Here comes sadness! 

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As the girls were wiping the new tears of laughter they had from teasing the bluenette, who is now covering her crimson face with a pink pillow that said 'Home, Sweet Home' in looping letters, they wanted something new to do.

"Well, that was fun. Never knew you had it in you, Levy!" Cana poked the bluenette, who was now screaming in her pillow.

"So, what should we do now?" Wendy asked.

"I'm hungry! You guys want popcorn?!" Levy stood up and shouted, happy to not be the center of attention any longer. Her friends were like a pack of hyenas when it came to gossip.

"Juvia is rather hungry..."

"Well, there you have it! We'll make some popcorn and then, we can tell scary stories!" Erza spoke, stars appearing in her eyes. "Like a real slumber party..."

"Scary stories?!" Wendy shrieked clutching Carla, then looked around as if something might come out to eat her.

"Oh, hell yeah! Levy fire up that popcorn maker! I've got a scary story that will make all of you piss your pants!" Cana exclaimed while Levy went to grab popcorn.

"Don't start any stories without me! I also have a scary story book in the back if we need it!" Levy poked her head back into the living room as she was in the kitchen pouring a large amount of kernels into the popper. With Levy's statement, the girls were getting comfortable, then Lucy had an idea.

"GUYS! WE SHOULD MAKE A BLANKET FORT!" She squealed, jumping up and down and wiggling cutely like a child. She used to make them all the time as a kid back at the mansion with her mother (when she was alive), her maids, and her celestial spirits.

With that the women all agreed and starting grabbing all the blankets they could find and started their work. Evergreen and Lisanna grabbing a few chairs to keep the heavy warm blankets from collapsing on their heads while they were inside. Wendy, Lucy, and Carla worked on making a little door by having a blanket be their "hatch". Lucy smiled down at their work when they finally had the door done. She giggled at the multi-colored tent-shaped fortress that was starting to take shape. This was gonna be so much fun!

"Levy, are you almost done making the popcorn?" Lisanna asked.

"Almost!" Even though she already had large amount of the salty, buttery goodness.

"Well, hurry up or I might eat Evergreen over here!" Cana shouted back.

"Don't even think about it," Evergreen glared at Cana.

"Cannibalism is bad!" Juvia shouted.

"Nobody's eating anybody!" Erza exclaimed, a sword appearing in her hand suddenly.

"Erza, put the sword down, I'm just joking. Anyway I think that Evergreen would be too sour to eat," Cana said waving her hand up and down, smirking.

Evergreen crossed her arms and 'hmph'ed. "And you'd taste like alcohol."

"AND WHAT A GOOD TASTE TO BE!" Cana laughed and drank from her third barrel of whatever was in it, Evergreen just rolled her eyes and shook her head, tidying up any blankets that were kinda sloppy, smiling slightly when she had it to her liking.

Lucy laughed at her friends antics and started on a new part of the fort when she heard her stomach growl. She could swear she saw everyone drool, and she couldn't say that she wasn't either. She thought about the wonderful taste of the popcorn and how it would be so nice to share it with her friends...

"Hey there, Lucy. Can I talk to you for a second?"

Lucy was startled out of her thoughts of the wonderful taste of popcorn when she saw Bisca next to her, keeping another blanket in place. Her hair was up in adorable low pigtails and she wore brown PJs with what looked to be...mice for it's design.

"Sure! What do you need?" Lucy said cheerfully, happy to help her older (now at least) friend.

"Oh, I just wanted to thank you again for saving Asuka at the Grand Magic Games. Who knows what would've happened if that fiery gal got to our lil' sweetheart?!" Bisca stressed. "If it weren't for you, we could've lost our lil' girl..."

Lucy was speechless, touched by the kind words from her green-haired friend. She blushed and put her hand behind her neck."Oh, that's so sweet of you to say! Thank you so very much! It means a lot to me that you think that! But it was Natsu who saved your daughter...He burned the hair so that it wouldn't hurt her..." Lucy said, sadly.

Lucy wished that she could've done more to help the situation then when she had the chance, but instead all she could do was get beat up by the red-haired fire user and she even lost the match making Fairy Tail look bad... Natsu was strong and kind and was always able to save everyone, just like any other Fairy Tail member. Why couldn't she? All she wanted to do was help people and make them happy. If only she could do more... Lucy then realized that she was not yet alone, where she could contemplate this on her own, and immediately beamed at Bisca not wanting to worry her friend. "I'm just glad she's safe and sound!" She said, not letting her true emotions show.

Bisca let out a laugh. "Well, yes he did, but then again you gave up that part of the match because Asuka was in trouble! You could've just let her get hurt yet you didn't! Honestly, those rotten Raven Tails! They threatened our daughter and cheated on that match! If it weren't for that, you totally would've won that match for sure!" Bisca said, putting her hand on her chin and nodding as if she was sure of it.

Lucy didn't know what to say yet again. Did she really believe that she could've beaten Flare?

Lucy always heard all sorts of awful things that were being said about her, especially after the Grand Magic Games. 'She can't actually do anything. She just hides behind the rest of her team and her so called "spirits".' and 'She's just used for her looks. She's got more breast than she's got strength or skill' or just 'She's so weak! I can't stand her! All she does is cry! She's just a slut!' and many many more. It was the comments like these that would bring her down to tears. She tried to brush them off but that doesn't mean that they don't hurt. Sure, she wasn't the strongest person in the world but that doesn't mean that she couldn't take care of herself! Just because she wasn't constantly destroying stuff like the rest of her team didn't mean that she wasn't strong! She trained and meditated everyday for Mavis's sake! Why couldn't people see how hard she worked? And how much it hurt to hear these cruel comments...

Why can't I be good enough?

She wasn't good enough for Fairy Tail. She wasn't good enough to be on Fairy Tail's Strongest team, Team Natsu. She wasn't good enough for her Celestial Spirits. She wasn't good enough for her friends...

She wasn't good enough for Natsu...

She wasn't good for anything...

"You ok, sugar? Did I say somethin' to upset you?" Bisca put her hands on both of Lucy's shoulders, concern showing in her face. Lucy shook her head, swallowing the lump in her throat and blinking away tears that were threatening to gush out. She couldn't think of this right now. She was with friends! She shouldn't be thinking about the sad stuff! Plus, Bisca believes in her!

"O-oh yeah! I'm fine! I was just wondering, where is Asuka anyways?" Lucy asked the mother of the girl in question, a slight tremor in her voice.

"Oh, she's with Alzack right now! Him and her had a Father/Daughter day and just hung out at the house."

"POPCORN'S DONE!" Levy came in with 5 3-gallon pails and a few smaller bowls to share and fill with popcorn! Levy nearly fell over from the weight as she carried it into the fortress.

"Wow Levy! Are you trying to feed the whole Fiore army?!" Mira teased as the girls filed into the fortress. The only light being a lacrima lantern for the extra effect for the stories. Everyone was given a bowl of popcorn to eat from as they settled down into their spots.

"I'm starting my story!" Cana yelled through a mouthful of popcorn and began. Leaving the other women sitting on the edge of their seats to find out who was behind all the murder in Cana's horror story...

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So yeah, Lucy's doubting herself on stuff because of what people are saying about her. I mean people give her so much hate for such stupid things! And I hate it! LUCY'S MY QUEEN!! 

Tell me what you think!

Love, Maddie