Omg I'm so sorry for the long wait, but my computer suddenly crashed and I couldn't write :(((

I have so much ideas for this fic but no time at all, ughh. My holidays has finished and school's already killing me DD:

Btw, here's the new chapter, enjoyyy

Illumines the Darkness.

( Chapter 2 : "They hate you." )

The called Mira still had a bright smile on her face after she had said a sentence which froze Lucy up to bones.

"We are monsters, and you are now trapped into the Underworld, dear human."

Mirajane did not wanted to terrify her new guest on purpose, but she had to admit that she had said it in a kind of a dramatic way. As she wanted to calm the frightened human in front of her, she gasped as she shouted something she didn't understand,

"W-What are you talking about? All of t-this is just a legend!"

She carefully watched as she began to slide on the ground, wrapping her arms around her legs. "That's not true, it's just a nightmare!", "C'mon brain, don't play with me, my day's already too bad.", "Just wake up already..", and other incomprehensible words could be heard from where the two worried monsters were standing, watching carefully and worriedly the poor blonde.

Didn't she know?

They both hiccupped of surprise when Lucy looked at them by raising very quickly the head. She was watching the two girls… well, exactly, the two monsters. When she saw two pairs of eyes looking at her with such an intensity, she understood that it was the reality.

It was real. She wasn't dreaming.

The story her mother told her almost every evening was real, it was not a simple legend.

Her doubt vanished when her eyes locked with Mirajane's deep blue one. At the same time, she noticed that she had a pair of white, soft hanging goat's ears, and she asked herself how didn't she even noticed these before. Her chocolate look was back on Wendy's dark brown and innocent eyes while she was talking.

"Are you, humans… not knowing that there's still a war between our two races?.."

Yes, that was definitely the same story plot.

She shook her head, positively at first, but then began to shake negatively before speaking, "Well… We have some stories about it, but… we all think that it's just… a legend."

Mirajane and Wendy crossed a glance at each other, before nodding. They both wanted to help the human, and all this had to begin by comforting her.

"I guess you want some explanations so? Come, we'll tell you everything in the lounge." Said the white beauty by slowly taking Lucy's hand to help her to move forward.

While she allowed herself to be lead friendly by both monsters, she noticed they were in a small, comfortable and cute chalet. The time she enters the room and sits down in a small sofa, her stomach made a monstrous noise that made the others laugh.

Oh god she was so hungry.

Her thoughts were probably heard, because right at this time Mirajane entered the room with a pie in hands, smelling charmingly cinnamon and caramel, still piping hot. Seeing the looks on her, she decided to take a part and to eat it, which she did not regret. Usually, she wasn't a big fan of cinnamon, but she had to admit that it was really delicious!

But Wendy's eyes were suddenly illuminated by a sudden thought.

"Ahh Mira-san! I've just remembered that this cinnamon pie was for N-"

"Don't worry about this Wendy! I'll do plenty of these tomorrow, there's still time before I send it to him!" explained happily and giggling the white beauty with her own piece of cake in hands.

Lucy didn't bother to ask for who was this succulent pie and continued to eat her second -or third?- part.

While they all three ate comfortably without talking, she started to watch attentively her surroundings. It was a pretty place, and it clearly appeared to be girls' propriety. Some flowers were around here and there -all yellow-, the walls' color was a pink pastel-like, and everything was so clean. It also smelled so good, certainly because of the almost-finished-pie which was right under her nose, but Lucy had the feeling that it always smelled good here, cinnamon pie or not. Really, it couldn't be a boy's house, never.

"So, could I ask you what your name is?"

This sentence which was said by the still smiling Mirajane made Lucy go out of her thoughts. She had first opened her mouth to directly answer her question, but had fast closed it. Still a bit shocked by what has just happened to her, she wondered if it really was a good thing to do. Even if these two saved and fed her, it maybe was to trick her…, wasn't it? The world where she lived was already cruel, cold, and merciless. Why wouldn't it be there? Why not even worse?

She shivered at the thought.

Now she was in the Underground, and she was absolutely sure that cruelty and lies were very present there too.

It was the monster's world after all.

She returned to the reality when she felt the worried and compassionate look the white goat-monster gave her. And then she knew… she knew she could trust these two. She doesn't really knew why. A feeling. Like always.

"My name is Lucy…. Thank you very much for saving me." Tilting the head forwards to show her gratitude, she continued her sentence with a lower tone. "I can't imagine what would have happened to me… if you weren't there at time."

The atmosphere in the room was sooth and warm, despite the black thoughts which had just invaded her mind. Slowly but surely, she raised the head to only be greeted by two bright and hopeful faces -she didn't know why hopeful, but they indeed were- of the pretty monsters.

She wanted to ask so much questions. But held herself. Because at the same time, her mind was blank. Totally blank.

It will take a moment for her to become used to all of this.

Uh. Wait. No.

She had to come home.

This sudden illumination made her lose her breath, and she almost shouted at the realization.

"How can I come home? From where I belong! How? Please tell me! I can't stay here, you all perfectly know it! How can I–"

"You can't." was the only answer she received.

… Huh?

No, it couldn't be possible, it had to be a joke, right? Lucy had to come home, even if she wasn't happy there either. She wasn't in the right world, and most of all, she won't survive one day here in this one bathed of darkness. She was too weak. And scared. Oh, so scared, terrified, and frozen of terror.

A small hand put on her shaking shoulder made her look, once again, to the two kind, female monsters, who just told her the most horrifying thing she could ever heard today. She still dared to ask how was it impossible, feeling that she wouldn't like this answer either.

"There's no way back. The Underground is sealed by a magical barrier… Nobody ever succeeded to go on the surface, and it's like this since 400 years."

The legend was real. Everything was true.

Lucy couldn't count how many time she wanted to slam the table and faint again in a dark world of her own today.

Firstly, her car. Secondly, her job. Thirdly, her life.

It was certain, she had lost everything.

Three days had passed.

She couldn't believe it, but yes, three days had already passed without injuries.

Well, it wasn't like she really had gone out of the chalet which was of use to her as protection against the outside world. But still, these three days were passed in the company of the two same monsters.

She had learned a lot, and she had to be honest, her curiosity pinched her hardly. Of course, she was still afraid, but her desire for knowledge was stronger than her.

She was now aware of a lot of things, as creepy as amazing.

First: There were 3 types of monsters, "humanoid" monsters, "neutral" monsters and "wild" monsters.

Humanoid monsters are monsters who have the base of the body as a human's one, but with some characteristics of animals or mythical creatures. Sometimes, like for Mirajane and Wendy, almost all of the body is like one of a human. But other times, like for this "Sue" she had the misfortune to meet with José, legs are the ones of an animal. Sue hadn't human legs, she had dark brown chamois's legs.

Mirajane, as a goat-monster, has a pair of white fluffy ears on the top of her head with a pair of tiny horns which are hard to notice through her white hair, a goat tail, and some white fur at some places of her body (on her writs, ankles, and a little bit on arms, but it wasn't shocking). Wendy, as a dragon-monster -which impressed Lucy at first-, has some white scales near the eyes, continuing slightly on her cheeks, also on her shoulders, wrists and ankles and some slightly on her legs here and there. Lucy found all of these dragon scales beautiful, it made Wendy shine a little in the sun and she found it funny. The little dragon has her teeth sharper than normal, and her ears a little bit pointy. She had told her she also had her five senses overdeveloped, which is very useful.

She had learn that there was magic in this world, which monsters were capable of using it freely, and that it was practically their source of energy.

Mirajane and Wendy had told her that they were in their "Etherious form" (or "beast form" like some others liked to simplify) when they first came to save her. Humanoid monsters use a lot of magic to transform in this form. Usually, it came to "battles" or "surviving". Because yes, even monsters sometimes killed themselves, just like the stupid humans who were on the surface, only causing useless wars because of a selfish power. But contrary to the human, monsters were only protecting themselves from crazy monsters: the called "wild" ones.

These have nothing comparable to others one. They are the one who only exist to fight, to destroy and even sometimes to eat each others. It's like the jungle: "to kill or to be killed". Also, these monsters looked like real monsters from the books she was reading little: really creepy and releasing a kind of demonic aura.

Mirajane told her that, even in this particularly savage specie, there's some wild monsters who don't want to kill, and just live a peaceful life, alone in the Underground. But still, Lucy wasn't reassured.

To conclude with the "neutral" monster's type, they're looking most of the time just like random animals (dogs, bunnies, bears,…) and can speak and act like civilian people. Of course, there are some who look "weirder" -like dinosaur, ghosts, etc-, but they're still very civilized. Unfortunately for them, they can't transform in an Etherious form like the two other monster's types. They're basically pacifists.

Lucy didn't know too much details, but that was already a lot of information for the beginning, and she was glad!

Now, since these three past days, she knew that she was in a part of the Underground called the "Ruins". However, Mirajane did not really want to speak of other parts of the territory, for any reason.

By the way, she had passed these days mostly in the lounge, kitchen, and in Wendy's room, which was where she slept. She fast became friend with the "small dragon", and was already used to recite her a little human's story before sleeping.

But tonight Wendy was fast asleep, without even asking for a bed story. The blonde wasn't very tired so she decided to go take a look in the kitchen. She wanted to know more, and she kind of felt that Mirajane didn't tell her something. Something important.

Every time she asked about the outside, or about a miracle of way back to her home beyond the surface, Mirajane's blue eyes not only saddened, but also showed that she hadn't say everything she could say to her, the fallen human.

And she had decided tonight was the day she could pull out all of these questions without clear answers.

She entered the cozy kitchen and as expected, Mirajane was here, preparing whatever she could. Of course, the female monster heard Lucy's steps and she went away from her activities.

"You're still awake? Is Wendy too?" The same usual smile decorated her lips when she saw Lucy shake "no" with the head. "Good, she's still young, isn't she? Do you want some?" She proposed some fresh cooked cookies, which like always smelled delicious.

Of course Lucy took one, sit on a chair not too far from her, and then began her investigation.

"Mira, can I ask you something… again?"

When Mira hummed brightly, so she continued, eyes carefully watching her own hands posed on her lap.

"Why don't you want to talk to me about the outside?" Mirajane wrinkled. "I know there's a reason, I can see- no, feel it. And sorry, but I won't go back in my room until you finally tell me the truth."

This last sentence made Lucy giggle in a side of her head, because this scene was like if she argued with her mother. But she looked now intensely the "goat-mom", waiting for any answers.

Which, surprisingly, were fast revealed.

"I don't want you to die."

Lucy perfectly knew that this world was dangerous, but she still looked surprised anyway. She didn't interrupt the white's speech, because it seemed she had to say more.

"I'll be direct, Lucy, but there's a lot of people outside these doors who want to kill you, badly. Of course you haven't done anything, but your race did, and some people don't care if you're one of the humans who killed monsters without mercy or not." The blonde gulped to show she was aware of this. "I have a lot of friends who have an uncontrollable hate for humans, but I hope they will understand that not all humans are horrible… maybe one day. I'm scared of what reaction they could have if they would see you, alone in the Underground."

"… I understand. Thank you, Mirajane."

They both smiled at each others, but Lucy haven't finished her sentence yet, which she did now. "But I still want to go see what the outside looks like. I don't want to be trapped here forever, even if it's with adorable people like Wendy and you. I'm going to live here for a long time… right? Still, I'll always search a way to go back to my home, but for now, I have to gently stay here, and I don't want to be bored."

Mirajane seemed quieter after this small speech, and Lucy could feel a sudden desire for adventure browsing her veins.

It filled her with determination.

Finallyyy ! Again, sorry for the long wait !

Yep, this chapter wasn't so interesting, but I had to do it. Next time will be more fun, because we will encounter others personages *winky face*

For people who are eagerly waiting for some nalu moment, just wait! We won't see Natsu right now, but still very soon!

Like always, I hope it pleased you with all my heart, and I hope to do better next time :)

- Daria.