Between The Pages

Chapter 3

The next day after school, when Juvia went over to the Fullbuster residence they weren't home so she decided to come back tomorrow.

"Hey Lockser!"

She froze when she heard the familiar voice calling her name. It was Mary Hughes and her gang, they bullied her worse than anyone in the entire school. Poor Juvia had tried everything she could to avoid the mean girl and her gang of hoodlums but apparently she didn't try hard enough this time.

"Hel-hello Mary." She said nervously.

"I thought I told you to do my report for history class last night, because of you I got an F."

"I'm sorry Mary but I couldn't do your homework for you... That's.... Cheating and...Besides I was busy yesterday."

"Do you remember what I told you I would do if you didn't do my report?"

"Um..."

"I said that I would make your life a living hell!"

She then shoved her to the ground causing somethings to spill out of her bag. Her notebook, some pencils, two textbooks, and her music box. She was planning on showing it to Mika today because she had a love of sentimental things.

"What's this?" Mary said picking up the music box.

"Give it back Mary."

Juvia reached for it but she held it away from her.

"What a cheap little trinket! Where did you get it? A flea market or the good will?"

"My mother gave it to me."

"Which one? The ugly homemaker who took you in or the one who's dead?"

"Please give it back. It's the only thing I have left of her."

"Oh so it's from the dead one?"

"Yes so please, please give it back."

"Yeah Mary, come on don't you think you're taking this a little too far?" Said Coco, Mary's more kind gang member.

"Alright." Mary groaned. "Here."

Mary started to hand it back to Juvia but then without warning she threw the music box to the ground and stepped on it as hard as she could, smashing it to pieces.

"Oops!" Mary said faking innocence.

Then the wicked girl burst out laughing while the rest of her gang members except for Coco, joined in with her.

"You know I don't think your parents really died, I think that they just abandoned you for being a freak!" Mary chuckled cruelly.

"Hey what's going on?!" Called Natsu. He was just about to leave for football practice when he saw the thug looking students surrounding Juvia. "What the hell is going on here?! Leave my sister alone!"

Not wanting to risk getting beaten up by a football jock the bullies ran away.

"Juvia are you okay?" Natsu asked her.

She didn't answer. She was too busy staring in horror at the shattered remains of her beloved music box. The very last thing given to her by her biological mother, her reminder to always have hope, it was in pieces.

"Oh Juvia." He said. "I'm so sorry."

"It's... It's okay." She said trying to keep her voice from breaking. "It's...It's only... It's only a little thing."

"Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes I'll be fine."

"Look I don't feel right leaving you alone like this, why don't we go inside? I can skip practice today and-"