~Lucy's POV~
The dust slowly cleared, Grey was panting, and Erza was murmuring some encouraging words to him. But that didn't matter, nothing mattered. My wide eyes stared down at my hand, which was covered in Natsu's blood. He had fallen on his back, his was covered in stab wounds and slashes, his breath came in ragged gasps as he struggled for air. Natsu was E.N.D. Grey had just killed his best friend. Grey fell to his knees beside me, at a complete loss for words. Erza was trying to stay calm as she did the same. My lower lip quivered, tears fell on the ground beside him.
"Lucy, don't cry." Natsu's voice was still quiet, but I could tell he was making an effort to be strong. For all of us.
"Natsu, how?" Erza asked.
"I can answer that." A voice from behind us said, I turned, Zeref stood behind us, his face unreadable, "Four hundred years ago, my family was killed by a dragon. I was determined to bring my little brother back to life," My breath hitched, this was unnatural, "So I used his body, and used black magic to put both his soul back into his body, as well as making him my strongest demon. I tried to make him remember his past life, but he never could. Eventually I sent him to my friend, Igneel, who taught him magic and to read and write. The dragon war was in progress at this time, so we decided to seal Igneel away in Natsu's body so that he, Igneel, and four other orphans and dragons could be sent to the future to defeat Acnologia." Zeref vanished.
Grey was shaking, "Four hundred years, so then, E.N.D didn't do anything malicious at all did he? Oh god, Natsu!"
Natsu shuddered. I wrapped my arms around him. My tears were falling onto his scarf.
"It's okay Ice Princess, you didn't know the truth." I don't know where Natsu found the strength, but he reached up and touched my face.
"I love you Lucy."
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Well that story made me incredibly sad. If you have any story ideas, remember to leave them in the comments. Remember, please don't rush me, I tend to enjoy the writing process more when I don't feel like it's a chore.
Peace out!
~BeautifulKnight
