Lucy blinked her eyes open groggily. She put her hands in front of her face and saw her pink Fairy Tail stamp on her hand. Eyes widening, she pushed herself up on the bed. Lucy looked down at the white sheets wondering where she was.
"Lucy! You're awake!" Happy flew to her, hugging her tightly. She put an arm around him as she looked up at Natsu looking worriedly at her. "You are Lucy right?" Happy glanced up at her face.
Lucy noticed that Juvia was still unconscious on the other bed. She briefly thought about tricking them, but seeing the hopeful looks on the duo's faces, Lucy couldn't help the smile from breaking out on her face. "Yeah, I'm Lucy." Natsu and Happy sighed in relief making her chuckle lightly. "Where are we anyway?"
"You two have been unconscious for hours. We brought you back to the guild," Gray spoke up leaning against the door. He stared at her warmly, "Glad to see you back to normal Lucy." She grinned at the ice mage. Natsu waved a hand in between them, causing them to break eye contact. Gray and Lucy looked over at him. He pointed towards Juvia. "Looks like Juvia's waking up too."
The water woman's eyes were fluttering as she came back to her senses. "W-what's going on? Where is Juvia?" She asked as she tried to push herself upwards. Unfortunately, Juvia pushed herself too hard and nearly toppled off the bed. Luckily, Gray was there to support her.
Juvia began to blush wildly, hearts forming in her eyes as Gray helped her sit up. Gray pulled back a little but Juvia didn't seem as though she were ready to let go. Lucy and Happy exchanged a look. She nodded at him.
Happy put his paws to his mouth, a glint in his eyes "you liiiiiiiiiiiiiike each other," he snickered. The flush on Juvia's face grew darker, if that were even possible which allowed Gray to finally move away from her.
Juvia looked around the room, now that she was no longer focused on Gray and her eyes caught Lucy's. Realization dawned. "We've changed back."
Lucy slowly nodded. "What happened?" She asked the boys. Neither Natsu nor Gray replied. Lucy was about to snap at them when Happy flew in front of her.
"Master said that when the two of you made physical contact, the spell overloaded since more than one mage cast it. It would've taken days for it to go back to normal, months even. But since you two made physical contact while the spell was still settling it caused a backlash. The backlash caused you two to lose consciousness and the spell's effects to nullify.
You guys were lucky you know. Master told us such a strong backlash could have made either the spell permanent or the two of you could've ended up in comas. I'm so glad that neither happened!" Happy finished before hugging Lucy tightly.
Lucy and Juvia blinked. "That makes a lot of sense," Lucy admitted. "Juvia's glad it turned out for the best," Juvia agreed.
Natsu growled angrily. "Those mages had said it would wear off in a couple hours. I should've burnt em to a crisp."
Lucy sighed. "That wouldn't have helped. Most likely they themselves had no idea how the spell would affect us. But in any case, that was lucky." Lucy was beyond thankful that they had managed to escape that bullet. "No offense Juvia, but I really didn't want to be stuck in your body."
"None taken Lucy-san," Juvia replied cordially. "Juvia feels the same. Lucy-san's chest was making Juvia's back hurt."
Lucy flushed in outrage and embarrassment. "Hey!" But before she could attempt to retaliate, Juvia smiled at Lucy, making her realize it was just a joke. Both girls burst into laughter and Lucy was reminded how glad she was that they were friends. No matter how much Juvia insisted that she were her love rival, it never got in the way of their friendship. Privately Lucy knew exactly who Juvia's love rival was, but it wasn't her place to get in the middle of that. She'd let Gray handle it, if her ever got the courage for it.
"I've always said Lucy was heavy," Happy added sagely, finally letting go of Lucy to sit on the bed. Both Juvia and Lucy stopped laughing. Lucy shot Happy an evil look while Juvia shook her head in disapproval.
"Happy shouldn't comment on Lucy-san's weight like that," she scolded him.
"Thank you Juvia," Lucy said. "You're such a good friend." No one else ever took her side when everyone made stupid comments like that. Juvia was so nice!
Happy's jaw dropped but neither girl paid him any mind. Their camaraderie solidified, the two girls got up to hug one another and immediately went crashing onto the floor.
"Juvia!"
"Lucy-san!"
"Are they drunk?" Gray asked, sounding panicked. Lucy stifled a giggle while Juvia tried to turn towards him. "Gray-sama!" She called trying to drag him to her. Lucy was now laughing outright. A flash of pink entered her vision and she turned towards it.
"Natsu!" She beamed at him, watching him lightly frown at her before breaking into a grin. "Need some help?" He put out his hand for her to grab hold of. Lucy felt her face get hot as she placed her hand in his and he pulled her to her feet.
As soon as he let go, she fell onto the bed, blinking furiously. She felt utterly drained, unable to hold herself up.
"I think the spell is making them act all loopy," Happy guessed as he watched Lucy and Juvia act quite differently from their normal, composed selves. "Guess it hasn't completely worn off." Gray and Natsu nodded in agreement.
"No, the spell is gone. Juvia and Lucy are just extremely tired and low on magic." The water-mage clarified.
"That's to be expected," a voice came from behind them. Gray and Natsu moved so the girls could see Mira standing there with Wendy and Charle. Wendy smiled sheepishly, "it seems that the spell those mages used was draining your magical reservoir. And since you two have very different magic, your bodies had to expend more magical power to keep you feeling well. Now that you're back to normal, your bodies are getting a chance to rest. In other words, you're a little delirious at the moment." The sky dragon-slayer explained, smiling sheepishly.
Charle flew upwards so she could address them better. "That means no using any magic you hear? In fact, it'll probably be best if you just go home and sleep." She huffed.
"Wendy and I will take Juvia back to Fairy Hills. He-cat can take Lucy to her apartment," she dictated. Charle glanced at Happy to see him looking at her awe-struck.
Immediately he agreed, whilst offering the female Exceed a fish. Charle denied it as she picked Juvia up, ready to fly her to Fairy Hills. Despite the denial, Lucy was certain she'd seen a light blush on Charle's face, which made Lucy giggle. Charle glared and began to fly away, ignoring Juvia whining about wanting to stay with Gray. Wendy bowed in farewell as she chased after Charle.
Mira laughed once they were gone. "You'll take Lucy back home, won't you Natsu? It'll be easier for her to rest at home than here in the guild."
Natsu nodded. "Yeah, you got it Mira."
"Aye sir!" Happy agreed, having quickly gotten over Charle's refusal. Lucy had been expecting Happy to fly her out, like Charle had with Juvia but much to her surprise Natsu picked her up bridal style instead.
Lucy's eyes widened and when Mira winked at her, her face went tomato red. She could hear Happy snickering and even Gray rolled his eyes. She wanted to scream that it wasn't how they were thinking, but she remained silent. She could feel the warmth emanating from Natsu's chest.
Involuntarily, her eyes closed. Being so close to him made her feel safe, his strong arms holding tightly onto her. She put her head on his chest, feeling the beat of his heart pound in her ears. Lucy clutched Natsu's vest, feeling herself about to doze off.
As they moved through the streets of Magnolia, on the verge of unconsciousness, Lucy heard Natsu murmur how glad he was that she was back to normal. She hid a smile in his chest and succumbed to sleep.
I'm back with part 3! Lots of NaLu next chapter so be ready! Also I'm on tumblr now, so feel free to come and chat or drop an ask. My url is celestialtitania there too!