~Magnolia's Number One Assassin~ (Fairy Tail)

Chapter 49: Taken

Taken

After I had watched Natsu for a moment longer I had left the Guild. Happy's words were still echoing in my already jumbled mind when I heard soft footsteps approaching me. I stopped and almost instantly my lips tilted up. I began to turn around with a smile on my face, "Natsu?"

His name barely left my mouth when a hand snaked around my waist and a hand clammed down on my mouth. My eyes widened as my brain kicked in. My thoughts going a mile per minute as the situation sank in. I was being attacked.

I screamed against the hand and brought my elbow up to deliver a hard blow to the person's stomach. I felt my elbow hit and the man let out a grunt. Temporarily free I brought up my foot and stomped down onto his sandal clad foot. Satisfaction coursed through me as I heard him yell out in pain as something in his foot snapped.

With a breath I reached up for my necklace but I was stopped when a second pair of arms wrapped around my own arms. I had begun to bring up my knee when a third person grabbed and picked up my legs. How many were there?!

I screamed and bucked against my attackers. Come on! Someone must be seeing this? Hearing this? But, then I realized, it was almost midnight. There weren't many people around anymore. The Guild was further away then I would have liked it to be. I was on my own.

I bared my teeth and sank them into the man's hand that was covering my mouth. He let out a yell and for one moment, for one precious second, I could speak. I opened up my mouth and sucked in a deep breath. This was my only chance. Make it count. I yelled as loudly as I could the first thing that popped into my mind.

"NATSU!"

My attackers voices rose in volume over my loud scream. Someone hit me across the head to shut me up and it worked. I cried out at the sharp pain that exploded in my head at the heavy blow. My vision began to get fuzzy but still I fought against them. That is until I felt a sharp prick in my neck and my body started to relax on its own. "Natsu..." I whispered as my eyes drifted shut and my attackers laughter rose up in the air. The last thing I saw before I completely went into the darkness was a bright, smiling boy, with cherry blossom hair...

Natsu's P.O.V

"Natsu!"

I whipped my head around towards the Guild's double doors. I tilted my head to the side as my eyes narrowed.

"Oi, Flame Brain, what's with you?" The Ice Idiot's annoying voice asked me. I ignored him as I tilted my head to the side. I closed my eyes for a moment. Then I heard it again. My name being called out. But, this time, it was much weaker, quieter. I shot straight up just as Metal Head did. I glanced over at him and then ran out of the Guild. I heard Happy calling out for me but I didn't slow.

I heard her.

I pushed my legs to go faster as I scanned the area around me, searching for a flash of black hair. Her scent was all around me and as I ran faster it started to get more fresh. I was closing in. I could hear Metal Head following me but I didn't care.

I only had one real focus.

Her.

Then her scent just stopped. Right in the middle of the street. I skidded to a halt as I whipped my head back and forth. I didn't see her and I couldn't pick up her scent anymore. "Freya!" I called out as my eyes darted around desperately.

Metal Face was also scanning the near empty streets too. Panic began to set in as I spun around looking and looking. But never finding. Just as I was about to take off back to the Guild, something glittering hit my eye, and I blinked against the sudden glare. I looked down and I sucked in a breath.

Freya's necklace was on the ground...the chain was broken.

I quickly knelt down and picked it up. I stared down at it. She never took it off. Fey cared about her necklace like I cared about my scarf. This was the source of her Magic. She would never have left it here. Not unless...she didn't have a choice.

My heart clenched as I gritted my teeth together.

Fey...

Someone had taken her.
I didn't look over my shoulder at the other Dragon Slayer when I muttered, "Tell the Guild what happened." I clenched
her necklace in the palm of my hand as I slowly stood up, "I'll be back."

"Now hold on, Salamander! Ya can't go off-" I stopped him with a glare, "Tell Wendy to be there when I get back." I told him as I stalked off. I heard him 'tch' but I heard him run off back to the Guild. I kept stalking forward as my hair fell into my eyes. I took a deep breath and soaked up all the scents around me. My eyes flashed as I picked up three to four unfamiliar scents that had similarities to them.

I snarled as I gripped her necklace tighter in my grip.

I heard you, Fey.

I'm coming.

Author's Note: Fey's been taken and now an angry Dragon Slayer will stop at nothing until he has her back.