Chapter 7: Broken Hearts and Connecting Stars
Hey guys what's up starting the new chapter with some sadness but it's going to be ok because I'm going to switch later in the story to make her more like the Lucy we all know and love but with more determination and confidence.
And I have to say this will probably be one of the second saddest chapters next to chapter 5 because of Lucy's heartache but she will rise from the ashes and about a new Lucy that no one's ever seen before!
But besides that I hope you like this story. Read, Review, and Rate love you guys ;).
Lucy started running with all her might and being to get away. Not just the guild, her friends, her nakama, her new life, and the one she used to love with all of her heart she just wanted to get away from it all by running and never stopping to catch her breath or to check if anyone was following her.
She cancelled all of her super senses and focused on nothing more than her beating heart, her heavy breathing and her silent sobs with tears falling down her face like a waterfall making her eyes look puff and red with a dull brown look in her eyes which is usually full of life but now look completely dead.
She ran which seemed like hours but was only running for about a good half an hour but couldn't seem to care she just wanted to crawl in whole and die while crying her eyes out because of her broken heart and the lost love that she so desperately wanted for all those years from another person again after losing her family.
She stopped thinking making herself open her eyes with a blurred vision she looked around to see she was in Magnolia forest and the exact spot where Lucy and Unolena were about to leave and also the same place where Natsu confessed to her about his feelings to her for the first time and kissed her.
She thought about that time more and more and it made her heart give out with sadness and despair she cried while looking at the full light blue moon in the sky with millions of stars scattered around it shining brightly in the night sky making her think more about Unolena again.
She fell on the ground on her knees her head hanging down with her hair lowering over her face hiding all the flowing tears that were coming down her face showing the pain and heartache she's been going through these past couple of years.
(Lucy's POV)
I can't believe this is happening to me now after I got back from the guild, I've lost everything; my family, Unolena, and now I've lost the one I care about the most in the world and loved with all of my heart, Natsu. I don't know what to do anymore, what should I do? Why did I do to deserve all this why is it always have to be me?
She threw her head back with new tears flooding her eyes and screaming with a roar of despair and sadness which also released her powers almost at its fullest sending a blinding yellow beam of light to shoot up into the sky brightening the night sky.
(Wendy's POV)
I ran through the streets with Carla looking aimlessly around for any signs of Lucy being around in this area but I couldn't pick up on her scent or anything that made me recognized her, I was at a total lost.
"Carla can you see where Lucy is?" I asked her.
"No, I'm getting worried for her I never thought that what happened at the guild would actually happen and poor Lucy looked completely heartbroken about it I feel so sorry for the girl" Carla said while flying in the air.
I sighed sadly "Yea I wish I knew where she was so I could comfort her, someone like Lucy deserve to be treated that way especially by someone like as heartless as Natsu" I said with sadness in my words but having a raging feeling that wanted to get out every time I mention his name it made me feel a certain anger that I never experienced before.
I kept running panting heavily because of all the running I've been doing but I stop for second to see four familiar faces looking around just as clueless as I was.
"Hey guys did you find Lucy yet?" I asked all of them
Levy and Annabelle turned around and started smiling at me but shaking their heads 'no' to my question making me get even more worried then I already am with Lucy's disappearance.
"We haven't found anything, it's like she literally disappeared without a trace" Levy said with her head slightly down
I was about to tell her that we will find Lucy and give her some hope but then a blood curdling scream shook the air like a roar of a dragon and a huge bright beam of light that looked like stars were shooting through the ray of light making it look like a form of space was forming on earth turning it into a beautiful sight to see, I was astonish by it.
"Beautiful" I whispered to no one but myself.
"That looks absolutely gorgeous whoever is doing that right now has incredible magical power it looks so pretty but it has such an intense feel to it" Levy said while looking amazed and explaining the powers magical feel.
I nodded and I caught it, I caught Lucy's scent but it was stronger than it was before and actually different then before and a slight mixture of dragon for some reason, which I started to think about but shrugged it off for now because of what the situation that were in now and to save our friend and nakama Lucy.
"Lucy" I whispered which Levy heard right away having hope shine in her eyes.
"What, what about Lucy?" Levy asked standing right in front of me looking into my eyes anxiously waiting for a response from me.
I ran passed her with no hesitation I was running following the scent up ahead in the direction of the ray of light that was shining through the night sky.
"Wendy where are you going!?" Levy yelled at me from behind.
"I found Lucy's scent I'm going to the area where it's the strongest and I'll find her quickly ok, Carla will you help me?" I told Levy before I asked Carla to help me with finding Lucy.
Carla grabbed me from behind and started to fly me over where I smelt Lucy's scent the most.
(Normal POV)
Wendy was flying off with Carla but before could tell her to wait up Anna grabbed Annabelle and started to also fly away following Wendy and Carla right behind her.
Levy and Juvia looked at the four disappearing figures with shocked expressions on their faces before they went running also so they can catch up with them to find Lucy.
Wendy was flying noticed both Annabelle and Anna with her in the air she was surprised at first but smiled at them softly then flew faster to the beaming light the distance.
Lucy was still having her body surging with her magic but it suddenly started to slowly fade away making the night sky go back to its original dark raven color but leaving Lucy with her head low and her body still glowing a bright gold glow she slowly raised her head and opened her eyes but instead of her bright brown chocolate full eyes showed a bright cerulean color to them showing such an icy cold glare that could kill a man with just a single glance if they looked at them. She let her both of her fist glow also with the same glow that surrounded her body and her hair started glowing like a golden halo over her head, she stood there completely still not moving an inch until she rushed over and mashed a tree to pieces without any problems and did it again and again with about dozen maybe even two dozen other trees that were in the forest around her.
She did this for a good twenty to thirty minutes without stopping screaming and breaking anything that was in her way that she could destroy at an instant without a moment's hesitation.
Wendy, Annabelle, Carla, and Anna heard all the explosive noises that was going on in the forest and flew there as fast as they could and when they got there Wendy and Carla were astonished and shocked at what they were seeing, Lucy was glowing brightly like a new shining star in the night sky with bright golden hair that flowed down her back making her look like an angel sent down from heaven but her eyes looked like you were looking through freezing cold ice that's full of hatred, betrayal, and most of all sadness.
Anna was crying softly when seeing her friend her 'mother' like this, she walked over to her slowly walking away from Annabelle, Wendy, and Carla making the sky dragonslayer try to tell her to come back but Annabelle stopped her because she knew what she was trying to do and they couldn't interfere without getting hurt too in the process.
"L-Lucy" Anna said softly to the angered Lucy.
"Lucy you gotta listen to me, if don't stop this you're going to hurt people and I know you don't want to do that so please stop and come back to me again, ok" Anna looked at her with worry channeled through her eyes.
Lucy still ignored her continuing to smash things and break every object that was either in her way or that was just placed in her range of fire she destroyed it without a care in the world.
Anna gritted her teeth while looking down she took a deep breath before yelling with all of her might at Lucy to get her attention "Lucy you have to stop if you don't you're going to lose who you truly are I don't want that so please" she paused "STOP SO I CAN HAVE MY OLD LUCY BACK!". Anna yelled with her head up tears flowing down her face.
Lucy smashed one rock before she slowly turned around and opened her eyes to give a death glare at Anna with those icy cold blue dragon eyes she had, she started to glow with a blinding and intense light that shined all out through the night but she was suddenly walking slowly over to Anna still having that intense glare.
She lifted one hand and glowed brightly, Annabelle and Wendy were confused at what she was doing but Anna wasn't she knew exactly what she was doing at the moment and if she didn't do something quick she was going to do something she would regret for the rest of her life.
Anna transformed quickly into her other form getting into a fighting stance while also trying to show Lucy that she was still concerned and was not trying to hurt her at all but was trying to help her in her time of need.
Lucy didn't give Anna that much time to prepare because she was rushing over to her with her glowing hand trying to hit her dead on but Anna having experience with Lucy's fighting for so long knew what to expect and not to but was still keeping her guard up just in case if anything goes wrong.
Lucy started to attack Anna over and over again trying to land a solid hit but Anna being a very skilled fighter like Lucy now couldn't do it but one wrong move and she would be a goner for sure so she kept dodging but still was trying to find a decent opening but also her opponent being Lucy wouldn't let anyone get through her defenses so easily so she just had to at the moment dodge while also trying to talk to her.
"Lucy I know your upset and I know your angry but you have to stop if you don't I'm going to lose you and I don't want that I love you too much to let you go" Anna said while trying to calm her down and also try not to get killed by Lucy in the process.
Lucy was still going on continuous rampage against Anna not even focusing on where she was hitting but mostly on destroying anything in her path if she could but stopped, Anna noticed this and saw that Lucy like this was losing her magic energy and stamina quickly with each passing minute but kept going because of her fully heated blood rage that's been dormant for so long has finally been released.
Anna was thinking hardly while concentrating on what was at stake she was dodging Lucy's attacks but Lucy changed her pattern of hits and got Anna right in the stomach at full force making her go flying into almost two to three trees and finally crashing into the fourth one leaving a huge body dent in the tree, she slumped down from her exhaustion but then an idea came to her and she knew what she had to do to get Lucy back but it would be probably the most hardest things she has done since her mother died and when Unolena left her and was gone probably forever.
Anna got up slowly wiping the blood off her mouth and smiling to herself at what she was going to do to get her best friend and mother back for good this time.
"Lucy you have to listen to me if your still in their I need you to come back to us we need you after everything we've been through the guild just needs you I need you were always there for me I couldn't ask for a better mother and friend" Anna paused at Lucy's face and smiled truly happy, Lucy was taken back for a second but went back to acting crazy again "I wish I could take away your pain, your sadness, your heartache and most of all the times your heart gets broken you don't know how hard it was seeing you cry again, not since Unolena left us both" Anna said but looked down at the ground for last thing she said.
"I don't want you to close up your heart again please let me in so I can comfort you with all the love and care in my heart just don't shut me out again I need you and you need me, even after she left she told us that we needed to stick together and be with each other right? So that means that you have to trust me just as much as I trust you… were partners, were family so please trust in me Lucy let me help you with that burden on your shoulders and let me in" Anna said moving away from Lucy taking a couple feet away but still having the tension still lurking through the air and making the current Lucy cringe a little and hold her head and start closing her eyes trying to fight the pain but was losing badly from the battle she was having within herself.
Lucy looked at Anna with those beautiful chocolate brown eyes "A-Anna?" Lucy asked with a tired and raspy voice.
"Lucy great job go and fight the darkness ok you can do it" Anna said while trying to encourage her to keep going.
Lucy was trembling extremely but then suddenly just stopped surprising Anna, Annabelle, and Wendy but all of them noticed that Lucy was acting differently again but this time she looked like she was calm.
Lucy looked up from her hands but in flash she kicked Anna in her stomach making her cough blood and hit into a bunch of other trees breaking them completely.
Wendy was shocked to see Lucy do this but noticed that there was something wrong with her and was starting to get really terrified just like Annabelle who was right next to her she was trembling in fear at what was going to happen next to her and the rest of them.
Anna slowly got up but was taking a barrage of punches from Lucy and being kicked again into a tree, she was bloodied and beaten to the point where she looked like she couldn't even move she laid there on the soft but hard ground she tried not to move but Lucy walked over and grabbed her by the neck and lifted her up from the ground so her body could go limp in her hands.
Anna was trying to look at Lucy but her hold was taking almost everything in her not to past out right then and there but she peeked through her almost closed eye lids and gasped in shock at the look that her bestfriend was giving her it made her heart break at the look she was showing to her right now in front of her.
Lucy had tears running down her face with new ones every second, her eyes were blood shot, and she looked completely pale with bags hanging around her eyes from lack of sleep and exhaustion from the stress filled day she had. She looked so destroyed and broken it was such hard thing to see her like this, the usual shining bight person who was so bubbly and cute was looking like a ghost, lifeless, dead, devastatingly broken to the point that she looked like she would never be fixed again or go back to what she used to be.
"Lucy" Anna said in a whisper sadly and pulled her arms which were hurting her like hell but she got up to wrap them around Lucy's figure and pulled her into a hug which Lucy at first her body stiffened but then relaxed and trembling rapidly with soft sobs coming from her making Anna tighten her hold while trying to keep herself calm and hold her tears in making her the strong one just this once for Lucy's sake.
Lucy cried frantically into Anna's embrace returning it with her owns crumbling in Anna's arms but Anna kept her expression calm but loving to show Lucy that Lucy wasn't alone anymore or will ever be alone again.
Lucy cried harder but tried to speak to her "I'm so sorry Anna I didn't mean to do that to you I was so angry I didn't know what I was doing I feel so horrible hurting you" hugging her tighter burying her face in Anna's to cover her face from her in shame at what she did to her bestfriend and 'daughter'.
Anna shook her head with her eyes closed "No I forgive you I knew you were hurting I just wish I could gotten here sooner so I could've comforted you and make you feel like you weren't alone, I should be the one saying sorry for all of this" Anna said in Lucy's hair both crying together, crying out the pain that they never showed to no one else but only to each other.
Lucy picked up her head to look at Anna's and her eyes turned back into her chocolate brown eyes they had a slight glow of happiness and hope but disappeared to show sadness and hurt again making her eyes tear up again. She looked at Anna with such sadness it was heartbreaking "Anna what did I do to deserve this, why does the god hate me so much I just don't understand how could he take all the people I loved away from me and leaving me alone again" Lucy paused with new fresh tears flowing down her face she was smiling but it was a fake and sad smile that hid all of what you were truly feeling but it suddenly went away and took place with a sad frown with her lips quivering and trembling her head fell down and she brokedown in an instant.
"I've lost everyone I have ever loved in my life Mama, Papa, Ms. Sepetto and all of the other maids and workers, I lost Unolena, and now I've lost the one who stole my heart and who I fell in love with the first time I met him gone too all the people I care about just gone and the worst part I'll probably never will again I'm just going to be all alone again, I hate being alone, I hate not having anyone with me or be by my side" Lucy clutching her head with her eyes closed and crying over and over again "Why does life hate me so much, why does god hate me, why does everyone hate me what did I do to deserve all this I hate being alone again I just don't want to be alone again don't let me be alone, DON'T LET ME SLIP AND FALL INTO THE DARKNESS AGAIN, DON'T LET ME BE ALONE AGAIN I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" Lucy said crying and screaming her eyes out shouting all of her pain, sorrow, grief, heartache, and the deepest parts of soul to Anna and the skies up above with all of the stars shining down on them.
Anna gritted her teeth in frustration and pulled Lucy up to her and looked directly into her eyes that in Lucy's opinion showed raging storm that was going through her eyes which made Lucy flinch back at the sudden intense star her friend was giving.
Anna got right into Lucy's face almost an inch in front of her noise "I don't want you to every talk like that again you got me Lucy" Anna said with slight rage in her voice making Lucy look at her with surprisingly wide eyes and her mouth partially open but Anna continued with her speech "I've known long enough to know that you are the most nicest, kindest, most strongest person I have ever met I wouldn't want you to change or be anybody else but yourself, your my mom I love you with all of my heart I couldn't ask for a better mom and friend you are my everything" Anna leaned in close and placed her forehead on hers smiling at the simple but sincere act showing the close bond they had for each other, Lucy was shocked at first but then smiled softly while her tears were slowly falling down her face she mirrored what Anna was doing but hugging her lovingly and close making her feel like she's never alone and she'll never be alone ever again as long as Anna and her friends would be by her side.
Wendy, Annabelle, Levy, Juvia, and Carla all walked over to the two and hugged along with them crying while giving off hugs filled with all their love for Lucy, they stayed there which seemed like hours but was only thirty minutes they all got up whipping their tears away from their faces and smiling at each other but before everything was looking up Lucy and Anna started to faint while falling to the ground.
"Lucy Anna!" Levy shouted with panic, Wendy ran over to them and started to search for a pulse between the two but soon relaxed at both of them having pulses.
"There fine but they must be completely exhausted from all the fighting and magic power that they used it's amazing how they were standing for so long Lucy's stamina and powers have grown so much it's totally amazing and completely incredible" Wendy said she was proud at how strong Lucy has gotten but was wondering what magic was Lucy using it was familiar but she couldn't tell what it was, she shrugged it off for now she'll ask her when she wakes up and feels comfortable talking about it but for now they needed to get them home.
"Ok guys who is going to pick up Lucy and take her home" asked Levy.
Everyone looked at each other then looked directly at Wendy and Wendy noticed these stares and sighed "You all totally owe me for this one later on" Wendy said with annoyance.
They all smiled Levy started to walk with Juvia back home walking in the darkest parts of the night while Annabelle stayed to help Wendy, but then a glowing light appeared and showed and bright ginger-haired man with glasses and cat ears and a killer suit on, he bowed his head at his master but was shocked and angry at what happened to his master when he didn't know it.
"What happened here why is Lucy looking like this" Loke asked with concern and slight panic in his voice.
Anna and Wendy shook their heads at the ginger-haired celestial spirit both of them picked up Lucy and handed them to her he carried her bridal style with a look of confusion on his face but was shook out of it when Lucy unconsciously moved closer to Loke's body and nuzzled her face in the side of his chest.
"Loke, I missed you so much" Lucy said while clinging on to his tux and trying to shift herself into a more comforting position in his arms, Loke saw her struggle he put her down and got on one knee let her body partially go on his back and carried her on his back which she started to feel more comfortable with and sniffed his scent.
Lucy smiled softly to herself about how sweet Loke's scent smelled like "You smell so nice Loke, like citrus fruits and citrus blossoms".
Loke smiled, the three walked slowly out of the forest and in about a good thirty minutes or so they were back in Magnolia near Lucy's house, Loke kicked the door making it open but luckily it didn't break it or wake up the landlady.
Loke carefully placed Lucy down on her bed and he placed the blanket and comforter on her to so she won't be cold at night, Lucy turned and sniffed the bed and caught the scent of the man she loved so much but the one who broke her heart which made her face cringe and making her twist and turn in her bed she stopped but started to sob quietly in the covers making Loke, Anna, Annabelle and Wendy look at her with sad and worried expressions on their faces.
Lucy continued sobbing to herself but said one word that broke all of their hearts at once at the scene in front of them "N-Natsu" Lucy said with a soft but trembling voice while a few tears ran down her face.
Loke was extremely pissed and worried for his master he turned away so he won't see her like this anymore but then a thought went through his mind the one that caused this, the one who made her cry, the one who broke her heart to a million pieces, and the man who Loke was going to go over and kill for putting his master through all of this and making her like this.
Natsu Dragneel.
Loke was walking over quickly to the door knowing what he had to do but was stopped by and hand on his shoulder; it was Annabelle still in her transformation form but looking weaker than she did before, Loke slightly turned around with a look that could bring down any man just by looking at him it was so monstrous and completely deadly if Anna didn't know Loke that well she would be shivering at the moment but the only thing she did was look into his eyes to give him a message that only Lucy, him, Anna, and her spirits could understand but nobody else.
She shook her head and Loke understood and closed his eyes and took a couple of breaths to calm himself down before he did something that he would soon regret later in time.
He looked at her with sadness filling his eyes he looked at everyone else in the room and noticed their same expressions for their blond friend, Loke was the first one to break the ice and tension in the room "What are we going to do, how are we going to get her back to her normal self again?".
"Well only time can tell for now but the only thing we can do is be by her side and help through this bump in the road" Annabelle sighs.
"After everything that's happened I won't let Lucy go through something like this again, after the Tenrou Island incident and the GMG situation she's gone through enough already seeing her die that day was heartbreaking even though it wasn't her present self it hurt seeing her like that and the worst part was I couldn't do anything to help or heal her I felt so useless to her" Wendy said while tears were staring to form but Loke put a hand on her shoulder to reassure her it wasn't her fault at all what happened to future Lucy.
"How long do we give her to recover from all this?" Annabelle asked while still looking at Lucy.
"Let's give her about a week or two, she's not just emotionally unstable or even depressed she also has used up too much of her magic power so we'll let her rest up and get her back on her feet" Wendy said.
"OMG I totally forgot, Lucy' rent will have to be paid by that amount of time what do we do?" Annabelle shouted with wide eyes looking at everyone frantically.
Loke sighed "I'll do it; I'll go on missions for Lucy so she can be able to pay their rent besides I still have my guild mark so it shouldn't be a problem at all" Loke smiled.
Everyone nodded "Ok if that's what we're going to do then we'll do it" Annabelle said with determination.
Loke gave one final look to Lucy before walking over to her and giving a sweet kiss to her forehead "I hope your better the next time I see you ok, I love you Lucy" Loke said before disappearing into a glimmer of light.
Wendy, Annabelle and Anna all got ready to go to sleep but Virgo opened her gate and gave Wendy and Annabelle sleeping bags for the next couple of weeks and Anna snuggled with her mother going back to her original exceed form sleeping with her peaceful before the next day and others through the week to come seeing if their blond friend will be back to normal again or will she be stuck in this depressed pit forever.
Hey guys I'm back and I'm so sorry mina please forgive, I'll give you guys virtual cookies (passing free cookies to all for apology) Now that's been done I hope you liked this story it took me forever to finish I was super busy this week definitely with work and now Summer School which is a total bitch but this week is my final week so I'm super about it Yay!
But besides that I wanted to say I'm so happy to hear all of your reviews you guys are totally awesome for that I love all of you and you are the reason that I'm making this story.
Next chapter I'm going to make a very special chapter for all of you who have been waiting long enough for which I'm also excited about it but it will be told in the title for you.
Next Chapter Fiery Determination: Lucy vs. Natsu it's going to be awesome showing Lucy's new powers with her dragonslayer magic and celestial spirit magic you'll be very surprised I hope you like it.
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