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Hiro Mashima owns FairyTail
She woke up to find herself all in the hospital room. A nurse was tending to her beside her.
"You're finally awake Ms. Heartfilia." She smiled.
Lucy's eyes fluttered. She looked around her sunlit white room and then to her nurse. Wait.. a woman nurse?
"Who…"
"My name is Emily. I just came into to town yesterday. Thank you so much for saving our town." She bowed.
Several woman and male nurses and doctors looked into the room now.
"Yes thank you!" they all said together.
"No no problem! I am glad I was able to help" Lucy smiled. "How long was I out for? What's happened?"
"Well.. You've been out for three days now."
"THREE DAYS?!" Lucy sat up quickly. "Owwiie.." her muscles were still sore from her fight.
"Please take it slowly. You body is still healing.
"That's odd.. I didn't think I took that much damage.."
"You're correct Ms. Heartfilia." A elderly man in a white doctors uniform came in. He nodded at the nurse and she left the room.
Lucy's eyes widened as he stood at the foot of her bed.
"What.. what's going on…" Lucy was scared.
"Hello Ms. Heartfilia.. I am Dr. Brom. May I call you Lucy?"
Lucy nodded.. she was scared..
"Have you had any relatives with any health problems?" he asked.
"Yes… my mother.. how did you know?"
"We have reason to believe that you may have deteriorating magic syndrome. Your mother is Layla Heartfilia yes?"
"Yes…"
"We looked up your family medical history and found medical records for her. She had sudden chest pains, lower basal body temperature, numbness, and chronic fatigue. Do you have any of these symptoms?"
"Yes…" Lucy was pale now..
"Your mother was diagnosed with deteriorating magic syndrome also. Did you know of this?"
Lucy shook her head.. she remembered her mother being sick, always feeling tired. But no one had told her what she was sick with. It all made sense now.
Everything was white noise now. If what he said was true.. she didn't have much time to live did she..
"How long.."
"What do you mean?" another doctor asked.
"How long do I have left.."
"It's hard to say… seeing that your body's healing rate has decreased.. and your occupation as a mage to use your already depleting magic… many factors can contribute to…." He paused.
"I understand.. Thank you for all your efforts." Lucy smiled warmly at them.
The doctor came up to sit beside her bed. He put both his hands on hers.
"Please let me know if there is anything I can do… you saved me.. saved all of us… I wish there was something I could do… "
"Thank you.. that's very sweet.." Lucy smiled and looked down at her blanket. "can you keep this a secret.."
"yes.. yes of course."
She was walking about the city now… everything made sense. Her pains, her teammates from the future.. the way they interacted with her. How they first greeted her.. their eyes.. why Gray acted the way he did when she asked about the future..
"wow…. A princess." A child spoke.
"Huh…?" Lucy looked around and found herself surrounded by a group of little boys.
"I… said you really do look like a princess…" one little boy blushed.
"Awww.. you're so sweet.." she knelt down and patted his head.
"You're Lucy Heartfilia right?" another boy spoke up timidly
"Yes I am. The one and only" she winked at him and caused the boy to turn red.
"May we have your autograph!" they all spoke together.
Lucy chuckled. She gave them her autographs on their pieces of paper.. writing love Lucy Heartfilia of Fairytail..
A flash of light.. "Princess" Loke bowed.
"Loke." Lucy smiled without looking at him.
"I knew you were a princess!"
"You're a real princess aren't you!" the boys looked so excited.
"Haha. No no. I am just an ordinary girl."
"Yes she is. The only and only princess Lucy Heartfilia. And I am her knight in shining armor." Loke said standing proudly.
"Then are you both in love?!" One boy said shocked.
Loke was ecstatic with hearts in his eyes at Lucy.. she on the other hand was sweatdropping and twitching…
"I want to be your knight!" Another yelled raising his hand.
"Me too!"
Lucy couldn't help but giggle at their cuteness. She took each one of them and kissed them on their foreheads. Making the kids blush. Loke tried to sneak his forehead in for a kiss too but she just pushed him away.. leaving the lion to sulk as the little boys got kisses but he couldn't..
"You boys will be wonderful knights. But I'm afraid I can't keep you. You must be knights in shining armor to your future wives."
"Plus… she has her own knights that can take care of her." A man said from behind.
Lucy stood up and turned around. She saw her team. Natsu.. Gray… Gajeel.. Laxus... she smiled.. there they were... her friends.. her knights..
The little boys were wide-eyed.. obviously in awe at how these men looked so powerful.. and so COOL.
"You scared us Luce.. you weren't waiting for us at the hospital.."
"Sorry Na-" she looked around at the kids.."I wanted to explore this town a bit." Lucy said smiling.
"Well next time don't run off by yourself.. you nearly gave us all heart attacks." Gray said frowning.
"Sorry…." Lucy laughed nervously.
"You better be blondie.." Laxus crossed his arms.
"You ready to go now?" Gajeel asked behind his face mask.
Lucy smiled.. "Yea." She walked towards her team with Loke. She looked back at the boys.. and the other civilians that were watching her.. they were all smiling and waving goodbye..
The smallest of the boys ran up after her and stood in front of her..
"Thank you for saving us!" the kid bowed.. "I'll never forget you…"
he stood back up straight. "You have to come visit us again!" he had tears streaming down his face..
The other kids were trying to quickly rub away their tears without getting caught for having started crying..
"Of course! Be good strong boys and study hard!" She waved as she walked away with her team.
"THANK YOU!" was heard all around as they walked out of the town.
The warm campfire burned on. Lucy had cooked the boys a good meal and they had devoured every ounce of it. Laxus, Gray and Gajeel had gone to bed.. and Natsu was sitting with Lucy on a log.. enjoying the night sky.
The stars were twinkling above.. shooting stars were seen here and there..
"It's nice here isn't it Luce."
"Mm… it is nice."
Lucy was leaning on Natsu's shoulder and he was resting his head on hers.
"Natsu…"
"hm…?"
"It's cold…" Lucy said softly.
"silly.. you're always cold. You never put enough clothes on." He put his arm around her to warm her.
"Mmm.. much better."
She looked at his hand.. his left ring finger..
"Natsu…"
"hm..?"
"you were married..?"
Natsu flinched.. only the crackling of the campfire.. the sound of crickets were heard..
"What happened?"
"Luce…"
…
…
"I was engaged.."
…
Lucy sat up straight and looked into his eyes.. his eyes were sad and deep.. where did her Natsu go.. the always bright eyes..
"Was?..."
"Luce.. please…."
"Ok.. I wont ask about her.. Do you have anyone right now?"
Natsu smiled.. "No… no I don't.." he looked at the fire.
She shifted to look at the fire too.. he put his arm around her again.
"I'm glad you're here with me Natsu…I'm glad all of you are here.. " tears were streaming down her face…
"Luce.." Natsu smelt her tears.. he looked at her with concern… "Is something wrong? Did I do something wrong? It was Gray wasn't it? or Gajeel? Laxus? I'll beat them up" Natsu growled..
"I'm just…. So happy.." she cried laughing.. in her time of need… he was always there.. she had just found out she was dying.. much sooner to her liking and there Natsu was.. right beside her.. even if it wasn't per se HER natsu.
"You're so weird…" Natsu looked at her confused…
He lifted his hand and wiped away her tears from her face using his thumb.
"Don't cry Luce… you are more beautiful when you're smiling." Lucy's eyes widened.. and she cried even more..
"That's the sweetest thing you've said to me…" she hugged him.
"Weirdo… it's not the sweetest.. I've said plenty of sweet things to you.."
"Hahaha…sure you did.." she cried and laughed into his neck.
"Hey!"
"hahahaha"
After a while… she fell asleep in Natsu's arms. He gently lifted her up and entered their tent. Placing her in his sleeping bag, he gently slid in next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and brushed her hair away from her face…
"Luce…" Natsu cried softly… "I wish I could save you… I wish with all my heart…."
Gajeel..
Laxus…
Gray…
Tears streamed down their faces…
Laxus and Mira had just finished storming through the newest base of wolf's bane dark guild. The council had finally arrived and were overseeing the arrests of the the dark guild members. Lahar approached the two FairyTail mages.
Lahar gave a slight bow.
"Laxus Dreyar.. Mira Straus.. I am here on behalf of the Magic Council to thank you personally for defeating Wolf's Bane."
"Lahar-san. It's good to see you again" Mira smiled.
Laxus just gave a nod.
"I must say.. I am very impressed with Fairytail's recent escapades in successfully completing S-class missions without any significant property damage."
Mira looked confused. Laxus just stared at him.
"You fellow guildmate Erza Scarlett was reported to have defeated an army of trolls in the northern region of Fiore. And Lucy Heartfilia was reported to have just completed the Mount Goyang mission"
Laxus raises his eyebrows… "Mount Goyang mission?"
"Ah yes. I remember that one. It was a mission that was originally classified as a class A mission… but should have been Class S considering how long it was available for" Mira put a finger up to her chin
"Yes. The council thought so too and as of this week effectively, it was reassigned as an S-class mission. And amazingly… Lucy Heartfilia was able to complete the mission without any extensive property damage.. She did flood the city but it is nothing compared to any of the other property damages your guild is known for." Lahar adjusted his glasses.
"Really? I am surprised… I doubt Natsu or Gray would have just sat back on the mission.. it is odd." Mira said.
Finally Laxus huffed with this arms crossed.
"Haha… no.. from what we were reported.. Lucy Heartfilia completed the mission with a different team. I have to admit.. I and the council prefer this new team over the destructive Team Natsu." Lahar laughed.
Both S-class mages stared wide-eyed at Lahar.
"Wait… Lucy wasn't with Team Natsu?" Laxus said raising an eyebrow.
"Yes. Is that surprising to you?
"Yes… she's always with Natsu. Or one of her team members." Mira looked worriedly at Laxus.
Laxus just frowned.
"Well… She seems more than capable of handling herself with her new partners after the reports of her fight with the criminal. She single-handedly saved the entire town's citizens that were being held under a magic spell. All previous mages were unable to subdue her but Lucy Heartfilia managed to do so. "
"Well…She is our celestial mage" Mira smiled.
Mira wondered who in the world Lucy was on a mission with.. and why wasn't she with Natsu?.. and she defeated the enemy single-handedly?...what was happening back at the guild?… the one time she leaves for a mission.. something big happens..
Laxus was frowning.. thinking hard about Lucy… he huffed and tried to brush his thoughts of her aside..
But something inside him kept nagging his mind back to her… she was with new partners… NEW… who the heck was she with right now?
Wait.. if she wasn't with natsu… then she's available right?
They aren't dating as everyone thought they were..
And she defeated the enemy by herself? On a S-class mission?
"Hm…. Things are getting much more interesting… you're getting much more interesting… Lucy Heartfilia."
"WHAT HAPPENED HERE!?" Maste Makarov stood pale and frozen at the guild entrance..
Everything was wrecked.. people passed out everywhere.. Cana passed out on top of the bar counter..
"Hello Master" Wendy came up to him.
"Wendy… what is going on here?!" he said exasperated.
"Hehe.. well Cana-san went a little overboard on serving alcohol… "
His precious guild… everything was in shambles… where was Mira, Erza, and Laxus when you needed them… his brats were going to destroy their brand new guild building to the ground!
But this was no time to be fussing about the damage…
"Wendy… where is Team Natsu?" Master Makarov asked.
"They're all on separate missions.."
"Why?" Master Makarov was shocked now.."Natsu-san went with Lisanna-san and Happy to a lead of Igneel."
"Erza-san took on a S-class mission."
"Gray-san and Juvia-san took a mission together because it requested of them specifically."
"I stayed and studied with Porlyusica-san on my healing magic."
"What about Lucy?"
"Oh.. I don't know where she went. I thought she was home but she never showed up to the guild since everyone left for their missions."
"Hm….." Master Makarov had a frown.
"Is something the matter Master?"
"No…."
"Makarov…"
"oiy.. Brom.. it's been a while.. where have you been?"
"I've been at Mount Goyang."
"You were there! Why were you there?!"
"Yes. Doing research on the herbs on this mountain.. but I got caught in the horrible curse you know... well everyone knew about it… that dang witch…she's arrested by the council.. but did you know one of your own single-handedly saved us here?"
"Oh really? I didn't know.. I am just returning from a Meeting with some guild masters…"
"It was Lucy Heartfilia."
"LUCY?! Wait… ALONE?!"
"Yea.. you're raising some pretty tough cookies there Makarov."
"I know.. all my children are strong.. but I can't help but wonder.. why is she alone…"
"well she wasn't alone.. she had some team mates with her.. but she defeated that witch who was causing all of us such trouble all by herself.."
"I am so proud of her… she's come so far…" Master Makarov chuckled to himself.
"But Makarov…"
"Hm…? What is it?"
"I think you need to pay a little more attention to Lucy."
"What.. why? Did something happen?"
"It is not for me to say…"
"Brom…"
"I promised her. All I will say is…. It is best if she takes a break.."
"a….. break?"
"a permanent break…"
"what happened Brom…"
"ask her yourself… but I told you nothing. You have to find out on your own."
"Master?"
"Follow me Wendy… we have some things to discuss." Master Makarov walked towards the stairs.
Wendy followed after Master Makarov.. nervous and curious as to what was going on.. something was bothering her though…
"Where is Lucy-san?"