He was trapped, restrained by the shackles of his own body. It was so dark, so cold. He watched his body morph into something else, fight his friend, kill his companion, and lastly hurt the one person that he cared about the most. Even his own mouth was not listening to him. The voice that came out was not his own, it was different...almost evil. Natsu wanted to scream, wanted to tell Lucy to run away as fast as she could, wanted to protect the girl that was dying before his eyes. It hurt, it hurt so damn much, not the searing pain in his head or the burning sensation throughout his body, but watching Lucy suffer. He had promised to protect the future, but here he was watching her slowly bleed out, killed by the monster that was inside him. He wished he could look away, save himself from the pain that came from seeing her face, but he couldn't. No, it wasn't as much as he couldn't look away but more that he wouldn't. She was being so brave. And he knew that someone in the world had to witness her last moments, had to see how courageous she was and see the pain that she was enduring for the sake of her friends. It hurt to look, but at the same time, he felt a sensation of pride. He remembered when she had first joined the guild. She was always a little bit scared to fight head on with someone, and she tried to avoid confrontation. But through the countless fights and battles that the guild went through together she had become stronger, physically and mentally. She deserved better, her strength should have been shown to the world, no one would laugh at her now. He had believed in her, he always had. He knew the true strength that she held inside of her, even when she herself wasn't quite sure of it. Natsu had always wondered why some of the best people in the world always got the worst end of the deal. Why was that? He remembered a conversation that he had with Igneel once.

"It's not fair! Why do they have to die?" He had pouted. Igneel stayed quiet for awhile and kept his gaze steady on the group of humans below who were proceeding in a long line towards the small little church on top of a hill. That day, two teenagers had died when a fire broke out in the village and they went back inside a schoolhouse to save a couple of children trapped inside. Natsu had played with the two boys once, so Igneel agreed that they could watch the procession into the church but would have to leave after.

"Because it's their time to go." Igneel responded.

"How do you know when it's your time to go?" He had asked.

"You will."

"But how?" He had pestered even more. This time Igneel had looked down at him and gave a loud sigh.

"Do you want to die?" Igneel had asked him.

"Of course not." Nastu had said as his forehead crinkled up in a confused look.

"Why?"

"Why? I just don't!"

"Do you think that they wanted to die?" Igneel had asked.

"Of course not, who would?" Igneel gave a slight smiled and looked back out at the little church and the people entering it.

"You are right, a sane person would never want to die. But there will be a point in your life where you will be willing to die. May it be when you are old and you have lived a full life or when you are younger and you are protecting the ones you love."

Nastu was the one to remain silent this time. From afar you could hear the occasional sob, and the creaks of the coffins that were being carried by sullen looking men. Nastu looked more closely at the people.

"If you die for the happiness of the people you love like you say that people do, then why do the people look so sad. By dying you're still putting your loved ones through pain."

Igneel looked down at the boy below him again, but this time with softer eyes.

"Then live."

The world was white, blinding and pure. For the first time in awhile snow covered the streets and villages of Fiore. Slowly it fell, big snowflakes lazily drifted down from the sky and towards the white blanket that was covering the ground. There was no noise, not one bird or animal, it was quiet. Almost as if everyone in the world had disappeared. He didn't like it, silence, it was something that he wasn't used to. Nasty rose his hand up and tried to catch one of the falling flakes of snow. As it landed in his hand, the flake melted immediately. He dropped his hand back onto the ground and strained his ears for even the faintest bit of noise. There. He had heard it, as soft as it had been, he heard it. It was laughter. The small tinkle of a laugh reached his ears and his heart. Lucy. Yes, Lucy had that laugh, the laugh of an angel, his angel. Where was she? Where was everyone? Natsu couldn't remember. His mind seemed that it was rejecting him from entering it. Natsu stood up from his spot on the ground, leaving behind a imprint in the snow.

"Lucy!" He called. "Happy! Where are you guys?" He continued on walking through the white world, the only sound being the crunching of his shoes on the snow beneath him. "Guys! It's not funny anymore!"

"Salamander."

Natsu spun around to look at the face of the familiar voice. "Gajeel, where is everyone?" Nasty took a step towards him only to see Gajeel edge backwards covering a small figure behind him with his arm. "What the hell, what's wrong with you?" Gajeel just looked at him skeptically up and down.

"Is it really you Natsu?"

"Of course it's me, who else would it be? Now can you please tell me what's happening?" From behind Gajeel, the figure nodded and he stepped out revealing her. "Levy, thank god. Do you know where Lucy is?"

"Yeah I do Natsu."

"Alright then, let's go!" Nasty smiled. The two of them started walking and he trailed behind them, happy to be finally getting somewhere. But that happiness didn't last long when he realized that something was defiantly wrong. Even from behind Levy he could tell that she was crying, her back was shaking up and down and Gajeel kept on sending her worried glances. That wasn't the only thing though, the buildings that were once standing strong were crumbled on the ground in piles. None of them made a sound, they moved through the town like snakes would move through grass, silent and smooth. It just wasn't normal, if this was just another day then Gajeel would be teasing Levy, or Natsu and him would be fighting, everything was just so... odd. They began to slow down as they approached a little dip in the ground, it looked almost as if some kind of bomb had gone off. The snow hadn't fully covered the ground in the dip yet and Natsu could see that the plants and earth had been burnt in some way. He looked father into the dip and saw figures crouching over something.

"Juvia, Gray!" He called out to the pair.

Juvia turned her head and Natsu almost jumped a little from the shock, her face was badly bruised and bloody, especially her nose.

"Gray, what the hell did you do to Juvia?" I yelled out to him jokingly, but Gray still didn't turn around. He was still stuck in position, looking down at something. "Gray!" This time he turned around, snapping his head towards Natsu quickly. His eyes were filled with rage, red and uncontrollable anger. He started standing up as if he was about to come over and hit Natsu but on the ground something caught his attention and those angry eyes that were filled with bloodlust quickly softened and turned into something more sad and desperate. He nodded slowly and then looked at Natsu again.

"You need to come over here." He said, his voice filled with pain. Slowly Natsu began walking over towards Gray. Those few steps felt like an eternity to Natsu, he knew it was something, something bad that he wouldn't like. As he got even closer he could make out tears spilling from Gray's eyes as he looked down at whatever it was, his stomach dropped. Lucy, my Lucy. She was laying there, right in front of Gray clasping his hand. She looked terrible. Her body was torn and bleeding, there was a huge hole in her stomach that was oozing blood and her clothes were all torn. Deep scratches covered her body as well, almost as if a large bird had came down and ripped her apart, almost like a dragon.

Slowly Natsu's eyes trailed up her body and to her face, their eyes met and Natsu was filled with a new wave of pain. Her eyes were... They were glazed over, like a milky substance covered them. He had seen those types of eyes before, she was blind.

"Lucy?" He whispered out softly. Her body twitched and she slowly moved her head to the side.

"Na..tsu..? Is that... You?" Her voice trembled and he could tell that it was hard for her to even get the words out.

"Yes Lucy its me! I'm right here!" He yelled as tears threatened to spill down his face. He dropped down to his knees and swooped her body up into his arms.

"That's... good. Your here... that's really good. Your... back." She quietly said.

What the hell happened to her? Why was she like this.. And where was I, Natsu had thought. He turned to look at Gray again.

"What happened?" He asked the ice Mage. Gray didn't say anything, he just shook his head and created a piece of ice in his palm, flat and shiny, almost mirror like.

"You did." He sneered and shoved the price of glass up so that Natsu could see his face. At first nothing hit him, He looked the same as he remembered but then something right at the top of his head and in his hair caught his attention. On both sides something was poking out of his salmon hair and he slowly, and shakily reached up to touch it. Horns. And then in that moment everything flooded back to him, e.n.d, happy, gray, Lucy... All of it. Natsu saw himself killing happy and fighting gray, he saw himself attack Lucy and assault her. And finally he heard Lucy. He heard the speech that she had given to him as she was dying, how she had always believed in him and about all the different adventures that had been on. He saw the tears that slid down his face and knew that somehow Lucy had cracked e.n.d. a little bit. She knew it to, and he knew that she knew what to do. He heard the three words that he had wanted to hear so badly for awhile know. I love you. And then he felt as Lucy's soft lips hit his own. Then, everything went white.

Natsu slammed his head to the ground and gave a long piercing cry. He cried for happy, he cried for gray, he cried for everyone he had hurt, and he cried for Lucy. She had used the ultimate magic to call him back, one magic, the power of true love. And it had costed her. The white light had made her go blind and the little magic and energy she had left was gone. There was no way for her to be saved now. Natsu felt a shaky hand cup his check and pull his face up from the ground.

"Natsu, please don't cry... It wasn't your fault... You... You wouldn't have ever.. Hurt the guild." Lucy softly wiped tears away from my face and then smiled.

"Lucy.. Please, you can't leave me, I won't ever be able to forgive myself. I can't go on without you. Happy is already gone, I can't lose you to!" He begged hugging Lucy tightly.

"Igneel should have a way to save you! Where is he?"

"I'm sorry Natsu, but Igneel dies fighting acnologia, they took each other out, we found their bodies back over there."Gray had said pointed to a faraway location. Igneel... Why.. When I had just gotten you back! How could you let some other dragon take you down, Natsu thought. He wanted to break down and scream again but he didn't, he knew that if he did Lucy would be even more upset. He didn't want to see her hurt anymore. After a couple moments of silence and a few sniffles from Natsu, Lucy's soft, faint voice spoke out.

"Hey Natsu... Do fairies have tails?"

"What? come one Lucy! It's not the time to be asking questions like that! Don't waste your breathe!"

She laughed,"you want to know what I think it means?"

"Lucy, come on!"

"I think it means that we all our have our own tails, if you are a fairy, a dragon slayer, an ice Mage, a dragon, or a celestial Mage. Everyone has them, and that at the end of each tail, there lies true happiness. When you reach the end of your own tail you know exactly who you are and what you love and care for, and that you are able to be at peace."

"Lucy? What are you talking about!?"

Lucy touched her forehead to Natsu and closed her glazed eyes as a few tears slipped out.

"I'm at the end of my personal fairy tail Natsu, I reached the end." She whispered.

"No, Lucy, you can't be. Your whole life is in front of you... Our life together. There are still so many more adventures I wanted to go on with you. Remember, I promised you, to protect the future."

"And you have not broke that promise once, even after I am gone, that promise will not be broken.."

She stared coughing loudly and blood shoot out of her mouth. I grabbed onto her again and held her up as she continued to cough.

"I'm nearing the end." She whispered. "Gray," she called out. Immediately gray stepped closer to Lucy and took her hand.

"I'm right here Lucy." He told her softly.

"Please watch over Juvia, make sure she cleans her injuries, okay?"

"Of course."

"Oh and Gray?"

"Yeah Lucy?"

"Don't blame yourself, it was no ones fault but Zeref's."

"But I was the one who..." Gray looked down and hot tears started to drop from his eyes again.

"Stop. Please don't be sad, I can't leave without you all happy." She smiled. Gray nodded, and wiped the tears from his face.

"Thanks gray, I will see you later."

"See you later Lucy," he said as his voice broke. He stood up and walked over to a crying Juvia.

Next, Lucy called over a somber looking Gajeel and a sobbing levy.

"Gajeel, I swear to god if you ever hurt levy I will hunt you for the rest of your life."

"I got it bunny girl." He said trying to use his nickname for her but his voice betrayed him.

"Levy, i want you to take my books that I wrote. They might not be the best but I want you to have them.

"Lu-chan..." Levy threw herself down and hugged Lucy crying on her shoulder. After a few minutes Gajeel pulled her up and they walked over to where Juvia and gray stood, leaving Lucy and Natsu.

"Have you seen Erza, Natsu?" She asked.

"Sorry Lucy... I haven't.."

"Thats okay.. Just when you see her tell her that I love her and that she has always been like an older sister to me."

"Of course Lucy, anything."

"Oh and Mira, and everyone back in the guild, tell them I love them all and that they were the best family I could have ever hoped for." At this point Lucy had started to cry.

"And... And... My spirits, make sure they are taken care of.. Also the landlady, tell her she can have all of my clothes. And... And.." Lucy's tears stated to pick up and Natsu hugged her even tighter.

"Natsu... I wish my tail was just a little longer.."

"I know Lucy... Me too." They sat there in an embrace for what seemed like hours. But soon Natsu could feel Lucy's grip start to weaken.

"Natsu please face me." Natsu turned his face to Lucy and closed his eyes as her fingers explored his face and stopped at his lips. Slowly they both leaned in and closed the distance between them. For awhile Natsu had known that his feelings for Lucy were much more then just another friend but he had never known the right moment to tell her what she meant to him. The soft, sweet kiss ended and Natsu took Lucy's face in his hands.

"Lucy... I don't have the right to say what I am about to say but.. I love you. I love you so damn much. I wanted to grow old with you and have children's with you. I wanted to.. Die with you."

Lucy's smile grew twice its size and her tears trailed down her face even more.

"Me too Natsu, I love you." She whispered and closed her eyes.

And with that the women that Natsu loved, the light to his dark, the stars in his night, Lucy Heartfilia died. And just like Mard geer had said, from what seemed like eons ago, the end was near, and Natsu wasn't able to stop it.

A/N: okay guys so this was the last chapter. At first I was planning to make it longer but this just felt like the right length to stop, 7 chapters. I might do a epilogue if anyone wants one, so just comment if you would! It has been such a great ride with this story. I never thought that my first fan fic would get the attention that it has:) so thank you all so much for commenting and following the story. I know that my updates at the end were pretty slow and I apologize for all of the grammar or spelling mistakes in this because my laptop has not been working so I had to upload with my iPad... Anyways please look for my next work... Another nalu angsty fic;) love you all and thanks so much!