Chapter One
*About two years after 100 years Quest*
A lone figure stood surrounded by tall grass, blonde tresses all in disarray and bound only by two indistinguishable brown eyes sparkled in the cool, gentle breeze, as she took in the sights below the swaying grass. A small village laid ahead, teeming with people of various cultures. The village itself was nothing out the ordinary, thatched roofs with foundations made of clay and mortar made up the infrastructure of the small town.
Merchants sold their wares while the locals squabbled amongst themselves. Children ran through the streets as they played their makeshift games , their laughter was interlaced only with the sound of pattering feet. Lucy Heartfilia marveled at the sight, she felt a heightened sense of accomplishment knowing that her job request was the direct source of the happy scene laid before her.
As the sun started to drift lower in the cloudless sky, she could feel pinpricks on her delicate skin. After looking into her bag for something that could be used as a source of heat and finding no such thing. Lucy decided to make her descent down towards the village. Navigating through fields of many brightly colored flowers, Lucy found herself deep in thought about the events that transpired before their arrival.
A couple of days prior to their visit, Lucy was in the guildhall sitting in her usual spot near the bar. The early rays of sunshine just started to peak through the windows, as people started to file into the guildhall. Conversations of all kinds rang out like an unrehearsed symphony. Unsurprisingly, Mirajane was the first person she recognized coming through the main doors of the guild, Lisanna and Elfman in tow. Mira was often the only guild member to arrive early, mostly because the upkeep of the bar often kept her busy in more ways than one.
The younger Strauss sister greeted Lucy with short wave before beginning her morning errands. Elfman started walking towards the far end of the bar where a fairly inebriated Cana Alberona had dwelled since the previous night's festivities. Elfman began the arduous task of waking her up, all the while found that it was best just to let sleeping dogs lie. Tap. tap. tap. the celestial mage's fingers started to drum at a steady pace as annoyance seeped into her thoughts.
He said early! I know he said early, so why am I the only one of our team actually on time! Natsu, Happy where are you? Lucy checked her watch for the fifteenth time. Sigh, sure enough, they we're falling 30 minutes behind schedule. Tap. tap. tap. fingers kept up their performance on the cedar wood bar. Normally Ezra and Gray would be joining the fray, instead plans of pleasure we're contrived and hastily set in place.
The other day, Gray strolled in the guild looking like he'd just won the Magnolia lottery. Lucy was telling Levy about one of the many juicy novels she had just finished reading, when Gray casually pulled on her light blue shirt. Gray, for some reason showed signs of a light blush that had put Lucy in a curious state of mind. His hands tucked into his black pants, tried to look into the blonde's eyes, but was having a difficult time doing so.
Lucy wondered if his frazzled state was caused by Juvia. During the hundred years quest, Gray immense feelings for the water mage ran deeper than he ever expected. Reciprocating Juvia's affections in the early days of their friendship never really crossed Gray's mind. Years passed, and in time it didn't seem like such a far off notion to show affections for her in return.
After dating for two years, he believed it was time for a change of pace and decisions needed to be made. He truely loved Juvia with all of his being, she became a bright light into the dark void that was buried deep within his heart. Filling it with the everyday sounds of laughter and pure, unadulterated joy. He had been so set on spurning her very existence, endless ramblings of her sincere declarations of love was enough to set him on edge. Before realization struck him, that annoyance became a solace in which there was no hope of a cure.
" Lucy, can we talk for a minute?" "it's really important."
Hey Everyone! Sorry i took a really long time updating. I went into a writer's slump for a bit. But i'm back! Anyways, this story so far is just gonna be told from either Lucy's or Natsu's point of view. That's until my OC girl Layla show's up. I meant to bring up Natsu's presence into the mix, but got Gruvia instead. Writing tends to pull fast balls sometimes. So i'm gonna attempt to write out chapter two so fingers crossed! This is my very first fanfic story ever! so please share your thoughts!
Thank you for reading!