Ch. 85: Of Crows And Conwomen

Day: 85

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Genre: Family

Summary: Part two of 'Of Crows and Conwomen.'

Lucy stared upwards, watching a murder of ravens circle above her head, black ink-smudges against the cerulean sky. Lucy respected ravens - just like her, they would do anything to get their hands, or beaks, on the thing that they treasured. For the ravens, that treasure was anything shiny enough to sparkle in the sunlight. For Lucy, it was something less… tangible.

"Hey, blondie, did you hear me?" A hoarse voice cut through the blonde's wandering thoughts like a knife through butter.

Gray Fullbuster was the the head of the royal guard. He was all sharp edges - from his high cheekbones, to the slant of his eyes, which were almost always narrowed with malice. Except for the spare moment when he glanced at Natsu - then they filled with a brotherly sort of compassion.

Gray always spoke in a voice like the crackling of a bonfire. The first time she had heard him speak, Lucy had been confused at to why his voice was so rough. But, once she eyes drifted from his face to his throat, the answer hit her like a carriage thundering down Main Street.

His throat was marred beyond repair, skin patched with flaking burgundy burns. But the burns weren't placed randomly. No, they were arranged meticulously into 3 letters - E-N-D. End.

"Do you have something to say, Heartfilia?" Gray rasped.

Lucy shook her head, blood rushing to her cheeks.

"Good."

I'm sorry Gray! *sobs* I had to! (But seriously, this hurt to write.)

#TW: AUTHOR'S RANT: Also, has it occurred to anyone else that if ravens steal shiny or sparkly things, how do vampires deal? I mean, does Edward Cullen wear bird repellent or something?! Like, how anticlimactic would it be if Edward was being all sexy and sparkly, and Bella was drooling, and then a murder of crows comes out of nowhere and carries him off into the trees?!

Also, just for this ONE fic, I MIGHT do Gray x Lucy… just to make it more interesting. *insert sly grin here*

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