Reality?

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Lucy sat on her infirmary bed as the master debriefed her on everything that had happened.
When END nearly killed her with that one hit, he was somehow able to alter all of her memories so that this man named Natsu became apart of her life. At least that's what they were assuming because as far as everyone was concerned, no one knows for sure what happened to her. No one knows why he chose Lucy, perhaps to bring the downfall of the guild in some way? The only way to figure that out was to ask END himself, but he hasn't been seen since she went into her coma.
Every once in a while guild members would talk about something that happened over the time she was "away", but Lucy was only half listening. She's still in shock and disbelief over everything.
The last 6 years of my life have been a lie...I don't have a daughter, I don't have Natsu. No that's not right, Natsu's still real, just a different person...
Lucy swung her feet over the bed, although not as gracefully as she would have liked. Luckily she had gotten a change of clothes instead of the breezy hospital gown. Everyone stared at her.
"I-sorry...I just-just need some air..." She slowly pushed her way through the door and walked out of the guild and down the street. (a/n yes I am aware that coma patients can't just get up and walk after being out for so long but for the sake of story plot, just role with it) She turned the corner and continued walking down the street, hoping it was still there.
Finally she arrives to her house. It looks newer than when she last saw it, then again the last time she saw her apartment, it was six years older than what it really was. Hoping the key was still in the same place, she uncovers a hollowed out rock and unlocks the door with the key inside. She steps in, and immediately regrets it.
Its exactly the same as Lucy had left it, but it wasn't right. There was no toys on the floor, picture frames on the walls, and her house was clean. She stepped into her bedroom and sees Michelle on her bed, smiling up at her.
Lucy snatches her up and holds her close. This was supposed to be Nashi's. She finds a photo album and a diary on top of her desk. Opening it, she sees that the last entry was on April 12, X792.
"I'm going on another mission today with Erza, Gray, and Wendy. Erza picked out a job request that should be simple for us. It's nothing out of the ordinary, just taking down some bad guy and turning him into the Magic Council. She picked an S class job, but I'm not too sure why it's S class. The job sounds easy enough.
Anyways! I got done with another chapter in my book. I would say I am about half way done now and I showed a chapter to Levy. She said it was amazing so far!"
Lucy slammed the journal shut and threw it across the room. It went on about how happy her life was, about how perfect her whole universe was. She clutched Michelle closer and bent over on her desk. Lucy wanted to cry so badly, but nothing would come out. "I don't want this... I was happy..."
She looks to Michelle expecting an answer but forgetting she won't get one. Slowly, Lucy gets up from her desk and picks up the box full of letters to her mom and walks it over to her bed. She takes the small box and puts it under her arm as she lays on the bed. Her eyes become heavy and she falls asleep.

It's been a year since Lucy has woken up from her coma. Her life had gotten easier, after she had accepted that everything that had happened was just a figment of her imagination. She still thought about her life then, and she often forgot that certain things didn't happen like they did where she was. Lucy knew none of it was real, but that doesn't mean she didn't miss it. 
       Mornings never got any easier, especially since the sun was shining too bright for her liking. Lucy left a mental note for herself to destroy the cursed sun for waking her up, but that could wait until after she got something to eat.
       Reluctantly she gets up and finds a new pair of clothes, not bothering with a shower. After she ate a granola bar, Lucy started to reconsider that shower.
Once in the bathroom, she hears a door knock.
"Lucy, it's Erza, Gray and Wendy. Can we come in?"
Lucy groaned, not wanting to get dressed and then open the door for them and then repeat the whole process. "Yah, come on in. I'm in the shower." She heard the door rattle and then close, hearing their voices in the living room. She drowns them out when the water is turned on. Before she can even get her clothes off, her ears begin to ring again.
She becomes dizzy again and makes a small choking sound this time, before falling to the tile floor. Lucy hits her head on the side of the tub, only having enough time to see her friends barge into the bathroom before she blacks out.

"Wendy she'll wake up soon right?" -unrecognizable voice-
"She should, but it's hard to tell. We don't even know what happened..."
Lucy stirred, slowly opening up her eyes again. She was getting sick of seeing the same lights every time she woke up. She turned to her right and saw four people, two of them having a conversation and the other two napping in the chairs around the bed.
"Lucy!" Someone hurried over and gave her a hug. It was warm...she looked up.
Pink hair...

Duh duh duuuuuuun!! Wow that was lame. Anyways sorry for the somewhat crappy chapter and the cliff hanger at the end. I felt like writing another chapter and this is what my brain came up with. Might fix it later but anyways let me know what you guys think! (I did end up fixing it) Hope you liked it

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