Can I Really Love A Shadow?

Chapter Two: Frosch's Day Out

My mind was fuzzy, the last remnants of a dream being chased away by the realization that I am awake again. It was a nice dream, something about sitting in a big oak tree next to a boy whose face I could not see. The details were fading fast even as I try to recall them. With a mental sigh, I allow my brain to focus on waking up. After a while I began to open one eye allowing the world around me to invade my line of sight.

The bright autumn sunlight cuts the room in half and I see dust-motes dancing in the wall of light. I pull the duvet up over my head to keep it out. It's not going to work, my brain is awake now and already registering the voices outside. I proceeded to get up and do my daily stretches.

"I wonder if Natsu and Lisanna are back from there mission?" I said aloud. Ever since Lisanna made her returned from Edolas. Natsu, Lisanna, and I would go on mission together. Its been nice getting to know her since Natsu seemed enamored by her when they were kids. However this week I stayed behind because I wanted to do some writing and hang out with Levi.

I walked over to the bathroom to take a bath. I grab a towel and waltz into the bathroom shutting the door behind me. I walk over to my stone bathtub and turned the cold and hot water on and let the tub fill up with warm water. I striped out of my pink pajama shorts and matching shirt, then eased my way into my bathtub.

"This is so relaxing," I hummed. I never got any free time when the boys were around, so I allowed this bath help me relax. After ten minutes of letting the water soak in, I started to clean myself, which took about a minute or two. Once I finished, I hopped out of the bathtub feeling relieved to be fresh and clean, and let the water drain. I grabbed my towel and wrapped it around my body and plugged in the hairdryer. I put it on high and aimed it towards my wet hair. I combed my hands through my hair feeling the water evaporate, when the heat reached it.

After a while I unplugged the dryer and put it in the drawer. I opened the door to the bathroom meeting my bedroom. I dried myself off as I walked back into my room to find a set of clothes I was going to wear today. I decided on a simple black turtle neck, that had the shoulders cut out, shorts, boots, and black knee length socks. I went back into the bathroom to find my brush to aid in pulling my blonde hair into a tight side ponytail. After I brush my hair and did a once over in the mirror, I grabbed my keys and left for the guild.

The weather in Magnolia was refreshing. Autumn had rolled around a couple months ago, and the leaves that were green have turned to yellows and reds. Since we were in the autumn weather, the leaves were falling to the ground outside.

As I locked the door to my house, I took a deep inhale of the sweet autumn scent. I began to walk through the red and yellow leaves to the guild. The warm air circulated around me allowing an occasional breeze to whip around my body. I especially love this time of season with all the beautiful colors and how it never hot nor cold.

"Good morning Lucy," One of the male voices from the river greeted me. I waved at them and returned their greeting with a 'hello'. This was usually how it went every morning for the past years, it was a comfortable routine that I fell in step with. Today was a little different for some reason, and I couldn't figure out why. Could it be my outfit or the weather? I wasn't sure what it was until, I made it to the cloud district of Magnolia, which was the shopping section.

I love walking through the cloud district with Natsu and Happy, since it reminded me of our first meeting. As well as shopping for gifts for our other guild-mates for their birthday and other holidays. While walking through the vendors, something caught my eye. It was a little person wondering around in a pink frog suit. I was a bit baffled by my discovery, but there is always weird things in Fiore so I didn't make anything of it. I continued to pass through the district, sometimes stopping to look at some of the items on sale.