I let out a loud growl, and in a second, I cradle Lucy to my chest. Natsu's eyes grow shades darker with anger and hate. "What's a Saber doing here," a female voice hisses from behind. I turn to meet the eyes of a beautiful redhead, with eyes displaying the same emotion as Natsu. All eyes are thrown to me and conversations have stopped.
Lucy slips from my arms as Natsu tugs Lucy back, holding her up by her hair. "She's our property. What do you want with her?"
"I'm here to take her away from her "nakama."'
Lucy's unconscious, fortunately. If she's not watching, I don't have to hold back and she doesn't have to hear words that will rip her heart out. Switching to white drive, I reach for Lucy again, but a shield of ice blocks me. Gray Fullbuster stands a few feet away, not looking at me. There's a bruise on his shoulder that I almost don't notice. Almost.
"Now, now," a girl with long white hair says. She has on a reddish pinkish simple dress, her bangs tied up. "Let's not get too rowdy." Her tone is sweet, as if she hasn't even noticed how banged up Lucy is. The woman starts breaking the ice wall down with a now clawed demon hand.
I'm about to step forward again when a chain of water holds me back. Juvia Lockser is standing next to Gray, her eyes distant, her back facing me. There's a scratch running down her left shoulder. It's strange. I can hear her thoughts. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, her thoughts kept repeating in a monotone voice, her face holding no emotion.
Quite easily, I sliced through the water with a small back-up knife.
This time, I made it to Salamander. Under my breath I hiss, "Why are you doing this, Natsu? What happened to fighting for your nakama?"
He laughs. I want to slap him. "Fighting for my nakama? You gotta be kidding me. Lucy can hardly fight for us, so why should the Guild put their life in the line for her?" Part of the Guild joins in to laugh. Natsu's eyes are merciless. The same events have been going on everyday since the Grand Magic Games. For a whole month.
A crowd of Guild members push me out the Guild, like they usually do. It made me feel powerless. And then a small girl with long blue hair traveled out after me. I recognize her as Wendy, the Sky Dragon Slayer. She looks at me sheepishly. The girl heals me up and whispers something to me. "I think it's better if everyone just forgets."
I nod in agreement. It would be better if everyone forgot who Lucy Heartfilia was. Then she wouldn't have to get beaten anymore. Then she could be with me. That day, Wendy Marvel promised me she would do something to help Lucy. But now, I'm not sure if it helped at all.
A/N: Happy New Years~ That was a pretty decent chapter. The plot twist is heavy, and I have a feeling some people don't like the "Lucy Abuse" part of the story and will just stop reading the story. I'll be back with a new chapter, real soon~