I suggest going back and rereading the book, because it might be confusing for you guys since I took so long just to update. Nonetheless, enjoy the chapter!

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Lucy's POV:

"Natsu, I see light in the water!" I yelled.

"Is it Virgo?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "I'm going in."

He was about to say something, but I dove into the water before he could tell me anything. The water was chillier than usual. It felt very unwelcoming. I put aside those feelings and swam towards the light.

As I got closer, I saw a written parchment paper. It was the same as Aquarius's, but the writing was different. I looked at the paper and read its contents.

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Dear Aquarius,

I was wrong. You were right about him, Aquarius. He never loved me. I thought he cared about me. He made me feel like I could do anything in the world. I don't know how to apologize to you. For a long time, you warned me about him: his reputation, his work, and how I shouldn't hang out with a bad influence like him.

But I didn't listen...

I did my own foolish thing and ignored you. I shouldn't have done that. What's worse was that because I didn't listen to you, I had to figure out the hard way that he was trying to sell me for money. I didn't let him, however, for I did something that I knew was going to affect you the most: I had to kill myself.

There wasn't any other way. Please, believe me. Tell mom and dad that I love them so much. I also want you to know that even though we never saw eye to eye most of the time, I will always love you with all of my heart. Goodbye, Aquarius...

Your sister,

Virgo

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After reading the letter, it pained me how Virgo never knew what really happened to Aquarius. I could only hope that the both of them are with each other in the afterlife, happily living together.

I placed my hands on the letter, and the light suddenly began to engulf around me. I wasn't ready the first time this happened to me, but I was ready now. I looked around me, and my surroundings had definitely changed. I was now in Virgo's last memory.

[THE MEMORY OF VIRGO]

"Let me go!" I shouted as loud as I could. I had awaken from my slumber and saw a strange man carrying me, while riding his trusty steed.

"Not a chance," the man said to me. "You are our most valuable possession."

I tried to break free, but the ropes around my wrists were preventing me from doing so. I wanted to scream out loud for people to come save me, but there was no one around in plain sight. There was no way for me to escape.

I've never felt so trapped.

I've reflected on my past actions, knowing that it was pointless to try and break free. I never really took a chance to think about the things that I've done, but now that I did, I felt like a terrible person.

Ever since I started having a relationship with the one person who I thought loved me, I kept having constant arguments over my whole family. They kept warning me, telling me that I shouldn't be with a guy like him. Of course, being the stubborn girl I was, I didn't listen to them.

When he told me that he wanted to stay with me forever, I was so happy. I've never been so in love with a person before. It excited me.

He excited me...

It crushed me when it was all just one big, fat lie. I felt so stupid to think that he could ever love a person like me. He told me countless of times that I was the girl for him, but I wondered how many times he said that line to those other girls he dated.

The guy carrying me stopped his horse to catch a quick break. He got off his horse and positioned me to sit on the saddle. He told me to stay on this horse or he'll do the unimaginable.

I'll show him unimaginable...

Once he was out of my sight, I quickly got off the horse and ran all the way towards the edge of the cliff. I hesitated on whether I should jump, which will most definitely take the life out of me. I've never been so scared in my life. This was no easy task to do.

I could hear footsteps coming towards my direction, and I knew that it was either I go with this horrid man or jump.

I chose the latter...

And in that moment, the only thing that I felt was relief...

[END OF MEMORY]

Natsu's POV:

As soon as I saw her surfaced, I grabbed Lucy and had her rest her head on my chest. She was unconscious, but I was happy she was still breathing.

"I got her!" I shouted to Juvia. I was grateful that Juvia was able to catch Gray and Erza on time. They were both currently riding on the same broom as her.

"We have to go back to my cottage quickly. We need to start a fire urgently," Juvia said. "In the meantime, use your body heat to warm her up," she told me.

"W-warm her? How?" I asked.

Juvia rolled her eyes at me. "Hug her or something. I don't know!"

After the conversation, Juvia didn't want to waste any time and took off to her cottage. I trailed behind her and took her advice on hugging Lucy. I had to keep one hand on the broom, but I used my left arm to wrap her closer to me.

She was so cold...

I felt a slight movement from her, and I instantly got my hopes up that she was finally out of her unconscious state. She took a couple of blinks before she was wide awake. I could see how tired she was, but I loved the fact that she had enough energy to turn around and smile at me.

It made me blush for some reason.

"Hey," I greeted her.

"Hey..."

"You know you almost made me worried when you jumped into the water without me, right?"

She looked a little sad. "You were almost worried? I thought you were worried for me..."

I hugged her tightly. "But then I realized that you would be okay in the end."

"And what if I wasn't okay? Would that make you worried?"

"No," I said instantly.

Her heart sank a little. "Why not?"

I smiled. "Not matter what happens, I'll always protect you, even if it means I'll be the one to take the hit."

Lucy looked at my arm that I wrapped her around with and placed her hand over mine. "Please, don't say that."

"Why not?" I asked her.

"I would rather have you live for me than to die trying to save me..."

Before I could say anything more, Lucy took my hand that was wrapped around her and planted a gentle kiss on it before interlocking it with her's. She closed her eyes and soon drifted off to sleep. I looked at our intertwined hands, which sent my heart racing.

What was she doing to me?

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Sorry for the long hiatus. No matter how hard I tried writing this story, I've lost all my strength to write anything. It's not that I've lost inspiration, but I think I've gotten to this stage where writing became such a drag to me.

From now on, I'm only going to update whenever I want to, and I'll hopefully fall back to my love for writing.

Thanks for understanding. <3

~TheKonfusingKK