♥LucyAshleyHeartfilia♥

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“Hey…will you stay?”, the same girl approached him.

“Who are you?”, Natsu asked.

“Come with me!”, the girl started to run again.

“Hey wait! Where are you going?!”, Natsu ran after her.

“Hurry up!”, the girl waved at him.

“Wait!”, Natsu ran faster to get a hold of her.

“I’m going to introduce you to….”

BANG!

Natsu’s eyes snapped open and he saw the train’s ceiling above him. He rubbed the aching part of his head which collided to the floor.

“Ah Natsu! You’re awake!”, Happy flew inside.

“How are you?”, Lucy joined in.

“Where am I?”, Natsu asked. Lucy sat beside him.

“Erza knocked you out, we’re on a train, they just left when someone caused a disturbance, and they’re taking care of it now. We left you here sleeping because you might feel sick if you’re awake”, Lucy explained. Natsu felt his nausea kicking in so fast that he slumped helplessly on the ground as usual.

“Geez, after it was mentioned you already fell for it”, Happy sighed at his partner.

“Shut up…ARGWPH”, Natsu was green with puffed cheeks. Lucy just smiled at him and rubbed his back to soothe him.

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“Waahhh!!!”, Lucy exclaimed when they arrived.

“Woah, this is a flashy town”, Gray blurted out. The town illuminated with different sets of lights making it grander and emphasizing the tall structures. There was a sweet music that can be heard not too far from the station and the people look happy while waiting for their trains to arrive.

“This town looks better than I imagined. Surely it can rival Magnolia”, Erza smiled.

“Hey, can we explore the town after we accomplished our mission?”, Lucy looks excited while asking Erza’s approval. Erza sweetly smiled at her.

“Of course, let’s have a girl time together and leave these idiots with the watch by then”, Erza announced.

“WHAT!!!”, Happy and Gray shouted out. “That’s not fair!”

“Huh? Where’s Natsu?”, Erza noticed that one of them is missing.

“EH?”, Lucy looked around her.

“GUYS!!!!”, Natsu was shouting out through the window with a paled face.

“NATSU!!!”, Erza and the others gasped.

“The train is ready to leave”, the conductor announced. Natsu straightened; Lucy and the others ran for him.

“You idiot! Get off the train!”, Gray shouted at him.

The train started to move, taking Natsu with it. Good thing Happy was a fast flyer; he took Natsu from the window and lifted him out.

“Thanks buddy”, Natsu groaned.

“You’re troublesome you know that?”, Happy teased. Natsu just grinned at him.

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“Excuse me?”, Erza approached a vendor from the town.

“What is it?”, the woman asked.

“Do you have an idea where this place is?”, Erza showed her the picture.

“Ah yes, but, if I may ask, why do you want to go to that place?”, the woman asked.

“We’re wizards; we’re on a mission right now. We have to get something from this place”, Erza explained.

“I see, just turn to that corner and walk straight until you see a red lamp. When you do, turn left and head straight until you find a cabin. Beware though; you’ll have to go through the forest. Young kids like you should be careful of the animals in there. Some says there are traps as well”, the woman informed.

“Thank you very much for your help”, Erza bowed and smiled at her before leaving.

“Hm? That place….”, the woman thought then snapped her head back. “Wait a minute! Young lady!”, the woman tried to stop Erza but the group vanished already. “I forgot to tell her that the place they are heading…..is dangerous for wizards”

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“Ahhhh!”, Lucy shrieked out. They were running for their lives.

“What the heck is wrong with this forest!”, Gray asked with an annoyed face.

“The woman did warned us about the animals in here”, Erza said.

“These aren’t normal animals though!”, Happy said. The forest they were in right now has animals with a different breed. They look more like experiments than animals.

“This is taking us nowhere! Let’s fight ‘em”, Natsu stopped and ignited his fist.

“Natsu you can’t!”, Lucy stopped him by grabbing his scarf, almost choking him.

“Lucy, are you trying to strangle me to death?”, Natsu asked as he ran beside her.

“Stupid! If you fight them you’ll end up burning the forest down! If Gray does it, he’ll freeze the trees. Erza will probably end up cutting down the trees too. If we fight, we’ll just destroy the forest. If that happens then these monsters will break loose and who knows if they attacked the town because of it?”, Lucy reminded him. “Wait until we reach the end of the forest, then we can fight them off!”, realization hit them on the spot.

“She’s right; we’ll just have to endure running away!”, Erza encouraged.

“Then let’s hurry up! They’re behind us!”, Natsu warned. They dashed off as fast as they can.

“I see the end! RUN!”, Gray shouted.

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“This is….”, Lucy gasped and panted at the same time. The cabin was old considering the structures. More like a haunted house. She shivered at the sight. The awful feeling came back at her. “I don’t like what I’m feeling about this place”

“The place stated on our request. It looks like the house of the wizard who had the watch”, Erza said.

“Let’s get in”, Gray said.

“Wait!”, Natsu stopped them. He’s sniffing around them. “There’s an awful smell in this place. I don’t like what I’m feeling in here”, Natsu said.

“We have to get the watch inside. We don’t have much choice. Just be careful”, Erza reminded them. “Even I don’t feel good with this. This is really dangerous”, she thought.

They went inside the cabin. The doors creaked wildly and the floorings were making a noise and a warning of breaking down.

“Let’s split up”, Erza said when they arrived to a splitting way.

“Se-Separate? Oh no, I don’t want to be alone in this place”, Lucy complained with fear.

“L-Lucy, yo-you’re not s-scared a-are you?”, Happy tried to tease but stuttering at his sentence. His paws were gripping her boots.

“Aren’t you one too?”, Lucy said back.

“Don’t get scared now”, Natsu looked at them. “I kind of want to see those spirits wandering in white”, he teased with gesture.

“STOP IT!!!”, Lucy and Happy scolded him.

“It can’t be helped. Let’s split into groups then”, Gray suggested.

“Alright, Natsu will be with Lucy and Happy, Gray and I will go this way”, Erza pointed out. Natsu and Lucy nodded then headed their way.

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“Kyaaahh!!!”, Lucy shrieked out when something fell off beside her.

“WAAHHH!”, Happy hugged Lucy’s hand when they felt the wind from the open window.

“Na-Na-Natsu….Wait….”, Lucy and Happy were paling already. Another sound crept from a room and they saw something moved inside. “KYAAAHH!!!”, Lucy literally jumped and hugged Natsu’s arm with tears in her eyes.

“Come on, it’s just the wind”, Natsu took her right hand and held it tightly. “I’m here, don’t be afraid, Lucy”, he grinned. Lucy looked at him as she feels relieved and her fright subsided a little. Happy snuggled on Natsu’s shoulder too.

They walked together as they scanned their area.

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 “You think they’re gonna be okay?”, Gray asked.

“I think so”, Erza stopped on one of the rooms.

They entered the room and used a lamp for lighting. Erza and Gray saw some books, an alchemy circle, some blood and writings on a desk.

“Hey Erza look at this”, Gray pointed the papers.

“What’s this?”, Erza read its content and her eyes widened with what it says.

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“Na-Na-Natsu….”, Lucy pointed at a door. “That door is suspicious”, she pointed at the bottom which was dimly illuminated from the inside.

“I don’t like the look of that”, Happy was trembling as he clings on Lucy’s neck.

“Happy please calm down”, Lucy patted him.

“Alright, let’s check it out”, Natsu walked nearer.

“Be careful”, Lucy and Happy whispered. Natsu nodded and opened it. They carefully peeked what is inside.

The room was dim but inside they saw a floating pocket watch, glowing and lighting up the room.

“T-That…is that the pocket watch we needed to retrieve?”, Lucy asked. “What’s this awful feeling?”

“Looks like it”, Happy said.  “Let’s inform the others about it”, Happy headed out the door.

Lucy and Natsu went inside to check. Lucy found some writings and books about time arcs and travelling through different dimensions. She found some letters and the name of the person who probably lived in that cabin.

“Toki Hiruka…”, she read the letter. She saw a picture of the man. Some maps were scattered on the table.

When she looked over some books, she had a vision of someone draped in an old beige clothing approaching her.

“It can’t be….”, she gasped. “What….”

Natsu headed towards the pocket watch and took it in his hands.

“Natsu?’, Happy said when he saw his foster father about to take the watch.

“N-Natsu! What are you doing! Don’t touch it so suddenly! What if something happens?”, Lucy worriedly said when she saw him. She looked over the pocket watch “Wait for Erza and Gray..”

“Come on, nothing will happen unless we open it right? It’s locked”, Natsu grinned at her.

Natsu noticed that the pocket watch made a snapping sound and he hears something in it. He saw something reflected inside.

“Hey Lucy…look at this”, he said and showed her the pocket watch.

“I don’t want to!”, Lucy said.

“Just look at it”, Natsu insisted.

Lucy tried to take it, overlapping her hands with his. When they did, the pocket watch glowed brightly. The pocket watch snapped open and glowed brightly as a magic circle appeared below them with their shocked face.

“WHAT!!!”, the both shrieked. Happy tried going for them but he was stopped by a barrier.

“Natsu, Lucy! Don’t try to touch it!”, Erza and Gray ran towards the room they’re at.  “That pocket watch has a spell that…..”, When they arrived, they saw Lucy and Natsu already fading with the pocket watch on their hands. Happy was on the floor shouting madly.

“AHHHH!”, Lucy and Natsu shouted out as they disappeared leaving the closed pocket watch behind.

“NATSU! LUCY!”, Gray, Erza and Happy shouted when they saw what happened. They tried to stop them but they vanished before they could get a hold of them.

“What happened to them?!”, Happy cried. Erza took the pocket watch. It was not glowing anymore. She opened it and nothing happens, the second hand started to move. It turned into just an ordinary pocket watch.

“Don’t tell me it activated?”, Gray was sweating at what he just witnessed.

“Looks like it”, Erza closed it and gripped it tightly. “We have to go back to tell the Master about this”, she said.