Okay! So, I know it's been FOREVER since I last published a chapter, but I've been really busy this month and didn't get a chance to really publish anything these past couple of weeks. HOWEVER, I have a little bit of time now, so I shall give you guys a new chapter. I hope you guys like it!
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"Hey, Natsu! Look! I just got the official Fairy Tail guild mark on my hand!"
I blew it off like it was nothing special.
"That's great, Looney," I say bored.
"The name's Lucy, you moron!," she shouts annoyed.
Now that I really think about it... I realize it's very sad seeing the back of her right hand so bare.
As these sad thoughts and memories run through my mind, Lucy says breathlessly, "I wish... I could've..." but before she could finish, she takes her last breath and passes away.
In my mind I hear her say "had more adventures... with everyone..."
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I open my eyes and jump up from my bed once more, this time because I hear a car door slam.
Geez, how long was I out for?
I search for my phone to check the time and when I look at my pillow, I see wet marks all over the pillowcase.
What? What is this from? I didn't think I drooled that much in my sleep.
I check my chin and mouth and feel my chin is wet but the area around my mouth is dry. My cheeks are wet as well...
"Am I... crying?," I ask myself.
Wow, I guess that dream really got to me. It felt so real, like it was actually happening to me... like I had actually lost Lucy.
I wipe my face dry and find my phone on the floor under my bed. The time says 3:45 PM. That was probably Mom who came home. It seems like she always has shorter days at the hospital during the summer. But that's only because she leaves so early in the morning so she can come home around this time and spend time with us. I think Wendy more-so than me because she's younger and likes to do a lot of the same things as Mom.
When I get downstairs, the front door opens and as expected, Mom walks in the door with her bag on her shoulder and a smile on her face. She asks me to help her get some things of hers out of her car, which of course, I do.
"Honey, are you okay?," she asks me after she hugs me hello, "you don't really seem like yourself today."
"Yeah, 'm fine..." I mumble as I walk past her to help.
"I just need to talk to Dad when he gets home later."
"Oh, well you don't have to wait too long," she smiles, "he should be home very soon. What do you need to talk to him about?"
I sigh, "girls..."
A look of understanding washes over her face and she gives me another hug after she puts her things away.
I head back up to my room, turn my computer on, and decide to watch some anime until Dad walks in.
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"Son," my dad says as he knocks on my door, "your mom told me that you needed to talk to me about something, so are you free to talk right now?"
"Yeah," I say as I pause the episode of Naruto I was watching. The door slowly creaks open as my dad walks in. He closes it behind him, then walks over and sits on Zeref's bed.
"So, what do you need to talk to me about?"
"I... I need some advice, dad. I'm having a tough time with something and I don't know what to do next," I admit.
"Natsu, stop dancing around the truth and just tell me straight up. I've told you, you can tell me anything. I won't judge," he smiles sympathetically.
I take a deep breath in and out, "I messed up with Lucy... big time."
"Uh-oh," he chuckles softly, "what'd ya do this time, son?"
"I didn't tell her the whole truth about who I was online and I tried to make it so that she wouldn't find out but she did anyway and now she's mad at me for it."
"How mad is she?," he asks.
"She won't even acknowledge that I'm in the same room as her sometimes, let alone talk to me. I haven't had a real conversation with her in over a month. It really sucks, Dad," I tell him truthfully.
"Have you apologized to her?"
I sigh, "Yes, multiple times. I'm getting nowhere with it."
He hums in thought as he clasps his hands together and rests his chin on his knuckles.
"Well, since you already apologized to her," he starts, "I would suggest giving her time to cool down. Let her come to you when she's ready to forgive you."
"How do you know if she'll even forgive me, Dad?," I ask worried.
"If you two feel the same way about each other, which I'm sure you do from the way you talked about her last time, she'll forgive you," he smiles. He pats my knee and adds, "I'm sure of it," as he gets up and closes the door behind him on his way out, leaving me with my thoughts.
I will leave her be but I just want to tell her about that dream first. I think she should know.
After Virgo and I have lunch, she does some chores around the house and I hop on my laptop to find something to do. I'm so bored on the days that I don't have to go to Fairy Tail and work. And even then, it's not the same as it was before. The first time I was there, I had one of the best days of my life. Everybody there was smiling and I was laughing at Natsu.
Oh, Natsu... I think I'm starting to miss him...
I'm pulled from my thoughts by a 'ding.' I get a notification that says I have a new message on IT2U. Huh, I thought I changed my status from 'online' to 'invisible'. I didn't know you can still get messages like this. I roll my eyes as I think, 'I can only imagine who this is from...'
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two minutes ago...
firebreath777: Lucy, I am so sorry
firebreath777: I think I understand how your dreams make you feel now
firebreath777: Please just hear me out
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Yep, I knew it was him. Wait, what? What is he talking about?
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firebreath777: I had a weird dream about you last night that made me do a lot of thinking
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Oh, just get on with it already, Natsu!
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firebreath777: I had a dream that you died
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What is he talking about? I died in his dream?
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firebreath777: Me, Wendy, Mira, Happy, Carla (Wendy's cat) and Pantherlily (Gajeel's cat) were on a rescue mission in this dream world
firebreath777: we were trying to break you and our other celestial wizard friend, Yukino out of jail
firebreath777: I don't really know the reason why you were arrested but it obviously wasn't right if we were trying to break you out
firebreath777: so anyway we are close to the end of this hallway way down underneath the capital city where we were at the time
firebreath777: it's called the abyss palace
firebreath777: Wendy was the one who said we were close to a way out since she felt a breeze coming from the direction we were heading
firebreath777: we come up to these huge double doors and I'm about to blast through them when they open from the outside
firebreath777: once the doors open a hooded figure comes through
firebreath777: this is gonna sound weird but I know who it is immediately based on how they smell
firebreath777: she's you
firebreath777: but she's different of course
firebreath777: she's from the future
firebreath777: she came back to beg us for help
firebreath777: she said our future was doomed if we didn't do something about eclipse
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Oh, this is freaky. There's another me? So wait, there's two of me now in his dream?
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firebreath777: so I woke up from that but then went back to sleep and the dream continued
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Hold on, there's more?! Oh my God, this is one hell of a dream.
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firebreath777: So now we're fighting both the garou knights who are from the abyss palace and the knights of the kingdom since we escaped from both the abyss palace and broke you out of jail
firebreath777: as we're fighting these people, they get swallowed up by this giant shadow
firebreath777: it leaves all of us alone though
firebreath777: which is weird
firebreath777: it turns out that it's this guy Rogue who I see around town sometimes
firebreath777: he's different though
firebreath777: he's from the future too
firebreath777: he said that he came back because someone from our time stopped the eclipse project from happening
firebreath777: and he came back to eliminate that person
firebreath777: you
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What? Me? That's insane!
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firebreath777: he shot a deadly shadow in your direction
firebreath777: it was too fast for me to stop
firebreath777: it slipped right through my hand
firebreath777: it was heading right for you
firebreath777: I yelled your name to try and get you to do something but you just stood there
firebreath777: when I looked back at you I see future Lucy jump in front of you and take the hit
firebreath777: she died shortly after
firebreath777: I felt so upset, angered, shocked, and afraid
firebreath777: I was afraid that I could possibly lose you too
firebreath777: Happy was crying, Wendy was crying, I think you were crying too and I was very close to crying
firebreath777: but I had to stay strong for the rest of the team
firebreath777: Happy was right about one thing though
firebreath777: even though she wasn't our Lucy we were still very sad to see her die right in front of us
firebreath777: you were holding her as she passed
firebreath777: with her last words to you, I remembered something strange
firebreath777: I remembered the day you got your guild mark on the back of your right hand
firebreath777: you came to show me and I blew it off like it wasn't important
firebreath777: but it was important to the future Lucy because she didn't have hers anymore
firebreath777: the last words she said to us were "I wish I could've had more adventures with everyone"
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I said what I wanted to say to her. Now I will leave her be like Dad told me to.
I log out of the chat and go back to my anime. This should keep me occupied for the time being. It's such a long show after all.
Wow. That's just... wow. I don't even have any words for what I'm feeling right now. That's probably the saddest dream from that world I've ever heard or had.
I'm so torn right now. I want to say something to him about this dream- tell him that I'm here and he doesn't have to worry about anything like that happening to me but I'm still kind of upset with him.
Where would I even start anyway? I definitely think I need more time before I say anything to him.
