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Where is END? (Ch. 2)

Part 1: The Misery

According to Porlyusica's lie she fed Fairy Tail, she and Lucy gave Natsu a healing potion and used light magic to stop the fusion of the two seeds and suppress the demon seed. Somehow, Natsu knew about the seeds fusing together so it took a bit of brainstorming to come up with a believing lie, but it worked.

After the pins and needles wore off, Lucy didn't feel any different. She still felt human and not like she was going to turn into a demon one day. Natsu was extremely grateful to Porlyusica and Lucy for saving him. When the war was over, the dragon slayer and Happy did everything Lucy said, left her food in the cabinets, her novel unread, received their full reward on missions by not destroying anything, and even went shopping for her if she needed it. The only thing they continued to do is break into her apartment and fall asleep in her bed.

Not that Lucy minded, in fact, if they stopped, she'd feel lonely and drag their butts back to her apartment. During the year Fairy Tail was disbanded, Lucy realized how much she loved her partners…Natsu in particular. However, despite this fact, she wanted to know why they wouldn't stop breaking in.

"When I'm next to you, I feel like you're safe – that I'm keeping you safe. After watching you die for the second time, there's no way I can sleep at night without you there anymore."

Lucy remembers replying, "What a coincidence. Every time I'm next to you at night, I feel safer than I'd be anywhere. When you're not there, I feel like someone's going to swoop in and kidnap me."

Natsu had smiled at her, "you don't need to worry, Luce, I'll be there every night."

She had smiled back, "you better be. If not, I'll hunt you down."

He chuckled, enveloping her in a hug and repeated, "I'll be there every night. I promise."

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"Lucy!"

Lucy squealed before dropping her pen that she was using to write a letter to her mom and turned around, seeing Natsu and Happy come through the window. "Stop sneaking up on me like that!"

"We're sorry Lucy!" The two got on their hands and knees, bowing to her. "We won't do it again! We promise!"

Lucy giggled before rolling her eyes, "arise, Peasants!" she joked, "Seriously, you don't have to keep doing nice stuff for me…"

On her command, Natsu and Happy were on their feet again, ignoring the fact that they were called peasants, "yes, we do!" Natsu grinned largely at her, "you saved me! I have to return the favor!"

Lucy shook her head, "you saved me many thousand times Natsu. Think of that as returning the favor." Even though that wasn't what she was thinking at the time, it was true.

She was still sitting in her chair at her desk when the look on Natsu's face became serious, but at the same time, soft and gentle. He walked up to her and gripped each of the chair arms, trapping her, and leaned in close. Lucy squeaked and leaned back when their noses were only inches apart.

"S-so close…" she muttered.

"You've saved me so many times, I've lost count," Natsu said. "You've saved me so much more than I've saved you; with you around, I'm able to stay sane…and if there's nothing else I'm sure of, it's only your voice I can hear…"

Lucy licked her lips: a simple act that she didn't even know she carried out, but it drew in Natsu's attention. He zeroed in on her red, plump lips and the words he was speaking earlier faded into gibberish mumbling. He began to unconsciously lean in.

Happy snickered.

Natsu snapped out of it, standing up straight and turning to him, "What are you snickering about over there, Happy?"

"Oh nothing…" Happy bit back another snicker as a smile surfaced. He glanced over at Lucy's shocked face and read her expression easily: "Was he about to kiss me?!"

Honestly, neither Lucy nor Happy knew what he was about to do. He was Natsu. He could've being leaning in to see if she had a pimple and then mention it to her for all they knew…or maybe he was going to kiss her. They'd never know.

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"Lucy!"

"Levy!"

Lucy, Natsu, and Happy had just gotten home from a mission in Hargeon. They had gone to the guild hall for dinner before calling it a day when Levy appeared.

"I haven't seen you in a while, Lu!" Levy exclaimed, jumping into Lucy's arms in gladness.

"I know!" Lucy hugged her short friend back, "it feels like forever!"

Levy suddenly left Lucy's arms with a concerned expression, "are you okay, Lu? You feel a little warm…" She stood on her tiptoes to feel Lucy's forehead.

"I'm fine," Lucy replied. "Mira has the temperature up; it's kinda hot in here…or maybe it's just me!" She laughed. "Oh! Levy, I bought this book in the bookstore at Hargeon! I've already read five chapters and it's awesome!"

"Really?! Tell me about it!"

The two book lovers went on and on about a new author with an amazing book while eating dinner when Lucy's stomach started to rumble…well, rumble isn't the correct word. It was more like vibrate.

At first, Lucy just ignored it, but from the pit of her stomach, after five minutes of chatting with Levy, Erza, and Cana, it began to spread. Her chest and abdomen were vibrating; again, she continued to ignore it until Erza noticed.

"Lucy, you okay?" She asked, "Your hand is shaking."

It drew Cana and Levy's attention to her hand which rested on the table. Lucy looked down at it with a confused expression as it shook against the wooden table. She then looked down at her other hand which was mimicking its brother. Her feet were doing the same thing along her knees, and she couldn't stop it.

"You know," Lucy said, "now that you mention it, I don't really feel so well; I think I ate too much. I'm gonna go home and get some shut eye," she stood up.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Cana asked.

"Yeah," Lucy smiled. "I'll be fine. I'm just tired, misshapen, and my stomach aches, but it'll pass, guys. Don't worry."

The three of them seemed to believe her. Levy smiled back, "alright, goodbye Lu! Be safe walking home!"

Lucy smiled back, grabbing her purse and waving, "I will! Bye guys!"

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Lucy was in pain by the time she entered her house. It was almost enough to make her want to double over, but she was able to handle it. She took a quick hot, steamy shower before deciding to crawl into bed early when she realized she made a big mistake.

She should've known that taking a hot shower while you have a fever was counter-productive. Lucy only knew she had a fever once she saw that she was sweating and took her temperature. She stepped into the shower anyway, refusing to take a cold one.

The pain began to double when she cleaned herself and she barely had enough time to put her pajamas on when she fell on her knees in the middle of her bedroom.

That was it; she was gone.

"Gahh!" She let out and curled into a ball. Her entire body ached all over! Well, "ached" isn't the correct word to use. It burned. It felt like she was being burned and electrocuted at the same time from the inside out. Lucy thrashed, accidentally kicking over her trashcan, causing all the continents in it to spill, but she didn't care. Her body thrashed violently against the floor and she couldn't help, but scream.

"A spasm attack?! Why am I having a spasm attack?"

That thought made her panic and that made it worse. She screamed against as her back arched and she slammed her foot against her bedpost. She didn't notice the pain compared to her whole body.

"No, this is a panic attack…Why?"

It spiked up and she screamed again; the pain was unbearable!

It was up for a moment and then came back down. Quickly, the pain was gone within ten seconds like it wasn't there to begin with.

Lucy lay there, panting, staring up at the ceiling. "It's…gone?" Slowly, she sat up, but didn't stand, not wanting to bring it back. What the heck just happened?

"Lucy!"

She screamed and inwardly cursed. Her heart just jumped at the scare her just received! She didn't want to jumpstart the panic attack again!
Weirdly, her body reacted normally to the scare. She didn't feel any pain nor was there any trace of her panic attack, except for the sweat sticking to her shirt of course.

"Wha!" She spun around, "Natsu?! Happy?!"

"Are you okay?!" Natsu asked, helping her to her feet. She panicked again; they didn't see her, did they?!

"Y-yeah," she rubbed her head, "I just tripped." Thankfully, the tipped trashcan could vouch for that.

"We heard you scream," Happy said, looking her over to make sure there weren't any wounds.

"That's because I was falling," Lucy said. Phew! They didn't see her. "I'm fine, you two! Really!" She cleaned up the fallen trash as Happy let out a sigh of relief, but Natsu didn't seem convinced.

"Are you sure you're okay, Luce?"

Lucy smiled at his concern and hugged him. She buried her face in his scarf as her fingers curled in his soft pink locks. "Yes, I'm fine, Natsu. I really am."

Natsu was surprised at the sudden hug, but returned it, nuzzling into her hair and breathing in her scent, "okay, if you say so."

As Lucy lay in bed that night curled against Natsu, she begun to think of any possible reason for her sudden panic attack.

Could she have been hit with a spell on the mission earlier? No, Lucy clearly remembers the attacker being immediately wiped out by Natsu. Could she have eaten something? No, no food poisoning would give her an attack like that. Could she just be coming down with something? If she had a sickness that terrible, then why had it stopped, especially so quickly?

Hold on…

Could the panic attack be from the demon seed?

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I hope you enjoyed!

-zEllie