Just to let you guys know ahead of time, I'm hinting something in this chapter. I want to see who can get what I'm hinting.
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Lucy's Point of View

After the moment, we get ready and head to the carriage. I still had the memory in my mind but it wasn't affecting me as much as it used to. It surprised me because I could never even think bout cause I would break down. We got to the town in the evening.

"We'll talk to the client tomorrow. Lucy, do you have a place here too?" Erza said.

"No, never been here."

"Well let's try to find a hotel." We started walking and a strong wind blew through the town. The wind blew my hood back. 

"The town is known to be windy. So be careful cause it can knock people back sometimes." Wendy said.

"I wish you would have told me," I said after I put my hood back up but the wind blew it back down. We continued walking. I saw Wendy shiver and rub her arms.

"It's gotten cold." I took off my cloak and put it around her shoulders.

"Thank you." She said and pulled closer to her. I felt eyes on me but I didn't pay attention. We finally spotted a decent hotel and walked in.

"Hello," the young guy said to us.

"Hello, I was wondering if we can get 2 or 3 rooms?" Erza said.

"Sure, would it be two stayings in a room?"

"Yea,"

"Well, we have two rooms with two beds. For the guys they can share and you ladies, two of you would have to share a bed if you don't mind?"

"That's fine."

"Alright, once you're ready to leave, come to the front desk and give your key and you will pay there. Also, we give free breakfast and lunch. We also serve dinner but you have to pay."

"Ok,"

"Here are your keys and I hope you enjoy your stay." He said as he handed us the keys. We walked towards the stairs.

"We are on the third floor, room 311 and 312," Erza said as we reached the third floor. We spent the next 10 minutes trying to find our rooms. Erza handed the boys their keys and then handed us our keys.

"Boys no fighting, got it?" She threatened.

"Yes," They both said. We opened the doors, the girls going into our room and the boys going into theirs. The room was nice, modern.

"Erza do you mind if we share a bed?"

"No." Erza looked around the room as I sat on my bed closest to the window. The door by the exit was the bathroom. The door that was bout a couple if away from the bathroom door opened and Gray came in.

"See told you, join rooms." He said to Natsu. I heard him snicker. 

"I'm hungry, Natsu." I heard Happy complain.

"How bout we go get lunch?" Natsu asked.

"Yea,"

"You guys can go ahead. I'm gonna stay here."

"You sure Lucy?" Happy said.

"Yea, if I get hungry I'll get something to eat."

"Alright well see you later," Wendy said and they left. I laid on the bed and closed my eyes.

'You know this is the perfect time to tell them everything.' Guardian said.

'Yea and have them more of a reason to fight these people. They don't see that Dark Night has taken down villages and towns of a population of 100+ people.'

'Yes, but at least you'll get it out of the way. If you tell them now than it will be less likely of them getting mad when you tell them when you guys really need it.'

'And when will we really need it?'

'When you finally go against this group.'

'Not going to happen, if we actually go against these people, it's a small chance that we will win.'

'Yea, it's small but we have a chance. From what I heard, if it's a small chance then it's never zero.'

'Alright, smarty pants. So let's say we do end up defeating these guys, I'm never going to tell them the whole thing.'

'And why is that?'

'You know by now that these people never stop. So sooner or later they will come back stronger and with more people. We might not be ready if they come back.'

'Yes, but who knows. The future always changes, the future depends on our actions.'

'Smart one you are.'

'Yes.' She said before we busted out laughing.

'How bout you come to the celestial realm and we can do some work?'

'Alright.' I said and closed my eyes. I felt like I was leaving my body but I also felt grounded. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in the celestial realm. I was in the same room I always stay in when I come. I went to the table and began my work.

I don't know how long I was in the celestial realm but I decided it was time to go back. The room was changed so that the time in Earthland was the same here. I closed my eyes. I felt Guardian come forth and I felt like I was leaving the body. I opened my eyes and saw that I was still in the room. The sun was going down now. I sat up and stretched. I heard the door opened and Erza came in.

"Where is everyone else?" I asked.

"Downstairs, I came up to get you so we can get dinner."

"Ok." I stood up and looked at my cloak that was next to me. I decided to leave it.

"Let's go," I said with a smile. We headed down and saw them waiting.

"Woah, Lucy." Happy said. They all turned to look at me.

"You're not wearing your cloak," Carla said.

"Well, thought bout it for a bit and decided if we might be able to defeat these people than I need to stop running and hiding."

"Well, that's good." The cloak just hid what I was wearing. It was a black t-shirt with black leggings. My leggings had belt loops that held my keys. My boots had reached to my knees with straps on them.

"We found a restaurant not too far from here. Wanna go?"

"Yea." We started our walk. My guard was up, knowing Dark Night they will come out at any moment. I felt exposed without my cloak. I've gone so long with it, it became like protection. I had used it to hide my emotions when I was hurt, or I was shaking because I was scared.

Natsu could tell that I wasn't used to not having my cloak with me so he walked next to me and was also on guard too. I guess he was worried too. We finally reached the restaurant and got a table pretty fast. As we ate, we acted as if we had no worries, no problems. A feeling I have missed but I know that as soon as we walk out of that door they will all come back. We finished and walked around the town. The sun had already set but the town was still lively. Shops were opened and people were walking around. Erza stopped a nice clothes shop and made us all go in. She and Wendy were looking at the dresses with the boys standing around. I walked around and something caught my eye. It was a ring, it swirled to the center where it laid a beautiful blue gem. The gem reminded me of her, my second mother. I heard my name being called and it was Natsu. I walked towards them and they were ready to leave. We walked out and headed back to the hotel. We went to our own rooms. I laid on my bed as Erza looked out the window. The door opened and the boys came in and jumped on my beds.

"What are you guys doing?" Erza asked.

"We're bored so we came to see what you guys were doing." I could see Erza shaking her head.

"Wait, what job are we doing anyway?" I asked. They all looked at each other. That wasn't a good sign.

"What didn't you guys tell me?"

"The job is to deal with a group of people that the mayor believes to be dangerous," Erza said.

"Ok, but why did you guys look at each other like you were hiding something?"

"Supposedly the client gave a description and it matches the group from Dark Night." That's when I sat up.

"And you thought it was a good idea to tell me now."

"You would have made us go back," Gray said.

"Well depending on what the job was asking to do. So let me get this straight, the job is that the mayor believes these people to be bad or dangerous so he wants us to get rid of them before they actually do?"

"Yes," I thought for a minute before answering.

"We'll meet him tomorrow but I do the talking, got it?"

"Fine." They said.

"You know it would be nice to be told things," I said.

"As you tell us anything," Carla said.

"The knowledge that I know can get anyone killed. If whatever I know gets out to everyone then I will not only have Dark Night after me but all the dark guilds."

"Well, what do you know? If it's that dangerous then tell us so we can help."

"It's not just what I know, it's what I am, what I can do. So I can't simply tell you."

"And why not? Just tell what you are or what you can do."

"I can't, I locked a part of me away so I won't endanger anyone. The one time that part of me came out and they saw. They wanted me more. At the time I left, they had wanted me for something else but when that side of me came out they wanted to use it for something else."

"Also don't ask what side are you talking bout cause you read my journal so you know what I'm talking bout," I said. I was beyond pissed. I stood up and walked out of there. I was a little mad that they read my journal but what got me pissed was that they know I can't tell them everything. They also don't see the dangers of them knowing what I know. I took a deep breath and calmed myself down. Let's just hope that this group of people isn't Dark Night.

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3/26/20

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