Lucy POV

I was walking around the streets at night when I heard glass breaking in an alleyway. I gulped, scared out of my mind as I started to walk faster. These streets weren't safe. At least, not at night. There were gangs around these parts of town. Especially the Dragon Slayers. They were the worst gang of them all. And the fact, that they were kidnapping girls didn't make them less scary. I swore I could hear whispering behind me. I turned around but didn't see anything.

I'm going crazy, I thought.It's so scary at night. I can't believe this is the same place I've lived all my life. I shouldn't be out here. Especially right now at this hour. What was I thinking?

Technically, this wasn't my fault. It was Mirajane's fault. She had invited my other friend, Erza and me to her house. We had a blast, eating junk food and gossiping about other people, catching up on all those years days that we hadn't seen each other. I laughed out loud as I remembered that while Erza was in the bathroom, we shook her unopened soda of Coca-Cola. She came back and Mirajane and I stared at her can of soda, waiting for it to be opened. When Erza finally opened it, nothing happened. Mirajane and I looked at each other, confused. We each took our unopened cans of soda and opened it, bracing ourselves. As soon as Mirajane opened hers, her eyes widened in surprise as she let out shriek as she was splattered with soda. We stared at each other in surprise and then ended up on the floor rolling and laughing, our sides aching from so much laughter.

"What's so funny, girlie?"

I spun around so fast, I would've fallen if I hadn't grabbed onto a nearby wall. In the shadows of an alleyway, there stood two men. I couldn't see them very well or make out any of their features but I didn't need to see them to know that they were dangerous. I stepped back from them.

"What's wrong sweetheart? You lost?" a gruff disembodied voice asked.

"N- no," I answered, trying to make my voice as strong as I could. I tried to pretend like I wasn't scared out of my mind. "I'm going home s- so if you'll just excuse me, I must be going."

They chuckled such a cruel laugh it sounded like a cat when it's trying to cough up a furball. "What makes you think you can go home so fast? Stick around. We'll have tons of fun." They stepped towards me.

I stepped back again. "Leave me alone!"

They just laughed, walking towards me as they did.

I turned and started running. Damn it! I'm too far from home! I'll just have to run to a nearby store or something.

I ran as fast as I could, not bothering to look back to see if they were chasing me, afraid that it would slow me down. I turned on the corner and kept running straight. Where's the nearest store? Wait! Where am I?!

I looked around, not finding anything that seemed familiar to me. I'm LOST!

I stopped for a minute, trying to catch my breathe. Gasping, I looked behind me. Nothing. I looked everywhere. Not a living thing in sight. I stood there for a few more minutes, letting my heart return to its normal beating rate. I laughed a nervous laugh. "I lost them."

"Lost who?"

I turned around to find myself face-to-face with one of the men. He was HUGE! Taller than anyone I'd ever met! But that was all that I noticed because just before I screamed for help, he clamped a cloth over my mouth, making me unable to breathe at all. I struggled to fight them before I began to see dots dancing across my vision. I saw a car pull up beside us as my strength left me and my vision turned everything to black.