There Is More Than You Know

Chapter 15

Lucy’s Point of View

I stared at the moon and stars throughout the night. I was debating whether or not to tell them everything. They deserve to know but it could get them killed. It got me killed a couple of times but I'm still here. They won't be able to come back if they die. Well depending but there is a risk with it. ‘Celest, why aren't you here when I need you the most.’ Celest was like a second mother to me and they killed her like she was nothing. I felt tears were about to fall. They didn't have to kill her, she had nothing to do with what they wanted but they always wanted to hurt everyone around me. That's why I left but the guild doesn't get it. I want to tell what happened but then I have to open myself up again and I don't want to do that. I did that before and I got a lot of people killed. I finally let the tears fall. I pulled my knees to my chest and let it out. I lean my head back against the tree and stare at the sky. They will pay, that is for sure. They hurt way too many people, people's lives affected by this guild all because they want what I have. It was bout mid-morning from what I could tell. I rested my head on my knees and fell asleep. I woke up again to talk. I opened my eyes and saw Erza, Wendy, Carla, Gray, Happy, and Natsu.

"We should leave her. She looks dead practically." Erza said.

"Yea but out in the woods. What if that dark guild comes? It is an easy way of capturing her." Wendy said and Carla agreed.

"Well, we're too far from the guild so we can just wait for her to wake up or bring her along," Gray said.

"When someone is sleeping, you should whisper so you don't wake them up," I said. They looked at me. I stood up and stretched. 

"Sorry for waking you up, Lucy," Erza said.

"Eh, I honestly don't care. But Wendy was right tho."

"What are you doing so far out into the forest?"

"Don't know, just wanting to be by myself. Anyway, what are you guys doing?"

"Heading out to do a job." Happy said and landed in my arms.

"Would you like to come along, Lucy?" Erza asked.

"Sure, just don't expect me to do much since I need to stay low."

"That's fine. Well, let's head to the town before it gets dark."

 We walked for a while. Something felt off.  I stopped but everyone else kept walking. Once they noticed that I stopped they stopped.

"What's wrong?" I didn't say anything and focused on the sounds around me. The birds chirping, the squirrels climbing trees, deer eating grass, and a heavy foot stepping on a twig. They saw me get in a somewhat defensive position and got into one-two. I heard something else off to the left. A group of guys then come out from their hiding place. They easily outnumber us. They were somewhat buffle.

"We had a feeling you would stay with your guild once you reunite with them, Lucy Heartfillia." I relaxed my body and looked at them with a bored face.

"You know Dark Night is paying a lot of money for you being given to them alive or your keys."

"If this is your whole guild, well bubby you're in for a surprise," I said.

"They told us everything we need to know, girl."

"Of which is nothing. You don't know shit if you actually came after me. So I suggest that you leave before shit happens."

"Oh, we know enough. We know that a lot of people died because of you and how you did nothing to save them." Anger filled my body. I could tell the eyes of my friends on me.