The Light Within the Flame

Chapter 4

*I DO NOT own Fairy Tail or its amazing characters*

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Lucy breathed in deeply as she prepared to knock on her father's office suite door.

"Miss Lucy?" a familiar face called out from behind her before she even had the chance to knock on the door.

"Oh, hello Capricorn" she smiled as she turned around the face him. "I realize that my father may be busy today with meetings but I desperately need to speak with him." Her eyes gazing at Capricorn's no nonsense but kind face.

Capricorn went to open the door to the office, "I believe he just finished his business meeting with the board so I will let him know of your arrival, come inside the office Miss Lucy" Capricorn waved her inside stepping away from the large mahogany doors.

"Okay, thank you." she replied walking over to sit on one of the plush couches that decorated her father's waiting room. She didn't understand why she was so nervous. I mean yes,, she did not have the best relationship with her father and he was pretty intimidating but it wasn't like she didn't have a fire of her own. "Come on girl." she told herself while taking another deep breath, filling up her lungs with air before exhaling slowly. "You can do this..." smiling to herself, she could feel the nerves leaving and her confidence building up again.

She was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't even notice Capricorn had arrived. "Miss Lucy, your father will see you now." he bowed gracefully as he motioned for Lucy to enter her father's private study.

"Thank you so much." Lucy replied, standing up to enter into his room.

Her father is a tall man with a very domineering personality. His blonde hair is meticulously cut in the military buzz style and he is currently sporting a thin mustache. She notices the expression he gives as she walks into the room is one of curiosity. She assumes it is because she does not normally ask for an audience like this. Why bother? She thought to herself, it usually did not do her any good.

"Good morning Father" Lucy replied with a slight curtsy. "I wanted to speak to you about something that has been happening to me lately." curling her fingers in her hair. She realized that she was acting nervously and immediately clasped her hands in front of her body.

"Good Morning Lucy, come on in and sit down." Her father motioned for her to sit across from him. "You do seem rather nervous. I hope you are doing well." he replied as he observed her carefully.

"Yes, father. I am well...in a manner of speaking." she started figuring it was best to just get the question over with. "I actually wanted to speak to you about something that has been happening to me lately, ever since I turned 18 I have been having these strange dreams..."

"Strange dreams? What exactly do you mean Lucy?" looking at her as if she was some strange oddity who so happened to be related to him.

Lucy charged on ahead, "I have been having the same dreams for the past four nights now and they keep involving the same people. I keep dreaming about a different place and in this place people can use magic freely. Not only that, but I actually see myself in these dreams." The more she mentioned the dreams to her father, the more she was starting to remember so she took it as a sign that she did the right thing by asking him. However, she noticed the more she talked the paler her father became and he started tapping his fingers against his desk. Which was something he only did when he was starting to get upset. She decided to continue anyway.

"The other interesting thing, father, is that in my dreams I keep seeing the same two people..."

"Oh really?" said her father attempting to appear as if he did not care about what she was saying. It appeared to her that he was trying to act nonchalant to keep her from continuing. "Lucy... this does not sound like any-"