Song: Last Leaf Falls
             By: Lucas King

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~Lucy~

"Someone, please save him!" I was holding his body, the warmth slowly slipping away as his smile gazed up to me. "You always had...the most beautiful smile..." The wound couldn't be healed, his blood kept growing around us. It was so warm, I hated it.

Knots in my abdomen twisted my intestines. I wanted to throw up, I wanted to scream my misery, but I couldn't. He was dying... I had to stay strong for him, until the end. "I-I'm so sorry!" I cried inhaling and exhaling terribly fast so the tears wouldn't show. Why? Why is this happening to me...to him? He did nothing to deserve this, it was my fault he lost his life...why does everything I hold so close to me perish?

"Lucy, thank you...for everything." He was so cold, even the black cloak around him could no longer keep him warm, it was nothing but coldness. My entire body was soaked from his blood, my pale skin being dyed red...warm blood, and yet I've never felt colder. The tears finally fell, as he closed his eyes permanently. "No..." I began.

"LUCY GET OUT OF HERE!!!"

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My screams ripped my throat like a dagger. I pulled myself back to consciousness, shaking with fear that I thought was unimaginable. My startled eyes whipped around to remember where I was again. I'm in the Fifth Realm, this is where Gwen and Solantir live. The sight of the stars and four planets came into view, as the black mist still covered the planets from my eyes. My breathing was rapid and very short as if I ran a marathon not too long ago. My hand went to my head, feeling the pounding sensation wave off from my skull, I've never felt more tired in my whole life. "You alright?" A hand placed itself on my arm, quickly making me believe I was being attacked. I shoved the hand away scooting farther from the familiar voice. Gwen didn't care about my answer when she forced me to turn around to face her. I heard her gasp, pulling the bandana of her wrist then tied it around my eyes. "Your Dark One eyes are showing. Calm down Lucy, it was only a dream."

"It wasn't a dream! It was real, it was real Gwen!" I began to wail remembering how wet my hands were, how stained my skin was from the blood. I felt my heart shattered like glass. Gwen shushed me, caressing my hair tenderly. "You need to control your emotions, Lucy, you need to stay in control." I exhaled, slowly this time. Control...I still have to control my powers. I closed my eyes, seeing Fairy Tail running to me. "Minna!" My voice echoed as I also ran to meet them, Natsu, my teammates, being in front of all of them. I was so close to every one of them, but they all evaporated from my sight.

They're not here to help me. Fairy Tail can't hold my hand through this...

"Cub," Gwen whispered. I opened my eyes, gazing up to her blue, foggy eyes through the bandana. "it's okay. You're strong enough to fight through this. The Balance is very overwhelming to keep it from tipping Lucy. Both powers demand to be more powerful than the other; I know there's a war going on inside of you. I know it hurts you when the Balance is tipped because of them. But, you'll get through this, I'll make sure that you get through this war, Cub."

"What if I'm not strong enough to control them?" I asked when Gwen gently laughed. "You're asking the 'what if's' again Cub. You won't find out as long as you keep your attention forward, not backwards." Gwen stood up, pulling me up beside her. "Come on. It's still late, but I think you can use some meditation to ease your emotions." I was stuck where I was standing, my hands going up to the bandana, until I dropped my palms back to my sides, leaving the covering alone. "Sure, that may help some."

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Carla

Fire...the heat burned my fur as
I tried flying away from the source. I couldn't fly fast enough, I turned back seeing the searing fire chasing after me. This fire though, it wasn't red, nor orange or even yellow.

It was white. A white flame that looked so pure and innocent...

I screamed when my tail was licked by the flame, my nerves jumping through the roofs which helped my adrenaline gain even more support. "Help! Someone, anyone help me!" I didn't turn back again, afraid if I did I would be swallowed whole by the fire. I was growing tired my wings were begging to rest, but I wouldn't allow it. I refused to give up...the fire would have to die out eventually. It can't go on forever. The flame brushed against me again, this time on my lower paw. I wailed a cry, losing momentum in the air. No, no! I have to find Wendy, I have to make sure she's okay!

"WENDY!" I screamed, the fire catching me. I felt my body burning inside out, the smell of flesh wafting into my nose, the smoldering ash of the innocent finding its way into my eyes. I couldn't breath, I couldn't hear but a roar of agony. Only in the far distance, was a silhouette of a person on their knees, the ruins of a familiar city crashing down around him, holding their chest in pain. The fire ate me whole...

...then all became dark.

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A gasp slipped through my lips, the cup I was holding fell out of my grasp. A vision of terror, of pain, showed me my future. No one else's, only mine.

It was my death I witnessed.

I laid my paws around my ears, the world suddenly becoming very dizzy for me to handle. A strangled noise escaped me again, my tail also curling close to me. "Carla," my Dragon Slayer asked. I closed my eyes, vividly seeing the white flames closing in on me. The heat radiating its beauty for enlightenment. The flames itself looked like it had its own mind, its own will to make everything into ashes. "are you alright?"

The amount of pain I will feel before death, the horror I let screamed, but no one was there when I burned to death. Only the silhouette that seemed to also be in pain.

"No, I'm not alright." I won't keep another vision to myself. Not after what happened in Aria, or what happened in Fiore and Crocus. I won't make the same mistake again. "I need to talk with everyone...right now."

The heat from my premonition singed my fur, causing chills to wave over me. I didn't realize Wendy already got everyone, most of them sweaty because of training outside. I looked up at all of them, eyes penetrating me. I've never felt more humiliated because of the way they were looking at me. "Minna, I saw a vision." All of their eyes perked with a worrisome glance.

"A vision...of my own death, happening at the Grand Magic Games."

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Okay I believe this chapter was better than the last one! I'm finally on break for Thanksgiving and in two weeks I'll be off two more weeks for Christmas and New Years so that's even more awesome news! Marching season is finally over, now onto Concert season and I hate Geometry! X3
As always Lovelies...love you all!❤️