Sorry school is in the way again and ugh it sucks but here we go…

His warmth was uncomforting to me…I have never felt such warmth. His breathing relaxed me and his eyes were closed calmly as he slept peacefully. I could see the torches in the distance…they were already so close, we couldn't stay here for long. I looked down; after all, we were high in a tree. My eyes shifted back to Natsu, should I wake him up? I moved away from him carefully feeling my body ache with pain and soreness from all the wounds I have earned these past couple days. He grabbed my arm and pulled me back to him tightly.

"You're not going anywhere, Lucy…I can't afford to have you get hurt again…" he said as he hopped down from the tree with me in his arms. I pushed away from him…but to my surprise my stomach twisted with excruciating pain. I fell to the floor and coughed up more blood.

"Natsu…I need to get back…so I can…get help" I struggled to say. He watched in silent and sighed scratching the back of his head. My eyes squinted as I heard shuffling in the bushes.

Natsu quickly picked me up and hid behind a boulder…it wasn't large enough to hide both of us so Natsu moved somewhere else. I slowly moved my head to catch sight of who was there. It was Gray. Natsu's eyes now possessed hatred and anger. Natsu and Gray were close friends at a time…but one day Juvia whispered something in his ear…and he was no longer a friend of his. Gray was nice to me as well…a very close friend but he turned against me as well. Tears welled up in my eyes and I couldn't help but weep silently as the painful memories flooded my head. He looked around and sighed I stared at his bare chest in disbelief as he now had a Fairy tail mark. Whoever carried a Fairy Tail mark on them was an adviser or considered a "friend" to the queen. I could no longer trust him now…they stole him away. Gray relaxed against the boulder I was hiding behind.

"Damn It all" he whispered as he cursed to himself over and over again. Natsu watched with high alert and he looked as if he was going to jump out of hiding any second.

Gray…why did you do this to us? I asked myself more tears welling up in my eyes. I let out a weep and covered my mouth quickly. He sighed and faintly turned his head.

"I will come back to both of you guys…if you can't forgive me then I can accept that…" he whispered before standing up and walking away. My eyes widened with surprise and Natsu looked away quietly.

I hope he knows that we would always forgive him. Quietly I watched the stars silently as my vision grew blurrier by the second. I had to hang in there. I felt warmth next to me to see Natsu sitting next to me. Quickly I looked away to feel his head turn my way.

"Lucy…" he said quietly before turning his head the other way.

"Thank you…for helping me" I whispered looking his way.

"No…thank you for rescuing me…" he whispered. He turned my way and leaned over to my ear before whispering something.

"I had the choice to leave that cage…but I never did because of two reasons. I gave up on myself but today I regained all my hope…and two. He stopped and smirked before pulling himself away from my ear. Quickly I looked his way.

"What's two I asked?" now interested.

He looked deep into my eyes before smirking greedily.

"I forgot…" he concluded before throwing me on his back.

"No you didn't and what are you?"

"You didn't really think I wouldn't realize that you're in pain right? Plus we can't stay here forever" he chuckled.

"Over here I hear noise!" a voice screamed.

Natsu began running and laughing at the same time…making me hang on tight to chest…he didn't even bother to hold my legs. He put his hand over mine and one on my leg to support it.

"We better run for it" he said with a big smile as he sped up. I couldn't help but smile…it was fun…to be free and to see him happy.