The Fire Within (#Wattys2014)

Chapter 9-Lucy's POV- Home sweet home?

When I woke up, I realized that I was not in Magnolia anymore but I was back in the dreaded tower. The same tower where my father abused me daily for ten years. It was now my prison keeping me from the only true happiness I have ever known and the only reason I was back here was because I ran away from an unloving home. I tried to move my legs but I found my legs were in iron chains attacked to the wall. I tried to reach for my keys but remembered that I was captured without them. I was trapped like a bird in a cage with none of my friends around to save me.

Suddenly, the doors of the tower burst open and in walked two men in hooded robes.

“What a bad girl you have been my daughter. You had us all worried.” The voice of the larger man I recognized as my father sarcastically said.

“Why did you bring me back? I am obviously a burden to you!” I bellowed.

I have never raised my voice to my father but I was tired of playing his games. I wanted to be free to live my life in peace with my friends in Fairy Tail, not to cower in fear of a man who didn’t even want me. Before I knew it, I felt the hard slap of my father’s hand across my cheek, which sent me flying into the wall which I was attached to. I winced in pain but I would not give him the satisfaction of hearing my cry.

“I am not done with you yet! You have caused me too much pain and I ordered you to stay in the palace until I was done with you. Anyone who dares disobeys my orders will be punished severely!” My father stated coldly as he and the other man walked out of the room and slammed the door.

When the door closed, I was left in the dark and in my own misery. Maybe I was the monster which my father always calls me. I was nothing but a punching bag for him and his minions, a source of amusement. For the longest time, this was how I felt and I was about to go back into despair until I looked down at my hand. There was that beautiful pink guild mark. It was not just a symbol of a home I had for a short time but a symbol of hope. After all I went through with Natsu and the rest of the guild, I knew that they would do whatever it took to save me. In the dark, I found that there was light inside of my heart and it only grew by the minute as I thought of my friends at Fairy Tail, my true family. They gave me the hope to carry on in that tower. I may be a bird in a cage in that tower but I knew that soon I would be set free and fly again.