Natsu felt his heart break as he struggled to hold the squirming blonde. She screamed in pain and fear as she fell to the floor, Natsu unable to keep the struggling girl in her arms.
As soon as Lucy hit the ground she was struggling to get up and limped over to a cell at the far end of the hallway, leaning against it as she sobbed. She tried to choke out words and the gang could hear shouts of Lucy's name coming from inside the cell.
The team ran forward, they all froze at the sight. There on the walls hung chains, more blood than the other cells pooled on the floor, and there, next to the empty chains, hung three girls, all had various degrees of cuts on their nearly bare bodies.
The group gasped and Lucy's scream continued as they got closer. She pressed herself up against the cell screaming at them to not come closer and to not hurt them.
"STAY BACK! TAKE ME NOT THEM PLEASE!" Lucy shook in fear and determination.
Natsu and the group stared at her in utter shock. Natsu could feel tears fall down his cheeks. He wiped at his cheeks and stared at the wetness on the back of his hand in shock.
His voice cracked as he spoke, "p-please, L-Lucy, we just want to help..." He reached forward slowly, wanting to melt away the bars of the cell. Lucy screamed even louder, shaking in ultimate fear.
Erza stopped Natsu with a shake of her hand and a placement of her hand on his arm. With a swing of her armored hand she hit Lucy with a strong might.
It suddenly grew silent, they could hear the dripping of water, or blood they weren't really sure and the jangle of chains from the girls. Natsu melted the cell door and Erza, Gray, and Rogue ran forward, taking off the exhausted girl's chains.
He knelt over Lucy's sleeping form, and placed his hands on her cheeks, staring at her now peaceful features. She looked so beat up and hurt. Natsu's fists clenched again in anger and sadness. He picked Lucy up and looked over to the rest of the team, noticing that Gray, Rogue, and Erza all had the other girls on their backs.
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All the girls had families in nearby towns, and after reassuring the other mages they were ok, they said goodbye and parted ways.
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Back at the guild, Wendy healed all of Lucy's major injuries and they had brought Porlyusica in to help with her missing magic. Lucy had yet to wake up after a few days, making Natsu anxious and easy to get angry.
Porlyusica stayed in the infirmary without coming out for those two days. No one knew a thing about Lucy's condition, nor had they seen Loke or any of her other spirits since they had left.
The rest of the guild told the wizards that two days after they had left, Loke screamed in agony and vanished. The wizards all looked at each other nervously at the news and continued to wait for results.
Another three days went by with no word from Porlyusica, although they had seen Makarov go in and out repeatedly. Every time he came out he always had a grim or rather sad expression on his face. Natsu sat by the door day and night, attempting to hear what was being said or any noise at all. But due to an enchantment placed by Freed, he couldn't hear anything.
Natsu was growing even more anxious with every passing day. Finally, after the fifth day, Porlyusica walked out and Natsu shout up from his place on the floor. Happy, who had been sleeping peacefully on his lap, jolted awake and jumped before he could fall to the floor.
"How's Lucy? Is she ok? Can I see her?" Natsu hurried, making Porlyusica glare at the pink-haired boy.
"Child, let me leave the room before you bombarded me questions, annoying brat." She glared at Natsu and he glared back angrily.
She strolled past Natsu and went to see Makarov, Natsu followed along, demanding to know about Lucy's well-being.
Porlyusica slammed the door in a shocked Natsu's face and he bashed against it in anger. "Damn it! I need to know about Lucy!"
With his fists against the door he rested his head on it as well, shutting his eyes as tears fell over his face in distress and sadness. He couldn't handle not knowing anymore, he had to know.
The door opened quickly, causing Natsu to fall forward, Makarov placing a hand above his head to keep him up as he got his footing again. Natsu balanced himself and wiped his eyes quickly before anyone could notice.
"Natsu," the master started, avoiding the boys onyx eyes, "Lucy is going to be alright-." Before Makarov could finish Natsu jumped in the air in joy.
He ran off, telling the little blue cat, who had stayed by Lucy's door in case of any problems, that Lucy was going to be alright. Happy's face broke into a large smile and he flew around Natsu's grinning form. He couldn't help it and tears of joy fell over his cheeks.
He never cried, and now he was crying everyday. Natsu couldn't keep up with his emotions as he ran down the stairs of the guild hall. He passed a yelling Makarov, ignoring the shouts of his name from the guild master.
"GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY! LUCY'S GOING TO BE OK!" Natsu shouted, smiling as cheers went up around the guild. Natsu looked around, happy that his guild mates had finally accepted Lucy as one of their own. He saw Erza, Gray, Sting and Rogue glance at each other and sigh in relief as smiles split their faces.
Sting and Rogue had stayed, thanks to the ok from Makarov, they wanted to wait until Lucy woke up. Natsu had finally gotten over his anger towards the two Sabertooth members after their fight against Asher.
"Let's celebrate!" Someone in the guild hall shouted and more cheers erupted throughout the hall. Natsu smiles even wider and glanced around the room as a party ensued.
"THAT'S ENOUGH BRATS! EVERYONE BE QUIET!" A loud voice shouted from the upper part of the guild hall. Immediately everyone silenced, making Makarov nod in approval. He was about to speak when he was bombarded with questions.
"Master, is it true?"
"Is Lucy gonna be ok?"
"Will she wake up soon?"
Makarov's vein ticked on his forehead and held up a hand to silence them once more. Everyone in the guild could hear the sigh that Makarov gave as he hung his head and everyone could sense the sadness in the masters movements.
"It is true that Lucy is going to recover." He held up a hand before the guild could erupt into more cheers. "However, she is no longer a wizard. She has no more magic and will likely never have any ever again. Lucy Heartfilia, is now human."
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Thank you Dinoadge for letting me know there was a mess up with this chapter! So sorry about that! I hope you guys enjoy and hopefully it won't do it again!