Sorry I'm late, but I'm back with chapter 17! Please R&R and I shall see you at the bottom of the page.

POV: Lucy, Lucy

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

I race through the light and am blinded for a few seconds before my eyes quickly adjust to the harsh yellow light. I'm up over an open road and far off I can faintly see the outline of the ocean, which is still a ways to go from where I'm at, over the roofs of the houses below. I breathe in the salty sea air trying to clear my hazy head allowing my tired body to cool off a bit as I continue looking off into the distance watching the seagulls fly off freely.
What would it be like to fly?

Yawning, I walk up the road holding a plastic grocery bag in one hand while Laxus's arms are filled with all the other bags. He's walking next to me grumbling something under his breath about the old man not letting him take the car to go grocery shopping. I look up at the tall robust blonde noticing the dark purple bruise that has bloomed on his left cheek from last night's fight. His face is set into a deep glare that I can only consent with as we both trudge up the hill toward home in this thick humid heat.

Makarov had woken up Laxus early so that he could accompany me to the grocery store to buy what we needed for tonight's dinner. Just when Laxus was about to climb into the only car owned by the Dreyar's only to be told that Makarov was going out to a meeting up across town leaving us walking to and from the store.

"I'm going to kill him," Laxus mutters while continuing to glare at the road in front of me. Did I mention that he had gone to bed late and woken up early?

"You don't mean that, do you," I ask sweetly and he just grunts without saying a word to me.

We continue to walk when two people walk on toward us down the hill. The older of the two, a man looking to be around his forties with receding dark blue hair, sharp facial features, and a prominent mustache just under his nose. Next to him, a young boy of thirteen years old with long dark blue hair, walks holding a baseball bat. I look up at the sky noticing dark swirling clouds and hear the indistinct sound of thunder rumbling lightly, hardly the weather to go out to play baseball.

"Nice match last night Laxus," the older man comments stopping in front of us with a smile. Laxus just grunts while giving a curt nod, "Now who may this lovely lady be," he asks turning to look at me with a bright smile making me blush.

"Macao, Romeo, this is Lucy," Laxus mutters pointing to both males and then at me.

"Lucy," the older man, Macao I presume, says surprised and I can't help but feel that I know him from somewhere, but I can't put my finger on it, "You've grown so much since the last time I saw you," he says with a big smile as I continue to stare at him trying to recollect where I've seen him before. He knows my name and apparently has seen me when I was probably younger.

Snapping my fingers interrupting both Laxus's and Macao's conversation, one that I didn't know was going on since my mind wandered off, I finally realize who this man is, "I remember you," I say excitedly looking at the older bluenette and he smiles expectantly "You're dirty perv Macao," and he sweat drops while the other two males cough trying to hold in a laugh.
"Is that really what she used to call him," Romeo asks while trying desperately to hold in his giggles making Laxus snort.

"It's all she ever called him when she was eight years old," Laxus snickers receiving a glare from the older Conbolt.

"Well it was nice seeing you kids," Macao says with a smile while ruffling Romeo's hair, who laughs, "I'm taking Romeo here out for a little game of baseball down at the rec-center before the storm hits too hard," they wave and then they're off walking down the hill.

Laxus grumbles something before walking on ahead, arms still full with the groceries we bought while I stand holding my single bag watching father and son laugh and joke around as they move down the street. It makes me wonder on how life would be if mom and dad would have had a boy. Dad would have probably taken him everywhere and would have spent so much time teaching him how to play baseball and other guy stuff. He would have been happy.

Thunder rumbles overhead like a gong as drops of water begin to fall making the humid air more bearable. I continue to watch Macao and Romeo race down the hill as the cold rain begins to soak me to the very bone, but oddly enough I actually enjoy the rain. Once the pair is out of sight I look up at the dark sky continuing to wonder about my father, wherever he is in this immense world.

A flash of lightning brightens the darkness around me and the crashing thunder makes my heart leap to my throat while also making my ears ring. The flash of lightning blinds me for a second and when I can finally see again I feel a shiver run up my spine painfully, and I know it's not the cold rain that causes it.

I hear splashing feet behind me making their way toward me and somehow deep in my gut I know it's not Laxus if not something sinister. My heart rams itself against my chest and the warning bells ring deafeningly while another flash of lightning illuminates everything around me again and I brace myself as I slowly turn around to find three tall figures making their way down the street.

The trio consists of two males and a female that all look strange and ominous. The female is pretty with long wavy light brown hair that is soaked down from the pouring rain. I catch a glimpse of her dark brown eyes through her oval wire rimmed glasses when another lightning bolt flashes somewhere above us. She has a very voluptuous figure with a short green dress with a violet purple stripe running down the front of her dress with a golden heart sewn just between her breasts. It also has, from where I can see, light purple flowers and vine prints on it and the dress ends just a bit below her upper thigh. She's wearing brown fishnets and brown pumps and a dark brown coat with fur on the trim hangs heavily off her shoulders soaked completely with the still pouring rain.

To her left is fairly tall men with long light green hair that reaches his waist, which is tied at the end, and bangs cover most of the right side of his face revealing only one blue eye and the beauty mark that lies beneath his left eye. On either side of the top of his head two strands of hair, that kind of look like lightning bolts, stand defying the pouring water. He's wearing a long red knee-length double-breasted coat, which possesses a wide collar, with large lighter-colored cuffs decorated by a darker line on the back part and edges adorned by two thin golden lines. His coat holds four golden buttons and around his waist is a pair of buckled belts, attached to which, on his left hip, is a strange looking sword. His look is then completed with a pair of loose light-colored pants that are tucked into simple leather boots. He somewhat reminds me of a French nobleman from the Enlightenment period.

Now the last of the three, who is standing beside the green-haired man, is the one who disturbs me the most from the trio. He's much taller than the former man and his outfit is far more bizarre than the other two resembling one of a jester. His upper body is covered in a dark, mildly fitting leotard looking cloth that has vertical black and white stripes. The leotard extends up over his head covering it like a tight hood, making it hard to see what his hair color is, and down his arms only exposing his hands and part of his face. His eyes are obscured by a metal visor that has eight small elongated holes that probably allow him to see outside but prevent me from seeing his eyes. He is also wearing large armbands and also large shoulder pads with skulls painted on them rest on his shoulders. Around his waist is a simple dark band which holds up a massive waistguard made of cloth which comes in four long light colored pieces which is each adorned with a dark 'X' reaching just below his knees. His look is then completed with a pair of extremely baggy dark pants that have lighter colored belts crossing around his leg in an 'X' formation and the pants are tucked into light armored greaves.

I stare at the trio as they silently pass by me while the warning bells continue to blare out shouting for me to run, but I'm frozen in place. The air around me is cold, but thick with an evil tension I have never felt before.

The woman turns to look at me just when she's in front of me and smiles almost cruelly, her eyes dancing with a strange secrecy making my heart stutter and my stomach begins to twist painfully. She then turns away and they all make their way down the path growing farther and farther away from me. I feel tears burn the back of my eyes, though I don't know why, and it isn't long before I feel them fall, mixing with the rain water as I stand there shivering in both cold and fear.

My clothes and hair are plastered onto my body and the paper bag I am holding is threatening to rip apart and spill its contents on the floor. I hear my name being called out behind me and turn to find Loke standing at the entrance to Fairy Hills which is only a few meters away from where I'm standing. I blink hard, urging the tears to stop flowing, before running up the hill away from the strange frightening people.

I have never wanted my mother as badly as I had as I spent the rest of the afternoon in my room with my heart hammering furiously in my chest, my stomach twisting in painful knots, and tears of fear streaming down my face.

I'm so sorry with all my heart and soul, but inspiration is a bit hard to come by lately. My head is just buzzing with school and band giving me no time to catch up with Fairy Tail's manga and or anime, which makes me really sad. I'm trying everything I can to sit down and write as much as I can, I'm supposed to be doing homework right now and getting ready for bed, but I will not make you all wait another week for me to post something new, so I really hope you all like this chapter.

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