*under editing* The Power Of Love (NaLu fan fiction)

16.Don't Give Up

-Shari-

I throw her over my shoulder and walk back to the hot springs to collect her clothes. It'd be stupid to deliver Lucy to her friends in the wrong clothes, it'd be obvious that someone had found her. I pick up her dress and underwear, strip her down and replace the clean clothes with her tattered dress. Something small and silver falls onto the ground in a clatter.Curious, I bend down and pick it up, it's in my hand for half a second before it glows red and scalds me. I drop it with a scream. I crouch beside it, momentarily forgetting about my charge, and inspect it. It was a celestial key, that much I knew. It was silver, so it couldn't be particularly strong, but even so I didn't recognise the symbol on the handle. I guess it was one of the weakest, so I hadn't learned about it. But then, why had it burned me when I picked it up? Lucy groans and shifts. She can't wake up now! Her eyes flutter and open for a split second beforeI panic and wipe her memory clean again. Shari you stupid! People shouldn't have their memories erased twice in 48 hours, the side-effect could be astronomical. She could lose all her memories, or be unable to transfer new memories into long term ones. Oh, well. She wouldn't be my problem, and it'd take a while for the side-effects to appear, so it wasn't like it mattered. I pick her up again and make to leave, I stop at the door and stare and the key. After a few minutes of deliberating whether I should pick it up or not, I huff, roll my eyes and walk out of the room.

-Natsu-

Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy...

Her name runs through my head the only thing there aside from fear. I couldn't lose her, it'd crush me. Lucy... My partner in crime, my guild mate, my team mate, my best friend, my other half, my mate. I jog at a steady pace, Happy high above me, both searching for our lost friend.

"I'm Lucy, thanks for your help!"

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"I may not look like it but I'm a wizard too!"

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"Will it end like this?"

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"You're an idiot Natsu!"

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"What are you doing?"

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"You can't give kisses to just anyone!"

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