A step towards you (Re-write Story)

Darkness

Thanks to the beta reader DeyoChan to make my fanfic better.

Lucy POV

The darkness wrapped everything and I couldn't hear or feel everything.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that it was the same as having them closed. Since there was no ray of light I sneaked into the depths of the wet cave.

I wondered what was I doing here and what happened to me. But I didn't have the answers.

There was no any breeze in the air, and I couldn't think of nothing more than to quit that dark labyrinth.

I only felt the putrid smell of the mud and water that my bare feet stomp when I walked in search of some exit of the cavern.

"Lucy ..." I heard a deep voice babble my name. Whoever it was who called knew why I was here. I get curious and I started to follow the voice.

"This is your way ... " I started to talk until I realized that the voice was in my head. Frightened, I attempt to control the breath and the increasing beats of my heart.

"Who are you?" I thought.

"You'd have to ask yourself rather than ask me." The anonymous voice responded with a hoarse tone followed by a sinister laughter.

Okay, now I am very scared. There was no trace of the camp nor the forest or the mountains, not even a sight of Laxus. In addition to my displeasure Laxus was strong and capable to defeat whoever creature was that. However, I also can take care of me sometimes; I am not always the damsel in distress.

How I had arrived in that cave I didn't know, but I started to feel the loneliness that sometimes my past brings to my memories. I got back to feel completely alone at the mercy of events, like when I was at my house with my father. When he looks at me like I was an evil demon with Layla's Heartfilia face. Kids never wanted to play with me and I didn't have friends to trust. I still remember that day, when I brought him a birthday gift, done by myself, with the help of the chef of my house. I never had felt so sad in my entire life. My father threw my pancake to the floor and tore it. I had decorated the pancake with a kind smile; nevertheless my present became nothing more than a piece of trash. I only wanted to be taken care of and loved. I did the gift with the hope to get my father's attention. Now I thought there is nothing wrong with telling from time to time to your own daughter's words such as "I am very proud of you, Lucy" and I would have loved him to hug me or care for me. There's nothing wrong to be jealous or selfish for wanting that, right?

My former house was so big that I could get loose in the huge white walls covered in paintings and portraits. The garden was four times bigger than the whole city of Magnolia, but I didn't care about that now. The saying goes "money can't buy happiness." I see that very clear now and that is one of the reasons why I left my former house. I stop being sad and lonely when I travel over the kingdom of Fiore.

I feel loved by who I am when I joined the FairyTail guild. But happiness always tends to vanish when you less expected.

What will happen to me now again? Do I deserve the cruelty with which my father did to me? Did I do something wrong? I fear the betrayal of my friends, because I never have friends before. I didn't want to get hurt again. What is precious to me, I don't want to lose it. That was what I fear. The loneliness that are following me wherever I go.

"Your fears will guide you to the darkness..."

I started to feel bad and alone at my luck. What is happening to me? I am always the positive kind of girl. Is that creature made me feel that depressive on purpose?

This is bad. There is no one here who can help me. Neither were my friends, or the stupid and arrogant Laxus Dreyar nor my beloved spirits.

Wait a minute; I have my keys that I always carry with me. I look at my waist and I see that I wear combat clothing and I have my belt with my keys and a whip, but who changed for me into combat clothes? Virgo?