Juvia POV

The girls glared at me. There must be at least fifty of them! One girl stepped forward. 

"Oi, loser. Who do you think you are? Gray could never like a freak like you. He's probably pitying you, that's how nice he is. Don't get the wrong idea!" The girl yelled. The mob behind her nodded in agreement. My heart sunk. Perhaps Gray was just pitying me after all. The leader sauntered up to me and roughly shoved me. When I flew back, I had a good look at her. She had hot pink hair in a ponytail and an... odd expression on her face.

"Why are you looking at me, you-you weirdo?!" The pink-haired leader shrieked. She slapped my face roughly and I stumbled backwards again. But before I did, I noticed that just before she slapped me, her expression was that of pure fear. I struggled to limp forward towards the girl.

"Why are you doing this? Juvia knows you don't want to." I spoke to the girl. She looked surprised but giggled. I could hear the falseness in the laugh.

"You are such a dumbass! Why wouldn't I want to torture a slut like you? I heard you messed around with your teacher at your old school!" I almost giggled. 'They get the story wrong every time' I thought pyschotically.  Suddenly I felt a sharp kick to my ribs. It was the pink-haired girl. I almost forgot how I was being bulied. 

"HEY! Pay attention to what I'm saying!" She attempted to yell, but it only came out as a croak. Although her defiant face masked her fear, her trembling fingers didn't. 

"Juvia knows... you-you don't want to do this," I gasped, holding my stomach. The pink-haired girl's looked lost for a second. 

"Y-You... Girls! GET HER!" The mob of females behind the leader rushed towards me, screaming. They dragged me outside and shoved my face in the dirt. Three girls held me up while all the others beat me up. I stayed silent the whole time. I was used to it, but it always hurt every time I got bullied. After getting kicked, punched, slapped and verbally abused countless times, I finally fell uncounscious.

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'W-What is going on?'  I found myself in a dark and cramped space when I woke up. It didn't take long for me to figure out I was in some sort of closet. 'Oh. Now I remember. Those girls. They must've shoved me into the closet.'  My whole body ached. I quickly checked to see if there were any broken bones. Only one. My left arm. I pulled myself up, and felt something wet on the floor. I painfully moved my hand to the dim light coming out of the vents and realized it was my own blood. I was laying in my own blood! I let out a small yelp and heard many footsteps thumping towards the closet. I shook in fear. Was it the girls, coming back to beat me up again? The door handle rattled and I sighed in relief when I heard Erza's voice.

"Juvia? Are you in there? Are you okay?" I tried to reply, but let out a grunt instead. I heard some mutturing and the door slammed open. Light filled the doorway.

"Juvia! I knew it-" Erza's triumphant voice stopped. I heard many gasps. Since my eyes were nearly swollen shut, I didn't bother trying to open them.

"Oh my god, Juvia!" I heard Lucy scream. I felt myself being gently pulled up and carried. Even though the person holding me was trying to be gentle, my entire body felt like it was being ripped apart. I couldn't help but cy out. The person carrying me was ice cold. I still heard some mutturs and some sobs, but it wasn't long before I drifted back into unconsciousness. 

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"She's awake!" I heard someone yell. I flinched. My ears hurt. I attempted to open my eyes and realized they weren't swollen anymore. I lifted my hand in wonder. I was only a bit sore, too!

"J-Juvia is all better?" I mumbled in amazement. 

"Yup!" Levy chimed. I turned to face her and gasped in embarassment. In addition to Levy, Lucy and erza, Gray was there as well! I looked down hurriedly, and almost screamed. My arm was in a cast but more importantly, I was wearing a plain white dress. And before I was wearing my school uniform. So somebody changed me? Oh my! Was it Gray-sama! My cheeks flamed as I daydreamed about my prince. 

"Juvia... I love you!" He would say, and throw his arms around me. Rose petals would fall from the sky as he would kiss me gently! Sparkles would come off his beautiful body!

"Uh... Juvia?" I turned to see everyone sweatdropping. 

"Yes?" I muttured. They inturrupted my daydream!

"Oh, I just wanted to tell you about how we found you." Levy whispered, probably scared of my dark aura for inturrupting my daydream. I leaned forward eagerly. How HAD they found me?

"Well, Gajeel told us. Apparently a pink-haired girl ran up to him, and yelled "The supply closet!" to him and ran away. He didn't know what it meant, so he told Erza. She understood quickly, and gathered all of us." She gestured to herself, Lucy and Gray. "See? Gajeel isn't so bad after all." She smiled at me hopefully. She wanted me to forgive him. I think I could. But... the pink-haired girl? Who? Oh. The leader of the bullies. Maybe she was just scared after all. Lucy inturrupted my thoughts.

"This is Wendy Marvell. She is the nurse that healed you!" Lucy gestured to a small blue-haired girl. I stared in shock. She looked about ten years old! How did she have a job at this age? Wendy smiled at me sweetly.

"Nice to meet you!" She fumbled shyly.

"Likewise! Juvia thanks you very much for healing her. How long was Juvia unconscious?"

"Just a three day. It's Sunday, and it's only noon. Most of your bruises are fading, thanks to my mom's healing salve, and your arm should be okay in one month. I'd like you to visit me every week for a checkup. You can leave now!" As I exited the nurse's office, Gray patted my back. Although it may have been awkward, it left me swooning. Lucy, Levy and Erza went their seperate ways, waving goodbye to me. 

"Eto... Does Wendy know what happened?" I asked curiously.

"Nope. She thinks you fell down the stairs." Came Gray's reply. He was leading me to the parking lot. 

 I mustured my courage to ask him. "And, uh, where are you taking Juvia?"

He still didn't turn around. "I'm taking you to see the person responsible for your bullying." 

Author's Note

Sorry for the wait, minna! Hope you enjoyed this chapter.