Past, Present, No Future
by: Shigure Hakuya
Lucy sighed upon knowing that she have returned back to the past, but how? Everything was just a blur to her and she can't remember anything related to it. She's now frustrated as hell. Piecing the fragments of that time was hard but she still managed to remember it dreadfully. Lucy just clenched her fist and fully reminisce it...
How Mard Geer opened E.N.D.'s book and summoned him...
She can heard the piercing sound of Natsu's burdened scream...
His fangs started to sharpen up like a monster in a battlefield...
Monster-like claws being formed into his hands...
Red, pointy horns being sprouted from his pink hair...
Then it happened...
Flashback:
Lucy can hear his piercing screams and shrieks while being transformed. A disgusting smell can now be smelled throughout the town of Magnolia. Her eyes widened upon seeing this horrifying scene; so dreadful and scary like Death is upon your doorstep, his scythe visible and the sound of chains can be heard. Her heart is beating so fast, like horses in a race. She feel like fainting but she fought against it. or else...that will be the end of her...
Placing both of her hands on her chest, she prayed to God that she'll be saved. Then, a ray of hope lit up in her heart...
It happened so fast... She saw that blazing red-no, scarlet hair, flowing through the air, like birds flying freely. She finally saw her knight-in-shining-armor well, literally. Erza Scarlet is on the field, ready to fight against the most powerful demon that Zeref ever made, Etherious Natsu Dragneel, with her wearing her Heart Kreuz Armor. The glares between the two are so intense like the rays of 10,000 suns.
The tension...it makes Lucy can't breath. It's so...heavy and...unusual.
The all Lucy saw was a blur of red and pink.
Outlines of slashes can be seen as shadows between the two are so fast that the fact that Lucy can't see their movements. She watched at them in awe but with fear in her eyes, hoping that all of this will end up good. Erza's slices are too sharp and accurate while Natsu's claws are so intense and raw. The battle...will not end up so fast. The two warriors are so powerful that the earth itself is crumbling into bits. And that made Lucy shiver in fear, hoping that someone powerful will stop this fight.
Erza kept changing her armors while Natsu made his slashing attacks more powerful by adding force, but that didn't fazed Erza much. But then...
When Erza gained the upperhand, the movements of Natsu are now becoming strange. His movements are now slower and black blood kept flowing out of his wounds. He slowly back away a little, making Lucy's eyes widen.
"Erza! Dodge!" Then Lucy saw a reddish-purple flame came out of the demon's mouth. Lucy's eyes widen upon knowing what he released.
It's poison!
Erza's left arm was now affected by the poison, making her hold the affected area and took a heavy breathe. The bruise was such a disgusting sight to see. It was a third-degree burn with some purplish areas making Lucy vomit her contents out. It smells...horrible.
Then, all Lucy can remember was Erza is being slowly kneeled down. Lucy tried shouting but it didn't worked. Then all she could see was a fast blur of black and blue...
End of Flashback:
That memory made Lucy frown. Then when she woke up, she's now in that corner, seeing her fallen friends being crucified and tortured. She felt tears gushing out. Then she tried stopping it by rubbing it with her hands. She wanted to help her friends at that time...but then, due to her exhausted state. If she...
...if she didn't summoned the Celestial King...would that make her friends saved?
Wait...no. They can't be saved...
If she didn't summoned the Celestial King, all of them will be trapped in Alegria's clutches. But still...she might help her friends...but how?
...but if she didn't did that, maybe Aquarius will not be sacrificed...but...
Her mind was full of incoherent thoughts and that made feel headache. This body of hers really takes a toll whenever she tried to do anything that she can do before...
Lucy just sat down at the edge of her pink bed. Now starting to think what should she do...with her body being returned to her five-year-old self and keys missing. But what makes her frustrated is that that Celestial 'Warrior' somehow sent her here. And that blurred face...
...that somehow is familiar to her. But, where did she saw that before?
In the battle against Phantom Lord? Galuna Island? Or maybe that time when they fought first against Oracion Seis? Or maybe that Battle of Fairy Tail that Laxus started? Or maybe in Edolas? Or when they saw the Earthland version of Coco, Sugarboy, Maria and Bryo? In Tenroujima-wait, they are just the only person there... Wait, or maybe in that Lullaby-thingy? Did I forgot to mention that time in Tower of Heaven? When Juvia and I fought against Rocker, but managed to win by using a Unison Raid? Or in the GGM? Maybe its the time when my friends, the spirits turned against me-wait, I mustn't remember that time. It makes me saddened to the thought that my friends will abandon me and will turn against me. Or maybe in that Sun Village where we, the Team, saw many giants, which are the parents of Flare?
Somehow by reminiscing the old times make her smile a bit. And that makes her reenergized for this day.
"From this day now on...maybe I'll just train and train..." Lucy mumbled to herself with her tiny voice. Listing a lot of things to do...
...the first thing that she must do is train! But how?
With her head slightly turning to the garden, her eyes widen upon seeing a familiar shade of blonde hair and brown eyes. Tears again started to flow down her eyes.
Her knees are now shaking...
Her heart beats so fast...
Her dim light of hope started to brighten up...
Maybe this time travelling isn't so bad after all?
Then she now went to the open window. Walking to the garden, she climbed up then went outside. There, she saw her only hope this time. Her love of life that once she lost. A loving mother. A wise helper. A responsible wizard. A great friend. A beautiful scene, it is.
"M-mommy..."
To be continued...
A/N: Updating might be fast but for the later chapters...let's hope for the best that I'll have this laptop and hope I don't have author's block. Please remind me if this story is not suitable for the T rating and if I needed to change it to M, please? Also, sorry for the wrong spiellings and grammurs.