Day 1: Eternity

Parallel Wishes

Eternity was the length of time between the first lash hitting the bare skin of his back and when he finally passes out from the pain.

Eternity was the length of time her mother disappeared until she came back home a week later, sick and weak.

Eternity is how long he feels he has spent in the Tower, chained; he doesn't remember anything else.

Eternity is how long she stands by her mother's coffin, accepting the condolences of dozens of people she has never seen before.

Eternity is what he thought had passed since he had hope, but now he has Cubelios, and he won't give up on his friend.

Eternity is what each day felt like without her keys, her only real friends, after Jude decided that she was not allowed to practice magic anymore, not after what happened to her mother.

Eternity is what Zero promised them when he got them out of the Tower, along with making their greatest wishes come true.

Eternity is what she thought had passed since she last saw her father; the servants were kinder than ever, but he forgot her birthday again.

Eternity filled with suffering is what he thought his life would be like until his fast approaching death. He lost count of the days he was lying on the ground, writhing in pain, waiting for his body to accept or reject the lacrima planted in him.

Eternity filled with suffering is what she imagined her life would be like as she watched, horrified, as her father signed his name on the dotted line of the contract, promising her to a man older than himself once she becomes of age.

Eternity of freedom seemed to be right around the corner as he grew stronger with every passing day. He has long since forgotten what silence felt like, or the time when screams of agony were the last thing he wanted to hear.

Eternity of freedom seemed to be right around the corner as she finally managed to steal back her beloved keys. She had been planning her escape for too long, and she already had a small bag prepared in her chambers; now all she had to do was leave.

Eternity (or seven years) was taken from him as he rotted in that cell, slowly losing his mind to the silence without his magic. Some days he wanted to die, some days he was planning his escape and world domination, some days he entertained himself with thoughts of torturing, and screams, and blood, and the abrupt way death stops the screeching of the souls he once ripped apart, and some days… some days he tried to understand when everything went wrong only to realize nothing was ever right to begin with.

Eternity (or seven years) was taken from her by Acnologia, and while she knew it would take some time and effort to catch up to rest of the world, she didn't know how she could ever get over losing her father like that. She felt wronged by fate to lose him to grief one day, to power-lust the next, and to death the one after that. She felt bad for how the last time they saw each other was tainted, she felt worse for not being with him at his last moments and missing him by three months, and she felt worst for being selfish and making it about her.

Eternity was just out of reach once again (and in the most literal way possible), as the little blonde was slowly absorbed into the Clock. It confused him to no end when he listened to her peaceful soul. It wasn't just the soothing sound of her soul (although he was certain this was the first time he heard something so gentle and sweet), it was the peaceful melody that was put together by the many underlying notes that were her complex soul. He left as soon as he could to stop himself from analyzing what he heard – her fierce belief in her friends' ability to rescue her, her stubborn fight against the Clock, both contrasting with the part inside of her that understood why.

Eternity was just out of reach once again, when the world appeared to fall to pieces at the end of the Grand Magic Games. She was about to be executed in the Capital of Death, the Abyss Palace, beneath the palace, only to be saved by Natsu; then she was going to die by the hands of the mad Future Rogue, but once again she was saved – this time by the hands of her older self. Later on she would think back to that night trying to recall more details about the blonde girl that died for her, and sometimes she would try to figure out why her eyes were the color of amethyst or if she was imagining the extra inch of height… but then she would shake her head of the silly thought; she must have imagined that, who else could it be?

Eternity was an idea both had almost thrown out the window sometime in the week after the disbandment of Fairy Tail; it felt wrong, it was not what they were accustomed to, it was killing them to feel as if their skin no longer fit them, when just two weeks before they knew exactly who they were.

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Eternity is how long their hearts wished for this moment to last, holding one another in their arms, the stars shining above them; it was all too perfect, but they couldn't shake off the feeling that maybe it was just the calm before the storm.

His smug and sadistic smirk was for once replaced with the closest thing to a smile he could bring himself to make, just a small upturn at the edges of his full lips, a reward of sorts to this surreal moment and her soft, lazy smile.

"Promise me."

"Promise what?"

"Promise me that you will always love me."

"I promise."

"For forever?"

"For all of eternity."

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Word count: 1008

OMFG COLU WEEK IS HERE! I'm so excited, this is my real OTP and I couldn't participate last year because... Well, I'm pretty sure I didn't even watch Fairy Tail then, much less liked non-canon ships like Colu or Lalu so this is awesome.

To any of you that didn't get it, Future Lucy isn't actually Lucy - it's actually hers and Cobra's little girl (her name is Amethyst, Amy for short) - and whose heart did I just break? Also, who do you think said what in the last part, who promised who eternity? I wrote it this way specifically and I really want to hear what you think about.

I really tried to show how their lives were two paths that were parallel to each other even when their lives are opposites in a way, that they may have experienced different things, but to some extent those experiences had the same affect on them both (sort of), and eventually their paths bring them together, and wow that makes me think about Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken, which is kind of funny because I have an English Lit final in about two weeks from now that makes me study this poem (freaking 20 points for just one tiny poem!).

Also, I'm so sorry for any of my very few followers that are waiting (and probably plotting my death by now) for me to update Renegade Star. I didn't mean for it to take this long, I swear!

Anyways, hope to see you tomorrow :)

P.S. - at the moment I only have five out of the eight prompts written and today I have my graduation ceremony, tomorrow I'm working (I need money!), on Wednesday I have prom (which means I'll get back home at about 4 in the morning on Thursday), at 11 in the morning the day after I have a HUGE history final that I'm studying for, and after the final I'm going with a bunch of my friends to celebrate one of my best friends' 18th birthday and will only return sometime afternoon on Friday, which means that if I post everything on time then I didn't study to the final (my favorite option) but know that I do plan on posting everything eventually and that I'm just very busy irl right now in general...

So yeah after you just read my schedule for this week try work with me (although you're probably gonna try to kill me before the week is out - I have evil stuff here for ya, and that's after my friend convinced me to not kill ***** on the second day)