Chapter 47~ I have sand in my pants! I repeat! I have sand in my pants!
Disclaimer~ I GlenCocoSavesTheDay does not own Fairy Tail, my ships would have sailed by now if I did. But they will! THEY WILL I TELL YOU! The fabulous cover art is not made by me but is made by the genius artist on tumblr yoriru! Please go check her out!
Authors Note~ Hello friends! How is everyone doing? I hope you are all doing fabulous. Also thank you guys so much for the happy birthdays! It really cheered me up because I was having a tough time that day. I just missed my brother so much, but then you guys made me feel better, so thank you! I hope you all enjoy this chapter! On you go!
Lucy's dreamland!
I felt very, hot. I was laying on something that surely was not a bed. Why in the world was it so hot? It was like the sun was an inch away from my face. It kind of felt like I was in the desert. Now that I think about it, am I sinking?
"Oi, what kind of wacky dream are we having today?" I could hear Natsu's voice. My eyes snapped open to only have something fly into my eye. My hand shot up to my eye. Is that sand? I squinted both eyes to see Natsu patting his butt.
"Natsu, where are we?" I asked. Natsu looked down at me, he smiled. I grabbed a fist full of whatever hell I was laying on. Damn, these dreams can be so vivid.
"I've got no idea." Natsu replied. I rolled my eyes as I got up. My feet quickly sunk. I looked down to see, sand. Well, I don't know what I expected. I looked back to Natsu. He was now trying to make a sand castle.
"Well, since we're here why not make a sand castle!" Natsu cheered. He had a point. I found myself sitting down next to him helping him build it. I soon stopped once I had a pink bucket in my hands.
When did I begin holding this. I stared at the bucket for a long amount of time. I glanced at Natsu. Natsu was holding a yellow bucket. I laughed a little, that's the color of our hair. My eyes widened when I looked into the bucket.
"Natsu." I got his attention immediately. Natsu glanced over to me. I showed him the yellow bucket with a straight face.
"Oh my god get that away from me!" Natsu freaked out. Natsu flipped the bucket into the air, having it come down on me. I was soon freaking out just like him. There was a scorpion in that bucket.
The scorpion, was now in my hair.
"Natsu! Natsu get it out!" I hissed. I took my hands into my hair, I shook my head like crazy. The scorpion fell to the ground. The scorpion moved around our feet, from a far it must have looked like we were dancing.
"What do we do?!" I whined. It was like the scorpion wanted to climb on us. Natsu looked at me with a panicked expression, then it turned to a more mischievous one.
"Burn it!" Natsu cackled. I frowned. Was that such a good idea? Natsu stopped jumping around while lighting his fist on fire. Natsu stared down at the scorpion with a smirk.
"What is so bad about you?" Natsu questioned the scorpion like it would talk back. The scorpion quickly went under the sand. Natsu frowned. Was it scared of Natsu? My questions were soon totally blown out of my mind when a bigger scorpion came out of the ground.
What was even worse was when the sand castle exploded, we worked so hard on it. Scorpions came out of the blown up sand castle. I was truly horrified. I moved over to Natsu. Natsu and I jumped back hugging each other tightly.
The big scorpion didn't look like your everyday little fellow. The scorpion now had a man's features. My jaw dropped. Is this, Scorpio? Scorpio flashed Natsu and I a grin. Natsu and I were kind of busy trying to avoid the tiny scorpions.
"The ground is where you'll find me, watch out for the tricks." Scorpio stated calmly. I soon fell to the ground in total shock. Scorpio was kind of terrifying with the whole scorpion tail, was it even called a scorpion tail? Whatever it was, it was very frightening.
I gave him a nervous smile. The ground? What does he mean? I wonder if he is like Aquarius, hopefully not. My smile vanished very soon, the worst thing possible happened. There was sand in, my pants. I looked up at Natsu who was holding in laughter.
The scorpions didn't attack me. I let out a sigh of relief. Lucy Heartphilla and bugs do not mix well together. I shivered at the thought of the scorpions crawling on me. I jumped up onto my feet and began moving around.
My whole lower body had suddenly became, so itchy.
Natsu giggled a little as he watched me. How did this much sand even get in my pants?! Natsu couldn't hold it in anymore, he was now cackling like a mad man. I sent a glare his way. I felt like crying, I think there was also a scorpion in my pants.
"Alright, this is a truly disturbing site." Scorpio chuckled. That was when we woke up.
End of Lucy's Dreamland.
"I have sand in my pants!" I screamed. I jumped off the bed. I stripped off my shorts and flung them across the room. I still felt the sand. I whined as I patted my butt raptly. Natsu lunged forward into a sitting position as he watched me with a giddy smile.
"Happy wake up Lucy's being a pervert!" Natsu chuckled as he shook Happy awake. Happy began to laugh along with Natsu, like it was the funniest thing in the world. I stopped patting my butt when the door flung open.
"Lucy are you alright?!" Erza said alarmed while holding up a sword. She was still in her pajama's, they had little hearts all over them. Standing behind her was a wide eyed Jellal, was he blushing? Soon everyone came into the room.
Kagura and Yukino stood speechless along with Rouge and Sting. All I could think was how stupid I must of looked right now. My whole face exploded in color. Wendy and Romeo covered each other's eyes. I was soon covered with a pillow, Natsu had gotten up.
"Don't look at what's mine." Natsu hissed. Jellal quickly turned his gaze up at the ceiling. Rouge and Sting continued to stare.
"I, I have no words for this." I sighed heavily. What could I say? That I had sand in my pants? Well I don't have sand in my pants now!
"Well, meet us in the lobby." Erza laughed nervously. Jellal and Erza back up leaving the room. Yukino and Kagura did the same. Rouge and Sting stood there. This was incredibly awkward.
"Oi, you two. Get. Out." Natsu practically growled out. Rouge grabbed on to Sting's shoulder, pulling him out.
"Did you see her panties?" I could hear Sting giggle out. The door slammed shut. Natsu stopped glaring at the door and now began glaring at me. I held onto the pillow with sweaty hands. I laughed nervously as I looked at anything but Natsu.
I glanced over to Happy to see him winking at me. Happy flew out the window waving. My jaw dropped. The cat left me! I didn't want to be alone with Natsu, he seems quite mad right now. I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Lucy, don't stand around like that next time." Natsu hissed out. I shined him a small smile. Natsu stared at me for a while, I stared back. Natsu's mouth broke out into a grin which made me relax.
"I'll try not to." I chimed. Natsu rolled his eyes. Natsu went over to our clothes, throwing me my outfit. Natsu began to strip, I of course looked away. I changed as quickly as I could. I took a gander at myself in the mirror.
"Should I dress up as a boy again, or is it safe?" I was asking mostly myself. Natsu hummed in thought.
"If it will keep guys off you then yes!" Natsu gave me a thumbs up. I felt like someone threw a brick at my forehead. He didn't care about anything else other than that? I guess I should be flattered.
"Alright, let's see how Mira did this." I sighed. I tugged in my hair. I grabbed the headband placing it on my head. I went into the bathroom grabbing the wrapping for my chest. Natsu pulled on his vest trying to fix his scarf into the right place.
Good, he wasn't watching. I wrapped my chest quickly, which kind of hurt. I loosened them a little. I adjusted my vest, zipping it up almost all the way. I turned around to Natsu. Natsu was messing with some matches he had.
"Do I look like I could be a princess?" I asked with open arms. Natsu ate the fire off the matches as he turned to me. Natsu hummed in thought.
"You look like a confused teenage boy." Natsu grinned. I didn't know if I should be offended or not. I just gave him slow nod. Natsu ran to the front door looking ready to go.
"Come on Lucy! I mean Luke." Natsu exclaimed. I glanced back at the bed. I'll miss you bed! I turned back to Natsu. Natsu opened the door heading out. I followed him. Soon we made it to the lobby.
As soon as we got to the lobby, Natsu and I stopped in mid step. In the middle of lobby stood a group that looked like our friends. Except, they weren't. They all turned around to look at us. I grabbed onto Natsu's shoulder.
"Are we still dreaming?" I whispered. Natsu shook his head as if he was unsure.
"No, we woke up a while ago for sure, right?" Natsu questioned. I gulped. The one that looked like Erza walked over to us.
"Hello friends, how do you like our new look?" Oh my god he even sounded like Erza. I took a double take.
"Did you guys, dress up as the other gender?" I asked. Erza smiled. I let out a sigh of relief. I looked behind Erza to see the rest of the group. That was when, I lost it.
"Oh man, this is great." I giggled like crazy. Jellal, Sting, and Rouge were wearing dresses. Oh my god, Laxus was wearing a fricken skirt. Someone, please help me from a laugh attack. Sting kind of looked like a fancy lady to me.
I crumbled to the ground. Erza looked panicked until I let out a little giggle. I could feel Jellal's glare on me. Natsu began bursting out laughing as well. I saw that there was more in our group. Gajeel, Gray, and Lyon were here.
"You ladies look nice." I giggled. Gajeel scoffed. Lyon and Gray looked like they were itching to strip right then and there. I saw Juvia and Levy, they looked like good looking men. Levy was still quite short.
"I feel weird Wendy." Romeo frowned. Romeo grabbed onto his chest. Wendy was frowning as well. She looked down at her chest as well.
"The little bit of boobs I had, are now gone." Wendy cried. Carla patted Wendy's back. Wendy now had short blue hair. Romeo's hair was the same length as Wendy. I felt a bid bad for laughing now.
I was a bit confused. They really looked like they tried hard dressing up. If I hadn't know them I couldn't even tell that they were dressing up. Gajeel caught my eyes. He seriously tried hard on his costume. How did he do that?
I gathered myself up from the floor. I wiped away a little tear at the corner of my eye. I walked over to Gajeel. I put a hand onto his shoulder which was slapped off immediately. He looked so lady like! How did Mira do this?
"How did you grow boobs?" I asked astonished. Gajeel growled at me. He was shorter too! How did this happen? I glanced over to Mira, she, or should I say he was smiling at me.
"I used a potion instead of dressing them up." Mira chuckled. My jaw dropped. I poked Gajeel in the chest, he blushed.
"Bunny girl you are going down." Gajeel's voice came out more womanly than I thought it would. I pulled my hand back.
"Will it ever wear off?" I asked. Mira nodded her head.
"It should wear off in a day, maybe two." I could hear all the boys groan. Levy and Juvia didn't seem to mind though. Levy was laughing as she looked down her pants.
"I have a boy part!" Levy exclaimed. I frowned. Okay maybe this wasn't such a funny thing. I saw Juvia blushing as she looked at Gray. Juvia was now taller than Gray. Oh man, the giggles were coming back.
"These boobs are killing me." Gray hissed. Gray struggled with his shirt, he was going to strip! Juvia quickly tackled him.
"Gray-sama you better not do that." Juvia hissed out. Gray sighed heavily while he dropped his hands back down to his sides.
"So, Natsu and Lucy, why not you try out the potion?" Mira smirked. Mira's eyes glinted. Mira was pretty much saying we had no choice. My eyes widened. I stepped back away from them.
"I'd like to stay like this please." I laughed nervously. Natsu hid behind him.
"I don't want to be a lady." Natsu gulped. I saw Gajeel smirk. The potion was in Mira's hands was now in Gajeel's. Natsu and I let out a little scream. Natsu ran one way and I ran the other. I felt myself being caught by the back of my collar.
"You two aren't going anywhere." Gajeel cackled. I soon had a kind of sweet liquid go down my throat. I choked a little. Natsu was next. I coughed as I held onto my throat.
"Gajeel, you bastard!" Natsu coughed. I glanced at Natsu. I heard a poof and that's when I was blinded by pink smoke. My body felt really weird. I felt the urge to yell and hit things.
"Oh my god, Lucy's hotter than she was before." Levy giggled. The wrapping around my chest felt really loose now. I looked down at Gajeel, he was smirking. Was I taller?
"What's up celestial weenie?" Gajeel grinned. I would have hit him, but I just couldn't. Curse being a man!
"My back!" Natsu hissed as he grabbed onto his back. I glanced next to me. I face palmed. It was Natsu, in girl form. I quickly pulled the wrapping out from my vest. I pulled Natsu to me. I quickly wrapped around his, I mean her chest.
"Oh thank the spirits." I sighed happily. Natsu rolled his eyes. I turned to Gajeel. On second thought, I was still a girl on the inside.
"Gajeel, you're dead." I hissed while cracking my knuckles. Before I could lay a hand on him, Natsu went right for it.
"Metal freak you are so going to get it." Natsu hissed out some fire. Gajeel and him pulled each other's hair. Soon a worker from the hotel stopped it, she kicked us out.
"Well, can we get going now?" Kagura grunted. Erza hummed a yes. Yukino caught up to Kagura and began talking about something. I think she was talking about male private parts.
"So Lucy, how do I look?" Natsu asked. I stared down at him, or you could say her. Natsu looked like Natsu, with boobs and longer hair. Of course his figure has changed. Natsu was also shorter.
"You look like a confused teenage girl." I teased. Natsu pouted. One point for Lucy!
"How far away is it?" Gajeel groaned. Levy knocked him on the head. She was taller than him now so she hit him straight on.
"It should be an hour away from here." Erza laughed. Sting and Rouge groaned aloud. This was going to be a long, very, long walk. I wonder, where is Bixlow and Lisanna?
Time skip
"I've done too much walking." Happy cried. Everyone glared at him.
"You use wings, you shouldn't talk!" Laxus barked. Happy rolled his eyes. Happy sat upon Natsu's head.
"You're a pretty girl Natsu." Happy teased. Natsu growled in response.
"You're a ugly dude Lucy." Happy teased. I scoffed. That kind of hurt. I thought I was actually rather good looking.
"Don't listen to him Lucy you're way hot." Levy giggled. I laughed it off.
"Gray-sama! Don't strip!" Juvia exclaimed. Gray growled while buttoning up the shirt he was about to throw off.
"But it's so hot here." Gray groaned. Gray had a point. I decided to strip myself. I unzipped the vest and wrapped it around my waist using the selves. Gray stared at me with jealousy. Lyon didn't even care. Juvia quickly attack Lyon.
"No one wants to see you tits Ice princesses." Gajeel grunted.
"Lyon-sama please wear a shirt." Juvia cried. Gray hissed at Lyon. Gray began to take off his shirt. Juvia cried out for both of them to stop. Juvia suddenly stopped though. Juvia stared down at Gray with a frown.
"How do I go to the bathroom?" Juvia asked. Gray and Lyon looked horrified. Many of us just realized sooner or later, we would need to use the bathroom.
"We're here!" Jellal yelled. Thank god we were not going to talk about the whole bathroom situation, that would have been awkward.
We were standing in the middle of the desert. Getting here was hell. I hope we brought some water with us. I really don't feel like drinking any part of Juvia water.
"How are we anywhere. This place is a complete waste land. Also it smells funky." Gajeel growled. Laxus grunted in agreement. They had a point.
"Are you sure your map is right Erza?" Jellal asked. Erza shook her head, but then looked down at the map.
"No, I sure this is where were suppose to be." Erza frowned. Jellal took the map and hummed.
"Maybe this map is not working anymore." Jellal sighed heavily. That can't be. I took a step forward. I remembered something.
"The ground is where you'll find me."
"Natsu!" I turned to him. Natsu looked up at me with a lazy look.
"Remember our dream?" I asked. Natsu looked almost pensive. Natsu cracked a grin.
"You had sand in your pants?" Natsu giggled. I frowned. I closed my eyes sucking in a breath.
"No Natsu, what Scorpio said." I sighed. Natsu nodded his head.
"What about it?" Natsu asked. I looked down at the ground. I stomped my feet. Nothing happened. Everyone was looking at me like I was crazy. I looked over to Yukino. Next to her was some sand that looked odd.
The sand looked almost as if it was caving in. If this was the right place that's where the entrance should be!
Natsu followed me as I walked over to Yukino. Yukino was staring at me with a weird look. I glanced up at her. She blushed.
"Sorry, I'm really into blondes." Yukino whispered. I could hear Sting cough. Natsu glared at Yukino. Even though Yukino was now a dude, she thought I was hot? I just shook the thought out my head.
I looked back down at the ground. I leaned down, I poked the ground very lightly. That was when there was a kind of rumbling sound. I looked back to Natsu. Natsu's eyes were wide. The ground below us, opened up. It literally swallowed us.
"Damn it Lucy!" Gajeel and Jellal yelled. I don't understand! I thought maybe there would be some stairs or something! But no! We are now falling to our deaths!
"I'm sorry!" I screamed out. Jellal gave me a deep frown and also a girly scream.
"Lucy!" Natsu called out. Natsu grabbed my hand and pulled me over to him. I laughed at the worst time. Even though Natsu was a girl, he would still protect me. I wrapped my arms around him, I mean her. Boy this is confusing.
"What the hell do we do?" Lyon shouted. Lyon had a good point. What the hell do we do!?
"I say we just scream 'till we fall to our deaths." Gajeel shouted out. Levy whacked Gajeel for that one.
"Guys, this is a really long fall." Gray screamed. Juvia clung onto Gray's back. I glanced over to Erza and Jellal. I was a bit surprised. Jellal was holding Erza, not the other way around.
"Wendy!" I yelled. I could hear a little croaked shout. Oh man, I really wanted to laugh. Wendy was in the puberty age.
"Lucy-san?!" Wendy was flipping upside down here and there. Romeo clung onto Carla. Happy was still perched up on Natsu's head.
"Do you think when we reach the ground you could float us for a bit?" I yelled. Wendy looked almost unsure.
"I don't know if it will work!" Wendy yelled back. Damn.
"I believe you can do it Wendy! You're the sky dragon remember!" I screamed. All this screaming was really hurting my throat. Wendy gave me a small smile.
"I'll try!" Wendy croaked again. I smiled. Okay, if this works we'll be fine. Hopefully.
"Ready everyone?" Wendy yelled. No one was really ready. I saw the ground coming closer and closer. I was very frightened. I clung onto Natsu tighter.
"Come closer to me!" Wendy shouted. We all clung onto her. Wendy sucked in a huge amount of air. Wendy flung her head back then forward. We were an inch away from the ground.
"Sky dragon roar!" Wendy shouted. A huge amount of air came out of her mouth. We floated back up a little. Everyone let go of each other. We fell.
"Ow." I groaned. Natsu laid on top on me while Happy sat on his head totally okay. I could hear the rest of the group groaning.
"Remind me not to hang out with you guys again." Kagura hissed. Kagura and Rouge were clinging on to each other. Fro was sitting on Kagura's head clinging onto her bow. I laughed a little. It hurt to laugh though. I could feel a slight pain in my lower back. Did I fall on a rock?
"Thank you Sting." Yukino giggled on top of him. Or you could say her. Sting gave a shaky thumbs up.
"It's alright." Sting coughed. I slid a hand over to my lower back. I brought my hand back up. I was bleeding.
"N-Natsu." I hissed out. Natsu groaned while getting up. Natsu stared down at me.
"You're back to normal? But how?" Natsu asked.
"Oh my god!" I freaked. For a second there I thought my shirt was off me. But it wasn't. It was zipped up all the way. Which kind of freaked me out. But Natsu was right. My chest was back. I sighed with relief, which kind of hurt.
"When did I put my shirt back on?" I asked mostly myself. Gray gave me a squinty eye look.
"I don't remember you stripping any time earlier." Gray whispered. I still heard him though. I could have sworn I stripped my vest off when I was a guy.
"That's a good question, why did she change back?" Mira grumbled. Mira brushed off some dirt. Natsu held out a hand, I grabbed it. I tried to pull myself up, but it really hurt.
"Oh my god." Gajeel gasped. I didn't like the sound of that. I looked back. There was a stick in my side. THERE WAS A STICK STICKING OUT OF ME. Natsu's eyes widened. A poof of pink happened. Natsu was back to normal.
Goodbye height, hello shortness. Natsu was back to being tall again. Natsu held onto me. Natsu poked the stick. I hissed out. It didn't hit any vital points, gladly. I moved my hand to my back, grabbing the stick.
"No Lucy, that will make it worse." Erza stated. I dropped my hand back to my side. She was right. I would just bleed out.
"What do I do?" I asked. I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned my gaze to see Wendy standing there.
"I can heal you." Wendy smiled. I sighed with relief, that hurt a lot more than last time.
"No Wendy, you used too much magic already." Carla protested. That's true as well. Wendy argued with the white cat. I put a bloodied hand on Wendy's shoulder. I cringed, I should have used the cleaner one.
"I'll just do it the painful way, it's alright." I winked. Wendy frowned. I saw a blue cloud pop up in front of me. Wendy was now crying. It looked like the potion wears off when pain is evoked, also when it's emotional.
"I don't want to see you in pain." Wendy cried. Romeo came over to her, he was still a girl. Romeo brought her to his chest.
"It's okay Wendy." Romeo whispered. Wendy cried even more as she poked Romeo's chest.
"He has bigger boobs than me as a girl." Wendy cried. We all laughed. It hurt but I continued to laugh.
"Okay Erza, I want you to pull it out and then put this wrapping on it." Natsu stated. I grabbed the wrapping from Natsu which was still around his chest. It hurt a little as I tried to unwrap it. Erza grabbed onto the stick.
"Alright Lucy, how did it feel to be a man?" Erza asked. I was totally thrown off by the question. It felt really weird. I never thought I would have a male private part ever. I think I might have had a dream about it once, that was a weird one.
Erza grunted. That was when my eyes widened. The pain was worse for a second. Erza quickly wrapped my waist. I gritted my teeth. I held in a scream. The pain kind of subsided.
"Done." Erza sighed happily. I gave her a weak thumbs up. Erza dropped the bloodied stick to the ground.
"Where are we?" Jellal questioned. Jellal had a good point, where we're we? It seemed like we were in some underground place. This was impossible. How the heck was this place even here? Wouldn't sand cave in on it?
"An underground cavern maybe." Rouge stated. Rouge and Kagura were now standing keep their distance from each other. Everyone seemed to be in their original form. The potion had also changed their clothes. But now they had their original clothes.
Is it back that I really wanted to see Gajeel in a dress?
I glanced over to Juvia when I heard a small gasp. She stood completely still. She almost looked like she was trembling. Gajeel and Gray took notice of her quickly.
"Juvia, are you okay?" I called over to her. Gray got off the floor. He was in his original form as well. Now that I look at it, everyone was back to normal. Juvia turned her head towards me. She had wide eyes.
"D-Do you hear that?" Juvia asked. I scrunched up my nose. I didn't hear anything really. Juvia seemed really affected though.
"Oi rain woman. Talk to us." Gajeel called over to Juvia. Gray walked over to her, putting a hand on her shoulder. She ripped away from his touch.
"M-Mom, Dad." She gasped. Juvia ran. She ran into a dark tunnel leading off to only god knows where. Gray's eyes widened. I think that was the only time Juvia had ever rejected his touch. Gray on instinct ran after her.
"Follow her." Erza demanded. Natsu swept me off my feet and began running after them. This place really was big.
Juvia ran into a room that was glowing with cool colors. You could also hear some humming coming from the room. We all walked in. Juvia was standing in the middle of the room.
Actually, the room was not room. We were in the water?! Somehow we were breathing underwater. This can't be real. I glanced ahead to see Juvia standing with two other people. A man and a woman. They looked just like her.
"Mom, Dad?" Juvia croaked. Standing there the woman was staring at Juvia. She had a huge smile on her face. The man stood behind the woman. They held out their arms for her.
"Come to us Juvia, we'll keep you safe." They said in unison. My eyes widened. Their faces were morphing. I don't think Juvia could see it. The man and woman's eyes were no longer there. There was just black holes.
Juvia took a step closer. She must have really not seen it. Gray ran towards her. Juvia fought him until he covered her eyes. He whispered a few words into her ear. Gray uncovered her eyes. Juvia screamed.
Soon there was a flash of light. We were no longer underwater. There was no man and woman. It was just an empty small room. If Juvia had stepped any closer, she would have fallen to her death. A cliff was just an inch away.
"W-What was that?" Juvia cried out. Gray wrapped his arms around her. I know for me it was terrifying. But Juvia seeing her own parents like that, that's going to haunt her dreams.
"What did you say to her?" Lyon asked. Gray frowned a little.
"I just said, to open your eyes." Gray stated. It seemed simple and short. But words sometimes have great power to them. Words will bring you hope, sadness, even happiness. Words can bring you to start thinking about things.
"This place, it's evil." Natsu sniffed the air. Natsu scrunched up his nose in disgust.
"It smells even worse down here." Gajeel gagged. I didn't really smell anything. It smelt normal to me. But there was this feeling. A very dark and scary feeling.
"Was that, a mirage?" Wendy asked. Erza nodded. This place was not good for any of us.
"Let's just find Scorpio and get out of here." Jellal gulped. We all agreed not to explore on our own. Natsu's eyes widened, he looked down at me.
"Your wound, how is it?" Natsu asked. That's a good question. I didn't feel any pain anymore. Maybe I was numb? Natsu set me down. Natsu pulled off the wrapping, there was nothing there.
"What?" I was astonished. Was that, also a mirage. We're we even back to normal? I didn't even know if this was reality right now.
"But the pain, it really hurt." I gulped. I was so confused. This place was messing with me. There was no wound. No blood. I poked my back many times, nothing was there. This place, is going to drive me mad.
"Let's just go before we go insane." Kagura demanded. We all left the room. Another hallway appeared in front of us. For some reason, I had a good feeling and very bad feeling about this.
"This hallway wasn't here before." Gajeel sniffed the air. Erza and Jellal took the lead. We came across a room that was pure white. We stopped. It looked so empty except for the person laying in the middle of it.
"We should just walk past it." Rouge grunted. Kagura didn't move though. Kagura looked like she was going to walk forward. Rouge grabbed onto her arm. Kagura grabbed her sword tightly.
"The room is pulling me in." Kagura hissed out. Kagura took shaky step towards the pure white room, Rouge held onto her tightly.
"Refuse it." Rouge growled. Rouge pulled her back and held her tightly. Kagura's eyes closed.
"If I don't look, I won't go." She sighed with relief. While we were all paying attention towards Kagura, we didn't notice the figure standing there in the doorway.
"Kagura, why did you leave me." A voice croaked. Kagura's eyes shot open. My head snapped towards the doorway. There stood a tall beat up man. He was drenched in blood, I think it was his own.
"Simon." Kagura uttered out. Kagura looked like she wanted to run forward to hug him. She stood her ground.
"Kagura, how do you know Simon?" Erza asked. Erza just seemed just as terrified as Kagura. Did she know Simon as well.
"Erza, I loved you." Simon stated calmly. I could see Jellal grab onto Erza. I was pretty surprised by that one. I didn't expect a confession.
"I think we should leave." I said. Kagura shook her head.
"Simon, I didn't leave you!" Kagura shouted. Simon held out a hand.
"Make it up to me. Come with me." Simon smiled. Kagura let go of her sword by her side. Erza shot out her arm in front of Kagura.
"Simon wouldn't say that, he's not selfish." Erza stated calmly. Kagura nodded her head slowly. Kagura turned her back. She began walking down a new hallway. We followed her leaving Simon standing there. He soon disappeared without a word.
"Kagura, are you okay?" Rouge asked. Kagura nodded. Kagura took a hand and put it up to her face. She wiped her eyes and kept walking. I admired her for being so strong.
"I think these mirages, will keep coming." Sting stated. Lector held onto Sting hair sitting up on his head like the rest of the cats did.
"Hey Natsu, you don't think anything bad will come to see us right?" Happy asked. The mirages worried me as well. I think I already knew what I would see, I just tried not to think about it too much though.
I think every mirage we experience, we get closer to Scorpio.
"Even if it does, I'll be right here to stop it." Natsu chuckled. As soon as Natsu said that another door appeared. Sting and Rouge ran past it.
"Wait you two, don't go so far without us." Erza commanded. Rouge and Sting laughed nervously.
"Just didn't want to see the mirage. Sorry." Sting laughed it off. I glanced into the room. There stood two dragons. One was smiling, he was quite bright. The other one looked somewhat depressed but happy.
"What happened to Sting and Rouge's fathers?" I whispered to Natsu. Natsu looked down with a frown.
"Those are my uncles, the witch made them disappear. Never to be seen again." Natsu looked at me. He had such sad eyes. I glanced over to Rouge and Sting. They waited for us to keep walking. It was like they were pleading to us to keep walking.
"I see, I'm sorry for your loss." I said with a true sympathy. Natsu smiled a little at the mirage.
"Out of all the mirage's so far, this one is the surely the best." Natsu stated. Natsu grabbed onto my hand. He squeezed it hard. We continued to pass by the door. I took one glance back, the dragons were poking their head out the doorway.
The dragons smiled fondly at Rouge and Sting. Why was this one so sweet but also painful. Soon the dragons disappeared, and so did the doorway. I turned my head forward. I smiled at Rouge and Sting.
Maybe a long time ago they gave up on finding their fathers. Or maybe they haven't. I think they kept walking because they didn't want false hope. I hope they find their fathers. Who knows, maybe along the way we will find them.
Like it was fate another fricken door came in front of this time. It just popped right in our faces. We were forced to look at it. There it was, it was surely my door. The whole hallway darkened. I gulped rather loudly.
What the doorway showed us was something I expected. It was everything bad that happened to me. It was like the door was mocking me. The door wasn't trying to pull me in, it was trying to drive me away.
"This is where Scorpio is." I gulped. Everyone was too focused on the memories flashing by. I didn't want them to see them. Natsu looked like he was going to kill someone. This really did make me want to run away, but I couldn't.
"This door will not lead to a cliff, just Scorpio's key." I told to mostly myself. I wanted to reassure myself. I walked into the doorway, everyone was still entranced in the memories. There was someone standing in the middle of the room.
I guess I needed to do this alone. It was a woman standing in the middle of the room. She was the same height as me. She looked, a lot like me actually.
"Hello Lucy, it's good to see me." The person laughed. She turned around. My eyes widened. It was me, but it was a whole different me. Her eyes were black. Just deep black holes. There was no life to her. She looked almost dead. Everything about her seemed evil.
"Why, why are you here?" I asked. I was so confused. Why would myself be here. Why did I look so creepy too?
"I'm you, but just another side of you." She smiled. She frowned once again a second later.
"I'm the side you hate most about you." She stated. My heart almost dropped. What? This mirage is really starting to freak me out.
"I'm the side that wants to destroy the witch, and father with it." She began cackling. I sucked in a huge amount of air. I get it now. She is my hateful side you could say.
"I don't despise you." I stated. She stopped cackling.
"Of course you do! I'm the one who makes you feel empty, jealous and many more!" She put on a fake smile. This concerned me. Was this really happening. Was this an actual side of me?
"Those are normal for everyone though, we all feel like that sometimes." I smiled. The other me frowned.
"I'm going to take over you one day, I'll be the one to make you hate yourself." She practically yelled. She walked over to me.
"We're one Lucy, we could both destroy your father and enjoy it." She grinned. I closed my eyes. I know I have had thoughts of hurting my father. I know I've said I hated him. But over the time I've spent learning new things, I got over it.
"Father was taken over, it wasn't his fault." I stated as I opened my eyes. She was now crying.
"But it doesn't matter! He should have been strong enough to fight it!" She screamed. I wiped away a few of her tears. I felt in my heart, a weight was lifting for some reason.
"You are not the hateful side of me, you are just the child part." I smiled. I was now staring at a little me. She crumbled onto her knees, crying. I kneeled down. Ah, this was the comfort I needed as a kid.
She was me when I was a child. I remember telling myself this. I look back at it now and laugh. I knew something was up with her. She is me, but not. She is the past me.
"I know you don't know what happened over the time I grew older, but I have made lot of friends." I smiled. She stopped crying. She gave me a huge smile.
"W-We made friends?" She asked. I nodded my head.
"I'm also getting married." I winked. She's blushed.
"It better be with that pink haired boy I met a while ago." She pouted. I laughed.
"It is." I giggled. She blushed even more.
"I'm sorry I tricked you, you can have Scorpio now." She grinned. She went into her pocket and pulled out a golden key.
"I'm glad I changed when I'm older." She giggled. I soon heard a familiar voice call out. I looked ahead to see my mother standing there.
"Come on Lucy!" My mother smiled. It was like I wasn't there anymore. The little me looked back once. She shook her head and smiled.
"I'm coming mama!" It kind of broke my heart. I just sat there watching them walk off until they were out of sight. I didn't really understand if that was real or just the mirage. I feel like I can get pass that part my life now.
I will never forget it, but I will move past it. The room soon changed. It was no longer a dark room. I was in a cave. Standing behind me was the rest of the group. It looks like the mirages lead us out.
"Oh my god, how did we get out?" Yukino said in disbelief. I shrugged. I didn't know much myself.
"What happened?" Laxus asked.
"I think we just saw all of Lucy's life, it was like a really long movie." Mira said as she rubbed her eyes.
"That was a really sad movie then." Jellal stated. I rolled my eyes. I looked down at the key in my hand. I should call him out.
"Open the gate of the Scorpion!" I called out. Scorpio appeared. I quickly took out Aquarius's keys.
"Open the gate of the Water Bearer!" I shouted. It kind of took a toll on me though. I feel worn out a bit.
"Scorpio!" Aquarius called out as she tackled him. Scorpio laughed as he hugged her tightly.
"Thank you Lucy, I'd love to make a contract with ya!" Scorpio grinned. I held out my hand.
"Welcome to the dream team." I laughed. I could hear Gajeel and Natsu laughing behind me.
"Catch you later kid!" Aquarius grinned. Scorpio waved to us.
"Thank you Lucy." I could hear Aquarius whisper. I smiled. I'm guessing they go to the celestial world.
"Oh thank god that's over, I thought it was going to last longer." Gajeel groaned. Levy whacked him in the side.
"That was beautiful Lucy." Levy laughed. I rolled my eyes playfully. I got up and dusted my butt off.
"Now, we have to walk back." I laughed bitterly. Everyone groaned.
Time skip.
We made it back to the hotel by nightfall. We were exhausted. Everyone went to their rooms. Happy and Natsu followed behind me. I opened the door to our room. I shook off my shoes. Walked to the bed, and then fell face first.
"You guys were silent the whole time here, what's wrong now?" I mumbled. I felt Natsu and Happy hesitantly crawl onto the bed. I lifted my head to look at them. They were both staring at me weirdly.
"What's up?" I asked. Happy began to tear up. My eyes widened. I jumped up.
"Are you hurt? What's wrong!" I asked. Happy quickly attack me in a hug.
"You had such a terrible childhood. When you told us, we didn't realize the gravity of it." Happy cried. Natsu tackled us all into a hug. They both squeezed me tightly. It was like déjà vu.
"It's okay guys, it's over now." I smiled.
"Lucy, during the memories we were watching, where did you go?" Natsu asked.
"I was just tying up loose ends." I grinned. Natsu sighed as he leaned over Happy and I.
"You two look like you need a tickle attack." Natsu grinned. My smile dropped.
"Natsu, no." Happy deadpanned. Natsu went for Happy, Happy darted under the bed. Natsu pouted. Natsu turned to look at me.
"Lucy, tickle attack in three." Natsu grinned. My eyes widened. I got out from under him.
"Two." Natsu stated. I jumped off the bed.
"Zero!" Natsu exclaimed. Natsu grabbed onto my vest. Natsu pulled me back onto the bed.
"You skipped one!" I giggled. Natsu attacked my stomach.
"I know!" Natsu chimed. I saw Happy fly out from under the bed.
"I want to join!" Happy beamed. Happy came to the bed and tickled me as well. It was like all of today's bad memories washed away.
"Please! Stop!" I laughed. Natsu looked over to Happy.
"Should we free her?" Natsu giggled. Happy hummed.
"I guess we can't her go for today." Happy smiled. I took in a huge amount of air. Thank god, I thought I was going to cry.
"Okay, I'm going to get you guys back later." I smirked. Natsu and Happy laughed like that would never happen. I will! Lucy Heartphilla is a champ not a chump!
"Lucy, you need to sleep." Natsu chuckled a little. He was right. I was dead tired. I stretched my arms out. I fell back onto the bed.
"Goodnight." I mumbled. I felt blankets being pulled over me. I felt a kiss pressed to my forehead.
"Goodnight Lucy. We love you." Natsu whispered. I smiled softly. A little bit later I felt arms wrap around me. Happy curled up right next to me.
"I love you, both." I whispered. Tonight some of those mirage's might haunt our dreams. But I know one thing for sure. There will be someone there supporting them to get through it. There is always someone.
Authors note~ Hello friends! I'm really to lazy to proof read please spare me! Did I make any of you cry in this chapter? Probably not. So guys, what did you think of this chapter!? Near the end of this chapter when Lucy was facing her child self, it seemed kind of like the waterfall scene in Naruto.
I wasn't supposed to be like that just so you all know. Two completely different things happening. Lucy is facing her child self who appears as her hatred but really isn't. Naruto was facing basically his hatred and inner demons. So I really hope no one thinks I'm trying to copy it.
It's just kind of similar. Anyways Lisanna and Bixlow still haven't shown their faces! Why?
This story still has a while to go. I didn't expect it to go this far. But I'm glad you guys like it so much though! It makes me super happy to see your feedback. Next chapter will have one of my favorite celestial sprits! Gemini!
Also Nalu of course, someone who has already appeared will appear again. Can you guess who? Please leave a review, I will read it! I hope you all have a good day! Or night!
Edit~ Sorry you guys! I messed up a bit in this chapter but I fixed it! I also added a few things here and there! So if you already read the chapter, please make sure to read it again! The person who told me in a review thank you so much!
Alright friends! I think I'll be updating Sunday! See you then!
See you next chapter!
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