Chapter 11: Starting Anew
3rd POV
In the morning, Lucy was the first to get up, and she immediately sighed. She scratched at her face, finding it itchy from her tears drying on it. For about the millionth time, the blonde beauty thought back to her so-called friends back in Fairy Tail. She kept going over in her head what she had done wrong, but nothing ever stood out to her. She tried to always be nice, she tried her hardest to make friends with each and every one of them, but then, Lucy remembered that once she did, her true colors stood out… maybe that was way they did what they had done. Maybe they just didn't like the real Lucy? No, stop it Lucy, don't do this to yourself, her conscious scolded, and Lucy had to agree. She shouldn't be doing this to herself, Lucy liked herself just the way she was, no matter what anybody said. And if Fairy Tail didn't like it, it was their loss, but even when she repeated those words on her head, she still could feel her heart cracking. They were her family after her own broke apart after her mother died, in a way, they were her saviors, and not like they were always protecting her and saving her from people/things (which they do), but more like, they had saved her soul. They had comforted, treated her kindly and friendly and she had thought they had believed in her. But now, she wasn't so sure, but there was one thing she knew for sure, and that was that she couldn't keep doing this to herself.
And right at that moment, the celestial mage decided on something: she was going to quit Fairy Tail. Now, most people would say this is running away from your problems, but actually, it's not. It's becoming anew, it's starting over, and it's taking all the bad things in her life and throwing it away. After all, if you're an alcoholic who's trying to stop, would you really stay near bars and place yourself near alcohol? Lucy knew she had to do this, and even when she thought of her so-called family doing this to her, she still found that quitting was going to be hard, but something she must do. Besides, with the way things are going, the blonde knew for sure she was going to start being a burden to Gajeel, and recently, she wasn't so sure of his feelings or the way he was going to react to certain things, so she didn't know if he was going to leave her the second she was going to be troublesome for him.
After a few minutes, the celestial mage pulled herself out of bed, and slowly staggered her way to the bathroom. But right before she could get in, a flash of golden light and dust appeared, and right before her, was her trusty spirit friend Loke. "Princess," he said in a broken-hearted voice, right before he pulled her into his arms. Loke knew that Lucy wasn't a fan of his hugs, and his wanting of her kisses, or of any of the moves he would attempt to make, but at that moment, he knew she needed a hug. He knew of what Team Natsu had said to her, and so, he held back on his usual antics, wanting to comfort that girl he cared very deeply for. Lucy instantly hugged back, wrapping her arms around his neck and after a couple of seconds; she pulled away, forcing the lion spirit to release her, much to dismay. After all, even though he had done this to comfort her, he did still like her in a way she wouldn't be able to comprehend, but he let her go.
"I know what Team Natsu had done to you, I'm sorry I didn't come earlier, Virgo forced me to stay in the celestial world, saying you needed your space. But I want you to know, that yo are not weak my princess, and I am always going to be here for you," Loke said, completely serious.
Lucy sighed, running a hand through her blonde, tangled tresses. "It doesn't matter. I know that I can be a burden… most of the time. But I like myself Loke, I'm not going to change for them. I decided Loke… that I am going to quit the guild. It's not good for me anymore, and besides… I don't think I can stand to be there any longer," Lucy explained, trying to hold back tears. The blonde doesn't remember ever crying this much, not even when she was stuck with her father when he was being terrible to her.
"I understand princess, does that you're going to move as well?" Loke asked.
"Yeah, I think so. But, I'm probably just only going to be taking my clothes, a few other things, my letters, and my money."
Loke nodded, and smirked, deciding he couldn't hold back his usual antics anymore, stole a kiss from Lucy's cheek, and flashed back to the spirit world right before Lucy could say anything about it. She just stood there for a minute, grumbling about how she was going to Lucy Kick him all the way to Tenrou Island if he ever does that again.
She then quickly changed into new clothes, and walks out to the living room. Once she heard someone breathing, the mage instantly stopped. She had forgotten that Gajeel was still over; she peaked over at the dragon slayer, finding him completely crashed out on her couch. The blonde wasn't sure if he was a heavy sleeper, or not, and decided to be quiet as possible when leaving. Lucy quietly opened Virgo's gate, which brought the familiar pink haired spirit right in front of her.
"Punishment, Hime-sama," she said, in her usual voice. Lucy instantly tried to shush her to be quieter, pointing over at the sleeping form of Gajeel. Virgo nodded in understanding, "do you want me to pack up your things? Brother said you might call on me help you pack?" she asked in a whispered tone.
"Yes, could you please do that? Thank you Virgo." Lucy said with a smile. She decided it might be quicker if Virgo packed while Lucy went to the guild. At this time in the morning, the blonde knew nobody would be there, except master and possibly Mira, which Lucy hoped it wasn't the case. She knew the certain white haired female wouldn't be too happy about quitting the guild, but at least of Mira was there it would give Lucy a chance to say goodbye to her.
In what felt like too quick, Lucy stood in front of Fairy Tail, her heart beating rapidly against her chest. One reason it was doing that was because she was nervous, the other being that she was remembering all the great times she had in her. She remembered the first day she stepped into Fairy Tail, and how they were having their usual brawls. She remembered it was quite loud, and at the moment, she became a bit timid. She remember seeing Elfman yell about being a man, she remembered Gray with only his boxers on, she remembered a lot of things. Then, her mind skipped to when she first met Erza, and was confused as to why people were so scared of her, but quickly found out when the woman started the scare the senses out of her. She remembered the creation of Team Natsu, when they had to fight Deliora and Lucy learned about Gray's past, she remembered when they fought Laxus in order to save their guild, she remembered when they banded together to save her from her father and to fight against Phantom Lord, and then, she remembered when they got sent to Edolas, and when all of this started right there.
But that was all they were now; just memories fluttering in the wind like crusted over rose petals. Now, it was time to move one.
Lucy took in a deep breath, and pushed the door open, walking into the eerie silent guild. She couldn't see a certain barmaid anywhere and sighed to herself, making her way up the stairs to the second floor. Once she made it to Master Makarov's office, she hesitated. She thought of not wanting to burden Gajeel and her confidence soared. The blonde knocked on the wooden door, hearing a faint "c'mon in," come through. Lucy opened the door, opening the view to Makarov's office, and Makarov himself.
"Master," Lucy said, not sure how to approach it.
"Yes, what is it Lucy? Why are you here so early," the older small man asked, with confusion crossing his features. Recently, Makarov hasn't been down near the guild much, so he wasn't quite sure what was going on. And sadly, he hasn't even gotten to party much since he stuck with all this paperwork. Makarov finally decided to have Laxus help him work on this together, of course when he get's back from his month long mission, which should be done by today.
"I'm here to tell you that… I'm quitting Fairy Tail," Lucy stated, bringing his attention back to the blonde, the last part more said boldly than the first to show her determination. The world came crashing down after that.
To be continued…
A/N: Yep, another cliffhanger, sorry! Oh, and if you didn't notice, I rewritten the summary to this story because it wasn't exactly fitting the storyline.
To Lunascorpio20: Not quite yet, more later on haha, but you'll just have to read to continue, once you do you wouldn't want Levy to get beaten up.
To 7strawberry7: That's actually a pretty awesome idea, but not exactly what's going to happen… you'll see after quite a lot of chapters have passed.
To SuperPsychoNutcase: Right?! I had troubles starting off this chapter. Anyways, I hoped you liked his chapter, and I love your name by the way!:3
To Dark Silver Tears: Thank you so much! And right? I don't want him to open too much because that'll be way too early, but still…:3
To AiMila: Thank you! I hope you enjoy this chapter, and the cliffie