Normal pov:
Team Natsu and Wendy sat outside Master Makarov's hotel room. They could hear shouting and arguing between Fairy Tail's masters. Wendy was sitting next to Lucy's wheelchair absolutely petrified at the thought of someone so injured going up against someone as strong as Sting Eucliffe in a fighting match. Natsu was just standing outside the door burning so bad none dared to go near his seething, angered person. Erza was just as angry, sitting against the wall to Lucy's left, poking at the cake in her lap as though it had done her great personal harm. Gray was poker faced standing next to Wendy, who shivered to the intense cold around them. Lucy was surprisingly the most calm of all of them, with Plue in her lap and watching the fuming Natsu burn a pathway into the floor with his pacing.
Suddenly Master Makarov and Mavis burst out of the room. Makarov faced them with a grieving expression. Mavis looked at him expectantly and nodded. He spoke in a tone the had never heard him use before.
"We...just spoke to the gmg organizers, looked through the rulebook and even asked the council. There is no reason that Lucy is not to play in the slaughter round."
"But-" Wendy began to say but was cut off by Team Natsu's shouts.
"NO REASON!?"Erza and Gray screamed at the same time. Natsu was mad beyond words. Even Mavis had to back away a few steps to prevent being roasted. Suddenly he spoke.
"She's not playing." He said simply.
"We have no choice. Its either this or forfeiting the games." Makarov replied gravely.
"Then we forfeit the games."
"And wasting all the effort our family spent keeping up Fairy Tail?"
"If it means that Luce doesn't have to fight in her condition."
Both men spoke so calmly it was frightening. Poor Wendy was shaking in fear, while Gray tried to calm her. Lucy's face was hidden under her bangs. After a few minutes of arguing between her partner and the Master she began to shake in anger. Erza noticed and asked "Shouldn't Lucy get a say in this matter?"
"Yes. What do you think my child?" The Masters angry aura dissipated as he looked at the blonde.
"I honestly don't care. Sure Sting Eucliffe is strong but if it means getting a chance to gain back points for the guild I'll do it. When training with my spirits we worked on some strategies and found some new ummm...'power' I guess we could call them. The reason I didn't use it against Flare was because I had never used it against an opponent like that in battle so it didn't really come to mind. In the naval battle it wouldn't have been as effective as what I did was. But I think it would give me a good shot at defeating Sting. So yeah im okay with the slaughter round." "As long as you are okay with it child." Makarov answered after she finished. "But are you sure this new 'power' of yours will work?"
"I don't doubt that if me and my spirits work together on this, that we can do it."
"Good."
"I don't care." Natsu inputted. "You're not fighting. I don't care how strong this new 'power' is. I don't want to risk you getting more injured than you already are."
"And I don't care what you think about this. If I can regain the points I lost, Fairy Tail will have a chance at being the best guild in Fiore. I refuse to let them down a third time."
"I wont let you."
"Id like to see you try."
"Fi-"
"That's enough Natsu." Gray said. "If Lucy wants to fight, we cant stop her. Just drop it." Natsu went to hit him but was stopped by Master.
"Stop this now. You cannot change Lucy's choice. The most you can do now is trust her." Natsu glared at all of them, making all of them but Lucy and the Masters flinch. He then stormed away to his room. They all stood in silence for a few moments until Wendy pushed Lucy back to the infirmary to continue healing Lucy as much as she could. Charle and Happy joined them outside the doors to the infirmary, both looking shaken. Once inside Lucy was finally able to walk the distance back over to her bed without falling. Wendy's hands glowed blue as she began healing her at once. Happy and Charle floated around them, still looking as though they had seen a ghost. Both girls had a good idea why.
"You also should be able to walk but I want you to use crutches to avoid them breaking under your own weight. Other than that you are almost completely healed!" Wendy said happily. "Now there is no reason anyone should object to you fighting."
"Now that is some good news" Lucy said smiling. She stood up to go back to her hotel room but Wendy stopped her and handed her a pair of crutches. "Dang I thought you would have forgotten about that."
"How could I have forgotten about something I just said five seconds ago?"
"True." Lucy took the crutches and began to awkwardly head to her room. Wendy went to go to hers with Charle following. Lucy felt a certain feline fly beside her.
"Lusheee can I please sleep in your room tonight?" Happy asked.
"Why what's wrong?" Lucy replied.
"Natsu is being scaryyyy." Oh. She had almost forgotten about the dragon slayer.
"Of course you can." She replied rubbing his head.
"Yay! Do you have any fish?" There it was. She knew Happy couldn't be THAT nice without some mention of fish.
They entered the room and Happy immediately jumped onto her bed and fell asleep. Lucy smiled and changed into her pajamas. Afterward she went into the bathroom to brush her teeth. She looked into the mirror and sighed. Was she really making the right choice going against Sting? What the heck was she thinking? Of course she was. It was just Natsu's worries getting to her. She put her toothbrush away and jumped into the bed. "Lusheeee" Happy began to complain but Lucy was quick in replying.
"Shut up cat!" It was silent for a few moments before a nervous voice began to break the quiet.
"Lushee, why was Natsu so scary? He wouldn't event talk to me when I asked if he wanted to get something to eat."
"Well...we had a disagreement about the next gmg round."
"oh. Are you really going to fight against that Sting guy? I mean, you aren't weak but you still do much 'cuz of your legs. And that Sting is really strong."
"Ill be fine. Just trust me."
"But what about Natsu?"
"...Ill figure that out when the problem comes."
"Okay. Goodnight Lushee."
"Goodnight."
But as they fell asleep, thy didn't notice a shadow slip out the window.
**A/N That's chapter 2 my little mini muffins! Hope you liked it! Im not sure how soon the next chapter will come out cuz I've been really busy lately. Anyway, stay fantastic!**
