Chapter 14

LUCY'S P.O.V

I jumped happily when we got off the train. Natsu was doing the same. Laxus, Rogue, and Sting watched us and shouted that we were weirdos. I didn't care. It was a painful ride. The seating arragment was comfortable, though. I sat near the window. Rogue sat right next to me, while Sting laid on the floor. Laxus and Natsu sat next to each other with upset looks on their faces, because they wanted to sit next to me. Now everyone was happy and very glad to be on unmoving land. I ran towards Rogue tried to slow down, but I fell on top of him. I laughed. Rogue had a small smile on his face.

" Rogue, you need to smile more often. Laxus, stop plotting ways to kill Rogue. Natsu, stop kissing the ground . Sting, stop acting like you are on your period. We have a mission that needs to be done. We don't need to sit here and stare at each other all day." I said. I noticed I sounded a bit like Erza. Natsu was hiding behind Laxus and Sting was hiding behind Rogue. This was going to be a long mission.

" What is the mission?" Laxus asked.

" We need to stop 10 bandits from stealing the city's golden amulet." I said." Laxus, shouldn't you know the mission, you were the one who picked it? Baka!" I walked off, dragging Rogue and Natsu along with me.

TIME SKIP MAYOR'S OFFICE SAME P.O.V

" Thank you for coming. The amulet means so much to us. The bandits usually come at night around midnight. I think that is all the information that we could give you. Gomen Nasai." The mayor said.

" Thank you for the information. We appreciate it." I said.

" Well, why are we still standing here? I'm all fired up!" Natsu said. Everyone face palmed. His whole body started to glow with flames. " See you later! I'm going to catch some bandits!" I grabbed the collar of his his shirt. I burnt my hand in the process.

" Baka! you can't go rampaging through the city! You all need to be responsible! I will not pay for the damages you cause. You will pay for it your self!" I shouted. I held my burnt hand. That really hurt. The pain was going away, though. I turned to see Wendy healing me. I grabbed her hands to stop her. " Wendy, you need to save your energy for the battle. The bandits are mages. It will be semi-tough. You need all of your strength."

" Lucy-San, you're hurt. Please, let me heal you. It won't take much energy. It is only a minor burn." Wendy said.

" Exactly! It is a minor burn. If it were severe, I would let you heal me, but it's not." I said. Rogue walked up to me to examine my burn. I blushed deeply.

" Lucy-San, you should let Wendy heal you. Your hand is in bad condition." Rogue said. I looked at my hand closely. It was blistering and bright red. It looked horrible.

" Luce, I'm so sorry." Natsu said. He looked really worried.

I started to get really dizzy and lightheaded. I started to fall. Luckily, I was standing next to Rogue, who caught me just in time. After, I think I fainted. I woke up in the forest with Rogue, Wendy, and Sting.

" Where are Natsu and Laxus?" I asked. I looked around. All I saw were trees, mushrooms, and animals.

" They went to get us food." Sting said, rudely.

" I have a plan. Each of us should go to a different part of the city and wait for them to come." I said. Everyone there gave me a weird look.

" What if the mages are too much for one of us to handle?" Wendy asked.

" We could use our magic and send, for example, a beam of light in the sky, signaling to come towards it." I answered.

" I think that is a wonderful idea, Lucy-San." Rogue said, emotionless. " We just have to tell the others. As he finished his sentence, Natsu and Laxus came.

" We heard the whole plan. We need to leave now if we are going with that plan." Laxus said.

" Let's go." Rogue and I said at the same time. I giggled. Rogu. Stood there, watching me, emotionless.

We ran to opposite areas of the city. I ran North-East towards the other side of the city. Rogue went East. Sting went West. Wendy Went to the South- east corner and I think you get the idea.

As soon as I got to the North-East corner, the mages were there.

" Open, gate of the water bearer, Aquarius!" I shouted. Aquarius appeared and gave me an evil look.

" What the hell do you want? I was about to go on a date with Scorpio!" She said.

" Could you send a signal to the others using the lake that surrounds the city?" I asked.

" Fine!" she said. She did the signal thing. I saw water in the sky. I also heard footsteps.

" I don't want to hurt you, lady. Just come with us and I will give you a treat later." One of the mages said.

" You are disturbing. You won't have to hurt me, because you will be hurt before you can even think about what move you are doing to hit me with." I said, calmly.

" Oh really, what if we took your magic away or disabled it?" The same Mage replied. The one next to him took a rope and wrapped it around me before I could process what was happening.

" You had better leave her alone!" Someone said. I turned towards the voice. It was a girl. She was a girl who looked like she was my age,17. She had shoulder length brown hair. She was wearing a black leather jacket with a plain red T-shirt and black skinny jeans. She also had black knee high combat boots and a wolf necklace.

" Who are you?" I asked. The girl looked at me and half smiled. I guess I found the girl version of Rogue.

" Elizabeth Lindsay. I'm a celestial dragonslayer." She said. The bandits tried to put rope around her, but they failed. She grabbed the rope and tied them up with it. She untied me after.

" I'm Lucy Heartifilia. I'm a celestial mage and liquid dragonslayer second generation." I said to her. " Why did you save me?"

" I want to join your guild. I'm a first generation." Elizabeth replied. I smiled.

" Where is your exceed? Sorry if I'm askong too many questions." I said.

" He is near here. I told him to stay in the hotel. His name is Yuki." Elizabeth answered. " Your teammates will be here any second."

" Lucy-San did you beat them all? Who is that?" Rogue said. He pointed to Elizabeth.

" That is Elizabeth. She defeated all of the bandits, because they wrapped rope around me so I couldn't use magic." I said. I turned away from him. I felt pathetic. I was weak. Learning a new magic wasn't going to help me. I walked away. Before I got ten feet away, I felt someone grab my hand.

" Lucy-San, you aren't weak. No one can win every battle." Rogue said. " Let's go to the hotel."

" Elizabeth aren't you coming with us? There is only one hotel in this city. Laxus and Natsu take the bandits to the mayor and give the money to Elizabeth. We will have to take you on another mission, Rogue and Sting." I said.

" I guess, but I don't want to get in the way of your romance." She said. I turned tomato red. I realized Rogue was still holding my hand. I blushed even harder.

" You have only known me for about five minutes and you have already made me blush." I said. I looked at Rogue, he was blushing too. We were still holding hands.

We walked for about five minutes before we arrived at the hotel. We waited for Natsu and Laxus to come back. How long does it take for them to go to the mayor. After about ten minutes of waiting, they finally came.

" Let's get our rooms now." I said. We gave Elizabeth the money. She went to her room after. We walked in the hotel and find it empty. Rogue and I were still holding hands. I didn't mind though. We walked up to the front desk to talk to the lady.

" Excuse me, but do you have any available rooms?" I asked. She got up from her chair and walked to a bookshelf that had keys placed on it. I looked and saw only three.

" We have three available rooms. You will have to share." The lady said.

" Okay. How much for the rooms?" I asked.

" 15,000J all together." She replied. I gave her the money and she gave me the keys. " They are on the 5th floor. The room numbers are:12, 19, and 21."

" Thank you!" I said. We walked up the stairs until we reached the 5th floor. " Who is staying with who?"

" I want to stay with Natsu!" Wendy said. I blinked. It took me a couple of minutes to process that.

" I will stay with the lamp." Laxus said, pointing towards Sting. That means I am sharing a room with... Rogue.

" Shouldn't it be girls with girls and boys with boys?" I asked. They laughed.

" We aren't little kids anymore." Sting said.

" I don't like the idea of it." I said.

" Of course you don't, you are a virgin." Laxus said.

" You bastard. I think we are all virgins here!" I shouted.

" I'm not." Laxus said.

" You found your mate?!" I said.

" Yes." He said, calmly." Let's just go to sleep with the same sleeping arrangements."

" Fine. Laxus here is the key to room 21. Natsu, wait no, Wendy here is the key to 19." I said.

" Good night everyone!" I said before we walked towards our rooms. Rogue and I walked to our room in silence.

Hey minna!

Do you think you know who Laxus's mate is?