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"Horologium, let me out!" I shouted, pounding my fist against his glass as I watched Natsu's expression tighten. "Let me out!"

"Get away, take her as far away as you can, right now!" His body shook as he screamed at me, Natsu's knees buckling as he fell to the ground. I pounded even harder, Horologium taking one careful step back.

"Lady Lucy, we need to go," His door refused to open for me even as Natsu began to struggle for his breath.

"He could be dying, stop!" I cried, knowing my spirit would do his best to ignore me. Natsu was my partner and best friend. How was I going to leave his side when neither of us had any idea what was happening to him? I couldn't let him take on the brunt force of an unknown attack all by himself.

But the spirit kept running, despite the way I continued to pound my fists against the glass.

"L-Lady…L…ucy!" Horologium's form suddenly began to waver, phasing in and out of the physical world before disappearing altogether. I yelped as I fell to the ground in an instant, hissing as my knees scraped against the dirt.

My hand went right to my keyring, brows furrowing as I felt a wall blocking the connection to my spirits. I let out a sigh of relief, still feeling their magic running through me. As long as I could summon a star dress, I felt at ease. But something was stopping them from making the journey out of their kingdom.

My eyes were drawn up towards the green shield that expanded over the sky and ended a distance away over the treetop horizon.

"What the hell did that bastard do?" I spat, managing to shuffle to my feet before any more time was wasted. I turned back towards the direction Natsu was left choking, making the resolve to get back to his side as quickly as possible.

I followed the trail of snapped twigs and subtle footprints, refusing to think twice about finding Natsu.

More than my partner, he was my everything. The catalyst that led me towards my dream, the person who helped me fit in and gave me the warmth of a family I'd been long searching for. And the warmth of a first love…a bright and happy love that I wouldn't give up for anything in this world. I couldn't abandon him when he needed me most.

I ran as fast as I could, ignoring the sting of my minor wounds, hoping that I could reach Natsu before it was too late.

My foot caught on a tree trunk and I was forced to the ground again, this time, my hands taking the brunt of my fall.

"Dammit! Urgh, I don't have time for this!" Tears welled in the corners of my eyes as I struggled to rise back to my feet, pebbles and dirt grinding into the cuts on my hands. "I need to—"

A sharp shiver ran down my spine as the air began to rumble with a fierce roar, the sound ripping through the wind and scaring animals from their safe perches in between the trees. It was a loud, deep cry that forced me to cover my ears and choke back a sob.

Natsu was in pain, a visceral bodily response to the twisted actions of the wizard who attacked him.

It was always him, Natsu always put himself in harm's way, always protecting me and everyone else before he had a second to think about his own health. I was always running; he expected me to at his point. He had to be the hero for my sake, my unconcious protector.

I grunted, pulling myself to my feet as Natsu continued to cry out in the nearby distance. Even if it was dangerous, I refused to let him be without me for a second longer.

He was just beyond the stretch of trees before me, a cold sweat running through my body as tendrils of his magic whipped wildly around his hunched over body.

The air was hot and stifling, enough to coat my throat with its sticky heat as I caught my breath. He pulled water from the air, the grass, the fallen leaves and tree bark; waves forming in the growing thermal bubble.

His scales flashed on and off his skin, talons and nails digging into the grass as he suffered the effects, desperately trying to regain control over his own body. His eyes, once filled with warmth and determination, now held a mixture of pain and anguish.

"Natsu!" I called out, my voice cracking with worry. I rushed towards him, ignoring the intense heat that radiated from his form. With every step, the ground trembled beneath me, echoing the turmoil within him.

He turned to me with a desperate and wild look in his eyes, his usual sharp canines intimidating as he gnashed his teeth together and growled amongst the flames.

"G…Get away…from me! Run…!" He shouted, the deep timbre of his voice making my stomach drop. He didn't sound like himself, didn't look like himself, though I wasn't afraid, I knew what was happening.

Whatever was in that potion, despite whatever that man intended to do, he had undone the chains Natsu created within himself to keep the demon within him dormant.

Natsu described his shift during their fight with Alverez all consuming, stealing his rationality and giving him a thirst for blood that he hoped he'd never feel again. He almost hurt Gray, and in the process hurt Erza. If I hadn't shown up to snap him out of it, Natsu wasn't sure what would have happened.

My feet felt glued down; how could I run away? His eyes screamed for me to run, his lips trembling to repeat the words he was unable to voice.

"I have to make sure you're okay," I shook my head, falling to my knees as I forced myself to withstand the whipping wind. "You're in pain, I can't."

"I brought you back before, right? I'll bring you back again, I promise, Natsu," The corners of my eyes pricked with tears, his teeth gritting together as he shook his head.

"If, If I h-hurt! You…Luce…! I'd, I'd n-never…!"

"You won't! You'd never hurt me," My bottom lip quivered as my tears dried up halfway down my face.


Sorry for the long wait! I kept going back and forth with how I wanted to write Natsu's reaction to the potion. I wanted it to be more than him just going wild since I plan to have more chapters through his point of view!

I did say recently that I might take a short break, but I'll probably just post when I feel the inspo like usual lmao

I need to crochet a present for my friend! I've never done it before so I expect it to take me a while to finish for her lol but I need to make time for both! that and I really want to start my own novel aaaah

and I want to go back to school to get a Masters in Counseling! After a brief job as a tutor, I found that I really liked interacting with kids on an emotional level, so I definitely want to do something where I can help them sort out thier feelings ^^