Hello guys! Thanks so much for everything. Its been about 2 freakin weeks. 2 WHOLE WEEKS! *cries in hand* Im really sorry I've been busy. Anyways I just hit 10 subs on my YouTube +ddrock43110. Love it if you could check it out. I do tons of Fairy Tail AMVs and clips of them are shown on my Instagram ddrockdoesfanpic. Thanks! Anyways what happens to Lucy and Natsu. What were the voices in Lucy's dream? Find out on the next What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!
(P.S: Now contains spoilers to the manga but I don't want to spoil so if you do not know the relationship between Natsu and Zeref please stop reading here. I love you all but this now contains spoilers.)
Previously on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!
"Why did you go back to the people who betrayed you?" The voice questioned.
"Who is this?" Lucy repeated
"You may never succeed until you concur your mistakes in the past," The voice warned
"You still haven't answered me," The voice stated again.
"I don't know!" Lucy answered plainly.
"I know you have an answer," the voice reassured.
"Fairy Tail is my only family! AND THAT'S WHY I RETURNED!" Lucy exclaimed.
"So you do have an answer. In that case," then the owner to the voice walked out of the darkness but before Lucy could see who the mysterious person was a bright light shown from the darkness.
"Run child run!" The voice yelled, "In the next 30 seconds you will wake up from this nightmare. From there you will be presented with a dream of your happiest memories and thoughts to help you escape this hell. But remember this. Those who are closest to you will never turn on you. As long as you follow the light, you will always live in the family of Fairy Tail!"
Before Lucy could react she woken up from the nightmare. She didn't have a moment longer before she was thrown into a better dream which showed the best of Lucy.
"Hello being of the light," The dark voice said, "Mavis,"
Chapter 17: Freed (not the character)
Lucy woke up to the sound of her lacrima alarm. She stretched backwards toward the celling and pulled the covers off her. Her right arm felt significantly better. A thought passed through her mind about Natsu inviting her to the tree in the middle of Magnolia and smiled at the thought. She turned in her bed so her feet felt the floor as she walked to the bathroom door. If only she knew what waited for her at her window as the fire dragon crept through the window with a blue flying fur ball not far behind. The blonde came out of the shower with nothing but a towel covering herself as she walked to her dresser not seeing the dragon slayer sitting on her bed staring her down. When she turned back around she shrieked and the birds from out the window flew far away. Natsu swore that he heard a window crack as he covered his ears from Lucy's shriek. Lucy's towel slipped a bit but Lucy quickly pulled it up before Natsu saw anything an pointed at the door.
"GET OUT!" She yelled with Natsu covering his ears getting ready to do her infamous Lucy kick.
"Oi! Sorry Lucy I'll leave." Natsu solemnly stated as he and Happy sulked out the door. When the door completely shut Lucy sighed before saying something else.
"Anyways I'm happy you came," Lucy muttered under her breath as she put on her clothes. Natsu's dragon senses caught her last remark as a blush crept on his face. Happy didn't hear the remark though so he continued to nibble on his breakfast fish.
Lucy finally came out with her usual blue, white and gold crop top and mini skirt. She looked the dragon slayer in the eyes before continuing towards her kitchen.
"Hey Luce do you have anything to eat I'm starving!" Natsu complained. Lucy giggled.
"Okay okay," she gave in as she put four pieces of bread in the toaster and turned on her stove to cook the eggs. She then opened her cabinet and grabbed a box of matches. She lit one and threw it at the dragon slayer as if it were a dog treat. Natsu caught it in his more with ease and ate the fire with a smile on his face. You could say that doing that was kinda a game between the two. Lucy throwing the lit match and the fire dragon catching it. Natsu smiled at the girl as she walked back into the kitchen where she flipped the eggs.
"Hey Natsu?" Lucy called. Natsu stopped fiddling with Lucy's books and set all of his attention to the blonde mage talking in the kitchen.
"Why did you all of a sudden invite me to the tree in the middle of town?" Lucy questioned, "I mean are we doing a job or,"
"No not exactly," Natsu stated, "Well I wanted to teach you Dragon Slaying magic,"
"Natsu I wasn't raised by a dragon like you were," Lucy called back from the kitchen.
"Yeah but there must be something I could do to make it up to you since I'm the,"
"Natsu," Lucy interrupted as she walked out of the kitchen with the matchbox, "You know I wouldn't hold a grudge. You know that I don't hold grudges,"
"But Luce? I-"
"Natsu that's enough," Lucy stated with a stern look on her face. Natsu's eyes met hers as then were lost in each other eyes, calm yet guilty filled brown ones meeting his black worried ones. She lit another match and threw it at the dragon slayer.
"I could always ask Gaito about it, he would surely know something about it," Lucy stated with a smile on her face, "Maybe I will be even stronger than you!" Lucy joked.
"I still need a rematch!" Natsu declared. Lucy smiled at the statement and walked back from the kitchen with bacon, eggs, and toast.
And Then…
"She was the wrong one," the mutated dragon slayer declared.
"Well then we are down to our last choice. Approaching her would be quiet risky but I have no choice." The voice stated.
"So what is your plan Lord?"
"Well I was working on it when an old friend interrupted it. But don't worry. I think I can handle her," The voice said, "Besides what's the harm of meeting my brother once again. There's no harm in it. At least for me."
"Your spell will wear off the next time you see him," the beast stated.
"Yes and I am well aware of that," the unknown voice stated,
"Well what are you going to do? The girl and your brother are on the same team and a perfectly capable of teaming up on you. They could ev-"
"Yes I know. After most of my demons failed me I began to forget the important control over all of them that I have,"
"But didn't you want them to kill you?" the beast asked.
"Well the only way to kill me is to find me; that's the important control I have over them. They always come back to me. Like a lost cat; stranded only to find its way back. But how unlucky is the cat E.N.D. that he would be returning first? How very unlucky.
…And Then!
"The first this Igneel taught me was how to adapt to fire," Natsu stated, "He told me to always be careful of your surroundings because not only is fire the element of pride and ambition but is also best friends with the element of destruction… or something like that."
"Wow your dad was a really good teacher!" Lucy stated.
"Sometimes he said some really smart things while other times he said some really dumb things," Natsu stated, "he had his moments."
Lucy giggled "You are just like your dad too! When you stick up for me and Fairy Tail you act wise."
"Act wise?" Natsu repeated, "What makes you think that I'm not wise?"
"Well Natsu you sometimes act like you don't have a mind either," Lucy joked.
"HEY!" Natsu whined as Lucy held her belly from giggling too hard.
"Sorry, sorry," Lucy stated.
"As I was saying first you will walk in fire." Natsu stated.
"So that's what the grass and the matches are for?" Lucy questioned.
"Yep and a snack," Natsu stated with his famous grin. Lucy took her keys off of her belt and opened the earth dragon gate.
"OPEN GATE OF THE CELESTIAL EARTH DRAGON, GAITO!" Lucy yelled as a bright yellow light shown and the smaller version of the Celestial Earth Dragon appeared.
"How may I be at your service?" The Earth Dragon asked.
"To master Celestial Fire Dragon Slayer Magic, should I learn from Natsu how to withstand fire?"
"Natsu," Gaito repeated turning to face Natsu. The mini dragon was a bit taller than Natsu but not much taller, "I hope you have learned from Igneel and you will teach her how to properly use Celestial Fire Dragon Slayer Magic. If you DARE get Ms. Lucy hurt you would have to deal with all of the Celestial spirits."
"Yes sir," Natsu repeated nervously as he turned back towards Lucy, "You ready?"
"Wa-" but before she could finish Natsu lit the grass circle around them on fire and sat down.
"For a minute sit here and absorb the feeling." Natsu stated, "What do you feel?"
"Well obviously I feel hot but I also feel warm on the inside, like comfort." Lucy stated.
"And what do you feel now?" Natsu questioned as he grabbed something from behind him.
"A tickly feeling," Lucy stated as she started to move around in her seat on her grass. Natsu put the feather he used down and tickled her from head to toe. Lucy instantly opened her eyes and began to crack up not being able to hold it anymore.
"NATSU STOP!" Lucy giggled as she began to laugh from Natsu's tickles, "-Ha-Happy help me!"
"Happy isn't here anymore!" Natsu stated, "NO one can save you now!" Natsu stated as he continued to tickle the poor Celestial Dragon Slayer. Natsu then stopped and saw the position they were in. Natsu on top of Lucy. Was that the perfect time to confess?
Natsu quickly sat up ebruptly and looked at the celestial mage still laying on the floor. Her face was still a bright pink as she also at up on with her legs folded under her behind.
"Natsu that's not nice!" Lucy stated, "You can't ju-"
"Lucy," Natsu stated cutting her off with a small blush on his face, "There's something I need to tell you,"
Lucy froze as her eyes met with the fire Dragon Slayer's eyes. She then smiled with a small blush on her face.
"Go ahead" She stated, "What were you going to say?"
Natsu felt nervous for once. For all of those times he had felt over confident and strong now wasn't the time for him to be greeted by this emotion.
"I well… I have something r- really important to tell yoou!" He stated. "I-"
"Well look what we have here," A voice stated. Lucy and Natsu turned to see the worst thing they could have imagined at the moment." Most knew him as a terrifying legend. Other thought of him as an monster. Natsu thought of him as a crybaby.
"I'm killing two birds with one stone," Zeref stated, "But now that I think of it I only need one of you now." Zeref stated as he snapped his fingers.
Natsu disappeared.
Zeref disappeared.
Lucy wept.
HI Yo! Sorry for the late update again. I was reading the bible and I thought of the shortest verse in the bible, 'Jesus wept' Then I'm all like, "PASTOR IM QUOTING THE BIBLE IN MY FANFICTION!" Lol Jk Jk. Anyways Ill see you next time! Love those awesome reviews!