The striper's sister (Editing stuffs)

Chapter 5: Joining my brother's guild.

Lucy's PoV

I finally made it back to Porli's, slammed the door shut behind me and push all the weight in my body on it. "Goodness child! What has gotten you so worked up?! Are there bandits in the woods?!" Porli asked with a face full of worry. "No. I would be able to fight off bandits." I gasped, trying to catch my breath. "Then what could possibly get you so worried?" She questioned me. "F-Fairy Tail," I mutter and sink down the door, tears threatening to fall from my eyes. "Oh, child." Porli shakes her head and chuckles. "I-I can't go through that a-again." I cry out. Then, suddenly, I smell a familiar scent. "They found m-me already?" I ask myself, blinking the tears away. "Are you going to hide? Or are you going to join them?" Porli asks me, placing a hand on my shoulder. "W-what do you mean?" I ask; confused and curious. "You know the saying. 'You can't fight them, join them.'." Porli smiles warmly at me. "B-but, what about y-you?" I ask, worried for her safety. "Child. I can take care of myself. How do you think I coped before I met you?" She chuckled, light heartedly. "I-I never thought of it like that," I said aloud. "Now go out there, my child. Live your life." She said handing me my already packed bag. "H-how did you know I-I was going to leave?" I ask, standing up and taking my bag. "The old man may have contacted me that they were coming. I just gave you a push." She smirks mischievously. I smile and feel tears build up in my eyes again. "No need for the waterworks, child. We'll see each other again. Who else is going to make me the best cakes in the world." Porli reassured me. I giggled. "That's only because you've only tasted my cakes before. I bet if you had someone else's, you're opinion would completely change." I defended myself. "That's never gonna happen because the only cake I will ever eat, will be the ones only you make," Porli demanded confidently. I giggled again. "See there's that smile I've been waiting for! Now get your butt out of here and join your brother!" She commanded pushing me out the door.

When I exited I came face to face with the group who had come to collect me and Porli slammed the door shut behind me, giving me a bit of a shock. The person in the front of the group was my last family member. The one who understood my pain. The one would always protect me no matter what. "G-Gray," I mutter nervously, looking down at my shoes and fiddled with my old and battered bag. Warm arms surrounded me and all of the loneliness I had felt, not only the past day but all those years I spent alone in the world. I instantly bust out crying. I tugged on my older brother's shirt, which I'm surprised he still had on, to tell him to let me go. "I-I'm sorry." I cried even more and I saw the sympathetic eyes of everyone from Fairy Tail looking at me. "I-I'm sorry everyone." I cried and they all surrounded me in a group hug. "It's alright Lucy. Everything's going to be fine." Gray's calming voice whispered into my ear. Suddenly, feeling all of the warmth at one moment and the loss of sleep I had suffered the past few days, I felt myself instantly drift off to sleep.

Grays PoV

We ran after the figure until we came across and a large tree with Windows and a door imprinted on it. We looked at each other. "This is the place," Natsu said and we walked up to the door. "What if this isn't the place?" I asked the others. "It's the place." Natsu insisted. He's very certain about this. Maybe I should trust him on this one. "Even if it's not. We can still look around more." Ersa reminded us. We heard mumbling from inside and I was about to knock on the door when it opened and someone was pushing out of it. Lucy stood there in shock, looking at all of our faces. She muttered my name and I instantly hugged her. She immediately burst into tears. She tugged on my shirt and I took this as a sign to release her. "I-I'm sorry." She mutters again. Even more tears ran down her face. We all looked at her sympathetically. I was angry at myself for making her cry. For putting her through all of this alone. I knew that from now on I have to be the best older brother and a father figure to her. "I-I'm sorry everyone!" She cried out. We all have her a warm group hug and not long after she fell asleep.

Natsu's PoV

I want to protect her. For some reason, I feel like I must.

Ersa's PoV

She's been through so much the past few days. I surprised she hasn't fainted. I thought as I saw the young girl weeping in front of us. No one should have to go through half of what she's been through. And that's probably not even the half of it.

No one's PoV

Little did the group know, Ersa's thoughts were completely and utterly correct.