Chapter 49~ I fall down some stairs, have some weird dreams about horses, and meet a boy named Thomas!
Disclaimer~ I GlenCocoSavesTheDay does not own Fairy Tail, If I did my ships would have sailed by now. But they will! THEY WILL I TELL YOU! The fabulous cover art is not made by me but is made from yoriru on tumblr, please go check her out!
Authors note~ Hello friends! I know I keep saying I'm going to update earlier but it's beginning to become really hard with school lately. I have a lot of things to do but I will not give up on this story whatsoever. I will still update it, I swear I will not wait months to update it either!
Also I will be creating a One Shot for Halloween so you should all be looking out for it! Alright guys, enough of my babbling, on with the story!
Lucy's P.O.V
I was running. Yep, this has never happened in a dream before. Has it? Well that doesn't even matter! Natsu was running along beside me. We exchanged looks.
"Why are we running?" Natsu asked. I shrugged as a reply. Natsu and I just decided to stop running. What was the point? I took a glance at my surroundings, we were in a, horse stable? A bunch of horses surrounded us.
"Oi Lucy, check this out." Natsu giggled as he began to poke a sleeping horse. Natsu giggled more and more when the horse didn't wake up. I squinted my eyes at him, Natsu was very weird.
"Says the weirdo!"Natsu sang. As soon as Natsu said that the horse kicked him in the gut. I muffled a laugh and went to his side. Natsu held his gut in pain.
"Are you alright?" I asked while holding out a hand to him. Natsu didn't reply. He just stared at the horse. For a few second there, I thought Natsu was going to burn the horse to ashes.
Natsu's eyes widened. He pulled on my sleeve, pulling me down next to him. Now I was crouching next to him. Natsu put up a hand like a wall to separate us from the rest of the world like someone would hear our conversation.
Which really didn't matter because it was just us in the room! Well, the horses too.
"Do you see, the man dressed like a horse too?" Natsu asked while pointing in front of him. My eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. I quickly looked to where he was pointing.
A tall man, was in a horse costume. He was sitting on a wooden stool with a bow and arrows strapped to his back. Okay then, I've probably seen weirder. Ichiya comes to a close second to this dude sitting in front of us.
The man was also eating an apple. He was staring at us intently while munching on his apple. Suddenly two people popped up behind him, which almost scared the pants off me. They all smiled at us sweetly.
The two people behind him, were like shadows. I couldn't really tell what he, or she, looked like. It made me fear them. I gulped as I tried to stand up, Natsu didn't let me. Natsu watched the two figures intently.
The man dressed up as a horse finally stood up. He smiled at us. As he finished his apple in one go that smile, soon vanished.
"Moshimoshi!" The man exclaimed. He quickly pulled the bow out from on his back. He was surely fast. He shot an arrow at us. Natsu pushed me over and hovered over me. I let out a squeal.
I could feel the arrow soar past me. Ah man, these dreams were to close for comfort. Always in every dream something weird happens! Why does this happen? I. Have. No. Idea.
"Oi horse face! Why are you trying to shoot us?" Natsu practically growled. Natsu continued to hover over me until the coast was clear. The man in the horse suit, just smiled. He lifted up a finger and pointed behind us.
Natsu and I were wary of looking away from the crazy horse suit man. But you always have to take a few risks in life. Natsu and I slowly looked up to see a poster on the wall. The poster read:
Horse race will begin today!
Don't miss the action!
The prize will be,
A golden zodiac key!
This golden key will bring you a special surprise!
Come join us!
Something about the 'come join us' part really had me frowning. Come join you? I need that key to save an entire kingdom and you want to just give it away? Ugh people these days are beginning to get on my nerves!
"You've got to be kidding me." I whined aloud. I was going to have to go against people, in a horse race. The last time I rode a horse, it threw me off its back and I landed in some mud. I was so close to being trampled by one.
I shivered at the vivid memory of that evil horse!
"Why does the world do this to me?" I groaned. Natsu laughed as he leaned up and pulled us up into a sitting position.
"You make it too easy." Natsu teased. I rolled my eyes playfully. The horse suit guy was now staring outside a window in the horse stable. He look pensive. When did he go over there anyways?
"Princess Lucy, there is a storm coming your way. You better watch out." He knows my name! The horse suit guy turned to us. He would have looked like a normal guy, if it wasn't for the suit!
"A storm? I don't remember hearing about something like that." Natsu frowned. I had the urge to slap my forehead.
"A storm indeed." That was the last thing the horse suit guy said to us. I would have loved to hear more, but noooo. I had a bad feeling, that was when I decided sleeping wasn't the best thing to be doing right now.
End of Lucy's Dreamland.
"My butt!" Natsu screeched. My eyes snapped open to see Natsu running around the room holding his butt. Is this what I looked like when I had sand in my pants? Natsu turned to me, but wasn't looking at me.
"Pun Pun!" A voice spoke up next to me. I turned my head to the side to see Plue. My jaw dropped.
"What are you doing here?!" I exclaimed. How did he get here?! When did he get here? This doesn't make any sense! Plue gave me a small hug. Plue backed up and stared up at me.
"Pun!" Plue exclaimed.
"How in the world did you get here?" I asked mostly to myself.
"I brought him here." I honestly didn't expect Plue to talk back! I must have looked like an idiot. I felt my jaw drop.
Wait a second, he didn't open his mouth that time. I turned around slowly to see Loke. Or should I say Leo?
"Hello princess!" Loke smiled brightly. I gave him a small smile as well. I felt a weight shift beside me. Natsu was soon sitting on the bed in front of me. Natsu sent Loke many glares. Loke simply smiled.
"Oh Natsu, you make me swoon when you put on a face like that." Loke chuckled. Natsu was literally throwing daggers with his eyes. Loke clutched his heart.
"That's the face!" Loke grinned. Was Loke flirting with Natsu? The world may never know.
"What have you come here for Loke?" Natsu asked. Loke pouted.
"Can't I just visit?" Loke asked. I could hear Natsu repeat over and over again the word, no. I held in a giggle.
"Keep it down." Happy groaned from behind us. I turned around to see a very tired Happy. I honestly felt well rested. Happy fell asleep at the same time we did, so why did he look so tired?
"What's up buddy? Have a nightmare?" Natsu asked. Happy stretched out on the bed and shook his head. A smirk appeared on his face. I knew that smirk better than anyone. That smirk meant, trouble.
"What did you do?" I asked. I was of course, suspicious. Happy surely was a prankster. I know where he gets it from too. Natsu was the biggest prankster I've ever met. He beats Gajeel in the that category for sure.
"Oh, nothing really." Happy grinned. I nodded slowly. I didn't believe it not even for a minute. Happy and Plue soon began to start up a conversation. I turned back to Loke. I slapped my forehead when I saw Natsu and Loke fighting.
Boys will be boys.
"You want to go lion boy?" Natsu grabbed onto Loke's collar. Loke grinned and copied Natsu's actions. I swear a fight was going to go down soon, but that didn't happen. Our front door slammed open.
"You!" Jellal yelled. Well, this surely was a wake up call. Jellal stormed over to me. Oh my god, was he coming towards me. I squealed as I fell off the bed and crawled to the other side. I was soon crouching on one side of the bed.
Oh god! Has Jellal finally come to take about that thing Natsu and I saw? Oh dear god, let that not be it. I didn't mean to see it! It was on accident I swear! Gemini will pay for that! I glanced up at him.
Jellal was staring down at me. Oh man, he was relentless. I saw Erza come running in after him. She was still in her pajama's. Erza seemed very worried.
"Jellal, don't jump to conclusions." Erza stated. Jellal groaned as he smacked his forehead. Now that I look at him. I realize something. Jellal isn't the regular Jellal. He was missing two things.
His eyebrows.
"I know it had to be Lucy or Natsu." Jellal growled. Loke laughed awkwardly. I saw him wave at me. After that he was gone. Jellal still stood in front of me. All that stood between us was a bed.
"I swear I didn't hurt your eyebrows!" I exclaimed. I could see Natsu chuckling behind Erza. Erza's eye twitched.
"Well, it wasn't a ghost!" Jellal frowned. I nodded in agreement. I know it wasn't me, it couldn't have been me. Hmmm, detective Lucy is on the case!
"How do you know it wasn't Gajeel." I questioned him. Jellal squinted his eyes. I really wanted to laugh. He looked so weird when he did that.
"Gajeel was pranked on as well." Jellal kept his eyes on me. It was like we were having a stare down.
"Did everyone get tricked?" I asked. Jellal nodded his head. I turned my head in Erza's direction. She was barking at Natsu telling him how wrong it was for her cake to be eaten.
"You have no proof it was me!" I screamed. Good one Lucy! That will totally convince him! Jellal ran to one side of the bed, heading my way. I rolled over the bed and crawled towards Erza.
Worst. Idea. Ever.
"Well hello there Lucy." Erza cracked her fists. I could see a beaten up Natsu on the ground. I was horrified. I looked up at her and gave her a nervous smile.
"Hello there Erza." I laughed nervously. Erza picked me up by the back of my vest. I let out a groan. This is my life. Not even one morning will be normal! I swear the person who went pranking everyone last night is going to get it!
That's when it clicked. I frowned as I scanned the room. That little blue fur ball wasn't here.
"Erza, I know who did it." I deadpanned. Erza smiled at me. Her smile was not really a genuine smile though. It was like a creepy one.
"Who ate my precious cake?"
"Who hurt my beautiful eyebrows!"
"It was Happy!" I hissed out. Jellal and Erza exchanged looks. They both nodded at the same time. Erza dropped me, which caused me to land on my butt. Erza left the room, the next thing I heard was a hiss of a cat.
Erza came back into the room with Happy. He now had a new hairdo. I bit the inside of my lip to keep myself from laughing. Natsu finally got off the ground. Natsu held onto his stomach as he stared at the afro cat. I stood up.
"Pay back is good." Erza sighed happily. I let out a few more giggles. Oh man. I guess that didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would. I suddenly felt a chill run up my spine. A hand fell onto my shoulder.
"Lucy." Jellal turned me around. He was pointing at his eyebrows with the other hand.
"Call Cancer." Jellal demanded. I was about to pull out my keys, until I realized something. I laughed nervously. Jellal frown deepened.
"Cancer, well he," I gulped. "It's his day off." Jellal's face went pale. He shoved a hand inside my pocket pulling out a blue marker. Jellal walked over to Erza and grabbed her hand. Erza blushed as he pulled her out of the room.
"Well, that was a nice kick starter for the day." Natsu rubbed the back of his head. I rolled my eyes. This was surely a pleasant morning. I looked down at Happy who was staring up at me.
"It was you who ratted me out wasn't it?" Happy asked. I could totally lie, but should I?
"Hmm, maybe I did, or maybe I didn't." I grinned. Happy groaned as he flew over to the bed. He went back to sleep. He murmured about fish. I turned around to see Natsu holding up an outfit. I so know he wasn't going to put that on.
"You think Mira left this for you?" Natsu asked. I hummed in thought. I just love how our friends come barging into our room. So uncalled for. I stared at the outfit in front of me. It was cute, but also kind of skimpy.
"Could I ever wear something like that?" I asked mostly myself. Natsu stared at me. I blushed a little under his stare.
"Personally I think clothes aren't needed for you." Natsu said simply.
"Pervert! You're a pervert!" I pointed at him. I could feel my cheeks warming up. Natsu chuckled as he held his stomach.
"Just kidding." Natsu's giggles subsided. The outfit he held up was a blue, black, and white. It had a short black skirt. The top was just as short as the skirt. It would surely expose my belly to the whole world.
It had attachable sleeves with it. I kind of wondered why they were even there. For fashion purposes? Probably. I walked over to Natsu and pulled the outfit from his hands. I took one last glance at it before setting it aside on the bed.
"Maybe I'll wear that some other day." I stated as I headed to the bathroom. I closed the bathroom door behind me. I prepped for the day. I left the bathroom and saw Natsu and Happy snoring away on the bed.
I giggled as I walked over to them. They were so darn cute. I reached a hand out and touched Natsu's soft locks. I reached my other hand out to pet Happy. Ah. Silence how much I've missed you.
"Lu-chan! Lu-chan!" Levy came busting through the door. Well, relaxing time done with and now gone. Levy came racing over to me. She smiled widely.
"What is it Levy chan?" I asked. Levy's smile grew. She thrust her hand out towards me. Was she asking for a hand shake? I took the hand I was petting Happy with to reach for Levy's. As soon as I spotted what she really wanted me to look at, I wanted to hit myself.
"Holy cheese and crackers Levy-chan! He asked you!" I exclaimed. I saw Natsu and Happy began to move around a little. I made a mental note to whisper the next time. Levy looked like she got the idea as well.
"No, I found it in his pants while doing laundry." Levy snickered. My jaw dropped. Oh Levy, you truly are a gem. The ring was beautiful. I loved mine more of course but hers suited her, like mine suited me.
It was made out of metal, how ironic. In the middle of the ring was a rose. I could see in various places of the metal rose had small little blue gems. It was so cute. Levy's smile shined bright. But wait, didn't he already ask her to marry him.
"I thought, the night we got Cancer's key, he asked you." I stated. Levy frowned. She looked confused.
"What do you mean?" Levy asked. I frowned. I could have sworn I heard a loud yes coming from their tent.
"I heard you scream yes, so I assumed." I stated. Levy scrunched up her nose. She then smiled brightly.
"I won him in a game of cards." Levy snickered. I was dumbfounded. I stood and put a hand on Levy's shoulder.
"Don't you think Gajeel has something planned?" I asked. Levy nodded.
"I want to make him suffer for making me wait so long!" Levy cackled while cracking her fists. Ah Levy, you will never change. I patted her on the head.
"Give metal brows a tough time Levy-chan." I snickered. Levy winked at me as she skipped to the door. She had her hand on the handle, yet she didn't leave.
"Hey Lu-chan?" Levy called back to me. For some reason, I felt like something bad was going to happen. I've been getting this feeling the more we get closer to going to the castle. I must be nervous.
"Yes Levy-chan?" I replied. Levy frowned a little. I tilted my head to the side.
"What's up?" I asked. Of course I was worried. I walked closer to her, she gripped the handle on the door.
"I keep having bad dreams lately. They are of your kingdom." Levy said. I stopped walking towards her.
"What kind of dreams?" I asked. Levy fully turned around towards me.
"I keep seeing, our friends getting hurt. It's worrisome." Levy stated. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach. I've been feeling pretty bad about the castle lately. This couldn't be related to Levy's dream though...right?
"I'm sure it's just the witch trying to get at us." I walked closer towards Levy. I gave her a reassuring pat on the back.
"I promise, I won't let anyone die." I smiled. Levy gave me her famous bright smile.
"Well that better count for you as well Lu-chan." Levy said as she opened the door. I stopped her one last time before leaving. She glanced over her shoulder at me. She already seemed worried enough.
"Just tell me about anything if you need too." I smiled. She nodded her head. She skipped down the hallway towards her room. I closed the door. Soon we would all have to leave to get the final key.
Well Virgo is the final key. But she is at the kingdom. That is where the battle will finally began. When Levy was talking to me, I almost felt like she wanted to give up on this. Maybe it would be best not to involve my friends?
Am I being too selfish? I didn't mean to drag them along. I know the witch we will be facing, will be strong. Maybe even stronger than me. But I have them to back me up. Friends. Something I've been longing for, for a very long time.
I took a glance back to see Natsu, Plue, and Happy cuddling together. I walked towards them. I smiled as I poked Plue on the nose. As soon as I did that, he began to turn into gold sparkles. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped.
"Plue!" I cried out. I slapped a hand over my mouth. In my hand was a sliver key. It had a little Plue at the top of it. I looked down to see the two still sleeping. I stared at the key for a very long time.
I fell to the ground on my butt. I stared at the key for much longer. I thought, I thought I killed him.
"Today cannot get any crazier." I groaned as I slapped two hands over my face.
"Don't jinx yourself Lucy-san." I could hear Juvia's voice. I removed my hands from my face. Standing over me was Gray and Juvia. Lyon was sitting on the bed. Lyon began to doodle on Natsu's face.
"We are going to be leaving very soon. Are you ready?" Gray asked. I gave a faint smile. I felt emotionally drained. Stress has been eating away at me lately.
"I'm scared." I announced. Gray and Juvia smiled. They smiled! I could hear Lyon chuckle lightly.
"It's alright Lucy, were all here for you. We're scared too." Gray grinned. I knew that. I truly did. But I felt incredibly guilty over nothing. What if they do get hurt? Calm down Lucy, just calm down.
"What if, someone gets hurt?" I asked.
"We will, but we'll live." Lyon commented.
"We've got each other, we're an unstoppable force together." Gray grinned.
"There is always power in numbers." Juvia smiled down at me. I could see in the corner of my eye Natsu's awakening.
"Don't worry Lucy, I will protect you with my dragon force!" Natsu lunged up. I finally cracked a grin when I saw his face. On his forehead read:
Lucy's Bitch.
"Oh Natsu, I'm going to save this moment forever." I chuckled like a mad woman. Natsu stared down at me with a confused look. I took Plue's key and attached it to my key chain.
"What? Was my words too great for you?" Natsu grinned. Gray muffled a laugh as he ran into the bathroom. Gray came running out with a pocket mirror. Natsu pursed out his lips as he took the mirror from Gray's hands.
"Lucy, I didn't know you felt that way." Natsu mumbled. Oh too funny! Wait a second! I didn't do it.
"It's funny how things can be turned onto me so fast." I was smiling. Natsu let out a hand for me, he pulled me up. I could see there was something else on his face. I cringed at the sight of it. I could see Juvia blushing as she looked at Lyon with horror.
"Lyon-sama, that's naughty." Juvia commented. Natsu's ears perked up. Natsu checked on the left side of his cheek. I bit my lip as I scooted away from him. Natsu melted the mirror.
"Gray! Your brother did this?" Natsu hissed.
"So what if he did?" Gray sneered. A fight had soon began. Juvia and Lyon were cheering for Gray, and I was waiting for Erza to come kick their butts.
"Alright friends. It's time to, HOW DARE YOU TWO FIGHT!" Erza's voice thundered throughout the room. I honestly didn't think she was really going to come. I was just thing it.
And yet here we are now.
"And Natsu. What the hell is on your face?!" Erza exclaimed. Okay, I have to admit. I really wanted to laugh right now. Erza gave me a weird look. I gave her a thumbs up. She smiled.
"We're sorry!" Gray and Natsu cried out as their heads got smashed against each others. Erza let go them and gave us a nice proud smile. I was still terrified by her. I could just imagine what she would do to me if I got on her bad side.
"Now that this is done, come down into the lobby and be ready to leave." Erza grinned as she skipped out the door. She skipped! She must be having a good day even though her cake was eaten.
"Okay, let's go before she comes back." Gray said as he rubbed his forehead. Lyon and Juvia followed behind him as he walked out the door. Natsu jumped up right away. Fire was spewing out of his mouth.
"To the bathroom!" Natsu announced. Natsu ran towards the bathroom. I could hear some water running. Natsu came out with a fresh face. You could still see Lucy's Bitch very faintly on his forehead. Natsu sighed as he wiped his forehead with his hand.
"Come on Lucy, Happy! Adventure awaits us!" Natsu chuckled. Natsu ran over to the bed. He grabbed Happy. Happy woke up with a hiss. Natsu ran over to me and grabbed onto my hand.
"Natsu!" Happy cried. Natsu swung open the door. Almost breaking it's hinges off. I shut the door behind us as fast as I could. Natsu was so fast. I almost tripped. I saw Levy. Gajeel, and Lily open their door heading into the hallway.
I soon paled. Natsu wasn't planning to stop any time soon. I saw way ahead of us was the stairs leading down to the lobby. I gulped.
"Watch out!" I shouted. It was too late. We all collided. Gajeel grabbed onto Levy, and Lily gripped Gajeel's hair for dear life. It was like everything was in slow motion. I could see halfway down the stairs was Rouge and Kagura.
Fro was all the way down the stairs with Lector, Sting, and Yukino. I don't think Kagura and Rouge saw us coming. I didn't have time to think about anything anymore than one thing. Natsu's chest smashed into my face.
I gripped onto Natsu vest. I felt some tugging on my hair. It was Natsu and Happy. Let me just tell you something, FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS IS HORRIBLE.
"What the hell!" Rouge cried out as he collided into us. Kagura tried to run away, but that didn't happen. Kagura fell face first into a step. Kagura grabbed onto Rouges cape and didn't seem like she was going to let go.
"Natsu!" They all cried out. That fall felt like it took three hours. It really only took like ten seconds. I lifted my head up to see Yukino and Sting laughing. I knocked my head back into Natsu's chest.
"Salamander, you dumb bitch." Gajeel hissed out. Rouge and Kagura clung to each other for dear life. I could see Kagura's bow was now stuck on Rouges face. Levy smiled as she got up like it was nothing.
"Midget, you foot is killing the boys." Gajeel rasped out. Levy laughed nervously as she jumped off of Gajeel. Lily got and brushed himself off. It looks like Gajeel got the brute of the fall.
"Um, excuse me. But would you guys please get off the floor?" A staff member politely asked us. I gave her a nod. It hurt to nod my head. I coughed as I got up. I leaned back and cracked my back. Natsu did the same.
"Natsu. Why?" Happy whined as he head towards Carla. Wendy and Romeo seemed like they were in deep conversation. Ah, young love. Well, they will figure it out when they are older.
"Oi Lucy, ya got a nose bleed." Sting pointed out. I soon got a flashback of something. It was like my brain was trying to tell me something. I felt like something weird was going to happen.
"I can fix that." Natsu grinned at me. I instantly caught his fingers from going up my nose. I sighed with relief.
My nostrils were safe for another day.
"W-What happened?" Kagura said as she got up and readjusted her hair. Rouge gripped onto her skirt for support as he got up. He pulled the bow of his face and fixed it back into Kagura's hair. I could see Rouge blushing big time.
Rouge walked over to Sting and began to whisper something. I leaned a little closer just to hear their conversation.
"Sting." Rouges voice quivered. Sting snapped his attention towards Rouge. Muahaha they didn't even know I was behind them! Lucy the super spy is here!
"What is it Rouge?" Sting whispered. Yes Rouge spit it out already! I saw something beside me. Natsu was leaning in to hear as well. I also saw Gajeel and Levy come up as well. Honestly how did they not know we were there?
I mouthed them all a "What the heck are you guys doing?"
"The same as you." Levy mouthed back. She gave me a starry smile and a thumbs up. I smiled as I went back to hearing their conversation.
"Kagura, I-I." Rouge stuttered. He began to blush even more. He kept repeating I over and over again. What? Did Kagura punch you? Kagura's a bigger man than you? Rouge possibly loves Kagura?
So many possibilities.
"Spit it out Rouge." Sting said as he cracked a grin. Rouge leaned in more to whisper something.
"When we fell," Rouge gulped. "I felt her everything." As soon as Rouge said that, we began to crack up. We couldn't help it. Rouge whirled around blushing like a mad man. He was horrified. Sting laughed at this as well.
"You, You heard?!" Rouge hissed out. I couldn't even reply probably.
"Her, everything huh?" Gajeel cackled. Rouge slapped a shadow over our mouths.
"She'll hear you." Rouge hissed. My eyes widened as I saw a lovely present behind Rouge.
"Who'll hear you?" Kagura asked. Rouge fainted right on the spot. He looked like a tomato. The weird shadowy stuff disappeared as well. Kagura looked surprised. She leaned down and picked up a past out Rouge.
"This is a weird day." Kagura muttered as she walked towards Erza. Kagura is right. Today really has been weird. I've also been getting weird looks from people. A woman and her child stared at me like I was a interesting painting.
I suddenly remembered something. My nose, was still bleeding. I could see Natsu eyeballing me.
"You will not shove your fingers in my nose today villain!" I thought. Natsu cracked a grin. He lifted two fingers into the air. Oh no he doesn't! Natsu lunged at me. I ran. I ran around the whole lobby like I was some kind of kid.
"Don't follow our example kids!" I panted out as I passed Wendy and Romeo. Instead of listening to me, they began to follow us at full speed. Oh my god does no one listen to me ever?!
Natsu was catching up fast. I decided to just run out the door. The whole group followed me out. As I passed many town folk, they all stared at my bleeding nose. I almost thought for a second there, that it would be good for Natsu to shove his fingers up my nose.
I fully regret that one thought the second I thought of it.
"Are we having a race?" Erza asked as she ran next to me. She was smiling at me. Jellal was trailing behind her, talking to Natsu. Kagura came next to me as well, holding an unconscious Rouge.
"I will win it for sure." Kagura grinned. I frowned. This was never suppose to be a race! Gajeel excelled past us, that was until Erza knocked him in the head with some object she found on the ground.
Later on we found ourselves in the middle of the forest.
"Hey! My nose stopped bleeding!" I exclaimed. I reached down into my pocket and pulled out a tissue. I wiped off all the blood that remained. I glanced over to Natsu who was now teasing Rouge who was now conscious.
"Y-Yukino, may I talk to you about something?" Kagura stuttered. Wait a minute. Kagura never stutters! I turned my back to them, but listened in on their conversation still.
"What is it?" Yukino asked.
"When I fell down the stairs, I felt, um, Rouges everything." Kagura whispered. I wanted to laugh so hard at that point. I held it in. Natsu passed by me and stopped. He turned back. I was holding in my laughter so my cheeks were puffed out.
"Psst, you heard that too." Natsu giggled while holding his stomach. I nodded my head. I felt like a little kid again. I mean, I'm pretty young still, but I never really got to live out my childhood. Natsu just makes me, smile.
Natsu also makes me want to run for the hills because he wants to shove his fingers up my nose.
"Oh will you look at that!" Jellal exclaimed. Everyone's attention focused on Jellal. Jellal was holding a map up. Mira and Laxus stood behind him. Those two never separate do they? I'm kind of surprised Mira didn't surpass us while running earlier.
Maybe she's just tired lately.
"While we were running around like fools," Jellal grumbled. "We ended up near our destination." Well, we were making good time. We got up around eight in morning because Plue and Loke suddenly showed up.
It was somewhere around the afternoon. I smiled as looked up at the sky. It really was a beautiful day.
"I miss the cave." Natsu stated. When I was younger, I thought it would have been weird to miss a cave. But that cave was one of my favorite places. I also missed the cave.
"This way misfits." Jellal said as he lead the way. We passed view a few posters, they were the posters from my dreams.
"A horse race?" Mira hummed. I guess I should start filling them in on my dreams. We were soon in front of the horse stables from my dreams. There were no shadow people, or a man in a horse suit.
"Hello there, would you like to join the horse race?" A boy popped up in front of us. The boy looked just the same age of Romeo. Romeo without thinking stepped in front of Wendy. The boy had blonde hair.
The boy was wearing some overalls as well. He had on some mud boots. He smiled up at us. The boy also had some freckles. You know what, I'm getting really tired of calling him the boy.
"What's your name kid?" Natsu asked. The boy's smile widened as he looked up at Natsu.
"Pink hair." He was so amazed by Natsu hair. I giggled a little.
"I didn't know that was a name." Natsu scrunched up his nose. The boy's smile dropped.
"That's not my name!" He exclaimed. The boy seemed shy as well.
"My name is, T-Thomas." Thomas smiled as he looked down at the ground. This kid seemed so happy, and I don't even know why.
"Well Thomas, it's nice to meet you." Jellal held out his hand. Thomas was hesitant, but he shook his hand.
"What's all your names?" Thomas asked.
"I'm Lucy!" I chimed as I pointed to myself.
"Jellal."
"Erza." Erza said she patted his head.
"Juvia is Juvia's name!" Juvia grinned. Thomas looked at her as if she was quite weird.
"Laxus and Mira." Laxus answered for both of them.
"Lyon the best ice mage ever." Lyon winked.
"Don't listen to him kid. Gray's the name." Gray gave him a thumbs up.
"Natsu the fire beast!" Natsu spewed out some flames.
"Gajeel and Levy. Don't you even think shrimp is your age midget." Gajeel hissed at Thomas. Levy hit Gajeel with her bag.
"Happy! Carla! Lily! Fro! Lector!" The exceeds all announced at once.
"Romeo and Wendy. Nice to meet you." Romeo held out his hand. Thomas smiled brightly as he shook it.
"I haven't met someone my age for a long time." Thomas mumbled.
"Rouge and Sting, twin dragons." Sting chuckled as he pointed towards Rouge.
"Yukino. Pleasure to meet you."
"Kagura."
"You have a lot of people in your group." Thomas stated. He was right. It was already hard enough to keep track of everyone. Thomas shook his head. Thomas looked up at us and pulled out a poster.
"Would you guys like to race?" Thomas asked. I nodded my head. Thomas sighed with relief.
"Thank you so much." Thomas beamed.
"So kid, do you work here alone?" Gray asked. Thomas nodded.
"I live here alone." Thomas gave us a nervous smile. Something about the way his voice quivered had me worried. I didn't even know this kid for longer than five minutes, and yet he made me want to hug him.
"Where are your parents?" Lyon asked. Thomas gripped onto his pants.
"They are being held hostage, at a kingdom being controlled by a witch." Thomas whispered. I knew something was fishy! I fricken knew it! I leaned down and grabbed Thomas by the shoulders.
"The one with the missing princess?" I asked. Thomas nodded his head. I bit my lip.
"Why do you have one of the golden zodiac keys?" I asked. Thomas clasped his hands together. It was like he thinking about whether he should tell me or not.
"It's okay to tell me." I smiled at him. Thomas bit his lip.
"You'll think I'm crazy." Thomas shuffled his feet around.
"Honestly, I think I could tell you crazier stories." Gajeel grunted. Thomas laughed at Gajeel's comment.
"Um, well. A day after my parent's didn't come home from their journey to the kingdom, I began to get worried." Thomas choked back a sob.
"So I decided maybe I should go look for them," Thomas gulped. "I found something else instead."
"Maybe I should say someone else." Thomas stated. Hmmm, I was getting chills.
"I got lost in the forest at night. A pink haired woman appeared in front of me. She said I should not worry anymore." Thomas smiled fondly at the memory.
"She lead me towards a cave, where I found the key. She said that one day someone will come to retrieve it. She said that a group of wizards would come to see me. She waited with me until daylight." Thomas gulped.
"She kept telling me about her son. How he got a princess as his wife. She told me jokes. She even talked about her husband. I wondered the whole time why she was even telling me such deep things." I laughed at that one.
"She also began to cry. She said she wished she could have lived more. I didn't realize she was a ghost until she said that." Thomas sighed heavily.
"I told her that her life seemed great. Well, not the dying part. She smiled at me telling me I seemed just like her son when he was little." Thomas's voice cracked.
"She shimmered away right before my eyes. I clung onto the key until I got home."
"The thing is though Lucy, I feel like my parents are gone forever." Thomas shivered. Thomas looked directly at me.
"I know something bad happened. I can only assume that they are still alive." Tears fell from his eyes. Erza leaned down and knocked his head into her armor. Ah. True affection showed by the Great Erza.
"It's okay kid, were here for you." Erza replied calmly. Thomas clung onto her like she was his mother. I could see Erza was enjoying it quite a lot.
"I'm sure your parents are alright." Mira was like a ball of sunshine. Thomas smiled.
"I'm sorry I suddenly began crying." Thomas laughed. Erza patted his head.
"Crying is manly." Natsu gave Thomas his famous grin. Thomas nodded his head.
"So. Are you the group of wizards?" Thomas asked. Well, the way Thomas described the woman, she sounded a lot like Natsu's mother.
"Well, considering I am a princess and he's my pink haired fiancé. Also we are a group of wizards. What do you think?" I winked at him. Thomas jaw dropped. Thomas bowed down.
"Thomas, please don't bow down to me." Lucy patted his head. Thomas glanced up at me and grinned.
"So you're not dead!" Thomas practically tackled me. Thomas hugged ne tightly.
"Um, no, I'm not." I laughed nervously. Thomas grinned up at me.
"You saved me once. When I was five." Thomas hugged me even tighter. I felt so overwhelmed. Natsu leaned down to Thomas's level.
"Yo kid, she's mine." Natsu hissed out. Thomas laughed as he ruffled Natsu's hair. Natsu was taken by surprise.
"How did I save you?" I asked.
"Yeah, how did Lu-chan save you?" Levy leaned down with a book and a pen in her hand. I saw that she wrote down something at the top. It read:
Story Idea's
Oh Levy, what am I going to do with you?
"I was wandering around the kingdom. There is a little river that passes in the kingdom. I almost fell in, she grabbed me. She wore a cloak but I got a good look at her clothes and face. She was royalty." Thomas rushed out.
"Very nice story but are we ever going to get that key now?" Laxus grunted. Thomas let me go and took a step back.
"You have to win the race. Besides, people are already here to claim it. But I'm sure that you'll win!" Thomas grinned up at Laxus. Laxus was about to cuss until Mira elbowed him in the gut.
"So guys, are you up for a horse race?" Sting lifted his eyebrows repeatedly. Ah Thomas. I thought we were friends. But noooo, I have to win a horse race. Let's take a look at Lucy Heartphilla's dislike list!
1. Kale
2. Ichiya
3. Horses
There will probably be more added to that list later in my life. Kale will always be number one on my dislike last.
"Get ready to be crushed metal brows." Natsu cackled while running into the ranch. Gajeel growled as he stomped after him.
"Salamander you will lose!" Gajeel growled.
"Well, there go our idiots." Levy said as she stood up straight.
"What outfit should I wear?" Erza giggled like crazy she. She was changing into a cow girl outfit. You know, it was tempting to wear one of those outfits.
"Juvia, wouldn't mind wearing one of those outfits." Juvia muttered. Erza patted Juvia on the back, rather harshly.
"Oh ladies, I have many more outfits." Erza grinned.
"Okay while you guys are changing we'll be, doing guy stuff." Gray said as he dragged Romeo and Thomas off with him. Lyon and Laxus followed close behind them. Sting and Rouge were already fighting with Natsu and Gajeel.
"So ladies, whose ready to get changed." Mira and Erza announced at the same time. Wendy was getting dressed behind a bush. We were all getting dressed behind bushes. All I was thinking about was, please let this not be a poison ivy bush!
I put on a red flannel. I put some overalls on and pulled on some boots. I folded up my clothes that I had taken off. I pulled out two hair ties from the pocket. I pulled the ribbon out my hair and stuffed it in my key holder.
I made sure my key holder was strapped around my waist so that it wouldn't fall down at anytime. I put my hair into two pony tails. I sighed happily as I stretched. This outfit was nice and comfy.
I was about to leave to go to the ranch, until I remembered something.
"There is a storm coming your way."
I'm sure he wasn't talking about the weather. I need to calm down. I should just relax today. The horse race might even be fun. Might I said, might!
"Come on Lucy, were having a mud fight!" Natsu called over to me. A smile reappeared on my face. I ran towards the ranch, forgetting about my responsibilities for a little while. When I entered the ranch though, I got a full face of mud.
Oh great. I'm going to become the mud princess now.
Authors Note~ Hello friends! Yes I know this is even later than the last one. I was so busy that I couldn't focus on writing. But hey! Glen is here with an update! Sagittarius will be coming next chapter for sure!
Also there will be a mud fight, Nalu, ALL THE SHIPS, and a horse race! I actually got mostly everything planned out for the next chapter so it should be updated sooner!
So everybody, how do you like my original character!? I'm still figuring out his parents though. I JUST MIGHT KILL THEM OFF BECAUSE I'M EVIL! MUAHAH *cough* *cough* Just kidding, but I might!
You won't know until you read on! Which next chapter will have villains! YEs villains! Well everyone, please leave a review and tell me what you thought of this chapter! Please do because I'm kind of unsure about this one chapter.
So I'll be seeing you guys with a new chapter sooner than this one. Please have a good day or night! If you guys have any questions, please go and ask! Glen is here for ya!
See you next chapter~
Glen coco out~