Bonjour lecteurs,
That should be French for Good Morning Readers. Anyways I've been combining the chapters together to make them longer, hope you guys are liking it.
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Chapter Three, Titania
I leaped forward towards the men, my hands soon ripping through their flesh, blood sprays my clothing and my face as I drowning my victims in their own blood along with my hands. I hear they're cries, screams of agony and their pathetic begs for mercy with each bringing music to my ears.
The master of Jabberwocky's Head stands before me, clearly shaken as his limbs trembling before me. All that surrounds us are his defeated guild mates and possible friends. Yes, they're alive, but all in unimaginable agony. Runes and debris litter the floor and the walls. Small fires covering the wood, and blood everywhere. Painting the walls, my hands, their bodies.
I would've killed them, if it weren't for Fairy Tail's law that we would spare the lives of even our worse enemies. Since I think that's a bad idea, I decided to break every bone in these fiends bodies so that they may never move again, and they'd be damn lucky if they can ever walk again!
The master raises a dagger and charges only to be thrown through the air by my fist and slams into the front doors, fallen, defeated, and unconscious.
I heard the broken doors creak open and turn seeing the shocked frozen faces of a past life.
Those two had been called demons, when the real demon was now standing before them.
Erza and Mirajane, the demon and the Titania. You know the best monster is created by the monsters, not by choice.
You turned the sweet innocent little Lucy, into a monster of destruction and to be honest.. she prefers it.
Normal Pov..
Lucy opened her eyes to the unfamiliar ceiling of the train, but as Lucy rolled over she seemed to realize this and pushed herself up into a sitting position. Though her back was sore from the unfortunate position she fell asleep in, she managed to stand to stretch her back until hearing a satisfying pop before sitting back down on the leather sofa.
She pushed some of her blonde hair out of her eyes before yawning, only to cause the hair she pushed back to fall back over her eyes, causing an annoyed grunt from Lucy. Pulling off a hair-tie from her wrist she held back her hair before looping her hair into a common pony tail, leaving her bangs parted on the right side of her face where it drooped over that eye. Lucy then reached forward to the empty bottle on the floor and picking it up, she read the label.
"Contessa rum, huh? Well, that's enough of that. I don't exactly want to be caught by the wizard police that I'm a minor in drinking. Sucks to be seventeen with just five more years to go before I'm legally allowed to drink outside of the guild halls." Lucy said, before sighing and leaning her head back against the sofa.
She rubbed her eye with her fists before gazing out the window, her red and green eyes meeting the familiar forest outside of Magnolia, and leaving her to think about her last visit inside a forest.
Thirty minutes later the sound of the train's brakes snapped Lucy from her memories and got her up on her feet. Gazing out the window she recognized the familiar train station of Magnolia. Lucy reached up to the luggage rack above her and pulled down her new weapon, before swinging it over her shoulder and messing with the strap until she knew it was secure.
Once the train stopped moving she left her booth in time to hear the train assistants scream that they had reached Magnolia. Lucy quickly slipped out of the train and stepped unto the platform. Sighing, she looked up to see the slightest glimpse of her guild, towering over the other guilds showing they practically owned the town. Lucy looked away and adjusted her rifle's strap one last time, before heading toward her guild, knowing she should face the master first if she didn't want to be dragged out of her home by Erza and Mira when they arrived.
I pull myself up and rub my eyes, before looking at the window, seeing the familiar forest passing by as the train continues forward.
"Next train to Magnolia arrives in two hours! So get off while you can or you'll be waiting a while!" Lucy turned around to see the train assistants yelling out their last warning before heading back inside and shutting the doors with them. At the sound of the train's whistle Lucy began her walk once more, now knowing that she had two hours to settle the matter of stealing the S-class mission with Makarov before Mira and Erza arrived. Knowing if she wait, she could be expelled from Fairy Tail like Laxus, and so she kicked herself on a jog towards her guild, knowing there is no time to waste.
At the Fairy Tail guild...
Ironically for once Fairy Tail was rather quiet, though this was most likely due to after Mirajane and Erza had been sent out to find; capture, and return Lucy to the guild, Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lisanna had taken off on a job to take care of some burglars outside of Magnolia.
However the quiet was interrupted by the sound of the guild's front doors opening, and the loud foot steps of Lucy approaching. The guild could only stare at Lucy's form; blood splattered some places on her clothing and her hair, even some on her face that she didn't seem to notice, and due to the way she walked they knew instantly it wasn't her blood. They wondered if she tore someone apart to get all that blood on her, but they doubted it not believing she would do such a thing.
The blood wasn't the only thing worth staring at though, seeing the new weapon strapped behind her back they could only gape at the style of the rifle, and how it was on Lucy's back. They wondered why it was just now they were noticing the change in Lucy, but couldn't actually find an answer to their question.
Lucy walked forward until she was at the bar, where she popped down on a stool next to Cana and reached over the bar and picked up two bottles of whiskey, handing one to Cana who had put her barrel of sake aside to accept the drink. No one bothered to stop the two as they began to drink out of the bottle knowing none of the Strauss waitresses were there to charge them, so instead they turned around and returned to their business, promising to themselves they didn't see anything as so they wouldn't get in trouble by Fairy Tail's demon.
"So you took the S-class job huh? Master was looking all over for you Lucy, you know?" Cana told her before she chugged on the whiskey.
Lucy turned her gaze over to her and nodded. "Yeah, but taking the job was something I had to do, Cana." Lucy told her, soon swallowing the burning liquid down her throat.
The guild of course ended up listening to their conversation, at the mention of Lucy stealing an S-class job they just couldn't help themselves to the conversation. Taking in Lucy's appearance once again they came to a rough conclusion that the blood on Lucy was no doubt the blood from the creature of person whatever Lucy had taken on.. unless it was something bigger than that. After all, was it Lucy who had the mission that the Master had been looking for?
"Are you going to give us a reason why, Lucy?" Cana asked, knowing the guild was listening to them. Lucy smirked at the question, a smile the guild had never seen before and realized they really didn't know their young blonde mage anymore.
"Now where's the fun in that? I think I'll keep you guys guessing for the time being." Lucy told them, before standing up and leaving the now empty bottle of whiskey at the bar.
Before Cana or even the guild could question Lucy further, the sound of Makarov's door opened catching their attention. They watched as their tiny master, Makarov, jumped unto the railing and looked down on the guild, his eyes soon finding Lucy as she looked right back at him.
"To my office, Lucy, now." He told her calmly, but the guild new by his tone that Lucy was in a load of trouble and possibly even more than Team Natsu when they destroy the towns.
"Yes, Master." Lucy replied, jumping up on the bar counter before leaping off of it with an inhuman ability of height, allowing her to grab unto the railing and pull herself up. She met the master's eyes as he stood by his open door, before walking inside his office with Lucy following inside, the door shutting behind her silently.
The Fairy Tail master waved her toward one of the chairs as he leaped unto his own behind his cleared desk of paperwork. "First things first Lucy, where is Mira and Erza?" He asked her, his voice strict and gone of any mercy.
Lucy leaned forward in the chair, her right hand under her chin as she studies her guild master. "They got on the late train, they should be here in about a half an hour at most, sir." She told him, her voice firm without even a hint of emotion.
"I see.." Makarov replied, his eyes studying the look in Lucy's eyes, which he noticed the void of emotion in her red and green eyes. He then trailed his eyes over to the new weapon behind her back, and finally to the blood that splattered over her form.
"It would seem they were to late to prevent you from entering Jabberwocky's Head. Tell me Lucy, have you learned when you are outmatched?" He questioned her, already assuming he knew what had occurred with Lucy and the S-class mission.
"Sorry?" Lucy questioned, her voice hard with self-assurance that furrowed the Fairy Tail master's brows.
"That only S-class mages can take on S-class missions, you should realize by now that if Erza and Mira hadn't pulled you out of there when they did, you would no doubt be dead." Makarov told her, looking disappointingly at Lucy.
Lucy didn't reply for a good ten seconds, but when she did her voice crackled in irritation. "You've got it all wrong, sir."
Makarov sighed but also knew he was only assuming he knew what occurred with Lucy so he may as well here her side of things. "Then give me an explanation, Lucy."
Lucy sat up straighter and returned her hand to the arm of the chair. "I'll start from the beginning, sir." She continued at the guild master's nod, "After stealing the mission I took a train to the town, and when I arrived I headed to the client first. The town was half of what it used to be and blood was so thick in the air you could smell the bodies of the dead. The client apparently is the deputy of the town and had been looking after the citizens after the mayor had been killed, I assume you knew this already, correct?" Lucy asked him as she referred the Mayor's murder.
The Fairy Tail master only nodded in reply.
"Well, unfortunately for him he had lost his leg during the most recent raid attack and knew that in the next attack he could do nothing to defend the town as it would burn by the dark guild." Lucy paused to take in Makarov's expression and was internally annoyed by his lack of emotion, but continued none the less.
"After speaking with him, I headed over to the dark guild." Lucy paused longer this time, her eyes burning in defiance before continuing.
"The moment I walked in I was surrounded, magic circles lit the room in their power, all aimed directly at me. The moment they attacked I was dodging left and right, evading every attack to the best of my ability." Lucy paused to meet Makarov's eyes. "I know why you didn't want anyone going there, they are large in numbers and power, however they were only specialized in magic and I used this to my advantage." She told him, internally smiling at Makarov's surprised expression.
"Since they all attacked in unison it took them exactly five seconds to repower their magic circles before launching their next wave of spells. After the third round I knew my theory was correct and the moment the continuous attack of spells had ended for their recharge, I leapt at them. It took me about an hour to take them all out before I was approached by the guild master. He talked too much for his own good. Mirajane and Erza arrived about right after the master had fallen, and they accompanied to me back to the client who gave me his rifle in return for the mission but also for allowing him to keep the jewels for the mission, that way he could use it to rebuild the city. After that, I got on the train back here while Mira and Erza had to take the next train because they were out of room. That's all." Lucy finished, her eyes holding no sign of lie. To be precise her eyes held a sort of understanding that her guild master would doubt her feat.
Makarov looked at Lucy, and this time really looked at her. He could see the self-assurance and respect in her eyes along with the strength in her aura that pulses around her. Something only someone could sense after years of experience in sensing auras. He could measure that Lucy had grown in strength greatly these past seven months, and that in measurement she is about equal to Erza's magic power, but experience was another matter.
Yet even so, even as he wanted to doubt Lucy in her feat against the dark guild, somehow he knew she wasn't lying. That maybe his fear had overruled his judgment over his brats.
He decided he would let her off this one time, but this would be the last time. Makarov met Lucy's calculating and awaiting gaze before speaking, "I'll let you go one last time, however if you steal an S-class ranked mission again, I will have no choice but to suspend you from Fairy Tail. Understood Lucy?" He asked her, making sure she understands the seriousness in the situation.
Lucy already understood though, she needed to do this to prove that she could take care of herself. And if she had to do by force than she would, and she has. Satisfied she nodded and told him, "Understood, sir."
As Lucy was getting up to leave, Makarov asked her suddenly, "Do you mind me asking, when you left Team Natsu?"
Lucy looked over at him with a relaxed expression. "Sir, In all honesty they left me first, sir." She replied, before opening the door and walking out, the door shutting silently behind her wake.
Master Makarov stared at the closed door a little longer before turning his gaze over to the open window of his office. "It would appear we have a new S-class candidate, wouldn't you agree First Master?"
Lucy's Pov..
The meeting with master went better than I expected it too, but at least he knows I'm stronger. The guild should know this now as well. I leapt over the railing again, landing with elegance if I do say so myself. Looking around I see the guild back to their business, including Cana with her barrel of sake once again.
Sighing to myself I walk around the back, and step into the single room bathroom. I close and lock the door before heading to the sink, and as I looked into the mirror I was slightly startled by my appearance.
Dried blood dotted my face and sprinkled some parts of my clothing, I hadn't even noticed and the thought that I had been walking around Fiore like this made me feel slightly uncomfortable. Yet, remembering my feat on an S-class ranked dark guild the discomfort drifted away and was replaced by my self-esteem.
I will be respected by this guild, and they will learn to see me for my strength and accomplishments. No more will I follow in their shadow, and I will no longer let them believe I have no strength to cover my self in battle. I will prove them that everything they have ever thought of me is false, no matter what hell I'll have to face in doing so.
Switching on the cold water, I begin to splash the gentle water against my face, watching as the my blood mixes with the water turning it a light pink as it swirls down the drain.
Once all the blood was cleared from my face, neck, and hair, I turned off the water and grabbed the soft white towel from the rack and dab it against my face to dry any remaining water. I then toss the towel into the dirty bin before looking back in the mirror. There was still blood on my clothes of course, and I wouldn't be able to change until I got home. However, somehow I know that won't be happening for a while..
Boom!
And at the mention of the red-headed devil she has arrived, no doubt. I sigh knowing it's going to be another long day and open the door, to find Erza scanning the guild for me probably. Mira stood behind her, looking exhausted but otherwise happy to be back at the guild.
Knowing I would have to get this over with sooner or later I step out from the back, revealing myself to the brown eyes of the predator.
"Lucy." She says my name in disappointment once again, a frown set on her face as I approach her until I'm just two feet from her.
"Erza." I say, my voice void of emotion once again before turning my head to nod at Mira who was now studying me. "Mira."
She nodded at me before sighing as though resigning my fate to Erza as she walks to the bar to take orders from the guild again.
I look back at Erza to see her calculating eyes on me.
"Have a good ride on the train?" I asked her casually. She frowns further at me, "Lucy." She says in a scolding tone, like a mother to a child who did something wrong.
"Erza, leave it alone." I tell her, noticing then that the guild had their attention on us, of course.
"You can't just ignore the consequences of stealing an S-class mission from the guild." She told me, her frown turning into a thin line of disappointment. Seems that's all she's seen in me these days, and it has gone to the peak of my nerves.
"And I haven't, I've already spoken to Master Makarov about it." I told her, firmly, my tone of saying leave it alone. Though knowing Erza, she wouldn't do so.
"And he said?" She asked me, well, more like demanded. I sneered at her in return, "None of your business. Oh, and by the way if you're going to be telling me off on consequences you may want to think about the actions you've been taking the last year."
She lifts an eyebrow in confusion. "In what way, Lucy?" She asks me this time, how considerate of her.
I close my eyes in annoyance before opening them to glare at Erza. "Of course, you're too self-absorbed to even question your actions! You know, like I said last time you don't deserve to be called Titania!" I bark back at her, enjoying the terrified gasps form the guild.
"Silence Lucy." Erza demanded, and that just crossed the line. No one orders me around, especially not her!
It only took me two quick steps forward before I had grabbed her collar and brought us face to face. "I told you last time that if you dare get in my business again I would make you pay, and now you try to order me around too?" I push her back hard, watching her stumble a few steps back before I point at her.
"I challenge you to a duel, a battle for the title of Titania!"
Normal Pov..
Twenty minutes has passed since Lucy challenged Erza Scarlet to a duel. The master had been called to decide where they should battle, and chose a clearing in the forests of Magnolia.
Now Erza and Lucy face each other, both calmed, Erza no longer angered like she had been before. She knew fighting in anger was the wrong way to go, and so she accepted Lucy's challenge and will show her the true power of an S-Class mage. No matter how she had seen Lucy just this morning, defeated one of the most feared and unknown-hidden dark guilds. She needed to prove to Lucy that there are consequences in their actions. She just didn't know that that was the whole point in Lucy's challenge towards Erza. To prove there are consequences in their actions, even if that meant fighting her.
And of course the entire guild wanted to see this and had been placing bets on Erza. Only two had betted on Lucy. Makarov, who wanted to see the strength that had taken out one of the strongest and most feared dark guild, and Gajeel who sensed a new source of power in Lucy's aura. Something no one else bothered to notice except for Makarov.
Lucy was tense knowing Erza as a legend among mages. She could not and will not underestimate her. She couldn't afford to and she was going to show Erza the pain she felt and had hidden for months, that way, she could finally let go the last emotion, hatred.
Before, Lucy looked up to Erza, wanted to be like her. Strong and a guardian of Fairy Tail. She saw her as an older sister, comrade, and a friend. But then she tossed her aside like their friendship was nothing. She didn't even know what Erza was thinking when she had been throwing her out of the team and leaving her behind. Did she think she wouldn't care, that she would be fine to be tossed away like a broken tool? She still didn't know what the hell Erza thought, and she'd be lying if she said she didn't care because it's what has fueled her hate. Her comrades betraying her, her brothers and sisters, friends and comrades, her Nakanama.
Natsu, Erza, Gray, Levi, Gajeel, Bisca, Alzack, Romeo, Mira, Laxus, Elfman, Freed, Juvia, Happy, Bickslow, Freed, Evergreen, Wendy, Carla, Pantherlily, Warren, Wakaba, Kinana, Reedus, Nab, Max, Jet, Droy, and everyone else. She may have not known them all so well, but she still saw them as Nakanama, siblings and friends. Something she never had, something she had longed for. And then they just toss it aside like it didn't matter. Like she wouldn't CARE! She no longer feels the sadness or loneliness. The Envy or the Grief. Only Hatred! And with this fight, she can let it all go, her emotions and love for her guild. She'll be free, and she's going to show Erza the pain she felt those seven months ago.
And so here she stood, in a fighting stance with her gun securely in her palms. She had the gun's real bullets on safety so she wouldn't actually shoot her with the real bullets and possibly kill her by mistake. Now only her magic can take the form of bullets.
Lucy knew Erza's strengths, she has seen her fight, has heard her pasts, and her battle experience. But she also knows enough to know Erza's pattern in fighting. She is intelligent, but most hadn't seem to fully understand and comprehend such a strength.
She knew fighting against her would be much different from watching, but none the less, she believed she could beat Erza. She would defeat her. No matter how beat and bloodied she will always stand. She will never bow down to her! To anyone!
"You're move." Lucy said, her eyes never leaving her opponent's.
Her hands glowed and in a flash two katanas lay in her hands. No words were spoken, the only noise was the wind blowing around them, their auras circling around them. Erza's a deep scarlet red, and Lucy's half green, half red. Each layer overlapping each other, pulsing.
And then, they're auras disappeared and Erza charged Lucy, her two katanas hitting metal, Lucy used her gun as a shield before she ducked low and swung her legs in a whirl-pool style forcing Erza to jump back.
Without hesitating Lucy let twenty percent of her aura into the gun, before pulling the trigger releasing a sky blue magic bullet flying at the scarlet-haired mage. Erza easily dodged it but when it hit the ground where she once stood the floor exploded. Trees were blown over by the overwhelming magic power and dust flew.
Lucy wasted no time pointing and aiming at Erza just a little over to her right and fired. Erza leapt away again as the bullet exploded, the magic power pushing gravity at Erza causing her to lose her footing and barely dodged the incoming bullet Lucy fired at her.
The mages who watched from the side lines couldn't see from all the dust blown up, but when it cleared multiple craters were indented in the ground.
Erza ran at Lucy, reequipping into her sonic armor, and sprinting in unseen speed. But instead of dodging like everyone expected, Lucy thrust her gun at Erza, surprising her and using her swords to block the blow. The two pushed their weapons at each other, a test of strength, though none faulted.
Suddenly Lucy's red and green aura dyed black, and when Erza saw her eyes they too were black. Lucy stared back at Erza as her black aura began to swallow her inside. "Disappear." Lucy said, before the black aura expanded with her inside, then reeled backwards and disappeared, similar to a black hole.
Erza reequipped into her black winged armor and flew into the air, looking for her blonde opponent.
Erza suddenly felt like something was calling her, beyond into the dark forest. So she cautiously flew over there, leaving her guild mates confused behind her. She landed softly into a clearing in the forest, feeling the black aura wisp around and between the trees.
In one of the trees stood Lucy, perched on a branch, her gun aimed at Erza's neck. "Let's have a little fun." Lucy whispered, her green eye turning black turning her green aura black. She slowly allowed the red aura to slip in her gun, the black aura swarming to the ground, surrounding the clearing, creating a barrier that allows Erza no escape.
A chill ran down Erza's spine. "What magic is this Lucy? What has happened to you?" She asked, her eyes searching for her team-mate.
A dark chuckle echoed in every direction around Erza, preventing her from finding the owner.
"I remember once you said if you find people's suffering something to laugh at, then you've still got a long way to the top. Do you remember that Titania?"
Erza did remember, but she hadn't a clue why Lucy was bringing that up.
"I used to look up to you, you were not just a comrade or a friend, but like my older sister." Lucy's voice felt corrupted, like a dark voice was amplifying her own.
"But then you ignored me, left me behind, forgot me. Hey Erza? Did you think I wouldn't care? Did you think I would remain the same?"
Erza got a really bad feeling.
"I don't look up to you anymore. And you know, you weren't the only one who forgotten me. Everyone had, and the only way you opened you're eyes, was when I stole an S Class job...It pisses me off!"
Erza ducked as a black bullet shot out from the black mist, forcing her to duck as the bullet flew past her. But instead of the bullet going through the barrier, it bounced back and hit Erza in her blind-spot against her back. Erza was thrown forward, landing face-first into the ground. The back of her armor split open, revealing a deep burn, her flesh burnt black.
She tried to get up but instead felt something hard slam against her jaw and was thrown back, landing against her side. Lucy appeared before her. Her gun swung against her shoulder, eyes black and red, as black wisps swirled around her body.
"I hate you more than anything right now, this undying hate-" She lifted her hand and turned it into a fist, watching as the black wisps appeared as black flames against her knuckles, "That can only disappear once I let you feel the pain I felt when you left me behind." She bore her eyes into Erza's who was now shaking in fear, something she hadn't felt in so long.
"You asked what has happened to me? I've become soulless, because everyone I had trust and loved betrayed me. And now, I just got to be rid of my hate."
Lucy let out all her aura, the black wisps roaring and formed into a figure above Lucy. A huge black flaming wolf with red eyes all made from Lucy's aura appeared, it's black fangs revealed, as it faced Erza.
"All the pain and hatred is in this one attack, and now you'll know what I've felt all along!" She shouted, motioning her hand forward to Erza commanding the aura wolf to attack.
The black wolf leapt over Lucy and landed in front of Lucy, before charging right at Erza, who couldn't move. Her back in too much pain from the shot, and fear incasing her soul.
The wolf let out a final roar before enveloping Erza.
The barrier shattered and a shockwave burst free, forcing all those in Magnolia to their knees as it echoed around Fiore, giving everyone a taste of hate and pain before it vanished.
Erza let out a scream, as black wisps filled her mouth, ears, and eyes. She soon found herself back in the guild, sitting at the bar.
She turned and saw Cana and Mira talking away. "Mira? What happened?" Erza asked, but her voice came out as Lucy's. "Mira?" Erza asked but got no response from Mira. Erza then looked at the glass in front of her, and her eyes widened finding herself in Lucy's body.
Erza turned and looked around the guild and spotted pink. She walked over to Natsu, seeing him sitting with his arm around Lisanna, and felt a pang of sadness that did not belong to her. She then turned and saw Gray and herself. "What is going on?" She asks, but got no reply, or even an eye of acknowledgement of her existence.
Erza, clearly confused, turned away and walked towards the doors, only to feel something crash into her.
"Hey!" She shouts staring at the guild make that knocked her over but got no response. Erza got up and headed to Levi. "Levi, do you know what's going on?" She asked but got no response from the blue headed mage. She felt another ping of sadness that did not belong to her.
Erza sighed, and headed to the guild doors. But when she opened them she felt herself flung forward and found herself sitting at a table, swishing the auburn alcohol in her glass round and round.
She felt her hand move the glass to her lips and the taste entered her throat, of whiskey.
Erza's Pov..
I felt a hand over my shoulder and heard myself sigh.
I felt feelings that did not belong to me, I felt dull, a fading hurt lay dormant inside. "So Lucy, Lisanna's been on our team for a while now and since you weren't with us we thought we might as well remove you... From the team." I hear Natsu say. I feel no ping of hurt or anger, but do hear 'myself' think Yes I haven't been accompanying you cause you've left behind. Finally I gave up in hanging around you guys do to you're obvious glares toward me. In fact I was painfully waiting for this these past months for you too finally kick me off!
Is that how Lucy was feeling this entire time. And were we really leaving her out for months?
I hear myself tell them and my other me that 'I' had already removed myself from the team. I watch as they say thanks and easily brush me away.
I then felt anger. Hatred. Undying hatred inside of 'me' and I felt like I just wanted to break someone's bones.
I was then thrown out of Lucy's body, and I felt myself face her. The guild that once surrounded us disappeared and was replaced with a black background.
Lucy stood in front of me, and I now knew we had hurt her beyond repair. Because her eyes held something I had only seen in one other person. Jellal.
"Lucy, I-" I tried to say but Lucy held up a hand, and I felt myself for a loss of words. She looked over at me, and waved a memory into my eyes. It was Team Natsu before Lisanna came back and we were talking happily at the guild. And then the memory was replaced with another, when we face Nirvana, and how Natsu stayed to protect her. My own words brought a smile and golden light around Lucy, a smile that lit up everyone's hearts.
Another memory came as Natsu, I, and Gray ran to Lucy as she stood by her mother's grave. I saw her smile once again before the memory disappeared. The black background around us became a dark forest, saccades could be heard echoing through the forest, and I watched with Lucy as another Lucy stood in the middle of the forest. A nasty storm floated above and I watched as Lucy trained, her aura stressed from constant training while the rain soaked her to the bone. She was training, and a new look was in her eyes. No longer a smile, or light in her eyes.
Had we caused this?
I watched as she continued to pound her fists into a tree, watched as she continued to do so as her fists bled. "They called me weak, they ignore me." I hear her say as she pounds her fist hard into the tree again, breaking both the tree and her hand.
I watch as she ignored her broken hand and starts pounding the tree with her left hand, never stopping. The background flashed black again and was facing Lucy once again.
"You see Erza, every action we take, changes us. Whether it's being ignored, or training till you're hands break every night." Lucy let out a dark humorless laugh. "We're not friends anymore. I don't look up to you, hell I don't even like you. But at least now I don't hate you. I know you, but I don't care about you. Seeing it only bites me in the neck." Lucy walked in front of me, and put her hand on my cheek.
"So long, Erza." And the last thing I see is her fist connect into my face, and the world goes blank.
Lucy's Pov..
I allow my aura to retreat back inside my body, leaving an unconscious Erza lying in the middle of the forest. The shock wave has ended, and all signs of a battle has disappeared. All that remains is Erza's defeated body.
I stare up into the sky. I no longer feel hatred, or anything. My smiles bring no light, my pain has disappeared, fear was killed that night in the forest and the undying hate has been killed.
Gazing a look at Erza one last time before I turned around, I decided then that all bonds will be cut and none would be reformed before I made my way out of the forest.
I feel at ease, but I don't wish to remain in this guild, like a ghost trapped in a house full of memories of what had once been instead of what will be.
I feel the need to get away for a while, there's nothing left for me here anymore. I only remained because of the hate, but now for once I feel free!
I walk into the field where Erza and I began and came face to face with the shocked faces of the guild. I bowed to them before walking past them and disappear from their sight.
I sigh, looking up as the rain begins to fall, letting it's could surface touch my skin.
"This is Goodbye."
Et Fini.
Edited 2/16/2015