Trash: A Collection of Stories

Chapter 8

I was brought back to the Fairy Tail guild hall, surprisingly enough.

"Ok, Lucy," Gray started as the others dispersed. "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to handcuff you to a chair. So I'm going to take off the cuffs but I don't want you to use your magic." I wouldn't look him in the face, this was so embarrassing. "Hey," he took his thumb and pointer finger and squeezed my cheeks, forcing me to lock eyes. "It's me, ok? You don't need to feel self conscious, I've seen you at your worst and I didn't judge you then so why would I now?"

I sighed and nodded, sitting down and letting him chain me down. "Thank you, I'm going to talk to master and see if I can convince him to let me talk to you more privately," he leaned down to my ear so only I could hear. I nodded again as he walked towards Makarov's office. Once he was gone I realized, I wasn't safe. Everyone in this room wanted me dead and could kill me with one swift move.

Right when the thought pops into my head, Laxus walks out of the infirmary. Our eyes connect and I started to sweat.

"Well, well," his voice sent goose bumps all over my body, and not in a good way. He stood next to the chair, looking down at me. "The tables have turned."

Keep your mouth shut, let him get it out. "Back off, Laxus. I've already claimed to kill her," Erza joined us, unsheathing her sword. I was sweating puddles, this is how I'm going to die.

"What do you mean you claimed to kill her? If anything Mira or I should be the ones doing it, didn't you see what happened back at the kingdom?!" Laxus held his palm up and lightning danced around.

"You guys had your chance, I'm doing it for the guild and Master."

"And you think I have any other reason to kill Lucy? Wait.. You want to kill her because of Jellal."

"That's not the only reason!"

"Did someone say Lucy," Mira stumbled out of the infirmary. Her eyes landed on me and she started laughing. "Oh, this is going to be good."
She changed into Satan Soul and flew over.

"Mira, no!" Erza requiped and put a sword to my throat. "I. Want. This. Kill."

"Excuse me?"

"That's what I've been trying to tell her," Laxus rolled his eyes, lightning sizzling off him.

"That is enough!" Makarov yelled from the banister of the second floor. They stiffened and backed off. "I want answers, so Gray is going to question her under the supervision of Erza."

"Ah, what? No fair," Mira crossed her arms over her chest as Erza laughed in triumph.

Gray walked back over and lifted the chair I was in with ease. Erza walked along side us as he carried me down to the library.

"Ok, Erza. You are not aloud to talk, what so ever, or I'll have you sent out and Elfman will take your place," Gray tone was low and serious.

"Understood," she stood behind him as he took a seat opposite of the very familiar table from me.

"Good, ok Lucy I want you to start from the beginning. And remember, it's me and Erza is just here to make sure nothing goes wrong."

"Right. I guess it started the night of the banquet.." I went on to tell how I was captured and told about the dragons. Zeref knew that the guilds would put up a fight and had me learn all these new types of magic so I would be ready. "And, Erza, Jellal and I never were dating. It was a decoy so you would think of me more as the enemy and not feel as much pain when I left."

"Gray can I say something?" Erza butted in.

"You have one minute, and if I tell you to stop, you better."

"Thank you, and why would we feel pain for you leaving? We barely talked to you at all in those past two years, if anything it would have been better if you didn't do that and we would have just assumed Zeref was controlling you. You would probably be off free then in this mess where you viciously attacked our guild."

"But that's not what happened. I still would be here because, yes, I did let those criminals free, and Laxus tried to stand in our way. Just you personally, wouldn't hate me as much. All I did to you was 'date' Jellal, and we weren't even anything. That's all I wanted to tell you."

She clenched her teeth but Gray put his hand up. "Can you tell me what your plan is now, with the dragon slayers that is?"

"We didn't have anything planned, Cana brought the slayers to us. We were just going to go free my team again and move on." I remember Zeref said something about having some connections somewhere, but I still don't know what that's all about.

"So you would give the slayers back?"

"I didn't take them, they made their choice. If they want to come back they can-" my voice was cut off by a loud explosion.

"Oh, no," Erza looked up at the shaking ceiling.

"Where is she?!"

"Oh, no," I echoed Erza. "This could be bad."

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