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POV: Lucy

I took a deep breath as I prepared myself for what Natsu was going to ask me about.

"Okay." I said and looked at Natsu. "Ask away."

"How many Spirits do you have?" Natsu asked.

"I have fourteen keys total, ten gold, four silver." I said plainly already wanting this to be over.

"Do all Spirits who are collected turn into keys?" Natsu asked me.

"No, it actually depends on that mage's personality, and most of the time they turn into something that's precious to that person." I answered.

"And keys are precious to you?" Natsu asked tilting his head a little.

"Not really, they just . . . . . . fascinate me." I said putting my chin in my hands and resting my elbows on the table.

"How so?" Natsu questioned.

"A lot like us humans, with something as simple as a word or even key, we can unlock the unknown." I answered staring at the table. "It only takes a small movement to open it, and when it's open, it's either the greatest thing or all hell breaks lose."

"That was deep." Natsu said.

"Shut up!" I laughed.

"Is that why you don't want to do this?" He asked me and I looked at him.

"What do you mean?" I asked him, knowing exactly what he meant.

"You don't want to tell me about your magic, and I know you probably don't want me to ask this, but why?" He said putting the pencil in his hand down.

"I just don't want you, or anybody else, thinking that I'm like all the other Celestial Mages before me." I said.

"Did they do something?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah." I answered, nodding. "And it wasn't good."

"What did they do?" Natsu asked leaning back on the couch. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"I don't know how long ago, but there were dark Celestial Mages, who thought that it would be okay to just take a living person's soul. And make them a Celestial Spirit." I started to explain.

"You can do that?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah, I mean the whole reason Celestial Mages have come to be, was to give those who deserved it a second chance." I said standing up, not being able to sit down any longer.

"What do you mean a second chance?" Natsu asked me, and I started pacing back and forth.

"Celestial Mages can only get a new Spirit by claiming their soul before death does. At least that's what we thought before some Celestial Celestial Mages decided to experiment." I said, not wanting to say the rest of it.

"Before death? You mean like they have to die?" Natsu asked, looking a little worried.

"Yeah, they have to be dead in order for a Celestial Mage to claim a soul." I said. "The proper way, anyway." Then he got up off the ground and walked up close towards me and I stopped pacing and started stepping backward.

"So if you wanted to, you could take my soul?" Natsu asked and I looked at him. And then my back bumped the wall, and Natsu got really close to me.

"Yes." I said honestly.

"Would it hurt?" He asked me.

"I would assume that it would, your soul is being ripped out of your body." I said a little nervous, about what Natsu would think.

"Do you want to?" He asked, with no expression on his face.

"No." I said.

"Would you?" He asked.

"Never." I answered.

"Why?" He asked.

"Because I wouldn't be able to live with myself." I answered trying to stay calm.

"Just me?" Natsu asked. "Or everybody?"

"I guess it would depend." I said. "But most likely I wouldn't be able to do it."

"That's good." Natsu said.

"What?" I asked.

"It's good that you know that you wouldn't want to kill someone, no matter what they did." Natsu said. "And that you won't just do it for the fun of it."

"Of course I won't." I said, almost yelling at him. Natsu then went and sat on the couch.

"How have some of your Spirits died?" Natsu asked, changing the subject, and I felt a little sad.

"You're a pain in the ass." I said, and Natsu gestured for me to answer his question. "Well . . . . . . Loke committed suicide." I said quietly. "He jumped off a cliff, next to a waterfall."

"Why?" Natsu asked.

"He felt responsible for a death of a really close friend of his. When all he did was get her a job, and then she was murdered during a robbery." I said and sat on the couch next to Natsu.

"That sucks." Natsu said.

"Yeah. But then there are the Gemini twins who were killed in a house fire." I said.

"Did any of them die peacefully." Natsu asked, and I thought for a moment.

"Crux died in a library." I said. "He fell asleep and never woke up."

"And he's the only one who died peacefully?" Natsu asked.

"Death's a bitch." Is all I said. "Is it okay if we stop talking about that?" Natsu nodded and started thinking to himself.

"Well, it's kinda late, how about we get some sleep?" Natsu suggested and I nodded. And then he walked towards his room where Happy was already passed out on the bed. "Night." He said.

"Good night." I responded, and Natsu closed the door. I laid down on the couch and pulled a blanket up to my chin hoping that I wouldn't have my usual nightmare.

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Time skip: About Three Hours

I sat up straight on the couch and was breathing heavy. I looked around the room to see that I wasn't in my room, but Natsu's living room. I took a deep breath.

'This is the third time.'

I slowly laid back down hoping that it would come back, but as soon as I was about to drift off back to sleep, I saw a flash of it and my eye flew open. I swung my legs over the side of the couch and sat up, holding my head in my hands.

'What is wrong with me?'

Then a thought came to me and looked over towards Natsu's door.

'Could I?'

I wondered as I got up and walked towards the slightly cracked door, and opened it to see that Natsu was passed out on his side facing the door. I tip-toed over to his bed not wanting to wake him.

'Should I?'

I reached my hand out to shake him awake but stopped.

'No, I shouldn't.'

I turned around to walk back out the door into the living room, but a hand stopped me. I turned back around to see Natsu was holding my wrist and was looking at me.

"Natsu. I'm sorry I didn't mean to wake you." I said as I tried to pull away, but Natsu held onto my wrist a little tighter, and he sat up.

"Are you okay?" He asked me.

"Yeah." I answered. "I just had a bad dream." I tried to pull away again but he wouldn't let me go.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" He asked.

"No." I answered.

"Did you come in here, to ask me if you could sleep in here?" He asked. But I didn't want to answer right away.

"Yes." I whispered.

"You can stay." Natsu said and I looked at him. "I don't mind."

"Thank you." I said and Natsu moved over so I could get in next to him. I laid on the very edge of the bed not really wanting to take up to much room and somewhat feeling awkward.

"Lucy?" I heard Natsu whisper to me.

"Yeah?" I said.

"You're going to fall off the bed." He said. And I didn't really move, up until I felt his hand grab my waist, and I flinched. And then he pulled me more towards the center of the bed and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"Umm, Natsu?" I said.

"Hmm?" He hummed.

"You don't have to do that." I said.

"Are you sure?" Natsu asked and that confused me. "You were screaming in your sleep earlier." I gasped.

"Why didn't you wake me?" I asked. "I would have stopped."

"I tried." Natsu said. "But you wouldn't wake up, and then not long after that you would wake up on your own."

"I'm sorry." I said.

"It's not your fault. Most of the time we can't control what we dream." Natsu said. "What do you dream about?"

"I don't really want to talk about it." I said.

"Well, you had a nightmare right?" Natsu asked.

"Yeah." I answered.

"Well sometimes if you talk about it, it can help you to get rid of it." Natsu suggested. I took a deep breath and turned over to look at Natsu and he was already looking at me.

"I dreamt about my dad." I started and Natsu's grip tightened around me. "And it was him killing someone."

"You don't know who?" He asked me.

"I couldn't see their face, but I do know that it was a woman." I said. "But then after he kills her, he comes after me and he chases me down an endless hallway. And then usually when he finally catches up to me is when I wake up."

"That's horrible." Natsu said and I looked at him. "But, you're here, in my bed, in my arms, safe."

'That sounded a little weird.'

"Okay?" Natsu asked.

"Okay." I said and nodded a little.

"Okay, now go to sleep." Natsu said and I closed my eyes, and Natsu pulled me in close to him. "You know Lucy?"

"Hmm?" I hummed.

"You smell like strawberries and vanilla." He said and I chuckled to myself. Up until I realized that, that's what fire taste like to him.

'That could just be a coincidence.'

And then after multiple minutes when I was two seconds from falling asleep, Natsu leaned in towards my ear.

"I'll keep you safe."