Chapter 50~ I am Lucy Heartphilla and I will destroy you at this mud fight!
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~ Ah hello my friends! I know last chapter had less Nalu but that was because it was more focused on the plot and humor. This chapter will have more romance! Anyways I made it to my 50th chapter! Didn't think it would be this long? Well I didn't either!
This may have some grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. I'm sorry but I have a terrible headache and it hurts to read right now. Please leave a review! I'll come back and edit it later if I need to!
Also warning! This chapter will have some heavy stuff near the end. It will be a emotional.
Enough of my babbling! On with the story!
I, Lucy Heartphilla am not the mud princess!
I tried to wipe the mud off my face with one hand. When I took one step into this ranch, I didn't expect this! I could still feel the mud on my face. I began rubbing my face frantically. I only realized a few seconds later, that it made it worse.
"Nice mud mustache Lucy!" Gray gave me a thumbs up. Ah Gray, nice princess underpants. I pointed at his underpants, Gray instantly freaked out.
"I swear I did not buy these!" Gray laughed nervously as he pulled up his pants. Juvia and Lyon giggled as they both gave each other a fist bound. Those two, were just as evil as Mira!
I glared at everyone, only because I didn't know who threw it. I knew right away though when I heard the culprit laugh. Natsu had his arms wrapped around his stomach as he chuckled. Gajeel was laughing along with him.
"I am Lucy Heartphilla and I will win this mud fight!" I wanted to say that in my head. But it came out anyways. All the boys laughed. They laughed! Well, Romeo and Thomas didn't laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" I asked as I stomped my foot. Gajeel and Natsu continued to laugh even more.
"You're too cute Lucy." Natsu panted out as he gathered himself together. His giggles subsided. I bet if I looked in the mirror right now, I would look like a tomato. Curse Natsu Dragneel and his smooth moves!
"You two have messed with the wrong princess today!" I hissed as I put two hand on each side of my hips. Gajeel smirked as he stood up straight and stared at me. I could see in the corner of my eye everyone waited for someone to make a move.
"What are you going to do bunny girl?" Gajeel raised a metal brow. That was a good question. I still had a proud grin on my face, no way would I show an unsure expression on my face. Gajeel clutched some mud in his hand.
"I'm going to, uh." I gulped. I tried to throw multiple mud balls his way. I failed at all of them. One did hit Natsu though. I gave him a silent sorry. Gajeel's grin got wider. Gajeel lifted up an arm to throw.
"Take that!" Levy yelled from behind him. Levy jumped up and smashed some mud in his face. Levy grinned at me as she tried to run towards me. She soon slipped on the ground, she came slipping towards me.
"Thanks Levy-chan." I giggled. I gave her a hand to help her up from the ground.
"Anytime Lu-chan. Gajeel is my favorite to mess with." Levy winked. I could hear Gajeel groaning.
"That was so unfair Levy!" Gajeel hissed as he rubbed the his face. As soon as I gave Levy a high five, a war of mud broke out. Levy left my side and went to attack Gajeel with more surprise attacks.
"Surprise attack!" Levy cackled as she threw some mud at Lily. Lily growled a little as he went into full man cat mode. I was still horrified by that. I remember Natsu's words a long time ago in the closet.
"That cat isn't what it seems to be." Natsu whispered.
"It's not a surprise attack if you yell it out!" Lily shouted as he chased Levy around.
"Surprise attack!" Natsu yelled behind me. I turned around quickly, only to have mud thrown in my face. I wiped away the mud and leaned down to the ground. I shoveled a pile of mud in my hand.
"You want to go at it Natsu?" I cackled evilly. Natsu showed me a huge grin. I aimed right for his face. I missed. I instead hit Laxus in the back of the head. I gulped as Laxus turned around slowly to meet me.
"Oh Lucy, you shouldn't have done that." Laxus gave me the scariest smile I've ever seen. Laxus snapped his fingers, a small bolt of lightning shot at me. Natsu jumped in front of me and took it.
"Natsu!" I yelled as I grabbed onto his arm before he could fall to the ground. I lowered Natsu to the ground. I was really worried. He had his eyes closed. DID HE DIE ON ME?
"Laxus why?!" I shouted as I threw a couple more mud balls at him. He only smirked as he protected Mira from others trying to hit her with mud. Laxus seems weird lately, so does Mira.
They seem kind of distance.
"I've been hit!" Natsu's voice brought me back from my thoughts. Natsu clutched his chest and had an arm reaching out into the air. He closed his eyes once again and went limp. I immediately smacked him the head. Lucy, just calm down.
"You idiot I thought you died!" I went to smack him on the head again. Natsu caught my hand and intertwined our fingers. Natsu opened his eyes. I glared at him. Trying to make a cute moment just to make me not angry.
Well, it worked.
All around us everyone was throwing mud. Natsu was grinning up at me. I pouted. Natsu took his hand poked his cheek repeatedly. What? Did he want me to help clean the mud off his face? There was quite a lot on his face. I guess I could help him.
I licked my thumb and reached out my other hand out that was free. I wiped some of the mud off of his face the best I could. It didn't really work because my hands were so muddy. Natsu frowned.
"I wasn't asking for you to wipe my face Lucy." Natsu pouted. I raised an eyebrow. I could see in the corner of my eye Wendy and Romeo. They were laughing as they played with Thomas. That kid seemed pretty happy.
"Oi Lucy." Natsu caught my attention. I looked back down at my idiot. He was still clutching the area Laxus "shot" him still.
"Oh, what did you want me to do?" I asked. Natsu pursed out his lips. Natsu poked his cheek again.
"You want me to poke your cheek?" I asked as I squinted my eyes. I was very confused. Natsu groaned as he put a hand up to his forehead.
"I want you too..." Natsu murmured under his breath. I didn't catch any of that.
"What did you say?" I asked. Natsu hissed at me. He hissed at me! Natsu used his free hand to urge me closer. Maybe he needed help getting up? Or even worse! He had to use the bathroom but Laxus lighting caused him to pee his pants!
I looked down at his pants. They were covered in mud. I couldn't really tell if he peed his pants or not. I stared longer. I could feel Natsu beginning to get annoyed.
"Stop thinking stuff like that you weirdo." Natsu blushed. I'm sure the blushing was out of embarrassment. It was still cute. Saving that in the Lucy Heartphilla memory box.
I went closer towards him. Natsu's eye twitched. He must have heard that last thought. Natsu smiled as I was now closer now. Natsu put his free hand on the back of my head. He pulled me even closer now.
"I said I wanted a kiss." Natsu blushed as he whispered those words to me. I smiled. I love when Natsu blushes. It like a ray of sunshine just hit me. A shot heart is right, I felt major feels.
How did I fall this hard for a dragon boy like him? I have no idea, but the heart wants what the hearts. Falling for Natsu Dragneel, that would make a nice story. I should tell my kids about when I'm older!
"You're such a weirdo." Natsu blushed even more.
"I'm your weirdo." I sang. I was teasing him, one of my favorite things to do. Natsu groaned, he was as bright as he hair.
"I'm sorry I can't help it." I shrugged as I smiled. Natsu frowned as he pulled my head down. My lips crashed into his. It hurt at first because of how much force he had used. But Natsu always found a way for me to melt into a kiss.
It's like, the mud fight around, wasn't happening. Kissing was truly weird. It was like nothing mattered more than kissing him. We were in our own world. But I knew, that we were surrounded by friends who were throwing mud at each other.
"There are kids watching." Natsu whispered as he pulled back. I blushed as I looked around. Everyone was still fighting each other with mud. I quickly looked back down at a laughing Natsu.
"Pay back." Natsu teased. I quickly stood up and let go of his hand. I kicked some mud at him.
"Pay back." I smiled as I flipped my piggy tails. Natsu growled as he grabbed onto my leg. Natsu pulled me down to the ground. I pulled on his hair. Natsu began to roll us around.
"I will win this mud battle!" I laughed. Natsu grunted as he rubbed some mud into my hair. I was struggling to get one hand free. I cried with relief as I gripped onto some mud, it slipped through my fingers.
I smashed the mud that was remaining in my hand into Natsu's hair. I was seriously going to need a long bath after this. I could basically taste dirt now.
"No I'll win!" Natsu declared. As Natsu and I rolled around, we tripped Levy and Gajeel. Gajeel came toppling down on top of us. He was so, heavy. Gajeel was sitting on my chest! I. Need. AIR!
"Get your big metal butt off of me." I coughed. Natsu and Gajeel soon began to fight one another. I was, left out?! I looked around to see who I could join. I could see Erza and Mira going at it.
Laxus was trying to break them apart. I could see Jellal sitting down on a rock. Jellal was fixing his eyebrows while looking at a mirror to see himself. Perfect target! As I went to get up, I could see Juvia going towards Jellal as well.
"Perfect target?" Juvia questioned. I nodded. We both smiled at one another. We locked our gaze upon Jellal. Jellal surely will be, the perfect target.
"Almost perfect." Jellal muttered under his breath. Juvia and I had mud ready to be thrown. Jellal didn't even bother to glance up. He was so focus on his eyebrow game.
"Why can't I get it right!" Jellal yelled as he threw the marker on the ground. Jellal looked up at us. He looked, confused.
"What are you two doing?" Jellal asked. Juvia and I quickly hid the mud behind our backs. Caught!
"Not what it looks like we're doing." I smiled brightly at him. Jellal was not buying it. For some reason, I felt this huge magic aura coming from him. Now that I think about it, I've never seen Jellal use his magic.
Could Jellal even use magic? It's just never been something I've thought about before. How weird. Jellal stared at Juvia and I. He was totally waiting for something to happen.
"Juvia and Lucy-san wanted to learn eyebrow tips." Juvia lied smoothly. Juvia and I exchanged looks. I gave her a thumbs behind her back.
"Totally not buying it." Jellal laughed. I frowned.
"Let's just do the thing." I announced. Juvia nodded.
"The thing?" Jellal questioned. I nodded as I put a devious smile on my face.
"Go Juvia!" I shouted. Juvia and I lunged at Jellal. Jellal's eyes widened as he dodged us. Juvia and I bonked heads. We groaned as we got up and locked eyes with Jellal.
"You two want to fight against me?" Jellal laughed. I nodded. Jellal stopped laughing. He got into a fighting stance. Whoa there Jellal!
"Were not using magic." Juvia pretty much read my mind. Jellal's mouth went into an O shape. He stood up straight and leaned down. He grabbed a pile of mud.
"This game, it's really dirty." Jellal said with disgust. Stating the obvious. Juvia and I decided to take advantage of this moment. Juvia and I lunged once again. I threw my mud ball and aimed for his chest.
Juvia was aiming differently though. Juvia aimed next to Jellal, so if he dodged it, he would be hit either way. Jellal was now paying attention. He threw a mud ball in my face. Dirt was not a fun thing to get in your mouth.
As I was spitting out the dirt in my mouth. Juvia got a hit on Jellal.
"Ah, how am I going to get this out?" Jellal frowned. Jellal was rubbing his blue cloak over and over again.
"That only makes it worse Jellal-san!" Juvia called out. Juvia ran over to Jellal and began using some water magic of hers. Jellal looked pretty happy about it.
"Thank you so much." Jellal smiled. The mud was coming off really well.
"Wait a second!" I hissed. I caught Jellal and Juvia's attention.
"What?" They said in unison.
"Aren't we suppose to be having a mud fight?" I asked. Jellal and Juvia looked at me. They exchanged looks.
"Clothes are more important Lucy-san." Juvia stated. Jellal gave me a thumbs up. I face palmed.
"You guys ruin games like this." I groaned. Juvia went back to cleaning Jellal's cloak.
"Party poopers." I sighed heavily. I felt some weird murderous aura behind me. I still continued to watch Juvia clean Jellal's cloak. For some reason, it was interesting to watch.
That was probably the weirdest thought I've ever thought. I was snapped out of my thoughts when two hands grabbed onto my shoulders. I turned my head to the side slowly. I could see Erza and Gray.
"What's up guys?" I gulped. Erza gave me a famous glare. I had a feeling she was going to head butt me.
"What are they doing?" Gray demanded. I turned back to see Juvia helping Jellal with his eyebrows. To me, they looked like a couple of girl friends having a sleepover party. I turned around to face Erza and Gray.
"Drawing eyebrows?" I questioned mostly myself. I was so unsure why they looked so upset. I guess I would be upset if it was Natsu and one of my other friends. But Jellal and Juvia are loyal.
"But, I am the one to draw Jellal's eyebrow's." Erza looked like she was going to cry now. I quickly put my hands up in front of me.
"H-How about I go talk to them, would you like that?" I stuttered. Erza gave me a creepy smile. I gulped as I turned around and ran over to Juvia and Jellal. They both smiled at me.
"You want to try doing your eyebrows too?" Juvia asked. I glanced back to see a Gray crushing some ice. Holy cheese and crackers just don't look that way. I turned back quickly to face Juvia and Jellal.
They were now talking about doing some sparing later.
"No. I wanted to tell you guys something." I stated. I felt Erza glaring into my back. Jellal eyed me carefully.
"What do you need? Another mud fight?" Jellal asked. I shook my head.
"Erza and Gray are jealous." I whispered. Jellal smirked. Jellal took a glance behind me.
"Gray-sama, is jealous of Juvia?" Juvia asked me. I nodded.
"What do we do to make it up to them?" Jellal asked. Oh come on! I am not the master of what to do! I wanted to say figure it out yourselves. But I kept it in. I'm really too nice.
"Jellal, you go pick up Erza bridal style. Treat her like a princess!" I chimed. Jellal gave me a large smile.
"My time has come." Jellal seemed really giddy.
"Juvia," I stopped myself, what else could Juvia do? "Be Juvia." I smiled. I gave them a thumbs up. Juvia and Jellal exchanged looks. They both had wide smiles on their face.
Jellal raced over to a steaming Erza. Jellal quickly pecked her on the cheek. Her mouth made an O shape. She was blushing big time. Jellal picked her up off her feet. He smiled down at her.
"Hello Princess Scarlet." Jellal practically purred out. Dang, Jellal was smooth. Juvia raced over to Gray. Gray seemed quite pouty.
"Were you having fun with Jellal?" Gray muttered. Juvia laughed as she hugged Gray from the behind.
"Juvia would never betray Gray-sama." Juvia giggled. Gray lit up like a Christmas tree. Gray quickly tried to pry her arms off of him.
"Juvia, your squeezing too tight." Gray wheezed out. I laughed. Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves. Friends were truly a great thing. The feeling of being surrounded by them. It's like your almost invincible.
"Lucy." Natsu whispered in my ear. I squeaked as I flew frontwards. Natsu had pushed me. I rolled around and jumped back up. I was really glad I had changed clothes now. Natsu reached his hands up.
"I'm going to get you Lucy!" Natsu cackled as he lunged forward. I tried to hurdle myself to the left. As soon as I turned to the right side of me, Juvia and Gray were going at it.
"Juvia will beat you Gray-sama with her love!" Juvia called out as she grabbed a pile full of mud and chucked it at Gray's face. I didn't even realize Natsu was still coming at me. Natsu collided into me.
"Oh Lucy, you were suppose to dodge that." Natsu groaned as he clung to my hips. I took on hand and knocked him lightly on the head.
"Eh? Are you trying to give me a concussion?" I hissed as I rubbed my head. When Natsu and I collided, we bonked heads. Natsu picked up a pile of mud slowly, so did I. We smacked some mud in each other's face at the same time.
"Juvia that was so uncalled for!" Gray yelled. Our attention was soon on Gray and Juvia. Juvia looked like she was having fun pelting Lyon and Gray with mud balls. That was until Gajeel came behind her and knocked her off her feet.
Juvia hit the floor, and Gajeel ran away with Levy chasing him.
"Alright Lucy Heartphilla, are you ready to go at it again." Natsu whispered into my ear. I blushed right on the spot. Natsu smirked down at me. Natsu hovered above me. I gulped as I nodded my head.
Natsu jumped up and ran towards Erza. I was so confused at that moment. Natsu soon came running back because a very pissed of Erza was chasing after him. I paled. Natsu just ruined Erza and Jellal's moment.
Was Natsu asking for ultimate pain?! HE has death wish for sure!
"Look Lucy! I got us another person to play with us!" Natsu said as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me up. Erza chased around for a good five minutes. She knocked us both down with a rock she found outside the ranch.
"Cheating." I coughed as I raised a shaky fist. I glanced over to Natsu. He was giving me a grin.
"I can't believe she threw a rock at us." I hissed as I rubbed my aching back. Erza sure can throw a rock.
"I can believe it. She's done it before." Natsu winced as he got up. Natsu reached a hand out for me. I grabbed it. As I stood up, I realized how dirty we actually were.
"I wonder if Thomas has a bath." I sighed. I stretched my limbs trying to ignore the pain in my back from the rock Erza threw.
"So we can bathe together! Great thinking Lucy!" Natsu winked at me. I blushed as I smacked him on the head.
"Don't be so loud!" I exclaimed. Natsu laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head.
"The end of the mud war is over!" Erza called out. Erza caught our attention as she stood on top of everyone's bodies. They all looked so tired. Jellal was laughing as he helped up Thomas, Wendy, and Romeo.
"Erza! You don't play fair!" Happy snapped. Erza gave him a menacing glare. Happy back off right away.
"So Thomas, when does this horse race start?" Levy said as she got up from the ground. Thomas laughed as he patted his pants like the mud was nothing.
"In an hour. You guys can prepare if you want to." Thomas smiled. Prepared. Hmmm, who would show up to this race? What my father showed up!? No, that wouldn't happen. The witch wouldn't leave the kingdom.
"I don't see the point in bathing yet. You are just going to get dirty again." Thomas laughed as Wendy slipped on some mud. Romeo quickly went to catch her. He slipped as well.
"What should we do 'till then?" Gajeel asked. Thomas hummed in thought.
"You can come with me." Thomas smiled as he began to walk towards the back of his ranch. We all followed him. As we approached the horse stable, we saw the race track.
"This place is huge!" Romeo exclaimed. I thought the front was huge, but noooo. This horse track was so big. The horses seemed to be anxious. Romeo and Wendy ran over to the horses.
"They are so pretty!" Wendy chimed as she tried to pet the horse. The horse stall was too tall for her. Romeo glanced up, and then glanced back down at Wendy.
"I can carry you on my shoulders." Romeo blushed. Wendy nodded her head. Romeo crouched down and Wendy got onto his shoulders. Wendy sighed happily as Romeo lifted her up and she began to pet the horse.
"You wanna do that Lucy?" Natsu teased. I rolled my eyes playfully. Natsu seemed serious for a second there.
"OO! What is this?" Sting exclaimed as he pulled out something from the stable. It was a big wooden board. It had two holes in it, big enough to put your head through.
"It looks like your riding a horse!" Natsu announced as he stuck his face through the whole. It did! I laughed as Natsu made tons of funny faces.
"I'm coming in as well!" Gray said with such excitement. Gray was so giddy as he stuck his face through the other hole. Now, it looks like, Gray is holding Natsu's waist.
"I-It looks like Gray has boobs!" I cried out as I held my stomach. Gajeel came over and began laughing as well. Gray and Natsu tried to get their heads out, but now they were stuck.
"I think Gray looks quite good, don't you think Rouge?" Sting teased. Rouge nodded.
"It would be better if it was Gajeel-san." Rouge muttered mostly to himself. Rouge earned a smack on the head from Gajeel.
"This is," Kagura paused. "Pretty amusing."
"You're right." Yukino agreed.
"This is all your fault icy bastard!" Natsu spewed fire everywhere. Gray scoffed as he tried his best to pull his head out gently.
"Well you're the one who did it first fiery bastard!" Gray hissed. Lyon walked up next to me, and stood there with a straight face.
"Gray, I didn't know you felt this way towards Natsu," Lyon teased. "Does this mean I can have Juvia?" My jaw dropped.
"No you cannot!" Gray spewed a few ice cubes from his mouth. I stood straight up and went to whisper something in Lyon's ear.
"I thought you moved onto some Meredy chick?" I whispered. Lyon gave me a smile.
"I did, I just love teasing my little brother." Lyon winked. I nodded my head slowly.
"Okay that's it! I'm breaking this!" Natsu hissed. Just as Natsu fist raised up, Thomas stopped him.
"Please don't break that! It's my parents!" Thomas exclaimed. Natsu stopped himself.
"I guess, we'll just have to stay like this Gray." Natsu sounded like he was going to puke.
"Don't worry guys, I can get you out." Thomas sighed as he went behind Natsu and Gray. In a jiffy Gray and Natsu were rubbing their heads.
"I'm free from that nightmare!" Gray sighed happily.
"Okay, I'm assuming you call can ride a horse?" Thomas asked. I nodded weakly. I was quite unsure, it's been awhile.
"I think we can all manage." Laxus grinned as he rubbed Mira on the back.
"Oi Lucy." Natsu whispered in my ear. I jumped a little. Natsu was staring at Mira and Laxus.
"You're thinking what I'm thinking right?" I asked. Natsu nodded. Natsu and I glanced back over to Mira and Laxus.
"Does she smell, like him a lot?" I asked. Natsu frowned.
"You smell like me, doesn't mean we did the deed though." Natsu crossed his arms. I blushed.
"It's natural to be protective of your mate, but Laxus is extra protective recently am I right?" Natsu stated. I nodded.
"You think, she's with child?" I asked. Natsu nodded, but then shook his head.
"I'm not sure." Natsu stated. It would make sense. They have seemed kind of lately.
"We could always ask them later." I whispered. Natsu gave me a thumbs up.
"You take Laxus." Natsu grinned. I put on a haunted expression. No freaking way! I refuse.
"I get along better with Mira." Natsu stated.
"No." I argued back.
"But Lucy." Natsu whined.
"No, and that's my final answer."
"Why are you two giving each other such a dark expression?" Thomas snapped us out of our internal conversation. I sighed heavily as I turned to face Thomas. He had two saddles in his hand.
"You're pretty strong kid." Natsu grinned as he took on saddle from Thomas. Thomas smiled up at him.
"Working on this ranch and my parents have made me who I am." Thomas stated as he handed me the other saddle. Dang, Thomas was strong. The saddle was a little bit heavier than I expected it to be.
"Other's will be bringing their horses, but you guys can borrow mine." Thomas said as he dusted off his hands.
"Are you participating in the race?" I asked. Thomas merely laughed. He shook his head.
"No. I'll be watching for the cheaters." Thomas has a dreamy look in his eyes.
"Have you ever done something like this before?" Natsu asked as we followed him to the stables. Wendy and Romeo were now saddling up a horse.
"No. I just did this to find Lucy." Thomas stated. Natsu nodded as he walked over to a horse. Natsu began to put on the saddle.
"So, will I be riding alone?" I laughed nervously. Lucy and horses, we don't mix that well. Thomas smiled up at me.
"Two people per horse, I just needed you to saddle another horse for me." Thomas gave me a thumbs up.
"I'll leave you to this, see you in a bit." Thomas ran off to Romeo and Wendy. He seemed to grow on the quickly. I'm glad he's got some new friends.
"Alright now that's done, let me see your saddle Lucy." Natsu held out a hand towards me. I blinked once, twice. I didn't realize I was even holding the saddle even more. I handed Natsu the saddle.
"Have you ever ridden a horse before?" I asked as I watched Natsu struggle with a horse that didn't seem to like him all that much.
"I've eaten one before." Natsu snickered. I slapped a hand onto my face and dragged it down.
"Please tell me your joking." I hissed. Natsu giggled as he finished saddling the horse. Natsu walked over to me and ruffled my vey muddy hair.
"I would never." Natsu scoffed. Natsu's hand traveled down to my back. It stopped at my lower back.
"So, I think we have a few minutes before the competition gets here." Natsu stated. I nodded my head. What if they are scary?! Of course I'm a little scared. Who wouldn't be. I felt a reassuring pat on my back. I knocked my head onto Natsu's shoulder.
"Um Natsu, your scarf is dirty." I pointed out. Natsu sighed heavily.
"I know." Natsu fondled his scarf gently. I smiled at him.
"I know just the person who could help you with that." I gave him giant smile. Natsu's frown went to a smile immediately. My attention was snapped away from him when something, more like someone.
Walking through the gates on the ranch was two people in cloaks. I couldn't even see their face. How were they even looking where they were going. I had no idea. I watched as the two figures marched towards Thomas.
"We would like to enter this race, is there a cost?" A woman's voice asked. She sounded a bit young but older. I could make out only a little bit of her face, the rest was black. The woman looked like she wanted to reach her hand out, she restrained herself.
Thomas smiled up at the woman. He looked like he was trying to see this woman as well.
"As long as you have a horse." Thomas stated as he grabbed some papers that were in his pocket. He peeled off something from the paper, and slapped it onto their chest. The other person in the cloak who had not spoken yet made a grunting noise.
The papers Thomas had put on them were numbers. The numbers were two and five. I will remember these numbers. Those numbers are the ones I will beat in this worse race! I felt a smile creep its way upon my face.
"Don't smile too much, that's not intimidating." Natsu teased as he pulled on my cheeks. I lifted my hand and squeezed his cheek.
"We'll talk to Juvia later about the scarf, right now, we need to get to a horse race." I winked at him. Natsu nodded. We both let go of our cheeks. As we walked over to Thomas, the two people in cloaks went towards the horse stable.
"They look friendly." I remarked. Thomas hummed. Thomas looked up at me.
"I didn't see their faces. When I tried to, it was black." Thomas shuddered. I whipped my head back to look at the two people in cloaks direction. Could they be the ones, from my dream? It's highly possible.
"Watch out for them Lucy, they give me a bad feeling." Thomas face darkened. He pulled a hand up to his head and squeezed just a bit.
"I know, they give me a bad feeling too. But the real question is, are you okay?" I asked. Natsu leaned down and put a hand on Thomas's shoulder. Thomas gave Natsu a bright smile.
"Just a headache. I'm also hungry so that must be it." Thomas gripped onto Natsu's hands. Natsu gave him an unsure look. Natsu leaned back up and removed his hand.
"Alright, I'll be keeping an eye on you though." Natsu smiled. Thomas nodded as he took one look back at the people in cloaks. He winced. Something was obviously off. I could took a glance around to see Erza brushing a horse.
As the people in cloaks passed her, she stopped. Okay, something about those people are off all the way. Something weird. It's a feeling I've felt before. But that feeling only happened once when I had a near death experience when I was a child.
Fear, I felt absolutely terrified. I gulped as I took a hand and clutched my heart. It was racing. I didn't want to be terrified. I wanted to seem intimidating. But right now, all I felt like doing was hiding in a corner.
The longer I looked at the people, the more my head felt like splitting open. I felt my insides churn at the sight of them. That scared little girl I once was, was coming back to me. Just when I got over my fears, these people show up.
My heart stopped when I the people in black cloaks turned to look in my direction. A wave of nausea washed over me. My mouth tasted like corpses. I wanted to clutch my throat because I felt like suffocating. But, my limbs wouldn't move.
I could of sworn, under that cloak, I saw tears. The people in cloaks looked away, I suddenly felt so much better. I snatched my eyes away from that direction. Natsu was staring at them as well. I snapped my fingers in his face.
"Yep, those are some creepy people." Natsu stated. I smacked him on the arm. Natsu whined like it was the worst pain in the world. I rolled my eyes.
"Hey Thomas, are we getting some numbers too?" I asked. Thomas nodded as he slowly looked up at me. His eyes looked watery. Had we all felt the same feeling just a moment ago. I reached a hand up to my face.
It was a bit damp. I quickly whipped away the wetness. I smiled down at Thomas. I rubbed my hands onto my pants, they were a bit cleaner now. I reached a hand out and wiped away a tear.
"Got some mud in your eye?" I winked. Thomas laughed as he rubbed his eyes. Thomas reached into his pocket once more and pulled out two numbers.
"Since you are sharing a horse you will be having the same number. Thomas slapped a number three on our chest. I see now, they are stickers.
"I'm heading off to give the rest of the numbers to your friends." Thomas stated. Before leaving us, he stopped dead in his tracks. He turned around and smiled.
"There is a washroom in the house, please clean your hands." Thomas laughed as he rubbed his eyes. Thomas walked off towards the others, I stood there like an idiot.
"I know I'm dirty but dang that hurt." I said while looking down at my hands. Natsu laughed as he gave me a rough slap on the back. I grunted.
"Come on Lucy, let's get you washed up." Natsu guided me towards the house. Natsu's hands were less dirtier than mine. The house was one story. It was small, but big enough for three people. It was like a cabin, but a little bit bigger.
Natsu opened the door and lead me inside. The house was very homey. It was a nice feeling in here. It felt like so many good memories happened here. As Natsu and I walked around trying to find the bathroom we saw something.
"Are those pictures, that's amazing." Natsu said as he reached out. I slapped his slightly muddy hands away. I was amazed too but I wasn't going to go and touch the amazing things. I've only heard of these from neighboring kingdoms.
The pictures were off Thomas and his Mom and Dad. They were all smiling happily. It made me feel sad inside. almost guilty for not taking action sooner. I need to bring his parent's back to him, I just hope their still hanging on.
"Were going to have to ask him about these later." Natsu said as we walked further down the hall. We finally found the bathroom. I took one glance in the mirror and almost had a cow. I looked like a train wreck.
"I look like I lived in the ground for thirty years!" I exclaimed. Natsu laughed as he slapped me on the back harder than expected.
"I can't deny that." Natsu laughed. I gave him a famous Lucy Heartphilla glare. We quickly washed our hands and even our faces.
I smiled happily as I took a towel and wiped off the water from my face. Natsu took the towel from me and did the same. Natsu was tempted to mess with some soap to make bubbles. I stopped him.
"Do you think those people in cloaks are going to pull something?" I asked. Natsu hummed in thought. He crossed his arms, he uncrossed his arms. He crossed his arms again and tapped his chin.
"Possibly, but I'll be the one to stop it." Natsu smiled at me. Mischief gleamed in his eyes.
"I don't doubt you." I said as I stretched out my arms. I put a smile on my face. Inside, I felt horrible about going against those people in cloaks. But I will need to stay strong. I didn't come all the way here for nothing.
"Stop! Get away from me!" I could hear Thomas scream. My eyes widened. Natsu and I exchanged looks. Natsu and I took off running towards the horse stables. Everyone was in a fighting stance. Natsu came to a stop right behind Erza.
Kagura had her sword out. Erza was in her Robe of Yuen. Even Jellal was even in a fighting stance. Rouge and Sting stood in front of Wendy and Romeo. Yukino had her keys ready. I glanced over to where I heard the scream.
Thomas was standing with the people with cloaks. They people with cloaks both had a hand on one of his shoulders. Thomas was freaking out, I could tell by the expression on his face. Thomas was shaking uncontrollably.
"S-Stop, please." Thomas uttered out. I could only imagine what it would be like to touch them. Just looking at them made me sick. Touching them must have been so much worse.
"What do you want?" Erza barked. The two figures snickered, but it was mixed with sobs. It was chilling me to the bone. Shiver ran up my spine. We were just suppose to have a fun horse race, but now this happened.
Thomas looked over to me. Our eyes locked. I felt like crying out to him. I was overcome with something. It was like something magical and evil was lurking. Thomas's hands twitched. Thomas's hand reached up towards me.
"Please Lucy, save me." Thomas whispered. My heart felt like it was going to be ripped out.
"Why aren't we doing anything?!" I yelled. Erza's winced. She looked directly at me.
"If we get any closer, they will kill him." Erza whispered. My throat ran dry. I couldn't have that happen. Yes, I've only known the kid for a day. But I wasn't going to let him die. I wanted to keep him safe. I dragged him into this.
I need to take reasonability.
Natsu's hand gripped onto my arm. I knew what he was thinking. He was frustrated, I'm frustrated.
"Ah, yes that is true. But we will kill the boy if you do not do." The womanly one croaked. Her voice sounded like someone laughing, but as well sobbing. It was contradictive. Wait, did it just rhyme?
"That's improper grammar." Jellal commented. The man in the cloak sobbed. Confusion flooded my brain.
"What do you want?" I hissed. Natsu gripped tighter onto my arm once more. His hand felt hot. It felt burning, but it awakened something inside me. I wanted to be irrational and storm up there. I don't know these people, or creatures, are capable of.
"Thank you, Natsu." I gave him a nod. Natsu nodded back. Natsu didn't hurt me, my arm was fine. His heat just made me focus on the true goal here. Get Thomas back safely.
"We want the key, and we don't ask please." The man croaked out. Every time they spoke, let's just say it was the opposite of music to my ears.
"Erza, what are we going to do?" Jellal whispered. Erza shook her head. I could see she truly didn't know. Gray beside us looked like he was itching to just jump in. Juvia and Lyon kept him at bay.
"Why do you want the key?" Juvia asked. The cloaked woman looked towards Juvia's way.
"The witch call, the witch you seek! We will stop you before you get to sleep!" The woman sobbed. The woman dropped her hand off of Thomas's shoulder. She began to head towards Juvia's way.
"Rain woman, shall I bring your rain back?" The woman cackled. Juvia's eyes widened. Juvia pushed Gray back before he could even make a move. Gray fell to the floor only to immediately to get back up. The cloaked woman reached her hand out.
"Oh no you don't." Gajeel stepped in front of Juvia. The woman stopped. The woman recoiled her hand.
"You're disgusting lizard." The woman spat. Gajeel's eyes widened. Gajeel soon glared at the woman.
"You are asking for an ass kicking lady." Gray stepped next to Gajeel. The woman sobbed again. She was killing me with her sobs. It was like she was trying to make my ears bleed.
"Just give me the key before we kill the boy!" The woman's voice pitched at the end. There was something off. The sobs and the laughing. It didn't make sense. It also sounded like two different voices.
The cloak man pulled out a knife, it was oozing with black magic. He brought it to Thomas's throat. The cloaked man's hands were almost shaking.
"You asked for this lady!" Gajeel attacked her. She dodged all of his attacks. She didn't even try to attack him. My attention was taken off of them when I saw something happen. The cloaked man, I could see his mouth. He mouthed words to me, it was directed towards me.
H.E.L.P H.I.M
I gulped. My head felt like exploding. I bit my lip. We were in a terrible situation. These cloaked people. I fear what their true identity is. I sent Natsu an internal message. Don't. Stop. Me.
Natsu's eyes widened. He reached his hand out, I was too fast though. The cloaked woman was too set on Gajeel to notice. Natsu is going to hate me for being like this. Natsu caught up to me.
"You are so not doing this by yourself." Natsu hissed. Natsu's hands sparked to life. The man pointed the knife at us. A dark magic circle popped up. I was afraid to find out what would come out.
"Hah!" Erza blocked the attack. Jellal swopped in and grabbed Thomas. Even though Thomas was now safe, I needed to see this guys face. Natsu shot ahead of me. Kagura came to my side.
"Natsu legs! I will get the arms!" Kagura yelled. Kagura glanced over to me and winked. I knew exactly what she wanted me to do. Natsu bear hugged the man's legs while threatening him with fire.
Kagura took sword's holder and trapped the man's arms above him. We had him trapped up against a pole from the horse stable. It was like the man didn't want me to show his face. He was begging me.
I did it anyways without truly thinking. I pulled off his cloak's hood, and recoiled back in horror. I could hear Thomas yell out something. I didn't listen. I wanted to scream for being so stupid. I was too stupid.
But revealing them was the only way. The type of dark magic used on these people, it was horrible magic. I read about it. This magic is used on dead people, it reanimates them to do their evil mage's doing it only works for twenty four hours.
"N-No. Please no." Thomas chocked up some sobs. Jellal tucked Thomas's head away under his cloak. I bit my lip so hard it began to bleed. The man standing in front of me, was Thomas's father.
"T-Thank you. It's better that he finds out now. I-I'm so sorry Thomas." The man croaked. He looked just like the guy in the picture. Natsu let go of his legs, Kagura pulled back. The man stood there for awhile, he looked, so pale.
"Thomas, come say goodbye to Papa. Please." The man fell to his knees. He was beginning to sparkle, just like my mother did when she said goodbye to me. Jellal let Thomas go.
The woman in the cloak stopped fighting with Gajeel. She went to join them. She struggled to pull her own cloak off. She finally mustered up the strength to do so. She was the woman in the picture, the Mother.
"Thomas, we'll meet again. Someday." The woman wasn't sobbing anymore. She was sparkling. She pulled the entire cloak off. She pulled her husband's cloak off too. They both smiled down at Thomas.
"No, I just got you back! Don't leave me! Don't leave me! Not again please!" Thomas screeched. I clenched my jaw. I gulped. I couldn't do anything. I didn't save his parents. I failed him.
"Thomas. We love you so much. The nice princess will take care of you for now, won't she?" The mom stared at me with pleading eyes. I nodded like my life depended on it.
"I want you to take care of me! Please Mom, D-Dad?" Thomas was on his knees. He hugged his parents. The parents smiled sweetly down at Thomas.
"We love you so much Thomas. Become strong. Please live on." They both said in unison. Thomas stared up at them with tears streaming down his face.
"I love you so much. I love you guys so much. I love you. I love you. I love you. I love you." Thomas stopped saying I love you when he felt his parents drifting away.
"We know. We love you more." The Dad ruffled his hair. The Mom kissed his cheek. Thomas tried to cling onto them, but soon they were gone. Thomas stared at the ground.
"No. I love you guys. I love you. I love you. I l-love you. I-I love you so much more!" Thomas sobbed as he clung onto the ground. He slammed his fist into it numerous times.
"I love you so much that it hurts." His voice croaked. He clutched at his heart. Thomas turned his head to look at me. He cried even more. I ran to him. I gathered him up into my arms. He clutched onto my shoulders.
Soon everyone huddled together. We just all sat there, in each others in embrace. Thomas soon fell asleep. I felt the tears come down my face. It was morbid. I hated this feeling of being useless.
"This is just another reason why the witch needs to be stopped." Jellal got up off the ground. I could see Jellal have tears prickle out from his eyes. Everyone got up. Natsu carried Thomas. We all walked to the house.
We all entered the house. Sting, Rouge, Wendy, Romeo, and Yukino sat in the living room. Jellal, Erza, Mira, Laxus, and Kagura sat in the kitchen. Lyon and Gray sat outside on the porch. Juvia followed.
Gajeel and Levy cuddled with Lily by the fire. Carla and Happy sat in the middle of the hallway staring up at the wall. Lector and Fro joined them. Natsu and I headed to Thomas's room. It was late, my head hurt.
It's been such a long day. Such a hard day.
Natsu and I tucked Thomas into bed. Natsu sat on one side of the bed, I sat on the other. I soon laid down next to Thomas. Natsu did the same.
"I'm so sorry Thomas." I brushed my fingers into his hair. Natsu took another blanket and made sure Thomas wasn't cold.
"Natsu, do you think he hates me?" I asked. Natsu frowned. Natsu reached a hand over and ruffled my hair. I cried silently into a pillow. This was tough.
"Lucy, even though we could not save his parent, we could save Thomas." Natsu stated. I lifted my head up.
"What do you mean save Thomas?" I asked. Natsu smiled a little at me.
"Thomas needs us more than ever."
"We both know how hard losing a parent is. We can't let Thomas fall into a dark place." Natsu played with my hair some more. I nodded my head.
"Let's just, sleep okay. We will speak with Thomas tomorrow." Natsu patted my head. I nodded my head. I wrapped an arm around Thomas. Natsu wrapped an arm around Thomas and I. With a pounding head, I finally fell asleep.
I'll make things right Thomas. I'll make you happy.
Authors Note~ Hello friends! Yes I know this is super late! I just lost myself for a bit there. My head is also pounding here, I'm not feeling too well. Also I had some test this week and last week so I was really busy.
I know this was a heavy chapter but the author has to do what the author has to do. Things will be lighter and fluffy next chapter. Maybe Natsu and Lucy will even make Thomas crack a smile!
Next chapter! The road to making you smile! It will be a filler chapter. I think we all need it right? It will be fluffy and lots of romance and family. Also I will throw in some humor. Soon Lucy and her companions will have to travel to the kingdom! To defeat the witch!
Please leave a review. My head hurts a lot so I'm straining to write even this right now. Please everyone have a goodnight or morning or even afternoon! I will try to update sooner!
See you next chapter!
Glen coco out~