Hello! Sorry for being so late :'( Here is Chapter 6 of Lucy's Fairy Tales. Enjoy!

[Wolf's POV]

"Basics? What do you mean basics?" Lucy asked.

"First off, I need to know more about your combat skills-one without magic." I positioned myself into hand to hand combat mode. "Come at me with the weapon of your choice."

Lucy took out her whip and spun it a few times. Then, she ran towards me.

After a few minutes, Lucy was on the ground, panting. I swiped the sweat off my forehead with my shirt. I put my arms on my waist.

"Like I imagined, your H2H combat is really bad. First of all, you don't have enough strength or stamina. Also, you got a great weapon there-I can tell that by just looking at it. But you are not using it to its full extent. How do I say this… hmm… You are not strong enough to support this weapon and bring out its true powers."

Lucy stared up at me, still gasping for breath. "Lucy-sama, your water," Virgo came out with a towel and water bottle. Lucy grabbed the bottle and gulped the whole thing down. Lucy then looked up at me.

"So what now?" she asked. Her voice was hoarse due to her loss of stamina from the sparring.

"First we are going to start off with some strength exercises. You have a lot of magical power, but you are not using your whip to its full potential. That's because you're body is unable to support it. Therefore, we need to increase your balance, strength, speed, and reflexes. Today we are starting off easy." I walk around with both my hands to my back. I walk right in front of her.

"There are two big trees near this place-it will be pretty easy to spot since it is very big. I want you to run only 10 laps from one tree to the other. Simple. Oh, and there's a special fruit that grows in those two trees-pick one each time you go there. And to make sure that you don't cheat, leave the fruits when you pass here. Remember, one fruit at a time."

I looked straight into her eyes. I could see her tense, nervous about the work load. Of course, no one in their right minds would to this. But, I mean, I can do it (in my werewolf form), so she should learn.

"So… ten laps around the trees? And fruits?" Lucy said, looking worried.

"Yup. Just that. You should probably start now. And don't forget to hydrate!" I said. I saw her starting to jog into the forest. "Life is hard, kid. Life is hard."

[Lucy's POV]

Ten laps around the trees? And climb them? Who in their right minds would even TRY that? But I still ran on, because everything that that beast said was so true. Even I knew that I was not bringing out all the powers of Fleuve d'étoiles. And if I wanted to become stronger, I needed to become stronger as a person before becoming a strong mage.

As I began to run towards the first tree, it seemed impossible. I was already out of breath and stamina from the previous sparring. And as I went on, the pain in my legs became excruciating. But I didn't stop. I kept running, kept climbing the trees and getting the fruits. I was going to complete this and make that beastie's nose flat.

[Wolf's POV]

It had been about twenty minutes since Lucy last went by me. It was pretty weird since the distance between the trees don't take twenty minutes to run. Something seemed off, so I went on, looking for Lucy.

"Girlie! Oi! Where are you?" I yelled, with my hands around my mouth so that my voice was louder. "If you're lazing around, you are in serious trouble, girlie! You are going to regret not listening to me!"

Still no answer.

I ran towards the closer tree, and saw something near the tree. At first, I didn't realize what it was. But when I got closer…

"LUCY!"