There Is More Than You Know

Chapter 18

Lucy's Point of View

I ended up going back to the room late. Everyone else was asleep. I decided to read using the moonlight as a light. As the sun started coming up I heard shuffling from Erza's and Wendy's bed. I turned and looked at them seeing Erza get up.

"Oh, you're awake already."

"Yea." She walked into the bathroom but not before she closed the door to the boys' room. I heard the shower turn on. About ten minutes later she came out of the bathroom in a towel. She used her magic and changed into her armor.

"Want to get breakfast from a cafe nearby?"

"Sure." We walked out of the room and hotel. We walked side by side. I could see the cafe not too far. We went in, ordered breakfast sandwiches for everyone and coffee. As we were walking back she spoke,

"You seem too calm after yesterday. You ok?"

"Yea, it wasn't your fault it was mine and I understand that I haven't told you everything either," I said as I looked down at what was in my hands.

"I understand, Lucy. It's hard to speak of what happened and maybe some of the things you learned were when they hurt you. You're not alone in losing people or parts of yourself." I heard her sigh.

"I've lost the person that convinced me to go to Fairy Tail. I've lost my best friend and …. My eye. We all lost things but you,..... You lost more than anyone. Wendy lost her mother and her village where she grew up, of which she saw as her family but now we are her family. Gray lost his parents and master to the same demon but he got over by seeing that demon gone. Natsu lost his father, got him back, then lost him again. But you Lucy, lost your mother, your father, Aquarius, the guild, then you got us back, nearly lost Natsu, lost us again, lost your second mother, and lost all your friends that were with you. You lost more than anyone." We stopped walking and she looked at me. The tears were threatening to fall.

"Right now, I know in your head that you think that you aren't strong enough, that's why you don't tell us anything. But Lucy, you are the strongest person I know. You've been beaten down so many times but every time you got back up. You didn't lose a piece of yourself physically but mentally you have. I can see it. Every time you speak of the dark guild sadness is shown in your eyes. I know and understand that you can't tell us everything right now but I hope that you can tell us in the future." By then the tears were actually falling. I moved the coffee to one hand and wiped the tears away.

"Thank you Erza."

"No problem." We continued our walk back to our rooms. We entered the room and saw Everyone was awake.

"We decided to get you guys breakfast," Erza said. She pulled out the sandwiches and gave everyone one. We ate and headed out. 

"Lucy, I just noticed that you're wearing different clothes," Wendy said.

"I asked Virgo to bring me some clothes and this was what she gave me." I lied. I told Virgo to bring these clothes specifically. When we got to the mayor's house it was big. It was between a two-story house and a mansion. I knocked on the door and heard a soft hold on. The door opened to show a lady in a maid outfit.

"We are here bout the job," I said.

"Oh ok. Come in." She said let us in.

"Follow me please." She said and walked into what looked like a small meeting room.

"I'll let the mayor know that you're here." She left. A few minutes later, a man came with the lady. He looked bout late thirties, he had brown hair and wasn't very tall either.