New Story! This is my first Fairy Tail fanfic. I do not have a beta so please excuse all the grammar errors. I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail. However I own the plot.

There was something tangible in the air. Lucy Heartfilia grimaced at the bleak looking sky. Rain was threatening t to fall and Lucy had forgotten her umbrella at home. The weatherman called for a drizzle but the morning sky told another story. Any other night Lucy wouldn't have cared and just darted home but tonight seemed eerie. The air was different and held some kind of foreboding. Lucy didn't want to admit it but the prospect of walking home tonight scared her.

She took out her phone and scrolled though her contacts to see if anyone was available to pick her up. Her boyfriend was busy at work and didn't get off till late. There was no way she could wait till after midnight. Her best friend was on a date and Lucy didn't want to interrupt. Things were going well for Cana and it seemed that this guy might be the real deal. The only other person she could call was her roommate, Lisanna. With a heavy sigh Lucy pressed the call button and listened to the dull dialing tone. Part of her hoped that the call went unanswered but the majority prayed Lisanna picked up. After waiting a couple more seconds Lucy hung up. The young woman looked at the sky and sighed.

"This is going to be fun" She muttered to herself. Home was not far from work but with the looming threat of rain the distance doubled. Lucy checked the door to make sure it was locked and then headed out.

The neighborhood wasn't bad but it wasn't the greatest. Subconsciously Lucy shifted her eyes to take in surroundings. A nearby lamppost flickered before going dead. Lucy stared at it and tried not to think of it as a premonition for something unpleasant. She rummaged through her purse for any type of weapon.

"Dammit" She skipped out on buying the pepper spray in favor for nail polish. Considering she had never been in any type of confrontation, her naïve mind thought she was safe from all the dangers of the world.

Five minutes into her walk the temperature dropped which caused Lucy to shiver. She tried to convince the goosebumps were from the cold and not from the feeling of being watched. Anxiety began to take over her body as the sense of danger began to grow. The sudden sensation of being alone in the world swept over Lucy and fear took over. With shaky hands she reached for her cell phone. Cana would forgive her once she learned of the situation.

"No no no" The cell phone blared a messaged of 'no service'. Lucy took a shaky breath in order to calm down. No point in panicking to the point where rationality is lost. She clutched the phone to her chest as she scanned the area for any sign of refuge. No, being somewhere enclosed would make it harder to escape from a predator. Home was the only safe place. Hopefully Lisanna was there and would bring her back to reality because whatever she was feeling was not normal.

Taking another glance around Lucy bolted towards home. Her purse was slapping against her thigh and the cell phone was clutched tightly in her hand. 'Please, please let me get home. I swear I'll buy that pepper spray next paycheck.'

Lucy came up on a corner and turned left, only to screech to a halt. In front of her stood Ned's Enterprise, her establishment of employment. She looked behind her only to find herself where she had started.

"This can't be! How is this possible!" She yelled to no one in particular. Uncontrollable panic and fear overwhelmed her and she darted towards the direction of home again…just to find herself exactly where she began.

"HELP! FIRE!" Lucy screamed in a vain attempt to get help. Something told her that no one was coming to help. This was it. Somebody was after her and she was stupid enough to fall in their trap. It had to be an otherworldly being because nothing could explain the phenomenon that was happening. Maybe somebody drugged her and this was all a hallucination. Yeah this must be a hallucination.

An unusual and frightening growl brought Lucy back to the present. If she thought she was scared before, the new fear was tenfold. She recognized herself going through shock as she had as hard time controlling her body. Her spine went straight and rigid. Tears began to well up in her eyes and her bottom lip began trembling uncontrollably. Gulping down on saliva, Lucy slowly turned her head towards the source of her newfound fear and let out an ear piercing scream.

Behind her was a humanoid shape with rotting flesh. Its eyes were bloodshot with tiny black pupils. The figure had a hunchback with unproportioned appendages. For hands the creature had sharp revolting claws that promised infection and a painful death. The being wore no clothes which exposed pale grayish flesh that clung to an anorexic body. Sharp pointy teeth were bared at her as a mixture of saliva and blood dripped from them. The thing growled and lunged at her. The young woman could do nothing but watch as the being closed in on her.

Lucy screamed again and found control of her body at the last moment. She sprinted forward with speed she did not know she possessed. Her flight instinct went into overdrive and she did whatever was necessary to keep her legs moving forward at maximum speed. Behind her, she could hear the creature catching up. Of course something that horrifying would overpower her. Lucy tried to look around for any type of protection. Approaching the same corner that started this mess, another humanoid shape appeared. Lucy screamed again and tried to stop but instead tripped over herself and crashed onto the ground.

"No no no" Lucy cried and crawled to the right. She gained her footing and stood up and tried to run again but she felt something grab her jacket and hurl her backwards. She screamed again and collided with a parked car. The impact rattled her brains and she whimpered. Opening her eyes she was met with three humanoid figures. They had her trapped and Lucy began to cry and hyperventilate. There was no way out of her situation. Fear had her rooted to the ground and all she could do was watch as death approached her. She closed her eyes and awaited the inevitable.

A deafening roar ringed in her ears that brought some kind of hope. Lucy's eyes snapped open just in time to see a… dragon? No, a male engulfed in flamed attack the creatures. The figures screamed and began to attack the new intruder. The male let out another roar and breathed fire to incinerate one of the humanoids. Lucy watched in awe as he took on the humanoids by himself. Power emanated from him and he took out the second humanoid with a slash of his fire-encompassed hand. The last humanoid stood before him and it was bigger than the other two. The male stood up straight and smiled wickedly. The smile sent shivers of fear down her spine.

Fire began to gather in his hands and he lunged towards the humanoid,

"Go back to hell!" he ordered as he smashed the enemy with both fists. The impact sent out a bright light and Lucy closed her eyes. When she opened them the male was standing triumphantly. He didn't even bother to look at his surroundings. He then took a sniff of the air and his head snapped towards her direction.

Lucy took in a breath as the half crazed being glared at her. His black eyes bore into her being and she felt violated. He stood on the defensive with his fist clenched and she quickly realized that she needed to fear for her life. Normal human beings did not control fire. Lucy didn't even blink before the male was in front of her, inches away from her face. She noticed he had pink hair and absentmindedly thought that was a strange color for him. Lucy looked at him wide eyed in fear. He took another sniff.

"You smell weird." He stated as he grabbed her chin and took another sniff of her neck. Lucy was frozen in fear. There was fire wielding man smelling her. If that wasn't scary she did not know what was. He directed her face so he could stare into Lucy's eyes. His black eyes bore into her as if he was searching for something. Another sniff.

"You smell so weird…Why."

"Please…" Her voice was shaken and barely audible but the male twitched in response. He let go of her face and leaned in closer to smell her. Lucy pressed herself in the car to try to get away from his nose but it was in vain as he grabbed her arm and snapped her body towards him. She felt his nose up against her skin as he took in another sniff.

"Why?" he uttered before opening his mouth. He was about to sink his teeth into her shoulder when his eyes shot wide open and he vanished to the other side of the street. The absence of his body sent Lucy in shivers as the cold assaulted her body. She stared at him in fear and bewilderment.

"I, uh" Lucy began but was cut short when he disappeared from sight. She looked around to see where he went but there was no trace of him. The evidence of the humanoids was also gone. The feeling of being alone disappeared and Lucy felt she was returned to the world she knew. She looked back at the spot where the male stood. Her hand reached to the spot where his nose was. She let out a breath she didn't even know she was holding. The man had saved her life, whether he intended it or not, Lucy was grateful.

Not far away the male stood on top of a building staring at the woman. A breeze came by and ruffled his pink hair as he scowled at her, "Tch…nonsense"

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