CHAPTER 29

Happy faces his illusion. He finds himself at a table filled with a variety of different fish. He happily sits at the table and begins to binge. Suddenly, he is clouted upside the head from behind.

"Ow! Who did that?" He says, rubbing his head. He turns around and is surprised to see Charle and Pantherlily, looking at him with disdain.

"Charle? Pantherlily? Why did you hit me?" He asks.

"Why not? You're completely worthless and pathetic. In fact, I wonder why should I pay any attention to you." Charle says, completely annoyed.

"I agree." Pantherlily says.

"Besides, who said you could sit here and eat our fish?" Charle says.

"There's plenty for everyone. Besides, it's rude to hog it all for yourself." Happy replied.

"IT'S RUDE TO EAT BEFORE ASKING WHEN THE FOOD'S NOT YOURS!" Charle retorted.

"Whatever." Happy says before resuming to eat.

Decameron looks on in annoyance. He was hoping to see the cat facing something dark instead of something trivial.

The illusion breaks, and Happy sees himself in the same room as Juvia and Grey.

"What just happened?" Happy asked,

"You were under Decameron's illusion spell. " Grey replied.

"Where are Natsu, Lucy, and Erza?"

"They're still under it. They must defeat their illusion spells before we can do anything else."

"I hope it's soon." Happy replied sadly.

Just then, Lucy faced her illusion. She finds herself in fancy looking bedroom. It looks like the one she had when she was younger. She sees a mirror and looks into it. She sees herself as a little girl. She is then surprised to see that she has turned into that.

The door opens. A maid enters with a sad expression on her face.

"It's time. my lady." She says.

Lucy exits and the maid leads her down some stairs to a room where a white coffin covered with roses lies, and her father sitting next to it. He looks up at her.

"Your mother loved us very much, didn't she?" He asked sadly.

Lucy is stunned by having to relive this painful moment in her life.

She walks towards him and gives him a hug.

"Yes, Daddy." She replied.

"And you know I love you too, right?"

"Of course, Daddy. I love you too."

Lucy's father gives a smile.

"That's all I wanted to hear." He says.

Just then, the door opens and six pallbearers walk in carrying another coffin, sit it down, and open the lid.

Lucy suddenly turns back to normal and sees her father walking toward the coffin.

"Daddy! Stop! What are you doing?!"

"It's time for me to go be with your mother. You have become a strong, beautiful, independent woman. You don't need me anymore."

"Yes, I do! I always will! We have seven years to catch up on!"

"Seven years plus many more when you were younger. Too much time has passed for that."

"No it hasn't! There's plenty of time! Please don't!"

Lucy's father climbs into the coffin. Lucy runs up to him.

"Daddy, please!" Lucy says, tears streaming down her face.

"Always remember, me and your mother will always be with you." Her father says as he starts to lie down. Lucy stops him and gives him another hug.

"Don't go, please!" Lucy says, still crying.

Her father hugs her, then gently pushes her away.

"I'm sorry, but I must. Again I say, always remember we will always be with you. Goodbye, my sweet little girl."

He lies down, shuts his eyes, and the pallbearers close the lid.

"Goodbye, Daddy." Lucy says, wiping her tears.

The illusion breaks, and Lucy finds herself in the room with Juvia, Grey, and Happy. She rushes toward them and gives them a hug, crying once more.

"Lucy, what happened to you?" Grey asked.

As she began to tell about her illusion, Eiko looks on from her crystal ball, furious. Four of them had managed to overcome their illusions. Four too many. She looks on to see what happens next.