Hi Everybody! Sorry for the really long time since I last updated! It's been crazy, and I had the hardest time writing this chapter but I finally finished it! I hope that after this awful case of writers block I will start to post much more frequently! I have all the chapters thought out now all I need to do is write them!
I hope you like it!
"Do you want to stay here Lucy?" Igneel suddenly asked Lucy. The two of them had been talking for a while but had fallen into comfortable silence. This was their third time seeing each other, and they were now very comfortable with one another.
Lucy was sitting on the ground in front of Igneel when she looked up at him biting her lip in apprehension, "What do you mean, Igneel? Do I want to stay here?"
Igneel started to regret asking her this, "Well, you always talk about how unhappy you are with your father and your life here, so I was wondering if you actually wanted to stay here."
Lucy looked down at her feet because she couldn't face Igneel, "I've actually thought about that a lot since I met you."
Igneel stared at Lucy shocked that she had thought about this, "Why did you think about leaving? Why would you want to leave?"
Lucy's gaze turned to the sky and with a huge smile on her face she said, "I want to see the world. I want to explore and see all sorts of different people and places. I want to see the world Mama always talked about in her stories. I don't want to stay here all my life living in that mansion. I want to see the world that Mama saw and to see the places that my books talk about!"
Igneel stared at Lucy dumbfounded by her answer and couldn't believe how adventures this little human could be.
Lucy then turned and looked at Igneel for the first time since he brought it up, "Is it really that wrong that I want to leave my father?" Saddened by his expression.
Igneel quickly realized his mistake and shook his head. "No, it's not wrong at all Lucy. Your unhappy here so it's not unnatural that you'd want to leave. It's just that I wasn't expecting you to already want to leave."
Lucy looked up at him confused, "Why would you care if I want to leave?"
Igneel realized that this was the moment of truth for whether or not his plan would work, "Well I was wondering if you wanted to leave here and come live with Natsu and I? Because I know you're not happy here and I was wondering if maybe you'd want to live with the two of us." Igneel realized he was starting to ramble and saw the look on Lucy's face and got worried that he said the wrong thing.
Lucy was shocked by Igneel's offer, she didn't know what to think about that, "Come live with you and Natsu?"
Igneel really hoped he didn't mess this up, because he really wanted to Lucy to come live with him and Natsu. He thought that Lucy would be a good influence on Natsu and teach Natsu how to interact with other humans, but at the same time he really wanted to get Lucy away from her father, he saw how bad of an influence Lucy's father had on her. And how depressed it was making her so he really wanted her to leave so she could smile again, "Yeah, would you like to come live with me and Natsu?"
But after seeing the stunned look on Lucy's face he started waving his hands in front of his face in a panic while saying, "Of course you don't have to if you don't want to! I just wanted you to know that the offer is open if you would like to come live with us!"
Lucy startled to giggle at the sight of the mighty dragon panicking and acting all flustered, "No, it's not that I wouldn't want to go live with you and Natsu, in fact it sounds like a lot of fun. It's just that I this is my home and I don't think I'm ready to leave just yet. I still want to stay here and see if my father really cares."
Igneel was deeply disappointed by Lucy's answer but decided there was nothing he could do, since he wouldn't force her to leave, "Oh ok then. Oh! Have I ever told you about the time Natsu…"
And with that there conversation about Lucy leaving ended. Until the accident that happened a two days later right before Lucy would see Igneel again.
For the first time since Lucy's mother's death, the servants saw Lucy actually being happy.
Lucy was skipping down the halls with a bright smile on her face holding a rice ball with a little face on it.
To all the servants it seemed as if Lucy had finally gotten over her mother's death and her depression, but in reality Lucy was just happy that in an hour she would see Igneel again. And because of her happiness to see Igneel, she made her father a rice ball all by herself!
Lucy wanted to make her father happy and she thought making something for him would make her father happy with her so that's just what she did.
But as she got to the doors of her father's study she got warned off by her maids saying that she shouldn't disturb him since he was at work and probably wouldn't appreciate Lucy interfering. But Lucy went ahead anyway and walked inside the study.
But as she walked towards the desk which her father was sitting at, she started to lose confidence. And by the time she got there she was almost trembling.
"Father I made you this riceball all by myself. If you could I hope you would try it, so you can have more energy to work today." Said Lucy as she placed the riceball on some of her father's papers.
Her father slowly stood up, and Lucy startled to visibly tremble at the sight of her father's scowl. And she almost missed seeing her father smack the riceball off his desk, and she completely missed seeing his hand smack across her face. All she felt was the hard smack of his hand. And the whipping sensation of her neck.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING LUCY! IF YOU HAVE TIME TO LAZE AROUND THEN YOU SHOULD BE STUDYING WITH YOUR TUTORS! GET OUT OF MY SIGHT RIGHT NOW!" He said as he pointed angrily towards the door after he hit Lucy.
Lucy just stood there shocked with her hand on her cheek until she heard him yelling at her to get out. Which then she was so frightened that she got up and ran without another word.
When she got out of the study she ran past all the maids and headed straight to her room. When she got to her room she was still in shock about what happened and she hadn't fully comprehended what had gone down, but once she realized she immediately burst into tears.
She sobbed and cried until she couldn't any longer. She cried over the loss of her loving father and mother and the pain of her cheek. After her sobbing died down she finally heard the voices of her servants shouting at her from the other side of the door. And hearing them shout reminded her that she was supposed to meet up with Igneel.
Without a second thought, Lucy opened her door and burst through the crowd of maids and butlers that had formed around her room and ran towards the back garden where Igneel was waiting for her.
She ran without turning back on her home.
Igneel was startled when he saw Lucy burst into the clearing, disheveled and looking like she had been crying for a really long time, "Whoa Lucy! What's going on? What happened?"
Lucy just looked up at Igneel panting hard with her hands on her knees, "Take me away fast!"
Igneel still confused by what was going on started to hear voice in the distance calling for Lucy, "What do you mean Lucy? What's going on?"
Lucy heard her servants calling for her and immediately got scared and walked towards Igneel, "Please Igneel, I don't have time to explain but I have to leave! I can't stay here any longer take me to where you and Natsu live please!"
Realizing that the voices were getting closer and closer he realized that this was his last chance if he wanted Lucy to come live with him and Natsu so he decided to take it, "Alright get on my back, but you're going to have to explain this to me later."
Lucy immediately ran up and got on Igneel's back, "Of course now let's go!"
And with that Igneel took off into the skies. Leaving behind the girls home and family into a world of new adventures and friends.
What happened next Lucy would have never expected to happen as she flew off on a dragon's back not looking back of on her home and mother.
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