Chapter 10: The thoughts I dedicate to you

Kon'nichiwa, minna! ♥

So, finally we reached chapter 10! Aye! So, first of all; thanks to you people who actually read my story, I really appreciate all of you, though you aren't that many! Second, I would like to say, that I can't end the this fanfiction before the summer holiday ends (for me), cause I'm going to school again on Tuesday (August 12th), so there might be more homework, but if I know myself, I'm pretty good at having freetime too. Which mean I'll update this shit! ^^

So enjoy this chapter!

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Lucy woke up in a sleeping position that she had never slept in before. Attached to a wall. Her hands and feet was covered in some kind of weird slime, that didn't budge no matter how much she tried to break free. She looked up to see a closed concrete room. There was no door nor windows. It was just an empty concrete room with Lucy hanging. From the ceiling a little light bulb hang, and lighted up the room, with a depressing light. The room was only a little bigger then one square meter. It was barely possible to take a step in there.

What happened...? Lucy thought, tired. Her brain felt weird, like it was dancing or something. Her sight was blurred and she was tearing up. Not because she sad, but because she was tired.

Then it all flashed back at her. Her meeting Elimar in the hotel room. Gray saving her. Natsu making her blush. Her running away. Elimar making her sleep. It all came back at once. Her eyes widened in shock.

"W-Why didn't I trust them?" Lucy whispered to herself, regretting her choice. If she just had trusted them, and hadn't run of, she wouldn't be here. Wherever here was.

Suddenly, the opposite wall melted and two girls stepped in. One of them cute and friendly looking with peach-colored hair, and the other one looked more determined and sneaky with midnight black hair. They both had reddish eyes.

"Sorry that this is happening to you," the peach haired said, with her cute smile plastered on her face. "We owe Zeref-san a favor." Zeref.

"Oi, don't go spoiling all of it, Haichi," the black haired exclaimed, looking angry down Haichi, Lucy presumed her name was.

"Gomenasai, Delora-chan," Haichi answered, looking down at her feet, blushing slightly. "But look at her, she must be so confused!"

The girl names Delora then looked at Lucy again. She had crooked eyebrows, and a smile on her lips. "So Master Zeref ordered us guard your cell, and keep you alive, so if you need anything I suppose that we might help."

Lucy blinked a few times before realizing what was going on. "Ne, tell me..." She couldn't quite get the words out. "C-Can you... tell me who this Zeref is? M-Maybe you know, that my memories was taken."

"Oh, yeah," Haichi said, optimistic. "That was Elimar. He also..." Delora sent her a look that told her to shut up, so she did.

"Zeref is the person who sent out Elimar," Delora muttered. "He wishes to use you as a sacrifice, because you in some way is 'the chosen one' or something like that." She looked uninterested, but Lucy could sense her curiosity. Delora surely wanted to know more, but as her facial expression told, she didn't have more.

S-Sacrifice...? She had to keep going. "But who is he in general?" Lucy kept on. "Has the world ever heard of him? My friends..." It didn't felt right to say, since she didn't trust them back then. "...looked quite surprised when I told them what Elimar told me. Mostly about the name, Zeref." She could feel that her facial expression looked desperate, which quite entertained both of the strange girls in front of her.

"Gosh, you're noisy!" Delora mumbled, looking away in boredom.

"Well, here on Earthland Zeref used to be a 'villain'," Haichi said, her fingers intertwined. "He's not anymore! Zeref-san is a good person, he saved Delora-chan and I once, and also Elimar!" She had a dreamy look in her eyes. "He wants to bring your world back to it's natural order!"

"B-But if he's not evil anymore," Lucy said, a little worried. "Why does he want to use me as a sacrifice? Isn't that kinda evil?" Lucy received a death glare from Delora, but it was Haichi who said something.

"Take it as you are a part of bringing your world back to it's natural order," She said, sweetly. "Don't you want to help your world?" What is that for a question? Of course she would! But wasn't the world perfectly fine as it was?

"O-Of course I want to!" Lucy exclaimed, trying to figure out what to say. "It's just... what is wrong with this world? And... do I get the chance to talk to Zeref?"

"The time will know," Delora said and put her arm around Haichi's shoulder. "Now, I think our little chit-chat is over. You need to rest. You've been through alot. There is a week till the sacrifice. Call us if you feel the need for something." And then they left. The wall that had melted now build itself up again.

Natsu... Minna... Save me!

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"Levy, did you find something yet?" Natsu asked for the 28th time. They had returned to the guild to bring the news about Lucy. The guild wasn't as loud as usual, but they tried to keep the mood up.

"If I found something, I would have said so," Levy snapped at him. It was rare of her to raise her voice or talk back like that. "Sorry, I-I didn't mean..."

"It's okay, Levy," Natsu secured her. "We are all worried about Lucy, some more then others." Levy nodded, agreeing, and continued the search. When they had arrived at the guild and told the story, Levy was in tears. It wasn't that unusual, Levy and Lucy were best friends after all. Levy had soon began to search for Lucy by holding Loke's key. Tons of symbols that only Levy, possible also Freed, could read danced around her. Where could she be, that is so hidden? 

Loke wasn't in his best condition. He had probably used to much magic power being in the human world, but he refused to go back. It had been over twelve hours since Lucy was taken. Loke had been out the whole time. It had been awhile since he had pretended to be human for three years, he was out of shape. He sat on a bench, holding his head between his knees. Nobody could tell if it was because of his discomfort of being in the human world, or because of the shame of letting Lucy get taken.

"I got it, I think!" Levy exclaimed, pointing down on the map in front of her. Everybody close surrounded Levy as she exclaimed. Her finger was placed on some mountains on the map. A little above her finger the name of the mountains were written. The Light Pinnacle. "Lu-chan is kept in some kind of large bunker. It will take about six days to get there. I think they, whoever they are, build it there... to buy themselves some time." Erza lifted one of her eyebrows.

"Buy themselves... time?" She asked, curious. Natsu, Gray, Happy, Elfman, Mira, Makarov and the others around the table, were also interested in hearing what Levy had to say.

"Yes, buy themselves time," Levy stated, still pointing at the mountains. "I don't think they just took Lu-chan for fun... I-I think there is something going on. Maybe they are going to use her for something? It isn't the first time."

"You're right, my child," Makarov said, standing on the table, in front of the map. "I choose Natsu, Gray, Erza, Loke and Wendy to go take back Lucy. And ehm... I think I'll let Juvia, Levy and Gajeel accompany you too."

"W-What?!" Levy gasped in horror. "I-I can't go... I'm to sm-" She was cut off by Gajeel.

"Have a little faith in yourself, shrimp," He said, patting her head, which quite annoyed her... in the good way. She then nodded, understanding that he wanted to cheer her up. "C'mon let's go before it gets dark!"

"Uhn!" The rescue team all said in unison, running out of the guild door.

Lucy, hang in there! Natsu thought, trying to kinda send her this message, though it was impossible. We are going to take you back home, whether you will it or not. We are going to get you memories back so we can continue our adventures where we left off. So hang in there, and don't give in! We are coming to get you, soon! These are the thoughts I dedicate to you.__________________________________________________________________________________

Lucy pulled with all of her might, but her arms were still in the same position as before. Her arms was asleep, and her fingers were numb and tingly. So was her feet, but there was no way, that she could even think about pulling in them. They would not even have a possibility to budge, in her dreams. The slime was tight surrounding her limbs, and gave no sign of letting her go.

She pulled one last time, but it just hurt, so she uttered a cry.

"The more you pull, the tighter it gets," Delora exclaimed from the other side of the cell wall, though it just sounded like a distant mumble. 

"There is only half an hour until breakfast, so hang in there!" Haichi added, optimistically. "It's French toast and baked beans. It's delicious! Ow, Delora-chan, don't hit me!" Out of the last expression, Lucy could conclude that Delora hit Haichi for saying to many cheerful words.

Because the slime didn't want to budge, Lucy decided to go back to sleep. There was nothing else to do, was there? __________________________________________________________________________________

"You do know I'm just trying to protect you, right?" Delora said as she walked besides her partner. "I don't want Master Zeref to get mad at us for making friends with the sacrifice." They were currently walking to the kitchen to prepare both Lucy's, Elimar's, Zeref's and their breakfast.

"I know, I know," Haichi mumbled, looking down as she walked. "I just... I can handle things myself, I'm not as weak as I look!"

Delora smiled a compassionate smile. "Of course you can. And I have never alluded that you are weak." Delora stopped and put a hand on Haichi's shoulder. "I'm well aware of your strength, but I'm also well aware of Zeref's. I don't want you to get hurt." Haichi smiled and leaned against Delora.

"I know," She said, still smiling. "You are just looking out for me, and I should be grateful. We just need to fulfill Zeref's wish, then we can go back. Everything will be normal again."

Delora put an arm around Haichi as they continued walking.

"Yes, everything will be as before," Delora said, smiling of the nice memories popping up in her mind. "I can't wait to go home." __________________________________________________________________________________

"Do we really need to take the train?" Natsu asked as he giddily went into the train. He and the rest of the rescue team was about to depart from the Magnolia train station, but three dragon slayers, two with motion sickness, and a train wasn't the best combination. Loke had insisted on coming with them, though the others had been a little sceptical about his condition. He had regained a little bit of strength, though.

"For once I agree with Salamander," Gajeel said with the same expression as Natsu. "How much time will it take before we're off this death machine." Levy giggled, entertained by seeing Gajeel so weak.

"About six hours," Gray said, smirking at the two dragon slayers. "Then we wait about two hour till the next train depart. That will take about five hours, and then we will check in on a hotel for a night." Natsu and Gajeel both fell to the train floor, twitching in horror as they both sweatdropped.

"Gray-sama is so smart!" Juvia pointed out, which made Gray sweatdrop too.

"This will be my doom!" Gajeel declared, making a motion sick face. He tried to get up, but then the train began moving, and he collapsed on the floor.

"A-Aye!" Natsu agreed, still lying on the floor.

The rescue team all bursted into laughter, and it actually felt like the mood was lifted a bit.

But just for a while. __________________________________________________________________________________

Will they make it before Zeref's big sacrafise begins? And what does it even that consists of? ((And am I the only one shipping Haichi and Delora, like really much? xD))

Stay tuned for the next chapter; A game of time ^^

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