Lucy's POV:
1 year it has been. One whole god damned fucking year since any one has spoken to me aside from the Thunder Legion, Laxus, Mira, Master, Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, Panther Lily, Juvia and Happy. Lisanna hates my guts. When I am at the guild, I can feel the glares of team Natsu. Over the past year, I went from wearing skirts and skimpy shirts to a hooded black trench coat, black leather bustier, crop flare black coal, Hades machina. I do not smile and I stop pretending to be someone I am not. I left team Natsu a month after been ignored; I have been solo ever since. Knock knock. Walking over to the door, I opened it to find Lahar and Cobra.
"Hello Lahar, Cobra. What can I do for you two?" I questioned, opening it farther for them to enter. Both looked extremely surprised at the fact that I held no hostility towards Cobra as they walked through the door. I lead them to the living room and sat of the couch, they sat on the three-seated couch that was in front of me. "Would you two like anything to eat or drink?" It includes anything poison; if you want Cobra, I directed those thoughts to him. He nodded in appreciation.
"A coffee for the both of us and no poison for him, Miss Heartfilia, thank you" Yea right. If he does not want Cobra to have poison, then he can fuck all kinds of duck. Cobra snickered lightly, reminding me that he can hear thought and souls.
"Alright, Captain Lahar" Let us see if he notices that I am not going to listen, want some bleach? Cobra nodded without Lahar noticing and left to the kitchen, closing the door behind me and making them a coffee each, using bleach instead of milk for Cobra "Here you go" I sat the cups down don't forget to make a face at the fact there is 'no' poison in there, Cobra. He did just that, made a face like 'gross, this is disgusting' and Lahar laughed. "So, what is it that you are here for?"
"Well, the council has decided that Cobra has done his time but we are putting him on probation and the only guild that I know that can do this is Fairy Tail and who better then the Light of the guild." I flinch at the name I known as, once upon a time. Lahar missed it but Cobra did not. "We will pay for his expenses and any damage he may cause but you will be held responsible for any death, disembowelment or illegal actions that may occur." Cobra snarled at something and my guest would be something he thought.
"Alright, I'll do it but you have to pay for the rent, Lahar, and any renovations that may need done." I said with a devilish glint in my eyes.
"No, that will not be happening." He said firmly.
"Fine then, have fun explaining to the guild that Cobra will be a part of the guild, in person." What he does not know is that the rent is 700,000 jewels because of team Natsu; add the renovations that are going too happened and he is going to be broke. Cobra smiled slightly at me without Lahar seeing it and I returned it.
"Fine, you have yourself a deal." Lahar agreed slight pale ha that is for putting more stress on gramps with all that unnecessary paperwork just because of team Natsu, you cheeky dick waffle. Lahar then left after giving me the papers that needed to be sign within a week and Cobra let out a laugh, a bellowing laugh.
"Ne, Cobra I have something, well more like someone you might want to see." This caused him to stop laughing and look at me in confusion. Gesturing for him to follow me, I lead him to my closet and hit a button that opened a door that was not visible. The room that the door leads to was extremely overheated. In the middle of the room was a large cushion that held a purple something with scales. "I found her on a mission a couple months back, heavily injured and I could remember her with you from when we first met, so I took her in and had this made for her."
"Cubellios," Cobra whispered as a large snake head shifted so it was up and looking in the direction of Cobra. I left the room to give them some privacy, deciding to busy myself by making some dinner for the three of us; deciding on just some simple bolognas for Cobra and I and some dead animals for Cubellios. As I was in the middle of dishing up, I felt a pair of arms wrap around me, engulfing me in a more then friendly embrace "thank you so much for taking care of her when it really wasn't you responsibility. Thank you for caring for my friend" he pressed light kisses on my neck where his head was buried, running circles on my waist.
"It's ok. I wasn't going to leave her there injured and besides, she became one of the few friends I have, Cobra." I said, unintentionally telling him that there was not many people who care for me anymore and hope to Mavis he did not notice it.
"Erik. Call me Erik, Bright Eyes" I smiled and turned my head to kiss his cheek, accidentally kissing him on the corner of his mouth before questioning me with "what do you mean by 'few friends', Bright Eyes?" my smile wiped off my face. I finish dishing up and handed him his food before sitting down, after giving Cubellios her food, and started eating, Erik following my example.
"About a year ago Magnolia was sent to another dimension called Edolas. Here there were counterparts from Earthland, same looks, same voices, different personalities. Here the Struass siblings consist of three siblings. Mira, Elfman and the youngest Lisanna, Mira is an S-Class mage who took her siblings on S-Class mission at least once a month. Two year before I joined Mira took her siblings on an S-Class mission to get rid of a demon from the Book of Demons. It was Deliora. Elfman could not control his full body take over but as a last resource, he used full beast take over. As he could not control it, he lost control of the beast soul; Lisanna stood in front of him and tried to bring him back to the right mind space. Everyone thought that Elfman had killed her but her Edolas counterpart died and our Lisanna took her place there, in Edolas. Last year while in Edolas, the king planned to use us, as a source, which would have killed up in the process. While we were there, we learnt that Mystogan, the counterpart of Jellal, was the son of the king so to help him out Natsu, Wendy and Gajeel pretended to be demons that were going to kill everyone. Natsu and Mystogan fought, and then we came back. Lisanna came with as did all the Exceeds, since then everyone has ignored me give a select few and Lisanna hates my guts." When I finished explaining Cobra placed his hands on the sides of my face, wiping the tears away before pulling me into his arms. As he embraced me, he kissed the top of my head.
"Tomorrow, when we go to the guild if they so much as glare at you. I will make them regret it. I refuse to let them hurt you, Bright Eyes. You mean the world to me and I refuse to lose you, now that I have you." He said it so sincerely that the smile on my face was never going to leave and I gave him a kiss on the cheek before finishing my food to wash the dishes. As I was going to grab my plate a tanned hand grabbed it before I could and took it away with another plate. "Go sit down, Bright Eyes. You cooked, I'll clean and no complaints." The tone in his voice left no room for arguments and promised punishment, if I disobeyed. I nodded, kissed his cheek and went to sit on the couch.
I sat there lost in my thoughts for quite some time and did not notice Erik, appear in front of me, kneeling on his knees trying to gain my attention. It was not until I felt his breath on my lips that I snapped out of the trance that held me captive.