You're Warm
Chapter 10: Don't be a Bully
Lucy ended up attending the rest of her classes with caution running through her system. Her eyes always on a constant look out as she sat in her classes, she learnt from Sakura that the students here would always get themselves into trouble whenever they were fed up with their boring classes.
Fairy Tail Academy was indeed a family-like school, but at times, they could be a pain according by the crimson that happened to always be there for her...
Oh! Sakura ended up dragging Sting and Rogue along with them to school as well - Which, for your information, wasn't a sight to see when everyone was pointing to their direction in question as they muttered under their breaths why they were here and not somewhere else. Within a day, Lucy ended up learning more than what she had expected, and she knew that it could become worse if she was caught by herself in a secluded area in the school.
Walking home with a sigh trailing behind her, she managed to convince her servants not to pick her up in an extravagant car and allowed her to walk home by herself. Since today was her first day, she really didn't want to give everyone the image of her being a spoilt little brat who couldn't stop showing off what she owned and whatnot.
So groggily walking home to her large mansion, she quietly avoided her servants that waited for her arrival and hurriedly walked upstairs and into her room.
"Lucy-sama... Aren't you going to have a light snack before you rest?" a maid questioned as she knocked on her large oak doors.
The blonde silently slipping off her shirt where she changed into a large, over-sized t-shirt, she slipped off the other constricting clothes on her body and tiredly changed before she jumped onto her large bed. Ignoring the loud knocks coming from the maid outside, she sighed and adjusted her body into a more comfortable position which was on her side.
"Why can't they just shut up for once? They don't really care about me - They're all about the money and not for my well-being," she whispered before sighing in relief just as the knocking stopped. "See... All for the money," she told herself as she looked to the glowing curtain.
With her windows closed and covered by a thick material which was her curtain, Lucy was satisfied at the fact that she was able to shut out the world from her own. In this pitch-black world of hers, she didn't have to care about her appearance nor did she have to worry about the people around her that would always give her fake sympathetic looks.
In this world of hers, she didn't have to constantly look over her shoulder in hopes that her childhood friends would come running to her with smiles on their faces - She didn't need them. This world of hers didn't need those liars entering her comfortable space.
She thought that they'll be friends forever, but look at them. The mighty Erza breaking down after apologizing - Well that's weird because Erza never apologizes over her actions unless it to someone with a higher authority than her - Having the scarlet apologize over something that's completely unknown to her was strange.
Lucy didn't need that. She didn't need fake apologies.
"Going back to a new school is stupid. I don't need to force my world to match theirs... I'm just there for Levy-chan. That's right, I'm only there to make her happy and no one else," she whispered before flipping herself to lay down on her back where she gripped into her soft blanket.
"The question is... Why was he there, and why was he being so cruel to me when I haven't done anything mean to him in the past?" she whispered to herself before closing her eyes.
If only she didn't exist in this world of theirs. If only she could lock herself up in this little world of hers where she didn't need to worry about anything that would hurt her physically or mentally.
She didn't need him. She didn't need Natsu - He left her, and it was time to leave him behind...
Her mind entering this little world of hers, she opened her eyes to find herself standing in a world that's nothing but black and white - Monochrome. Skipping to a small table that stood under the spotlight with her bare feet, she spun on her heel and sat down on the chair with a smile plastered on her face. "There's no need for people. I don't need them," she hummed as she innocently kicked her feet into the air.
An intruder entering her mind, she snapped her head to the left to see a white figure waving in front of her before it stuck out its rude finger over to her direction.
"Slut!"
"Ugly!"
"Cheater!"
"Loner!"
Out of no where, voices began to intrude her world where Lucy abruptly stood up, knocking her seat off from the ground where it shattered into the air like glass. Taking a few steps back where she shook her head, she quickly covered her ears as she tried to force herself not to listen to the echoing insults being thrown at her by these unknown people. "You're all lying! You shouldn't be in this world of mine!" she cried out as she snapped her eyes open to glare at them.
"You only know how to look after your egoistic selves! You don't care about anyone else!" she yelled before a dark purple mist was released from her body where it slowly condensed and shaped itself above her.
The blonde glaring at the laughing figures which danced around her in a mocking manner, tears began to form as she tried her best to retort and fight back. "You're all liars! Go away! I don't want to listen to your insults!" she then screamed before her eyes glazed over just as the forming figure hovering behind her finally materialized into a solid human figure.
Its hand raised up into the black sky, it opened its hand where a large black scythe formed to its command. Without having to say anything or make a noise, it swung back its weapon and with one single swipe, it sliced away every intruder in Lucy's world.
With a scream escaping through Lucy's pale lips, the purple figure vanished, and dropping to her knees, Lucy cried to herself as a light appeared over her like a spotlight of a live classical drama.
"I hate them..." she whispered over and over again.
"If only they didn't exist - If only I didn't exist... I wanted a place to hide and seek refuge, and look what happened! They entered my world to only continue to haunt me!" she cried out as the purple figure hiding in the shadows smirked to her dark emotions.
It needed more energy. It was thirsty for more anger... It wanted to be free, but it had to wait until it was time. So watching over the blonde as she pulled herself from the ground weakly, it created a white haven for the blonde to drag herself into and wickedly smiled as it eyed her jumping onto a soft bed made out of clouds...
"I want to live here forever..." Lucy muttered under her breath before closing her eyes to fall into a comfortable sleep where the figure watched over her without her even knowing that it existed.
While Lucy was resting up in her room, Sakura entered her home before giving out a long tiring sigh. "The new girl with relations to Natsu... This is going to be some hectic roller coaster ride before I leave for the tournament... But hopefully by then, their relationship would be much better than it is now," she said to herself before picking up her light-pink cat from the floor.
Sting and Rogue entering her home as she slipped off her shoes carefully without dropping her cat, they all walked into the living room where Sakura entwined her fingers together while taking a seat on the lounge. "Now... I have a very special job for you two while you're attending our school," she said in a business-like tone as she watched the two take their seats in front of her.
The male blonde scratching his head, he yawned. "Why would you ask us for a favour? What's going on?" he asked.
Sakura sighing, she then tiredly smirked over to his direction. "Oh dear cousin... Did you think that I didn't notice those glances that you've been secretly giving to my new dearest friend?" she taunted while watching his expressions twist into embarrassment. "Protect Lucy from the school, that's all I ask until I return from the tournament. Don't let them get close to her, that's all I'm asking you to do for me as a family member," she instructed where Rogue raised a brow to her.
"Why are you overprotective about her?" he asked.
The crimson pushing herself back against the leather, she petted her cat to calm down her nervousness. "She's coming... Don't tell me you can't sense it from her," she replied where Rogue furrowed his brows before realizing what his cousin had meant.
"What's going on? I don't get it," Sting stated.
"You continue what you've been doing... Rogue, I want you keep out a special eye on her when I'm away," Sakura continued.
"That bitch will come once she hears about Lucy's attendance to Fairy Tail Academy... Do not let her hurt Lucy," she said under her breath, knowing that both males in front of her could hear her as clear as day.
