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WHEN WE WERE KIDS

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

"Lucyyyyyyy..." a voice said.

"Mmmhhhh..." I answered, still tired. I opened my eyes, and fouNd Tristan, looking at me. He was hitched up on one arm, on his side, and the morning light hit his hair, making it look amber in some places, and a beautiful brown in others. His grey eyes pierced mine, with a look of cheekiness, one that I knew well. He was wearing a T-shirt, and I could see his bronzed skin on his arm. Even with everything that was happening, I had to admit he was extremely handsome.

"Morning, you slept for ages." He said.

"I was tired." I said. He frowned slightly.

"You're being kind of cold?" He said.

"Sorry. Still a bit tired." I said. Then he smiled, cheekily.

"Where's my morning kiss?" He said, jokingly pouting. I kickly kissed him on the cheek. "Lula..." he said, scolding me.

"What?"

"Kiss." He said, and leant towards me, kissing me on the lips.

First kiss: Natsu Dragneel

Second kiss: Natsu Dragneel

Third kiss: whoever was pretending to be Natsu Dragneel

Fourth kiss: Tristan Kareil

I was suprised by the fullness of his lips, they weren't pink, but a colour that matched his skin. They were plesantly soft. I tore myself away from his embrace, laughing nervously.

"I'm going to take a shower, I'll see you later!" I said, before taking off to the bathroom. I didn't have time to see his expression, but I heard a very audible sigh.

Once I locked the door and took my clothes off, I looked in the mirror above the sink. I lifted up my hair, nervously, and saw it, the red mark on my neck. I gasped, then smiled. He was real. Natsu was real. I knew it. And this mark proved that I was his. I put my hand on it, and closed my eyes. After my shower, I put concealer over it.

I had my shower, and the (pointless) maids dressed me, in another (pointless) dress that reached my ankles and did my hair up in a bun. I hated it, I prefered my side ponytail. Tristan was always lurking in a corner, or sitting by my side, ocasionally leaving to go and see my father. He always came back with a frown, before smiling at me. I could hardly get away from him. My mind was working all that time. When did I get here? He said it had been a dream, why was he lying? When could I finaly let Natsu out?

"Lucy, your father wants to see you with me." Tristan said, wrapping his arms around my neck. I put the book I was reading down, and got up, getting out of his grip. He took my hand, and I let him, but didn't respond when he squeezed it gently.

"Lulaaaaa... why are you being so cold?" He asked. I guessed it was my turn to confuse him.

"I'm still hung up on that dream..."

"You shouldn't worry about it." He said, sighing.

"Still..."

"Who did those names belong to, though?"

"Ponies." I said, internaly laughing. He stopped, confused, excellent.

"P-ponies?"

"Yes. Red, brown, blue, pink, I mean salmon." I said, picturing the names he had remembered in my head as ponies. He really looked confused...

"They were ponies?"

"Yes. With wings."

"Oh. Why are you so hung up about it?"

"Because I never got to fly them." I said. He looked extremely confused.

"Okay...come on, let's go on." He said. We eventually reached my fathers office. He opened the door, to reveal the silhouette of the man I hated the most.

"Tristan, Lucy. I wanted to speak about your wedding. I know it's in two years, but I'm thinking we should plan in advance, after all, it's also a publicity event. We should focuse on the guest list. Tristan, any special guests you will want to invite?"

"Just my father." He said, sitting down on a chair in front of his desk, I sat on the one which was next to his. We still held hands.

"Lucy?" He asked, oh, I was pretty sure about who I wanted to invite.

"Well, I have quite a few." I said. I saw him go rigid, and turn around.

"Oh really? Who?" He said, I relished his expression, time for vengeance.

"Silver, do you remember her? The maid you fired because she was nice to me. She still is. And all my friends from Magnolia, Erza, Cana-"

"But you dreamed those poeple up, Lucy! What are you on about?" Tristan said, with the same expression as my father.

"Oh, now, now Tristan, no need to get jealous, your my friend to." I said, patting his head. He looked aghast. "So, there will be, Erza, my first friend of Magnolia, then Cana, and Natsu, hmmm...who was that, before the blackmailers came to get me? I bet he was one of them." I said, smiling. "Teribble kisser. Well, there technique did remind me of someone." I saw my father shoot Tristan a look. "Tristan, what do you have to say for yourself? I know that was you. But tell me, how do you know how to become an exact replica of Natsu?" I asked, as cool as I could be. The looks on their faces were priceless.

"L-L-Lucy? What are you on about? Natsu is s-someone from y-your dream..." he said, nervous.

"Lucy. Go to your room." Father said.

"Shut up." I said.

"What did you say?!" My father asked outraged. The cool act was over, I was going to become more angry than I ever had before.

"I told you to shut up! You have no right, no right, to stop me from being in Magnolia! You are no longer my father! What you did to me, to Silver, to Natsu, to her house! I can never forgive you! And Tristan, what on earth has happened to you? What happened to the boy who was there for me, my friend, not a blackmailer!" I shouted. "WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DO IT! I WOULD OF COME BACK! I WOULD OF KNOWN THERE WAS GOODNESS IN YOUR HEART, BUT YOU BLEW IT!" I shouted at father, letting all my emotions flood out.

"Tristan." He said. Tristan nodded. As fast as light, he was behind me, one hand holding my wrists behind my back, and one over my mouth.

"Lula, shh... listen to your father, for once, ungratefull child." He said into my ear.

"I was against the blackmailing, but after all Tristan had done, it was the least I could do for him. You ran away the night I told him I would make sure he could never see you. I guessed you'd heard. I found Tristan, and offered him a deal. He could have your hand in marriage, if he became my apprentice, and bought you back. After a few weeks of perfecting a new magic, transformation, he went into action, posing as different people. Felicia Merel, Sting Eucliffe, the school nurse, and finaly, Natsu Dragneel. He's told me a lot about him. You seemed to have taken a liking to him, and you've dreamed me killing him, apparently."

A tear rolled down my cheek, and onto Tristan's hand as I heard what he was saying.

"For all that happened about torturing that maid, ask him, he was the one who wanted to, but I like his way of action. Get what you want quickly."

"See? Lula? Money is excelent." He said.

"But how on earth did you know?" I couldn't answer due to Tristan's hand. He let it go.

"I HATE YOU!" I immediatly yelled. A foot came in contact with my back, pushing me forwards, and onto the ground. It crashed on my back again, pushing me harder into the ground. I tried to get up, but it hurt. "Tristan..." I said.

"Do not insult your father!" He told me, kicking my jaw. I tasted the metalic tase of blood in my mouth.

"Tristan should of been my son. He is excellent, and faithfull."

"A dog, basically..." I said, earning myself another kick.

"How did you know about us Lula?" Tristan asked. I coughed up some bloody spit.

"I ran into Natsu down in that dungeon place." I said.

"But you should of thought it was a dream? We made sure about that." He said.

"There's one thing you that's wrong with your plan." I said, smiling again.

"What?" He said. I took my hand out of his grasp, moved my hair, and rubbed of the concealer.

"Love bites." I laughed. He snarled and took my hand back.

"You told me they weren't a couple Tristan." Father said.

"They aren't." He said.

"No. Were best friends." A voice said. Every look in the room turned to the door, where Natsu was, with other people, Felicia, Sting, and Silver.

"Natsu!" I said, smiling. He looked down, and obviously hadn't seen me, as he stared open mouthed at my bloody mouth and messed up dress. He snarled, and walked into the room.

"How on earth did he get out?" My father said.

"Are you the one who gave Lula that mark?!" Tristan said, letting my hands free. I couldn't get up, my ribs hurt to much.

"Lula? Who's that?" Natsu said.

"Lucy!" He said. Natsu grinned at me.

"She's always been Luce. And yes, that was me, who are you anyway, her boyfriend?" He said, making fun of him.

"No, her fiancee! And what's with 'Luce'?" He said, and aimed a punch at Natsu, who dodged.

"Natsu, leave him to me." Felicia said, taking a step forward. "Go help Lucy."

"Okay." He said, and ran over to me. Felicia walked up, calm as ever, to him.

"Oh, Felicia Merel! Nice to meet you."

"You've already met me." She said, still expresionless. Her shirt was dirty, but she still had it on the same way, open, with a pale blue t-shirt underneath.

"Yes, I have. I know everything about you. Everything." He said, and I saw his magic. He became a woman, about thirty, who had the same blond hair as Felicia, and looked similar.

"Mother..." I heard her mutter. "How dare you." She said, turning angry.

"And about your magic. You know, my magic let's me replicate someones magic too. If I touch them." He said, stroking her cheek. She took a step back, and took of her shirt, revealing her arms, the most skin she had ever shown. Her t-shirt had the back cut out, and out of nowhere, two wings appeared. Black, feathered, around a wingspan of four meters, wings.

"She has magic?!" I said, as Natsu crouched down by my side.

"Yeah, and she's a really good fighter." He said. I watched, as she flew up, shortly followed by Tristan, who had her magic. She flew at an amazing speed, as did he.

"Ouch!" I said, as he put his arm under mine and around my waist, helping me up.

"Sorry." He said.

"How did you get out?" I asked.

"I'll explain later, when we get out of here, come on." He said. He helped me to the door, and outside in the corridor, where Sting was helping Obba.

"You two! Get out of here with Silver! The brown haired dick will immediately home on you otherwise!" He said.

"Shut up, Sting, I want my revenge!" Natsu said.

"Natsu-kun, what revenge? All he did was give you a black eye."

"He hurt Lucy!"

"Seriously, Natsu, he's right, Felicia can make sure he doesn't come back, and I'm sure she'll give him a message from you." I said, smiling at him. It seemed to relax him, because his frown stopped, and he turned back to Sting.

"Fine, but help Obba." He said. Sting nodded.

"I'm fine now." I said, and hobbled on my own, as Natsu helped Sting with Obba. We got outside, and my mind felt cleared.

After we waited somewhere on the grounds for a while, we saw someone walk up to us.

"Felicia!" I said, getting up, and half limping half running towards her. She was walking fine, but holding her arm, and she had quite a few scratches here and there, but she was smilng, a big smile.

"I'm back. Trust me, I don't think he'll bother you again." She said.

"Thank you! I didn't know you had magic, black wings, huh?" I said.

"It's called Aero, and my wings were meant to be white, but due to...family problems...they were black, but now..." she said, and extended her arms. Her wings appeared, and this time, they were pure white, like that of an angels.

"I'll fly back, even though it's far. See you on monday, no excuse for not being there." She said, and she took off. I laughed, and sat back down with them. Obba had woken up, and was smiling.

"Let's go home." She said. I looked back at the mansion, as we walked to the station. Natsu waited for me, walking to my side.

"Luce?"

"Yes?" I said.

"Are you okay?" He said.

"I am. I'm also sorry, so very sorry." I said.

"Don't be, I would go to the other side of the world to get you back." He said. I blushed. "Stop blushing, Lucy." He added.

"Shut up." I said back, we both laughed.

Home was definitely Magnolia.

"I don't believe it, once again, this has happened. When will he realise? What was the thing that changed the course of time? Please, Natsu, this time, make sure she's alive...Lucy Heartfilia needs to be by your side, don't let her die this time round... if she dies again, you'll see her once more, but maybe next time round, it will be you..."

Next chapter! School dance?! The play?! AND MORE BETS! Not to mention birthdays...

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