I have bad news guys...
Lucy smiled as she let her fingers fall on the pearly keys. Looking up to her accumulated group of friends she smiled nervously. She seated herself on the small seat infront of the grand piano and flicked her wrists out over the awaiting keys with a flourish.
She took a breath. Then another. Breathe in, breathe out, and play.
"Here I go." With that said her hands began to beat out the quick rythym of Dragonforce's Through the Fire and the Flames. She tossed her head with the notes and nodded it in rythym, her hair flying back and forth. Her eyes closed at one point, her hands taking over a job they loved so much to do. So what if she missed a note or two. She was playing again.
Her thoughts went back to the first time she heard her mother play and tears formed at the corners of her eyes. Her first concert at her school talent show and the first time her father saw her through those dollar sign eyes. She had dedicated that performance to her mother.
More tears threatened to fall and she opened her eyes, refusing to let them. Her hands picked up speed, pounding away at notes she wasn't even sure were correct. Pounding her anger and her tears away always made her feel better.
Panting from the exertion she held the last note 'til the vibrations in the floor were gone. Still breathing heavily she turned to the group behind her. "Well?" She asked nervously. "How did I do? I'm a bit rusty and the whole deaf thing doesn't help much but be honest, okay?"
She watched them for a bit more, none of them making a move. She was getting anxious.
Before she went completely insane Erza's hands came together in a slow clap. Soon all joined in and the room vibrated with their applause. The piano had been moved to the rec room and soon everyone in the room was adding to the thunder. The tears Lucy had been holding back now flowed freely and as Natsu swept her into his warm arms, she smiled.
Her friends soon joined in the hug and her smile and tears increased.
She would always be an outcast, but she was loved. And that was enough.
Okay, so the bad news I figure you've already found out if you pay attention but if you don't... This is the last chapter. I know, I know, I'm just as sad as you are, but I think now is a good time to soothe it down. Believe it or not this is the first multi-chapter story I've ever finished. So I'm really proud.
I'd like to thank the following people... but on second thought there are alot of you and writing them down then typing them would take too long and I got halfay through the favorites when my hand started hurting. But I'd like to thank the fifty that followed, the thirty-six that favorited, and the forty-eight that reviewed.
TT^TT ARIGATOU, MINNA!
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Now, for some good news! I'ma be putting up a new story when I get the kinks worked out. You guys are gunna get an exclusive peek at the summary since I love you so much! Here goes!
The sky is dark. Always dark. I've read of stars, but never seen them. Mama says they live among us, the constellations I mean. She also says I am one myself, and that I am to return them to the sky. My name is Pyxis. But you can call me Lucy.