Chapter 7: Where's Lucy?

Natsu P.O.V:

"She's in there."

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"NANI?!"

Everyone stared at Natsu like he was crazy, which, at this point, he probably was.

"She's been in there this entire time, talking inside my head."

"That's impossible, Natsu. Why the hell would she be inside her Dragon Keys?!" Gray piped up.

Natsu shrugged. "I dunno. She's been there this entire time."

Porlyusica stood up, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "Erza," she said to the scarlet-haired mage, who, at this point, was awake and excitedly listening to everything, "Did Lucy's Dragon Keys glow by any chance when she took out Lord Harwitt."

Erza squinted her eyes up at the ceiling, trying to remember. Finally, she sighed. "I don't know. It's entirely possible, but Lucy's whole body was glowing. I was temporarily blinded so I really couldn't see anything."

"Well, assuming the Dragon Keys did glow, the dragons probably saved Lucy at the last minute and transferred her soul into their world. No matter what happened to her body, her soul would survive." Porlyusica said.

Mira gasped and her eyes filled with tears. "So she is alive! Hey, Natsu. What's Lucy saying now? Can you talk to her? Ask her where she is and how we get there!" Mirajane said.

"I can only hear what she's saying. She can't hear me for some reason. She's in the Dragon World and is wandering around trying to find somebody." Natsu grinned. "If she's with the dragons, we've got nothing to worry about! Igneel will take care of her!"

Mirajane sighed. "But what about us? We want her back here!"

"Mira, want me to go get Levy?" Gray said.

"Yeah, we need to find out either how to get into the Dragon World, or how to get Lucy out of there."

Erza turned to Natsu. "Natsu, there's one thing I'm confused about. How come the dragons aren't just living on Earthland? Did you send them back to the Dragon World after you found them?"

Natsu nodded. "Well, Igneel mostly talked to Lucy about them stuff 'cause it involved complicated words like 'alternate dimension' and 'space-time continuum' but I remember that Igneel said that dragons weren't initially from Earthland. It was the celestial spirit wizards who called them here from their keys, and then the dragons lived on here off their key holder's power. But only really powerful celestial spirit wizards could summon dragons."

Natsu took a deep breath.

"When some bad guys found out about the dragons and their key holders, they killed the holders in order to steal their keys and control the dragons. We defeated the guys who'd stolen the keys, so Lucy got the keys and freed the dragons. So they went back to the Dragon World."

Erza nodded. "So all we have to do now is find out how to transfer Lucy's soul between worlds without ripping it apart…We are so screwed!"