Her Dreams

Chapter 4

Lucy spent the rest of her day trying to sleep but she never had dreams of Natsu and it made her lonely. She hoped that she could spend the day sleeping and spending her time with her dream Natsu. It was her only way to escape the harsh reality that she would never be with the real Natsu that way. It seemed that it just didn't work she couldn't sleep and when she did Natsu never showed up in her dreams. Since she couldn't sleep she spent what she had left reading until it was about 10 pm and finally decided she could try again.

*Dream*

"Luce! You're Okay! Oh, thank god!" Natsu yelled as he ran over and hugged the blonde.

"Of course I'm ok Natsu. Why wouldn't I be?" Lucy questioned. She found it strange that it was almost like she was talking to the real Natsu again before he started to hate her.

"You weren't at school today and after I saw the wounds on you last night I freaked. I found out something I need to tell you about." Natsu explained.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Lucy asked this dream was getting stranger by the second.

"Come on let's go sit down on the couch." Natsu said pulling her over the couch and sat her down next to him.

"What's wrong Natsu?" Lucy asked. She was getting worried every second her anxiety was starting up again because her dream Natsu was acting strange.

"Luce... I'm sooo sorry. I don't know why I didn't believe you when we were kids. I'm sorry I bullied you and I'm sorry I didn't protect you from Lisanna. These dreams have been driving me crazy and I realized today that you are the real Lucy just as I am the real Natsu. I'm not a dream, Lucy; you have been talking to the real me the whole time. One of us is using something Levy called Astral Projection." Natsu explained.

Lucy sat there frozen by the revelation that was just dropped on to her shoulders. Natsu, her dream Natsu was the same one from the real world. All those times they kissed in the dreams and the times she spilled her heart out to the man in front her.

"You can't be serious." Lucy whispered.

"Luce... I'm not lying. It's really me I was gonna tell you today. I found out from sting that the wounds I saw in my dream were the same wounds you had that day you were brought to the infirmary. I know I can spend my whole life apologizing for what I did to you but I promise from now on I will protect you from Lisanna and from your father." Natsu said looking into Lucy's eyes.

Lucy froze. She never considered that this Natsu was real and now someone knows about her father. She was scared because of what her father would do to her if he found out someone knew what he was doing to her. As Lucy thought of the possibilities of what could happen to her she started shaking and crying.

Natsu sat there waiting for Lucy to process what was going on but it didn't take long before he saw her start crying. What scared him the most was when she finally looked up and the amount of fear in her eyes scared the hell out of him. He'd seen a blank expression a good majority of the time when Lisanna would hurt her but never downright fear.

"Luce... What's wrong? Please don't shut me out. I know I have so much to do to get you to trust me again. Please don't fear me, I don't know how I can help if you're scared of me." Natsu said as he went to hug her.

"I... It's not you I fear... My father... If... he..." Lucy started to say before crying harder. She clutched onto Natsu's shirt still shaking from the fear of her father possibly killing her if he found out.

"I won't let your father hurt you Luce." Natsu said pulling Lucy's face up to look at him.

"You can't always be there. I... I...still don't know if I can trust you." Lucy said as she saw the dream fade once again. When she looked up at Natsu's face that was slowly fading away and was surprised when she saw devastation and guilt written all over his face.