Why was it so bright?
Squinting her eyes, the blonde tried to block out the light.
She heard a chuckle in the background.
Her eyes scrunched up.
Was that…
"Luce!"
Natsu?
Lucy shot up off the bed with wide eyes, frantically scanning the perimeter for a certain pink haired fire mage.
Her head sunk down in defeat when she failed though, and she rubbed her forehead, sighing.
"What the hell is wrong with me…? Why would that baka be here…?"
She tried to act nonchalant, but her shoulders were slumped in disappointment.
"As if he'd try to find me…"
"Oi!"
Lucy's head snapped up almost immediately, and she was met with a pair of dazzling onyx eyes.
One smile and her breath seemed to be gone.
"N-Natsu…?"
She could barely believe it.
Would he really come looking for her…?
After two months of her nonexistence?
"I-Is that you…?"
Natsu's smile seemed to widen even more, and Lucy's heart fluttered wildly, a blush grazing her cheeks.
But, at the next words, her world seemed to shatter.
"Of course it's me, Lissanna! Are you alright?"
Lissanna?
Suddenly, she saw a blue eyed beauty with short white hair standing to the dragon slayer, giggling behind her hand.
Natsu grinned and chuckled at her, before asking to go on a mission.
The young Strauss nodded eagerly, and soon enough, they were walking away from her.
"N-Natsu…?"
Tears formed and Lucy's heart sped up.
"Natsu, it's me! Lucy! Natsu!"
Lucy stood up, the blanket that had been draped over her body now clinging to her shins.
"Natsu?! Natsu!"
She tripped and fell down, her slim form making hard contact with the solid floor.
"Natsu! Please! Please don't leave me again! Not when I lo… When I…"
Sobs overwhelmed her aching body, and the blonde curled up, shaken up from all the emotions bombarding her fragile heart.
"Natsu… I-I… To you…"
Her brown eyes scrunched up in pain and she clenched her teeth to keep from howling out.
After about half an hour, the blonde lay on the ground, exhausted, with her eyes swollen and her face pink.
Sniffling, she slowly pushed herself off the floor, her eyes flat and seemingly dead.
She held her hand to her head, blinking her eyes in an attempt to relieve them from their blurriness.
Lucy let out a deep breath, shoving her face into her palms.
Her head was thumping like crazy and the room she was in seemed to be a different world.
Getting up, she stretched out her sore body, wincing as she felt the gashes on her calves stretch.
.
Wait.
.
Lucy clutched her leg, surveying the bandages that were wrapped around her calf neatly.
Her eyes were practically coming out as she gripped he right leg, her heart accelerating.
Was this real?
She applied pressure to where the wound should've been and slightly winced as she felt the sharp bite of pain course through her leg.
Wasn't she supposed to be dead?!
Lucy quickly looked around her, finally noticing that she was in a cream colored room with wooden floors.
The bed was covered in white sheets and pillows, although it was a bit messy.
There was a mahogany desk pushed up against the wall opposite of the bed with a large bulletin board above it.
On the area a few feet away from the desk stood a dresser, which was also made of mahogany and was beautifully decorated with intricate swirls and designs on the sides and legs.
On the wall on the other side of the desk was a white door, which Lucy discovered on further evaluation, was a bathroom, which seemed to be white and light grey based, complete with marble counters and a silver sink.
On the back wall of the room were a window and a door a meter away, which was a closet, which was mysteriously filled with exercise clothes of Lucy's sizes.
The last wall had a plain white door, like the others, except on the sides were 4 paintings, each about 2-3 feet wide with about 4 feet of height.
Each painting was mysterious yet enchanting, having 22 constellations on each.
The blonde stared at the paint, entranced by its beauty, before she was snapped back to reality by a sharp rap on the door, signaling somebody was about to come in.
The situation she was in suddenly dawned on her, and she dived for her keys, which were on the mahogany nightstand next to the bed.
She whipped Leo's key at the door right as it opened, and the new person held her hands up in surrender, slowly.
She didn't need to, though, because after she saw her face, the celestial mage dropped her keys onto the mat under her feet.
Her eyes widened in complete and utter shock as she stared at the person, tears warming the corners of her eyes once again.
If this person was here, what could this possibly mean?
Yay! Chapter 5 is officially up! Hope you guys didn't have to wait too long! I was kinda unsure how to write this chapter out, so I got kind of worried I wouldn't be able to update in time... But, I did, so that all that matters! Chapter 6 will be up and ready to read by next week, so please look forward to that! If you guys are wondering what will happen with my other story 'Catch Me', please do go to my profile and read the note I posted there. Besides that, I'll see you guys next week! (/^-^ )/