Ch. 54: Fairy Tale
Day: 54
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
Genre: Angst
Summary: Not every Fairy Tale can have a happy ending.
Lucy didn't know how long she'd been screaming. Her throat was hoarse, her nails bloody from clawing at the nearest thing, which just so happened to be Gray. Still, the primitive sound continued to tear up out of her throat.
Gray had told her not to look, but she hadn't listened. Why hadn't she listened?
Natsu's body lay limp but a few feet away. So close, yet never farther away. There was a red-tinted froth bubbling from his lips, and his usually lively green eyes stared dully up at the sky. Once again, Lucy strained in Gray's arms, scrabbling to get to the dragon slayer. Her dragon slayer. The ice mage stayed still, silent even as blood began to flood down his back and arms from the scratches.
Lucy wasn't even shouting out recognizable words any more — just long, mournful wails. Her eyes were rimmed with a thick ring of red from crying.
Gray tightened his arms around her, biting back his own tears. Erza stood, staring numbly at the corpse of the boy she had known for so many years. Gajeel was in a rage, locked in combat with the one who had murdered his friend. Lucy didn't even know his name — he was just a rogue mage they had been enlisted to take care of. The two darted back and forth in the sky, every few seconds ramming one another with blasts of their magic.
Lucy was still screaming.
And then she was by his side, lifting up his corpse and hugging it to her chest, and it was cold, so cold, and she was crying into his blood-streaked hair, sobbing out promises of love and eternity.
But he stayed cold. So, so cold.
This is my first ever character death fic, so please no flames!
Replies:
crazyangelgirl21: He stopped. :) But only because I may have gagged him. Thank you for the compliment!