Heaven's Spark ↠ A Laxus x Reader Fanfic

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I rubbed my thumb across my bottom lip while I focused on trying to find a way to defeat Phantom Lord. I was sitting at my own table reading through magic books trying to find something, anything that would give us the upper hand.

Erza and I had taken over as the leaders while Master was taken to Porlyusica by Alzack and Bisca to hopefully be healed. Most of the guild was making plans and getting ready for our next battle or healing their wounds from the previous one.

"Okay so their headquarters is here, so I'm thinking we should try and hit 'em with some long range spells from this Southeast hill..." Macao explained to the members who surrounded the map on his table.

I could sense the solemn energy throughout the guild, especially around Lucy. Gray caught on to it as well.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back from this." He reassured her.

"I know, I'm not worried about that." Lucy whispered. "It's just... all my fault."

I looked over at the group of Lucy, Natsu, Gray, and Elfman and listened to their conversation.

"Being targeted by dangerous people is just one of the downsides of being rich." Elfman explained casually. "At least you're protected by a real man like me!"

"Hey, would you give it a rest already?" Gray reprimanded.

"I gotta say I was shocked when I heard the news. Why'd you hide the truth from us, Lucy?" Happy asked sadly.

Natsu took a step closer to Lucy with concern.

"I wasn't trying to hide anything! I mean there's no way to bring up the fact that I'm a runaway in casual conversation. I've been gone for a year and my father hasn't cared; now all of the sudden he wants to force me to go home? He's done all those horrible things just to get me to go back- I hate his guts!" Lucy shut her eyes and took a deep breath. "Still, if I hadn't run away in the first place none of this would've happened" Her voice cracked.

My heart broke for her and the pain she must be feeling right now, it seemed like she had no family and once she did find a family, we were being taken away from her after less than a month of being a Fairy Tail member. She's been mistreated to the point where she thinks that the actions of her father are all her fault.

"Come on, don't be ridiculous. Your dad's the one to blame." Elfman crossed his arms.

"Idiot!" Gray said exasperatedly.

"Uhh, I mean it's Phantom's fault!" Elfman attempted to save himself.

"No, I'm the one who brought trouble to the guild and it's all because of my selfish choices. I'm so very sorry. I'm just gonna go back home and hopefully all of this will be over with." Lucy decided somberly as she stared down at her hands holding back tears.

"I don't know about that. I can't see you playing the part of the pretty princess sitting around in your mansion." Natsu smiled softly. Lucy stared up at him with her big brown eyes.

"Laughing with us in this filthy guild hall, goin' on adventures even though you freak out all the time- that's who you really are. You said you wanted to stay with us, right? Why would you ever go back to the place you ran away from? Come on, who are you trying to kid? You're Lucy of Fairy Tail! No more running 'cuz you belong here with us!" Natsu grinned and pointed to himself.

I walked up to them and took Lucy's hand. "Almost every one of us here lost our families, we all gotta stick together; this is the only family we've got. And I don't know about you but I'm going to protect you all until my dying breath." I gave Lucy's hand a squeeze and smiled at her sweetly.