Author: Fiamatta Montague
Her smile, her Laugh, her presence, defined the world to him. His hair, his protection, his whole being, made her life complete. And they wonder why they could not live a happily ever after. NaLu.
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Chapter 2
One.
Two.
Three.
Three days since Lucy left the guild for a job. Three days since Natsu, Erza, Gray and Happy last saw her in the guild. Three days since they last heard of her.
Worry.
Guilt.
Anger.
Natsu sighed in his seat. It seemed no one had noticed Lucy's disappearance from three days ago.
Erza even had a look on her face that spelled clearly "I did not notice" when Natsu mentioned it to the group. Gray just continued to strip his clothes down but had a frown on his face. While Happy, he just wailed and cried like he always does whenever something is amiss.
"Natsu, don't you think we should look for Lucy?" Lissana gently commented from Natsu's side. At least the girl had the heart to talk about Lucy in front of Natsu. Deep down in her heart she knew for a fact that the reason why Natsu acted like he did not hear her when she asked about their promise is because of a certain Celestial Mage.
Natsu contemplated hard about what Lissana just said. If he were his normal goofy and idiotic state, he would definitely go and look for her. But right now, he seemed to have a certain understanding that Lucy might have needed a break. A break away from them, a break for her to think, and a break for her to get her old self back.
"I do not think that is wise Lissana. She might want to be alone." Erza casually said with a straight face. For once, she would not go after a friend. For once, she would let Lucy do what she thinks is the best.
Drip. Drip. Drop.
Sweat. Blood. Tears.
Lucy slowly opened her weary eyes. It has been a full three days from the time she went on this menial job alone. She even laughed silently to herself when she found this easy job of retrieving a lost book.
It was just another job to pay the rent.
The first day started as she went to hop on a train going to Garage Island. It was a fairly isolated piece of land compared to the hustle and bustle in Magnolia. Five hours of sitting in the train led her to a small dock for boats. From there, it took her another two hours of travelling to get to the bottom of the mountain where the mansion was located, and another three hours or so of travelling on foot to reach her destination.
As Lucy reached the mansion, she gaped in awe at the marvellous sight. The place was nearly twice as large as the former Heartfilia estate before it was seized by the bank. There was even a small village inside the estate. To say it was fit for a king does not even describe how grand it looked.
Her legs slowly walked through the garden path. She intended to finish the job early on so she could get back to Magnolia in no time.
As she reached the door, Lucy gently knocked on the wood in order to let her arrival known.
Heat.
Lucy never knew that the big house would be engulfed in heat. Summer was around the corner and the heat is expected. Her search around the house for a certain old novel made her bathe in her own sweat. Somehow, Lucy liked the feeling of her body sweating while doing the job. It seems that ever since she joined Natsu's group, she never did sweat on missions. The boys and Erza always finished the job without even needing her help.
Refreshing.
Rewarding.
The sweet feeling of perseverance.
The second day started out when Lucy left the mansion. She did not even notice that her search left her looking for about the whole day. No one even seemed to care that there was a mage in the household.
'Why would they even need a mage for this kind of task?'
Lucy sighed inwardly as she handed the book to its owner. The lady of the house seemed please to see her old book that Lucy found under the wooden floor in the attic.
The reward: an easy 500,000 Jewels.
The way back from the mansion to her home posed another gruesome of almost ten hours of travel.
Sleep deprived, food deprived, friends deprived. Luck must not be on Lucy's side. She wasn't ready for trudging down a big mountain just to cut her travelling hours to seven.
Beauty is danger itself.
Lucy's leg was about to give in due to her weariness. She was walking for two hours already with nowhere to go. The trees all looked the same. The flowers seemed to be like an endless bed leading to an unending path.
It almost felt like running in circles.
Lucy gave another glance up ahead and decided to finally take a nap and just continue on later. Her eyes spotted a nearby tree, large enough to fit her person on its base. As she approached the tree, her weariness took over. She felt her legs give in and soon felt as if her body was floating in mid air. It was too late when she realized that she walked straight into the cliff and not to the tree.
And so she fell hard.
It was night time when she awakened to the sound of an owl. Her right leg was throbbing in pain because of the bleeding caused by her fall. Perhaps this was how her friends felt whenever they bled from battling their enemies.
Lucy gripped her leg gently as she assessed the damage. She sighed in relief.
The wound was not as big as she expected. The reason why it hurts so much was because she twisted her ankle and had broken her leg. At least she won't be dying due to blood loss.
Lucy looked up the sky. Fairy Tail seemed like a distant land away.
"Lucy, what happened to you?" Lucy was startled as she heard Loki's worried voice.
She wasn't quite sure what happened or when the Lion Spirit saved her, but as she saw Loki's features, she could not help but smile in relief.
She was safe.
Loki moved closer to Lucy when she didn't give a reply. He figured she might be in great pain that a little talk became such a hard task.
The moment Loki felt Lucy was in trouble, he immediately crossed the spirit world to aid her. Too bad he was a little too late because he found her already on the floor bleeding and unconscious.
The sky above them roared and lightning flashed in the sky. It was going to rain soon and it would be bad if they stayed here especially with Lucy's condition. Questions would be answered later; right now Lucy's safety is the main priority.
The Lion Spirit bent in front of Lucy and hooked his arms on her shoulder and leg. He gently moved Lucy's body to a more comfortable position before standing up and walking away.
A few minutes of silence passed by before he heard his master's soft voice, "Nothing happened Loki, I just forgot how tired I was." Lucy smiled meekly and leaned her head on Loki's chest.
Right now, after two days, Lucy laid comfortably in an inn where Loki left her for a while to get some food. Her leg seemed better than yesterday. She silently thanked the gods for sending Loki to her aid.
She blinked once, twice, and thrice and her eyes shed the tears she held back from before. She thought her strength was enough, that she could do things without anybody's help. But she was wrong. Her weak state right now demanded the aid of the people surrounding her, her spirits, and her friends.
She sighed in defeat.
Pain.
The reason why we cry.
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 y a n a h r i · Wed Jun 06, 2012 @ 12:08pm · 0 Comments |
