Luck of the Unwanted~
Chapter 11
Natsu POV
'What do you know Natsu? Your parents save me from committing suicide just like my dad did!' As I read those words guilt immediately sunk into my skin. How could I have not noticed? She didn't call on me, Wendy, or my parents for anything. Was it because she didn't want to inconvenience them because of everything? How does she of all people make me think so hard? Is it because I want to know her story? What happened? She doesn't ever refer to anything about it…
I just stood there frozen still trying to process everything. We were currently in the outskirts of Hargeon and here I was in a parking lot of an abandoned Kindergarten classroom with Lucy M.I.A. Oh god. Lucy is missing on my watch. I am officially dead unless I can find Lucy and get back home before dawn.
I broke running looking everywhere for Lucy shouting frantically but to no avail. I looked in every direction possible around the area. I know she was mad but how far could she have walked?
That was when I noticed a woman across the street about to cross the crosswalk and come towards me. I would have thought nothing of it at first but suddenly she dropped grabbing her head. From the terror and pain on her face you would think that she would be screaming. Then I noticed one thing: Blonde. It was Lucy. She was in pain but couldn't scream because, well, you know.
I was going to go running and screaming to her and make sure she was okay but some strange dude beat me to it.
"Lucy? Lucy is that you? Lucy!" Suddenly she collapsed and he barely caught her in time.
He stared at her for a little while before picking her up bridal style and carrying her off somewhere. Did he know her? I mean, he just called out her name so that must mean something right?
A thought struck and I decided to follow. I wasn't big on eavesdropping but what if this guy was a rapist and he planned to take advantage of Lucy while she had no idea what was going on? The very thought made me sick to my stomach but, hey look around at the world these days. Anything is possible.
I wanted to shout at the man, but what is he capable of? He might have a gang with him or something. What would I do then? This town was basically cut off from the rest of Fiore after the war; the Country couldn't afford to repair it so the residents left and now it is… this.
They went into a small little cottage-like building and he disappeared behind a heavy wood door. I walked and peeked through a window and saw that it was mostly a one room house with the exception of a bathroom and maybe a small bedroom. There was a kitchen, dining room, living room mixed thingy and I saw him lay Lucy down on the dining / kitchen table.
I felt myself worry for a second at what might happen next but the feeling soon resided when I saw Lucy starting to wake up. She sat up and the guy came running to her carrying a glass of what I guess what water.
She grabbed it and nodded her head. After that she smiled. Not one of the ones that she gives the girls at school or the one she does while helping out in the kitchen. No, this was much different. It was so warm and radiant, inviting.
I felt envious. Why can't I make her smile like that? Oh I know. I constantly avoid her so I don't get pinned by kids at school with titles about how I have a weird adopted sister because she she's mute and can't talk. Since when did I care so much about what others think of me?
Still. She looks so happy. It is a kind of smile that can make the rain go away and the sun come out. Did I seriously just think that? That was so cheesy and cliché …. Oh well.
I couldn't bring myself to either walk away from the window or knock down the door. So I just watched and allowed my heart to run free of emotions as I saw the scene ahead of me.
Lucy POV
After I passed out, memories flashed through my head and all I could do was watch. Granted, they weren't all that bad. Like the one where I was begging Mama and Papa for a dog and the next morning I wake up with a white one in the living room with the name tag that read: Nikora. At my young age though, I couldn't pronounce it and ended up calling him Plue.
Then there were the times when Papa would drink and beat me for killing mama. The pain I experience from my own father was unbearable.
But then I would also remember that things like that don't happen to anymore thanks to Grandine and Igneel. Or at least that was what I thought. Until now.
Suddenly the fog started to clear in my eyes and I was able to see again. I opened my eyes and looked at the ceilings to an unknown house. As I looked around, one thought crossed my mind: Where am I? I was in my hometown I remember that much, but who's house am I in? Just as the thought crossed I heard some things falling over.
"Lucy?" That voice…. It can't be….
"Lucy! I am so glad you are okay! I thought you were seriously hurt but it looks to only be mental and nothing physical." He said. I looked around to see if there was anything to write with. That's when I noticed a notebook and a pen beside me. So he remembered.
'Sting? Oh my gosh! It has been so long! How have you been?' I wrote/ asked.
"I have been pretty good. I recently came back to this deadbeat town looking for my lost cat. We live just outside the city and I didn't know if maybe he ran this way. Then I saw you and you fainted." Sting said.
We continued to talk and catch up. I remembered why I was here though and a depressed aura surrounded me. Apparently, I startled Sting though because he started to panic on how to make me feel better.
'Well it was nice talking to you. I have to go home now though.' I explained.
The doors busted open at that statement allowing my heart to do a few back flips in my chest. More like almost kill me from a heart-attack.
"Who the hell are you?!" Natsu screamed at Sting while pointing an accusing finger at him.
"Me? I am Sting." Sting explained.
Natsu POV
Sting? What kind of a name is Sting? All I know is that I do not approve of this. But I noticed that something was off in the way he talked. Was it an accent? No, it was too heavy what exactly was it….
"Come on Lucy we are leaving. I have to get you back home or else I am dead meat." I said as I made my way towards Lucy. I grabbed her arm and started to drag her out of the door.
Just as we were about to exit though, she stopped. Dead stop. Not a single bit of motion going on inside her. It looked like she was even refusing to breathe.
She looked back at Sting and started to move her hands in a weird way. What was she doing? Some kind of secret language? I had to think about it for a second for it to process through that she was probably doing sign language. I don't understand why though. She knows that I don't know sign language… unless.
What surprised me was when Sting started to sign back. Was that why he sounded so funny? Is he deaf? That might explain something about why he knows Lucy…. I still don't approve of him though. Something about him just doesn't sit well with me.
"She says that she isn't going anywhere with someone as insensitive and demanding as you." He explained. I know it was Lucy that said it but I couldn't help but to feel a bit more dislike to the guy the more he talked for Lucy. I didn't like that Lucy couldn't talk to me herself.
And most of all, I didn't like the fact that she would rather sit here with him than go home with me.
Back by popular demand XD So a a lot of people requested that Sting be the mystery guy so that was what i did! Also i find it a bit funny that i made him deaf when in the anime he has super-hearing. Oh well.
I know, i know, i know. It completely sucked. But it is a chapter! Homework was the worst thing ever created. Isn't the 7 hours at school enough?! *Sigh* At least i updated on time. I absolutely promise that the next chapter with be so much better. Since we are getting closer to the climax.
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