Solomon's Child (Fairy Tail Fanfic)

Solomon's Child Part 8

As she watched her feet and counted each stone that made up the road, Lucy could feel her stomach practically doing flips as they got closer and closer to Fairy Tail.

After another painfully long boat trip and tense train ride home, their group was currently on their way to the guild hall. Erza had informed them earlier that they would all be facing punishment for the act of stealing an S-class mission, something that caused Natsu, Gray, and Happy to begin screaming in fear and Lucy herself started to shake in fear.

Even if logically she understood that the Master of Fairy Tail was a completely different person than those responsible for raising her body had long ago learned to fear the threat of punishment.

And it's not just that... Lucy thought to herself as she stole a glance at Natsu, who was currently sweating profusely as he dragged his feet. In the end, Natsu couldn't even trust me...does that mean that none of them ever trusted me? Lucy continued down her line of depressing thoughts, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes for a brief second before she wiped them away.

It wasn't exactly a brand new concept to Lucy for her to not be trusted or liked, she had been living that way for most of her life after all, but when it came to Natsu or others from Fairy Tail she couldn't stand the thought of losing their trust.

But...what can I do to get them to believe in me again? I can't talk about the dragons with Natsu and if we're going to be punished I doubt that any of us will be in the condition to go on missions for awhile...what do I do? Lucy thought in a panic, her tears threatening to spill over once again.

While Lucy was busy trying to think of some way to make things up to Natsu the five of them arrived at the front doors of the guild and the red haired woman slammed the door open, drawing Lucy back out of her depressing thoughts.

The guild was surprisingly empty compared to what Lucy was used to, only those that were normally lazing around the guild present along with Mira as always behind her counter.

As their group continued their forced march into the guild hall, Mira, Macao, and Wakaba walked up to greet them.

"Hello Erza, Everybody, did you enjoy your vacation?" Mira asked innocently.

"We were there to work not to enjoy ourselves." Erza refuted instantly, her tone filled with annoyance and anger. "Is the Master present? I need to speak to him about the punishment for these fools."

"The old man said something about going to a last minute conference somewhere for the day." Macao commented offhandedly.

"Happy! We're safe for now!" Natsu declared as he embraced the blue cat, the two shedding tears

"Oh thank the gods; we won't have to deal with that until tomorrow." Gray exclaimed with a sigh, his hand resting on a nearby chair.

Watching their reactions, Lucy couldn't help but stare down at the floor and shake even more. What exactly was this punishment that even Natsu and Gray were terrified of it?

"Quiet you two!" Erza warned, causing the two mages to squeak in fear and Lucy to flinch unintentionally. "You four will still be punished the moment the master returns, you can count on that."

As Natsu and Gray started to argue with each other once again Lucy couldn't help but bite the inside of her lip and stare at the door. If the punishment was so terrifying and her place in the guild so tenuous that her partner would lie to her wouldn't it be simpler to flee now and once again return to the open road? With her bag at her side she had all the physical goods she needed, the only thing...would be abandoning the people who had opened up to her after being on her own for so long.