Hello everyone! I hope that you all are doing good. Since I had a long weekend, I have extra time to write, and I actually really like how this chapter turned out, although I changed a lot of it from how it originally was. Rereading your work is super important to fix any mistakes, and overall makes it better.

Anyway, I don't really have anything else to say, but I hope you all enjoy the chapter.

Disclaimer- No, I do not own Fairy Tail or the characters, which is very, very sad.

Chapter 9

The rest of the week went by slowly. I didn't do anything interesting. But, I was able to give a few pies to some of my friends, who really enjoyed them. Natsu begged me for another one, which was not at all surprising, but I told him that like everyone else, he only gets one. Which he was extremely disappointed about.

But now, it's Friday, and levy had been pressuring me about the Halloween thing for the whole week. It's gotten pretty annoying if I'm being honest, but I know that she's excited so I'll try my best to have fun. I mean, I'm sure that I'll have fun, because I'll be with my friends, but it's just not the first thing that I want to do on my Friday night. Although, I guess I'm still fairly excited to go with my friends. It'll also make Levy happy, which is also one of the main reasons why I'm doing it.

After the school day, I went home and I had a few hours to myself to do what I wanted until I had to leave.

As I was relaxing at home, as expected, I got a call from Cana asking me to come over. It's not very surprising for her to somehow contact me on the weekends, seeing as we are usually both free. But this time, I actually was not, which didn't happen that often, so I had to tell her that I couldn't be with here tonight. Even Though I told her that I was going to be busy today, it seemed as though she forgot. So I had to tell her that I could not go with her, in which she sounded upset, but I told her that I would hang out with her soon. I really wanted to, because I haven't hung out with her too much lately, and I've missed her. But it is what It is, o I'm putting hanging out with her on my to do list. Along with the million of other things that I got to do.

I was very tired from the week, so I fell asleep out of nowhere. But I was woken up from my phone ringing. I groaned over and picked my phone and saw that it was levy who called me, which made me actually stop groaning and smile.

"Hello?" I said, my voice still sleepy.

"Lu-chan, are you asleep?"

"No." I said, getting up. "Not anymore, at least."

"Good, because you need to start getting ready. I'll come pick you up later, make sure that you're ready." And she said didn't even really say goodbye and then hung up.

I looked at the time, and realized that it was time to get ready. So I went to my closet and pulled out the costume. I sighed as I pulled it out, knowing that people were going to have to see me in this. But I put it on anyway, and turned to the mirror. I'm not going to lie, I do look pretty good in the outfit. I always knew that I had a nice body, and i've never been afraid to pull it off. I kept my hair down, since I have to wear the ears on my head. I looked more closely to my face, wanted to put on some dramatic eye make up, but decided against it. Instead, I grabbed my bag and put on my shoes and I was ready to go.

It wasn't that late yet, but since it was fall, the sun was setting earlier, so it felt later than it actually many people didn't like, because that meant that there was less day time. But I love the night, and I love watching the sun set, add see the starts and moon light up the sky in a whole new way.

Soon enough though, Levy was calling me to tell me that she was here. So I walked down stairs before mentally preparing myself for tonight.

When I walked downstairs, there was one thing that I noticed right away. The floor of the house seemed to have more beer cans then floor. I knew that I was going to have to clean it up, because I knew that my father wouldn't, but I didn't have anytime to do it now, so on my to do list it goes. I noticed that he has also been drinking a lot more than usual, but it's not like I pay him much attention anyways.

So I just walked outside, and saw Levy in her car giving me a huge smile.

It's true that I don't really want to go to this thing tonight, but seeing Levy happy almost makes me want to go and try and have fun.

Once I got in the car, I noticed that she was indeed wearing her police costume. As I remembered, she looked amazing in it. She was a small person, but the costume really did fit her well, and i'm glad that she got it.

"Well, well, well, look at you." levy snickered, giving me a friendly wink.

"Right back at ya." I smiled.

"Are you excited?"

"Yeah." I said, although, I really wasn't that excited. I would have much rather stay home and do something else. But I guess it's not a bad thing that I'm going. Besides, I get to hang out with my school friends, and they are always a great group to be with.

So we drove to the school, and on our journey there, me and Levy talked about random gossip, not really about anything in particular. As usual, we also talked about the books that we have been reading. Levy and I have always loved reading, and that's one of the many reasons why we became such good friends in the first place. We always talk about the best stories, and novels that we have read. Both our favorites being romance novels. We just love reading about love. It's just some of the things that we have in common with each other.

When we arrived to the school, there we already many people there, and we had a hard time finding a good parking lot. Even though no one really likes school, we can't deny that our school had good fun raisers. So when we finally parked,we could see everyone walking towards the entrance.

Like every year, and most events outside, everything was set up in the grassy field beside the school building. We could see tents, and all different type of different things to do that were set up. We walked down to the entrance, and after we paid for our ticket, we met up with everyone else. Everyone was already there, so me and Levy were the last ones to get there.

"What took you so long, Luce." Natsu greeted me. "You're late."
"I am not late, you just happen to be early."

"No, I think that you're just late."

I sighed, sometimes the boy is just too much for me.

"What are you dressed up as anyway?" he asked.

I sighed again "you mean you really can't tell?" I asked, pointing to my whiskers and ears.

He was basically squinted his eyes. "nope ."

"Bunny girl." I heard someone call out. I look behind me to see Gajeel in a suit, glasses, and hat.

"Bunny girl?" I said.

"Is that what you're suppose to be?" Natsu asked. "A bunny?"

"It couldn't be more obvious,idiot." Gray said to Natsu.

"Did you just call me an idiot?"

"I did, idiot."

And before anyone had a chance to stop it, the two of them were already fighting. Luckily, Erza was here to make them calm down. Those two boys were always fighting, and usually for the most stupid reasons. I mean, we have only been here a few short minutes and already the boys are trying to kill each other. It's a good thing that the they are both scared of Erza, because that makes them calm down. But I guess I can understand why they are scared of her, she can be pretty scary at times. But underneath all the scariness, she is actually a really nice and loving person. At least she is most of the time.

After the boys calmed down, we all decided to start walking around. We stayed in a big group for a while, but then we all started wandering off into little pairs. Soon enough, it was just me and Natsu walking around together all alone.

"So, Luce," Natsu started, "How's the life of Lucy been?"

"It's going pretty good." I said. "Schools boring though, but other than that, nothing really has been going on. How's happy?"
"He's doing really good. He misses you, though.

"Well, then I'll just have to come over soon so I can see him."
"Of course. But you'll have to give me some attention too."
"Nah, I think i'll just go over some time when you're not home so I can just see happy."

"What?!" he yelled. "That's not fair! Happy cant get all the attention."
"And why is that?" I questioned him.

"Because- because I want some attention too." he said. "And it's not fair of you to just give it all to happy." he pouted. "Besides, you love hanging out with me." he smirked, his face coming closer to mine.

"oh, shut up." I said, pushing his face out of the way. "Besides, you're the one complaining that I'm not giving you enough attention."

"Don't be so mean Luce." he wined.

I sighed. "Alright, alright. You already know that i'd give you attention anyway." he smiled widely at me. "Geez, you're such a child sometimes."
"I am not!"
"Come on." I grabbed his hand. "Lets just go play some games."

We walked over to some of the games that they had set up. We played some of the small games, which was stuff like throwing bean bags, and trying to catch apples with your mouth. Which, Natsu was able to catch several apples with his mouth, which was pretty impressive, because it's a lot harder than it looks. Of course, I tried bobbing some apples as well, but I wasn't nearly as good as Natsu was, although I was able to catch some.

Throughout the night, some of our teachers were there and they would hand us out some candy as we walked by. The principle Markov was there, and he was wearing a costume , and the nurse Strauss was there as well. She was really nice and was even the big sister of Lisanna who went to our school too.

Although, I don't know Lisanna too well, because she transferred schools a few years after us, but I know her enough to say that she seems nice and is good friends with most people in our group.

"Hey, Luce." Natsu said to me.
"Yeah?"
"We should do the haunted hayride again."
I gulped. It was tradition to do the haunted hayride. Every year all our friends would go on together, but we would all get scared. Our school doesn't play around with doing the hayride. Every year, a group of seniors who volunteer, would set up the ride. There is a really cool path that goes through the woods in the back of the school, and it circles from one side of the school building to another.

"Again?" I sighed.

"Come on, Luce." Natsu begged. "What? Are you scared."
"Yes!" I yelled.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you." and he took my hand and we ran off. I'm glad that he couldn't see my face, because I was blushing like crazy for some reason.

So we got on line, and we say that some of our friends were there as well. We saw Gray, Juvia, Erza, Jellal, Levy, and Gajeel and they were all waiting on line.

"You guys finally made it." Levy said. "We thought that you two would miss it."

"We would never miss this." Natsu spoke for the two of us.

So the group of us waited on the line, and saw other groups going on. As we got closer and closer, I was started to feel really nervous as always. I was never a fan of scary things, so this was not something that I would ever do of my own free will. But like always, I was forced to go on.

"Keep all hands, feet, and body parts in the wagon at all times." nurse Strauss said to us as the group of us got on. "Do not stand while the wagon is in motion, and do not get off until the ride has stopped." We all got on, and I noticed that it was either the wagon was getting smaller, or we were getting bigger because we were all squished together.

"Lucy, you're squishing me." Natsu said, as he sat next to me.

"Were all squishing everyone." Gray sighed, sitting next to Juvia." But at last, we were all somehow able to fit, even though it wasn't in the most comfortable position.

"Are you all ready?" Nurse Strauss asked, and we all nodded our heads. "Okay then, let the ride begin." And then the wagon was going through the woods.

It was completely dark in the woods, and you could barely see anything in front of you. The out of nowhere, Nurse Strauss shined a flashlight in her face, causing us all to jump.

"Long ago, before there were any buildings here, these very woods were a popular campsite." she said, telling us a story. "People would come out and camp here for days, sometimes weeks. Build campfires, put up tents, sing songs, roast food on the fire, and they all had fun."
"One night, a group of four kids, around the same age as all of you, decided to come and spend the night. They heard the wonderful and fun stories that people had, and decided to try it out themselves. It was a normal night, and they walked along a path that went through the woods, and started to set up camp in a small clearing. They started to hears some loud birds, and bats." Out of nowhere, birds screeching and bat wings fluttering was heard all around. "They didn't think much of it, because it was the woods. There's bound to be animals, right? But tonight was different, they animals were extremely loud. And even they kids knew that there was something wrong."

"But they once again ignored it, because they just wanted to have some fun. So they had fun, and built a campfire. One of the kids went off into the woods, trying to find a place to go to the bathroom. They didn't stray far from the campsite, and even left some string on the trees so they wouldn't get lost. But once they went to go back to their campsite, the string from the trees were gone. And all the trees around them were covered in deep, huge, claw marks"

From the wagon, we all started to hear big, claw marks in the distance.

"And then, the kid started hearing, loud footsteps coming from nowhere."

The wagon started shaking as footsteps became louder. I yelled and jump slightly as the sound, and Natsu grabbed my hand and held it tightly, and it made me feel less scared.

"The kid started running. They ran as fast as they could, and didn't stop until they were completely out of breathe. When they stopped, it was completely silent."

Then the woods around us went silent as well, and all we could hear was the breaths that we took.

"The kid stopped running, then looked around." She paused, and we all held our breathe. "And nothing was there." We all breathe out in relief. "But once the kid looked back…" she paused. "They saw three hanging bodies right above their campsite."
Then, there was a boom, then a flash of light was shown over to where there was a small campsite, and three bodies hanging from branches.

"AHHHHHHH!" we all heard everyone scream, not knowing who's scream was whose.

A minute later, we we back on the other side of the school, and the ride was over. I tried to get up, still shaky from the ride, but I realized that someone was on top of me.

"Natsu, the ride is over, you can get off now." He shaked his head, while his body was around mine, shaking in fear. I groaned. "The ride is over, we need to get off."
"No! The monster is going to get me!" he yelled.

I sighed. "Don't worry, i'll protect you."

"You promise?" He looked up.
"I promise."
Finally, I got him to get off, although he was basically on top of me. When we went to go meet up with the others, it looked like the girls were having the same problem as me.

Gajeel was clutching onto Levy's arm, Jellal was hanging onto Erza, and Gray was hiding behind Juvia. The girls and I exchanged looks and sighed.

"Natsu, Did you drive here?"he nodded. "Then come on, let's go. I'll drive you home."

So we walked back to the car, and I sat in the driver's seat. Somehow, I was able to convince him enough to make him let go of me while I drive, though, it took a lot of convincing. It was pretty dark outside too, so whenever Natsu heard any kind of sound, he would jump. I still can't believe that he got that scared.

Once we got to his house, I walked him in and turned on the light. He was still shaking slightly, and I couldn't help but feel bad for the boy.

"Luce."He said quietly.

"Yeah?"
"Could you, uh, stay here with me for tonight?"
I giggled softly. "Sure, Natsu. But just for tonight."
And we both walked upstairs, and I sat in the chair that was next to his bed.

"Luce." he groaned. "Come here."

"KYA." I yelped, as he pulled me into the bed with him.

He pulled my body close to his, and I blushed at how close we were to each other. I felt so warm, and at home here. And it was the best I have felt in so long. I didn't want to pull away from him, I wanted to pull him closer. I just felt so at home in his arms.

He pulled me in closer, and whispered. "Good night, Luce."

And it really was a good night.

I know it's January, but I actually wrote this around October, and It goes well in the story lol. But I hope you enjoyed this chapter(which is over 3,000 words wow) And like I said before, I'm going to try to be posting more chapters up. I am once again going to maybe try once a week but I'm not sure yet. My life has just been super busy lately, but i'm gong to try to write as much as I can.

And I know that the "scary story" Wasn't scary at all, but lets just pretend it was for the sake of the story lol.

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