Update time. I must say the new manga chapter, the one that came out today, was pretty epic buuuut . . . expected. We all knew Natsu and Gajeel would put Sting and Rouge in their place.
But that's beside the point.
Thank you all for your continual support, it's so motivating. Hope you're all enjoying this story so far! At first I didn't think I'd be able to blend Harry Potter and Fairy Tail very well but . . . it seems to have worked out so far!
Please enjoy ~
2015: Revised
A million things crossed Lucy's mind in a matter of seconds. Firstly, that she should rip off all of Natsu's limbs then grind them into meat paste and feed it to his friends in form of meatballs. Second thought that she should drop him from her pull field and then gouge his eyeballs out herself. But her third thought was the most logical, drop him, grab him by the collar and question him.
"Would you mind putting me down?!" Natsu asked irritably, dangling awkwardly in Lucy's pull field, ten feet in the air.
Lucy blinked, centring back to the problem at hand.
Natsu.
Lucy let the magic cease in her veins, the spell diminishing.
As soon as Lucy stopped the spell Natsu plummeted to the ground, hitting it roughly then tumbling down the slope till he nearly rolled into the lake.
Natsu moaned in pain, curling into a bruised and battered ball and rubbing his sore, aching head.
"What the hell was that?!" Natsu snapped angrily, glaring at Lucy from his position on the ground.
Lucy didn't answer, instead she lunged forward, yanking Natsu by the collar and pulling him towards her and the lake.
Shocked by Lucy's power Natsu was now knee deep in the water with Lucy, his grey school pants now miserably wet.
Natsu began to open his mouth to demand what the hell she was doing but Lucy cut him off.
"What are you doing here? Spying on me?" She hissed, brown eyes narrowing and lip curling.
Natsu rolled his eyes, feeling incredibly embarrassed as a girl half his size held him like a school ground bully.
"Don't flatter yourself so much Heartfilia, I was here first. You disturbed me." He said, wriggling in the awkward position he was being held in.
Lucy deflated slightly, she had jumped to conclusions, although Natsu was a huge ass, he never really seemed interested in girls.
Clutching at straws Lucy shot back again with fiery anguish.
"Y-you weren't in class this afternoon!"
Again Natsu rolled his eyes. "So what? You gonna call my mommy?" He said mockingly.
Lucy faltered, she didn't even know Natsu's moms name. In reality, she truly didn't know anything about the wizard.
Until now she never really cared too.
Natsu watched Lucy curiously, indecision was written all across her features. Like she was thinking about something seriously and had completely forgotten about him being there.
Natsu cleared his throat rudely.
"Excuse me. If you're done with the interrogation can you let go of me now?" Natsu asked.
The pinched look on Lucy's face relaxed, only slightly and she focused on Natsu again.
"What's your mom's name?" Lucy asked abruptly.
Natsu's jaw dropped slightly, what was this all of a sudden? What had gotten into her? Why was she looking at him like that?
" What?" Natsu asked dumbly.
"What is your moms name?" Lucy said distinctly, pulling the teenage wizard slightly closer to her face as if she was hanging on his answer.
"Umm, Grandeeney." He muttered, the closeness of the blonde's face making a feverish blush coat his cheeks.
A small smile slid across Lucy's lips, she released Natsu's shirt. He was now standing in waist deep water, he wondered if his slacks would ever dry.
"My moms names was Layla." Lucy said, her tone much gentler than any she'd ever used on Natsu before.
Natsu shifted in the cold water, what the hell was going on!? In all the five years Lucy had used plenty of tones on him. Tones of anger, tones of exasperation, disgust, annoyance, fear, sadness but never a tone like this.
He didn't know what to do! In all his life he had never felt as unsure as he did now, this uncertain and squeamish. He had always been, Natsu the rude, Natsu the jerk, Natsu the idiot never once had be been Natsu the guy to use gentle tones of possible friendship on!
So in his overwhelming confusion Natsu stood there, one finger raised as if he was going to say something but never did.
A smile tugged at Lucy's lips, never once had she seen Natsu absolutely speechless. If only she had a camera.
"Well . . . bye." Lucy said, an almost cheerful lilt in her voice.
Hands planted on the edge of the lake Lucy pulled herself out, walking steadily towards the other end of the lake where her clothes remained.
Dressing quickly Lucy grabbed her school bag and made her way back up the path towards the Academy.
Befuddled and shell shocked Natsu watched her go, his toes slowly going numb in the water.
~Four Days Later~
Lucy stood in front of the bathroom mirror, gargling mouthwash inside her mouth. Levy stood at the sink beside her, combing out her wet, blue locks with seamless care.
"Where'd you go after class today Luce? I couldn't find you anywhere." Levy asked casually, although she was peering at the blonde out of the corner of her eye.
Leaning over Lucy spat the minty green liquid into the sink, washing it's sticky substance down the drain.
"I was in the library, I was trying to find a book on Latin Dreeths, nasty things." Lucy lied casually, not wanting Levy to know where she'd actually been. It was kinda like her secret place, in the colder months anyway.
Levy rolled orange curlers into her damp hair, still eyeing the blonde.
"Why were you researching Latin Dreeths?" Levy asked, she hadn't even heard of a Latin Dreeth before, how the did Lucy know what they were?
Lucy shrugged, curling her golden locks around her pinky casually.
"I saw them mentioned in this Configuration book I was reading, I was just curious is all." Lucy said. At least the part about her seeing them mentioned wasn't a lie.
"Lucy actually studying after class, what is the world coming too?" Lisanna said jokingly, entering their dorm bathroom.
Lucy stuck her tongue out at the short haired witch in good humour. "Oh shush." She giggled.
"Not to mention' Lucy excelling in everything she does nowadays. What's up with that?" Cana snorted, also entering the bathroom, yawning widely as she spoke.
An awful feeling spread throughout Lucy's stomach, a terrible nagging feeling. That same feeling she'd been getting randomly for the past couple days, ever since she came back from the woods.
It was like a dark shadow looming in the back of her brain, silent but watching. Lucy didn't know what it was but she was sure it was related to her newly acquired skill set, and that made her nervous. Very nervous.
"Maybe all those years of being the underdog caught up with me and I was blessed by the Gods in an unexpected act of kindness." Lucy said dramatically, pushing the awful feeling aside. Winking at her dorm mates jokingly.
The three other girls laughed, all joining in the 'gift from god' joke.
All the while that feeling she was being watched haunted her.
OoOoOoO
Lucy was drowning. Her mind spun as the cobalt waters crushed down upon her. Her lungs burned with lack of air, her legs screamed in protest as she tried to kick her way to the surface.
The water was cold, numbing her body, her nerves shot and slowing.
Bubbles swam past Lucy's eyes, the dim light above the water growing faint.
Suddenly Lucy was wretched from the waters, as if someone had flipped her world upside down.
A terrified shriek escaped Lucy's lips, her eyes clenching closed as she free fell.
Lucy waited for the pain, the sound of all the bones in her body breaking simultaneously. The searing pain as her head smashed against the ground.
None of this happened.
Lucy heard faint laughter, the sounds of children playing, a watchful mother laughing at her child's antics.
Lucy heard happiness.
Steeling herself Lucy opened her eyes, she found herself swathed in a pink, laced monstrosity of a dress sleeping on a park bench.
The innocent scene of children playing on a playground filled Lucy's vision. Pushing herself upright a lazy smile crossed her lips.
"Lucy! You're finally awake." A small blue haired girl was standing on the edge of the playground closest to Lucy, waving.
"L-Levy?" Lucy asked astonished.
The bluette in front of her looked no older than seven, a dirtied yellow dressed that hung to her knees soiled from childhood adventures. Hands grimy and brown with dirt, a huge grin on her face.
"Come play with us!" Levy said, eyes brimming with joy, motioning to the rest of the kids playing on the playground equipment.
Lucy's gaze wandered over to the playground.
A young Gray, shirtless of course, hung upside down on the monkey bars, beaming cheekily.
"Hey Lucy! Look at me!" He yelled, making silly faces at Lucy.
Lucy smiled in spite of herself, waving at Gray.
A very dirty Loke was building what looked like a giraffe out of mud in a nearby puddle, dirt smudged across the bridge of his nose.
"Oi Lucy! Check it out! Just for you!" Loke called, grinning in pride at his lopsided creation.
"It looks great Loke!" Lucy hollered back, giving the young boy two massive thumbs up.
Levy walked over the the bench, tugging on Lucy's wrist impatiently.
"Come on, you have so much to see Lu Lu." Levy demanded.
Lucy stumbled behind the significantly shorter Levy awkwardly. Following wherever the kid was leading her.
A much shorted Juvia was twirling a umbrella around atop the slide, humming happily.
Jellal was poking Erza with a stick, Erza trying to hold back the urge to punch him in the face.
Soon Levy had leaded Lucy far past the playground, the laughter had diminished, it was silent.
They two girls stood at the edge of a forest, looking up at the leafy treetops in wonder.
The same feeling from earlier crept across Lucy's stomach, a forewarning not to go in those woods pulsating through her.
"Come on Lu, what you need to see is in there." Levy said, pointing into the dense woods.
Lucy gulped, a cold sweat forming on the back of her neck.
"I don't really think that's a good idea." Lucy said hoarsely, shaking her head, and inching away anxiously.
Levy looked up at the teenage girl, a sudden unexpected hardness on her face.
"You're not scared are you?"
Lucy's eyes darted back to the forest, yes, in fact she was very scared, she just didn't want to tell a seven year old Levy that.
"N-no." Lucy said hesitantly.
"Let's go then." Levy snorted, clenching onto Lucy's hand tightly.
Being dragged into the thick, overwhelming cover of the trees eyes seemed to follow her.
Self consciously Lucy's eyes darted around the forest surrounding her, this was very wrong.
"Come on Lucy, we're almost there." Levy said, ducking under a low hanging tree branch.
Swallowing the bile that threatened to pour out of her mouth Lucy also ducked.
The woods opened up to a clearing, upon a fallen log sat Lucy's mother!
Sitting around her like crows awaiting food was seven year old Lucy and Natsu.
" . . . Then Peach the Fairy waved a final good-bye and began to flutter back home. A large smile on her face."
Layla closed the story book that sat on her lap, brown eyes looking up through her thick lashes, a sly smile on her beautiful thick lips.
"Aw, you too missed the story. Too bad." Layla said gently, mischievously.
"M-mom!?" Lucy gasped, emotion swelling in her throat.
Layla smiled gently, folding her hands in her lap neatly.
"Hello Lucy, care to join us?"
Lucy stepped forward, heart pounding, disbelief evident on her face.
The young Natsu and Lucy swivelled around, two uncharacteristically large grins on their little faces.
"Hello Lucy! Join us for story time!" They both said in synch.
"Yes Lucy, please join us for a story." Layla said.
Lucy stepped back, something was wrong. That wasn't her mother.
"W-who are you?" Lucy asked fearfully.
Layla cocked her head in mock innocence.
"Why your mother of course silly."
"N-no, you're not." Lucy stammered, turning to run back down the path when something grabbed her ankle. Lucy fell to the ground.
Lucy snapped her head around, body withering in the dirt.
A hideous monster with contorted features stared up at her hungrily. It was Levy! Her blue hair ragged, knotted, her face now had a long black beak.
"Come back." It rasped, beak clacking, saliva dripping, beady eyes unblinking.
Lucy screamed, trying unsuccessfully to kick the creature off her leg.
"What's wrong sweetie, don't like who you actually are?" A demented image of Lucy's mother flashed
across her vision.
Angular yellow eyes, thick black bloodied lips, pointed ears, white blonde hair.
"Trust me, you'll like the transformation when we're done."
Lucy squeezed her eyes shut. Focusing on controlling her magic, the heated power flooding through her veins.
"Limitless Shimmer!"
Shining yellow glitter coated Lucy's vision as the world around her spun.
The hollow screams of the monsters left behind ringing raw in her ear drums.
FUU. Done now. Can't update for a while due to lack of internet connection.
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