Chapter 51~ Jelly beans Fernandes.
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 everyone! Sorry about the long wait! I've already told you how my life consists of various other things, I think we can all understand that. Sorry about last chapter, it was a very sad but an important chapter.
This chapter will be a filler, but not really, it's plot relevant. It's something we all need but it will not be boring!
Warning~ There is some intense stuff in the chapter. Don't worry, nothing too vivid. Don't worry though, it's a chapter mixed with good, and bad. Just telling you before you read on!
Enough of my babbling, on with the story!
I knew it was a dream. I've gotten quite good at noticing when it's reality or a dream. At times, it feels so real. At the moment right now, I felt so empty. I wasn't even sure if someone could feel like this. Millions of dreadful thoughts passed through my mind.
Why?
Why do such terrible things have to happen in life?
I laughed bitterly out loud. That last question was a question that would probably never be answered. I bit my bottom lip.
I wanted to scream. But the scream caught in my throat. I haven't felt this helpless in a long time. What happened to me?
Why have I become so discouraged?
Not even tears would come. Tears would be better than this...empty feeling. Who was I? Where am I? I felt so lost. My head turned to the right on its own. My eyes became fixated on a flower. I was laying down in a flower patch.
These flowers reminded me of something. A distant memory. Why couldn't I grasp the memory? It was important. I finally felt emotion when I looked at the flowers. I took in a huge amount of air. These flowers, you could say they were like the beginning of my adventure.
I needed to stop thinking like this. These flowers brightened up the dark place I was in. I reached my hand out. I wanted to move, I really did. I just need, a little...push. I struggled against the invisible chains that held me down.
A hand clasped around mine. I was pulled up immediately. In front of me was the biggest grin I had ever seen. His fingers played with mine. I felt a twinge at the end of my lips. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.
"Thinking is so lame Lucy." Natsu whispered to me. Thinking was definitely important. But, I needed a break here and there. I opened my eyes and smiled a small smile at him. I untangled our fingers.
I slowly brought up my arms and wrapped them around Natsu. Natsu wrapped his arms around my back. I knocked my head into the croak of his neck. I breathed in his scent. I felt warm inside. He was so much like home.
"We have a very important person waiting for us." Natsu whispered in my ear. Natsu kissed my temple. I nodded my head as I bit my lip.
"We do. I'm sorry I was so out of it." I apologized. As soon as I said those words left my mouth, I woke up.
End of dream.
I wanted to sit up, but it was like a weight was on me. I could feel something on my head as well. I opened my eyes slowly to see the ceiling and some blonde hair poking out from the right side of view.
My eyes felt very droopy. It took me quite awhile just to get them to stay open. I tried to lift myself up once more, I failed again. I was really curious on why I could not move. Oh no. What if it's sleep paralysis?!
No, it's not that. I turned my head to the right to see Thomas. Thomas had his right leg hooked around my legs. His arm was snug around my waist. His head was rest on my up chest. He looked so, peaceful. I was able to lift my left hand the wasn't under Thomas.
I reached my hand up and patted him on the head. When Thomas wakes up, how will he react? I glanced down at him one more time. We will of course have to take him in. He's a sweet kid. Too sweet.
He didn't deserve something like that.
"Oi Lucy." I heard Natsu whisper to me. I looked over more to my left to see Natsu laying down next to me. Natsu smiled softly at me. Great, I was now being sandwiched in between two people.
And I was pretty sure Happy was laying on my head at the moment.
"Good morning Natsu." I rasped out. Natsu frowned a little. Natsu reached out a hand and brushed a lock of hair out of my face. Natsu moved the blonde hair behind my ear, leaving his hand there to trace over my facial features.
Which tickled a lot. I tried my best to keep in my giggles.
"It's going to be okay Lucy, we both know what he's going through right now." Natsu whispered.
Natsu was right. When I was younger and my mother passed, I thought my whole world was crumbling down. My father, or should I say the witch? Ignoring me and soon doing horrible acts or cruelty, it was like I lost both of my parents at the same time.
I turned my head to the left to look at Natsu. A small smile lifted up onto his face. I smiled a little.
"What would I do without you?" I sighed. Natsu shrugged as he leaned over to me. Right when a kiss was about to be planted on my lips, Thomas moved. Thomas squinted his eyes at Natsu.
"Intruder!" Thomas groaned out groggily. Thomas slammed his hand up right into Natsu's nose.
Natsu grunted as he grabbed onto his nose and fell back off the bed. My jaw slacked. I leaned over to see Natsu clutching his nose in pain. Natsu's and I eyes widened when we heard something.
Laughter.
"Natsu, I'm so sorry! I didn't recognize you at first!" Thomas giggled as he leaned back onto his back. Thomas clutched onto his stomach as he laughed his heart out. Natsu jumped off the floor and stared at Thomas.
Thomas laughed even more. Thomas uttered so many apologizes that he almost sounded like Aries. I heard footsteps coming near the door. Natsu was in front of that door. The door slammed open.
Natsu fell to the ground once more.
Jellal and Erza busted into the room fully armed with, spatulas?
"What's going on? We were cooking but then heard a thud and evil laughter." Jellal hissed. Jellal and Erza glanced down at Natsu. Natsu suddenly turned to look at them with a bleeding nose. Even more laughter filled the room.
Jellal's eyes landed on Thomas. Thomas laughed even more. Erza stood there with a goofy smile on her face. Natsu groaned on the floor while holding onto his nose. Happy was laughing as he stuck his nails into my head.
"Happy no!" I hissed out. I jumped up and tried to shake Happy off.
Happy giggled as he was so close to making me bleed. I was in so much pain. Gray and Juvia came running in while slamming the door shut... passing Erza and Jellal who just stood there. Gray tripped over Natsu, that lead to a huge argument.
"Get off me you icy bastard!" Natsu shouted. I could see the bruise that was forming on Gray's forehead from smacking it into the ground. Juvia quickly ran over them to get to me.
"Don't worry Lucy-san. Juvia will save YOU!" Juvia, had tripped on the rug next to the bed. More laughter filled the room, but it was only Thomas who was laughing. I could hear more footsteps coming towards the door.
All I could think is two things. Pain and chaos was about to ensue.
"You flame idiot, get off me!" Gray wrestled with Natsu's limbs.
"You get off me you pervert!" Natsu shrieked as he tried to get away from now, a naked Gray.
"Gray-sama, please don't cheat on Juvia!" Juvia yelled from the floor. She wasn't getting up anytime soon.
"What's all the damn noise about?!" Gajeel roared as he hurled the door open, which knocked Jellal and Erza into the wall. For once, Erza was easily knocked out. I don't know if it was because she fell into Jellal's arms, or if she hit her head on a wall.
"Oh, now this is something to laugh about!" Gajeel chuckled. Right when those words left his mouth, a purse smack him right in the face.
"Gajeel you are horrible!" Levy swung her purse at him again. It was like a shining light of hope of standing there. Happy still continued to cling on my hair. I was going to become bald!
"Levy-chan help me! I'm going to become bald!" I cried out. Happy let up on the grip when Levy came marching over to me. She was so close, until Gajeel grabbed onto the back of her dress. My jaw dropped.
"You can't run shrimp." Gajeel cackled. As much as Levy kicked and yelled, he never let up on his grip. It was ultimate chaos in the room. I thought it was bad now. But then the twins came into the room.
"Erza wake up! Quickly the idiots are fighting!" Jellal shook Erza by the shoulders. Erza shot up from his arms with a deep blush on her face.
"I-I w-will s-save you L-Lucy." Erza stuttered out. A pained smile fluttered up to my face. I continued to dance around the bed try to get Happy off my head.
"Erza help me!" I hissed. Happy got off my head so quick. It was like a miracle. Erza was about to move towards me, until the door swung open.
"So are we having a party in here?!" Rouge and Sting said in unison. Erza fell backwards once again in Jellal's open arms. Rouge and Sting paled when they set eyes on Jellal. Jellal set Erza down gently against the now closed door.
"You two have a death wish." Jellal scrambled off his feet and began chasing the two twins around the room.
I stood still on the bed in shock. My head was free from the evil blue cat. But now, I was surrounded by chaos. Thomas looked like he was about to cry from laughing so hard. I fell back onto the bed right on my rear.
"I'm surrounded by crazy people." I sighed heavily. Rouge and Sting avoided Jellal at all cost. They even hid in the closet. Jellal was now cursing at them.
"What's going on in there?!" I could hear Kagura's voice come from outside. My eyes widened when my gaze landed on a knocked out Erza. Kagura tried to open the door many times, which cause the door to bang against Erza's head many times.
"Kagura!" I shouted in horror. Erza was going to wake up and murder us all. SHE WAS GOING TO KILL US. When I shouted Kagura, I guess Kagura thought we were in danger. The door swung open once more, causing Erza to bend in a very uncomfortable position.
"Erza!" Jellal yelled. Jellal really did try to get to her, until the twins came tumbling out of the closet.
"We've got you now old man!" They cackled in unison.
"Oh my god." I smacked a hand to my forehead. I tried to get up from the bed, but Natsu and Gray blocked my way.
THIS WAN'T A BIG ROOM.
"Who wants a beating?!" Kagura shouted as she swung her covered sword around. Kagura knocked out about four people today.
Gajeel and Levy went down first. Natsu and Gray tried to get away, they didn't really make it. They both took an unexpected blow to the head. I scrambled to the edge of the bed to see Gray and Natsu totally knocked out.
"Natsu!" I got off the bed and rested on my knees. I picked up Natsu's head and went to check if his head had any major injuries. Natsu cracked open his eyes. I felt a cold hand on my wrist.
"J-Juvia?" Gray squinted up at me. Natsu punched him weakly in the arm. Juvia crawled into my lap and rested there.
"Juvia is here Gray-sama! Not Lucy-san!" Juvia gurgled. Natsu groaned as he tried to get up. That wasn't really going to work.
"What the hell? Erza!" Kagura yelled as she tried to set Erza up right. Erza's eyes snapped open.
"The beast has awakened!" Natsu yelled. Natsu scrambled behind me. He was hiding?! Erza got off the floor. She look pissed. If I had a hundred jewels for every time that door swung open and hit Erza, I would be rich.
"Juvia my sweet lady! How are you doing?" Lyon laughed as he slammed the door into Erza. Erza did not fall this time, she just stood there. Lyon paled as he tried to run. He didn't get very far.
Nothing settled down until Mira, Laxus, and Yukino came in. Laxus shocked everyone with lightening. Even me! I didn't do anything. I was now laying on the floor, glaring up at Mira's stupid husband or whatever he was called!
Thomas and Erza were the only ones who hadn't gotten shocked. Safe move Laxus, safe move. I felt like burnt toast.
How does one, feel like burnt toast you ask? I have no idea, but I feel like it.
Laxus stared down at us all with a smile. Gray shakily threw up a middle finger, he was shocked once more.
My gaze wandered over to Thomas. Thomas was clutching onto his heart with one hand and clutching onto his stomach with his other hand. He looked like he was going to have a heart attack if he kept laughing any harder.
"Our job is done here." Laxus stated. Mira was soon pulled away by Laxus, to only god knows where. Jellal got off the ground quickly, he looked untouched. Jellal laughed as he stared down at the twins who groaned.
Yukino ran over towards them, well, mostly Sting. Thomas's laughing soon subsided. He sat there on the bed wiping away a few tears. One by one everyone left the room in pain. Gajeel was dragged out by Levy.
The only remaining people were Natsu, Thomas, Jellal, Erza, and I. Jellal helped Erza stretch out some limps. Natsu asked me to do that with him, of course I helped him. Thomas sat on the bed with a blank expression on his face.
Thomas stared at Jellal. Thomas stared at Jellal like he was, some kind of god. I was a bit surprised. Thomas studied Jellal thoroughly. Jellal seemed to take notice. Jellal whispered something to Erza, and then headed towards Thomas.
Jellal kneeled down to be eye level with Thomas.
"Did you need anything? You can ask me." Jellal spoke softly. Erza walked over to Natsu and I. Thomas looked down at the rocket ship sheets that covered his bed. It was a bit muddy from Natsu and I, which I would have to take care of later.
"Um, I, Um." Thomas gulped. He was like a mini Erza. Whenever Erza is put on the spot, she starts to babble. Jellal smiled as he put a hand on Thomas's shoulder. Thomas quickly shut up.
"Is it about your parent's? I'm here to talk if you need it." Jellal spoke softly. Holy cheese and crackers, this was a whole new side of Jellal I've never seen before. Thomas bit his lower lip.
"When I fell asleep, I had a dream. My parent were there." Thomas whispered.
"Did they tell you something?" Jellal asked. Thomas nodded.
"And what was that?" Jellal asked. Thomas glanced up at Jellal, and back down at the sheets once more.
"They told me they loved me." Thomas sniffled. Jellal brought Thomas in for a hug. My heart panged in pain. I was going to cry. Oh my goodness. I held the tears back. I will not cry. I'm not baby.
"I'm certain they do." Jellal replied.
"They told me, I would become a great mage one day." Thomas continued. Thomas clung onto Jellal's cloak. Jellal leaned back a little to look at Thomas's face. Jellal reached a hand up and wiped away the few tears that ran down Thomas's face.
"They also told me, to learn magic from the tattoo man." Thomas pointed at Jellal. Jellal's mouth went into an O shape. Erza stiffened next to me. I glanced up to look at her face, she had an expression on that I've never seen before on her face.
Fear...
"I-I'm sure they must have meant someone like Natsu." Jellal laughed nervously. Thomas shook his head. What was going on here? Jellal look so nervous, and Erza looked fearful. Thomas's eyes wandered over to Erza, he gulped.
I nudged her in the arm. Erza relaxed a little, but that expression she just showed me, I will never forget it. Thomas looked back towards Jellal.
"They said the man with the eye tattoo, on the right side." Thomas pointed at his right eye. Jellal bit his bottom lip. Okay, something was wrong. I don't like this one bit. I felt like something bad was going to happen.
"Thomas, I don't think I can do that for you." Jellal began to stand up. Thomas kept his grip on Jellal's cloak. Thomas was now close to tears.
"Please. I believe what my parents said." Thomas rubbed his eyes with his free hand. Instead of Jellal saying something, Erza butted in.
"I'm sorry, that's a no." Erza's tone of voice, it was like a demand. Thomas let go of Jellal's cloak. You could see Thomas's jaw clench, like he wanted to talk back. Erza gave him a look, that probably would have made me wet my pants.
"I-I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." Thomas stuttered as he held back tears.
"T-Thomas." Erza stuttered. Thomas ignored her. Thomas crawled under the covers. He didn't move after that. Natsu and I were like stone. We both really didn't want to be in the room right now.
Erza immediately frowned. She looked incredibly guilty of something. Jellal just stood there, looking upset as well. I wanted to ask why. Why? Why couldn't he just teach him some magic?
"C-Can you guys leave me alone for now. Please." Thomas's voice muttered from the covers. I wanted to hug him. I really wanted to. But I knew he wouldn't like that very much at a time like this. Erza's frown deepened.
"Call us if you need anything Thomas." I whispered. I knew he heard me. The four of us walked out of the room. Our mood completely changed. The rest of the group was outside, half tending to Thomas's chores for him, and the other half messing around with the horses.
The four of us sat at the kitchen table. We were quiet. I wanted to say something. But words wouldn't leave my mouth. Jellal frowned as he twiddled his thumbs.
"Erza, why can't I just teach him a little magic. Nothing will happen this time." Jellal broke the ice first. Erza shook her head. This time. I didn't like that one bit.
"No way. We can't risk something happening" Erza looked away from us.
"Why?" I uttered out. I was so confused. I could just hear Natsu in my head.
"Ohh Lucy that's not such a good thing to ask."
Erza looked towards me. I gulped. This was scary. I felt like her enemy for some reason. Erza gripped onto the table. I wish I had never asked. Erza was going to open her mouth, until Jellal spoke first.
"I'm cursed." Jellal stated. My eyes widened. Cursed?
"What?" I questioned. Jellal stared at me. He looked almost, mad at me. Whoa there, did I just open up a really bad topic? Good going Lucy, you're just the best!
"When I was about Thomas's age, I was cursed by a witch." Jellal stated.
"What's your curse?" I asked. Jellal glared at me. As much as he didn't want to talk about, I seriously needed to know.
"My personality switches. I become a completely person." Jellal sighed heavily. He was no longer glaring on me. Things started to click in my head. Everything, was making sense. I shot up from my chair.
"Is that why Erza is always protecting you?!" I asked as I leaned closer to Jellal. He looked annoyed, but nodded. I sat back in my chair. I felt like my life had changed.
"Is that why you agreed to join us on this quest? You think the witch is the same one?" I asked. Jellal's eyes widened. Looks like I got that right on the spot. That witch. Whoever that witch is, I will surely give them one hell of a lecture when I saw that jerk.
"Wait a second! Do you know what the witch looks like?!" I almost shouted. I tried to keep my voice down. Jellal nodded his head, but then shook his head.
"Yes, and no." Jellal stated. I frowned. That wasn't very helpful. Jellal leaned closer to me.
"Lucy, I know it's the same witch. I think that witch has been targeting your family for a long time." Jellal stated. I didn't like that. I bit my lip until blood was drawn. Jellal leaned back.
"Jellal, what do you mean?" I asked slowly. Jellal sighed heavily.
"I will need to tell you the whole story so you understand." Jellal leaned towards me once more. He looked towards Erza.
"I'm only going to use a little bit of magic, don't worry." Jellal stated. Erza hesitated, but she nodded. Jellal looked back towards me. It was like he was in my head. More like, he was in my head. Natsu grabbed onto my hand, for morale support?
"I'm going to enter you mind. You will see my memories. I will see yours." Jellal spoke.
I jumped a little. I did not expect that. Telepathy? Jellal smiled a little. Oh man. I didn't really like the idea of him being inside my head. Having Natsu in there was already a hand full.
"Hey. That's mean." Natsu whined.
"Are you ready?" Jellal asked.
I stared at Jellal. I didn't like this at all. I nodded anyways. Curiosity got the best of me. Jellal smiled. He must of liked to finally get to use some of his magic. It must have been a long time.
Jellal's Memory.
"Jellal! Come on Jellal, we have to hurry to the others." Erza smiled at Jellal. A small Jellal was being dragged along by a small Erza in a forest.
"What the heck?" I was running along the side of them. They didn't see me. The real Jellal was right next to me. Jellal pointed towards the small Erza and Jellal. We were now hiding behind a bush.
"You guys were so cute. Did you have a little crush on Erza?" I teased. Jellal hissed. He just pointed towards the small ones. Jellal and Erza were sitting in a clearing. Just casually talking.
"Why am I watching small you flirt with small Erza?" I asked. Jellal punched me in the arm. Which actually hurt. I punched him back. Jellal was about to yell at me, until the small ones took action.
"Jellal, I hear someone coming." Erza whispered. Small Jellal dragged her toward the bushes next to us. Two people appeared in front of us. M-My father, and a cloaked person.
"Why do you continue to follow me? I need to get back to my daughter and wife." My father yelled. I didn't realize it then, but I was crying. They were joyful tears. My father, looked like himself.
"You made a deal with me, remember? You will pay." The voice croaked. I couldn't make it out to be any gender. It sounds like man and women. Which confused me greatly.
"Pay? I didn't think you meant with taking over my body!" My father yelled. The cloak person laughed.
"What did you expect from a person like me?" The cloaked person cackled. My father rolled his eyes.
"You've done nothing good to help me or anyone, your horrible." My father spat. The cloaked person shrugged like it meant nothing.
"If not your body, how about your wife? Or child, she seems like a good one." The cloaked person stated. I gulped. This conversation was not going to end well.
"Never you hopeless creature." My father soon stormed off after that. The cloaked person just stood there.
"Damn it all! You'll regret this Jude Heartphilla. You'll see, when your vulnerable and broken down, I'll be there!" The cloaked person screamed. My father never looked back.
"Jellal, why did the witch curse you?" I asked. Jellal stared at me. I didn't like that look. I heard a branch break close to us. The cloaked person looked towards small Jellal and Erza. The kids looked like they were doomed.
"Oh, I guess some little twits heard me." The cloaked person laughed. Chills ran up my spine when the cloaked person laughed. I could feel hands on both of my shoulders. Jellal was behind me, it was like, he didn't want to look.
"Jellal, what's going to happen." I croaked out. Jellal gripped tighter onto my shoulders. I gulped as I looked towards the kids. Jellal hid Erza behind him.
"Come out little ones." The cloaked person laughed. Small Jellal and Erza tried to make a break for it. They were both flung into the clearing with the cloaked person.
"You two, heard something you weren't suppose to hear." The cloaked person stated. Younger Jellal scrambled on top of Erza.
"Oh, young love. I hate that." The cloaked person circled them. Younger Jellal stood up. Jellal grabbed his other arm with his hand. Younger Jellal straightens his palm. A ball of some kind of heavenly looking magic appears.
Jellal shots the ball of magic towards the cloaked person.
"Heavenly Palm!" Jellal calls out. The magic caused the cloaked person to be pushed back. Like there was an invisible wall. Jellal and Erza tried to make a run for it, but the cloaked person was too fast.
"Nice magic, I think I'd like to take that away from you." The cloaked person cackled. Soon Jellal and Erza were in the grips of the cloaked person. I would have loved to do something, but all I could do was watch. It was just a memory.
"Hmmm, what curse shall I give you?" The person hummed. Jellal and Erza struggled. But failed to get away.
"Should I kill this young one?" The cloaked person shook Erza. Younger Jellal yelled insults and curses at the unknown person.
"I think I know just the curse. A spell I've only used once." The cloaked person dropped Jellal to the ground.
"No! Please don't curse her! Please! Don't kill her!" Younger Jellal screamed. I wanted to scream. Why did I have to witness such a thing. I know I asked for it, but still. This was horrifying.
"Oh no, it won't be me doing the killing. It will be you." Jellal's eyes widened. The cloaked person raised a hand. They pointed their gloved finger at Jellal. Jellal quickly tried to do another spell, which was a mistake.
"Thanks for making this easier." Jellal was in mid spell when he was consumed with some sort of dark magic.
"Jellal!" Erza screeched. That face Erza had shown earlier, it was there once again. After the dark mist that surrounded Jellal soon disappeared. Younger Jellal just stood there. Shoulders slouched forward, head hung down.
"I'll leave him to you." The cloaked person dropped Erza in front of Jellal. Soon the cloaked person disappeared. I was kind of happy. They were both okay. My heart rate settled. But something was still bothering me.
"Jellal, it's not over yet, is it?" I asked him. Jellal gripped tighter onto my shoulders.
"Jellal. Jellal what happened?" Erza asked as she grabbed his shoulders. I could see a grin come to younger Jellal's face.
"Jellal, I've seen enough. Why are you showing me this?" I asked. I was panicking. Jellal didn't speak to me. I was forced to watch on.
Younger Jellal brought a hand up to Erza's right cheek. He began to caress it. Jellal's hand moved up to cover her right eye. A scream was formed in my throat, but never got let out.
"J-Jellal, what are you doing?" Erza asked with blushed cheeks. Jellal's younger self began laughing. I didn't want to watch. I tried to turn away, I really did.
"Jellal, don't make me watch this." I hissed out. I turned my head to look over my shoulder. Jellal was sweating. Jellal didn't even look like he could move. I tried to remove Jellal's hands from my shoulders.
"J-Jellal?" Erza's voice made me look back. It was like there was a ringing sound in my ears. I could feel wetness on my back. My eyes widened.
Jellal was crying. He was paralyzed.
"Erza, I'm so sorry." Jellal whispered behind me. I needed to get a grip. I didn't need to see this. But my eyes wouldn't tear away from the scene in front of me.
"Jellal, seriously, don't let this consume you." I choked up on some tears. I've felt fear like this before. The person I needed most right now, was Natsu.
No, I can't always rely on him to save me. I tried to clench my eyes close. It didn't work. It was like an unknown force was forcing me to watch. I was really paying attention when I heard a scream erupt from Jellal's mouth behind me.
"Jellal!" Erza screamed. I watched as younger Jellal, destroyed Erza's right eye. After that, I felt like vomiting. Erza clung to her right eye as she wailed. Younger Jellal seemed to snap out of it.
"E-Erza? W-What's wrong?!" Younger Jellal tried to touch her, she moved away. Erza soon fainted. Younger Jellal began to cry hysterically. I was even crying. I wanted to see Natsu. I was so afraid.
Younger Jellal quickly picked up Erza and began running off. Maybe for help? I don't know. Soon the memories of Jellal disappeared. We were in a black room.
"Jellal. It's over now." I croaked. Jellal didn't let up. Where was Natsu when I needed him? Where the heck was Erza when Jellal needed her.
"Jellal, I want to go back to our friends please." Jellal was still sniffling. When precious friends of mine were crying, I too felt like crying. But I wouldn't. I wiped away my tears. Nothing can hurt me now.
Oh how horribly wrong I had been.
"N-No, it's not. For some reason, your brain is taking over." Jellal shook behind me. We were now in a different room. A room I recognized very well. We were in the castle. My mother's bedroom.
"No Jellal. Get me out of here now. I'm not taking over." I demanded. Jellal was still crying.
"Lucy-sama, please don't go in there!" I could hear a servants voice shout from outside the door. Jellal and I were kneeling right in front of the bed. The door busted open. A little me came rushing in.
"N-No." She cried. I didn't want to relive this. Why did I have to see this. The little me came running past us. I was glad I was in front of the bed. I knew what, who, was laying on that bed. I heard my sobs.
The scenery changed. We were in my room now. This was three month after that last memory.
"Jellal, what can I do to leave this nightmare?" I whispered. Jellal was like a child now. He no longer looked like the man who brought me to his memories. He was reduced to that small child once more.
"I'm so sorry Erza." Jellal cried into my back. My hands shook as they came up to grab my hair.
"Someone help us." I whispered. The door to the room slammed open. There was my father, not my real father. I know that now.
"Lucy. You dare go into my studies again? I know you were in there." My father boomed. I gulped. A smaller me was sitting right in front of us.
"I-I just wanted to see you." She stuttered.
"I didn't ask for you to see me." He growled. No, I was not going to sit here and watch this. Jellal was no longer crying.
"Lucy, what is going to happen?" Jellal asked. He asked, like he was curious to see more. I knew, that back in the cave, my friends saw some of my memories. He was once more somewhat back to normal. He relinquished his grip from my shoulders.
"My first beating." I hissed. I stood up and pulled Jellal by the cloak.
"Get me out of this place now." I demanded. Jellal nodded so fast. Soon, we reemerged back to the kitchen table, but not before we heard the witches horrible words that left scars in my heart. I once thought those were my father's words...
Back to Reality.
I opened my eyes to see Jellal staring right back at me. Jellal and I, were hugging?! We both frowned as we let go as quickly as we could. Hugging anybody but Natsu like that, just felt weird.
"Why were we hugging?" I asked as I tried to rub away the feeling of goose bumps. Those memories were private, very private. And there's nothing wrong with Jellal knowing those things, but it just felt, uncomfortable.
"Probably because you both began crying like big babies out of nowhere. You both grabbed onto the closet person, which was each other." Gajeel grunted.
I looked around to see that Levy and Gajeel were now here. Erza and Natsu were not.
"Where is Natsu?" I asked.
"Where is Erza?" Jellal asked. We had both asked that in unison. Gajeel grinned down at both of us.
"Those two jelly beans couldn't handle watching you hug anymore. Natsu was about to punch something." Gajeel chuckled. Jellal and I stared at each other.
"Why didn't you just move us apart?" I groaned. Natsu was going to be so mad at me. I can just imagine it now. I glanced at Jellal, he was sulking as well.
"Because if they had touched us, we could have had some very big problems with our brains." Jellal hissed out.
"Erza is going to be so mad." Jellal sighed heavily as he messed with his fingers. Twiddling his thumbs. Jellal and I made eye contact.
"We never speak of that ever again." We said in unison.
"Gajeel says the truth, those two were about to kill someone." Levy stated. Jellal and I both got up and headed towards the front door, but soon stopped.
"Don't follow me!" I shouted. Jellal frowned.
"Where are they?" Jellal asked. Levy and Gajeel pointed towards Thomas's room. I had almost forgot what happened earlier. Why did I have to remember?
"Okay, let's go." I hissed. Jellal followed closely behind me. I put my hand on the door knob. I opened it to reveal Erza and Natsu sitting with Thomas on the bed.
"Did you know Lucy farts in her sleep." Natsu giggled. Thomas giggled. My jaw dropped
"Jellal does that a lot too. " Erza giggled. Jellal paled.
"That is so rude!" Jellal and I yelled in unison. The three of them looked shocked. But then Erza and Natsu looked mad.
"I see you both are done." Natsu growled. Erza grunted like she was saying the same thing.
"Natsu Dragneel, I will destroy you." I hissed. Jellal just sighed heavily behind me.
"Why are you mad? I should be the one who's pissed off." Natsu growled louder at me. Oh no, he was asking for it.
"Natsu Dragneel, did you even stay in tune with my mind at all during that?" I asked. Natsu's frowned disappeared. He looked confused.
"I wasn't, focusing on that. I was too mad." Natsu stated. That explains it. Erza no longer looked angry. She looked more concerned now.
"Jellal, you didn't show her everything did you?" Erza asked slowly. Jellal sighed heavily once more.
"It took over." Jellal whispered. Natsu and Erza exchanged looks.
"Lucy, I'm sorry you had to see that." Jellal stated. I turned back to look at him.
"I'm sorry you had to see what happened to me as well." I sighed. I was fine. It can't hurt me now. I-I'm totally okay.
"So, Thomas, about those magic lessons." Jellal stated. Thomas was smiling. Thomas seemed to snap back. Even though what happened yesterday. I think, that dream, had changed his perspective.
"Erza told me you'll teach me a little, day by day." Thomas stated. Jellal was now smiling.
"That's true. Would you like to go try that out now?" Jellal asked. Erza no longer looked so concerned. She still looked worried, but now, she seemed better. Thomas jumped off the bed and ran past Jellal and I.
"W-What's gotten into him?" I asked. Erza got off the bed and stood in front of me.
"He told us about his dream." Erza smiled. Looks like I guessed right.
"His parents visited him. Thomas still feels upset about it, but they told him to smile." Natsu said as he too got off the bed.
"That kid, is going through a lot of pain right now. Let's not let him stray off into the wrong path." Jellal said as he moved over closer to Erza. They both smiled at one another. Ah, they were really a power couple.
"Around the others, he'll act normal, but still, I think we all know what he is feeling now." Erza said as she grabbed onto Jellal cloak. She blushed as she looked up at him. Jellal brought up his hand to her right eye, I winced.
Erza didn't wince at all. She trusted him. A lot. Erza grabbed onto his hand gently. Natsu and I just felt awkward watching.
"Ughh, it's too lovey dovey."
"Shut up dragon boy."
"U-Um, Thomas is waiting!" Jellal announced. Jellal gripped onto Erza's hand. Jellal pulled her down the hall, and out the front door.
"They are just too cute." I sighed happily. I felt a hand grip onto my shoulder. I laughed nervously as I faced Natsu. Oh yeah, he was still mad.
"Hello my amazing dragon boy." I laughed nervously as I fanned myself with my hand. Was it getting hotter in here? Natsu chuckled deeply.
"Oh Lucy, you are going to get punished." I so did not like how Natsu said that. I shook my head so fast that I thought it would fly off.
Natsu pulled me into the room and threw me on the bed. Natsu closed the door. I gulped. I quickly crawled to the edge of the bed, attempting to get away.
Natsu pulled me under him. I shoved a hand on his chest.
"We are in a child's room Natsu." I whispered. Natsu raised an eye brow.
"I was just going to tickle you until you cry." Natsu's voice was laced in confusion. My jaw dropped. Natsu began to laugh. I covered my face in embarrassment. My heart dropped.
"Lucy was thinking dirty things!" Natsu sang. I shot a hand up to cover his loud voice. It was true. I'm a huge pervert. What happened to me?
"You did this!" I hissed. Natsu smirked at me.
"I'm too innocent for you Lucy." Natsu chuckled. I was having an internal meltdown.
"No fricken way. You're a bigger pervert than me." I gritted out. Natsu shook his head.
"Nope, you're a huge pervert." Natsu leaned closer down to my face already heated face.
"N-No. You are king pervert." I whispered. Natsu looked like he was going for a kiss, so I closed my eyes. I was utterly wrong. I felt his nose go against mine. My eyes opened to see Natsu holding back his giggles.
"Y-Your lips all pursed out, I couldn't help myself." Natsu cracked up. I was silent. I didn't say a thing. I, Lucy Heartphilla, will get revenge one day.
"Oi Natsu and Lucy, come watch Thomas learn some magic!" Gajeel grunted as he swung open the door. Gajeel looked so repulsed.
"On the kids bed, really? I'm not even that low." Gajeel gagged. I quickly shoved Natsu off of me.
"Nothing happened!" I yelled as I ran out of the room. All I heard behind me, was two people laughing.
I ran down the hallway and out the front door. I saw everyone standing around Jellal and Thomas. Jellal was teaching him, to spar.
"Would you like to spar with me, or should I show you what I can do with someone else?" Jellal asked. Thomas looked, worried. I would be too. Jellal has this magical aura to him that is certainly frightening.
"Why, do I have to spar?" Thomas asked. Jellal frowned.
"If you don't learn close combat when your magic has depilated, then what will you do?" Jellal asked. This made a lot of sense. I'm not a close combat mage, but I have learned some close combat thanks to Erza.
"Oh. I guess, I can spar with you." Thomas laughed nervously. Oh my goodness he was too adorable. Thomas glanced up at Jellal, who was smiling.
"Shall I come at you?" Jellal asked. I hadn't noticed it but, Natsu was standing next to me.
"Ooo, sparing with Jellal. That's tough." Natsu whispered. I bit my lip. Thomas got into a poor fighting stance. Jellal made sure he fixed it.
"I'm not going to hurt you." Jellal stated. Thomas nodded. Jellal moved forward, and in a second, Thomas fell backwards.
"That actually really hurt my rear." Thomas said as he got back up.
"This is going to be hard isn't it?" Thomas asked. Jellal nodded.
Two Hours Later...
"H-How did I get dragged into this?" I coughed. Thomas, Natsu, and I were laying down on the ground. Erza watched us spar. The rest went to have a camp fire, which Gray and Lyon had ruined many times.
It was getting darker outside.
"You two volunteered to help." Erza smirked. I sucked in a huge amount of air. Sparring with Jellal is like, sparing with Erza. Thomas raised a hand up to his chest.
"This was harder than I imagined." Thomas panted. Thomas had a glazed over expression. It was like, his heart wasn't all in it. No, not that. It was more thoughtful.
I looked to my left to see Natsu sitting there, smiling.
"That was fun Jellal. Can we use magic now?!" Natsu asked. Natsu was like a puppy. If he had a tail, it would be wagging like crazy right now.
"Only a little." Jellal tried not to smile, but it showed anyways. Jellal probably hasn't used magic in a very long time.
"Lucy, here are your keys." Erza tossed them to me. I jumbled them around a little bit. I cringed. Aquarius surely wouldn't like that. I can just imagine her words now.
"YOU DARE TOSS ME AROUND YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING."
"Thomas, you can sit this one out." Jellal offered. Thomas got up, and gave him a thumbs up. Erza patted a seat next to her, which was a rock. Thomas sat next to her, and slumped his head on her shoulder.
He looked so exhausted. Mentally and Physically.
"Oi Lucy, pay attention." Natsu whispered to me. I snapped out of it. Jellal was getting into a strange fighting stance. You know, I've never actually seen Natsu fight for real. Being next to him, in a somewhat real battle, is truly amazing.
I felt pressure. Lots of it. I don't know what from. I kind of felt like this when Kagura fought me. I gripped onto my keys and pulled out, Gemini.
"Open the gate of the twins!" I called out. Gemi and Mini appeared.
"Hello Lucy!" They said in unison. I waved at them. They transformed without my call. There I stood, looking like I did now.
"Oh my god, do I really look that bad right now?!" I stomped my foot. I looked like crap. My hair was a mess, I was sweating, I was all muddy as well.
"Enough of the chatty stuff Lucy! Let's go!" Natsu grinned at me. I returned the smile. Natsu and I gave each other a high five. Natsu winked at me which was an okay to go ahead.
Natsu quickly sucked in a huge amount of air. I didn't like this move he used. I've seen him use it quite a lot. I better move out of the way! I pulled Gemini off to the side and started to discuss the plan.
"What can we do?" I asked. Gemini hummed in thought. Was this really what I looked like? This is really weird.
"Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu basically shook the whole earth. I felt a familiar heat behind me. All I could think was, DON'T CATCH THE HOUSE ON FIRE!
"We can do what you can do." Gemini smiled. I slapped a hand on my forehead. Great, I can barely do anything.
"You must be thinking, you can do anything. But let's you that cool spell!" Gemini grinned at me. I nodded my head slowly.
"What spell are you talking about?" I asked. Gemini frowned.
"Urano Metria." Gemini snapped their fingers. I shook my head.
"I don't want to kill Jellal!" I said as I shook Gemini. Which was weird shaking myself.
"Heavenly Blast!" Jellal called out. I could see a flash of bright light. I gulped. Gemini just smiled at me. Gemini transformed into Jellal.
"Ooo an interesting one he is." Gemini grinned. Seeing Jellal smile like that, reminded me of earlier.
"He will only be knocked unconscious by that. You are not at your full potential yet" Gemini looked back to me. Gemini once more transformed into me. I didn't like the sound of that.
"Fire Dragon's Irons Fist!" Natsu cackled behind me. I went to glance back. I went wide-eyed. N-Natsu, was amazing. I expected this. No, it went way past my expectations. Jellal and Natsu fought in close combat.
I could see a faint smile pop onto Jellal's face. It reminded me faintly of that evil one I saw on his younger self.
"Would you like to try it?" Gemini asked. I bit my lip. It would be good to use it once more. I don't even know how I activated it last time.
"No. I don't want to use that spell against my friends." I stated. Gemini sighed.
"Fine, fine. Here's a gift from Virgo." Gemini tossed me a cylinder looking thing. It looked like something you would buy a Celestial Kingdom gift shop. I was quite surprised.
"When did you meet Virgo!?" I hurriedly asked. Gemini frowned.
"The witch only let her some to the spirit world for a while. She said to give this to you. You'll need it." Gemini waved to me goodbye. I put Gemini's key away. I was happy to at least kind of hear from Virgo. But, this was just, weird.
"A cylinder?!" I yelled into the sky.
"Oi Lucy, stop yelling shapes and help me!" Natsu called out to me. Natsu took a punch to the face. Sorry Natsu! Alright! How was I suppose to use this?! Well, I could just throw it at Jellal.
Jellal and Natsu took a breather from sparing. Jellal looked over to me. He was smiling creepily once again. I gulped.
"Are you willing to take me on Lucy?" Jellal grinned. I nodded, but then shook my head. Jellal ran towards me. I wanted to run the other way. Could I do that? I stared smack the cylinder in my hand.
"Take the power of my, cylinder!" I pointed the cylinder into the air, and then down towards Jellal. I realized right after that, this cylinder, was a whip.
"Oh my god that scared the heavens out of me." Jellal took a step back. He seemed to snap back to normal. Which was a relief to me.
"Alright Jellal, come at me." I grinned. Jellal did just that. I got knocked right onto my ass. I swung the whip from the ground so that it would grab onto Jellal's ankle, which it did. Jellal fell flat on his face.
"Oh lookie, Jelly beans and Bunny girl ate shit." Gajeel chuckled as he approached us.
"Oh Gajeel! You want to fight?!" Natsu and I hissed out. Natsu and I exchanged looks, but then began laughing like mad men. Or should I say mad women because I'm a girl? Oh, I've got no idea.
The whip somehow recoiled on its own. I would be using this more often.
"That's enough magic Jellal!" Erza said as she walked over to Jellal with a sleeping Thomas in her arms. Ah Erza, so motherly. Jellal got off the ground and gave her a smile. A genuine smile this time.
"Jellal, Thomas, and I get his parent's bedroom, he stated it himself." Erza said as she walked towards the house. Jellal followed closely behind us.
"Most of us are camping outside. Want to join?!" Levy asked as she came running over to Natsu and I. Natsu and I exchanged looks.
"We are just going to join Happy on the couch. Thanks for the offer Levy!" Natsu laughed as he dragged me off towards the house. We got stopped before going into the house.
"Juvia and Wendy cleaning police!" Juvia announced as she stood in front of the front door. Blocking our entrance. Natsu tried to move past her. Wendy didn't let him.
"Sorry about this Natsu-san." Wendy laughed nervously. Before I knew it, Juvia had basically drowned us in water. Once that was done, Wendy blew air at us, I almost fell off the porch if it wasn't for Natsu.
"Juvia and Wendy cleaning police out!" Juvia announced as she grabbed Wendy by the hand and ran towards the camp site in the front yard. I looked down at my clothes, they were clean. That was actually very nice of them.
"Thank you!" I yelled back to them. They just give me big goofy smiles.
"I have no words for what just happened." Natsu deadpanned. I gave him a thumbs up. We enter the house quietly. Happy was sleeping next to the fire next to the couch where he laid. Natsu carefully moved Happy to rest on his chest when he laid down.
Natsu patted the spot next to him. I laid down. For awhile, we both just stared up at the ceiling.
"Today has been good, and bad." I sighed. Natsu nodded.
"You're still getting punished later, just not here." Natsu chuckled. I just turned my head to look at him. I couldn't help but giggle.
"Whatever you say dragon boy." I teased. Natsu rolled his eyes playfully at that. Natsu knocked his head into mine gently. I smiled as I leaned more into him.
"Goodnight Lucy, we've got a very big day tomorrow." Natsu turned to look at me once more. Natsu leaned forward, gently placing a kiss onto my lips. I smiled softly at this.
"Goodnight Natsu." I said as I placed a kiss on his cheek. Oh man, seeing him blush was really a great thing.
"Goodnight, Rushie. I wuv you." Natsu muttered one last time before drifting off into sleep.
"Goodnight Nat, I love you too." I said groggily. Sleep claimed me fast before I realized two things. I just called Natsu Nat, and Natsu just said the cutest I love you ever.
Authors Note~ Hello friends! I know you've been waiting for awhile for this chapter! It's been hard to write. I've just been really worried lately, it's so sad to see the story coming to a close soon. But yooo, there are still a few chapters left.
Please stick with me until then! I hope you liked this chapter. I didn't realize it until I was writing but, this is really plot relevant chapter. The whole curse thing with Jellal, yeah, that's important.
Anyways, I hope this chapter brought you laughs, tears, and fluffy heart pounding moments. Please leave a review and tell me what you thought. Next chapter you will definitely see more Nalu, Villains, lots of humor, and more!
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