Chapter 11: Please Be Alright

Lucy's perspective:

That pounding in my head would not stop. There was this lump in my throat and there were goosebumps travelling all across my arms, conquering the area of my skin. My senses were heightened to an extent that the air felt colder, and my mouth felt heavier and drier, as though I had been swallowing lead. My hands had cold sweat stuck onto them at every curving corner.

Anxiety. Anticipation. Unease.

I had a burning urge to find out what could be the cause of such absurd symptoms my body was experiencing.

Taking even deeper breaths to attempt to calm my nerves down, I reminded myself nothing –

"LUCY!"

Third's person perspective:

A blur of blue entered the guild halls and Lucy's name was booming through the guild hall. Happy, with his wings unfolded and soaring, rushed towards Lucy at maximum speed and full velocity. As he crashed with the blonde, Lucy could see tears brimming at the Exceed's eyes, and coating his fur with the very liquid. His mouth quivering and whimpering like a lost child, Happy cried, "Save Natsu! He ran off while the both of us were taking a rest! It's all my fault for falling asleep and dozing off…i-it's..a-a-all my f-f-fault. Please find him…please! I know he's going to go to Zeref to defeat him! Even…Even though he knows…".

Probably due to the long distance that he had to travel, Happy collapsed into Lucy's arms, his wings disappearing and his eyes drooping to a close.

Lucy's perspective:

This couldn't be happening. What did Happy mean by "he knows"? I knew that ominous feeling was not due to my paranoia. Don't tell me…Natsu wants to extinguish himself?!

I had to do something. Anything. But how? My body wouldn't budge. I felt millions of nails pinning me down, not giving me room to move, air to breathe. Only the cold limpid fluid flowing down my cheeks could pull me out of my trance. Blinking the tears inside my eyes out, I immediately questioned, "Where is he?" I could feel the stares of the other members inside the guild on me, everyone had gone quiet, until I could hear Brandish offer, "I could help you, with my ability to manipulate size, I can make your blue cat bigger so he can find your pink-haired friend easier."

I whipped my head around so quickly that I could hear the muscle of my neck twitch. "Okay! Let's go!"

"Lucy, be careful! Do you need back-up?" I could hear the voice of Cana bombarding my senses at that moment. However, I took a deep breath, took a step to face her, putting on a smiling front, I relieved her of her creased eyebrows and consoled her that I was going to be alright.

"I'll be alright."

With both my heart and head pounding, I exited the confines of the guild, feeling extremely nauseated.

I could slightly hear the whispers of Cana, Mavis, the Master, and even Max and Warren saying, "Please be alright and careful, Lucy."

Third Person's Perspective:

Brandish used her magic and Happy began to morph into a towering giant, his wings could span for about two small mountains, but neverthesless, that was an impressive feat, looking at the indifference it made to her stamina even by using that much magic power.

Then, to Lucy, Brandish did something unimaginable.

"OH MY GOD, HE'S SO FLUFFY!"

As soon as Brandish had said that, she started caressing Happy's blue fur in her hands and gave very detailed comments about how flocculent Happy's fur was, leaving Lucy rendered speechless.

After the small stage of comical relief, Happy gently placed them on his head as he took flight.

Lucy's perspective:

The mackerel clouds passed by the azure sky, and the warmth of the sun touched my frosty skin. However, I never did enjoy the beauty of the flight. All I could think about was the crushing desolation from abstaining to tell Natsu the truth about himself. Instead, I left him to find out the truth of his past in the most brutal way, and yet, he was still determined to kill himself.

You are an idiot, Natsu! How would I feel with you gone?

Then, the faces of the people whom I care about came into picture. Though I knew I promised them that I would be cautious and would come back to be alright, I knew I was lying. I knew something was going to come up. And I was resolved to sacrifice whatever I may have to offer, in order to save Natsu.

Biting my lip could not help in preventing my tears from flowing down, and my sobs went from stifling to just me crying. I felt a pair of arms around my body. "You crying isn't cute at all, feel better already!" Brandish said, looking away with a hue of pink on her cheeks, in her own way of consolation. That brought a surreal feeling of warmth inside of me even in my moment of distress.

Wiping away the last of my tears, I looked up at the glaring sun, that seemed comforting at the moment, knowing my resolve was burning as strongly and as brightly as the Sun. I took in comfort from the Sun, comfort from Brandish, comfort from Happy as I could feel him tense up under us, and comfort from my friends back at the guild. I could feel my parents smiling to me, being my guardian angels, from up above. And lastly, comfort from reminiscing Natsu's carefree personality. All out little moments together.

That was when I realized that I no longer had a crush on him, I longed for him.

I, Lucy Heartfilia, was in love with Natsu Dragneel. I was even willing to make The Sacrifice.

HOHOHOHO. Did you see what I did with the title? Smart move, eh? Anyways, see? This story is getting to its climax and also! I have great news! I am going to be working on a new fanfiction (NALU OFC) after I am done with this one :"). It will be based on my FAVOURITE drama of all time ** wink wink wink **. HOWEVER, I will not be using the whole plot, I will make them as "Natsu" and as "Lucy" as possible. Oh, and Gale, Gruvia and a lil Jerza will happen :"). I love y'all. Please look forward to my future works! Oh, and I will be changing my author name by the next chapter, so I will no longer be LibraNalu29, I'm going to have a cooler name – MetallicZinc! Oh, and you will find out my name at the last chapter of this fanfiction! All the good news tho :") Cool, huh?

Anyways, Over and Out!