After this chapter of Soulless, Wizards and Mages is coming up straight after this. Since it is anti bullying week, I will give you a text for this occasion. This will be dedicated to the growing up part of Lucy and the guild up until sixteen for a very good ending might make you cry since there is some character death, how evil of me and guess what... Lisanna isn't the one who dies. Muahhhhhhhh! Extra credit to Sofia.
Dear bullies,
See that girl you just called fat? She is starving herself. You know that girl you just called ugly? She spends hours putting on make-up hoping people will like her. That boy you just tripped? He is abused enough at home. See that old man you made fun of cause of the ugly scars? He fought for our country. See that young boy you just made fun of for always being sick? He has to walk home in the snow cause his family is too poor. That guy you just made fun of for crying? His mother is dying.
I would also like to make another point, you see I was browsing the internet I found a website and I clicked on it and found so many hurtful comments about lots of the greatest characters in Fairy Tail including Juvia, Lucy, Erza and Natsu. But the number one hated on the website was Lucy. Now I don't want to judge other people's opinions but they were saying so many bads things about her that I'm gonna make a list about how Lucy helped in the animae/manga.
If Lucy wasn't there then how would have Natsu and Happy defeated Bora;
If Lucy wan't there then how would Natsu and Happy find Macao;
If Lucy wasn't there then Kaby Melon wouldn't have found out about his father's message, Virgo would still be a gorilla maid;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would of they escaped the wind barrier, if they didn't then the guild masters would be dead and Lullaby would've killed everyone including innocent citizens;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would be able to stop Sherry and Angelica;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would Gajeel and Juvia join Fairy Tail and fall in love;
If Lucy wan't there then Loke would've died;
If Lucy wasn't there then they wouldn't have been able to go to Arcane Resort and stop Jellal and bring back Erza's old friends back to the good side, Juvia would've still been Vidaldus's slave;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would they have been able to defeat Laxus, Bixlow would still be in the game not inspiring Levy to carry on to break the enchantment;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would they have been able to defeat the Oración Seis, Angel would still be there and her spirits wouldn't be free;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would Natsu and Wendy get to the Capital, octopus guy (forgot his name) would've stopped Coco making the Exceed's kingdom destroyed;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would Cana get to the S-Class trials and be inspired to tell Guildarts that she is his daughter (by the way Guildarts already knows about Cana being his daughter in this fanfic)
If Lucy wasn't there then Grimore Heart would have won and they would still lose to Acnologia;
If Lucy wasn't there then Yukino wouldn't have been inspired by Lucy to go and join Sabertooth;
If Lucy wasn't there then how would Michelle act, the reborn Oración Seis would have been able to control time;
If Lucy wasn't there then Fairy Tail wouldn't have won the Grand Magic Games, Future Lucy wouldn't have existed and Fiore would have fallen to the dark side because of Future Rouge;
If Lucy wasn't there then Sun Village would still be encased in ice;
If Lucy wasn't there then none of Fairy Tail would've survived Algeria, Jackal would still be on a killing rampage;
If Lucy wasn't there then Natsu wouldn't have known about Fairy Tail disbanding;
If Lucy wasn't there then Natsu and Happy wouldn't have been able to find Wendy and Carla;
If Lucy wasn't there then Natsu wouldn't have infiltrated Avatar;
If Lucy wasn't there then Fairy tail wouldn't have been rejoined and Makarov would still be at Alveraz Empire.
So go ahead, ridicule Lucy but remember this if it weren't for Lucy then Fairy Tail would have already fallen. I created this myself.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail… oh and it suggest you read The Ministry of Strange, Unusual and Impossible Things, another book recommended by Sofia.
X778
Lucy was scared, she had just run away from the Heartfilla Mansion at the age of eleven. The only company she had was her celestial spirits and Michelle, the last gift her mother gave to her for her birthday before she died on the year X777, she had been sick of her father ignoring for the past year and decided to run away. She was in the middle of a forest in the middle of nowhere, she hadn't noticed that she had bumped into a complete stranger, she looked up to see milk chocolate eyes staring down into her own ones. The person had a cloak over them, preventing anyone from seeing their identity, the figure crouched down.
"Are you alone little girl?"
She shook her head. She had her spirits and Michelle with her so of course she wasn't alone.
"Where are your parents?"
She was on the verge of tears.
"Mama died and papa has been ignoring me for the past year, the only company I have are my celestial spirits…"
Is this the girl they have been talking about, the one who can summon a Zodiac member at such a young age, not even Anna could that that! she thought in her mind. She shook it off and remembered the past children she had brought to that guild Mavis had created, what if…
"Say little girl, how would you like to have a strong family who will be ale to protect and love you?"
Her child eyes brighten like the sun as she tightened her grip on Michelle, "Is there something like that? Can I go there?!"
She smiled genuinely at the little girl, "Of course"
As they left the forest without getting lost, Lucy had forgotten her manners, "What's your name?"
There was a look of shock that crossed the figure's face, none of the children had ever asked her name before.
"Reese, and yours?"
"Lucy Heartfilla."
"Well its soon to be Lucy of Fairy Tail." She held her hand and dragged her to her new home
They had soon arrived at the rowdy guild where the chaos could be seen from a mile away. Reese sweat dropped, this was not the impression she was planning to show Lucy, the sweet innocent girl could be influenced by them. The old pervert can't handle any more paperwork from the council. Lucy giggled at the expression Reese had on her face, as they stood in front of the guild hall an attack could be heard from the inside.
"Fire Dragon Roar!"
Oh Or'on's beard… Reese thought.
As the guild doors burst open a boy with raven black hair came shooting out and landed at the feet of Reese. When he opened his eyes, he was met with a glare making him wish that he was never born. He shuddered then realized what glare that belong to, he then looked to the side of her and saw a young girl with blonde hair and chocolate eyes hiding behind her, he quickly got up and ran towards the guild hall trying to catch everyone's attention.
"The hooded one is back and has brought someone with her!"
So that's my new title, oh well its better than stone pillar. She thought then disappeared.
Everyone rushed towards the entrance only to see just the little girl, she noticed their stares and looked around to see she was all alone.
"Who are you?"
She tilted her head to the side at the red-haired girl, "My name is Erza Scarlett, you are currently at Fairy Tail in Magnolia. I use requip magic also another ability called the Knight, our master is Master Makarov the third master."
They all sweat dropped at Erza's extra-ness, although there seemed to be one person who seemed to not care.
"Talk about going over the top ya bloody mess."
Soon after that they started bashing heads.
"What did you say emo punk?"
"Why, I just insulted you strawberry freak! By the way I was the one who ate your strawberry cheesecake this morning!"
"HOW DARE YOU TAINT THE DELICIOUS TASTE OF STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE! ENNO-CHAN SPECIFICALLY PREPARED THAT FOR ME!"
"YEAH, NOW WE'RE TALKING!"
As all the grown-up members tried to talk some sense into them, Natsu and Gray started talking behind their back.
"And they say that we aren't allowed to fight."
"For once I agree with you ice princess."
"What did you say flame brain?"
"I said ice princess stripper!"
"Why you—"
Suddenly a giant hand smashed them which scared the life out of Lucy, making her scream.
"Do not fight in front of our newest member, I don't want you to influence Lucy. I do not want any more paper work from the Magic Council! Oh Mavis, its like running a nursery when I'm supposed to be running a guild!"
Lucy?! Natsu thought, that was the same name of that same girl he encountered in the heart of Magnolia, and she looked exactly the same unless... He pushed his way through the crowd to see that same girl, his eyes widen as he grabbed her arm making her look him in the eye, making her eyes widen too in return.
"It's you..." She whispered in a tone so quite only dragon slayers could hear it.
"Yeah, so you finally came back, huh?" He then shot her a wide grin. He then reached for his pocket and fished out a silver key, "I think this belongs to you."
She gasped then went straight for a hug, surprising Natsu and the guild, as he returned it too.
Let me explain to you on how they met:
It was a cloudy Monday morning in the year X777 when Natsu had just recently joined the guild, all his friends were at the guild waiting for him while he was taking his precious time. He looked up to the sky, imaging that Igneel was soaring through like the brave and proud dragon father he is, he smiled at the thought then was brought back to reality when a rain drop landed on his nose. He sighed and carried on heading towards the guild, ignoring the raindrops that were falling onto him and kicking any nearby puddles, maybe this weather was reflecting his mood because if so then it was spot on Even with his dragon senses he did not notice that a shadow loomed over him, shielding him from the cold rain. He turned around, hands tucked into his pockets, to be face to face with a young girl with blonde hair land big brown eyes, she was holding an umbrella in her hands as she smiled at him.
"You know if you don't have any protection from the rain, then you could get hypothermia." He blushed, why was this girl so adorable? He tried to cover it with a grin as he scratched his head.
"Sorry, must have been caught up in my daydreaming, I'm Natsu, eleven years old." He said as he took out his hand and held it out.
"My name is Lucy and I am am ten years old," she then noticed his white scaly scarf around his neck, "That's a nice scarf, where did you get it?"
He buried his face in the scarf, when people asked him it made him feel uncomfortable, she obviously noticed this and started to get nervous.
"I-I mean i-if it makes you-uncomfortable then-" She was the cut off by him.
"My father gave it to me as a memento to remember him by before he disappeared this year just a few weeks ago..." He then noticed the sad expression on Lucy's face, "Why the sad look?"
He looked him in the eye, "Sorry its just last week my mother died only giving me her celestial spirits, but Capricorn is already with another owner..." She trailed off, "I'm here with Miss Spetto-san to buy some groceries." She was about to walk away but immediately halted when Natsu grabbed her arm.
"You don't seem happy with them, come with me and join Fairy Tail." Inside she wanted to say yes and let him drag her to this wondrous place but was then called by Miss Spetto-san, she shook her arm off him and ran away muttering multiple apologies, not noticing that she had dropped a silver key on the ground. He was left alone in the pouring rain again, he was about to call her back but then spotted a silver glow in the corner of his eye, he picked it up and saw it was a celestial key with a weird snowman on it. Lucy said that she had celestial spirits so he knew it was hers, plus it had her scent on it. He brought it to his chest as he vowed to return it when he finally met her again. He noticed that the rain cleared and was replaced by a beautiful rainbow he chuckled to himself as he was walking away, maybe the weather really was reflecting his mood.
She held Miss Spetto-san's hand as she asked her one question, "What's Fairy Tail?"
She could see the surprised look on her face, "Well Fairy Tail is a reckless guild that gets complaints from the Magic Council, sprouting things like 'nakama' and 'guild brawls', I suggest you should not tangle yourself with those kind of people since you are to become a lady of the Heartfilla Family."
Lucy looked down and smiled, she couldn't wait to meet the rest of Natsu's friends one day.
The ladies of Fairy Tail were squealing at their new ship, the boy who had the nickname 'Ice Princess' and 'Stripper cleared away his shock and coughed to grab Lucy's attention, "My name is Gray Fullbuster, I use Ice Make magic, nice to meet ya." He said as he put his hand out.
Before she could take it Natsu slapped it away, surprising everyone especially with the dragon like look in his eyes. It almost looked...predatory. This has never happened before, not even with Lisanna. In a blink of an eye, Natsu had turn back to normal with his huge grin plastered on his face. He then sniffed her making her blush hard.
"You smell like her."
"Smell like who?"
"Smell like the Hooded One."
Lucy was confused for a moment until she realized who he meant, "oh, you mean Reese right?"
They all fell silent then began coming up to her filled with questions.
"She told you her name?!"
"What did she look like?"
"Does she have a huge bust?"
"Stop being a pervert!"
"Do you know what kind of magic she uses?"
Natsu looked at the girl who looked like hell was about to break lose, sure he wanted to know more stuff about Reese but this wasn't the way, plus he didn't like the way of how they were rubbing all of their scents onto her. It didn't smell right.
"Hey you guys, break it up!"
They all ignored him which infuriated him even more.
"All right then, you asked for it. Fire Dragon Roar!"
A spiral of fire came from his mouth as it landed on the crowd, making them lose their temper on him.
"What the hell was that for!?"
He was the backed up into a corner by the guild, taking in all the verbal abuse until, "Stop it! He only did to stop you from making me use my magic on you, and I really don't want to hurt my new family." She said, pouting cutely making all the guild members blush and mumble kawaii~. One of the guild member went up to Lucy and slammed her head onto her armored chest which Lucy gave a slight groan to. If you also didn't guess, this was supposed to represent a hug, Fairy Tail is truly strange.
"Why didn't you tell us that we were making you uncomfortable?" Erza asked while tears formed in the corners of Lucy's eyes.
"Because I didn't want to sound mean, Mama always told me to be polite to other people." Then she got in to a full on breakdown which made all the members panic.
"Look what you did tin can! You made her cry!" One member said, she wore a gothic-looking, overly revealing outfit matching her tomboyish personality. She donned a dark, skimpy sleeveless shirt adorned with some light curved motifs on the chest, a pair of leather shorts held up by a studded belt with a demonic-looking buckle and thigh-high boots with stiletto heels, each bearing a skull adorned by a flower on their upper front parts. She also sported a bracelet shaped like a demonic arm around her right wrist, a ring on the same hand's middle finger, and dark nail polish. She had her hair tied in a high, larger ponytail on the back of her head by a massive dark ribbon. This was Mira if you didn't already know, just to give you guys a heads up.
Their heads clashed together, "Why are you always blaming me you old maid?!"
"Because it always is cake addict!"
"It is not-"
They were both interrupted by an even louder sobbing from Lucy, the guild decided to take her inside due to the crowd they were attracting. When they did, they finally asked her why she was crying. She wiped her tears away.
"It's not the guild's fault, its just... when I mention Mama I cry." She then buried her face into Michelle, the guild looked at each other. What was so sad about her mother? A young girl stepped towards her, she was a young petite girl with short, white hair and blue eyes similar to Mira except less gothic and more girly and cute. Lisanna wore a simple, pink dress paired with dark red shoes. Lucy didn't know why but she received a sisterly feeling from this girl.
"What happened to your mama?" She said in a gentle tone.
She looked up with those wide chocolate brown eyes, "Mama died last year, X777, after she was gone Papa started to become mean and cold, not paying attention to me. He even forgot my birthday..."
Lisanna and the others gasped, how could someone's parents forget their own child's birthday, the light of their life's special day when they have been born, their own creation with the one they love!? Unknown to others Natsu grew hotter so did the air, sure the others back stories were quite upsetting but they had one thing in common that Lucy didn't have, their guardians loved them. With ice princess he had Ur, with Erza she had Grandpa Rob and her friends, with himself he had Igneel and with the Strauss siblings they had each other. But Lucy didn't have someone to talk to, someone to protect her, someone to love. A shot of pain ran through Natsu's head, a memory that he hadn't seen before. Although Lucy told him about what happened to her mother, he did not expect this outcome from her father. A lady with brown hair and eyes in strange clothing who was smiling flashed before his eyes before disappearing, who was that? He was the brought back to reality when he heard the master speaking about some random nonsense he didn't understand. Once he had finished, all the children in Fairy Tail started to ask some more questions
"Are you a mage? If so what kind?"
"Are you bad ass cause it would sure be appreciated if someone would side with me."
"Stop influencing the innocent girl she-demon!"
"Oh yeah make me cheesecake moron!"
"Do you like reading books?"
"Are you-"
After one hour of being bombarded with questions, she finally got the time to introduce herself to them.
"My name is Lucy and I am a celestial wizard! Meaning I am allowed to summon celestial spirits if I have their key and have made a contract with them."
A petite girl with blue hair and an orange headband eyes sparkled with amazement.
"Whoa, can you show us?"
She nodded then held up a golden key, "Open, Gate of the Crab, Cancer!"
Makarov's eyes widen, how is Lucy able to summon such a powerful spirit at such a young age? This girl must've been born from a celestial wizard family but the only one was... the Heartfilla clan.
A bright light appeared which blinded everyone appeared, when it disappeared a figure stood.
Natsu expected a giant crab hence the name, everyone else apart from Lucy and Natsu expect some sort of mutant crab but the sight before them had surprised them. His hair was black and braided in red cornrows that end in a shape that resembles crab's pincers. He wore a blue striped shirt and dark trousers with two aquamarine stripes each side, also wearing boots in his feet. In his pants there's a ring chain in the right pocket and a hairdresser tools' bag in the left side of his belt. He wore a golden necklace, he also has six crab legs that appear from his back.
"Would you like a haircut -ebi?"
She shook her head and smiled, "No, I just wanted to show you to my new friends! You may return."
As he disappeared, she felt warm hands grabbing her as it turned out to be Natsu, "You smell really nice Luce, like strawberries and vanilla swirled together with white and milk chocolate, sprinkled with hazelnut!*"
When he said that everyone rushed to him.
"So we all have different scents, well what do we smell like?" A weird question to ask someone but this was directed to Natsu.
"Well, Erza smell like cheesecake and metal, Lisanna smells like peaches and grass, Mira smells like flowers and bananas and Gray..." Natsu trailed off, "Smells like rotten cheese and underwear."
A tick mark appeared on his forehead while the air around dropped a few degrees, "What did you say?"
Natsu gave him a smug look, "I said that you smell like rotten cheese and underwear and there is nothing you can do about it, unless you take a shower." Technically the rotten cheese part was a lie, he smelt like mint ice cream and underwear. He then faced Lucy and flashed her a grin.
"I wanna be good friends with you, Luce!"
Lucy blushed at her new nickname while all the female members kept squealing and jumping up and down coming up with future ship names, Makarov made his way towards them.
"I would like to welcome you to Fairy Tail, a place where everybody cares for their nakama." There was that strange word again, nakama, "I'm sure you'll make friends fast Lucy; now where would you like your mark?"
She thought about it for a moment until, "On my right hand please, pink!"
As he removed the stamp, she rubbed the mark and smiled.
I'm finally home mama, she thought.
X779
Natsu and Lucy were walking in the woods, oblivious to the dangers around them like for example a falling egg, because that's what happen what happened to Natsu. An egg was falling through the air and was about to crack until it landed on Natsu's head.
"OW!" He groaned out in pain, rubbing his head but then stopped when he saw the egg rolling onto the leaves. Lucy noticed and cocked her head to the side.
"Is there something wrong Natsu?" She then waved her hand in front of him but there was no reaction. She then turned to see what he was staring at and saw an egg with dark blue swirls on it. She ran over to the egg and held it up into her arms.
"Let's take this to your house, Natsu." She said as he agreed with her.
When they arrived they saw Lisanna, Erza and Gray standing outside their door, they wondered what they were doing there until Erza interrupted them .
"You were supposed to be in the guild one hour ago, everyone has been searching for you," She then notices the egg in Lucy's arms, "What is this?"
She ponders for a moment then realizes that Erza was talking about the egg in her hands, "Oh you mean this? It landed on Natsu's head so we decided to take care off it."
Lisanna took Lucy's hands and dragged it towards Natsu's house, insisting to help Lucy take care of the so called dragon egg, well at least that's what Natsu said. While Erza chased Natsu and Gray around the forest to discipline them, Lisanna and Lucy were busy taking care of the egg, Lisanna transformed into one of her animal take-over that had wings and wrapped it round the egg, Lucy summoned Plue to help them speed along the process until they were interrupted by a slam of a door opening which happened to be the three with leaves and twigs stuck in their hair. Erza huffed.
"That ridiculous Vulcan mistaken me to be his wife! The nerve of that beast!"
Gray sighed, "Good thing we were there to calm Erza down." He then looked at the egg, "What are you doing?"
Lisanna pouted, "Isn't it obvious, while you three were running around me, Lucy and Plue were warming up the egg to make it hatch faster."
Natsu grinned, "Well if we need to make it warm then you can count on me to help!" He then ran over to the egg and used his fire magic to speed it up. Erza stood proudly in the doorway.
"I will help you on this quest to warm up the egg, it might be great company once it hatches." She then started warming the egg too, when Gray began to take his steps Lucy stopped him.
"Sorry Gray but you're an ice mage, you'll probably freeze the egg so maybe you can wait outside and guard." He huffed while crossing his arms until he reluctantly agreed due to Erza's and Lisanna's death stares. Then suddenly a warm glow could be sensed from Lucy and Natsu, they didn't ask why since they were concentrating plus it was working.
After a few days, a crack appeared on the shell, the girls and Gray took this as a good sign while Natsu took it the other way.
"Oh no! Its broken!" He then did a weird dance until Lisanna hit him in the head.
"Its not broken! Its hatching!" She explained, making him grin even wider. But the returned to his panicking state.
"Its hatching, what do we do?!" This time Gray hit him in the head.
"Seriously?! You warm up the egg until it hatches, and by warming it up not roasting, flame brain!" Before they could start one of their heated arguments, Erza knocked some sense into them, literally.
Lisanna sighed while Lucy focused on the egg, putting all her magical energy into keeping the egg warm. What she did not notice was that she was emitting some sort of magical energy that was making Natsu drool, then the egg started to vibrate and and cracks appeared on its surface. They were snapped out of gazing at Lucy and began to warm it up again while Gray stood outside, keeping on guard cause you never know. Anyways, as the egg was getting even warmer a part of the shell had cracked fully making it fall apart, revealing blue fur inside the egg. More bits of the egg started to fall apart until there was nothing but a blue neko cat. They all stared at it until.
"Pff, you said it was a dragon egg flame brain," Natsu ignored Gray and continued to stare at the neko, it then opened its eyes and first saw Natsu and Lucy. It tilted its head to the side.
"Mama? Papa?" Lucy blushed while Natsu grinned and lifted it towards his arms.
"We gotta show this to the guild you guys!" He then grabbed Lucy by the arm and used his fire power to boost his speed, Lucy could only see three specks in the distance until they were finally at the guild, Natsu kicked the doors open to reveal his greatest surprise to the guild.
"Hey you guys, look what me and Lucy hatched!" Lucy pouted.
"Natsu, it wasn't only us, Lisanna, Erza and Gray helped as well, well except Gray since all he did was stand around." Levy, Cana, Elfman and all the other children plus some adults gathered round Lucy and Natsu to see a blue neko.
Everyone awed at the cute little thing, Lucy smiled widely as Natsu watched making him smile too, "You know what, We're gonna call this little guy Happy since he is making us all happy!"
Just then they all heard three people entering the guild which turned out to be three out of breath children who were left behind at Natsu's house, they couldn't be bothered to be angry so they joined in on the admiration of Happy, suddenly angel-like wings sprouted out from Happy's back as he started to fly around the guild. Reedus from a far but still in the guild decided to paint a dragon to make it more interesting.
"Lushi! Nitzu!" Ridiculous names, I know.
A few weeks after a new member was introduced to Fairy Tail, after all the screams from the infirmary it had finally ended. Romeo Conbolt was the newest member of Fairy tail
X780
Lucy, Natsu and Happy had just arrived from their last mission which was locating a book from Duke Everlue for their client, Kaby Melon. Lucy was extremely happy due to the fact that she got a new celestial key but not just any key, she got a Zodiac key which belonged to Virgo the Maiden, she jumped up and down while clutching the key to her chest. Natsu and Happy were also Happy since they got some spare change to buy some food from a nearby restaurant.
As they arrived at the heart of Magnolia, she told her partners that she was going to the magic shop nearby if they were selling any new interesting things that she might find useful. They shrugged their shoulders and said their goodbyes to her, when they were out of sight she turned around but then bumped into a man who seemed strangely familiar.
"Oops, I'm so sorry I-" She stopped when she saw that man was her father, Jude Heartfilla. She gritted her teeth and looked away, "What do you want?"
He sighed, "Why did you run away?"
"Because you were ignoring me ever since mum died! You even forgot my own birthday!" Lucy was lucky that the town center was very busy and loud that day. A sad expression formed on his face.
"I did not mean to, its just that you remind so much of your mother it pained me. But I did not mean my actions to make you run away from your family."
"Old family."
His eyes widen in surprise, "What do you mean old family?"
She looked him straight in the eye and poked him in the chest, "Ever since I've joined Fairy Tail my life has been going great, I got great food, I can earn my own money and I got a guild that considers me as family and as do I!"
He smiled sadly, "I see you have moved on quite nicely," He then looked up to the sky, "You're just like your mother, always standing up for what she wanted, not going to let other people push her around." He placed a hand on her shoulder, "I left a few things for you at that dorm of yours, I hope you can forgive me for my past actions, Lucy."
He then turned around and walked away leaving a confused Lucy behind, what did he give her? She decided to check it out at fairy Hills, she said hello to her guild friends and went to see Edna, the owner of Fairy Hills to pay the rent. But when she knocked on her office she got a surprising answer,
"Your rent has already been paid."
"What do you mean? I never paid you this moth's rent!" As much as she would like to leave it like that she wanted to know who would give up their own money to pay someone's rent.
"A man calling himself Jude said he would like to pay your rent, he gave me five hundred thousand jewels to pay for your rent and left something in your room, honestly though I don't know where he got that money but he is a good man."
"Do you know what he left in my room?" She shook her head.
"It was covered in cloth so I suggest you check it out." And that's exactly what she did.
When she opened her door she dropped everything she had in her hands, it was her family picture in front of the Heartfilla mansion. Her mother, Layla, on the left with her father on the right while she sat in the middle with Michelle in her hands. She dropped to the floor and started sobbing in her hands, she then noticed a note wedged into the frame and read it:
To my dearest Lucy,
If you are reading this then you must already know that I was the one who paid your rent, I have gave you this painting of your family so you never forget us. Your mother would be so proud of you, so am I. I hope you can forgive me for ignoring you, although I wasn't the kind of father I was meant to be I can try to be the father who supports you.
From your father, Jude.
X782
Team Natsu was walking back to the guild from their 'accidental' S-Class mission, most of them were in a bad mood except from Lucy since she got a new celestial key.
"I can't wait to make a contract with Sagittarius!" Gray scoffed.
"Only you're in a good mood so turn it down a notch." She glared at him.
"And your stripping again!" Lucy retorted. He looked down and saw he was already out of his trousers.
"Crap! Why does this always happen to me!" Natsu cackled at him
"She got you good Stripsicle!" Gray growled and was about to lunge at them before.
"Stop it this instant! I am very disappointed in you four, especially you Lucy, I expected more from you." Erza lectured them while they all bowed their heads in shame, "On behalf of Master Makarov, your punishment is that you will not allowed to go on any requests at all! Besides the only reason we completed the quest was to Gray's master and me finding out the solution to their problem."
"Always crediting yourself..." He mumbled to himself, Erza glared at him.
"What was that I heard?"
"Nothing!" He squeaked, Lucy would've laughed but she had other things on her mind.
Lucy's eyes widen, "But I have to go on a mission with Lisanna, Mira and Elfman, I promised them and a celestial wizard never breaks their promises!"
Erza sighed as she rubbed her temples, she was about to answer she was interrupted by another, "She's right tin can, don't wanna her to break her mama's tradition do ya?" Mira smirked.
Erza growled, Lisanna was laughing behind her hand while Elfman was shouting out how manly he was, "You do know that they broke the guild rules and stole a S-Class mission?!"
"Well at least they got the job done, didn't they?" Lisanna giggled.
"Nee-chan stop teasing Erza, sorry but Lucy promised to come with us."
Then Natsu came up with a dumb but brilliant idea, "If Lucy is coming then I'm coming, after all I am her partner." Gray nudged him in the stomach.
"Idiot! That's just an excuse for coming on the mission."
Mira liked to taunt Erza so she came up with a devious plan to annoy her but mostly to fight her when they get back to the guild, "Hey Natsu, you, Gray and Happy are perfectly allowed to come on the mission with us, but I have to warn you though its an S-Class." She then smirked at Erza who gave her a death glare.
Natsu punched his arm into the air, "Alright! Let's get this show on the road! Happy, pack your fish cause we're going on another S-Class mission!"
Later on... (Prepare to cry)
They were all injured badly, even the She-Devil and the great Titania had fallen to their enemy. Elfman absorbed the beast's power and it turned him into the monster except more powerful. All of them were low on Ethernano, so Lisanna decided to use her last resort, she stood in front of Beast Elfman shocking all her teammates.
"Lisanna! What do you think you're doing?!" Mira shouted at her.
Lisanna held her arms out while crying out in a gentle voice, "Big brother, don't you remember me? You're little sister Lisanna? The one you love so much."
Lucy got up then sprinted towards Lisanna, she knew what would happen but she would gladly give up her life for her best friend. As Beast Elfman was about to smack Lisanna, Lucy pushed her out of the way, shocking Lisanna. Everything seemed as it was in slow motion when Lucy mouthed a few words to Lisanna.
"Don't make m sacrifice go in vain..."
When it was brought back to regular speed, Elfman hit Lucy hard across the forest making it inevitable for Lucy to survive.
"LUCY!" They all shouted in unison, Lisanna summoned her wings and flew to where Lucy landed along with Happy.
Natsu felt something snap inside of him, he had just seen his best friend being smacked across a forest. He was angry, no he was furious! He gave out a deafening roar as his body was then engulfed by flames. All the lights from the nearby village faded into darkness as the warm air around them turned cold.
"Holy Mavis, why is the air so cold?!" Mira said, rubbing her arms. Erza looked at Natsu then realized their answer.
"Natsu is absorbing the heat from the entire area! He is absorbing the heat from the air!" All their eyes widen.
"No way! I thought flame brain could only eat flames!"
"ARGHH!" He roared, "FIRE DRAGON SACRED ART: CRIMSON LOTUS: EXPLODING FLAME BLADE!"
They all widen their eyes, "That's a new move!"
He then jumped up into the air, swiped his arms in a circular fashion, creating a powerful, and highly destructive, torrent of flames towards Beast Elfman's face, knocking him out with one single attack.
"LUCY!" They heard Lisanna's voice in the forest, scaring birds off. That snapped everyone back to Lucy, especially Natsu.
Erza put herself in charge, "Mira and Gray, you get Elfman while me and Natsu will go help Lisanna."
What happened with Lisanna...
Lisanna spotted Lucy among the trees and immediately flew down to assist her, she was crying loudly in her hands when she saw Lucy's broken figure.
"Oh Lucy, this is all my fault." She felt a weak hand on her leg and saw Lucy weakly smiling at her.
"Please don't blame yourself Lisanna, I sacrificed myself because I want you to live with Fairy Tail happily..."
"But how can I live happily if you're not there with me!" Lisanna cried as she groped Lucy's shoulders, "Lucy, you're like a sister to me. When Mira and Elfman were on missions you were always there to play with me. LUCY! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME! PLEASE DON'T LEAVE FAIRY TAIL!" She then cried into Lucy's stomach, "Please don't leave Natsu..."
A rustling was heard behind the bushes. Lisanna shot up, she didn't have a lot of magical energy left she she would used the remaining amount to protect her dying sister-like guild mate. She saw the bushes to reveal Erza and Natsu, Erza whipped her head to Natsu who was growling at the sight of a badly injured Lucy.
"Natsu, you're the only one fast enough to get Lucy to the guild, with Happy I want you to get her there as fast as you can." Natsu already handled Lucy in his arms bridal arms.
"Way ahead of you." He already had Happy attached to his back with his wings out, he summoned his fire power to boost towards the direction of the guild leaving a trail of fire behind. She frowned and looked towards Lisanna.
"We should join Mira and Gray to assist Elfman to the guild." Lisanna nodded.
"I just hope they get there in time..."
They nearly at the guild when Natsu noticed a change in Lucy's weight, he looked down and almost dropped Lucy from his arms. She was slowly fading away into nothingness, her ashes becoming stars flying up to the night sky her her ankles already gone. Natsu would've thought that it was beautiful but she was literally dying! Meaning the fading stars was speeding up her death!
"Happy, I need you to fly at mock speed right now!"
"Aye Sir!" He then flew at the speed of light, making them arrive at the guild in a matter of seconds. He slammed the doors open, not caring if they were broken to splinters, yelling for a medic. People told him to shut up but stop when they saw Lucy fading away into light. They immediately rushed to her side and tried to treat her but nothing would stop her fading. Even the Thunder Legion with their leader Laxus was worried for the blond, although they were never at the guild much Lucy kept them company with all the gossip, she was the only one who was not afraid to stand up to them without worrying about getting hurt. The remaining of the team from the request arrived at the guild not shortly after Natsu had rushed in there, they saw Makarov with a solemn look on his face then the huge crowd crowding Natsu, Happy and Lucy. They barged their way through and froze, their breathing stopped when they were met with Lucy's fading body. Her legs were already gone and was about to take her torso. Natsu slammed his fists onto the table, making be on the verge of breaking, tears falling freely from his eyes. No one had ever seen Natsu Dragneel cry, never.
"LUCY! YOU CAN'T LEAVE FAIRY TAIL! EVERYONE NEEDS YOU HERE, YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ME SO WHY ARE YOU LEAVING NOW!" Sobs started to break out, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WHAT ABOUT YOUR DAD, HUH? LUCY, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME, WE STILL HAVE SO MANY ADVENTURES WE NEED TO GO ON!"
"I..am..sorry...Natsu..I couldn't...go on any...more adventures with...you..guys..." Natsu's eyes shot open, he saw Lucy's chocolate brown eyes filled up with tears. Only her head, neck, her upper body and her right arm remained, "Please..don't..blame..yourself..for..this. Fairy Tail.. will..always be...m-my n-number one...f-family." She then raised her hand and did the fairy tail sign. She put all of her remaining strength into this one last speech.
"Even if I can't see you, no matter how far away you or me are...I will always be watching over you," She laughed, how she always found a way to laugh no one knew, "Feelings are a connection. They surpass time, and find a way back to the people they love. I hope you can understand what I did..." Now all was left of her was her head, "Goodbye Fairy Tail, Natsu, I always-" But before she could finish her sentence, she faded away into the light leaving nothing but her star-shaped ashes.
"Even her ashes are beautiful..." They all broke down, their cries for Lucy was heard from all the way to the nearest town. Her ashes floated up to the stars to join her celestial spirits.
Lisanna was crying into Elfman's chest they both felt guilty for this crime, Lucy was a sweet, young, innocent girl who only deserved love and happiness, Mira was crying on her knees with Erza crying along with her. Lucy was like a younger sister that was sometimes included with their fights but would always smile at them, Levy was sobbing just as loud as her other guild mates. Of course she would, why wouldn't she, Lucy promised that she would let Levy be the first one to read her book when she finished it so how would she read it now if there was no one to finish it. Even the Thunder Legion along with Laxus wept for their blonde haired friend, that girl had found a way into all of their hearts and her smile could brighten anyone's day. They soon left after, trying to act superior in this situation. Lucy was a sweet, young, innocent girl who only deserved love and happiness in her life, all the other guild members felt just as bad but there was one that stood above the rest. That was our dragon slayer, Natsu. He didn't even look up to his guild mates, he was too consumed by his grief and sadness to even speak and only let tears fall from his eyes.
Lucy was more than a guild mate to him, to him she was like the light of his life, the treasure he hoards from everyone else, the bright smile in the darkness that he was so addicted to. But now it was all gone.
Today was the day Lucy Heartfilla died, the day Fairy Tail never was the same, the day Natsu Dragneel grew cold and distant.
Meanwhile...
A figure stood in the celestial plains, staring at her new arrival while smiling.
"So this is her, huh?" She looked at the mark at her hand, "You've grown into a fine young woman, Lucy."
I'm crying from I just wrote, I'm so pathetic. Sorry for this sad chapter but hey, I'll be posting Wizards and Mages next so yeah. If you didn't notice this is Childhood Love but the more longer and detailed version. Please don't judge if the sad part is bad, its my first time. ;~;
You might be wondering why I put a star next to Lucy's scent description so here is your explanation:
*When a dragon slayers tells someone their scent and exaggerates it, it is a sign of them going through puberty to develop their dragon stages. Or as we know, mating. Yes I know, Natsu is a big boy since he is going through puberty.
Gomensai~
;_;