What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

by ddrockdoesfanfic

Lucy Heartfilla could not stop the tears as they streamed down her face. All of them looked down at her with disgust clearly written on their faces. Even he was looking at her with this disgusted yet confused face. A tear rolled down from his left eye as only a word could escape his lips. "Why?" Main Nalu with Rowen Gale Gruvia Jerza.I apologize for the mistakes previously in Ch. 7

18. Taken

Hi yo! Thanks for the support on the new story! I've benn very busy lately so I never got the chance to update the chapter so here I am… updating the story… ANYWAYS I love all of you guys who took the time out of your day to read my story so thanks! Please check out my AMV account ddrockdoesfanpic on Instagram and +ddrock43110 on YouTube and send me a message! I love all of these Fairy Tail fans reading this story so if you want to get to know me please check them out! Anyways what happened to Natsu? How will Lucy deal with this loss? Find out on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!

Previously on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger:

"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.

Chapter 18: Taken

Lucy sat there idle, drowning herself in her own tears. Her eyes were bright red while her face was painted with sparkling crystals flowing down her face. She felt a familiar empty feeling in her stomach that she was quite familiar to from the past. That empty feeling. How many times has she felt the in the past year. The answer to that question was a lot. She felt that empty feeling way more than anyone could imagine. First being betrayed by the family that promised to always protect her. Soon after she was challenge to face and concur that feeling when she returned to Fairy Tail. She felt as if the empty feeling would never come back again. That empty feeling was supposed to never come back because she was with her family, Fairy Tail again. But why was the feeling of emptiness reface her? Oh yeah. She couldn't have forgotten. Natsu was gone.

From day 1 Natsu was there. Natsu gave her a family. Then he gave her a home. And a feeling, indescribable, that replaced her childhood sadness. That feeling was love. Natsu was the reason that she felt loved. But within a blink if an eye the love disappeared to never come back again. She felt her conscious fade but she remained stable somehow. She moved a hand to her eyes a wiped them. All of the thoughts running through her head caused her to feel many emotions. Too many emotions for the poor girl to handle. But she had to do something. She knew it. Was this her time to turn the corner. She always felt like she was a burden the guild anyways. A burden to Natsu. But this was her time. Her time to prove them wrong. Those who thought that a once spoiled girl couldn't do anything. Those who thought that a celestial wizard was worth nothing. They would regret those thoughts.

Because Ms. Lucy Heartfilia was ready to become the Hero to her own tale.

…And Then

Natsu woke up in a dark room as he felt pain throughout his body he struggled to sit up but failed plopping back to the floor.

"Really I thought that END would have more strength then that," A voice stated lifting up Natsu's chin. Natsu tried to make out what he was looking out but all he saw was a blur. Another somewhat familiar voice spoke from behind where Natsu was laying which Natsu assumed was the ground.

"He's stronger than that," The voice spoke. But Natsu instantly recognized who it was.

"Zeref," Natsu spoke scowling,

..And Then

Lucy rode the boat as she stood near the railing of the ship. No one in the guild knew what happened to Natsu. If they did they wouldn't have known how to react. That would have caused for too much distress Lucy assumed. She considered telling Happy but knoing how loud he was Lucy instantly shot the idea down knowing that it would had messed up the mission. Lucy knew where Zeref was. He was in the capital of the continent Alveraz. It was quite the risk for Lucy to do this but she knew she had to. That's how the hero, Natsu always thought.

"At least that's how Natsu always thought," Lucy thought. "What did he do when he was nervous… oh yeah!"

"I'm all fired up now."

…And then

Lucy ran through the town occasionally bumping to people but not pausing to apologize. She had to save someone anyways. The person who helped her become the person she was today. Lucy bit her lip and slowed down a bit from ri=unning but then Natsu's famous catchphase flashed in Lucy mind again and his signurature smile and she then sped up again and ran through town. She was heading straight towards the castle at the middle of town. Lucy made it to the gate but didn't hesitate to do such a Natsu like move.

"CELESTIAL WATER DRAGON ROAR!" Lucy yelled as the black front gates to the palace fell and Lucy stood there breathing heavialy. It was only normal from running that much. But knocking down doors like that was not Lucy's style. She would have never done something like that if Natsu weren't in trouble. But Natsu's habits were rubbing off on Lucy.

As the gates fell guards quickly ran towards the scene only to see the blonde Celestial Dragon Slayer standing on the fallen gates. Her blue, white and gold crop top coated in dirt along with her navy skirt as the breeze caused for her clothes to wave against her body with the wind. Her blonde hair was out causing for her to look like a furious fallen angel. Quite the sight to imagine. Either way she was ready to take care of business and no measly soldier would hold her back.

"OPEN GATE OF THE VIRGEN! VIRGO!" Lucy yelled causing for Virgo to appear. Oh but she wasn't done there.

"OPEN GATE OF THE LION! LEO!"

"OPEN GATE OF THE WATER BEARER! AQUARIUS!"

"OPEN DRAGON OF THE WATER DRAGONS! MIZU!"

The three Celestial Spirits stood in front of the huge water dragon shadowing Lucy.

"ATTACK!" Lucy yelled as the four spirits and herself charged towards the wooden front doors of Zeref's castle.

"LOKE! VIRGO! AQUARIUS! MIZU!" Lucy yelled, "HOLD THEM OFF!"

"Okay Princess," Virgo reassured as she dug into the ground. The soldiers around her didn't know what happened until one of the men disappeared. They stood in awe. Was he just vaporized. That was until three more disappeared that they noticed that the men weren't vaporized but rather trapped. In a hole. But it was too late for Virgo already in cased all of the men in her holes in the ground.

"Got it Goddess Lucy," Loke flirted as he did his signature wink. Lucy sighed of disappointment as he went to fight soldiers. Loke's hands began to glow as the men slowed their charge as they prepared for Loke's attack. But Lokes speed was too overwhelming for the poor soldiers. How unfortanete for them that Loke learned more technices over the time he was away.

"SPEED OF LIGHT!" Loke yelled as he was surrounded by light. The men didn't have a moment to think as Loke lunged towards them. You couldn't even see it but Loke bounced off of all of the soldiers knocking them backwards, with a great force. Before they knew it, Loke cleared about 30 soldiers in a blink of the eye. Loke just smiled as he pushed his glasses up as the imaginary spotlights highlighted his glory.

"Got it, Lucy," Mizu confirmed as she turned toward the soldiers.

"Oh my goodness! It's a monster!" One of the guards yelled. This set Mizu off. One of the few things that set were off is when people call her a monster. To her its like someone was calling you ugly. So of course she was pissed.

"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME!" Mizu yelled with anger overflowing her body. Water was flowing around her in rapid streams as she prepared to wash out the soldiers.

"DRAGON'S WATER RAPIDS!" Mizu yelled as huge waves overtook the poor soldiers. The soldiers were all washed up on the other side of the front courtyards where the fence stood.

"Lucy!" Aqurius yell causing for Lucy to stop from her sprint towards the main wooden doors of the castle, "Remember that everyone has a magic limit! Including you!"

Lucy just smiled back. There was those times that Aquarius could be completely sincere and lose the mean side of her. That was one of those moments and Lucy couldn't help but let herself smile.

"Got it!" She yelled back to Aquarius as she continued to run until she met the wooden doors that was the only thing standing in her way to kicking Zeref's butt.

"CELESTIAL EARTH DRAGON ROAR!" Lucy yelled causing for the front doors to fall. Aquarius could only smile at the actions. She had grown so much from when she first joined Fairy Tail.

FLASHBACK YEARS AGO

"Aquarius, come play with me!" 6 year old Lucy exclaimed as she splashed Aquarius. Aquarius only scoffed and looked away.

"Ug brat why did you summon me again?" Aquarius questioned angerly.

"Come on! Play with me!" Lucy exclaimed.

"Never!" Aquarius answered and moved further away from girl.

"Please!?" Lucy begged. Aquarius didn't answer. Before Aquarius could refuse again, Lucy hugged the spirit's fins and Aquarius became angry."

"DO NOT," Aquarius started as she collected water in her bowl, "TOUCH ME!" Before Lucy knew it she was overloaded with water.

"Aquarius!" Lucy yelled as she struggled in the water.

"Sheesh you really are pathetic." Aquarius commented as she easily picked up the girl. She sighed as she placed her on the table as she opened her eyes and smiled at the celestial spirit.

"What do you mean I have to go" A confused Lucy asked the angry Aquarius.

"I can't accept you being mistreated by your father any longer." Aquarius stated with anger obviously angry. Her blue hair overshadowing her eyes. Luc didn't see this because if she did she would have instantly realized that Aquarius never acts like that.

"But what about my fa-"

"LUCY!" Aquarius yelled with tears falling down her face. Lucy froze in her sentence as she watched her celestial spirit act different than usual. That frightened Lucy.

"YOU ARE LEAVING," she demanded, "CAN YOU REALLY CALL SOMEONE WHO ABUSES YOU A REAL FATHER?" Aquarius questioned.

Lucy was still frozen in her place. She didn't know what to say so she just stood it her place as Aquarius finished talking.

End of Flashback

After that, Aquarius saw that Lucy was happy. Instead of that empty feeling that her father always emitted towards Lucy, Lucy felt love. Love from the guild. Love from her team. Love from her partner. Aquarius watched as she ran over the wooden doors to the castle and into the main hall. All that Aquarius could do now was hope.

…And Then

Zeref watched, from his throne, from his dark magic eyes around the building as Lucy ran through the halls towards the room Natsu and him were in. Natsu was knocked out on the floor while his bodyguards stood there.

"Lord Zeref are you sure that you should let the girl through?" One of the bodyguards questioned, "Surely we could beat the little blond-"

"No," Zeref stated as Lucy raced closer to the door, "Besides what can I do with you guys anyways?" With a snap of Zeref's fingers the bodyguards were gone leaving just Natsu and Zeref in the room.

"Oh brother," Zeref stated as he looked down at his brother laying on the floor. Zeref smirked, "You aren't going to like whats going to happen to you." He stated, "Because your worst nightmare is going to come true; the one you love will die,"

"ROAR OF THE STARDUST DRAGON!" Lucy yelled. The doors hit the ground showing a lifeless Natsu on the ground, his pink hair covering his face and his bright smile nowhere to be seen. Lucy wanted to cry but she knew she couldn't she had to get revenge.

"ZEREF!" She yelled pointing at him in the face with a grim look on her face, "PREPARE TO DIE!"

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