ANNNNDDDD CHAPTER 7. Another New Years gift. My first gift was a New Years little one-shot, called "New Year's Tone". Also a NaLu with a few other ships tossed in for some flavor, so if you want to check it out... *Wiggles eyebrows* I would appreciate some reviews!

Anyway getting back to the story at hand, this one is kind of long so your welcome. Not anything mind blowing but it is slightly dramatic. You learn a little bit about Bordon too, but just enough to make you craving for more. Told you I'm not nice!

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Mirajane POV

I was staring at Lucy with a concerned expression when I heard the door open. I glanced up to find Natsu standing there, blinking blearily at me. It looked like he hadn't slept at all. It had been ten hours since Lucy had been dragged to the guild on Natsu's back and she didn't show any signs of waking.

Happy followed a silent Natsu and he sat next down to Lucy on an abandoned chair by her bed. Happy sat on the bed next to Lucy's head. "Natsu, I'm sure Lucy will wake up soon."

He nodded, his attention still on Lucy with a pained expression. His pink hair looked messier than it usually did, and his eye looked slightly purple, but besides that and his occasional wince from soreness he looked completely healed.

Feeling like I was intruding on something private I stood and left the room. When I passed Natsu I put a comforting hand on his shoulder for a few seconds before leaving.

I braced myself for the pounding of questions as I stepped out of the hallway outside of the room, and into the main room of the guild. Everyone surrounded me, demanding answers to what had happened and if Lucy would be okay. I did my best, trying to smile politely and reassure them that Lucy would be fine, but I was worried too. I was exhausted from working all night, trying to keep the guild from sinking into depression, worrying about Lucy, and feeling anger for Master keeping secrets, which I knew he was doing by the way he was sulking at the bar. I used Satan Soul Take Over Magic.

"Shut up," I growled. Everyone instantly did as I asked, and cowered from my glare. After a moment I let out a small sigh and said quietly after reverting to my normal appearance, "We are all worried for Lucy, but now is not the time to be freaking out. Please calm down, I will alert you when her condition changes." They all grumbled but reluctantly nodded before moving away.

I let out a small sigh and advanced to Master. His eyes turned to me and I paused, he looked miserable.

"Master, we need to know what's going on," I said without delay. Now was not the time to sugar coat.

Master winced, before replying, "The story is not mine to tell."

"Then who''s is it?" I asked a bit impatiently.

Master took a deep breath and let it out in a long sigh.

Quietly he said, "Natsu."

Natsu POV

I felt miserable, and anyone who took one look at me would be able to see it, I wasn't even trying to hide it. It was radiating off of me like my flames. I had failed, again. It was almost as bad as when Future Lucy had died, maybe even worse. Lucy had been touched by Bordon in a way she didn't want to be touched. No wonder she had been cowering on the ground earlier.

I had heard Gramps and Wendy talking earlier, of course I had, I had dragon hearing after all. Little good that did me though, I thought sourly, I couldn't even save Lucy.

I knew Bordon did things like this, he had always had an unnerving obsession with staring at women that always made the women slap him, though he never seemed to mind when we were little. The way he had talked about Lucy the other day in the guild should have given me the first clue he would do something like this. I winced as the memories rose to the surface and slapped me in the face.

I had been sitting in the guild devouring food when I turned to see a stranger sitting in the back of the guild. I didn't recognize him at the time but curiosity got the better of me. I walked over and introduced myself as Natsu. There was a long cold silence as the stranger stared at me then he broke out into a grin with pointed teeth. It was strangely familiar...

He removed his sunglasses and I saw the eyes that I longed to forget. Seeing my shocked expression his grin widened. "Natsu, you've grown."

"Bordon," I managed to choke out.

"Ah, you do remember me. No one else seems to remember me though," he pouted.

"What are you doing here?" I whispered.

"Didn't you miss me Natsu?" he asked. Seeing my cloudy expression he said in mock hurt, "I'm hurt, but don't worry Natsu, I'm not here for you, I just wanted to check out the guild as I was passing through the town." His eyes roamed the guild behind me and then a cruel grin spread his face.

"Everyone here has grown up, makes one feel rather lonely, don't you think? Specifically the women," he paused to lick his lips before continuing. "Especially Cana and Mirajane. And so many new people have joined too! I mean look at that blonde over there..." He trailed off and his eyes darted to someone behind me. I turned and saw the object of his attention. Lucy.

"Doesn't she look nice Natsu? That bodies of hers, hmm," he murmured, his eyes narrowing. "I bet she wouldn't mind having some fun with me at all," he said quietly, before putting his sunglasses back on.

That's when I'd had enough. It had all been too much, seeing him out of the blue, acting like a pervert and then he starts to talk about Lucy.

"Shut up!" I had screamed at him.I felt my body heat up but barely registered that fact in my mind. All I saw was Bordon getting close to sweet, innocent, amazing Lucy and something inside of me exploded.

"Oh, is she important to you Natsu? Hm, that makes this all the more fun then," he said. I wanted to tear his head off, rip his arms off, but before I could act on this instinct I felt Erza approach us from behind.

"Natsu!" she snapped at me. "Calm down! Whats gotten into you?" She turned to Bordon and gave him an apologetic smile. Before I could yell at Erza, taking my anger out on her, I stomped off, knowing it would only causing further trouble.

I snapped back to the present when Happy rested a paw on my arm, casting me concerned glances.

I gave him a grateful look, after everything that had happened Happy hadn't asked one question. He had just stayed near me, comforting me when he could. It was unusual since Happy was the one more likely to go to tears but he had remained a steady and constant rock for me to hang on to. I knew though, that Happy was suffering. Not being able to help us in our time of need had hit him hard, I could see the guilt in his eyes. And now Lucy wasn't waking up, only adding to his guilt, and that's not even mentioning the concern he felt for Lucy.

Happy hadn't heard the specifics of what Bordon had done to Lucy, he just knew that he hurt her, but nothing beyond that, to my relief.

I turned back to Lucy the guilt crushing me, making it hard to breath. It happened again. That's all I could think about.

"Come on, Luce, wake up," I whispered, receiving no reply. Her face looked normal, all cuts and bruises healed by Wendy, except for the pale tint to it. Her golden hair framed around her face, making her look like she was surrounded by light.

I reached out and grabbed her hands from under the covers, holding it in to of mine. "Come on Luce," I whispered.

I wasn't sure how long I stayed like that, frozen and staring at Lucy, begging her to come back when I heard the door open. I didn't turn around, I didn't need to see him to know who it was.

"Gramps," I said emotionless, dropping Lucy's hand back onto the bed.

Gramps walked to Lucy and laid a hand on her shoulder. Lucy didn't move. After a few moments he turned to me and said, "We need to talk."

I nodded. I followed him to the corner of the room and sat down on the floor Indian style, leaving Happy with Lucy. He sat down next to me with a sigh.

We stared in silence at Lucy for a while, our backs against the wall. Finally I spoke, "What are we going to do about Bordon?"

Gramps didn't say anything for a while, I almost had thought he had fallen asleep. For the longest time he said nothing.

Finally, "No idea." If I was in a chair I would have fallen out of it.

"Gramps!" I cried in shock.

The old man shrugged, saying, "What do you want me to do Natsu? Of course I want to burn Bordon to a crisp, but remember last time when we tried to rid the place of him? I had to fight him and it almost destroyed the entire guild, and he was just a kid then. Imagine how much he's grown since then, and a fight between the two of us could very well end in someone dying. I am to afraid to risk that."

I knew it was true, the only one who could possibly fight Bordon would be Gramps, and even then I wasn't completely sure he'd win.

"But Gramps," I growled, "what he did to Lucy..."

I could feel the air go rotten and his mood turn livid. A dark aura that would have scared Erza surrounded him. "What he did to Lucy, that is unforgivable, and believe me that will not go unpunished. I will find a way, believe me."

Nodding in agreement I saw Happy glance over at the sudden shift in the air and give a little squeak of fright at seeing the Masters scary face.

We took a few moments to calm ourselves down before speaking again. "The guild wants to know what is going on, Natsu. I have said it is not my place to say, but I would offer a piece of advice. You cannot continue hiding the truth forever. Fairy Tail is your family, they deserve to know the truth. Lucy especially." He nodded at the unconscious girl.

I felt my teeth clench and my hands curl into fists. I nodded.

"I'll tell them, everything." I glanced at Happy who had curled up next to Lucy and was fast asleep.

"Tomorrow though, I am tired."

Gramps nodded and we stood. "Sleep Natsu, you'll need it."

He walked out of the room, and I quickly walked over to Lucy. My fingers reached out and brushed her cheek softly. When she didn't move I leaned my forehead against hers and whispered quietly, "I'm sorry Lucy, please come back to me."

Lucy's POV

It felt like I was floating in mud. I was sticky and soggy, my mind was having a hard time moving. It was pitch black, I couldn't see a thing, nor could I move an inch. I couldn't remember my own name, or how I had gotten here. All I felt was the rising sense of panic that clogged my throat. Whenever I searched my memories this sick sensation washed over me and I could hear cruel laughter that made me shiver. The voice snarled at me, "You like that don't you princess?" and then "There are more fun things I wanted to try." I wanted to scream, I felt the fear and panic overwhelm me, but I couldn't move. I quickly abandoned my search for what I had forgotten.

Someone, I thought desperately, save me!

That's when I heard it, a voice familiar and not at the same time. From far away it whispered, "I'm sorry Lucy, please come back to me." It was soft and scared, so full of pain that I felt my heart bleed for it. I tried to reach out, to say I'm here, to plead for help, but I was quickly pulled back into the darkness and everything was forgotten.

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