There Is More Than You Know

Chapter 37

No One's Point Of View

Happy flew around trying to spot his two partners. He was worried about Lucy, she just ran out of the guild, almost crying. He spotted the two under a tree. Lucy was asleep with her head on Natus’s chest. Natsu just stared up at the sky. Happy landed near them and walked over to Natsu.

“Is she ok?” Happy asked.

“Yea, just some bad memories came up.” Natsu rubbed the exceed’s head. Happy sat down next to Natsu and looked up. A scream ripped through the air. Both Natsu and Happy jumped. The scream had come from Lucy who was now sitting up with tears streaming down her face. She had her hands in her hair as she cried. Natsu pulled her into a hug as Happy placed his paw on her leg. Soon Lucy’s cries went quiet. Her eyes were closed as she tried to get rid of the memories.

Celeste stood there watching Lucy as she trained. She was happy with the outcome of her train. To the two it has been years of training but to the outside world, it's been 7 days. Celeste made it so that the time in the cave would go faster than the outside world. She had to stay hidden or she would put the people and herself in danger. Lucy smiled at Celeste and Celeste smiled back. Celeste saw Lucy as her own daughter as Lucy saw her as her second mother. Celeste's smile dropped when she felt her magic sphere disappear, Lucy stopped as well. They both looked at each other when they could hear the multi footsteps heading in their direction. The room soon filled with guards, all from Dark Night. Celeste shifted into her dragon form and they both started fighting the guards. No matter how many they took down more came. Soon it became too much. They were able to knock Lucy to the ground. They tied her up and put a knife to her throat. When Celeste saw this she stopped fighting. Lucy heard someone shout kill her. Lucy tried to stand up but was pushed to the ground. Next thing Lucy saw was Celeste’s head hitting the ground, blood poured from a deep gash that went from her neck to her stomach. 

“I'm sorry, Lucy.” Was the last thing Celeste said before closing her eyes and exhaling her final breath. 

“Celeste,” Lucy screamed with tears streaming down her face. She felt her magic coursing through her veins. Her body shook from the sobs. A magic circle started to form under Lucy and got bigger. Soon a blinding light shone covering the whole cave in it. Once the blinding light dims to nothing, Lucy looks around. All the guards had turned into golden statues. The ropes that blinded her were gone. She stood up and went to the first guard she saw. As she grew closer she could see some sparkle on him. She placed a hand on the guard and it crumbled to the ground in a pile of gold dust. Lucy gasped and looked around. ‘I killed everyone.’ Was what she thought. She ran out of there, dodging all the guards. Tears still streaming down her face as she heads into the forest. 

Natsu heard footsteps to his left. He turned and saw the rest of his team.

“Are you guys ok, we heard a scream?” Erza said. 

“Yea, Lucy screamed in her sleep,” Natsu said.

“How about you guys go home?” Gray suggested. Natsu nodded and picked up Lucy. He put her on his back. Her arms wrapped around his neck with her face in his shoulder while Natsu was holding her up with her thighs. They all started walking away from the tree towards the town.

“Do you know she ran away earlier?” Wendy asked.

“*sigh* An old memory came up, a bad one. It seems whoever touched her on her shoulder triggered the memory.”

“Can you tell us what it is?” Erza asked.

“Going into the first year of running away, she was captured by Dark Night. She was in a cell with the other women. The guards came and took the women in her cell leaving her there alone. Soon another guard came and tried to rape her. She was saved by Misty who put a bullet through the guard's head.” Wendy gasped and all of them had a shocked look on their faces. Gray clenched his fist while Erza was lost in thought.