Glass Ring of Time (Fairy Tail FanFic)

Chapter 2

The next day he visited her and she was still laying on her bed. Unlike the last time, her head was laying on the pillows and her body was tucked underneath the sheets.

And unlike last time, Erza, Carla, Happy, and Wendy came along.

Wendy gasped as soon as the door opened. She trotted over to the blonde's bed. "Lucy, are you okay? Are you hot? Have you threw up?" she questioned the girl with numerous medical questions.

"I'm...just a little warm..." the blonde claimed. Her voice was weaker than the day before.

The back of Wendy's hand rested on the blonde's forehead. She gasped, "You're overheating!"

Natsu mimicked Wendy, and tried it himself, "I don't see anything wrong." To him, her forehead was the same temperature as his.

"You're a Fire Dragon Slayer. Of course you won't feel the difference," Erza stated. "To you, this is probably normal." The scarlet haired turned and face the small Dragon Slayer, "What's wrong with her?"

"Uh...I think she has the flu. I can't tell just based on her temperature."

"Is she going to die?" Happy bluntly questioned. He tilted his head and stared innocently at Wendy. The blond woman was wishing that cat would get hit.

Her wish came true, Carla smacked him, "Of course she isn't! It's just the common flu, correct, Wendy?"

"Most likely. It's that time of the year when the seasons changes. She could be allergy to something in the wind," the small girl suggested. It was common with the climate changing. "How long have you been feeling ill?"

"I don't know...I just got tired at first...started coughing real bad..and...then yesterday, I couldn't even stand out of my bed..." Wendy nodded at the blond's answer as she noted it in her brain.

It wasn't worst at first. She just thought she wasn't getting enough sleep, and that was why she was tired all of the time. Then, she started having coughing fits during the night time.

Everything was minor, and she didn't make a fuss of it until she woke up yesterday. It felt as though all of the burdens from days past weighted her down and she couldn't get back up.

"When should she get better?" Natsu asked the next question.

"It shouldn't last longer than a week."

He sighed in relief and gave Lucy a small smile, in which she returned.

...

The Dragon Slayer leaned over the table and moaned. Imminently, he knew that asshole was walking over to him. He braced himself for the taunts he knew was going to come his way.

The Ice Princess chose a chair at the table next to him. "You've been doing that too often."

"Doing what?" the pink haired snapped. He was in no mood for this horseplay with his rival. Not now.

"Moaning and groaning. It's bad for you, so stop it already. Plus, it's annoying to hear all the time."

"Too bad. I feel like groaning and moaning, so I'll do it if I want too."

"Flame Brain, it's not just you who's worried. Everyone here is Lucy's friend, even that Iron Moron." Gray lifted his feet onto the chair after he pointed to Gajeel at the bar. "Just stop worrying. She will be fine."

"If she isn't, I'm going to beat you up."

"As if that will happen," Gray smirked.

"Watch what you say. I may take that offer sooner than expected."

Gray relaxed his body and leaned back on the chair. "Just tell me when and where, and I'm all at it."

...

Five weeks passed, and Lucy's state of health only gotten worst with each day.

They moved her to the Guild. This way, they could keep a closer watch on her. Master already called Porlyusica, but there was no answer. Lucy was left in Wendy's care until the could get a hold of the old witch.

Lucy was in the back room; a room they used for guests. They set up a tray next to her bed, as well as other equipment for Wendy to use on the blonde.

Everything the small girl tried didn't work on Lucy.

Medicine.

Remedies.

Spells.

Lucy only grew worst each day. Wendy felt like this was her fault. Everything she learned from her foster mother wouldn't work on the blonde, and she had nothing else to give.

Lucy's hair grew thin and paled, as well as the rest of her body. She was practically skin and bones. Every meal she tried to consume ended up in the trash within ten minutes.

On the 35th day, Wendy finally wailed for her incompetent as all of her spells backfired. She was a Sky Dragon Slayer. The healer of the sky. Yet, she couldn't even cure her own friend.

Mirajane patted her shoulder, "It's not your fault."

"There has to be another explanation as to why it's not working," Erza added, "You're not to blame."

And this drove the entire guild to work together to find a cure for their very own guild member. They called in help from those all around Fiore; experts in the medical field.

Everyone started helping if they weren't before.