The Daughter of Aphrodite

Chapter 2: Pain

Lucy's Pov

  My name is Lucy Heartfilia and I'm fourteen years old, and I am suicidal. At the age of two my mother died not many people know this and Piper promised never to bring it up.The doctors stated that it was due to blood loss, stress and depression it seems like her body gave out.

  At first my father loved me as any normal father would but at the age of six he stopped loving me. He wouldn't look at me and would never talk to me and whenever he did he always told me that I killed my mother and every weekend he would give me to a married couple who would take care of me. At first I loved going with Mrs.Aquarius and Mr.Scorpio but the weekend began to turn into weeks then months.

  Then one day I went to talk to my dad and he threw a glass bottle at my head and said he could never love the person who killed his wife. The glass bottle didn't hit me but his words pierced my heart and shattered it. No one knows about that day, not even Piper.

  Once turned ten my father he bought me a blade he told me to kill myself and ever since then I have been cutting myself. I'm such a coward I can never bring myself to killing myself and for that I am pathetic! I'm weak and worthless! No one would ever love someone as pathetic and cowardly like me!

  Before I met Natsu and Piper I thought love was just a lie. Natsu brought light into my dark world and Piper enhanced it. I don't deserve them and if they ever knew what I am truly like they would be disgusted and that is why no one must ever find out.

  Everyday I feel like I'm locked in a dungeon with no escape, when I go into closed spaces it feels like everything is squishing me like a sponge. A child is supposed to be told stories of Princesses and Princes not of death and hate. Hopefully one day far into the future, I hope that I can raise something as innocent as a baby and I promise when that day comes I will protect that baby with my life.

  I met Natsu not through school but through the global meeting of young heirs, it was like a camp but with more salads then cheeseburgers. If we made a grammar mistake we would have to carry books in our hands and read Shakespear and every night that's where I'd see Natsu.

  Sometimes he would actually look at me. But while I was punished by Ms.Lily who was kind, and she would slowly remove the number of books on my hands. Natsu was punished by Mr.Claus, and he did look like Santa Claus now that I think of it. Same white beard and red outfit but while Santa is fat, Mr.Claus was not.

  He was in very good shape but that's what made him terrifying. Rumors about Mr.Claus would spread like peanut butter on bread. Some said he would paint with the blood of the little boys he "punished" and Leo had the scars to prove it but unfortunately, Leo died after going on a trip with Mr.Claus but I actually don't think Mr.Claus did it because of one reason... Leo was his son. After Leo's funeral on August 11th 2012, Mr.Claus changed he started to be kind and gentle towards the boys and whenever someone brought up Leo's name he would break down in tears constantly saying that he "failed to save him from the devil".

  Leo was my only friend there, his curly hair was soft enough to be a pillow and whenever Leo grew mad he wouldn't insult anyone but instead he just stared. Whenever Leo couldn't pronounce a word he'd say "It's not the latino way". While I found it hilarious the teachers thought it was disrespectful.

  To this day I don't know how Leo died and it burns my heart because whenever I've thought about finding out I back out because I think deep down I don't want to know.

  I only wonder what my life would be like if Leo hadn't died? What would he be like? I kept walking down the street only to bump into a wall, a rock hard wall I looked up to see Natsu staring me down. Then he does something unexepected he wraps his muscular arms around me. I only cried harder into his shoulder, he began to cry as well as if he knew the pain I felt. All time around us froze and in that moment it was just Natsu and I.