Damn, I'm so tired, I keep falling asleep in class. On the bright side, this story went over 100 followers! Thank you guys! Looks like most of you are girls, based on reviews, thanks for that; I was sort of expecting it but its still interesting to know who is more attracted to this story! future reference when it parenthesis, its older Lucy filling in with some info. If a new manga chapter has not released by the time I update, I'll just tell you something that happened to me to keep you entertained, toodles. Please R&R
The black car pulled up onto a windswept road, worn out after years of use and even more use. Of course, that was only the courtyard of our house. Natsu was so shocked he had momentarily forgotten to be sick (he's so weird) and was gaping all around him, as if each way his head turned yielded a different sight. Even Igneel let out a low whistle, glancing around here and there. I honestly hadn't expected any less; father had really gone down the extravagant route when he built this estate. Green hills gently rolled all over, eventually leading to the huge mansion in the middle. The house itself was stock with servants and maids; sometimes it was suffocating, I could never just have a moment by myself.
Igneel pulled his car into the wide driveway, hitting the brakes gently until we rolled to a stop. He got out and stretched, Natsu meanwhile tumbled out of the car and yelled, "OW!", before pulling himself back up. "So this is your house Lucy?" he asked.
I shifted my gaze down a bit, "Um, yeah, it's not that great though." I said, trying to remain modest.
"Oh, come on! It's huge, and it looks amazing! I bet there are lots of fun things to do around here!" he said excitedly, waving his arms for emphasis. As he went to go poke a bush, I was left a bit shocked. Mama had always told me that if people knew where we came from, they might not treat us the same as they might have had. I guess that pink idiot really was an exception.
"Lucy!" I turned at the call of my name; it was mama, who had finally strolled up to the front lawn. She came up to me and slid my backpack off of my shoulders; I had actually forgotten it was still there! She motioned for me to follow her to the front steps, and following our lead, so did Igneel and Natsu; we came into the grand hall which was at the front of the house. "Well, I think you and Natsu will have a lovely time today," she said to us with a smile, "Lucy, take Natsu and show him around, Igneel and I have some things to discuss."
The way she said that made me a bit suspicious, but I ignored it. Mama beckoned Igneel to follow her, and he did. To my great surprise, they headed for this room on the direct right, following the entrance. It shocked me because I myself had never been able to go in there. It was the one room in the house I was forbidden to go into. Once, the year before, I had found myself within the rare circumstance of being alone in the huge house. Usually, mama and I were always together at home, because she never really went out without me. When she wasn't by my side, one of the maids usually was. I always appreciated the effort, but sometimes it felt really suffocating.
That day, I had been carelessly wandering around, when I happened across the room by chance. I had realized that I had never been in it before, and so proceeded to do so. To my surprise, as soon as I had neared within 5 feet of the room, mama happened to walk out of it, a frown on her face. She had asked what I was doing and I told her. She had knelt down and carefully instructed me, "Lucy, know that I love you very much, but this is the one room in the house that you absolutely must not go into; it is forbidden." I had gulped and nodded, actually a little intimidated at that time.
It was no wonder why, then, that my face now wore something akin to being slapped as I watched Igneel close the door after following mama through it. Natsu had not noticed anything, as he was poking around a table that had a plant on it, "Hey Lucy, if I push this, will the plant-pot break?" he asked with gleaming eyes.
"Idiot! Of course it will!" I yelled, "Now get over here!" I beckoned him with my hand, towards a room that was directly across from the one mama and Igneel had gone into. Once he was in, I shut the door lightly behind us and bade him sit on the couch. I sat across from him, and he looked at me expectantly.
"So, what are we gonna do first?"
"Well, mama said I should give you a tour, but first things first! We have a mystery to solve!" I said with a flourish of my hand, like I was some detective. Natsu's eyes lit up just as I knew they would.
"Really! Cool what is it?!" he said, jumping up and down in his seat.
"Well, you saw that room our parents walked into right? Well, I'm not allowed into that one for some reason, but mama went in there with your dad like it was nothing. So we need to figure out why that is!" I finished feeling proud of myself; the look on Natsu's face said otherwise.
"That's the big mystery? It's obvious Lucy."
"And what would that be?" I gritted my teeth.
"It's cuz you're too weird to see that room, your mo- WHOAH, HEY! Put that pillow down!" he yelled, scooting back, for at that moment I had grabbed the closest thing to me and waved it menacingly at him.
"Call me weird one more time Natsu!" I threatened.
He gave me a crooked grin, "Alright... weirdo." I completely lost it. In a flurry, I dove towards Natsu, angling my pillow to his face, but he ducked and slithered like a snake down the couch, "Ha! You'll have to do better than that!" he taunted.
I growled a bit (ikr) and ran to where he was now slapping his big butt in my direction, taunting me shamelessly. Before he knew it, I had whacked his behind and toppled him over, straddling him while keeping the pillow to his face; his body was flattened a bit because of me. What I did next was cruel but he deserved it; I dug my fingers into the huge amounts of flesh on the side of his stomach and started to tickle him, hard.
"LUCY! Stooooppp! Whoohho, hhooa , HAAAAA!" Natsu screamed as I continued to tickle him, going faster and faster. After he was almost out of breath, I relented and stood up, finished.
"Ughg... You're soooo cruel." Natsu said, feigning pain. I gave him a smug grin.
"Oh stop being such a baby, you're even more ticklish than I am, and that's saying something. Now, let's start out investigation Natsu." I said, as I went to the back of the room to the cabinet and found what I was looking for, a grey magnifying glass. I put it over one eye while closing the other, just like I had seen on tv.
"Woah Lucy! Your eye is soooo big!" Natsu exclaimed, coming up to me to peer at my enlarged eye; he crouched down and put his hands on his knees to get a better look, "Humph! You're not the only one with a special tool, in fact I don't even need one!" he boasted. Natsu proceeded to wrap his scarf around his head and his mouth, so I could just make out his slanted eyes; he looked like one of those desert nomads.
"Nin, nin." he whispered, holding his two hands together as if he was casting some spell. I fought the urge not to laugh.
"Umm... he... what are you doing?"
"It's a top secret ninja technique that Igneel taught me!" Natsu whispered proudly, "You've got your weird glass thing and I've got this."
Not wanting to waste time to argue with him I simply shook my head and motioned towards the door of the room while creeping to it quietly. I quickly latched onto the metal handle and pulled down. When I slid the door open, I made sure to do it swiftly, so as not to make a creaking sound. We were now in the front hall again, and the room that Igneel and mama had disappeared into was right across from us; 20 glorious feet away! With Natsu right behind me, still striking stupid poses that made his tummy jiggle, I stalked up to the left side of the door, and pressed my ear to it, nothing.
"Maybe try putting your ear at the door crack." Natsu suggested in a whisper. I did and he followed suit. The first thing we heard was laughing, and then I could clearly hear my mom's voice.
"Hahaha, you never learn do you Igneel?"
"Obviously I do, that time wasn't my fault." Igneel grumbled about whatever they were talking about. Mama seemed to sigh.
"How long has it been since I left again?" she asked wistfully.
"Hmm, about five years I reckon, though nobody blames you."
"Well, you know now why I had to. Who else was going to take care of Lucy? Especially with Jude's... situation." I thought I heard mama's voice crack a little but I didn't understand why.
"Well, yes, and your daughter has turned out very well so far, I applaud you for it. Then again, you always did want kids." Igneel said thoughtfully.
"Don't be so modest, Natsu seems like he'll grow up to be a fine boy."
"Maybe..." Igneel agreed with silence, "Now, enough small talk Heartfilia, we both know why I'm here." Igneel's tone suddenly became business-like.
Mama sighed, "You know my answer will have to be no."
"This is not just about your daughter Heartfilia," Igneel insisted, "it's about the safety of everyone around her, around us, too."
"Igneel... please understand. I know the risks of me going back, and I can't leave Lucy in that situation, she still has so much to learn as well from me."
By now Natsu and I had almost simultaneously raised our heads to stare at each other, dumbfounded. We did not understand a single word that had been said; it was gibberish to our young minds; in fact Natsu looked a little constipated. We also did not have any idea what was going on between our parents. It looked like our little game had turned real, but before we could bend back down to put our ears to listen, we heard a "Humph" behind us. I gulped.
I turned around, it was Aquarius, one of the servants and one of mama's closest friends, "Well, well, well, what do we have here," she cackled, a wicked gleam in her eye, "two little babies caught eavesdropping." For some reason she had always been hard on me, though I knew deep down inside she must have felt affection sometimes for me. This was not one of those time.
She held her slender hand up, "I'm going to count to three, if you are two aren't out of my sight by then, you don't want to know what'll happen." she enunciated every word, while leaning in with a scary face; she nearly made poor Natsu poop his pants.
"One," Natsu and I had already tore down the hall, making for wherever wasn't near Aquarius. We didn't stop until I saw a bench resting on the side of one of the lesser halls, and sat down on it, exhausted. Natsu followed my lead, wiping his pudgy brow with his hands, "What was that?" he asked, but I had no answer to it.
"Not really sure, but Aquarius ruined it anyway." I said in defeat. Natsu scrunched up his face.
"Yeah, she was so mean."
"Tell me about it."
"Almost as mean as you." he said, turning his head to grin at me. Oh, how he got my blood boiling.
"Natsu." I said with barely concealed anger, shaking.
"Yeah?"
"YOU'RE DEAD!" I screamed, and for the umpteenth time that day, we had a fight.
Whoo, there, finally I gave a long chapter, hope you guys enjoyed it.
manga review placeholder: So yeah, what's there to say really? I went to my soccer game on the weekend, roll up in my mom's car trying to act cool (because I was pretending it was mine XD)and got ready to warmup, only to realize I had put my stuff and ball on a hugeass red ant hill. Next thing I know my whole bag, right leg, and right arm are swarming in them! I had to spend the next ten minutes wiping them off, but not before receiving dozens of bites! I then had to play the game against a bunch of assholes who made me pull my hammy and my calf! I still have the bites all over my body!
It gets worse from there! That night I was at a party, and I really need something to drink. I found a "strawberry soda" in a fridge, or so I thought, anyway, it turns out it was alcoholic but of course I only figured it out after I drank it! Woke up next morning with a raging headache, cuz the only alcohol I had drunk before was one of those little chocolates with wine in them! FML!
replies(keep them coming, I love looking at them!):
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