Chapter 2
Welcome to the second chapter! So I'm taking this fic seriously and I researched Lucy's height (5'5") and Natsu's height (5'9") which leaves about a 10 foot gap between Natsu and the ground. I then researched the injuries a normal person would get from falling that height (a fractured spine), but since Natsu is Natsu, I'm gonna lessen the damage. Also, before the story continues, during my research I found out that Natsu and Lucy both have blood type AB. And AB can only receive and donate blood with AB! So c'mon Mashima, confirm it already ^w^. Lastly, I do not own Fairy Tail. Let's start the story!
Natsu's POV
As my feet hit the mildew sprinkled grass and the hard soil, excruciating pain shoots through my feet into my spine. My legs cave in as I collapse onto my hands and knees. Gasping for air I glanced up at Lucy, who is slowly crawling into the window, my scarf still grasped tightly in her hand. The scent of approaching rain enters my nostrils. Quickly looking back at my scarf, I run into the forest as fast as my screaming back and feet would let me. The pain feels like Erza is stabbing her swords into my ankles and back over and over again with every step I took. Hopefully the rain would wash away my scent, the last thing I want right now is Gajeel and Wendy on my tail. They just wouldn't understand. Images of Lucy on the rocky floor, scratches all over, large dark bruises, and burns everywhere the eye can see, to Lucy crying by my bedside. I push those thoughts aside as an extremely familiar town comes into view behind the trees.
Lucy's POV
I finally dragged myself through the window, Natsu's scarf in hand. I watched as Natsu's figure slipped away into the forest as a light drizzle started to settle in. How could he just lunge out of a two-story building and abandon Fairy Tail like this? I thought as tears fell down my cheeks into the dragon scale patterned scarf I clutched in both hands. Knees collapsing to the hardwood floor, I buried my face into the fabric, the scent of firewood and smoke flooding my nose as more tears threatened to come down. Memories came barreling through my head of our adventures, our laughter, our tears, our smiles, our frowns. "Look Natsu, I just got the Fairy Tail emblem tattooed on my hand!" I said to Natsu, showing him my hand as he looked at me with his signature toothy smile. "I'm all fired up now!" "Aye sir!" More tears cascaded down my cheeks like a waterfall. The same guy that brought me to Fairy Tail while saving me from some woman-kidnapping Salamander wannabe, the same guy who pulled me back up when I was laying in the sandpit crying at The Grand Magic Games, the same handsome, adorable guy who- I grabbed my cheeks as I felt my entire face flare up. W-where are these thoughts coming from? He's my nakama, that's it! Shaking those thoughts out of my head, I ran to go tell the others what Natsu just did.
Natsu's POV
"Thank you sir, have a nice day!" said the cheerful pharmacist working at the medicine and potions shop. Putting my purchase in the right pocket of my cloak purchased at a clothing shop, I pulled the hood up over my pink locks, covering them as I walked back into Magnolia Square. I made my way over to the train station. "Hello sir, what town will you be going to?" A lady at the ticket booth asked kindly, paying no attention to the creepy man in a cloak with the hood over his head, traveling out of town with no luggage, limping like he just got hit by a bus. I reached into my left pocket, pulling out a map of Fiore I snagged from a tourist booth, and pointed to a spot on the map. "There please" I replied tiredly. I felt like I was going to collapse at any moment. She blinked. "Ok well a train traveling there will arrive in about 15 minutes. That'll be 2,186 jewel please." I reached into my left pocket again and pulled out the jewel she asked for. I always keep money stashed on me for emergency purposes. I think this moment can be deemed an emergency. She handed me my ticket and looked at me quizzically as if she thought she recognized my voice from somewhere, but she said nothing as I walked away and leaned against a wall waiting for the train to come. I popped one of the tablets in my mouth from the container in my right pocket. I think the pharmacist called it Dramamine or something, a new motion sickness drug she said. 15 minutes later, a train pulled up in front of me, it's brakes screeching against the tracks. I walked inside and dropped myself into a seat by the doorway, my body screaming in pain and tiredness. As the train chugged along to it's fateful destination, I felt no sickening sensation in my stomach, no dizziness in my head. Wow, this stuff is amazing! I thought. I decided to doze off on the train now that I actually can. I perked up when I heard the train conductor say, "We have now arrived at Crocus. Please exit in a calm and orderly fashion."
Hey guys! I apologize if you've already started reading this chapter before I removed it, I forgot to read over this chapter and make sure there are no spelling mistakes so I removed the chapter for a couple minutes. Don't worry, these author notes will get a lot shorter. So when I say jewel, I am going to say the price in the amount of yen. 2,186 "jewel" is around $20, for those of you wondering. Sorry if this chapter is a bit shorter than the last one, I wanted to make this chapter end the right way. For those of you that have forgotten, Crocus was the town where the Grand Magic games are held and is the capital of Fiore. So it is now 12:58 am as I am finishing this chapter in my notebook. Jeez, I really need to write my chapters at a better time. Dramamine is indeed a pill that stops the nausea and dizziness you get from motion sickness. I've taken the stuff before, and I was originally going to make Natsu wait a half hour for the train because that's how long it usually takes for Dramamine to take effect, but it would've been ridiculous if Lucy and the others couldn't get to him in a half hour. Also, Dramamine works better if there's something in your stomach to digest along with the tablet. What's my answer to both of these? It's a magic world so anything makes sense here That's all for now, until next time !