Always in the dark ( NaLu ) <3

Chapter 25

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A/N: Please read!!!

SO I'M PRETTY UPSET THIS WEEK, I WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS CHAPTER FOR HOURS. I'M SERIOUS THIS WAS A SUPER GOOD, LONG CHAPTER, AND I WAS SO SATISFIED WITH IT AND PROUD OF IT. A LOT OF STUFF WAS EXPLAINED AND FEELINGS WERE MENTIONED PERFECTLY. I WOULD HONESTLY SAY IT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF THE BEST CHAPTERS I EVER WROTE. WHY DID I SAY WOULD'VE, DO YOU ASK? WELL, ABOUT 5 HOURS AFTER I FINISHED THAT BEAUTIFUL CHAPTER, IT WAS GONE. IT WAS'NT SAVED FOR SOME REASON, BUT I SURE AS HELL SAVED IT. I TRIED TO CONTACT WATTPAD BUT INSTEAD OF BRINGING BACK MY AMAZING CHAPTER, THEY BROUGHT BACK ALL OF MY STUPID STORIES THAT I DELETED. THAT IS NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR. SO I AM REALLY SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER SUCKS, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE PARTS FROM THE OLD, AMAZING CHAPTER. BLAME WATTPAD. NOT ME.

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NATSU* p.o.v.

I waited out in the hall behind the soundproof door that lead to the questioning room. I needed to see Lisanna to make sure she was okay, but my mind was still racing from what had happened outside. Lucy had been my first kiss, and I'd been hers (probably). Had I kissed her? What was wrong with me, I shouldn't go around threatening to slap people and then kissing that to make up for it. Because that's what happened right? I'd only kissed her to make up for almost hurting her. This was so unlike me, I don't know what had been going through me head. I'd never hurt a comrade, especially someone as innocent as Lucy, I guess I didn't realize how much I'd hardened over the past years. And the kiss, that wasn't like me either. Relationships were gross! Blah! I made a disgusted face even though nobody was watching me. But how come- if relationships we'd gross, how come it wasn't so bad-?

The door opened and I snapped my head up to look at who was exiting the room. Master walked out and nodded in my direction.

"She's going to be released soon, we've only got a few more questions for her and Mira." He said. "You can go in and see her if you want." He said gruffly. He'd seen me nearly hit Lucy, and he hadn't intervened. Why? Because he believed I wouldn't really do it? Either way he was keeping an eye on me now. I shook my head to clear it and walked into the room without knocking.

Lisanna looked up and her eyes filled with tears as she smiled.

"Natsu! I knew you would come." I put on a smile which for the first time, was really hard to do. My smiles usually come easy.

"Course! How you holding up?" I asked, sitting down in the chair across from her.

"I feel like I'm being questioned by the police." She said sadly.

"No," I shook my head, trying to smile to raise her spirits. "You could leave if you really wanted to, we would never hold you prisoner." Her eyes lit up with hopefulness.

"Really?!" She asked with a huge smile.

"Yeah, you could leave right now, and just walk out. But... I... They need you." I reassured her, She looked slightly upset when I said 'they'. I didn't need her. I didn't need anybody. She sighed and nodded. We sat in silence until there was a knock on the door. Gramps peeked his head in to see if he was interrupting, and walked in when he just saw us sitting there. He cleared his throat.

"Visiting time is over." He stated with authority. He gave me a curt nod as I passed him at the door.

"And, Natsu?" He said in a hushed tone so Lisanna wouldn't hear us. "I need to speak with you after."

I gulped and walked out, closing the door nervously behind me.

LUCY*

Lucy sat in the study by herself at a desk. Barely anybody ever came in her except Levy or the master, and they were both attending to different issues right now. Lucy had been used to boredom her whole life, so even sitting all alone in a library full of books was exiting to her. She went to the nearest shelf and started reading a random manga she found. This one wasn't very well known in Fiore, it was called Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) by Hajime Isayama. She read the first few chapters and realized it really wasn't her type of story. Blood, and gore. She shivered at one of the pictures of a woman being eaten alive. She set the book aside and sat again in silence for a while. She looked to her right and spotted a stack of paper.

Writing...? Maybe she would be better at that. She reached for a paper and checked the desk for something to write with, finding about 12 broken pens. She sighed as she picked up the last one, and smiled as she saw the thin black pen leave a graceful ink mark on the paper where she wrote.

Once upon a time. She wrote.

No, it needed to be more personal than that. No more happy endings or... Or fairy tales. So she started again.

Dear diary,

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HEY GUYS. I ALREADY EXPLAINED IN MY FIRST AUTHORS NOTE WHY THIS CHAPTER IS LATE (AND HORRIBLE) SO HERE YOU HAVE IT, I HOPE IT WASN'T TOO BAD. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT TODAY, RANDOMLY ENOUGH, IS MY BIRTHDAY TOO. SO YEAH, THANKS FOR THE AWESOME BIRTHDAY GIFT WATTPAD (NOTE SARCASM) EITHER WAY, SORRY FOR THE AWEFUL CHAPTER AND HAPPY MONDAY! BYE NOW,

-Izuni