Heyo! Here's the new chapter! :D and if anyone is confused, or if anyone noticed, Lucy was in her lion form before the spell hit her, but when the spell did hit her, she was forced to transform back into a human :3 Well, enjoy!
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Normal P.O.V.
Rogue looked down to see a small child wrapped in Lucy's jacket. The child looked around the age of six and had short blonde hair and warm brown eyes. It reminded him of Lucy. It then hit him. Lucy was turned to a child, which does put her in a vulnerable and weak state and it would hurt more to see Lucy, as a child, be killed in front of him.
Anger coursed through Rogue's was disappointed in himself that he didn't save Lucy in time. It should have been him to be hit with the spell, not Lucy. How dare that man hurt his woman, well as in comrade of course.
Shadows bloomed around him, his eyes glowed with furry, and he was ready to kill if he had to. 'For Lucy!' he screamed in his head as he charged forward with a fist ready to punch the daylights out of the evil mage. Before the man had a chance to react, Rogue's fist cam in contact wit his jaw, sending him flying across the room. The dragon slayer wasn't done yet, not even close.
"Shadow Dragon's Roar!" Rogue roared, sending shadows towards the enemy, who was still laying against a wall that he hit earlier. The shadows devoured him, and when it vanished, he was bleeding badly and had many cuts and bruises.
Rogue then stalked towards him, like a predator hunting its prey, and when he reached him he used almost every magic move he knows; Shadow Dragon's Slash, Shadow Dragon's Crushing Fang, Shadow Dragon's Claw, and Shadow Dragon's Roar.
Little Lucy was frightened by the sight. She had never seen Rogue this angry before and in this state, he looks much scarier since everything was much larger due to her height. She wrapped herself in her in her now over sized jacket and closed her eyes with tears that flowed down her red cheeks. Lucy had never been this scared before. Sure she had been through a lot in her life, but right now, Rogue was ten times scarier than Erza and even Natsu when he is angry combined.
Once the battle was over and the bad guy was literally beaten to a pulp, Rogue slowly walked up to the frightened girl. He really didn't mean to scare her, he actually had no idea what came over him when the man had threatened to kill her and turned her to a little girl.
'With Lucy in this state, I would look like a pedophile if I cuddle or kiss her...' Rogue thought, but then stopped in his tracks, eyes widening when he realized what he had just thought. 'Bad Rogue! Don't think like that! I would never do that to Lucy.' He blushed imagining him and Lucy together and his heart was beating faster than ever, 'maybe I should go see a doctor.'
Lucy opened her eyes to see Rogue crouching down in front of her, looking straight into her eyes. She crawled backwards, trying to get away from him. It's not like she means to, it's just that she witnessed him beating the life out of someone. She hasn't even seen Natsu fight like that. Rogue slightly frowned to see that Lucy backed away from as if he was some kind of demon. Sighing, he rubbed his temples out of frustration.
"I'm not going to hurt you, Lucy," he said softly, "come here. Lets meet up with the rest and go home." Lucy got up and slowly walked to him, clutching tightly on the jacket which covered her small body. Rogue smiled gently, holding his arms out, waiting for her. She was soon in his arms and he held her so that his left arm supported her weight and his right arm was there to make sure she didn't fall out of his grip.
The door opened revealing Team Natsu, Sting and the exceeds. At first they were confused, seeing a little girl of the age of six in Rogue's arms, but he soon explained what happened and they were all shocked. Natsu was furious that Rogue didn't protect her well enough.
"You should have tried harder to protect her!" Natsu yelled at Rogue, who was now feeling for guilty.
"I know, I'm sorry," Rogue said, looking down to his feet. He really didn't feel like getting scolded, definitely by someone who had hurt Lucy. "But," he began, "I am not the one who kicked Lucy out of her new family." Rogue knew that Lucy already had a hard childhood, how her father became cold and distant after her mother died and how her family went broke and her father apologizing. He also knew that she felt guilty when she came back from Tenrou, seeing all those gifts that were sent by her father and then hearing that he had died. It must have been very hard for her, but she had another family, Fairy Tail. A family where she felt accepted for who she was, but then she was kicked out by the person who had brought her there.
Natsu froze, he realized that the Shadow Dragon Slayer was right. He had kicked Lucy out, even though he was under control, it was still his fault. Tears formed at the corner of his dark green eyes. "I know that is my fault... But it wasn't me... It was Lisanna.." he said through his teeth. "Lucy, I am sorry.." Natsu apologized, looking straight into her eyes, before looking down with his hair covering his eyes. "Lisanna tricked me by making me drink this control potion.. It was her doing, although I was the one who trusted her blindly. I mean she was my childhood friend, I didn't know that she would do something like that. I'm sorry I broke your heart... Please come back to Fairy Tail with me, with us, Lucy," he sniffled, trying his best to not show that he is crying his eyes out.
Lucy felt touched by his words. Tears rolled down her cheeks and her heart rate quickened. She had no idea that Lisanna was behind it all, Natsu really didn't mean it. "It's okay Natsu," she said in a soft voice. Natsu's head jerked up and hope glowed in his eyes, even though he knew that there will be a 'but'. "I forgive you, but I cannot abandon Sabertooth, or Rogue and Sting. Not after all they did for me. Lets be good friends again and I promise that I will visit you once in a while," Lucy smiled and cupped Natsu's right cheek with her tiny hand. Natsu was happy that they're friends again, even if she doesn't want to return to Fairy Tail, but his heart still quenched with pain that she only and will always see him as a friend. But he has decided that it was okay. As long she doesn't disappear from his life. He could also see that she likes someone else, 'take good care of her for me, Rogue or I'll burn you to crisp.'
The pink haired man grinned his usual goofy grin and held his little finger up, "pinky promise?" Lucy smile grew larger and giggled, wrapping her little pinky finger around his.
"Pinky promise!"
In the background, Erza, Gray, and Sting were stunned at what happened. Gray and Erza still couldn't believe that it was Lucy that they saw earlier. She had changed so much and they never thought that she would end up joining Sabertooth. Although they were happy that Lucy was happy, even if she is in the guild that was Fairy Tail's enemy.
"Maybe we should go to Levy to see how long this spell would last or how to break it," Erza spoke up. They all turned to face her and thought about it for a while and then agreed.
"First we need to find the mayor and then get some clothes for me!" Lucy chirped, feeling slightly embarrass that her clothing were too big. Everyone's faces were blank for a while, realizing that they had totally forgotten about the mayor, unless that was also part of the scheme.
There answers were soon answered when they heard banging on a closet door that was in the room. Sting slowly walked to it and opened it carefully and the mayor of Magnolia fell out, tied in ropes and duct tape over his mouth. The Light Dragon Slayer soon went into action, pulling off the duct tape, pulling off half of the mayor's white mustache. The man, who looked like in his late 50s, yelped in pain. He wore a white jacket, white dress pants, black dress shoes, and a white with thin black horizontal lined blouse with a red tie. He was also short and chubby and had a comb over hair style, bushy white eyebrows and now a half mustache.
"Thank you for saving me and taking out the dark guild," he said with a gruff voice, "like I promised, each guild will receive 1, 000, 000 jewels AFTER YOU GET ME OUT OF THESE ROPES!" Sting quickly took off all of the ropes and helped him on his feet.
Everyone left with the money and leaving behind a grumpy mayor. They were now on their way to Fairy Tail, of course stopping on the way to buy Lucy new clothing, which Sting won't help with. It had been quite an interesting and rough day for all.
Next chapter will basically be about the spell/Fairy Tail/Levy blah blah blah :P
Cya next time xxx
