Hey guys, sorry for the EXTREMELY short chapter earlier.
I'm considering re-writing chapter one since I lose most people at that chapter.
Oh, and btw this chapter is the flashbacks of Lucy. This is what she's telling Loke and Natsu. Bolded is her from the past. You'll see.
"I was only six at the time. I had this best friend named Ceona. I called her Kanye because one of my maids mispronounced her name on time and it was hilarious. Besides Aquarius, she was my only childhood friend. I never talked about her though.
She was this kinda poor girl I met in the village, but she was so nice and pretty. She had this Levy blue hair that was long and wavy and had two blue eyes that were as deep in the ocean. They were really, really stunning. She would be prettier than Mira. She always looked up to me though, I think just because of my wealth, but I was kinda bratty back then.
She came over to my house that day to practice singing with me and have a sleepover. However it was midnight and we still couldn't sleep. We tried on my dresses and such but we were still bored. But that's when I came up with this idea-
That darn idea! It was so stupid!" Lucy sobbed, punching her thigh. Loke patted her on the back.
"It's okay Lucy, you can sto-"
"No! I'll keep talking."
"I really think you should take a nap, Luce."
"No, I should tell you guys. Just promise to not tell the others, kay?"
The boys nodded in agreement as they leaned in to listen.
"My idea was to go to this pond in the woods near my house. Ceona quickly agreed and we got out of the house with ease since everyone was asleep…
I held the bluenette's hand as we danced across the lawn. Fireflies lit up the starry night sky, our dresses swaying in the wind. Our four blue eyes staring at the flickering lights, our bare feet hitting the soft grass in rhythm. If this isn't magical, I don't know what is.
Finally we reached the woods.
"So, Luce… are you sure you want to do this? It might be dangerous…"
"Are you chickening out?"
"No! I just want to be safe!"
"Chicken!" Kanye's a chicken!"
"Oh yea? I'll beat you to the pond!" Ceona challenged, running into the abyss.
"How can you do that if you don't know where it is?" I countered, running my hardest to keep up with my friend.
"But I can see it from her- Oof!"
I almost tripped over my fallen friend.
"What happened? Want some help?" I asked, reaching out my hand which she accepted.
"My dress got stuck on that branch." She explained, pointing to a branch that had a torn piece of her dress on it.
"Oh, okay." I responded, smiling.
After Ceona was done patting her dress we continued walking towards the pond.
"Hey Lucy, I really don't feel good about going to the pond. Let's go back, okay?"
"But then all the trouble we've just been through would be for nothing. See? We're already here." I pointed. It was beautiful in night, it reflected the starry sky.
"That's weird."
"What?"
"These stones weren't here last time I came to this place." Indeed, dark stones dotted the pond.
"Oh."
I grabbed her hand.
"Let's go!"
We were then jumping from one stone to the next, Ceona screaming. The stones didn't feel smooth as I expected.
"Why are you screaming so much?"
"Lucy we need to get out of this pond now!"
"Why?!"
"Because I don't think these are stones!"
As if on cue, one of the toothy alligators behind them sprang up, splashing us. Then all the beasts started going up in a frenzy. It was all a blur, but suddenly and somehow we managed to get on a small island within the pond. It was close to land, but too risky to just swim of jump to. There was only supposed to be space for one, so our scratched bodies were huddled together like a two headed beast.
"Your keys Luce! Spawn a spirit!" Ceona pleaded.
I always admired Ceona's quick thinking, back then.
I scrambled through my keys to summon a raging mermaid, but I was too late. I heard a screeching cry for my name and as I spun around to see Ceona, her hands throwing me onto the nearby land. I turned my head to see a big toothy grin, but then I was of no help to Ceona.
She saved my life.
All I could do is watch.
"Run! Live on Lucy! Don't forget me, my royal friend! I'll always love you!"
Tears kept falling from my eyes. In her last moments, my best friend smiled.
She died for me.
I turned my head so I didn't see her tragic death. All of a sudden two hands grabbed my waist and pulled me behind her. Aquarius! At once the mermaid pressured washed the damn beasts. "Capricorn! Get her out of here!" the spirit yelled. Never have I've seen Aquarius cry before. The two more hands picked me up and through me over his back. I kept kicking and fighting to see my friend. I wanted to help her, even though I saw with my two eyes her last moments.
I was in overflow with emotions, streams of tears falling down my face seeing no end. I was so angry, I wanted to help get Ceona back! I was so mad at myself. I just killed my friend.
But of course, Capricorn just kept running to the house. Before we turned out of the woods, I caught one last glimpse of the scene. Aquarius had quickly killed the 10 gators, but she held something in her hand.
It was a piece of Ceona's dress.
Once we were out of the woods, we passed the flickering fireflies again. They still kept their beauty, but now I hated them. I hated everything! Curse them all!
I kept crying until there wasn't an ounce left in me. I was exhausted. Soon we were greeted by rushing maids and parents who shared the same eyes as me. We all cried together, it was the worst. Of course I was yelled at by my father for being so irresponsible.
Irresponsible. Curse that word! You can't just be responsible with a life! A life is so precious, so beautiful that you can't just be able to be responsible with it! You can't put a word to it! It's more than that! It has to be! What kind of world is this? I don't want to live in this world anymore where a delicate life can be taken away so easily! I should have died, not her! She was so much better than me! She deserved to live!
Her father cried for so long. He fell to his knees when he heard the news. That big, husky guy looked like the weakest person. His only daughter died, and he loved her so much. Once my mother told him what happened, his eyes directly looked at mine. At once he lurched forward, thrashing his fist towards me. But instantly Capricorn was summoned, who held back the daughter-less father. He kept cursing me, telling me over and over that I should have died, not her.
And he was right.
The man was taken into custody for trying to kill me. Honestly, I wished he did. I felt terrible. There was a police squad at Kayne's funeral. A funeral with an empty coffin.
I shed many tears from my eyes than anyone else there, excluding Kanye's father. He went through an entire tissue box.
The one thing about my eyes though was that they weren't mine at all. They changed color, and I saw the world in a different, sadder view.
Not only that, my magic completely plummeted. Although I was so shocked that I could barely do anything at the pond, I was actually very, very strong. I could formulate anything in my hands with celestial magic, I could change forms, I could even move objects with my hand. I could create castle out of magic dust and spirits back to life. I could kick ass back then! Celestial mages aren't so weak, huh?
I could easily say that I would be an opponent for Natsu. Yea, seems unreal but man if you could have seen me back then! My voice was also a weapon, hypnotizing anything or creating different kinds of magic. With my voice I could bring a broom to life, a person to sleep, I could even get people drunk! I could also control the sunlight! Whenever I fought, my eyes glow gold. But they don't anymore. For some reason, however, my mom has brown eyes. She never spoke of them but once, saying that she wish she never had those big brown eyes. Furthermore, that I would never get them.
Now my eyes weren't entirely chocolate brown, they just weren't as blue. There was brown streaks in them, as if they were disease, slowly taking over. But I mean slow, like they barely changed until the next incident.
I've read into it, it seems as if this happens to most celestial mages. For my mother and me our eyes changed. But the more mages I met, the more I realized that my mother and I were the worst cases. There is such little information on this, but I found a few reports saying that it shouldn't be worse than a freckle or losing you magic power just a tiny bit. I asked a well-known celestial wizard and Aquarius, but they said they've never heard anything quite like it." Lucy finished.
Both boys seemed really intrigued by her story. Don't get me wrong, they felt pity for her. Like damn, didn't know it was that dark.
"Princess, is it okay to tell other zodiac spirits this?" Loke asked.
"Of course! But Natsu, swear you won't tell a soul about it. Please, don't."
"Sure thing Luce! I never break a promise."
Hell if there was one truth it was that. Well, maybe the promise to marry Lisanna. That he couldn't do.
Lucy felt a wave of relief that was soon taken over by sadness.
You had to be mentally retarded to not notice it. Thankfully Natsu was just plain retarded, although he's a master when it comes to friends.
"Next story." Lucy sighed, her eyes getting moist once again. She told herself to be strong, for as long as you carry the past with you you can't ever grow up. Well actually, shit. That's exactly what her eyes were.
"Lucy, how 'bout we go to the corner café first, take a little break?"
Now Lucy was never the one to turn down Magic Café. It wasn't meant for wizards, it was just a cool name, you know.
Soon after she cleaned herself up the two boys and blonde walked out of the apartment. Loke was trying to get Luce and Plue of the edge of the river while Natsu was commenting on being so protective. When they reached the café Lucy ordered a double chip frap with a bagel and Natsu was asking if they had anything spicy. Loke ordered the same thing as Luce.
"Cafes should have a wider range of foods." Fire boy complained.
They sat at Lucy's preferred table that had a very pretty view of the river.
Lucy really enjoyed this. Eating with her two favorite boys at her favorite café at her favorite table. Sure, the table isn't all that important but Lucy was always secretly upset when someone sat there.
"You know Luce, that bagel would be 100 times better if you put hot sauce on it."
Loke and Lucy rolled their eyes in unison.
"Why of course Natsu, how ignorant of me." The sarcastic mage replied.
Natsu was such an idiot. Next thing she knew Natsu pulled out a bottle of hot sauce out of thin air and drowned her half-eaten bagel. Before she could even react Loke plainly offered to buy another bagel.
Attention guys, take note of Loke the gentleman.
Lucy offered Natsu her fired up bagel which he greedily accepted. She wondered if he did that on purpose.
After they all finished their meals, the peaceful break was over. Story time.
"It was on 7/7/777, I was 7…
I looked at my rice doll with pride. He has to like this! Now he won't be so lonely while working, smart idea Luce, smart. I inwardly thanked myself as a pushed open the huge office doors. As usual, papa was sitting behind his desk reading some official looking papers. As I walked closer I see how serious he was, perfect! Now he won't be so serious all the time! He has to thank me-
"Lucy! What are you doing while I'm working! Can you not see I'm busy?!"
I almost lost all hope but I came this far, so there's no stopping now.
Holding up the rice doll I made, I could tell from his face he didn't have any interest at all. Still-
"I made a rice doll that looks like you so you won't be so lonely anymore!" I said, weakly.
He quickly smacked it out of my hands furiously.
"If you have so much time on your hands, why not study some leadership you brat!" his tone was so furious I wondered if he just lost a deal in business. But that wasn't really important, what was was that he didn't like the doll I spent hours making. It was destroyed. Ruined.
His face was red with anger, I could tell if I didn't move I wouldn't be the only thing smacked. My blood ran cold. Instead of retorting with some weak excuse I cried. My face was distorted and the room was so deadly silent around me you could hear my tears hit the floor. Seeing his scary face only made me cry my heart out.
I ran and busted open the doors. Usually I was comforted by a maid but this time she wasn't there. I turned the corner to my mother's room and I soon figured out why.
The maid, my favorite maid- Rebecca, was knocked out cold. I was about to shriek in horror when a hand kept my mouth shut. Instead of knocking me out he walked me into my parents room. How weird. When he opened the doors I saw a few other men, all dressed in black. Sure, my heart was in my mouth but that was nothing until I saw my mother, standing on the balcony railing.
I could see she had magic cuffs on so she couldn't fight back. Instead, she looked at me in tears.
"Please, don't make my daughter see this, she can't!" my beautiful mother pleaded. Her voice was rasp because of her cries. It was visible from the wounds she didn't go down without a fight. Of course, however, with her eyes the way they were, it didn't take much.
A shiver went down my side when a code blade laid on my neck.
"She's watching! I won't die until I know she goes through the same pain I did! She made me lose everything! My everything!"
It was then I realized who was holding me hostage. It was none other than Ceona's father.
Anger was building inside of me. Ceona would never want this, not ever. She would have moved on. Her father was doing something to tarnish her.
"Ceona would have never wanted you to do this! Please stop! She would try to make sure nobody else had the same pain as she did! Because that how Ceona was!"
"Shut it, you prick!" His free hand collided with the side of my face so hard it's a surprise I didn't get brain damage. Pain shot through my body. Somehow I found more tears to shed.
My mother couldn't take it any longer. She wanted the pain for me to be ended at once. She leaned back…
And depraved hands kept my eyes open.
I was screaming for my mother. I was screaming for Ceona. I was kicking and fighting with all my might, but my attempts were useless. I saw her falling, tears running down my fathers face. But, I heard her last words.
"I love you Lucy, live a happy life. Promise me, you'll find someone who's your happiness. My sweetheart-"
She was interrupted by a large thud. It could only mean one thing-
And that's how my mother died." Lucy ended. She couldn't hold back anymore. The tears flowed out of her, she cried a river. Natsu hugged her, whispering heartfelt words. Loke joined in. They to were crying. What a terrible past. It was truly sinful.
It didn't take a genius to piece together the rest of the story either. Her eyes were fully converted after the tragedy.
Hi guys! Tell me what you think, such a sad chapter. Poor Lucy.