the sun came beaming through Lucy's window causing her to wake up. As she leaned to check her clock on the side of her bed to see what the time was, she saw that it was 7:15am. She knew that today was gonna be the day that she was gonna leave the guild even though it was going to break her heart, she knew she needed to do it for her own mental health. Ever since the games and Lisanna coming back her team has been ignoring her and had put her to one side. Lucy knew this was going to happen but it still stung. Bracing herself for the day, Lucy pulls her tired body out of bed and softly walks to her bathroom to have a steaming hot shower. "
" Well plue! todays the day we start our new beginning " she exclaimed as she jumped in the shower.
After getting dressed Lucy leaves her apartment knowingly that she won't be returning ever again, as she walks down strawberry street Lucy starts thinking about all the good memories she has had there and how it has been the only place that has ever felt like home since her mum passed away. slyly looking over to the left she glances at the wall that overlooks the river and decides that she might as well walk it one last time for the memories. As she slowly approaches the guild, holding back tears knowing what's about to happen, she is filled with sadness but also a burst of excitement for what the future will bring for her and her spirits. Pushing the doors open to the same ol fights, shouting and chairs being thrown, she scans the big hall to see if she can find Mira to see if the master is back yet from his meeting with the council.
As she walking down the shallow steps into the hall Lucy can feel eyes on her but she chose to ignore them, she looks over the her 'old' teams usal table to see that they hadn't even noticed that she had arrived but that's nothing new to Lucy these days, it had been months since they they had last spoken to her. she had been going on missions alone which she didn't mind as it meant that she didn't have to pay towards Natus destruction. Lucy was 5 feet from the bar when she heard her name called.
" Hey luce " echoed in her ears, slowly turning around to see Natsu dressed with his signature grin. " Hello Natsu " she managed to pull out. " There's something we would like to talk to you about." he said, knowing what he's about to say Lucy just nods at him not having the energy to talk to him. " So we have all had a talk and have come to the conclusion that we would like it if you left the team so Lisanna could join, what do you think? " he rushed out. it still stung that they all wanted her out of the team even though she knew it was gonna happen. " Okay " she replied, her one word reply seemed to have shocked the team and her surrounding guildmates. Lucy turnt towards going back to her original mission to talk to the master. Once she had approached the bar Mira had clocked her right away. They exchanged brief hellos as Mira made Lucy her usual strawberry milkshake. " Mira, is the master back yet?" Lucy asks her guildmate. " He got back this morning, he's up in his office if you need him." Mira chucks back, as soon as lucy heard that she walked straight to the stairs that leads to his office, once again she could feel eyes burning the back of her head, this time she decides to turn around to see who keeps staring at her, but when she looks around she see two sets of eyes looking at her. The first one she notices is a set of deep ruby red eyes that seemed to be looking into her soul, she couldn't really read the emotions behind the owner's face but she shakes it off. The second set she noticed was a set of stormy blue eyes, they held the same expression as the ruby red ones. she turns around noticing she's at the door of the masters office. knocking softly on the door she hears a loud " come in ".
Walking into the cluttered office. She can see the man she had started to see as a father figure, the man who had helped her through alot. " Hello child, what do I owe the pleasure of seeing you today?" he chuckled out. swallowing back the salivr that she hadn't noticed had gathered in her mouth she replies, " Gamps i have a request for you. I would like to leave the guild, i think that it would be best for me and my mental health. From Lisanna coming back and us winning the games, I have felt like an outcast and no one speaks to me anymore. I just feel like I no longer fit in. I'm not saying that I want to leave forever, I just need to go and find my inner peace and to heal myself." tears gathering in a puddle on the floor as Lucy has finished talking. " My Lucy, you are the light of this guild and it pains me that you are feeling this way. I will grant your request on one condition that once you find yourself again, you'll come back. please remember that with great sadness comes great strength." His words making Lucy cry harder all she can manage is a simple nod.
