Normal pov with Lucy.

It didn't take her very long to wrap David's presents,so she worked on writing my novel a little more while she ate a salad with a small bowl of energy fruits.'If I'm going to be training harder than usual I'll need to eat more energizing and healthy foods...no more Mira chocolate...' Lucy sighed and pouted slightly as she knew she had to give up some of Mira's monthly chocolate sales.

"punpunn"

"GAH! Oh. Its just you Plue. you scared me there for a second, I don't even remember calling you out." Lucy said after she recollected her breath.

"puuunpun pun punnpuun!" Plue said as he jumped around at her feet." What do you want Plue? I have to finish eating so I can go get dressed in my training clothes and get my gear packed. Don't want to keep Salamander waiting." Lucy said with a giggle as Plue jumped onto the table with her and ate an orange slice from her plate.

"Oh I see. It's either you are hungry or you really want to train again." Lucy said as she took another bite from her salad."pun"

"Ok Plue I'll eat a little fast so we can get some training time in just you and me before Natsu joins us. Sound good?"pun"

After about 20 more minutes Lucy was dressed in training clothes. which right now where a tank top that covers and some mid thigh shorts.( I'll figure out some cool training gear for her to wear later in the chapter)

She packed several folded clothing items and a few wooden things, and something small but big enough to hold in your hand. that caught Plue's attention. He realized what it was and was worried about his master. As he sat next to Lucy's training bag ,involuntarily shaking, he touched her arm to comfort her invisible pain and fear." Don't worry Plue. I'll be alright. I've learned how to handle this much magic." Lucy said reassuringly, but Plue just stared at her saying nothing this time standing in her lap a serious look on his face. or as seriouse as a cute snowman spirit could get.

"Don't worry, I won't do that training with Natsu today. I don't know him well enough to trust he'll let me do it, or to keep quiet and stay out of it. Which I think is kind of weird considering I like him." "pun" "No, I don't really know the extent to my feelings for him completely yet, even though I thought that I was in love with him a little while ago. I mean, what if he doesn't end up feeling the same way? I would be left broken hearted for the tenth time in my life and it would be my fault again because I let my feelings take over." Lucy had tears welling in her eyes as she remembered her parent's death and how it was her fault, or so she thinks is her fault.

" Well, we should get going or we won't be able to train one on one before Natsu gets there. I did tell him where to meet me right?" Lucy asked Plue who shook his head no." Well, then we won't be able to train where we usually do until we can meet up with Natsu then." Lucy said smirking apologetically at Plue who didn't seem to care that they couldn't.

Lucy put her plates in the sink and grabbed her now full training bag and closed Plues gate promising to call him back out later. She locked the windows and shut the lights off before she stepped out the door and double checked that she had everything she needed with her, and proceeded to lock her front door. She stepped out onto the sidewalk and began walking to the forest area west of central Magnolia. it took her about 5 minutes to get there and find the perfect secluded spot to begin her small training exercise with Plue."OPEN GATE OF THE NICOLA: PLUE!" Lucy summoned Plue when she cleared the area of rubble and useless sticks and rocks.

"Ok Plue, lets get started shall we." Lucy said with a smile."PUUN!"

Plue and Lucy sat directly across from each other, and Lucy began chanting a small phrase over and over again in a different language. Suddenly the air around them began to pick up and swirl around them. It got faster and faster as Lucy started chanting Faster and faster. Plue began to glow a light blue as Lucy started to glow A yellowish gold. their glow started to get bigger in the space between them until they touched. Gold mixing with blue, and it made a lime-greenish color which seemed to swirl together like the wind around them was. Lucy's hair was flying everywhere in the ponytail she had put it in before starting the training.

Soon Lucy's chanting slowed until it stopped completely, which in turn stopped the wind, but she and Plue were still glowing, this time a lime-green color. Lucy and plue opened their eyes after 5 seconds of silence. Plue's eyes had stayed the same as they were before the ritual, but Lucy's eyes on the other hand were a viberant green. she then starts to float in mid air and the same for Plue.

Normal pov with Natsu.(12:15)

"Hey Natsu! when are we going to go meet Lucy for training?" Happy asked. no response."Natsu?.. Natsu~! wake up! what if we are late for training?!" Happy then proceeded to jump on Natsu's back until the slumbering dragonslayer moaned and sat up."Happy? Hey what time is it?" Natsu asked as he yawned and stretched."It's 12:15 Natsu. When do we have to meet Lucy for training? I'm so excited! I can't wait until we get to see how strong she is! I hear that people with holder type magic can learn other magic too! Isn't that cool?! What other kinds of magic do you think she knows other than celestial magic?" Happy exclaimed as he was flying around the room with his pack full of fish and small training necessaties.

Since Happy was overly excited he failed to notice that Natsu had falled off the back of his hammock of a bed and hit the floor running for the closet. Natsu grabbed his pack and put random things in it that looked like stuff that would come in handy. He even included a first aid kit this time just in case he over did his training again like last time when he tore an arm muscle.

"Don't tell me you forgot Natsu!" Happy yelled finally noticing Natsu struggle and started to help him.

"No, I didn't forget! I just overslept! I don't even remember where she said to meet up! URRRG! I'm such an idiot!Happy we have to meet Lucy at 12:30! That means we have less than 15 minutes to find out where she is! Lets put our noses to good use!" Natsu shouted as they were running out the door and headed for Lucy's scent trail.

"It smells like she went to the forest area west of Magnolia. Lets go Happy! Full speed ahead! We only have 5minutes left!" "AYE SIR!" Happy replied.

They boys arrived at the forest and ran into it following Lucy's scent which was getting closer. But when they found her in the clearing they were caught off guard when they saw her floating in mid air with glowing green eyes chanting.

"What the hell's going on?" Natsu whispered as he held Happy back, stopping him from flying too close to this mysterious magical force. he could practically see her magical aura surrounding her in a greenish gold she kept chanting Natsu figured that she didn't notice that they were there and took the chance to sit and observe every detail. He noticed that her celestial spirit Plue was on the ground in front of her and her seemed to be concentrating on something. Then he started to pay closer attention to what she was saying and tried to figure out the words." What is she saying? Natsu,what is she saying?" Happy asked looking awestruck and nervous. "I don't know Happy. Its in a different language. I've never heard it before." Natsu said as he continued to listen to the words.

"Mor'amr, grind abr du deloi. Reisa ono dauthleik stenr, un ethgri du hvitr beor abr du evorinya! Ursa Major!"Lucy yelled as she shot her hands out to her sides. The wind instantly began blowing and the tree tops around them began to shake, and leaves began to swirl around in the center of the clearing in front of Lucy. Plue had vanished as a purplish white light began to glow from inside the circle of swirling leaves.

The wind picked up one more time and Natsu had to grab his pack or else it would have blown right into the swirl of leaves. He panicked slightly when he first saw Lucy's eyes. He thought that something bad had happened to her for her chocolate brown orbs to turn bright green, but something about the air blowing calmed him down enough that he was still kind of freaking out, but not to where he was going to tackle Lucy to the ground and demand explanations.

Suddenly Lucy stood from her sitting position in the air and dropped her arms slowly. her eyes fixed on the swirling mass of glowing leaves in front of her. Natsu and Happy were intensely watching her as she seemed to walk on air over to the leaves and reach out her hand. as her fingers grazed the rapidly swirling leaf barrier the air blew out ward but not as fast as the leaves were spinning. Lucy's hair flew all around her now that her ponytail holder broke. The leaves that were once swirling were now floating away with the blowing wind. Natsu had to shield his eyes as the leaves blew past him, but kept them wide open to watch What Lucy was doing. He gasped and stood up as he saw what was just centimeters from Lucy's fingertips.

He could now see what was happening as clear as day now that the wind slowed to a breeze and the leaves no longer harassed him. He saw Lucy standing right in front of a white grizzly bear, with her hand outstretched right at its muzzle. He was about to go and pull her to a safe distance away until he saw that she had now placed her hand on the bear's muzzle and took another step forward. the bear made a small grunting noise as Lucy placed her other hand on top of the bears head and they both closed their eyes. Natsu took this as a chance to get closer. he took about five steps into the clearing being as quiet as possible, not wanting to disturb the bear that could attack at anytime.

Natsu was completely fascinated by the sight before him, but he was also terrified that Lucy was going to be badly injured. Now that he was closer he could see the signs of fatigue Lucy was showing, as she was sweating and breathing heavily.'She's pushing her magic ability to the limit' Natsu though worriedly.

As if he had spoken out loud the bear had opened its eyes and stood on its back 2 feet towering over Lucy like an oak tree. Lucy showed no signs of fear as she opened her eyes as well and looked up at the bear. The bear roared once and then came crashing down. It looked as if it were going to crush Lucy, but instead it slammed into her chest and then disappeared as fast as it had appeared.

"LUCY!" Natsu yelled as he was now running to her as she collapsed to her knees."Lucy! Hey are you ok?! What the hell just happened?!" Natsu said as he grabbed her by the shoulders. he was now kneeling on the ground in front of her staring into her eyes worried. He noticed that she seemed to be in a daze." Elran ono. Wyrda's estern wilae waise du zar'roc abr iet rauthr." Lucy said before her eyes changed back to their original color."Lucy! Lucy, snap out of it! What does that mean?" Natsu said again as he shook her by the shoulders lightly, not to hurt her."Natsu?" Lucy asked as she finally came out of her daze and noticed the concerned dragonslayer in front of her.

"LLLUUUUUCCCYYY!" Happy yelled as he rammed right into her chest knocking her out of Natsu's grip and onto the ground with a thump." Happy? When did you guys get here?" she asked as she sat up holding Happy in her arms facing Natsu with a confused look."When did we get here? You just did something incredibly stupid, put your life in danger, spoke in other languages, and scared the living hell out me, and you want to know when we got here? What the hell!?" Natsu yelled as he looked at Lucy with mixed emotions.

"Yeah Lucy! Do you know how scared I got when that bear attacked you and disappeared?! I was so worried! I thought that it had killed you!*sniff*" Happy chimed as he flew out of Lucy's arms and next to Natsu."It's just training guys."Lucy said quietly.

"Just training?! That's how you train?! By putting yourself in dangerous situations!? I can see why Levy doesn't like it when you train so much! She's worried that you might not come back!," Natsu lectured,"You can't just use that much magic energy for that long! If you keep doing that you'll just end up killing yourself! I'm disappointed in you Lucy. One of these days you'll do something more stupid than that and you'll get hurt, and no one will be there to help you! Do you know how upset I would be if you ended up in the hospital again?-" Lucy cut Natsu off,"I'm sorry." she whispered eyes downcast.

"Sorry's not enough. I want you to promise me that you won't do anything that recklace and stupid again, and that you won't train without me there with you." Natsu demanded.

As Natsu ranted on Lucy had become lost in her thoughts when Natsu said that he was disappointed in her. Her one fear came true.'I'm a disappointment. He's disappointed in me. It's because he thinks I'm weak isn't it...Why does this always happen to me? I have to get stronger, but in the end I'm just an utter disappointment aren't I? Maybe I just can't get stronger. Maybe the destiny I was told about wasn't real and Mama just made it up for me to feel strong and important.'"Maybe I should just give up." Lucy said out loud.

"What? Why would you do that?"Natsu asked

Lucy, not realizing that she said that out loud, jumped. With tears in her eyes she finally stood up too."Because I'm just a disappointment to the world!" She yelled quoting what her father had said to her everyday when she was little.

Natsu's eyes widened when he realized what he had done and he instantly felt a pain in his chest. He went to reach for her when he saw the tears running down her cheeks, but she slapped his hand away, turning to run."Lucy." Natsu said softly as he tried to run after her. It was like his feet were nailed into the ground as he watched her go.

It was only when she grabbed her bag and vanished down a trail made by wild animals that Natsu felt his feet moving quickly." Happy, go back home! I'll go find Lucy!""Aye sir!"

"Damnit! What the hell is wrong with me!?" Natsu cursed himself over and over as he tried to find Lucy. 'She sure runs fast. How far did she run in the 10seconds I couldn't move?...I can't believe I yelled at her like that. She probably hates me now.' The thought of Lucy hating him made Natsu feel sick to his stomach, and have a tight aching sensation in his chest.'Why do I care if she hates me or not? Is it because we're friends?.. No that can't be it because Grey says that he hates me all the time and we're friends.. So why am I so worried that she hates me?'With that on his mind Natsu picked up on Lucy's scent and followed the trail.

Lucy pov.

I don't know exactly everything that happened back there,, and I don't fully understand why I reacted the way I did, but I do know that I can't look back. I can't get to close to anyone, or he'll just take them from me. The same way he did my family.

With fresh tears pouring down my face I took a hard right. Without stopping I ripped through several thorn bushes until I tripped over a tree root sticking out of the ground. When I fell I dropped my pack and went rolling down a steep slope covered in rocks and shrubs. When I was close to the bottom of the hill I tucked into as small ball preparing for impact. Although, instead of hitting solid ground like I thought I would I went flying into a river. I quickly took a breath before I went under the flowing water. After a getting over the shock of freezing cold water I broke the surface of the water in hailing deeply. That wasn't the best idea because as soon as I took that breath I was pulled under by the current again, making me in hail and choke on water.

No matter how hard I tried the water was to strong to swim against. I was out of breath and I wasted too much energy running away from the clearing. The thought of using my celestial keys crossed my mind, but then I realized that they are safe and dry in my pack. which I dropped at the top of the hill I just fell down,' way to go Lucy! You really are a failure!' I thought to myself.

It felt like the water's speed had picked up and was washing me away with the current. As the current flowed it broke pieces of the surrounding shore away. I noticed that the noise of rushing water was getting louder and louder. I opened my eyes and looked over my shoulder to see that I was heading straight for a waterfall. ' How could this get any worse?' I thought to myself as I closed my eyes once again, thinking that it would be the last time. I could tell that I was about to go over the water fall, but before that happened I was slammed into a small boulder, jolting my whole back. The sudden jolt made me dizzie and light headed. ' Damn it. I still need to give David his presents tomorrow.' I thought as I limply rolled the rest of the way around the rock and began my decent down the water fall.

The only person that I knew I would regret giving up would be,"Natsu..."

"Lu..cy!"

My hearing was drowned out by the waterfall, but...'Was that Natsu's voice?' I thought as I turned my head to the side and there he was. Running down a path that lead to the side of the waterfall. His wild pink hair blowing behind him as he ran, and all of the sudden everything was in slow motion. For some reason, I felt great full that I was falling. Maybe it was because I knew that I would die and see my mother again, or because I'd be able to escape this horrible fate of violence and misfortune...Or maybe, most of all, its because Natsu won't have to be disappointed in me any further.

"LUCY!"

"Goodbye, Natsu."

The last thing I is seeing Natsu jump from the shore and grab me. Because then all I can see is his pink hair and a chest covered in a baggy T-shirt flipping our position so that he would take the most impact. that's when we hit the water below.