(Since I updated around midnight, unless I noticed some words that were misspelled, then I decided that I should reward myself with sleep. Now that I'm up, I'm ready for you to see
Control and Run. I know this name is a little cheesy but it'll make sense in the chapter. Or at least the 'Run' part. PLEASE ENJOY...hopefully...)

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(Lucy's P.O.V)

This place is to real. The smell was stronger with death, the corpses were falling apart, but worst of all...my goal is to 'control' my emotions...which I'm failing horribly.

"Seraphina! I want out of here!!!" So far the only thing I've been doing is yelling at the sky hoping Seraphenia will come in and just take me out of this...place. I have lost sleep and my intelligence because of my lack of sleep all because of this place! Now she wants me to control my emotions...scratch that...control my FEAR in this place?! The only emotion I'm feeling is panic, dread,distress... whatever else there is for being scared out of your mind.

"...what are you trying to tell me Seraphenia? That I have to be an emotionless killer when war comes?" If Seraphenia has watched me for the past twenty-five years even though I've been sleep for seven years of my life, then she should know that I don't have the heart to kill anything or anyone. Fairy Tail mages don't kill their enemies. We just stop them from destroying what we hold dear to our hearts.

"Well, well...it's about time I finally get to see you." Great! Another mysterious voice to figure out! "Who are you!" I don't have time to be figuring out who-is-this-persons-voice game. I need to find a way out of here while controlling my feelings.

"Aweee...come on Lucy! I've been watching you since you locked me away and became so...pure..." This voice is obviously a girls that sounds like she's in her teens. It actually seems...familiar.
I slowly trudged through the littered streets to find her. "Anyway, I'm here to 'help' you to control your emotions. It is the only time I can actually leave my prison you created."

"How are you going to help me"? The girl's psychotic laughter erupted with an echo. "I'm going to help you by playing with me on a game of Hide and Seek." I entered the Town Square ignoring the hill of bodies in the center with its horrible stench. "So do I have to find you while I battle monsters you going to give me?" Another of her laughter came. "Oh no...Lucy...YOU'RE going to be the hider while I seek to find you. The only monster here is the one and only me!"
I crossed my arms to inspect my surroundings to find her. "Then they're rules to this game of yours right?"

"You know me so well...Yes I do have rules for my game, and if you think you can 'break' my rules, then I will gladly 'break' your bones." She laughed. The first rule is you can't leave the border of Magnolia. Second, if I catch you then after my treat of fun with you, we start the game over. Finally, if you win the game and can no longer feel any emotions and defeated me, you are free to leave and to go find your way back to your physical body! I think that sounds fair and easy!"

I don't have my keys or whips to aid me with her, I don't even want to know what she meant by 'treat' to me, and there is the possibility of me never getting out of here. This is far from being fair and easy...but I'm out of options at this point, and the only thing I have to do is to control. How hard can it be?!

"Fine. It's not like I have a choice to do this. But I would like to know who I'm playing against in this game." I'm going to regret this decision...I'm going to regret it. "I wondered when you would ask. Don't worry Lucy, just turn around..." My body froze and became stiff. She's been following me?! Now I really regret this... "Are you backing down coward? And your friends say your so strong! I wouldn't be surprised if they just say those words so they won't hurt your feelings for a weakling like you!" I became outraged by her words.

I quickly rotated my body to meet her and was about to punch her...until I saw her silhouette. Her hands were on her curvy hips with her legs slightly parted. She has dirty blonde hair mostly covered by a grey hoodie with a gray tank on and black leather jacket over it. The pieces of her hair that were out of her hoodie was flying with the wind making it dance with her dull red eyes staring into my soul. The woman was pale with her black, tight jeans hugging her legs to show more of her curves with the brown leather combat boots stained in blood. An evil smirk was plastered on her face with the black veins I fear. How can this be...it can't be possible.

She's....Me?!

By my expression her smirk grew wider. "Hello...me." The person who I must play against is my own self?! "No need to worry Lucy. You'll know your 'true' fate when the time comes. Until then, I'm going to enjoy breaking your soul apart in front of those stupid fairies you call family!" My anger returned to me.
"Even if you look like me, I'm still going to win this idiotic game of yours! So don't think you've won yet!" It was my turn to smirk at this other me. She became expressionless from my outburst. "I can't wait to find you Lucy. The first treat is always the best." Dark Lucy turned and stalked away from her position. "Since I'm kind, especially to you Lucy, I'll give you an hour to hide. Be sure Lucy, I won't go easy on you."

With that said, she walked away and turned into shadows. Panic set in making me go overdrive. "Only an hour!.. I-I need to calm down and to control my emotions...I can do this." With little luck I calmed myself, but was still scared out of my mind. I have to go hide now! I ran around the ruined shops and homes. So far, I haven't seen a place to hide and I know I'm running out of time!

I turned left from the outskirts of the city and saw Magnolia Park with the dead trees and the once great mystical lake now brown, muddy and had the smell of sewage and rotting smell of bodies. I sprinted over to the trees looking anywhere to hide.

Eventually, I found a tree with a hole in the ground with the roots sticking out of it. "Please let me fit..." I got down on my arms and knees and started to crawl through the dirt to be greeted with bugs... And I know some had eight legs...
The deeper I went into the hole the more I went in blinded by the dark. "This seems far enough. Hopefully nothing crawls on me..."

Let's just say...today was not my day. I felt all sorts of things crawl all over my legs and back. While trying not to scream, I heard a bell of a church go off. I guess that means my hour is over. I scooted myself into the roots and the wall of the dirt holding in my breath with my hands over my mouth.

"Lucy~..." What?! Didn't it just start and she's already close to my spot?! How is that possible? "Come out, come out wherever you are~..." She's closer. My heart felt like it was about to jump out of my chest with my teeth chattering under my mouth and hand from the tension building. The air became cold with the bugs scattering away from me.

Her slow footsteps stopped.

I waited for her to find me...and waited, but nothing came. Did she leave? No... She's toying me thinking I'll run out of my spot. I took another breath and held it to listen to any sound. Nothing came from the outside, instead I heard the sound of crackling wood. Are the roots moving?! Before I could process to move my body, I felt the roots blindly wrap around my body picking me up from the ground. She is controlling the roots!

I fell for her trap!

The roots covered my mouth making it even harder to breath and scream. But who could I scream for help... Muffling a cry, the roots started to drag me back to the surface.
Moments later, I see Her leaning on a tree looking at her nails impatiently. Such a stuck up...the root gripped me tighter causing me to scream in my mouth. "I found you." I glared daggers at her or at least tried to without making my tears fall. "I must say Lucy, I was hoping that you would be harder to find, but at least I can have some fun now..."

With a wave of her hand, the roots dropped me and returned to the tree. I gripped my neck to release some of the pain. "How did...you find me?.." The lump in my throat grew when I finished  my question. That root really tried to choke me...

Her grin appeared from my reaction and my suffering from the roots. She plodded over to me. With another wave of her hand, black smoke materialized around me and lifted me up in the air. "I might... Have forgotten to tell you something." While talking, Dark Lucy put her hands out in front of her with the same dark smoke forming an object. "Where you hide in the darkness Lucy..." She put her right hand in the smoke, pulling out a long, sharp yet dull looking sword that was the color of obsidian. "You will always find me there waiting for you." 

I gasped with horror and watched the person who resembles me with the dark streaks in her hair, the red eyes looking upon me with amusement of the torture she will give to me...but worst of all...those black veins that I saw myself with. I saw her draw the sword near my stomach feeling her give it more power on the tip of the sharp tool of hers and meet the excruciating pain of the sword plunging into my stomach.

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(It sucks doesn't it...I'm so sorry. I hope to make it up to you with the next update. But I might be a little late tomorrow because I have a doctors appointment so I may do it at the same time like tonight. What can I say, I'm a person who sleeps in the day and stays up in the night! Again, sorry if it sucked and I hope to make it up to you tomorrow. Love you all❤️)