The Light Within the Flame

Chapter 11

Hola Mina! Happy Sunday! ^.^

*Clears throat* I DO NOT OWN FAIRY TAIL or all its lovelies! Hiro Mashima does

PROCEED WITH CAUTION: CHAPTERS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS FROM THE ANIME/MANGA FROM TARTAROS ARC FORWARD!

Here is my first fluffy chapter for you guys! So I hope you enjoy the craziness that is the lovely members of Fairy Tail!

As I've said before this is an AU so all those pairings that I want to see together are GONNA HAPPEN! Muahahaha...

With that said on to the chapter!

~~~~~~~Chapter 11 ~~~~~~~~~

Lucy woke up feeling something warm pressed against her back. She snuggled closer to the source of heat. She was more than content to forget everything that happened and just lose herself in the moment. She finally noticed that what she was snuggling against was kind of hard...and was moving...

It's so warm. Lucy had to fight her desire to stay where she was, especially now that she was aware that she was actually pressed against Natsu's sleeping form.

How did I get into this position? Lucy tried to backtrack and recall how this happened. She remembered sleeping on the opposite side of Natsu before the storm hit...

THE STORM! As the fog of sleep finally wore off she remembered the hell she had lived through last night. She had woken up as if she was in a trance and relived the most horrendous memory of her life. The murder of her mother and then on top of that she had collapsed against Natsu in a mess of tears and she hadn't even been able to speak. God I'm exhausted, Lucy felt beyond emotionally drained. Too much had happened and she just wanted to disappear into a temporary hole and forget this nightmare.

Lucy knew that, wasn't going to happen. She was going to have to face reality and explain to Natsu just what had happened. Erza and everyone in the guild deserved to know just what had really happened that night, or at least they deserve to know more than just the basics.

"I know you're awake," Natsu whispered close to Lucy's ear causing her to shriek and roll away.

"Natsu!" Lucy blushed furiously from the feel of his breath against her ear, it felt like a gentle caress. Get it together Lucy!

Lucy looked around as she noticed that everyone else was awake and looking at her. Dammit, how long have I been asleep?

She saw the identical looks of concern on everyone's faces. She sighed internally, this was a look she was growing familiar with and honestly she was tired of seeing it. It reminded her that too much had happened to her recently. She also really did not want to explain exactly how her mother had been murdered as it was still too fresh in her mind. Lucy attempted to keep her composure...at least for the time being.

She glared over at Natsu before turning back to everyone, "I am really sorry for worrying all of you guys." Lucy bowed her head feeling guilty for causing them to feel that way.

"Luce-"

"No Natsu, ever since I came back it has been one thing after another and I honestly feel guilty for being the cause of everything."

Happy flew over to Lucy, who caught him and pulled him into her chest.

"You guys deserve an explanation about what I saw but it's just a little too much right now. It's still too fresh for me." She kept going hoping that they would let her finish.