A/N: So! Here we are with another update for The Choices We Make! I know that it has taken me forever to update but I have been home and am on semester break from college and I needed some time to unwind and to catch up on my life back home again. I hope you enjoy this next chapter and don't forget to leave a review!
Chapter 10:
~Lucy's POV~
"We're home!" I exclaim when we enter the guild.
"Lu-chan!" Levy shouts as she runs to embrace me. "You guys are back early!"
"It was easier than we thought it would be." Gray says responding for me.
"Ne, Levy-chan. Do you know if Laxus is back yet?" I ask the blue haired girl in front of me.
"Hmm, last I heard was that he was still out on that mission with the Raijinshuu that Master sent them on. I'm not sure when he's going to be back though." She replies.
"Why are you wondering about Laxus, Lucy?" Erza asks me.
"Oh! He mentioned having Freed put up runes around my apartment to prevent another, ahem, intrusion." I say quickly, turning to walk towards to the bar and hide the blush on my face. "Mira-chan! Could I get a strawberry milkshake?"
"Of course, Lucy! Welcome back!" the barmaid responds cheerfully. Mira quickly places the drink in front of me knowing that it was my favorite and already having it made.
"Lu-chan, there's something we should talk about." Levy says seriously.
"What is it?"
"Let's go somewhere quieter." Levy leads me to the back of the guild to where Gajeel sits alone chomping on iron. As she sits down next to the iron dragon slayer I sit across from them. "We should talk about Natsu.
I sigh. "I honestly don't remember who he is, Levy-chan. Every time I try to, my head starts to hurt. Both Laxus and Gray think that it is wise for me to try and not remember him. Each time I try, I can see the looks of worry that they have when they see me in pain. What do you think I should do? I need to know what happened to me to have me entirely forget a person. Will you tell me, Levy-chan?"
"I can only tell you what I know, but I will try." She replies. "What I know is that on your last mission with him, something…bad happened. You ended up severely hurt. According to Gray you were with Natsu when he left you to go save Lisanna. That was when you got hurt. Gray frantically ran into the guild carrying you, shouting for Wendy to heal you. When she did heal you with the help of Porlyusica, it took you two weeks to awaken and when you did, that is when Laxus had discovered that you no longer remembered Natsu Dragneel. That was only confirmed when Natsu came up to you and you had no idea who he was.
"When you were asked all those questions on how you came to Fairy Tail, what your first mission was, and what team you were on, you filled the missing space of Natsu in your memories with other people. You had said that it was Happy alone who brought you to the guild, when really it was Natsu. That mission to find Macao on Mt Hakobe wasn't with Gray, it was with Natsu. Your team isn't called Team Gray, its Team Natsu. Before the accident you and Natsu were best friends, practically inseparable. You losing your memories of him has changed him. He is no longer as happy and energetic as he used to be. He doesn't start fights anymore, he doesn't go any jobs and when he does come in the guild all he does is mope in a corner."
"Were we really that close, that I would have this much of an impact on him?" I ask the blue haired girl.
"I don't want to sound like Mira, with all her match making theories, but I honestly think that he is love with you." Levy replied.
"In love with me?" I repeat, puzzled. "If he was in love with me then why did he leave me for Lisanna?"
"I don't know for sure, but maybe it was because he believed in you to be okay while he rescued his nakama. I guess he forgot to think about the toll your magic has on your body. He was so caught up in the fight that he forgot that holder magic takes a lot out of someone compared to those with magic types like his and Gray's." Levy answered.
I let her words sink in and try to think back to my first encounter with Natsu Dragneel. I remember sitting in the guild with everyone around me when he came into the guild hall. He had immediately ran up to me and had hugged me. He had called me Luce. When I had told him that I didn't know who he was I could see the heartbroken look in his eyes.
A pounding in my head stopped me from thinking further on the subject. I clutched my head in pain and let out a whimper.
"Oi, bunny girl you okay?!" Gajeel exclaims as I fall from my seat and on to the floor.
Before I blacked out I heard Levy shout, "Lu-chan!"
~Gray's POV~
"Oi, bunny girl you okay?!" I heard Gajeel exclaim. I turned just in time to see Lucy fall and Gajeel barely catch her before her head hit the ground.
"Lu-chan!" Levy shouted.
I rushed from my seat at the bar over to where Gajeel and Levy were crouched on the ground over Lucy. The rest the guild had gathered around the Celestial Spirit Mage to see what had happened.
"Lucy! What happened to her?" I demanded.
"She asked me to tell her about Natsu so I told her what I knew about the accident. She was fine until I had stopped talking. It looked like she was trying to remember him on her own and then all of a sudden she fell over clutching her head!" Levy responded.
"You shouldn't have told her about that flame brain!" I shouted. "It's his fault that she ended up forgetting him anyway!"
"Gray!" Mira exclaimed.
"You know I'm right!" I told the barmaid.
"It is not Natsu's fault! The one to blame is the mage who attacked her. Besides it is not your say on whether Lucy should know the truth or not. It's her decision. Levy would never lie to Lucy!" Mira countered.
"I know it's not my decision, but I wanted to prevent this!" I take Lucy in my arms and carry her into the infirmary. I lay her down on one of the beds and stay by her side, waiting for her to awaken.