BlackLynx17: Hello everyone! I am really craving some donuts right now people, like seriously. I don't like how much I love anime now that I have a job. Because I love it so much I always used a third of my paycheck to buy just anime related things, the other two thirds buying clothing and saving. With this paycheck I bought a whole bunch of bracelets from Hetalia to Sonic the Hedgehog to Black Butler. I also bought a video game, which I haven't done since Pokémon X came out. Man... I should have bought Pokémon Y instead...
Anyways, I need to start saving money people but it's so hard! I decided to take a break in life and update this story after so long, about a week and some days. Thanks for my reviews everyone though some of you didn't know what Kingdom Hearts was. I was a little disappointed, but it's cool. I still love you all, now I hope you enjoy this chapter.
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Fairy Tail Meets Fairy Tales
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Eleventh Fairy Tale
Beauty and the Beast
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(The narrator is sitting in a chair, a book floating in front of her while a bucket of popcorn lies in her lap.)
Alright everyone, I betting everything on this last fairy tale. This is the fairy tale that decides it, if you two finally escape or get locked in here forever. I really like you guys, honestly I do, maybe even love you guys! I mean, we've been through so many adventures together! Remember the time when you yelled at me? Oh that was good. I always wondered why you said it to the heavens though Lucy? I was always right in front of you, if I watched you guys from above I couldn't see your face expressions and those were the best parts!
Back to the bad news, right. In this story there's only one way to get out of it. SPOILER ALERT! Fall in love and break the curse. If you two can't do that then... I'm afraid Natsu's stuck as, SPOILER ALERT, a beast and Lucy's stuck in the world with him. This is the end guys, no more fairy tales. My book is ending, these are the last pages. As much as I love you guys, I simply don't feel like transferring you guys into another fairy tale book and going through this whole ordeal all over again so please for the sake of your own lives, get this right. Is that all? I think it is. The spoiler alert is over now, let's start out last fairy tale.
Once upon a time, in a faraway land, a young Prince lived in a shining castle. Although he had everything his heart desired, the Prince was spoiled, selfish, and unkind. Well that doesn't sound like the person who will be playing the Prince, but let's continue. One winter's night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and offered him a single rose in return for shelter from the bitter cold. So um, the begger woman was really ugly and the Prince sent her away, not caring at all for the lovely rose. She warned him not to judge a book by it's cover but he still ignored her. All of a sudden though, the lady turned into a beautiful encha-... fairy! Yeah! And she didn't like the Prince sending her away in the cold so she turned him into an ugly beast, also she could tell there was no love in his heart and what not.
She also cursed everyone in the castle, which I thought was pretty messed up because what did they do? The rose turned out to be his lifespan and when it dies, the beast will die with it. The only way he could live and break the curse was to fall in love with someone and have that person fall in love back with them and if not he stays hideous forever. And that's it in a nutshell, very simple stuff. You know what I always wondered though? In the fairy tales, all it says is true love and first kisses, they never say if it's a Princess or Prince specifically though. What if one of the Prince's was gay and fell in love with a man? Now I'm not a yaoi fan, but I wonder if that has ever happened before in a fairy tale?
Right, story. The beast who is already in love with someone and is just waiting patiently for her to love him back will be played by Natsu of course, because he's the one in love. Belle though, oh Belle, she'll be played by the ignorant fool who refuses to believe in love Lucy. Out of all the Princesses so far though, I think Lucy's going to relate to Belle most. I mean, they both like books!... And... And... you know what, never mind what I said. Let's get this going.
Lucy Heartfilia was walking the path into town, swinging her basket around. As soon as she realized where she was though she stopped walking instantly. Instead, she turned straight around and walked back into her home. Not caring about what her role was, which fairy tale she was in, or when she would meet Natsu, Lucy just walked back into her home and took a seat. She took a deep breath and sighed out, covering her face with her hands.
What was she going to do?... What was she going to do? Natsu was in love with her. Natsu. Natsu Dragneel. Best Friend. Partner. Dragon Slayer. Idiot. Strong. Handsome Occasionally. Sweet Occasionally. Smart Occasionally. Nice Hair. Pervert. Supposed To Be Oblivious About Love. Natsu. Hmm, so this is what you think about Natsu, Lucy. I thought the same things when I first started this fairy tale adventure, but learned so many new things about him along the way. Shouldn't have you?
She means, this was Natsu she was thinking about. Natsu! She couldn't be seriously considering this, no! Natsu couldn't be seriously in love with her. But he said it straight to her, right in her face with such the softest gaze in his eyes. Like she was fragile, like she was glass. A whisper. Lucy got lost in this thought before quickly shaking her head. If Lucy looked back from the beginning, all the way from Cinderella, they were just friends. In Mulan, still friends. Natsu agreed that the kiss wasn't weird or changed anything, Rapunzel! Still friends, where did things take a turn for the worst though? For the worst? You think a guy falling in love with you is the worst?
(The narrator shakes her head at Lucy.)
Aladdin is where he finally made his feelings clear Lucy realized. When he kissed her and confessed he liked kissing her. So somewhere between Rapunzel and Aladdin Lucy did something to make him love her. She didn't know what though, all she was doing was being herself... no she wasn't. She wasn't being herself, she was being the Princess in the story book. Lucy's eyes widened in realization. Natsu wasn't in love with her, he was in love with the Princesses! Oh, this made so much more sense in Lucy's eyes! She- PAUSE!
What the hell Lucy?! What the? Wha- HUH?! HOW THE HELL DID YOU COME TO THAT CONCLUSION?! ARE YOU THAT OBLIVIOUS TO LOVE?! I MEAN, COME ON LUCY! COME ON! GOD! NATSU, WHERE ARE YOU?! GET IN HERE SO YOU CAN TELL LUCY THE TRUTH!
Lucy was riding her horse in a dark forest, looking for her Father. She came across a castle gate and looked up at it.
"What is this place?" She asked.
Her horse, Sagittarius, started freaking out and backed away.
"Wow, steady." Lucy said patting his head.
She mounted off the horse and pushed the gate to see if it was locked or not. It wasn't. Leaving her horse behind, which I never got because there were wolfs in this forest and he could've gotten eaten but whatever, she pushed opened the gate and walked inside. The castle looked old and abandoned, like no one was living in it. She didn't seem to see her Father's hat as she walked right passed it, which I didn't care because I wanted you to see Natsu, and walked right up to the front door. She walked into the mansion and started looking around.
"Hello?" She called out.
She started climbing up the stairs and looked around, trying to recall a fairy tale with a grand castle like this. One thing Lucy knew for sure, it seemed like Natsu was the Prince in the story while Lucy was just a peasant. When Lucy reached the top of the staircase she started looking through the rooms for her best friend.
"Natsu? Naaaatsuuuuu?!" Lucy yelled within each room.
She paused though when she came across a totally trashed room. The wallpaper was torn, the furniture all broken, the drapes were ripped to shreds, the only beautiful thing still in intact seemed to be the glowing pink rose in a glass case. A glowing rose, an enchanted rose.
"Beauty and the Beast." Lucy whispered walking deeper into the room.
She glanced at the rose in it's container, not stupid enough to take it out and try to touch it... Belle.
"If I'm beauty though, then Natsu..."
"I'm the beast." Someone growled behind her.
Lucy turned, knowing it was Natsu, but only saw his shadowy figure. She smiled at him lightly, shaking her head.
"Silly, I already know what you look like. I've read Beauty and the Beast before, there's no need to hide Natsu." Lucy told him.
"Why though!? Why is it that the Prince is ALWAYS the person transformed into, into an ANIMAL?!" Natsu roared.
Lucy flinched lightly due to his roar, Natsu saw it and took a step away from her.
"A frog, a bug, and now... a beast. How could anyone ever love a beast?" Natsu asked.
"Well Belle does, she falls in love with a beast and that's how they break the spell." Lucy said walking towards him.
"What about you though?!" Natsu asking walking into the light.
He looked exactly like the beast from the fairy tail, except his fur was darker and seemed more red. I was going to make it salmon, but Lucy wouldn't have taken him seriously if I did that so red was the best choice. Though Lucy knew what she was going to see, her eyes still widened from the sight.
"What about me Natsu? And look, you don't look so bad." Lucy giggled walking over to him.
She started running her fingers through his fur and heard him started purring.
"See, just imagine yourself as an overgrown kitty." She giggled.
Natsu pulled away and leaned down so he could be face to face with her.
"Lucy, I want you to fall in love with me." He told her.
Lucy giggled though, hurting Natsu's pride. Giggling? Why was she giggling, he was confessing some deep stuff from his heart right now.
"No Natsu, I thought this through before I was skipped here. You're really not in love with me, you're in love with the Princess's I play." Lucy explained.
Natsu blinked, staring at her like if she'd grown a second head. Finally Natsu! Talk some sense into her!
"No, I'm not Lucy. I'm in love with you, I love you."
"No Natsu, you're not. You love-"
"How are you going to tell me who I love? Are you me? Can you read my mind?! Can you tell what I'm feeling?! Huh!?" Natsu roared at her.
He paused and back down, his tail flickering back and forth.
"Sorry, I don't know what comes over me."
"It's alright Natsu, the beast has a bit of an anger problem so it's not you."
"Well then was the Princess stubborn in the story? That's the only reason why I'm getting angry." Natsu growled.
"No, maybe, I'm not sure. Now for this fairy tale, I remember it ending by-"
"Lucy, I'm not done talking to you about our previous conversation." Natsu interrupted.
"Huh? What? About you loving me? Natsu, you-"
"Lucy! I've never read any fairy tales before! Any! The only fairy tale I know of was our guild Fairy Tail. Now if I didn't know any, why on Earthland would I fall in love with the Princesses?" Natsu yelled at her.
Lucy opened her mouth... but no answer came out. GOOD JOB NATSU! Lucy slowly opened her eyes as she realized the holes in her little theory.
"Think about it Lucy, it was you. You were the Princesses, it was all you. Your the one I fell in love with." Natsu said reaching out to grab her hand.
But when he saw his claws he just kept them in the air before dropping it. Lucy was still in shock, realizing that Natsu had a really good point.
"I don't understand then." She finally said.
"Understand? What do you need to understand Lucy?"
"Why you love me, I don't understand. We've been friends for years, we were always together. Why now when we're thrown into this crazy world did you fall in love with me?!" Lucy asked.
"I'm not sure myself Lucy, I just am. I mean, I've always loved you Lucy. You were my best friend but recently... it's just... ever since we came here I've started seeing you in a different light. I've never thought of you as a girl before Lucy, I thought of you as a boy like Gray and Erza. But then in this world you acted differently, we both did and I just... I finally saw you as you truly are. I saw you as a girl, a Princess, and I saw myself as a boy, a Prince. I don't like playing all this Prince's though Lucy, because they all have Princess's destined for them. I want to be my own Prince back in my old life, and I want to be yours."
"Natsu... you have to understand... this is exactly what I warned you about! I asked you if things were weird between us in Mulan and you answered nothing!"
"I didn't notice anything about you then though Lucy, I didn't see you yet."
"And now all of a sudden you see me? It doesn't make any sense."
"And that's the beauty about love Lucy! Love doesn't have to make sense, it just happens."
"Natsu-"
"Why are you against it so much Lucy?! Why can't you accept that I'm in love with you?!"
"Because I don't know what to do if I don't love you back!"
Natsu's eyes dropped, his tail hiding between his legs.
"You, don't love me?" He asked.
"I don't know Natsu, I've never thought about you this way before... well. I have, but every time I did you'd always disappoint me and I guess I got tired of the disappointment." Lucy said hugging herself.
Natsu didn't think twice when he reached out to grab her, claws or not.
"I wasn't seeing back then Lucy, I didn't know but now I do. I see you as clear as day Lucy, I see you and I love what I'm seeing. Did you know you're actually beautiful?" He asked.
Lucy blushed and reached out to hug Natsu, but not for the reason I wanted. Natsu hugged her back, trying his best not to crush her.
"Can... I, I don't want to think about this now while we're stuck in a fairy tale. I'd rather do it back home, at our home. Can we save this for when we return?" Lucy mumbled in her fur.
Natsu smiled and nodded, pulling her closer to her.
"Of course, because I love you Lucy."
And just to make his point, Natsu pulled away and left a furry kiss on Lucy's forehead that tickled her lightly.
"But I still get to kiss you at the end right?" He asked.
"Natsu!" Lucy giggled pushing him.
"What? I told you I liked kissing you, that part was true."
Lucy just rolled her eyes while Natsu put on a puppy dog face for her. Lucy couldn't resist it and forgave him quickly, running her hands through his fur again.
"Alright, friends until we return home. You can tell me about the fairy tale we're stuck in now." Natsu said.
"Okay. It's called beauty and the beast and as you can guess it, you're the beast."
"And you're the beauty."
Lucy smiled warmly, "yeah. You kidnap my father and I come to rescue him, staying instead of him. This is an enchanted castle and all the furniture and utensils here are servants transformed, just like you. The only way to break the curse is for the beast to truly fall in love with someone and for that someone to return that love. It takes Belle the whole story and the beast almost getting killed until she realizes that she... loves... him." Lucy paused.
"Lucy? What's wrong?" Natsu asked.
"Natsu... we can't leave this fairy tale."
Natsu's eyes scrunched together, "really? Why not?"
"Just watch. Natsu, I love you." Lucy said.
Natsu's eyes widened and Lucy just waited. Nothing happened.
"See? The story teller knows I'm lying." Lucy said.
Natsu glared, "that wasn't a nice trick Lucy."
"No, what I'm saying is that the only way to break the curse is for us to love each other! Really love each other! And since you already love me, if I don't fall in love with each other then we're going to be stuck here forever!" Lucy screamed.
"Lucy, calm down. It's alright."
"How can you say that?! If I don't love you then we're going to be stuck here in this stupid fairy tale for the rest of our lives and you're going to be an ugly beast for the rest of your life too!"
Natsu flinched at the word ugly, he thought she said cute. Lucy! Stop taking this out on Natsu!
"Lucy-"
"Oh my God, oh my God. This isn't right, this is so unfair!"
"LUCY!" Natsu roared.
"WHAT?!" Lucy roared right back.
"Forget about everything."
"Excuse me?"
"Forget about everything. Where we are, what I am, how we can escape. Forget all of that, calm down and listen carefully to me." Natsu said.
Lucy took a deep breath and calmed down, nodding at him.
"Good, now listen. It seems that things have changed a little for us, instead of thinking about our relationship back at home you're going to have to think about it here."
"Nat-"
"I'm not done yet, let me finish. Now forget about me and my curse, forget about the story teller and the story, forget about everything but yourself. Think for yourself Lucy, think long and hard about loving me."
"But Natsu-"
"I don't care Lucy! I honestly don't care if I stay a beast or stay locked up in this fairy tale. I rather stay here then go back to our world knowing your love was force and fake."
"But I do care Natsu, I care about what happens to you!"
"And I'm asking, no telling you not too. Think about yourself Lucy, care about yourself. What do you want Lucy, what do you want?"
"I don't-"
"Do you want me or not?"
"Nat-"
"Think long and hard about that Lucy, I'll know you'll find an answer."
"We don't have time for that Natsu! Once the last petal falls from your rose the fairy tale will end and I don't know what'll happen to us!"
"Again, don't care about that Lucy."
"I can't do that when my life is at stake! I don't want to stay here though, I don't want to live without my friends!"
"Then I'll fall out of love with you then! You can't force love Lucy, if you force yourself to love me then I won't love you anymore and we'll still be stuck."
"Why are you doing this Natsu?! Why aren't you caring that we can be stuck in here for the rest of our lives!"
"Like I told you in the story with the tea and the stupid birthdays, there's something I want more than to return home." Natsu told her.
Even though she knew what he was about to say, he said it anyway.
"Your love. I'm sure you've realized this by now Lucy, but I think the reason why we both got sent here and no one else was to fall in love with each other. I think the only reason we went through so many stories was because we didn't learn to love each other and that as soon as we do, we'll be free. I love you Lucy. I've fallen in love with you." Natsu said.
Lucy's eyes widened as she listened to him, realizing what he was saying was a highly possibility.
"But why? Why would someone want us together when we didn't even realize that we did?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know, maybe it's Happy or maybe it's cupid. Someone obviously saw something that we were blind to. Love."
"Natsu, I don't-"
"Shh, it's been a long day and looking outside it's nighttime. This is a lot to take in, I know it is, so why don't you sleep on it."
Lucy knew Natsu wasn't going to budge so she just nodded at him.
"Think long and hard Lucy, it doesn't mean a thing if it's forced. Don't think about the consequences, just think about us. What do you love about me? What could you love about me? What can't you love? I'm sorry but I don't know much about love. I'm not sure how it happens, only how it happened to me. You might be different though so all I can do is be patient and hope you don't lie of yourself."
"Natsu, what do you love about me?"
"Everything. What I previously liked about you, I love about you. I love the color of your eyes and how they always seemed to sparkle when you're trying to do your best or figure out something new. I love your hair and all the styles you put it in though I love your usually side ponytail the most. I love how kind you are to your spirits, how kind you are to everyone, how you always try your best, how you wiggle your nose when your thinking, how you bite your lips when your confused, how you always walk with your right foot first, how you find the most boring thing to me interesting, how smart you are and how your plans actually do work if I listen to you, the list goes on and on. Even your faults with your hot temper, you actually look quite sexy when you're angry." Natsu chuckled.
Lucy didn't know if she should feel embarrassed, flattered, or stalked. Maybe a little of all three, moreover to the embarrassed part.
"Go now, I've looked around the castle and like every room is a bedroom and empty so take your pick. I'm... going to stay here for a while."
"Natsu-"
"It's alright Lucy, you said it didn't matter if I was a beast so I don't care. Just expect a huge day of fun tomorrow!" Natsu smiled at her.
Lucy turned to leave, but paused and looked back at Natsu.
"I love your smile, and your laugh, and how you never give in. Also how you never give up on your friends." Lucy told him.
Natsu turned around towards her and touched his heart, pretending to be offended.
"I'm hurt, my dashing good looks weren't one of the things you love about me."
Lucy rolled her eyes and snorted while Natsu started chuckling.
"Good night Natsu."
"Good night... oh and Lucy?" Natsu called.
Lucy paused at the door and looked back.
"Remember all the times we had to kiss to leave the story? Did you know you always said true love's first kiss?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah, you're point?"
"True love's kiss, true love. We may have not been in love back then, but I believe that we had the capability to fall truly in love and that's why we were able to progress though the stories."
Lucy said nothing and just closed the door after her. Natsu didn't mind one bit.
Lucy laid awake in her room, which I'm hoping she would do. You have a lot to think about Lucy, no sleeping for you! Her back was to the bed as she stared up at the ceiling, blinking every once in a while. What she was suppose to figure out wasn't very hard though. If she listened to what Natsu said, forgot about everything else and just focused on them, things were quite easy.
It was simple. Do I love him? Or do I love him not?
Lucy made a little chart in her head then started listing all the things she loved about Natsu. Aw Lucy, don't do that. You're wasting time, that never works. She started with the obvious.
Smile. Laugh. Eyes. Hope. Stubbornness, Sometimes. Hair... Yeah, Hair.
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Smile, laugh, eyes, hope, stubbornness, hair... was that it? Lucy felt slightly disappointed in herself that she couldn't name anything else, why did she feel disappointed though? And there was Lucy's problem! Her feelings! They were betraying her, going against what she thought! When a foreign feeling entered her system, Lucy wouldn't know what to do! Lucy cursed her feelings and started to list the things she hated about Natsu.
... She couldn't think of any. She meant! Of course there were things that she absolutely hated and bothered the heck out of her from Natsu, she couldn't name a single on at this moment though! Why?! Lucy rolled around in her bed, groaning very loudly in her pillow. Why? Why was this happening to her? It seemed she loved more things about him then she hated. Lucy looked back on her fairy tale adventures with Natsu though and started realizing things.
Their first kiss shared, she initiated it... and she liked it. Really thinking about it, she liked kissing Natsu. Maybe because she hasn't had a boyfriend in a while and hasn't been kissed since she joined Fairy Tail, but still. And another thing, she actually had a wonderful time with Natsu. She's always had wonderful times with Natsu, even if they were in danger or if he did something stupid. Third, denial. She kept denying things and denial usually means things you know is true, but just won't admit to yourself.
Like in the Princess and the Frog. Lucy really didn't want Lisanna kissing Natsu, that was jealousy she was feeling. Lucy wanted Natsu all to herself, but why? Why did she feel like he belonged to her... because she wanted him too. FINALLY! A BREAK THROUGH, KEEP GOING! Natsu... was a person who could be loved. Lucy knew that he'd make a good boyfriend, he'd may forget things, birthdays, anniversaries and dates, but he'd always make them up. He'd be a loyal boyfriend, he'd love her through everything and stay with her as long as she never changed who she really was.
Natsu would probably be a really good boyfriend, probably better than all her others. But what was the problem though?! Why did she still have doubts? What prevented her from running to the other room and waking up Natsu, yelling out she loved him and kissed him fur and all. That is the million dollar question Lucy. It was the fact. The fact that she'd known him for years, years of building up friendship and trust with each other. And the fear. The fear of everything changing and going horribly wrong. The risk of things never being the same between them again. That wasn't completely negative though, never being the same could mean worse or even better.
Lucy fell asleep after that with those thoughts running through her mind. I should have been angry with her, but wasn't when I realized how wonderful her life would be if she actually fell in love with Natsu. FASTFORWARD!
"Alright, now." Natsu breathed.
Lucy opened her eyes and saw the biggest library that she's ever seen in her whole entire life. Her library back at her old mansion compared to this one seemed like nothing.
"Wow." Lucy sighed out.
Natsu wasn't sure what was happening, but to get a reaction like that from her made him happy.
"I can't believe it. I've never seen so many books in all my life!" Lucy exclaimed.
Natsu chuckled at her, she was such a bookworm.
"I know I'm suppose to be thinking and all, but can't I take a break to read?" Lucy asked him.
"Go right on, don't think I'll stop you. I also love the face you make when you read." Natsu said.
Lucy blushed and turned away, scanning the bookshelves for something good to read. Natsu watched Lucy in her element, sitting down on the floor as she scanned the room. Natsu was getting used to being a beast. It was like he was himself again, minus the flames and human looks. He had super strength, was fast, could jump high, and had a tail! Wait, Natsu didn't have a tail before.
"Lucy, I want to read a book too." Natsu said.
"Oh really?" Lucy asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Yup, it'll be boring if I just watch you read. I rather you read it to me." He said.
"Alright then, I think that can be arranged. What do you want to read?"
Natsu hummed as he started thinking.
"Something with far off places, daring swordfights, magic spells and... a Prince! In disguise though so it won't be boring." Natsu said.
Lucy blinked at Natsu before she started looking through the books. Everything was in alphabetical order so Lucy found it very easily and brought it to Natsu.
"Al-addin?" Natsu asked.
"Yup, everything you just describe was in this book." Lucy said.
Natsu blinked before smirking up at her, "that was the fairy tale that made the most impact on me. Better yet, why don't you read me all the fairy tales we've been in?"
"That sounds like a nice plan, one second." Lucy said.
She ran all around the library, finding each and every book the two of them starred in. Once she collected all of them she dropped them next to Natsu and sat next to him. Natsu lied down, resembling how a dog would, and Lucy laid on her chest picking up Aladdin.
"Since you wanted this one we'll read this first. After we'll start from the beginning and end with beauty and the beast."
"Sounds like a plan." Natsu yawned.
"Natsu! You aren't planning on falling asleep are you?"
"I make no promises, now start."
Though he said that, he was teasing her. Of course Natsu stayed awake, he loved hearing the sound of her voice. Natsu listened with his eyes closed and imagined the scenes Natsu and Lucy played, laughing at scenes he remembered and making comments on scenes he wished they could have done. Book by book, fairy tale by fairy tale, she read them to him and he listened. It was such a nice feeling, being together with him like this. Everything just seemed to feel natural, like everything belonged. Hours passed and even though they were suppose to do other things, like eat porridge with their hands and play snowball, I let them stay there and read about their adventures.
At the end, when they finished with Beauty and the Beast, Lucy found her answer.
"Natsu." Lucy called.
"Yeah."
She slowly closed the book, placing it beside her.
"I'm sorry." She whispered.
WHAT?!
"I can't." She cried, her voice breaking.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
"Lucy?"
"I realized it when we laid here, it's just... we're so perfect together. Perfect as friends, we're great together. I can't though Natsu, I'm scared."
"Lucy, you have nothing to be afraid of."
"But I do though Natsu! You! I'm afraid of losing you, Natsu. You mean too much to me and I'm afraid of you meaning anymore."
THAT'S IT! I HAVE HAD ENOUGH! TIME AFTER TIME I GAVE YOU CHANCES LUCY, BUT THIS IS THE END! NO MORE CHANCES! I'M DONE! FASTFOWARD!
Natsu was crawling up to the balcony to reach Lucy. When he finally reached her he reached out to touch her face, ignoring how wet his fur was.
"Lucy, you have nothing to be afraid of. I promise I'll always be here for you, no matter what." Natsu told her.
"Natsu." Lucy cried putting her hand over his.
Natsu smiled at her before howling out in pain! He turned around and saw Dan with a knife on his back!
"No!" Lucy screamed.
Natsu growled and tried to get him off, making Dan lose his grip and fall to his death! No one carried for that though! No one! Lucy reached out to pull Natsu onto the balcony with her before he fell to his death with Dan! Lucy laid him down but knew this scene too well! Natsu was dying! He got stabbed, he was dying! Only she could break his curse but she didn't love him! You don't love him Lucy so he's going to die!
Lucy's eyes widened as she looked up in the heavens.
"Who said that?!" She screamed.
So now you can finally hear me! Well listen well, Natsu's dying!
"Shut up, he's not!" Lucy cried.
He is! And it's all your fault! I gave you time, I gave you chances! You two are meant to be together and you know that!
"Shut up! Natsu's dying right now, save him!"
NO! YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF!
"How could you even say that?! I'm not the one who threw us in this fairy tale! I didn't ask to fall in love with Natsu! I never wanted that!"
Well it doesn't matter anymore, he's dying because of you.
"No! NO! Natsu!" Lucy cried in his chest.
Natsu's eyes were barely staying open. He reached out to stroke Lucy's hair trying to comfort her.
"Shh, it's okay. It's... better this way." Natsu whispered.
"How?! How can you say that?!"
"I remember you saying this once, quoting from a book or reading out loud or something. Better to have loved and lost then to have never loved at all. I loved that I love you Lucy and I don't regret this. I wanted your love, and accepted that you just didn't love me back. I hope that whoever you do find to love though, that he treats you like a Princess." He told her.
He really didn't deserve to die, not really. Natsu did nothing wrong in this fairy tale, he played his role. This is all your fault Lucy.
"Then save him! I know you can! Skip to the end, throw us in the next fairy tale! Anything!"
I simply can't do that, this is the last story in my book. Here is where it ends.
"Then take my life! Don't kill Natsu, please!" Lucy cried to the heavens.
Why would you do that for him?
"BECAUSE I LOVE HIM!"
Time seemed to freeze, the narrator didn't do it though. Lucy's eyes widened as she looked down at Natsu, it wasn't the beast Natsu though or the Prince Natsu's in the past. It was her Natsu, her original Natsu. Lucy rubbed his cheeks, smiling down at him.
"I'm scared too, but I love him. I love him so much, so please don't take him away from me. Please." Lucy cried.
(The narrator closed her book. She rubbed her eyes before snapping her fingers, the book lighting on fire.)
Everything became white. It was just Lucy and Natsu in a bright white room. Lucy's eyes never left Natsu though as she tried to slap him away.
"Natsu, Natsu come on! I said I loved you, I love you so it's time to wake up now. I broke the curse, we love each other. Please wake up."
The bright room started to get darker and darker, the light diminishing. Lucy never lost sight of Natsu in her arms though no matter how dark it got.
"Natsu! Natsu! Natsu!" She cried over and over again until... she felt nothing.
Nothing in her arms, nothing in her heart, nothing in her body, nothing in her mind. Lucy was empty. And then she started falling.