Chapter 6

Erza's P.O.V

I woke up when I heard the train tires skidding on the tracks. What now? I yawned and stretched me arms wide.

"Hey, Nats-" I looked at the spot that I saw Natsu last in. My eye brows twitched. 'Where's Natsu?' I went to the train door and opened it slightly. 'I need my suitcase really quick.' But before I even got to it, I saw two naked bodies lying on the ground and sadly, my suitcase was next to them. It was the only green suitcase so I knew for a fact that it was mine. When I realized that it was Natsu and Lucy, my heart quickened and my eyes bugged.

"Natsu…Lucy…" I growled furiously at the two mages sleeping soundly next to each other. Neither of them bothered to wake up, so I nudged Natsu with my steel boot.

"HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU! GET UP AND GET INTO CLOTHES ALREADY!" I rolled my eyes in disgust. I've never thought Natsu had this side of him, which seriously scared me a little.

"Hmm…" Natsu groaned. Lucy fluttered her eyes open and yawned.

"What was that noise-" she looked up at me and her face turned red. I frowned at the both of them.

"Why the hell did you guys do it on a train?! For god sake!" I bent over, picked up my suit case and walked out. 'What hell was there problem?' After closing the train door behind me, I saw Lexy walking my way. She smiled at me and reached out to open the door. I stopped her and blushed.

"You might not wanna go in there. I promise you'll regret it." She looked at me confused and shrugged her shoulders.

"Okay, whatever you say." She walked away and giggled. 'Did she know what happened in there?' I sighed in relief that she listened to me. I watched her sit by one of her celestial spirits and lay her head down on his shoulder romantically. I looked down at my fingers. 'If only Jellal was here…' My face burned in embarrassment. Did Jellal really love me? Did I really love Jellal? I returned back to my seat and stared out the window. The sky was dark and the moon was shining inside of the train. I reequipped into my regular clothes and after doing so, I felt a cold hand on my shoulder. I whacked the hand off me and jumped up.

"Who are you?" I asked insecurely. I barely made out his face in the dark but managed to keep my cool.

He chuckled. "It's okay, it's me. Jellal." My heart stopped. Jellal? What was he doing here?! Wasn't he supposed to be on another mission?

"I happened to be going to same place your going. Well, not EXACLTY the same place, but somewhere near there." I slowly walked up to him and placed a hand on his cheek. He had the hood of his cloak over his head and when he took it off, the moon shined brightly on his blue hair. It was him. He grabbed my hand and smiled. Our little moment was ruined after Natsu came running in.

"Hey, Jellal is that you? Come here and fight me. You and I have unfinished business to attend to." Natsu punched his left hand and smirked. His body began to engulf in flames.

Jellal laughed lowly and back away from me.

"Alright. Whatever you say." Was all he said.

Lexy's P.O.V

I wanted to scream. The thoughts of my dad filled in my head again. Dad… I was thinking about him awfully a lot lately. I opened my eyes and looked at the person I was laying my head on.

"Dad?" I saw him, right there before my eyes. He looked at me and got up silently from his seat not saying a word. I watched him as he walked to the train door that led outside. I jumped up from my seat and ran to him but before I had the chance to grabbed him, he jumped.

"DAD!" I screamed. Tears streamed down my cheeks. I needed to save him. I had to. I closed my eyes and stepped my foot out of the moving train and before I knew it, I was falling. Reality hit me again. I was falling hard with my back pointing the ground. I looked up above me and saw Lucy and the rest looking down at me with horror in their eyes. The train was moving away and they slowly disappear into the darkness of the forest. Where was I falling to? I looked down and saw moving water. I held my breath just before the water hit my body like a bunch of bricks. I wasn't a very good swimmer and that was a problem. The air was so cold that I could see my breath. I shivered and my head went under the water's surface. I struggled to get air in my lungs but instead I inhaled water and coughed when my head was above the surface. The current was dragging me down the stream. I was drowning slowly. I had no one around to save me. I looked in front me and just barely made out a cliff. A waterfall. I'm screwed. I was enveloped by the dark indigo body of water. The incredible pressure compressed my chest, forcing my lungs to burn as if on fire. My heart began hammering, increasing in intensity and speed, like a bird trapped in a cage. My throat seared in agony with the rising pressure of trapped air. Head pounding with panic, threatening to explode any second. I gave into the pressure and took a breath of air, only to engulf a gush of fresh water. I tasted the filthy river, foul and polluted. Opening my mouth again, this time to scream, I let out a string of bubbles. Despair filled me with every struggling gulp. Icy cold water was thrust up my nostrils, a stream cascaded into the back of my throat and nose, sending jets of pain through my body. Slowly, the commotion and chaotic sounds of the sea drowned out to a low hum, buzzing at my ears, gradually muting into silence, one with the darkness. I gave up on the screaming, on the thrashing, allowing the water to hold my body in a sustained position beneath the river. As my vision blurred out and my consciousness faltered, my body became numb and I waited in resignedness for the numbing hands of death to suck away every last piece of life left in me.

Lucy's P.O.V

"She's gone! She's down there! What do we do?!" I shook in fear because I was confused about the situation. The train continued to travel hastily down the tracks, creaking along the way. Tears filled my eyes.

"I'm going down there." I looked up to see one of Lexy's celestial spirits looking outside the train door.

"Are you nuts?! No one could survive that!" I spoke sternly. His bangs hid his eyes.

"I know." My heart stopped when he looked up at me.

"I'm a celestial spirit. Remember that." Anger filled his dark eyes. I took a step back, afraid of what he might do next.

"You guys keep going. We'll meet up eventually." He stepped off the train but Natsu grabbed the back of his shirt.

"What the hell dude?! Are you trying to kill yourself? We all care about her as much as you, that's why I'm going with." Natsu yelled at him furiously.

"Me too." I spoke up.

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

"I will too, I won't just stand here." Erza joined in. We all looked at Jellal.

"You going?" Erza asked. He nodded his head.

"Alright, we need to stop this train!" I ran to a red lever on the wall of the train. I pulled it down and the train skid.

"Hang on guys!" Erza shouted. I couldn't believe we were doing this. It was 10 at night. When I looked over Razeth, Lexy's celestial spirit, and he was gone. After the train went into a complete stop, I stood up.

"Guys! He's gone! Razeth!" I cried.

Razeth's P.O.V

I needed to save her. I knew she didn't know how to swim very well and after falling into the water earlier, it was probably cold. I ran fiercely through the forest. After running through the forest endlessly I stopped to catch my breath.

"I need to get there faster." My senses started to tingle.

"She's near. I can feel it." When my senses start to go crazy like they were now, that just tells me I'm close to my owner.

I heard water crashing in the distance. Water! I'm close. I ran as fast I could to waves crashing onto the rocks.

"Lexy!" I yelled. I stopped and stared at the moving river that shone in the moonlight. I skimmed my eyes across the water's surface and saw nothing. Was I too late? No. I couldn't be. I took off my shirt and pants and threw them aside.

"Lexy!" I screamed once more. I dived head first into the water. Damn, this water was cold. My senses became stronger as I swam deeper in the river. After about 2 minutes of looking, I made my way back to the water's surface to get air. She was gone. She was nowhere. Not even a sign of struggle in the water at all. I punched the air. Dammit! I was too late!

"Lexy!" I screamed on the top of my lungs. It was hopeless. The girl I feel in love with was gone. Forever.

"Razeth!" I looked over my shoulder and saw Natsu and them looking down at me. I looked forward and stayed silent.

"Did you find her?!" Lucy screeched. I didn't reply. I turned around and walked out of the cold lagoon. I just stood there looking down.

"Razeth?" Natsu asked suspiciously.

"She's gone." I croaked. She was. And it was my fault. I could've saved her but I didn't.

"W-what?!" Lucy gasped. I clenched my teeth and balled my fist.

"She's gone!" I shouted. Tears streamed down my cheeks, it was impossible to hold them back. I felt a hand touch my shoulder.

"We can't give up now." Erza said confidently. It kind of gave me hope. She could still be alive somewhere, washed on shore maybe. I just have to stay positive. Everyone stripped there clothes off and jumped into the water calling Lexy's name. A smile crept across my lips. Were gonna find her. I just know.


I hope they find her _