I wrapped my muffler around me, and by my mouth. I putted on a new outfit Jake bought me, a red beanie hat with that little fluff ball at the top, a waist length jacket with buttons on each side evenly, and a shorts. Though, I still wore those uggs... I began to walk out of my frozen wonderland bedroom and out the door.
"I'M BACK EVERYONE!" "Ice Dragon Roar!" I was frozen into a block of ice. "Be on your guard, Luce" Jake smirked at me. It's probably been about, 3 weeks since I've started training down here. I've gotten ten times stronger because of confidence (mostly because of my life and Alice. I've almost died countless times)
I was safely melted out of the ice and I sneezed. "Okay, try your new magic you learned!" Jake shouted. "OKAY DAD" I yelled back at him, growling. "Fire Dragon Roar~!" A blue fire came out of my mouth and was heading right towards Alice. It died down and Alice had this glacier protection over her, which soon started to shatter. "Very good, very good!" Jake patted my head and I grinned at him. "Thanks!"
"Hmm~ Fish is getting boring for dinner, maybe we should travel and find different types of food?" Jake went thinking mode and I gave a long WHAT. "Are you out of your mind?! What if they find the hole?!" I panicked. "Neh, we could just cover the whole with glacier, then cover with leaves. After all, this hole IS deep inside the forests" He shrugged, and began getting dressed in proper clothes and so did Alice. "Wait, so we're just going to GO with this?!
They both said "Yes" at the same time and I face palmed. "You guys have no shame, do you? Well I guess that's why you're the best trainers I could have" I sighed, smiling in the process as they both giggled.
...
"SO FREAKING HOT" I whined. "It's not even that hot Lucy, get over it" Jake tisked. "You've just been down in cold for too long, hee hee" Alice smiled. I fanned myself with some of Alice's ice-cold wind. That is, until I passed by a certain guild.
I stared at it for a few seconds, and the wind blew me and my hair forward, as if trying its very best to push me away or else something will happen.
And something DID happen. A team came out of the guild halls, and I jumped. They spotted me, and I tried to ignore them but they called out to me.
The incredible Team Natsu.
"Hey, do I know you from somewhere?" Natsu asked, in that voice of his. I pulled my red beanie close by my eyes and made sure my hair didn't stick out much. I brought my muffler close by my mouth. "I don't know..." I answered, shrugging my shoulders. He stared at me intensely, and I avoided every bit of it. "Oh!" Alice came just in time and took hold on my wrist. "I can't wait til we get home, I heard that there's a FREEZING new Ice Cream today, I think the brand name was LuLu!" That smile hinted she was going to kill me.
"I'm sorry for disturbing you, bye bye!" she dragged me by the collar and I raised my hat up a bit, staring at the group. And I stared more at Lisanna.
...
"I'M SORRY, OKAY?!" I yelled, stuffing my mouth full of food. Here we are, dining out for the first time in a while OUTSIDE the hole. I ripped open a piece of meat and took a whole bowl of soup in my mouth. Alice quietly drank her class of water, embarrassed. Jake had his jaw to the ground. "I DIDN'T MEAN TO RUN INTO THEM!" I took a large gulp and I gave a sigh of satisfaction. "Delicious" I moaned, happy with myself. "Jeez... It's already 6:00 PM" Alice sighed. "I'm surprised they didn't notice me..." I mumbled. "I'm surprised as well, but we should count our graces thanks to that" Jake finished eating placed his fork down.
Natsu's (small) POV after Lucy was dragged away.
"That was Lucy" Natsu growled. "What? Lucy disappeared a while back... If that was really her, wouldn't she have reacted better or something?" Erza pointed out. "That was her scent, it has to be. Strawberry vanilla...But I smelt something else..." his voice became more quieter. 'She had Igneel's scent...How?'
"Let's follow them, then" Gray announced, and Erza turned around quickly. "I don't think I could really sleep in peace to think that we might have found a friend dear to us, and we let her go missing again" Erza was going to snap back, but she knew exactly how he felt. "Let's follow the scent, quick!" Natsu yelled
Yeah...back to Lucy's POV
I jumped back in the hole and landed in the snow, and I was happy to be back in the coldness. Alice and Jake arrived soon after.
I sniffed the air a few times, and froze. "I smell something..." I whispered, and Jake immediately stood. "I think Natsu and the others has finally started to catch on. I really do think I taught him too well... He's going to figure out the truth soon..." He said under his breath. "Should we confront them?" Alice asked, worried that her home might become the battle field of a massacre. "We wait... I guess..." Jake used his fire to boost him back up the hole and I did the same. Alice also used her ice to make a way of stair way.
We waited, and waited, until we finally heard running footsteps closing in on us. I was so nervous, I felt as if the beating of my heart was as loud as thunder. We saw them, they were close, and they stopped midway as they saw us.
"LUCY!" That same, energetic voice yelled. I hid behind Jake, scared. They finally caught up to us, and they were panting heavily. "Lucy...is that you?" Happy managed to croak out. I stood, and walked towards them. "Fire dragon..." I began, and took a few glances at their shocked faces. "She...is a..." Erza's eyes widened. "IRON FIST" I jumped in the air, and a large heap of blue fire appeared on my fist. I landed a direct punch in Natsu's face. The impact was so strong, the ground below us broke apart immediately, as if pushed down by a round foot.
He fell right on his rear, and I panted, keeping my scarf around me, and my evil glare still in tact.
"Natsu Dragneel, I challenge you!" I announced. "No, wait" Jake interrupted, and my blue fire died down. He held my head and brought it close to my face. "Now now, don't go picking fights like the idiot, okay?" his face was incredibly close, and I blushed insanely. "WHATEVER" I huffed, and stomped away from his grip and by Alice.
"Natsu, son. It's been a long time" Jake smiled.