Hellooo! So I am really depressed, one of my favorite fanfics had the saddest plot twist! I'm about to do that. Oh, p.s, I realize I forgot Viper! I feel really bad so let's just say that he was there and didn't say anything. JEnjoy! Although you probably won't.
Chapter 10. Extinct
Natsu P.O.V
I ran with Wendy and Gajeel trailing behind me, but we knew where we were going. Dragons. We were going to our parents. I heard Gajeel and Wendy gasp behind me, but I didn't know why, I couldn't hear anything except the blood pounding through my body. We had run all through the night, and I couldn't even smell everyone else behind us. I know I should feel tired, but all the adrenaline and pure happiness coursing through me, I could've stayed awake for a year. I could smell it on Gajeel and Wendy too. Suddenly, they gasped again, but I heard it. A scream, and it didn't sound completely human. Almost like a roar. It sounded pained and sad. No, depressed. I felt a ping of pity.
"Eww!" Wendy exclaimed, cringing. The smell barely seeped into my nose, but it was there: blood. I smelled that yesterday morning, I realized. But whose blood had it been? I thought. I couldn't care though.
"WOO HOOO!" I yelled, pushing past Gajeel. He growled and ran faster. I smirked and stole Wendy from him and ran. I laughed loudly, Wendy laughing with me, both of us blissfully happy. I jumped through a big row of trees, and the dragon smell increased. So did the smell of blood. It was disgusting. But what worried me the most was the sound of sobbing, choking. This is where Lucy lives, so why is she crying? It has to be her I mean, who else could it be? I slowly entered the cave, and took in the sight. Then, I promptly fell to my knees and fainted.
Lucy P.O.V.
I sobbed. And I sobbed. I screamed again. I clutched a horrified Skylarin to my chest.
"Lu-cy," a voice whispered. I looked up, my brown eyes frantic for the sign of life. I scrambled over to Grandine who was panting heavily.
"Grandine, please," I murmured, patting her snout.
"Lucy, the egg," she croaked. My eyes widened. I guessed it would've gotten smashed, but when Grandine uncurled her tail, there was the dark egg, dark metallic grey and Smokey black in all it's glory.
"Take care of it. Please," Grandine whispered.
"No! You have to live! Grandine please, you're-you're all I have left," my voice broke.
"I'm sorry. I have got to join everyone else. But you'll see us again Lucy. I promise. And Lucy, name the egg Kemuri," and with that, her breathing fell silent, and her pale eyes closed, her mouth still in a smirk. I wanted to do something, but I just screeched and clutched the egg and Skylarin, body shaking.
"Lucy-san?" a voice echoed. I just sobbed.
"Lucy?" Wendy asked again. She walked over.
"Wendy. I'm… Wendy!" I cried, tackling the girl. We cried for a while, hugging each other. Skylarin had fallen asleep, curled around the egg. Then, Gajeel came in. And did something I never thought he would do. He broke down. He ran over to Metalicana, and just sobbed, clutching his body. Wendy and I, tears still rolling down our faces joined him. Natsu soon woke up and just stared at Igneel his eyes glossy. I didn't notice him get up. I did feel the smack across the face though.
"IT'S YOUR FAULT!" He screamed, pointing at me. Tears steamed as they rolled down his cheeks.
"YOU LET HIM DIE! YOU LET THEM ALL DIE!" He yelled, falling to his knees. I barely caught him.
"You… couldn't protect them," he sobbed. I was angry at him. Horribly angry.
"YOU THINK I DON'T REALIZE THAT?! I LIVED WITH THEM FOR 12 YEARS NATSU!" I cried. He looked up at me, and just staring with an unreadable expression.
"IGNEEL AND GRANDINE WERE PREGNANT! AYLIN AND COVANINE WERE MATES! I JUST SAW MY FAMILY AGAIN! THEY WERE ALL I HAD LEFT AND THEY WERE TORN AWAY FROM ME!" I screeched. I slapped him, the anger too much to handle. Gajeel and Wendy had just continued to cry, not caring.
"And, you're right," my voice cracked. "I couldn't do a single thing to protect them." I put my head in my hands, and Natsu just pulled me closer. I wrapped my arms around him and all four of us cried over the bodies of the dragons.
No one's P.O.V. (this is focused on the rest of the group when they arrive at the cave)
The group just followed the trail of destruction created by the slayers. Once they reached a beautiful clearing, they all groaned and cringed, a smell they were all too familiar with the smell that hit their noses.
"Uh-oh," Gray muttered. He could hear quite sobbing coming from the cave. Although, it wasn't that quiet. Erza lead the group into the cave where many gasps were heard. Levy and Romeo ran towards Wendy and Gajeel, prying them forcefully off their dragons. They left Lucy and Natsu alone and took in the cave. Blood covered the walls, splattered or sometimes 'Z.D' was written with the dragon's blood. But what scared all of the Fairies the most was what was written right in the center of the cave, the dragons' in a circle around it:
'I'm going to finish what I started. Starting with your family. Then I'm coming for you Dragon Queen. –Zeref Dragneel'
Hi! So I'm going to wait for the murders to come tonight, along with all the angry death threats I'll get, but I promise, THE DRAGONS WILL RETURN! Bye minna!