Solomon's Child (Fairy Tail Fanfic)

Solomon's Child Part 23

Lucy couldn't help but sigh heavily as she tried to focus on her magic. Their groups return to Earthland was certainly more eventful than the exhausted Dragon slayer had expected. They hadn't even been home for more than a few minutes before they were confronted by the Exceeds, the flying felines having also been ejected from Edolas after the Anima returned them to their home, Gajeel had gotten emotional over a black Exceed that had approached them, claiming it was his cat.

But those weren't even the strangest things to occur only minutes after returning, as the black cat, Pantherlily, had captured a woman that everyone else from Fairy Tail besides Wendy knew. Lisanna, the previously thought to be dead sister of Elfman and Mirajane, who had apparently wound up in Edolas due to some complication in the Anima spell.

Natsu and Happy had been beside themselves when she had shown up, both mages throwing themselves at the white haired girl the moment she confirmed that she was "Their" Lisanna, whatever that meant, and after reuniting her with her brother and sister they brought her to the guild, which had promptly exploded into a whirlwind of activity.

And while Lucy wasn't really someone who enjoyed loud noises and high energy situations she did try to force herself to be a part of the welcome back party for Lisanna but after a few days of so much activity she had to have some time to herself.

...no, that's a lie. It's because I can't face them right now that I needed time to myself. Lucy admitted with another heavy sigh. Her emotional state had returned to its normal levels the moment they had returned from the other world, her seal functioning properly once again, but despite that something strange was still occurring within her chest.

It had started shortly after the party began. Lucy had been fine at first, she had been listening to Levy talk about her favorite series of books, but that quickly changed when she spotted Natsu through the crowd. For a brief moment she enjoyed the warm feeling that spread through her chest, a smile forming on her face at the sight of her laughing partner, but that changed when Lisanna sat down next to him and began chatting to the pink haired dragon slayer, Natsu's own grin growing even wider at his childhood friend.

It was then that the feeling started to grow in Lucy's chest, an almost painful tightness and a strange, almost fluttery, feeling in the pit of her stomach. Lucy had instantly excused herself from the festivities, fearing that she may be having some kind of medical issue, but even Dragon Lucy was unable to determine the source of the malady, forcing her to resort to suppressing the feeling.

But even her subconscious defender was unable to fully control the feeling twisting in her chest, and it only got worse the more she saw Natsu with the young white haired mage. And the feeling was only growing with time, not getting better like most injuries.

"Is something wrong there dear? You've been sighing more today than I think I've ever heard from you before." The Master commented with a chuckle from the seat right in front of her, Lucy's glowing blue hand on his chest.

Ever since the events in the fall Lucy had been tasked with improving Master Makarov's health by using her own and Nyneve's power to improve his blood flow. When Porlyusica had heard what exactly Lucy had done to help the Master after his heart attack the pink haired apothecary had demanded she continue to perform such treatments for him. And if there was one thing that the blonde dragon slayer had learned from her interactions with the potion mage it was that you don't disobey her orders.

Lucy blinked slowly before forcing a smile onto her face. "No, it's nothing Master...Just some after effects from having the seal weakened." She wasn't exactly lying, as her body had been reasonably sore after the seal regained control over her draconic side, but Lucy was fairly certain that whatever the strange feeling was it had nothing to do with her dragon side.