Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia.
Lucy's P.O.V
"Heeeey Natsu! Ready to go out on a job?" I walked up to the Dragon Slayer. His terrible posture made it evident as he slumped over sprawling his arms over the table, that the answer to my question was going to me a firm 'no'. His left cheek was squished against the wood and his eyes were half open staring into space.
I raised an eyebrow when he didn't respond "Natsu" I gave him a poke he just groaned and waved me off "Natsu! What's wrong!" I demanded an answer, He rolled his head around on the table, whining like a baby.
"He thinks Breeze hates him" Erza mumbled, she sat across from Natsu with her arms crossed. I frowned and looked at the redhead, she had a distraught look in her face, one that almost matched Natsu's attitude.
"Are you okay Erza?" I sat myself down next to her "You don't look too well"
Erza shifted under my gaze "Secrets are just as bad as a disease, Lucy" before I had time to process what she had said, Natsu let out a loud moan.
"She hatttesss meeeee~" his arms started waving around almost knocking off the little blue Exceed who was asleep on the table. I rolled my eyes and turned my attention to the big fat baby in front of me. "Why does she hate you Natsu?" I sighed and placed my chin on my hand, I am literally talking to a child.
"She went on a 'S-class' job without me!" I rolled my eyes. Natsu looked down at the table, his face scrunched up in distaste, Yup a child.
"Why would you want to go on another S-class mission, they never end well!" I shrieked in disgust, I looked at Natsu's pouting face and sighed "Ugh Natsu, she probably was asked to go alone by Master Makarov, it was probably just an intel job or something. She knows you hate intel jobs" Natsu pulled his mouth to the side in consideration of my words, I smiled at the idiot.
"Or, maybe you have been smothering her a bit too much" I raised my eyebrows and giggled. Natsu's face fell again. "You almost haven't left her side since she got here!" I laughed but I had this strange feeling dwelling in my stomach, Was I jealous of the attention Natsu was giving her?
"Well I wanted to make her feel welcome!" Natsu defended. Going from sad to enraged in a heartbeat. I waved off the thought of jealousy when I remembered how Natsu treated my when we first met in Hargeon.
"What are you complaining about now flame-brain?" Natsu's shoulders tensed as his rival teased and sat alongside the pink-haired baby. Gray smirked as he could see that his presence was clearly irritating the Dragon Slayer.
"Natsu thinks Breeze hates him, he's just overreacting" I smiled at the Ice Mage.
"Oh, actually I think she mentioned something about Natsu being a bit clingy to me yesterday" Gray had a very special talent, it was exclusive to pushing Natsu's buttons without fail. Sometimes he even managed to get a reaction out of Natsu without even trying, he had admitted before that those were his favourites. Gray didn't seem to be lying either, but I can never tell with that boy.
"IM NOT CLINGY!" Natsu yelled. He stood up in a sort of superhero pose and started shooting out small balls of fire around. One of them flew past the blue cat at a great speed, singeing Happy's fur.
The rude awakening caused Happy to scream and jump onto my chest. Of course, my chest of all places. His claws dug into my breasts as he frantically searched for the fire. "It's okay Happy" I grabbed the cat and sat him on the table in front of me. The fact the cat was basically groping me wasn't anything new.
"Naaaatsuuuuu~ why'd you do that for?" The blue cat whined patting down the black fur. "Sorry buddy, Gray made me" Gray sat there with his hands up in surrender "Natsu doesn't think he's clingy" The Ice Mage smirked.
"Well you do hang around Breeze a lot, ohhhh you liiiikeeee herrrrr~" Happy teased. Gray burst out into fits of laughter, Happy seemed to know what Gray was talking about without anyone telling him.
"I DO NOT" Natsu yelled again. During his fit the Dragon Slayer's face was turning various shades of red. Gray was still pissing himself, rolling around as he clutched his stomach. Happy turned to me and smirked maliciously "How does it feel to be replaced?" I raised an eyebrow at the cat "SHUT UP YOU STUPID CAT!".
The Highlands Train Station, Highlands.
Hera's P.O.V
My grin stretched the width of my face. I was panting, my chest was rising and falling at a rapid rate. I forgot how fun this could be.
Another wizard ran at me, in an instant I could feel a force form around my hand like a glove, I pulled my arm back and let it fly right into his face, sending him flying across the flat town. The sound of bones shattering was like music to my ears. The force around my hand dispersed and I slumped, panting harder than before.
"You're out of shape" Phoenix mocked, walking over from his own victim, a wicked smirk on his lips. I entertained him with a breathless laugh, and his smirk widened. I let my head fall back so my eyes were met with the sky.
It was the afternoon but the clouds I created blocked out the sun, fooling the land into thinking it was night.
I stood up from my crouch to survey the damage that I had done, there was piles of rubble where buildings used to be, dead bodies in place of alive, happy ones. The sight made me shiver in delight. This world isn't what it used to be, clean and pure. Humans are overpopulating, and tainting is world.
"Well I think it's safe to move on, maybe on our way back to the guild we could cause a little more destruction?" Phoenix's suggestion rolled off his tongue and into my ears smoothly, he had a way of talking that excited me. Still breathing heavy, I grinned in response. Through the rain I could see his please nod as he swiveled on his heels and turned to walk towards the train we had commandeered on our way here.
I looked at my hair stuck to my body from the downpour of rain, the tips of my hair were starting to colour a dark grey, no doubt my eyes will be starting to change soon, if they hadn't already, it's working, just as planned. It was strange being in this body, a body that wasn't mine.
I couldn't remember what it was like to be a dragon, though the power that constantly flowed through me was a nagging reminder of what I once was. I looked down at my hands, Breeze's hands, and studied them as I had many times before. I could feel her in the back of my mind, it was almost like she was asleep. Every now and then she would wake, influencing my actions or thoughts ever so slightly, but then she would return to the corner of my mind, curling up and falling back into a deep sleep. I often wondered if she dreamt while she was back there, may her nightmares were the dreams I had when I slept.
I looked at the dream plastered at my feet. This would give her something to toss and turn over. The entire town of Highlands was just wiped out in less than... I looked down at a watch connected to a old man's arm, I picked up his limp arm... Less than an hour. I dropped the arm and let it slump down with the rest of the man. I studied him for a moment. He wore a nice brown sweater, with complementing tan pants. Of course the gash in his chest was a little out of place, but it suited him better in my opinion. To think just an hour ago you had a family, you had jobs you had to do, errands your wife was forcing you to run. An hour ago you had a life.
I made a clicking sound with my tongue. Not anymore.
The grin stuck to my face as I walked through the town, or what was left of it.
Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia.
Lucy's P.O.V
Mindless chatter spread through the guild, Levy said before that she could see some clouds in the distance so no one really had any motivation to go on a job anytime soon.
"Natsu, it's your turn!" I hissed, the idiot has been sulking for the last hour. So instead of fighting it, I embraced it, lowering myself down to his level and deciding not to take a job today. Instead Cana had lent us some cards, ensuring us that they wouldn't explode, so we could play a game of Go Fish. A child's game adequately fit for the child that sat in front of me.
"Fine." Natsu cursed. "Do you have a three?"
I quickly looked over my cards, I smiled sweetly "Go Fish".
Natsu rolled his eyes as he picked the top card off of the pile, his eyes lit up "Scorrrrreee~" he placed down his pair of three's.
Shit, he's catching up. I currently had six pairs sitting in an orderly fashion in front of me. Natsu had five. "How do you keep doing that?!" Happy marveled from the sidelines. Happy wanted to play with us but that stupid cat has a habit of cheating. As of today he was band from the game. I had to brush off his accusations of being a sore loser, but the cat seemed happier eating a fish than playing a game where no real fish were involved.
Natsu sat back and smirked "That's just what happens when you are the master, Happy. I can't control it, I'm blessed" Happy watched the Fire mage in awe. I scoffed "Yea right! You got a 7?" Natsu snapped back to his crouched position.
"Damn..." he mumbled as he put the seven of hearts on the table and slid it to me slowly. I smirked "Oh, what was that? Master?"
Natsu pouted. "Natsu! You can't let Lucy beat you, she's not good at anything! Imagine how that would make you look?!" Happy grasped his fish in desperation.
That little shit... "Whoa Happy, you're right" Natsu said looking down at his cards. He looked determined. "Hey! You know I'm right here-" "shh Luce I have to think" Natsu interrupted me. Not taking his eyes of the cards in his hands. I rolled my eyes and slumped back into the chair. Idiot...
"Natsu you are actually worse when you try!" I laughed as Natsu and Happy started to sulk together. I started to collect the cards to prepare for another game when a green-haired wizard burst into the guild drenched from head to toe, he was panting and looked exhausted. I hadn't met this wizard personally before but I knew him as Freed Justine, a member of the Thunder Legion.
I had wondered why he was so drenched considering it was dry outside.
Silence had filled the guild, a few people rushed to his aid and everyone formed a circle around the mage. "Freed are you okay?" Master Makarov pushed to the front of the crowd, his voice stern, but concerned.
Freed who was kneeling on the floor looked up at the old man, his face covered in sorrow "I-I got back here as soon as I could, I used teleportation magic I-" "What happened Freed" Laxus' loud voice boomed from behind the crowd as he pushed his way towards his teammate.
"I-it's, the-the Highlands village has been completely destroyed, there is nothing left..." a few gasps erupted from the guild but Freed had more to say "...L-Laxus I'm sure she wasn't in her right mind, I-" Freed stammered to his feet, tears threatened to fall. "Who did it Freed?" I feel like Laxus knew the answer before Freed had the chance to whisper it "Y-Your sister, Laxus... I-it was Breeze"...
The guild erupted in protests and arguments. Everyone was torn, those who knew Breeze backed up the theory that Freed misinterpreted what happened, others accused that they knew she was like this from the start. My fingers started tingling as the information settled in my mind. Thoughts whirled around my head as my first thought was to doubt what Freed had stumbled over.
I gasped "ERZA YOU KNEW!" I whipped around and yelled at Erza from the other side of the guild. She didn't look up from her place at the table, she was one of the only members of the guild who hadn't come to listen to the commotion. Her strange words from what she said earlier had just hit me, there were shouts questioning what I meant, I stormed over to the redhead, Natsu and Gray followed shortly behind me.
Erza sat with her hair covering her face, her arms crossed flat to her chest.
"Erza, why didn't you tell us?!" I lowered my voice from before, not that it made much difference, everyone was already focused on the scene.
Master and Laxus stepped forward waiting to hear what it had to do with what Freed had just said.
Erza let out a grunt "I heard something, that night we had the sleepover, I sleepily rushed outside to find Breeze on the floor in frustration." There was a gasp from Levy who was behind me, but Erza continued "I asked her what was wrong, she only told me in confidence that I wouldn't remember because I was still half asleep. She had been visited by a man named Lucifer... " Laxus tensed "... and he gave her a proposal, she would join his group in order for our safety, the safety of Fairy Tail"
Erza stopped to let us process "Why did she destroy a town?! There was no need for that!" Gray shot forward and exclaimed, angry.
"Breeze told me she had to unleash some sort of evil from within her in order to become what they wanted her to be, she used to word transform, but I don't understand that part" The dragon soul, she's going to let her dragon control her body. My hands started to tremble.
"Idiot!" Master slammed his hand on a nearby table shattering it. "I knew she couldn't be trusted, bringing her here was a terrible mistake" Laxus sat down, he looked exhausted.
"Master what does she mean?" Erza stood from her chair, Makarov let out a sigh and decided it was best if we all knew what was happening so we could form a plan to help her.
"I'm sorry, my children, I wasn't straight with you from the beginning" Master sat down on a table and started to explain what Breeze had inside of her. He recited what Breeze had told me in the hospital a week ago, and a guilt similar to the one that was displayed on Erza's face formed deep in my stomach. I didn't realise it was such a threat.
As Makarov told the story of Breeze's childhood, and the destruction of her Dragon, I couldn't help but notice how rehearsed his story was. I could imagine a young Breeze asking the Master over and over, to try and help understand why her dragon made the choices she did.
But one question stood out in my mind...
Why bring her to the guild?
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