Chapter 1: Prologue
"Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing, and wishing you had?" - Unknown
Title: Undying Love
-Sting E. and Lucy H. love Story-
Fairy Tail Fan Fiction
Summary: Sting Eucliffe has never been happier. A White Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail, he's madly in love with the beautiful celestial mage named Lucy Heartfilia, and his team is going on a lot of missions. She's one of a kind, so he's willing to risk his life to protect her. Everything is going on positively, and Sting is looking forward to confessing his feelings to her, when suddenly his world comes crashing down. Lucy is diagnosed with a fatal condition and doesn't have long to live. Sting can't bear to see the most important person in his life suffering...dying! He's overcome by grief and devastation. Through her strength, light, and inner beauty, can Lucy teach Sting that true love never dies?
English is not my Mother language. Wild Rhov beta'ed this prologue.
I do not own Fairy Tail!
Prologue:
I want to die! How can I move on when the most precious person in my life is dead?
I can't. She's my life… she's my heart and my soul. I don't even feel like myself anymore. I'm so pathetic, the Mighty Sting Eucliffe, the White Dragon Slayer. Yeah! I'm still the same but I feel as though a large part of me died along with Lucy. I loved her more than anything you can imagine. I'm a heartless person, but she changed me when we saved her and Yukino. I learned how to trust your comrades. She passed away just over a month ago, and every day since has been unbearable.
I'm looking at the stars. Lucy loved stars. She was kind to her stellar spirits; she never treated them as tools. She'd fight together with them and never used them as a shield. Her spirits suffered so much. Especially Loke, he wants to disappeared. At first I hated him because he'd steal my Lucy away, but now I truly understood his emotions, feeling like everyday is a personal hell.
Right now, I'm in my house packing my things, getting ready to carry out for our mission for tomorrow. My team was one of the strongest teams in Fairy tail. When I joined Fairy Tail I looked forward to the future. Now I can't let go of my past, because that means letting go of Lucy.
I think about her all the time, swamped with memories. A few hours ago I thought I could go through with this, getting up for a mission and prove that I am a Fairy Tail Madoushi. Now I'm not sure anymore. I can't move, and I'm completely frozen with my things.
"Sting-kun? Are you alright?" my exceed Lector asks me.
"I'm fine," I tell Lector.
"But Fro thinks you're not!"
Rogue just looks at me with a blank expression.
"Fro and Lector, I'm okay" I lie.
"Awwwww, you're still the strongest Sting-kun," they praised.
I nod, summoning up some haughty pride. "Of course, I am. We're going to blow them away. They can't surpass us!" I add.
Even Yukino asks me too. "Are you sure Sting-sama? You can rest if you want!"
"I said I'm fine," I answer, a little more sharply than I intended.
Yukino shivers. I don't want to be harsh with her. She is my best female friend and my nakama.
She is also a celestial mage, liked my Lucy.
"I'm sorry, Sting-sama."
"Sting," Rogue warns me.
Rogue is the one who convinced me to go on a mission today. Fro and Lector said they needed me. I couldn't avoid my life, and Lucy would not want her nakama to suffer for her death.
They're right. The team needs me-I'm one of the twin dragon slayers. I'm a mage after all. I can't avoid my life, as much as I sometimes want to.
But none of those reasons matter, not now. Because I lied
I stare down at my things. Rogue studies me for a minute. He knows I'm lying. I can't look at him straight in the eye. I pretend that I'm still the same Sting Eucliffe, ready for killing a monster and capturing bandits.
Naaaa! I forgot being a Fairy Tail mage means you need to value lives. Lucy taught me that. She was my savior.
"I can't go on today. I just can't. It's too soon," I whisper so no one can hear.
I have to tell my friends I can't go. I hate to let them down-the rush of going on missions together is totally awesome. I want to be excited and happy. However, now my heart feels like it's made of stone. Like before, fighting and fighting, asking Erza, Natsu, Laxus, Gajeel and Gildarts for duels. Skinned knees are easier to fix than a broken heart.
"I loved you so much. I wish I could reverse time, do it all over again, and this time do it right!"
I'm in front of my friends, but I feel nothing. I step forward the guys. I'll apologize in Lucy's name. They'll be disappointed, but they'll understand. They have to.
Before I can open my mouth, Rogue interrupts me. "Let's go back. None of us are ready."
When we arrive at the guild, everyone is still mourning for Lucy's death. Natsu-san is not eating regularly. Gray doesn't strip anymore. Wendy's always crying because she blames herself for Lucy's death. She couldn't heal her illness. Happy doesn't eat fish anymore and always cries. Cana hasn't drunk since her death. Levy doesn't read her books anymore, she misses her friend so much. Gajeel and Bickslow miss teasing their Bunny Girl and Cosplay Queen. Elfman has stopped talking about men.
Every member of the guild is affected for her death.
She thought she was the weakest mage of Fairy Tail, but she was the world's greatest celestial mage. She fought with her whole self, her emotions, all her humor, all her sadness and all her troubles.
I feel weak and collapse. Everything reminds me of Lucy Heartfilia. I close my eyes and think of her. Her noisy yet angelic voice, her wicked and teasing grin, her golden hair, her wide chocolate eyes, and sometimes she's greedy for taking advantage using her oozing sex appeal.
Thoughts of Lucy flood me every time I look at the stars. Months of precious memories-the best time of my life.
I fall back into the past, to the beginning when we first met, wishing I could stay there forever… "MY SHINING STAR"
"Oftentimes we say goodbye to the person we love without wanting to. Though that doesn't mean that we've stopped loving them or we've stopped to care." -unknown
A/N: OMG! Kyaaaaa…what time is it? It's 01:00 a.m. And I have a class tomorrow morning. Anyways...Minna-sama this is my first Fairy Tail fanfiction. You can suggest anything you want, like ideas, stories, and another characters. But please don't be mean. I'm so nervous. I will try my best to satisfy your needs. Actually Sting Eucliffe is my current obsession. I'm also a big fan of LoLu. "My beloved Loke-sama" oh don't kill Me.*smiles*hehehe. Please review and Ja Ne! Mwaaah God bless! - ayhartloki
Chapter 1: Fun and Romance in the Snow
