A/N I decided to change up the story a bit... Sorry I've been doing that a lot xD but I just changed the latest chapter so enjoy!~Alex 3

A loud scream echoed through the hall as a girl screamed in pain in a room of the hut. Her screams and cries of agony all anyone could hear for miles around.

"Stop! Pl-please! I can't take it anymore!" A 15 year old Lucy screamed as the whip came back down on her skinless back and she yanked on the chains binding her to the roof again.

"Please!" She screeched, pulling with all her might against the chains keeping her in place. She gasped for breath as the burning in her back intensified. Throwing her head back she let out a blood curdling scream as some whiskey was thrown onto her lashes. Her head fell forward as the pain became unbearable and she went limp only to be thrown to the ground.

"P-please... What did I ever do to you!" She cried as she received a quick kick to the jaw. Spitting out blood she groaned and propped herself up onto her elbows.

"Just let me go... please..." She whimpered as tears trailed down her dirt covered cheeks. Lifting her head she was yanked to her feet and held in place as another bandit walked in with a hot branding iron.

"No.. Please no no no no." She begged as she tried to pull away from the branding iron coming towards her.

"Please NOO!" She screamed before jolting awake and gasping for breath as Natsu jumped to his feet and ran over to her spot on the forest floor. Looking down she gripped her stomach and lifted her shirt to the barely recognizable burn scar the bandits had given her. Still gasping for breath she rose to her feet and looked around pushing Natsu away from her.

"I'm fine, I'm fine" She sighed finally catching her breath and running her fingers through her now damp hair.

"Fine?! Are you fucking crazy?!" Natsu snapped reaching towards her.

Slapping his hand away she gave a glare and he stopped dropping his hand to his side and sighing.

"What was your nightmare about?" He said instead settling back down into his sleeping bag.

"Nothing." She stated walking back to her own sleeping bag.

"Bullshit and you know it, don't feel bad for telling me Luce you know I won't judge." Frowning he stared at her with a little hurt in his onyx eyes. She sighed looking down at her lap, they had been traveling together for a couple month now and every time she had a nightmare about her past he was there to comfort her, the least she could do was tell him what he was comforting her for. So taking a deep breath she opened her mouth to speak her eyes going back to their emotionless state and her voice hard.

"A year or so after my father and mother died I got kidnapped by this group of bandits. They tortured me and beat me, and did horrible things to me, I wasn't the only one there but I knew I was their favorite. The amount of enjoyment they got from hurting me proved it. I don't know what I did to them but everyday they could come into my room an chain me up, whip me, beat me, brand me, burn me, Violate me! And I never had a way to escape." Her voice got harder and she blinked away some rising emotions.

"They placed magic runes on the cuffs they used on my wrists to keep me from using my magic or summoning spirits. In all honesty I don't know how I ever survived that place." She frowned and looked back down a her hands away from Natsu's sorrow and rage filled eyes. "I was there for almost a year before I managed to escape with the help of one of my celestial spirits Loke. He used his own magic to come and help me." She smiled as if remembering a fond memory. "I can never repay him for that." She sighed leaning back onto her arms.

"I'm sorry Luce..." Natsu said his voice faltering as he wrapped her up in his arms. She blinked surprised before relaxing into his embrace.

"Don't be, there was nothing you could have done Natsu." She sighed and leaned back again once he pulled away.

"I went through something similar you know" He smiled sadly as he looked up to the stars now sharing her sleeping bag.

"When I was little I was raised by a dragon, Igneel, he taught me dragon slaying magic then disappeared one day out of the blue." He frowned but continued. "After that I came to the city of Fiore and was put into an adoption center. I went from family to family, always getting beaten or tortured because people wanted to take my magic." He raised his hands at this and looked at them like they were a disease, a pained look crossing his features.

"Nobody ever tried to look past my magic, they never bothered to try and understand me. It went on for years like this and I started to think nobody would ever care about me except Igneel, and look what happened to him." He laughed bitterly though his voice was laced with sadness.

"One day I found happy. I hatched him, raised him, loved him, and he did the same for me. I always tried to be a good kid for him, but I wanted a family for crying out loud." He frowned. "But nobody wanted me. Eventually when I turned 16 I took happy and ran away from the adoption center and lived on the street. It was a hell of a lot better than being abused let me tell you." He joked lightly his eyes brightening for a moment.

"Happy made everything better, he gave me hope, showed me I had a friend. He may be a big goofy blue cat but back then he was my life line, and he still is." He grunted as a ball of blue fur pummeled into his belly in a ball of tears.

"I love you too Natsu." He sniffled holding onto Natsu's shirt and lifting his head to reveal tear stained fur. Natsu smiled sadly and held the blue cat close.

"I know buddy, I know" He smiled turning to Lucy who surprised him this time gathering him and happy up in a hug.

"I'm so sorry Natsu." She whispered as he wrapped his own arms around her.

"Don't be, there was nothing you could have done." He smiled quoting her from earlier. She smiled at this and Natsu pulled away to examine it.

Needless to say it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen.