomach causing me to double over and cough.
"Next time I kiss you, you better kiss me back you bitch." He growled looking deep into my eyes. I blinked back the tears and slowly nodded. Rufus and Rogue pulled me up to my feet and Sting examined my body.
"I don't remember you ever being this sexy when we last saw you. I wish I would have known, then I wouldn't have let you leave." He said placing his lips onto my neck. I shivered, my stomach churning. He bit into my skin and pulled away.
"You taste so delightful." He grumbled grasping my shirt in his hands. I looked away from him, feeling ashamed and completely exposed.
"Look at him you stupid bitch." Rogue spat turning my head to look at Sting. The blonde was marveling at the sight of me, his eyes filled with fire and passion. I squirmed and tried to pull away.
"No don't look at me!" I yelled. Sting then hit me with something very hard. I doubled over in pain, my stomach screaming. I gazed up at him through my teary eyes and whimpered. He held a steel pipe in his hands. I cried out and shook my head.
"No please don't do this, please." I yelled trying to fight from Rogue's tight hold. Sting dropped the pipe and started to bruise my pale skin. I yelped in pain whenever he was extremely aggressive on my skin.
"Stop it Sting, please!" I yelled squirming around. He slapped my face and punched my gut.
"Shut up you stupid whore!" He growled. I couldn't even watch as I was exposed to these horrible men. And I couldn't even look as I was forced every which way.
I was bawling my eyes out, grasping the comforter of the hospital bed, my whole body shaking in fright. Mavis held my hand gently and soothed me with gentle words. "Take your time Lucy, you don't have to go into detail about all of the activities they made you do." She said, sadness in her eyes as she gazed upon me. I shook my head and wiped my cheeks dry.
"It was terrible, I had to-I had to do so many terrible things." I whispered, more tears spilling from my eyes. I felt like throwing up again but I swallowed thickly and gasped.
"Do you want to stop Lucy?" She whispered grasping both of my hands. I took a deep breath and shook my head.
"No I need to get through this. Otherwise I will never get passed it." I mumbled. Mavis nodded and sat back, grabbing her clipboard again. She looked very hesitant to listen to what I had to say next.
I lay on the ground, barely breathing and feeling light headed. I could barely even register what was happening at this point. I had lost all of my will to fight, and all I wanted was to sleep forever and never wake up. Maybe then things would turn out better. My skin felt numb, and my vision was starting to blur. I let the tears fall from my eyes and muttered 'Natsu.'
"LUCY!" I looked up and saw a flash of red, before I completely blacked out from the loss of blood.
I started at my hands, the bandages around my wrists were starting to loosen and fall off, showing the dark red marks. Mavis finished scribbling down onto her clipboard and took a deep sigh.
"Thank you for going through that again Lucy. I can't imagine how you feel right now, but I'm so proud of you for facing it, and talking about it. Please, if you have anything else you need or want to tell me, that is what I'm here for. I'll give you a couple of minutes to yourself." She said standing up and walking out of my room. I wiped my eyes dry and looked out the window and took a deep breath. I was going to get through this. No matter how hard it was going to be, I knew I could do it.
I have been in the hospital for two weeks now. Erza and Levy have been by my side constantly to make sure I was ok. Only yesterday did I take my first few steps in a while. My legs were still very sore and my stomach was shooting with pain. But it felt great to back on my feet again. I had yet to see any of the boys since I first woke up, but the doctor suggested that I shouldn't be around any men at the moment. But now, finally after so long, I was being released and got to go back home. Erza drove me home with Levy, Juvia, Cana, and Mira in the back all chatting excitedly about my recovery. Once we reached my house, Erza took out my wheelchair from the back and helped me into the seat. We all strolled (well I rolled) up to the front door. All of my maids were there instantly to greet me, all worried sick.
"I'm much better everyone, please don't worry." I said. One of the maids handed me a letter.
"It's from your father." She said sadly. I looked at his cursive writing sadly. He didn't even care enough to come visit me? I tore it open and read the words. My eyes lit up.
"He's coming home as soon as he can!" I said happily. Everyone in the house instantly cheered and whooped. I suddenly felt so much better. My daddy was going to be home. Erza continued to push me to the living room.
"Where are we going?" I asked look up at her. She only smiled and told me to look forward. I did and felt the tears build up in my eyes. There standing around a giant cake were not only the male members of the Host Club, but my father who looked worried sick. Once he saw me he ran up and embraced me gently.
"My poor sweet girl." He muttered into my ear. I held onto him tightly and cried into his shoulder. He pulled away and wiped my tears away.
"It's going to be ok Lucy, I'll be here for as long as you need me. I told my business partners that they could wait." He said giving me a gentle kiss on the forehead. I nodded with a teary smile. I then looked at the others, noticing that a certain pink haired person was missing.
"Lucy, we are so glad that you're finally out of the hospital." Loke said. I looked at Gray and he smiled softly at me. I gestured for him to come over to me. He hesitated but slowly made his way to my side. I held out my arms, waiting for a hug. He bent down and gently wrapped his cold arms around me. I sighed happily, finally glad to be home and surrounded by the ones I love. Gray pecked my head and pulled away.
"Can we have some cake now?" Erza asked eagerly. We all laughed and started to cut the frosted treat. As everyone chatted away I sat staring out the window, my cake untouched. Why wasn't Natsu here? Was he still upset? Or was it because my dad didn't like him?
"He said he didn't want to come because he was afraid he would upset you." A voice said. I jumped and gave out a small yelp, holding up my arms and cowering.
"Please don't hurt me." I whimpered, tears starting to form in my eyes. Two hands grasped mine. "Shh, Lucy, it's me Gray, I'm not going to hurt you. Shhh." He whispered pulling me into a hug. I took a deep breath. "I'm sorry." I whispered. He stroked my hair.
"No it's my fault Lucy. I shouldn't have snuck up on you like that." He said quietly, in hopes of not scaring me again. I looked up at him.
"What were you saying before?" I asked sitting back down into my chair. He pulled up a chair next to me and held my hand.
"Natsu didn't come because he was scared he would upset you again." He said. I nodded. "He's such an idiot." I mumbled. Gray gave out a weak laugh and grasped my hand.
"He messed up, he only wants to try and fix it." Gray said. I looked up at him, my eyebrows furrowed. "But how is he going to? He fucked up majorly and is treading on thin ice." I said with a scowl.
"Because he does care about you. He obviously hasn't shown it in the best ways, but I know for a fact he truly loves you Luce." Gray said. I shook my head. "How are you so sure Gray?" I questioned. He shook his head. "I can't truly say, but just trust me." He mumbled kissing the back of my hand. I shivered and slowly pulled my hand away.
"Sorry was that too much?" He questioned. I sighed and shook my head. "I'm sorry, I just can't bare the feeling of lips on my skin." I whispered, tears threatening to spill. He slowly pulled away, pain written across his face.
"Oh Lucy." He whispered. I shook my head. "I'm fine, I promise, it's just going to take some time." I murmured, my blonde hair falling in front of my face. Gray gentle brought his finger under my chin and tilted it up. He gave me a smile and tucked my hair behind my ear.
"And we all will be here with you during it. You aren't alone Lucy."
A month had passed since the incident and I was finally able to walk on my own. I started back up at school two weeks ago and had a hard time catching up with homework, but I managed. The hardest part was seeing all of the males around campus asking if I was ok. I was able to talk to them, but I still felt like I had a rock in the bottom of my stomach every time a male came into my line of vision. But then there was Natsu. I of course had a class with him, but he avoided looking at me, and he hasn't said a word to me since I came back to school. I asked Gray about it and he didn't really have an answer. On my first day back I went to go visit the club, but I had found out from Mira that Natsu had canceled the rest of the meetings for the club until after the dance at the end of the year.
I was sitting in my bed looking through my homework that had been assigned when I heard my window slam open. I jumped, my laptop tumbling off of my lap and causing me to nearly fall over the edge. I turned towards the source to see Natsu perched on the sill with a strange look on his face. After almost two months of not talking to each other and no eye contact, he decided to come through my fucking window?! I will admit I missed him terribly, but I felt my previous anger at him bubble up to the surface.
"What the hell do you want?" I hissed glaring at him. Ouch, not the best thing I wanted to say, but I guess it will do. He didn't answer me as he placed his feet onto the floor and made his way over to me. I leaned away a bit as he came over to my side of the bed and look directly into my eyes. He gently grasped my wrist, I felt a small surge of panic.
"Come with me." He whispered. I gazed up at him in confusion. "What the hell are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere with you." I said, trying to desperately pull away from his grasp. He seemed to see that I was distressed so he let go of my wrist and looked away.
"Damn it Luce, just listen to me for five seconds." He said. I held up my hand and started to count up to five.
"You broke my heart with that bitch and I think you're a jerk. Oh hey look at that!" I said holding up my five fingers and then slapping his face. He took a deep breath and threw a piece of paper at me. I looked at him in surprise. That didn't even get a reaction out of him. What was up with him today?
"Just go. If you aren't there, then I will drag you there myself." He said turning around towards the window. His gentle threat sent shivers down my spine. He hopped up and jumped down. I quickly jumped out of bed and slammed my hands onto the window sill.
"USE THE DOOR YOU IDIOT!" I screamed slamming the window closed. I turned towards the slim paper that was lying upside down on the floor. I bent down to pick it up, hissing in pain, and picked up the paper.
"Join us at the Diamonds are Forever dance on May third." I said out loud. I rolled my eyes and threw the ticket back where it originally lay.
"He has the guts to ask me to that stupid dance? God I am going to strangle that bastard." I growled lying down on my bed, sliding my laptop onto my legs.
"Let's see what we've got here." I said skimming through all of my emails. Most of which were from my father who was currently in Egypt. Two weeks after I left the hospital, my dad and Erza took care of me and didn't let me out of their sights. But unfortunately after that, my dad had a really serious business trip in Egypt. He said he really didn't want to go, but I told him that I would be fine without him. I felt my phone vibrate and I picked it up to see that Levy was calling.
"Hello?" "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!" Was what I got screamed into my poor unsuspecting ear. "Levy are you ok?" I questioned, wondering why she had made such a noise.
"GAJEEL JUST ASKED ME TO THE DANCE! AHHHHH!" She screamed with excitement. I smiled sadly, shifting my phone to my right ear.
"That's great Levy! I'm guessing you called me to ask when we are going shopping." I questioned. She squealed a yes.
"Lu-chan! Are you going to the dance?" Levy asked. I glanced at the lone ticket on the floor and shook my head.
"Nah. Dances aren't really my thing." I said. She groaned. "Oh come on Lu-chan! We can all go as a group! You have to go with us pleeeeaaaaasssseeeee!" She drawled on and on about why I needed to go.
"Ok fine, as long as you stop talking about it." I said with a heavy sigh. She cheered loudly.
"Well I figured we should go dress shopping this Saturday, and then get ready together on the dance night." She said. I agreed with her and hung up.
"What have I gotten myself into?" I questioned falling back onto my bed with a thump. I stared at my ceiling hoping that I could just disappear.
Well that's that. I'm glad I put this one out because it shows Lucy going through this really hard time in her life. Well I hope you enjoyed it! Until next chapter!
