Blood flowed around all around her body, seeping into the strange metal room through cracks in the walls and ceiling, and began to flood the room higher and higher and she drowned. Suddenly the floor fell away, the blood disappeared and she fell down from the clouds and to the ground. She saw her parents standing on a cloud watching her fall with disappointment and disdain. Lucy then crashed onto the ground that turned into sand, and she sunk down into I and fell down into a cavern, which opened up into a snowy world. She floated slowly to the ground and laid her bare feet down on the stone floor and wandered around. Stars shined on the cave ceiling, giving light to the strange world.

Suddenly a voice called out to her, Lucy turned around and saw Wendy running for her, screaming something that she could not hear. Suddenly a bullet flew through the air and pierced her stomach. Lucy looked down at the black red blood poured out from the wound. Lucy looked up and saw Wendy standing above her with a gun in her hand. From behind her, Grandeeney walked up with a pistol gripped tightly in her hands. They both lifted them up and pulled the triggers, from which powerful winds blew out and lifted her high into the sky as a tornado formed, sending her flying back out of the cave and into the sky, landing her back in the metal room, where the floor was there once more.

A light peered in and Lucy looked at an open door, where Natsu stood dressed in white.

"...Lucy...Don't give in, okay..." His voice murmured before he turned away and walked out. She called after him as the door closed and the room filled with piercing bright light.

"Natsu!" Lucy screamed as she jerked awake. Her eyes were momentarily blinded by the sunlight that shined from the window, but quickly recovered and frantically searched for her husband. When she noticed that he was nowhere in sight, she became panicked and screamed out for him once again. "Natsu!"

The sound of footsteps vibrated through their small home as Natsu came running with swift speed into their room, an apron clad around his waist. When he saw the state of his wife he ran over and enveloped her in his arms and rocked her back and forth, whispering soft and soothing words.

When she finally relaxed, she realized it was all a dream once again. Nightmares had come to haunt her regularly after the incident, almost every single night she'd experience them. But as the years passed they began to dwindle and had become rare, but still present, appearing every so often as if they were some sort of reminder never to forget.

Lucy desperately wanted to forgive and leave it all in the past, but it was a small part of her that could never forgive the woman that destroyed her, so she never forget.

"Natsu? Am I a bad person for not forgiving her?" She wondered aloud.

Natsu knew exactly who her was, and immediately he felt angered at the mention of the horrid woman he once called his mother. Natsu clearly never forgave her for all her lies and torment, but he knew how much his wife wanted to but could not manage.

"No." He answered simply as he held her close to his chest.

The two laid there together for a few minutes until her alarm went off, signifying that she had to get ready for work. Natsu helped her sit up and helped her change out of her pajamas and into her work clothes, a white blouse and blue jacket with a black skirt. When she was dressed, Natsu picked her up and carried her down stairs setting her down in the wheelchair that sat at the bottom of the staircase wait for her as its only passenger. Lucy took over and wheeled herself into the kitchen, where breakfast was already prepared and on the table, and her daughter sat at the table, hungrily munching on some egg and toast. When Lucy walked in she looked up and gave her a bright smile with food filled cheeks.

"Morning mommy, did you have another nightmare?" She asked innocently.

Their daughter had been made aware that her mother sometimes suffered panic attacks and nightmares, but was never told the reason why and didn't question it, but did her best to help when she witnessed them.

"Yes, but I'm fine now." Lucy answered and pushed herself up and onto one of the dinning chairs.

"That's good, I don't like it when you're scared." The four year old told her.

Lucy smiled at her daughter and began to eat, thanking Natsu for cooking breakfast. The family at together and talked for thirty minutes before the clock struck seven, signaling that it was time to leave. The family put away their plates and left the house for the car.

Natsu and Lucy had been married for five years and now lived in the capital city of Crocus out on the outskirts of town. Natsu had become a child services officer as he had gained experience on helping children going through tough times when he helped Lucy when they were young. Lucy had become an astrophysicist professor at the University of Crocus, where their daughter, Nashi, went to daycare as she was to young to go to school yet. Lucy and Nashi would then catch the bus home and wait until Natsu arrived from work before they all had dinner together, then went about their business. However tonight would be a bit different as she had a doctors appointment after her lessons at 4:30.

"Take care you two, I'll see you at the hospital." Natsu bid them farewell at the front of the school, giving Lucy a kiss on her forehead.

"Bye bye daddy!" Nashi said and hugged his leg. Natsu pulled her up and swung her through the air.

"Goodbye my little ember." He said back and set her down. The two parents watched as she ran over to the group of children playing in the field outside the daycare room.

"You will be there, right?" Lucy confirmed.

"I'll try my best." Natsu answered and kissed her lips but he could see the worry in her eyes. "Hey don't worry, the results will come back positive, I'm sure of it." He comforted the blonde.

"Okay." She whispered and wrapped her arms around his shoulders, resting her head in the crevice of his neck. Natsu held her back just as tightly, because the words the doctor would speak would either destroy all hope, or reinforce it.

"See you." She murmured, turning around.

"See you, Lucy." He whispered.

...

"The parsec corresponds to the distance at which the mean radius of the earth's orbit subtends an angle of one second of arc. This equals the measurement in distance of-"

The monotonous ring of the class bell interrupted the Lecture Lucy was giving on how to measure distance in space and caused for her students to begin to stand up. "Ah- did I dismiss you yet?" Lucy called out. The students groaned in annoyance and sat back in their seats.

"Homework tonight is two read chapter 17.5 through 17.9, and I expect some note taking! You can all go now."

Some of the students cheered and continued to pack up to leave. While Lucy wasn't a mean teacher, she did prefer her student to actually listen until she was done talking. Very few of her students knew of why she could not walk, and none knew the whole story, but many knew of her mental problems with PTSD, while most of them still respected her, she'd still find that there where ignorant dull headed children that found it funny to make fun of one's suffering.

Last year a student was expelled for putting a replica pistol in her desk drawer, causing Lucy to go into a panic attack and fall out of her wheelchair and scream. After that not too many made fun out of fear of expulsion, but their were still the rare jokester that happened upon her way.

"Professor Dragneel." A student walked up to her desk. "I was wondering if you would write me a letter of recommendation for a internship?"

"Of course Yukino, and which internship are you interested in?"

"The Saber Tooth Extraterrestrial Research Organization." She provided.

"Okay, I'll have it done by Thursday." Lucy smiled.

"Thank you professor." Yukino thanked her as she left.

"Your welcome, Yukino." She waved.

Lucy breathed out and gathered her things in her briefcase, then rolled herself down the ramp and out the door, locking it and making her way for the daycare center. Now that her final class was done, it was time to go to her appointment.

Lucy picked up her daughter, bid goodbye to the helpers, then made her way to the bus stop as she could not drive in her condition. When the bus arrived the diver lowered it down and helped her inside, lifting up some of the seats to make way for her so she wouldn't have to sit in the walk way.

"Momma where are we going?" Nashi asked when she noticed they were heading in the opposite way of their home.

"To the hospital, darling."

"Why?"

"To fix mommy's legs." She replied.

"Why don't they work?" Nashi asked for the first time. Lucy looked around nervously not knowing how to answer her and saw they she was receiving several looks from the other passengers.

"I'll tell you about it when you're older." She answered

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"Dragneel." The nurse called from the metal white door. Lucy looked nervously at Natsu and rolled forward, followed by Natsu carrying a sleeping Nashi. The nurse lead them to the back and into a room on the left side. She took some blood and checked her heartbeat and blood pressure before leaving.

Lucy sat nervously and watched her legs as she awaited for the news from tests and the doctors personal opinion on the next step. After waiting almost twenty minutes a middle-aged man with greying hair wearing a lab coat walked in.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Dragneel." He greeted.

"Afternoon doctor." She greeted back. "How does it look?"

"Well for starters we've finally located the problem. Pieces of broken bone have been pushing against the vains in the upper thigh area of your left leg, and the lower section by your knee on your right leg. Subsequently your legs have been losing both oxygen and blood and that's why they have become too weak to support your body. They are small and have been hiding behind your femur for a long while. Good news is that once we can directly locate them, we should be able to remove them and restore your blood flow. It will take a couple weeks for you regain strength in your legs, but you will be able walk again."

Lucy cried tears of joy and held onto her husband, who cried along with her. The doctor smiled and left them alone to rejoice with each other.

The two shed tears uncontrollably without a care, as a darkness that had taken a root in their lives with pain and constant reminders of the past would finally be gone and allow them to at last move forward and look to the future.

And no longer glance back at the past.

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It's called being realistic. Do you think you can witness murder without having nightmares? Besides, this was always meant to end bittersweetly.

And to those of you who complained about Grandeeney receiving the opportunity of redemption, fuck off, it's my story and I have a firm belief that everyone is worthy of being forgiven.

Thank you all truly for taken the time to read each chapter over these two years. I'm so happy you all stayed with me, even when it became dark. This is the best story I've ever written with the most follows. Thank you all for helping me get here.

I officially have no other NaLu stories in writing as I bad just finished my other one. I'll have a knew one in august, if any of you have ideas, pleas pm me!

Goodbye and thank you all!

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