Adrift | NaLu |

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Natsu realises who Lucy is after all this time, and they have an emotional reconciliation, (the prev chapter) however something was wrong and before she even realises it, his breath was thinning and he had passed out.
Lucy cursed herself for getting happy and getting lost in the moment, forgetting about the true nature of the spell, and that what had been done cannot be undone.
Unfortunately and fortunately, that was the moment when the rest of the team natsu arrives at the scene, and tho it stops the villain from doing anything(I forgor his name), they are mortified to see natsu's state. He looks like a lifeless body in Lucy's arms.

What do you think you've done!? Was what their reaction was, the spell already in effect, making their memory hazy and them confusing Lucy's identity. This obv did not help the matters at all.

Flash forward, their sights shift to winston(GOT HOS NAME), and a fight ensues.
(I'm not sure how to write fights so imagine an epic fairy tail fight here with the bg music and everything that)

"dammit! You better have answers for us when we get this over with Lucy!"

Momentarily shocked at her own words, erza loses focus, confusion still clouding her mind which winston tries to take advantage of, but his attack is blocked by gray.

Long story short, the fight is intense, the team isn't at its 100% because of the confused state, and little by little winston realised that. He drops hints to get them to lose their focus, much like with natsu, but having enough, Wendy just screams and unleashes a powerful wind attack that knocks him out. (Like a desperate cry of help, like a traumatised child).
The result is a huge explosion, the dungeon breaks down and there's rubble everywhere.

Everyone is kinda shocked(in a like blank state you see after traumatic events in movies) before regaining their senses. Team natsu runs to an unconscionable natsu in a Frenzy, Wendy just plops down on her knees still staring ahead in a blank state and shock, and Lucy stares at the back of her head( in a similar way too). This was kind of a wake up call for her, showing her how much damage she'd actually done.

In this moment, it was like she was invisible to gray, happy, erza and Carla and she takes that as a sign for her next step.

Sorry, I'm so sorry was all she could breathe and it wasn't even heard over their own cacophony. A part of her is still adamant, and she unwillingly gives in, slipping a blue ribbon in happy's bag.

"It was not your fault, it was not your fault" Wendy was almost chanting it like a spell, before breaking down.

However, Lucy ignores it, gets up, takes a look back, and leaves.

What has been done cannot be undone.

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(This was the end of chapter 25)

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A couple of years have passed, Natsu was walking home from the guild, looking more glum then ever.

Happy questions why, he always gets like this during this time(nearing Lucy's birthday). Actually he did too and so did everyone in the guild, but he could never understand why, and natsu always felt it the most.

Natsu was twirling with the blue ribbon he had around his wrist as he was walking home, something of no significance he found in happy's bag, but it gave him a huge sense of comfort for some reason.