Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter of Never Too Late! Hope you guys liked the way Freed asked Lucy out. I, of course, loved it! Well, see you guys at the bottom!
Normal POV
Lucy smiled at Freed before pulling him into a large hug.
"When are you free?" Freed asked.
"Um..." Lucy looked at her new teammates before looking back at Freed, "I should be free tomorrow night... Would that work?"
Freed nodded.
"Tomorrow night would be perfect. Dress warm though. It's supposed to be cold." Freed stood up and grabbed Lucy's hand, "Until then..." Freed brought Lucy's hand to his lips and kissed it, then walked out if the guild.
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"LUCY!" Mira yelled. "What's going on with you and Freed?! Spill girl spill!" Mira chanted and many other girls suddenly appeared behind her.
"Yeah Lu-chan! What's going on?!" Levy spoke giving said girl a tight hug.
"Please, Lucy-san…" Juvia joined.
"There's nothing going on… Mira, you know what it was all about…" Lucy smirked in her direction.
"W-what…?" Mira stuttered. "No I don't… Nope! Not at all…!" Mira's face turned a slight shade of red as she waved her hands in front of her face as if to brush off the subject.
"Bullshit…" Lucy deadpanned. "You were outside the door when I told Master and everyone else in that room the Laxus, Freed, and Bickslow are ALL my mates…"
"WHAT?!" Everyone around her shouted.
"Ow…" Lucy muttered.
"Okay, okay…" Mira admitted sighing in defeat.
"Since when?!" Levy yelled.
"Juvia would like to know as well!"
"Yeah! Tell us Lucy!" Laki ran over to the slowly growing group.
"Oh! Lucy girl!" Bisca shouted, "You got it going on!"
"Booze! We need Booze to celebrate!" Cana waved her mug in the air.
"Yeah Lucy! Explain it to us!" Evergreen shouted.
"Ever! I already told you!" Lucy recalled.
"But I don't understand it..." Evergreen whined.
"Well," Lucy sighed in frustration, "What do you guys want to know..?"
"Explain to us how all three of them are your mates..." Lisanna approached smirking.
"I'm not allowed to explain that..." Lucy smiled, but spoke evilly.
"Awe, Lucy..." Mira began complaining.
"No. No 'Lucy,' nothing. I have rules like everyone else." Lucy crossed her arms across her chest.
"Rules..?" Juvia asked.
Lucy nodded.
"Yup. Rules... Once a Celestial mage gets to a certain point in her magic storage and growth, she gets rules and limits." Lucy explained.
Lucy didn't notice that the whole guild had gone quiet and had began to listen to her talk.
"Once we get to that point, normally, Celestial mages are happy and they stop. Some even stop before they get to that point, but any who. That point basically means that you have a powerful mindset and magic power. With that you get a few rules. Simple rules actually." Lucy chuckled over the small amount of rules she had compared to other Celestial mages.
"How many rules are there once you get to that point..?" Levy asked.
"Well, Levy-chan, there are no documented rules, but the rules are given to you as a 'gift' from the Spirit King. The rules you get you must follow or else you have a chance of having your powers removed."
"Wouldn't you die without magic?" Max asked from the other side of the guild.
"Yeah! That's kind of harsh!" Someone else shouted.
"Well. No. You wouldn't," Lucy sighed again, "He removes them, but only enough of to the point where their is just enough magic in you to survive. You can't get it back though."
"Oh..." Mira muttered.
"Wait, Lu-chan, you never answered my question." Levy spoke up.
"What was it?"
"How many rules do you get at the first point?"
"Five, and each one is rather simple."
"What are they?" Mira asked.
"Training three times a week, caring for your spirits, visiting the Spirit world once a year, have up to 5 keys, and be able to hold three of them out for at least 10 minutes." Lucy tapped her chin remembering all the rules. It was so long ago.
"How many rules do you have...?" Juvia spoke.
"Just a few..."
"What are they?" Lisanna glared.
"That is another thing I cannot share... Sorry Lisanna... There are only a few people I can tell and the Spirit King told me who I was allowed to tell..." Lucy jumped up from the table, and bowed.
Lucy looked at the time...
4:30 pm.
"Well, I guess I should head home..." Lucy looked around and saw Wendy and Charla with Gajeel, Pantherlily and Romeo at a table. "WENDY!" Lucy shouted.
"Yeah! I heard ya, go home," Wendy got up gave Lucy a hug. "Se ya later..."
"You act like I'm leaving forever..." Lucy chuckled.
"You never know..." Wendy pouted puffing her cheeks out like a little child.
"I know, I know..." Lucy sighed turned and walked toward the doors of the guild. "Tell Freed I'll be here at tomorrow 7 to be picked up will ya Laxus?" Lucy called looking back at him.
He sighed.
"Will do..."
"Thanks!"
And before they had a chance to respond she walked out the doors and back home.
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At the cave
Lucy's POV
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I was going to be late at this rate...
I ran into the cave and grabbed my small bag...
He is going to kill me if I am late again... I sighed.
I wonder why he called me?
Maybe just to talk...
I think I'm over thinking this.
I shoved my medicine, hair brush, toothbrush and tooth place into my bag and toss it over my shoulder.
"I'm ready when you are..." I called.
Not too long after, my body started to shimmer away into the darkness.
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Love,
E.C.