hey, guys, I hope you liked the last chapter I have noticed a few things that I missed in my corrections so I will go through it again and fix those but I hope you understood what I meant until I get the time to do that.


Lucy took a deep breath as she looked at the screen where the words would appear, the mic gripped tightly in her hand, she had begun to feel slightly self-conscious as the group stared at her in anticipation, soon enough the music started and Lucy was startled to hear the song they'd chosen, it was the first song Levy had ever tried to put on in her house, they'd constantly listen to it and sing along if they were out in the park talking and listening to it,

Ellie Goulding -Burn

We, we don't have to worry 'bout nothing
'Cause we got the fire, and we're burning one hell of a something
They, they gonna see us from outer space, outer space
Light it up, like we're the stars of the human race, human race

When the light started out they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

We don't wanna leave, no. We just wanna be right now (right), r-r-right now
And what we see is everybody's on the floor acting crazy, getting loco 'til the lights out
Music's on, I'm waking up, we fight the fire, then we burn it up
And it's over now, we got the love, there's no sleeping now, no sleeping now, no sleeping

When the light started out they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

When the light started out they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world

We gonna let it burn burn burn burn (burn burn)
Burn burn burn burn (burn burn)

We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out

When the light started out they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

When the light started out they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn

Lucy had sung with the most enthusiasm she could muster as she let the music flow through her and give her the confidence to be whisked away. That was until at the end she felt she was being glared at by someone outside, it felt like a lion eyeing up his prey, Lucy shivered up into herself slightly tensing her shoulders and looking at the floor shyly, she decided to ignore the voice in her head that was screaming for her to run away. Lucy was sure it was only because she'd just sung in front of her new friends.

"Luce, are you okay? You seem a little pale?" Natsu questioned ready to take her up to her bed to make her rest if she fainted again.

"I'm alright, that was a lot of fun, I think performing in front of people I'm relaxed around is helping me a little," Lucy said without a stutter, which, stunned everyone,

"Lu-chan... you just spoke to Natsu without stuttering!" Levy said in disbelief as she was sat on Gajeels lap looking kind of like a small child,

"I-I did? I did!" Lucy spoke excitedly as if this was some kind of cure for a horrible disease,

"Is it really that rare for bunny girl ta not stutter?" Gajeel inquired not quite sure why they were suddenly so excited,

"Yeah! She hasn't done that without practising her words carefully with anyone but me for years!" Levy said her eyes shining with happiness,

"Great! We got her to speak without a stutter," Gray said with a chuckle as he looked at Natsu and Lucy stood next to each other.

"Uhm, can... can we go back to school soon? I.. I don't mean anything bad by this its just I hate being stuck inside all the time," Lucy asked quietly, besides the fact that the anti-Lucy squad and pretty much everyone else hated her she actually kinda liked going to school, she also wanted to spend a bit more time with Lisanna.

"Wouldn't it be best for you to not got back at all, Slut," sickeningly sinister voice spoke from the door, Lucy could recognise it anywhere,

"F-F-Father," Lucy stuttered, she instantly froze to the spot, fear encircled her and she began to shake,

"Get out," Natsu growled as he stood in front of Lucy in a protective manner.

"Respect your elders, Brat," Jude spat his glare intensifying, Lucy stood still willing for this to be a bad nightmare, willing for her dad not to be there, she was so afraid if anyone was to get hurt, it's all her fault. That's all she could think of, the only thing swirling around in her mind.

"I-I'm sorry," Lucy whispered she continuously whispered as Natsu yelled at Jude to get out his home,

"I leave you to roam free for two weeks and this is what you become Lucy?! You hang out with a boy band, you are no better than those girls that despise you at school, You are coming home with me until you realise your actions are horrific!" Jude growled stamping towards her, as he did so the group formed a line between him and Lucy with Natsu in the middle.

"She isn't going anywhere with you," Levy stated folding her arms,

"Yer ain't hurtin' 'er again old man," Gajeel spoke with a growl in his voice, his red eyes filled with anger,

"And you brats think you can stop me?" Jude laughed at the thought, his laugh loud and menacing,

"N-N-N-No, don't, p-please protect yourselves," Lucy whimpered trying to tug at them but being too weak and afraid to actually do so.

"Lucy! Stop that God-forsaken stuttering!" Jude yelled furiously making Lucy flinch back

"Yes, Sorry father," Lucy said softly, it was her immediate response to his furious yelling, she was trying to make sure he stayed calm so he wouldn't go on a rampage and hurt any of her friends.

"I think you should leave Mr Heartfilia, before I call the police," Igneels voice boomed from behind Jude, his eyes burning with rage.

"I think you should give me back my daughter," Jude stated in a calm but menacing voice,

"I'm not keeping her here against her will am I, She can leave when she wants," Igneel spoke in a reasonable tone, though his eyes were alight with a fiery rage

"Jude, LEAVE," Grandeene's voice came from behind Igneel, both Igneel and Natsu froze knowing she was quite irritated,

After a while of yelling and arguing, the police arrived and took Jude away, Igneel and Grandeene were infuriated and were quite close to hitting him if they hadn't have come when they did most of those in the room wanted to hit him. But that wouldn't have done much good, violence wasn't the answer, sometimes it's the only way to get a message across but this wasn't one of those times, violence should only be used if absolutely necessary and typically it wasn't.

Lucy had been escorted out of the room by Wendy, Romeo and Natsu as the others stayed to keep the attention away from the four that had left. They took Lucy upstairs and Natsu told Wendy and Romeo to go to their separate rooms as he took Lucy to her room, they were close to Lucy's room when she stopped walking tears still streaming down her face,

"I'm so sorry, it's all my fault," She whispered looking at Natsu with guilt filling her eyes.

"It's not your fault Lucy, none of this has ever been your fault, I promise you, if it was your fault you wouldn't have Levy or your older brother trying so hard to keep you safe and away from that man!" Natsu said with a fierce yet kind look in his eyes, he gently tugged Lucy into a warm embrace as more tears streamed from her eyes,

"N-Natsu, this may s-s-sound like I'm hitting on y-you, I'm not but c-can I stay in your room tonight?" Lucy mumbled into Natsu's torso, her face turned red in embarrassment as she spoke,

"Ohoho Luce, I didn't know you could be so forward," Natsu jokes with a chuckle, "Sure ya can stay in my room Luce," he added softly as he once again picked her up princess style and carried her to his room.

Lucy didn't understand why, but she felt so calm in his warm embrace, she felt like nothing would be able to hurt her ever again as if she'd never had to be afraid again as long as she was in Natsu's arms. Lucy assumed it was due to his childish demeanour, she didn't expect Natsu to agree to her request, she herself thought it wasn't a brilliant idea but she'd be terrified in her room even if Levy was there. She felt Natsu wouldn't care much about her being a girl alone in his room and she was certain he only saw her as a friend or maybe less than that.
Natsu placed Lucy on the bed she was quiet, still crying and shaking, he wasn;t sure why but he was quite nervous to have her in his room, he didn't care if it was some random chick Loke had brought back but because it was Lucy he became quite conscious of his surroundings, over the weeks he'd been getting to know her, he began to like her more and more, even if she could talk to him normally, or stand too close to him she was funny, intelligent, beautiful and she had the most amazing voice that he wanted to world to see. Natsu quickly made the separate bed that was smaller than his bed it was still just as comfy but it was closest to the window so he thought he'd sleep there so that Lucy wouldn't have To worry about her crazy old man. Lucy was quick to fall asleep on his bed, her cheeks stained with tear tracks, the marks on her shoulders visible, Natsu went to tuck her into the covers and stopped when he noticed them, he hadn't seen them so close before, he didn't realise how many marks that were left on her fair porcelain skin.

He didn't understand why but it made him angry, so angry at her father, how could he even think of harming such an innocent sweet girl? His own flesh and blood?! Natsu quickly moved away and lay on the spare bed he had made up and stared at the ceiling thinking what could possibly have led her father to treat her so horribly. Soon enough he'd fallen asleep only to be woken up hours later by an ear piercing scream...