Vampires gem chapter 10: Shattered Grey

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Everyone froze there at that moment, the two women on the ground looked at Natsu that was standing with widen eyes. The pink haired vampire looked at Lisanna's hand that had a sparkling grey gem on herself. He gulped at the sight as he turned his attention to Lucy's uncovered left hand. Showing a bright pink color. Then to the globe that had broken to pieces on the ground.

Were all his thoughts just plain out lies? All this time the blond in front of him that he knew he loved was destined to be with him? Why hide it then? Everything would've been solved earlier if he knew sooner.

Flash backs of the three of them came up into his head. Where all of their gems were white. It meant they weren't fated yet, because their heart wasn't ready. They were all happy, or at least he thought that. Now is the two of the most important people to him, that are in front of him, one trying to murder the other other.

"You saw?" Lisanna cried. Her eyes turned back to blue.

"L-Lisanna? Your...soul is broken?" He stepped into the room.

Lisanna looked at the male with a frown. She quickly let go of the blond and started backing away. This made Lucy's head fall on the ground hard.

"No Natsu stay back please." She yelled out loud.

Natsu quickly went to Lucy as he kneeled down to help her sit up straight. The blond leaned against his chest for support. Suddenly she felt a great amount of magic being drained out of her.

"L-Lupus?" Lucy whispered weakly as her red orbs turned back to hazel, she felt like she was going to pass out any moment.

A sudden shimmering blue light glowed. Lupus's constellation popped right up as he appeared. He looked back at Lucy's weak state and stood high alert at Lisanna.

Lupus growled at the white haired woman in front of her.

"Lupus go back, Lucy is going to lose it if you stay here." Natsu quickly ordered as he looked into her eyes. She was looking at him with a half opened eyes. Her vision was blurry but she knew that she was in the arms of the one she trusts. It seemed like this was all a dream. Or is it a nightmare?

Lupus looked behind him as he saw how Lucy was breathing heavily. The black haired man growled and he disappeared in the cold air.

Natsu looked back at the white haired woman. He frowned at the tears that were pouring out of her eyes.

"T-this is not what you think. I...I just wanted us...b-but next thing I k-knew m-my soul w-was..." Lisanna started to stutter. The white haired woman looked at how the blond was in his arms. Her eyebrows furrowed together at how close the two were together. Suddenly she felt a jab in her heart. She looked at her gem that now had a crack on it.

"N-no" Lisanna whispered to herself.

"Lisanna..." Natsu frowned at the woman that was standing.

She started to rub her gem with her dress, her eyes slowly widen as she knew that it can't disappear. Lisanna looked back down at Natsu.

"Don't give me that look...please. It wasn't me who caused all this. It was her! It was all her! She was the one who took me away, away from everyone! Broke me apart for years! She promised me she was going to fix me! If I brought her back!" She sobbed.

"Please I...Love you..." she continued.

Both Natsu and Lisanna stared at each other for a moment. Until they noticed the blond trying to reach her hand out.

"L-Lisanna..." Lucy whispered weakly.

This made the white haired woman cry more. She covered her face with both of her hands. Not wanting to look at the two for another second.

"Why are you always like this? It's so annoying..." She screamed.

The two watched Lisanna in a broken state. After a while, a figure appeared on the balcony. Lucy tried to focus her eyes on the figure but it was no use. The scent of salt was too strong. But she knew there was celestial magic involved. The figure was in a dark cloak, the hood was up but they knew the person was a woman. Due to the fact that the figure was externally curvy and had large breast. There were parts of a dress that the cloak had not covered. She had short blond hair and pale skin in front. Though her face was half covered so they could only see the bottom. Not her eyes or any facial features they would point out.

The figure stood there for a moment she started walking in the room as her heels echoed.

"Who are you?" Natsu growled. His eyes immediately turned red. Ready fight if anything happens. She didn't respond. Lisanna turned around and looked at the hooded woman.

"H-help me." She cried out as she went up to hold her shoulders. Desperate to take her away from the two.

The woman smiled, and hugged Lisanna.

"Just drown yourself in his blood." The woman said softly, pointing at Lucy.

"Hey leave her alone! She has nothing to do with you!" He gently put Lucy on the ground as he ran up to them. Suddenly the wind blew harder making the curtains fall on the two. Next thing they knew... the curtains landed on the ground as if no one was there all along. No Lisanna, no hooded woman.

Natsu ran out the window and look around the area. No sign of them at all. He heard large foot steps running towards his direction. He turned around and looked at the familiar blond hair male.

"Laxus." He said.

Laxus looked at the area then to the weak blond on the ground. He noticed how her glove was off. Immediately the blond panicked and ran to his little sister.

"Lucy!" He yelled as he knelt down.

"I'm fine." Lucy smiled weakly.

The blond hair male growled as he looked around the area once more. He was sure he was going to murder the crap out of the hooded woman. Whoever she may be.

"Where did the hooded woman go?" He asked Natsu.

Natsu shook his head.

"She just disappeared." He said plainly.

Laxus cursed out loud. "I've been chasing her for the past hour. Somehow she's immune to electricity."

He stood up and walked around her room. The man tried to separated everyone's scent and salt, his black orbs went straight towards the window. He grinned and ran out the balcony.

"Take care of her." Was all he had said before jumping off.

Natsu watched Laxus run towards the forest on the west wing of the mansion, noticing how there was his older accompanying him. He turned back and quickly walked to the blond. The pink haired vampire frowned at the sight as he kneeled down to scoop her up in his arms. He slowly walked to her bed and placed her gently on it.

Never did he think that this would happen. When he walked back to his friends after the dance they told him that Lisanna was gone. So he thought she had gone to the bathroom or something. Since Lucy went to see her gift he thought it would be nice to see her reaction...to think this would happen. How couldn't the guards not know?

He clutched his fist and stared at the woman on the bed. The woman in front of him who was a selfless idiot. Natsu sighed, he should call a maid. He thought to himself. Help her change her clothes and clean the broken globe. The pink haired vampire started to take a step until he felt Lucy grab his hand. He turned around to look at the shaking blond. His heart felt tighten as he saw her tears flowing down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry." She whispered.

Natsu looked at her, didn't know what do or say at this point. But his body wanted to stay with her.

"...Luce just rest. We will figure everything out." Was all he could come up with to say.

"Stay with me then...it just feels like you are going to leave me for good." She squeezed his warm hand. Making sure that he was with her. The male nodded, he placed Lucy's hand back on the bed and walked towards the balcony doors as he heard sounds from outside. Natsu sniffed the air, the party was still going. He slowly closed both the balcony and front doors making sure that there wouldn't be much sound for Lucy to rest.

He turned around and walked back to the blond. She was breathing heavier, her hands were holding onto the covers tightly and her eyes were shut.

"Lucy...what's wrong?" He asked as he placed his hand on her gem.

Her eyes slowly opened showing her glowing red eyes.

"Can y-you go get a bottle of blood?" She said as she pants heavily.

Natsu nodded and started to walk to the door. Once he placed his hand on the door knob, he looked back at the the suffering blond. She was rolling around with a shaking body. Lucy quickly grabbed the blankets and covered herself. The feeling of coldness was all over her body.

The pink haired vampire stood there, he looked at the knob and back to the blond. How long was she going to last if this keeps up? Would he have enough time to run to the kitchen and back? He gulped as he walked back to Lucy. Natsu slowly uncovered the covers to reveal her face. The panting blond opened her red eyes as she watched Natsu stand there with a blank face. He slowly lifted up his hand to his lips and opened his mouth revealing his sharp fangs.

Lucy's eyes widen at the scent of fresh blood coming from his palm. She quickly turned the other way and shut her eyes.

"W-what the hell are you doing?!" She asked as she tried to ignore the sweet scent.

She waited for a moment but he didn't answer. Slowly she felt like she was sinking on to the bed. Lucy turned around and blushed at the male that was climbing on top of her. There was blood on his lips and his eyes were red. He slowly took off the rose and ribbon off of her hair, causing it to spread on the bed.

"Natsu?" She squeaked.

Natsu didn't reply, his gaze was still the same. Burning with fire, he let the rose ribbon fall on the ground and slowly leaned in for a deepened kiss. Lucy's eyes popped wide open at his actions. Once she felt the warm blood coming in her mouth, she closed her eyes taking in the warm liquid she was getting from him.

In reality Lucy's mind was going wild. Wasn't he mad that she kept a secret from him over the years? It was like she was getting out of control, like she earned for his blood.

After she took all the liquid in from his mouth, she opened her eyes as he parted his lips from hers. Natsu slowly licked the left over blood from the side of her lips and looked into Lucy's eyes. It was still bright red and she still looked like she was starving. Though they were cloudy, it was like if she had lost control over her own body. He watched Lucy stare and placed her arms around his neck. Natsu sighed and let his body rest on top of hers.

Lucy slowly licked his neck with the tip of her tongue finding the right spot to bite into.

How was she going to face him now?

She opened her mouth and bit on to his neck carefully so she would waste any that would flow down his neck.

Just drown yourself in his blood.

The blond felt tears coming from her eyes. She took her mouth away from his neck. The hooded woman's words lingered in her head. She clutched onto Natsu and rolled him over. As soon as she made him fall on his back, she immediately sat on top of him and her eyes turned back to hazel brown once more. Natsu stared at her with a calm face. He felt some of the liquid dripping doe his neck.

Lucy felt her tears pouring out of her eyes.

"Why are you being like this? Why aren't you mad at me?" She asked in a desperate and raspy tone. The blond frowned at him.

Natsu stared at her, not knowing what to say. At this point all he wants is to rest and isolate himself from everyone for the time being, until he gets his shit together. His body naturally lifted his hand to place it on her cheek. One thing he knew for sure was he hates is seeing her friends cry... even worse if Lucy were to cry.

Lucy closed her eyes accepting the warmth. She slowly placed her head on his chest to feel his rapid heartbeat. She smiled as the beats were matching hers. Wanting to forget everything that happened tonight was impossible after all. The blond doesn't know what she's going to do in the future. Will Natsu forgive her? Her eyes started to feel heavy, she slowly tried to fight the urge to fall asleep.

Until it was no use.

Lucy slowly opened her eyes, finding that she was by herself once more. The place was still dark around and she noticed how she was still wearing her gown. Her eyes widen at the sudden memories of what had happened earlier. She quickly ran towards the balcony to see how people were starting to leave. Some were drunk and stumbling around.

"I must've slept for a couple of hours then." She whispered to herself.

The thought of her friends popped up in her head. Lucy quickly walked to the drawer and grabbed a simple ribbon to put on. After checking the side of the bed there were no signs of the ribbon that she had. She ran out of the door and back down to the grand room. There were maids that were starting clean the place while people were leaving for the night. Though she noticed her group of friends at the side talking, but Mirajane was missing, same with Natsu. Lisanna was for sure gone with the woman.

Lucy ran down the stairs to the group. Everyone looked at her with a worried expression.

"Lu-Chan are you alright? You just suddenly disappeared and came back when everyone's leaving." Levy asked as she hugged the blond.

The blue haired woman looked down at her left hand then back to her face. She quickly leaned to her ear and whispered "Hey you don't have your glove on."

Lucy looked down at her hand and sighed.

"He knows." She confessed out loud.

Everyone's eyes widen. They knew Lucy didn't want them to tell him and the rest of the Strauss family about Lisanna. Even though it would be the best, they understood how Lucy didn't want to break it to Natsu like that. After how many years they have spent together it was better to hold on for the time being. They still acted normal around Lisanna and Lisanna did the same. No harm done at all... well except for Lucy. The blond bluffed saying how it doesn't hurt when they see the two together thanks to her celestial spirits helping her. While in reality it doesn't help, she still felt the pain.

"WHAT?" They all yelled in unison.

"Lucy-Chan! Are you sure?" Wendy yelled as she quickly clinged onto the blond.

"About time." Gajeel sighed as he placed his hand on Levy's head.

Lucy gave them a sad smile and looked at Wendy's small hands. She placed her hands over her's, feeling the warmth from the little girl.

"But I wonder what happened to Natsu, heard he hasn't left his room since he went to check on you. Shouldn't he be fine with it?" Gray wondered.

Lucy looked up to the raven haired man.

"I don't blame him. Lisanna went missing as well." Lucy sighed as she placed her hand on her forehead.

Everyone looked at the blond with widen eyes. Lucy looked up at them with a calm and tired face. She didn't want to see their horrified face like that.

"I saw her in my room...someone came in and she went with her." Lucy explained.

"Wait what about the guards?" Erza asked.

The blond shrugged, she thought about the scene for a bit. They were all too caught up to notice her scent? The most she remembered was the scent of the over whelming salt from the white haired woman.

"Don't know..." she replied. "She was the one who ripped my glove off, Natsu came in and saw everything. So he must have been shocked." Lucy continued watching everyone with a focused face.

"So Natsu is in his room?" She finished off with a simple question.

"Seems like he doesn't want to come out for now." Everyone turned where the voice was coming from.

Mirajane hugged Lucy from behind and gave her a smile.

"I just over heard you asking if he was in his room. Just checked up on him and it seemed like he wasn't in the mood to come out. He did say ride safe." She continued.

"Is that so..." Lucy mumbled.

Maybe she was right after all, he was just being nice because she was suffering for the thirst of blood. He didn't say much too...mostly stayed silent. It would be awkward after all if they saw each other now. There's no point in getting her hopes up now that everything will be alright between the them.

"Lisanna must have gone home as well. Didn't see her around, we should go too." Mirajane said as she gave Lucy another squeeze before letting go of her.

Everyone nodded and looked over at Lucy and Gray that stayed on their spots.

"I'm staying here for the night." Gray replied.

"I'm staying in the Dragneel mansion...my family has some business to take care of." Lucy lied. Not sure if they knew about the incident that happened a couple days ago.

Everyone else nodded, they waved and started to walk out the door.

"Didn't think the event could just end like that." The blond mumbled. She looked down at Wendy that was still holding onto her.

"So are you staying with me for the night?" Lucy smiled as she placed her hand on Wendy's head. The little vampire smiled showing her little fangs and nodded.

Gray looked over at Lucy then back to the opened door. He started to yawn and decided that it would be good if he went to his room and rest for the time being. After dancing with a whole bunch of girls it was tiring. Not to mention how Mira was keeping him in her sight for Juvia. He sighed as he looked back to his side. Gray froze there for one moment realizing the blond had disappeared with Wendy without him knowing. He quickly looked around as he couldn't hear her heel clicks.

Wonder where they went, he thought to himself.

"Eh whatever." The raven haired yawned.

"What do you mean whatever?" Zeref asked with a suspicious tone. This made Gray jump and quickly look back revealing the black haired man that had the same height as him. His black suit was a little messy, as if he had gone for a long marathon before coming back.

"Jesus Christ can you not do that?" Gray groaned.

Zeref chuckled then looked at the door that was still wide open.

"Mind explaining what happened to you?" The raven haired man gestured Zeref's clothes.

He looked over at Gray then took a moment to process his question in his head.

"I had some sexy time." Zeref winked, making Gray look at him with a blank face until he started cringing.

"I'm just joking." He laughed as he placed his hand on Gray's shoulder.

"Mind telling me the real reason now?" He sighed.

"Had a goose chase with Laxus. Did Lucy tell you what happened?" Zeref asked placing his hands in his pocket.

Gray nodded and looked out the grand stairs. He yawned as he shaken Zerefs hand off, then started walking to the stairs.

"I'm dead for tonight, going to bed. Talk about it later." He yawned.

The black haired man nodded and looked out the door. The maids were closing the door for the night. Some were retiring to their places.

"Oh right...Zeref go check up on Natsu. He's in a bad mood according to Mira." Gray yelled.

Zeref watched his younger brother's best friend walk up the stairs slowly. This household sure got more people in here. After everything he was pretty sure his parents had forgotten about locking him up. Plus he was starting to think getting locked up would've been better after all. Having to deal with a stupid brother was already a hassle. Now all this, at least his younger sister was smarter than him. Since he had to go on a goose chase he haven't even gotten the chance to see his little sister. Nor even had a good meal with some ladies.

"This place is sure getting messed up... Mavis huh?" He whispered to himself.

After watching Gray leave he had decided to go for a visit to Lucy. Natsu can come last, that idiot always figures himself out either way. His little sister is probably with her as well. Wendy would always stay with Lucy when ever she came over. Zeref slowly started to walk up the stairs. He looked around as the guards were still expressionless. Immediately he got pissed off as Laxus's words echoed in his head. How the guards were useless with Lisanna and didn't rush in to help. Zeref walked down the right hall and looked at the guards. He stopped in front of one that made all of them flinch. The black haired man walked up to the guard in front of him. The guard was a little taller than Zeref, he had blue hair and green eyes.

"Boo." He whispered.

All of the guards still held their head high, avoiding the death glare that was coming from the black haired man. They all stood silence, not daring to speak or move.

"One day you guys are going to get killed." Zeref sighed as he continued to walk down the hall. Leaving the tense atmosphere between the guards.

Once he reached to Lucy's room, he smelt his little sister on the other side of the door. Though there was only a faint smell of Lucy. There were no sounds from the other side of the door. He looked at the door knob and placed his hand to open it. Zeref slowly opened the door and peeked through the small gap he had made. Hoping that he won't get kicked out because he had interrupted their "Lucy and Wendy's time." He looked over saw Wendy on the bed but no Lucy. The black haired man quickly opened the door and walked into the room. He walked up to Wendy that was peacefully resting in her pyjama. Noticing the note on the unoccupied pillow, he picked it up revealing the blonds signature only. Thought it written in a red ink, the ink that smelt her blood. Beside the bed was a small table that had the fountain pen that she had probably used to write.

"Wendy." Zeref quickly shook her to wake up. She started to flutter her eyes open and realize that it was her older brother.

"Zeref-nii" Wendy smiled as she leaned in to hug him.

Zeref turned his head towards the opened window. He watched the glimpse of the sun that was staring to rise. Where could she have gone?

"Where did Lucy go?" He asked softly.

Wendy looked to her side and looked around the area. Charla must have went to her room to sleep...but where was the missing blond?

"I-I dunno." She replied in a scared tone.

"She left this note beside you, it only had a signature on here." Zeref growled.

"I can't sense her anywhere in the area as well." Wendy said as she got up to walk around the room. She stopped as she looked down on the ground, realizing the floor was a little went on the spot. Wendy knelt down seeing the small puddle of glittered water. Beside it was puddle of blood that could only come from the blond.

"Laxus said she was already weak enough. What could that idiot be thinking?" Zeref hissed as he pulled his little sister away from the floor.

He walked to her closet finding her clothes hanged up in the closet. There were some empty spots between some of the clothes and shoes. She must have gone out of the mansion at this point. He thought to himself. The two Dragneels started to run out the opened window and landed on the ground. They looked around trying to sniff the air. Zerefs eyes squinted as he tried to get use to the unexpected brightness coming from the sun. He quickly shook his head to refocus on his goal to find the blond.

"That way." Wendy exclaimed as she pointed towards the west wing that lead to the forest. The two siblings looked at each other then started to run towards the direction, following the traces of her scent down the road. Zeref looked at the path to the forest as they were running. He sighed as he had felt a sense of déjà vu.

Chapter 11: Elegy