Hey guys, I am back with chapter 37 of my wonderful story. Please R&R and I shall see you at the bottom of the page.
POV: Lucy, Lucy
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
Why does this have to be another damsel in distress situation? I ask myself with dismay as I inch away from the oncoming shadows that have quickly surrounded me on the roof of the building that's under us.
My dress is practically in shreds, I have bruises and cuts all over my arms, it's windy as hell, and I swear that I couldn't have been more afraid for my life than I was at that moment. Looking under me at the hundred foot fall below I'm actually considering falling rather than continue to allow these creeps to harass me like they have been doing since they caught me not too long ago...
I rush out of the ballroom unable to breathe. I look around the empty street not knowing what to do or where to go. I want to go home, to curl up in my bed and sleep away the fear or just possibly never leave my room ever again, but then the thought of my room scares me even more. I just want someone to hold me and tell me that everything is going to be better and actually mean it. I want to go back home to Crocus and I want my father to be the one to comfort me. I've had enough, of what, I don't know but I do know that I've had enough and every minute spent in this terrifying town only has me wishing that time would go faster so that my dad can take me away. I'm tired of living in unknown fear.
Taking a wild chance, I run down the street towards the large church that sits smack dab in the middle of Magnolia. The large ornate building is the largest in the entire town, followed quickly by Fairy Tail Academy, and I had only been inside it once. It had been around the last time I had set foot inside Magnolia, just some time before my mom had died. The large ornate structure had seemed just like a castle to me when I walked up to it hand in hand with my mother. Father had been talking to Grandine who was always holding Jellal's hand seemngto fear that if she were to let him go he'd disappear again. It had already been a year at the time since we got Jellal back and it was still very rare to hear him talk or even smile.
At the time Christmas was only a week away and I remember being so excited as I watched the snow fall softly onto the ground. Christmas had always been such a wonderful holiday for me when I was a kid up until my mother died on that very same day. Looking back at all of that now I don't think I've celebrated Christmas once since that day and the large bright church that had once looked like a castle to me now looked like a prison, a prison that I was now searching refuge in.
When I reach the open gate of the church I can hear my heels clacking loudly over the cobblestone pathway and my streaming tears make it hard to see where I am going. I continuously trip on my dress and the uneven ground and in truth all I want is to just fall and sob my eyes out, but I know that I can't do that until I find a safe place to hide in. I know that someone is coming for me and whether it is a friend or foe I just want to hide in a dark corner somewhere until my dad finally comes for me to take me back to Crocus. If Loke were in Magnolia I would have called him to get me by now, but he's so far away and the next options would be Laxus or my grandfather, but the thought doesn't sit well with me. Truthfully, I feel as if I can't trust in anyone anymore.
"Now Where do you think you're going?" a cold haunting voice asks behind me so close to my ear that I almost jump out of my skin.
Before I can scream a hand clamps down on my mouth while another arm wraps around my arms holding me down like a vice as I begin to struggle against the strong hold. Wind then picks up around us and when I look down I see the ground about twenty feet under us and I almost bite my tongue trying to scream. I watch my shoe leave my foot and sail down before hitting the ground with a soft thud before we enter through one of the church's large open windows and once we're inside a dark room the man holding me drops me and I crumple to the floor in a heavy heap. I sit up almost instantly while looking back at the creep who dropped me and through the limited moonlight pouring into the room I can see that he's tall and wearing a black and yellow coat with the stripped hood covering his head. That's all I can see since his face is concealed in shadow with only his eyes visible in the limited light. He looks like an avenging Egyptian Pharoh and if I wasn't frozen in fear I would certain try to run away.
"Miss Heartfelia, how nice of you to join us," A dark chilling voice says from the darkness behind me and I turn to search the shadows that seem to be moving like a liquidy mist.
"W-What do you want with me," I ask, my voice quivering in utter fear as I search the darkness before me.
A shadow moves a few feet in front of me and I take a step back when the moving shadow walks into the moonlight in front of me. The bright moonlight casts an eerie glow to the man's pale skin and the shadows around him seem to be hugging him with terrifying grasping hands. From under the man's long torn up cloak I can see his dark eyes looking at me and the tattoos under both his eyes and on his exposed chest give him an even more ominous look. With the scythe in his hand he looks like a Grim Reaper that's no doubt here to collect my soul and drag it to the underworld. The thought has me seeing double and I can feel bile rising at the back of my throat.
The man chuckles, and it's such a dark sound that it has me scooting back away from him, "Please Miss Heartfelia, there's no need for you to fear anything," he says, but of course his statement does nothing to calm my racing heart.
"Then what th-the hell do y-you want from m-me?" I cry feeling my chest tighten and my eyes begin to mist over with fresh on coming tears.
"It's not that we want something from you," a new voice says from the darkness behind the terrifying man almost causing me to get a heart attack from the familiarity of the voice, "If not, to be more precise, we want you," From among the shadows Kageyama emerges with the cheery expression that I had been so comfortable with, but looking at it now has me completely scared out of my mind and wary as to the meaning behind such a care free expression.
Kageyama is no longer wearing his costume and his face is clear from the brown make-up and fake dog nose that he had been wearing not too long ago. He's wearing a long white coat with blue trimming and his hands are stuffed into the pockets of his coat giving him a casual look. He looks as if he's taking a stroll rather than be a part of the group of people who just kidnapped me. How does this guy who looks so nice and kind end up being one of the creeps who just kidnapped me?
He walks towards me and offers his hand to me but when I don't move he leans down and takes my shaking hand and helps me up to my feet, "Let go of me," I yell while trying to push him away to no avail and all the while he continues to smile at me with fake kindness that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
"Lucy, I'm sorry to have scared you earlier," he murmurs sounding so honestly guilty as he pulls me into a tight warm hug. It's so comforting that I just want to wrap my arms around him as well and cry for hours, but I stand rigid as he continues to hold me, "It wasn't my intention to frighten you that way, I'm so sorry," he then pulls away placing both of his hands on my shoulders as I glare at him not knowing what to do.
I wanted to believe him, I did, because at the moment it sounded far better than being afraid of him. I'd rather trust him and fear everybody else than to fear everyone, but I just couldn't see him the same way anymore. The Kageyama I had met a month ago, the sweet guy that I would find in the halls and talk with, the boy who sometimes sat with me in the library, or the sweet boy who asked me to dance were all gone. All that was left was this person who I did not recognize and wanted nothing more than to get away from.
"W-what are you," I hear myself asking him and I don't know why I ask this question. It's obvious that he's a human, a guy... a liar.
"What are we?" He asks sounding surprised as he looks around the room before he smiles and meets his dangerous eyes with mine, "Why Lucy, we're just like you," he says leaning closer to me and I can feel his warm breath blow into my ear causing me to shiver uncomfortably and I don't expect him to say what he says next, "We're..."
BOOM! CLIFFHANGER! Why? Because I can. And because if I were to tell you the secret the story would end too soon and your other answers would never be answered. Don't worry my loves, the answers are within graspig distance.
So I didn't update sooner cuz life just sucks sometimes and teachers love to give out lots of work. I had been debating on whether staying up later than I usually do to update or just wait for the weekend to update, but then I thought it woudn't be fair to you guys if I were to hold off updating until later. Feel special guys, I chose you over sleep and I really love sleep. Especially when I have to wake up at five forty to be at school before seven. Yes, I have band practice at seven in the morning, my directors are crazy and don't understand a teenagers need of sleep.
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