WARNING: Rated M for Explicit Graphic Depictions of Violence, Graphic Depiction of Rape/Non-Consensual Sex, Graphic Sex, Graphic Physical and Mental Abuse, and Mental Instability. Please read at your own discretion.

I do not own Fairy Tail; All major characters depicted in this fan-created fiction story belong to Hiro Mashima.

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CHAPTER 6

Lucy grasped the sheet that had settled down on her waist. The soft cotton slid across her burning and aching body when she pulled it up to use the thin material to shield herself from view. Even though the blonde knew that both the silver-haired woman and the lion spirit were the only ones looking at her, she couldn't help but feel like she was being observed by more than just the saber mage and orange haired spirit.

She could just feel it.

She still had the sensation of being watched by him even though she personally witnessed the ebony haired mage vacate the area with her own two honey brown eyes. It was almost as if she could still feel him surrounding her- Like his presence was looming over her, watching every move she made even though he wasn't in the room.

The imaginary feeling made her feel physically sick.

The words from the dragon slayer of the future still echoed fresh through her mind as a crescendo of maniacal laughter causing anguish to rise in her throat like thick bile. Even the pure light from the sun radiating through the window wasn't enough to drive away the darkness that clawed at the back of the blonde's mind.

He had cursed her with his darkness; she could feel it now ever so slightly as if the foreign magic within her was a subtle reminder that even in the confines of her own mind she would never really have peace.

Everything started to click together to form an even bigger picture set out right in front of her. The nightmares, the anxiety, and the sleepless nights, they were all just a means of him toying with her.

Even though the celestial mage knew she was still reeling from the trauma of watching the blonde woman from the future fall victim to the lunatic shadow mage's bloodlust, she also knew that it was his fault she felt this way. Lucy felt her tears fall from her chocolate orbs as she came down from her fear induced high.

The blonde mage was no fool, she knew in both her mind and her heart that the present ebony haired slayer was not the man that was responsible for her traumatic nightmares, but she still couldn't seem to force herself to be around him even though she knew he was not the true source of her problems.

After all, the blonde fairy couldn't help but be terrified of him. The actual physical similarities between the present ebony haired male and future dragon king were scarce, but one similarity had remained the same in the form of an intimidating crimson colored iris.

The Rogue from her timelines visible eye had put so much anxious fear into her that she had almost believed she was still dreaming. Of course, that was until she noticed the obvious physical differences between the two shadow dragon slayers.

It became evident to the celestial maiden that this particular slayer was not the one that killed her; he wasn't the one that traps and tortures her in her own mind when she slipped into the world of unconscious dreaming.

"Princess, do you want me to tell Fairy Tail where you are and not to worry? I'm sure they will probably be sending out an unnecessary search party for you soon." The zodiac spirit questioned as he stood from the edge of the bed he had been occupying. The orange haired male's eyes shifted from his still distraught master to the other celestial key holder in the room.

"My princess was attacked by those horrible bandits, Virgo and I tried everything we could, but they were so strong, and we were outnumbered." Loke paused looking from the blonde woman's downcast face and back to Yukino. The zodiac leader clenched his fists letting the knuckles turn a stark white while he tried to keep his rage under control.

The male purposely chose to leave out the part of the story where Lucy was used and abused. The spirit just couldn't see it as right to tell his beloved key holder's personal information. If the blonde wanted to tell the silver haired woman what happened, then it was all up to her. Loke would not push his princess any further than what was necessary.

Lucy's spirits didn't have a choice, they could feel the anguish and pain Lucy was put through as the lightning mage defiled her, but the blonde did have a choice in who she wanted to know about it outside of her trusted spirits.

" Later, Lucy called Gemini out and made her way back to the camp where they did Urano Metria to take out the bandits. I don't really think she is up for much talking at the moment, Miss Yukino." The lion spirit rubbed the back of his head while he looked at his trembling master. He wanted so much to hold her and tell her everything was going to be okay and that her spirits were always going to be there for her. But he didn't want to overstep any boundaries again, not after she had flinched away from his touch when he tried earlier. It hurt the spirit deeply to know that the blonde fairy was terrified of being touched, even if it was intended to be of a soothing nature by someone that she trusts.

Oh, how Loke wanted to rip the bandits apart piece by piece for putting his princess- no his friend through this. The only solace the zodiac spirit could find in this situation was in the knowledge that the council had taken the men into custody. The thought of the men being locked away to rot was only a diminutive relief, though.

Concerned emerald eyes watched as the blonde stellar mage's shoulder started to shake violently while her small body withered on the mattress. He was about to move toward her to try and comfort her once more, but the silver-haired saber stepped in front of him.

"I understand Leo, but please let me try and help her first, I don't think being around men is going to help Lucy very much right now. If you want to help, go find Sting and tell him what you know and see if he would want you to go to Fairy Tail to inform them of the situation." The spirit grits his teeth while his gaze shifted from the silver-haired mage in front of him to his broken key holder.

Loke bit his bottom lip before letting out a long sigh while closing his eyes to turn away from both women. Even though he didn't want to leave Lucy's side, he knew what the silver haired tiger spoke was the truth.

There was no good he could do here if he couldn't even get close to the blonde without her flinching away. However, he could help by informing everyone of what happened to her, so she didn't have to relive the pain over again by telling it herself.

The zodiac leader moved to the door, giving his princess one last glance before making his way out into the hall.

Lucy's skin crawled when the memories of the following night flowed back into her all at once, she bit her lip as she felt the phantom of that filthy man's touch slither its way up her body.

The ghost of his callused hands raked across her exposed skin while she tried desperately to struggle her way from the imaginary grasp. The bitter aftertaste of dirt still lingered in her mouth as if she still had her face smashed into the ground while he defiled her.

The blonde felt dirty and unclean. Like not only her body, but she herself, was the very definition of disgusting filth.

Trash

Filth

Useless

Whore

The words bounced around inside her already confused and jumbled thoughts and sliced through the reoccurring images playing through her mind like a razor-sharp blade.

The blonde Fairy Tail mage held her head in her hand as her body shook from the overwhelming rush of vivid flashbacks.

She tried to pull her knees up, so she could hold herself but was reminded of the soreness in her lower half as well as her abdomen. Her entire core screamed in agony causing her to let out a sharply pained gasp.

Lucy's pain intensified when she jumped and recoiled out of reflex as she felt soft gentle hands press onto the outside of her uninjured shoulder.

The celestial maiden shut her eyes while a cluster of malice words sliced through her from the back of her mind yet again.

You're so weak.

Absolutely useless.

What a disgrace.

No one is going to ever want you.

You let this happen to you.

This was all your fault.

Lucy shook her head violently as each word viciously stabbed over and over again at the dam that held in her sanity together. Brown eyes snapped open when she felt those soft and gentle hands once again, this time on her own clenched palm that was twisted in her tangled and matted blonde hair.

Lucy looked up only to be met with another set of wide soft brown eyes. The blonde felt her grip slacken from her hair as Yukino helped her back to the center of the bed.

Every nerve ending lit up with even the slightest movement, sending jolts of agony through the blonde's already abused body. The steady rhythmic pulse of pain made the woman aware of just how badly her physical body was, the now dull aches were becoming even sharper and vigorous as her earlier adrenaline started to wane.

Lucy could feel as her wounds would stretch and pull as she lowered herself with the silver haired mage's help back down onto the plush softness of the mattress.

Yukino's usual soft features were tarnished with a bitter frown as she pretended not to notice Lucy's body flinch while she hesitantly helped her back into a comfortable position. The Sabertooth stellar mage carefully draped the plush blanket back over Lucy's body, hoping that the added heat would aid in ceasing the trembling of her body. The blonde let out a sharp gasp as pain shot through her pelvic area when she tried to shimmy herself lower into the blankets.

"You all know, don't you?", The silverette's hands faltered while her eyes widened as the bedridden woman bent her head allowing her golden bangs to fall and cover her eyes. Yukino sat on the edge of the mattress, she remained silent as she tossed Lucy's question around in her head.

"Know what, Lucy?" The saber tried to give foreign innocence with a soft smile, but it came out too forced. The silver-haired woman really didn't want to make the fairy upset or remember anything if she could prevent it, the blonde mage had been through so much and Yukino didn't want to add to the shame and pain her fellow stellar mage.

"Please, Yukino, I know someone cleaned me up.. There was a lot of blood down there, and I wasn't wearing a pad or tampon.. You know what happened. What they did to me. Don't you?" Lucy lifted her head, tear-stained cheeks quivered as she tried her best to look demanding while her puffy eyes locked on to Yukino's.

"Yes, I cleaned you as best I could, but there was so much dried blood everywhere. I am so sorry, Lucy!" Yukino felt tears form in her own eyes while she held onto Lucy's hand tighter. The blonde couldn't hold back any longer as she watched the Sabertooth female break down for her.

The thought that Yukino was trying to share her pain and be there for her meant the world to the Fairy Tail mage right now. She needed a friend to help get her over this hurdle and on to the next. Lucy ignored the throbbing ache in her side and back along with the pain in her pelvic region as she pushed herself up to crash into Yukino's soft body.

The Sabertooth member moved closer to where Lucy's head was able to lay comfortably on her shoulder while the Silverette gently wrapped her arms around the blonde while they both wept into the comfort of one another.

Rogue stalked to his room on the 4th floor of the guild building, hardly taking notice of other passing Saber members slinking away from him as he continued his trek. The slayer was too preoccupied with his thoughts that he didn't even care to take notice of the rise of his own magic as small tendrils of black shadows danced around him.

The ebony haired mage was definitely frustrated with himself, no matter how much he put his calculations together, he couldn't devise an adequate tactic to remove the toxic magic from the blonde celestial mage.

The only thing he could come up with was being by her when the shadows would rise from dormancy and attack her again, but to do that he would need to stay close enough to her -and he has high doubts that she would let him do that.

Plus, Rogue didn't really want to devote all his time to being with some woman he barely knew.

So, that plan was tossed out the metaphorical window as soon as he thought of it. There had to be a different way of removing the shadows, he was just missing something- he knew it.

Rogue is well aware that the fairy's psyche had already taken hefty blows from his magic if what the lion spirit had told him was true. The ebony haired mage also knew that because of the circumstances she has been put in, their fairy guest was going to be even more mentally unstable now that she has awakened.

Though to be honest, the shadow dragon slayer was quite impressed that such a small- and relatively weak- woman was able to endure almost a whole month with his shadow magic residing in her. It made him wonder as to how she hadn't gone completely insane yet.

After all, from what he had deduced from the GMG the blonde partner of the fire dragon slayer was not physically strong. Be that as it may, maybe she had great willpower? Even if the blonde did have amazing willpower, the ebony haired male knew if he couldn't find a way to remove the rest of his future counterpart's magic from her that it was only a matter of time before she lost herself to insanity.

There was no denying it, the pull he felt toward that girl was his own shadows laying within dormancy, something that just didn't sit right with the dragon slayer.

Rogue growled as he felt like it was almost as if he was bonded to her now. His shadows defied him and surrounded her as if her body was where they belonged, and it made him feel betrayed by his very own magic.

Even though technically they were his shadows from the future, the fact remained they should still obey him as well!

Rogue sighed out a puff of air when he finally reached both his and Frosch's room. He could hear soft snores coming from the other side of the door as the green exceed slept peacefully waiting for the slayer to return.

The ebony haired male leaned against his door while letting a hand rake his long black bangs up and away from his forehead; he was really considering sliding into his bed and taking a nap as well.

After Rufus had declared the fairy in stable condition last night, Rogue had gone back to his room in hopes of getting some rest after the full day he had endured. However, it seemed that fate had a different plan for him. The slayer had tossed and turned for most of the night unable to get comfortable enough to fall asleep.

The overwhelming desire to be closer to that woman, to be by her side, had started to absolutely drive him crazy. The ebony haired slayer had stared at the ceiling for hours before finally deciding to go check on her. Which at that point in time he didn't know anything about his shadow magic being within her.

Rogue let the memory drift back to the back of his mind while he removed his back from the door. Not wanting to wake the sleeping exceed, the male dissolved his body into the shadows, so he could quietly slip underneath the crack of the doorway.

He silently reemerged in front of his full-sized bed, intent on getting some rest while Yukino dealt with the celestial mage. He would admit that he was curious to hear her story, and if he really wanted to, he could have left the infirmary then merged back with the shadows to go back into the room and hear it himself, but he was better than prying into someone else's business like that. Sting, the bonehead that he was, had always said it wasn't fair that the shadow mage had an awesome power that he took for granted.

Rogue bent to take off his boots, taking care to place them at the end of the bed so he wouldn't trip on them later. He let a small smile curve up on his face when he finally noticed Frosch curled on one of his pillows, the slayer would have to remember to buy him those special fish he was ranting about the other day.

Rogue discreetly climbed into bed being as gentle and quiet as possible in fear of waking the small green cat. Once he was certain he was in the clear, the ebony haired mage grabbed another pillow and stuffed it under his head along with his arms while staring up at the ceiling for a few minutes before finally closing his eyes, determined to get a little sleep to clear his head.

"Is Miss Fairy going to be alright, Rogue?" The little green exceed set up rubbing his eyes as he looked at the surprised dragon slayer.

And to think he took all the necessary precautions to keep from waking the little cat up!

"I believe she is going to be just fine, Frosch. You should try and get more sleep, I know I kept you up most of the night with my tossing." Rogue patted the little cat as he beamed at his dragon slayer companion.

The man didn't see the point in mentioning the shadows that raged deep within the fairy. No, right now there was nothing they could do except attempt to sleep off some of their worry and exhaustion until the next piece of the puzzle falls into place.

Sting paced his office, occasionally turning to look back at the celestial spirit. To say Sting was a little surprised to have a lion brought to his office by a few guild members was an understatement.

Apparently, a few of the lesser members of the guild had taken the celestial spirit for an intruder and attacked him only to end up being beaten and forced to show the lion the way to Sting's office. The guild master wouldn't lie; he was definitely amused, which was something he needed with all the stress and tension that had built up within the guild the past couple of days.

However, Sting's amusement was short lived when the leader of the Zodiac took a seat and began to explain how the blondie ended up the way she had when his darker twin found her. The white dragon slayer had a fleeting realization that it was such sad and unfortunate story that didn't seem like it would belong to such a bright and beautiful woman.

"So, Blondie single-handedly took out all those bandits with that super powerful spell after they had already tortured her? The girl has guts no wonder she is Natsu's partner." Sting could help the respect that seemed to drip in his voice, the fact that the blonde basically took on an S-class mission and succeeded was well enough to earn his respect. It takes a lot of will to run after the person who had beaten you just to deal the final blow, and in his book, she did it flawlessly.

"Yes, my poor darling princess has been influenced by Natsu's reckless ways!" Loke dramatically flung his arm over his eyes as he pretended to be upset. The Sabertooth guild master sweat dropped when the lion went on to profess his love for the celestial mage.

What an odd spirit.

"So, do you think it would be best for you to go to Fairy Tail and tell them what happened? My main worry is having a guild full of destructive fairy's causing chaos in my hall and all over Crocus." The zodiac leader sobbed as he considered Sting's words.

It was true that if and when the guild hears about the current state of Lucy's condition, almost every Fairy Tail member will be knocking down the doors of the Sabertooth hall with weapons raised and guns blazing.

That was just the Fairy Tail way. Fight first, ask questions later.

So, the spirit could easily see Sting's concern.

"It would be best for me to go tell them what happened. I will also let them know that only three Fairy Tail members are allowed to visit at a time. Is that agreeable?" Loke waited for the blonde male's reply, after getting his nod of approval the spirit began to open his gate once again.

"Here, take this and contact me when you tell them, I want to make sure they know about the bandits she defeated since it was originally a Sabertooth job request." Loke nodded as he took the small communication lacrima from the Sabertooth master's hand before disappearing back into his gate.

Once through his gate, the lion zodiac sweat dropped as he imagined the guild's reaction to the impending news.

This was NOT going to go well.

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