I'm finally back with chapter 55 of my wonderful story. Please R&R and I shall see you all at the bottom of the page.

POV: Lucy

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

I run my fingers down the long white material in my hands repeatedly while I stare up at the ceiling in my room. It's been an hour since I got back from the hospital and my head is still reeling from the conversation I had with Igneel. His words run through my mind, but even then I can't really think about a single thing.

Ever since the elevator doors closed between me and Igneel after I confessed what I was I've felt completely empty inside. My discomfort was probably noticeable because not even Laxus got after me when he finally found me after searching for me for almost an hour. I'm pretty sure he would have gotten the whole hospital locked down in order to find me if I hadn't shown up when I did.

The drive back home had been a quiet one with neither of us starting up a conversation. Laxus did ask me how my check up went and even asked what was wrong with me. I told him that the check up had been fine and that I was a bit sad that I didn't get to talk to Erza when I went to go visit her.

"She was still asleep?" he had asked while keeping his eyes on the road.

"Yeah," I had simply answered while continuing to look out of my window. He didn't press anymore questions on me and within no time at all we were home.

Not too long after we went inside the house did the phone ring with Laxus answering it on the fourth ring. He had a small conversation with the speaker on the other line before he hanged up and started dialing someone on his cell phone.

For once I didn't try to overhear his conversation and instead went up and locked myself in my room where I am now. I was too overwhelmed and empty and I didn't want to add more to my already full plate. Especially since the things already stacked on my plate were beginning to spill little by little.

Sighing, I roll over to my side while clutching the white scarf closer to me as I bury my nose into the white fabric. Spice and smoke overwhelm my senses and I can slowly feel myself relaxing a bit from the strange warmth emanating from the pristine material that fills me with a sort of comfort. I can now understand a little bit on why Natsu hardly ever takes it off. Speaking of Natsu, I should probably give it back before someone finds out that he lent it to me.

Knowing him he's probably already forgotten that he lent it to me. I wonder if anyone will even notice that he isn't even wearing it. I should probably give it back soon just so that he won't get into any more trouble than he probably already is.

"Lucy," I jump at the sound of Laxus's voice coming from the other side of my door and I instantly stuff Natsu's scarf under my pillow before standing so that I can open the door.

"Yeah," I answer once my door is opened.

"Your dad is on the phone. He wants to talk to you," he says before handing over the phone to me and then walking back down the hall towards the stairs.

Without much prompting, I raise the phone up to my ear and answer with a, "Hello?"

"Lucy," comes the familiar voice of Jude Heartfelia from the other end of the line, "Baby is that you?"

"Yeah, it's me," I say feeling a little emotional at hearing my dad's voice on the other end, "Where are you right now dad," I then ask trying to keep my voice from shaking as I close the door to my room and move to sit on my bed.

The other end stays quiet for a bit before he finally answers, "I'm at the border between Desierto and Minstrel. I'm taking the faster route by cutting through Minstrel to get home faster instead of going all the way around so there's a good chance that I might be in Magnolia before or by Christmas," he says with a sigh.

"That's good to hear," I whisper not really knowing what else to say. Just hearing his voice is enough to leave me feeling a little less lonely, an emotion I had no idea I was feeling until now.

Once again there's silence on the other end before Jude's firm voice asks, "Lucy, is there something wrong?"

I'm stunned into silence by his question. Of course nothing was alright, it never would be. I was living a nightmare and no matter where I turn I'm completely trapped and alone. There was no one for me to talk to about anything that I'm going through and every day I keep on feeling more and more empty. It's as if I were becoming an emotionless rock. Even then I had to pretend that everything is alright when in all actuality it wasn't.

How could things be alright when in the past week I've witnessed the death of one of my closest friends, seen her unconscious in the hospital, met the astral body of Natsu's father and learned that no matter how many people cared for me none of them could actually help me. To top it off Kageyama's words have also been swirling around in my head like a bad song.

Tell me what's worse Lucy, being forgotten or being left behind?

Those words had been all but forgotten until I witnessed Erza's death. Since that day they've been swirling inside my head giving me headaches and only worsening my mood. I try to drown them out as best as I can, but they only seem to get louder. Sometimes I wish I could talk to Kageyama, but I've known since the day I last saw him that I'd probably never see him again.

I was all alone.

Bracing myself to assure my dad that I'm alright, I open my mouth but instead of reassuring words I begin to cry. Tears pool out of my eyes and I clutch onto the phone as if it were my lifeline while my dad begins to panic on the other end continuously asking me what was wrong. Even though I can hear my father panicking I just can't seem to stop myself from crying. It's as if a dam had been broken within me and all the emotions I had no idea I had been bottling up were now rushing out of me in a large scale stream.

"It's going to be alright sweetie, just tell me what happened," come my father's constant words which are now slowly calming down, "Lucy, please tell me what's wrong."

"I-I-I don't kn-know," I wail feeling more tears stream down my cheeks, "I just – I just got the sudden urge t-to cry."

"Lucy, is everything alright over there?" Come Jude's much softer words and I shake my head knowing well that he can't actually see me.

"Daddy I'm scared," I sob finally voicing a bit of what I actually feel, "I want to go home."

"What happened, did someone do something to you?"

"N-No," I blubber as I try to grab a hold of myself, "No one d-did anything t-to me. I just w-want to go h-home," I say as I start calming down and my sobs become short hiccups.

"Sweetheart, if someone did something to you…"

"No one did anything to me dad," I say after I've fully recovered from my attack.

"That doesn't explain your crying," Dad argues sounding really angry, "You wouldn't be this upset and saying that you are scared if someone didn't do anything to you. Now tell me who hurt you!"

Blowing my nose with a Kleenex, I sigh heavily before coming up with an excuse at the top of my head, "It was a nightmare dad," I say, "I just had a really bad dream and it just got to me, that's all."

"Lucy, a nightmare wouldn't leave you crying like…"

"It was a dream about mom," I say cutting him off and the other end goes silent.

A few minutes of silence pass before my dad finally speaks up, "You had a nightmare about your mother?" I would have thought that his question would have sounded incredulous since it was probably not a bit deal to leave me crying so bad, but instead he sounds almost scared, "It can't be," I hear him whisper on the other end, but it's too low that I'm sure I must have heard it wrong.

"It really was nothing dad," I reassure him, "Like I said, it was just a nightmare that I had. I'm sorry for scaring you."

"I'm sorry for yelling at you honey, just please don't ever do that again," he says in a much calmer tone, "You don't have to be scared of anything. Soon we'll both be home and your nightmares will disappear. Until then try not to scare me like that," he scolds and I laugh a bit.

"Yeah, I promise I won't do it again."

"Well I have to go, my train is about to leave. I'll call you again at my next stop," he says and in the background I can hear what I presume is the whistle of a train.

"Alright," I say with my voice still a little bit shaky, "Bye daddy, and hurry home."

"Bye sweetheart, I will," and with that the line goes dead and I'm once again feeling completely empty.

Except this time the emptiness within me isn't as heavy as it had been before.

So I had the idea of having Lucy let out a bit of what she's feeling from the fact that I didn't know what to write in this chapter. What I did know was that I wanted to include Natsu's scarf because she has yet to give it back. So I was staring at my computer completely frustrated with my little cousins running around in the room. It wasn't until the youngest of the two started crying that I got the idea for this chapter, yeah I'm not a really good babysitter when my cousins are involved, and then I decided to add Jude in because parents are somehow the breaker of dams most of the time.

On another note, reasons this time on why I've been absent for this long is that I had a full house from relatives visiting from both Wisconsin and Mexico. My house is big enough to house a certain amount of people in each room including the living room, but it got so bad that a few of my cousins had to go sleep at my uncle's house. I, unfortunately, got stuck with my parents in their room while my aunt and a few other cousins slept in my room. It was chaos, but now they're all gone and I'm alone at home with just my brother and grandmother.

Anywho, I've also been planning out my big ending for this story and it is complete! All I have to do is come up with just one or two more transitioning chapters before we hit the last tiny arc before the ending. After about a year at writing this story I'm about ready to pin it up and move on to the next one. I've got ideas for two or three stories that I'm planning on putting up, one of them being the story I had talked about in one of my previous chapters in which I gave out a sneak peek to some reviewers who asked for it and two other stories I've been working on. More details will be given on later, but until then let's look forward to this upcoming ending.

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And to all of my Fantabulous Reviewers...

- iamthewerepie = Lucy had it. Remember that Natsu lent it to her and didn't really ask for it back since he was too shocked after she gave him the kiss and ran inside her house? That's why he somewhat panicked at the end of the last chapter. He forgot that he didn't have it on and that he had lent it to Lucy.

- Splendora Lopez = I loved today's chapter. I couldn't stop squealing from the GaLe moment that was added. Also that really strong wizard has me super excited to see what Hiro has in store for us.

- CelestialMageLucy = It's because Natsu is always in trouble that I had to add that part of him forgetting that he lent his scarf to Lucy. I'm also happy that you enjoyed the chapter, and yes the reaction of everyone is kind of to act now and ask questions later just like in the manga/show.

- Snavej = I didn't think it was possible until I actually did it.

- FDsecretart = It's just a scarf that he treasures and never takes off and lent it to the one person he's technically not supposed to be talking to.

- MeGustaZeref = Close on the theory of Lucy being an astral body from a young age, the people who broke kageyama out will play a bit part to the ending, he's still kind of sort of a good guy, and as for the security cam footage, further things will be explained.

- fanficlove2014 = Sorry for making you wait, but hopefully the wait was worth it and I'll try my hardest not to take too long for the next chapter. I'm also glad that you're enjoying my story and thank you for your many reviews.

- ScarletRoseAngel = Yes, sadly this story is coming to a close, but I'm happy to hear that you are enjoying each chapter that ticks down to the end.

Well that's all the shout outs for today.

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Until next time my lovelies.