Constellations of Time

Summary: In attempt to stitch broken bonds, Jude Heartfilia creates a guild dedicated for Lucy named "Sabertooth". Jude asks her to join the guild. Lucy decides to give an answer after S-Class Promotion Exams but only to realize that she and her guild mates has disappeared together in Tenroujima. [Lucy X Various]

A/N: I posted (and deleted) a horrible version of this story once. It was entitled "Team Lucy". It had poor grammar, plot holes, and a lot of poorly constructed ideas. So, I am starting from scratch again. Please Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 1

It was a week before the S-Class Promotion Exams, and the guild was a mess. Guild members were swarming all over the request board, some fighting their way to get a job, and some passed out on the floor due to exhaustion. With all the commotion that is happening in the guild, we can find Fairy Tail's beloved celestial mage sitting at the counter watching Mira approve some of the guild mates' requests. Sighing at the sight, she stood up and bid farewell to everyone.

Walking on the stone pathed road, she smiled at the thought of the S-Class Exams. It was her first time experiencing an event like this, and she was definitely looking forward to it. Getting lost in her thoughts, she hummed happily, walking towards her apartment. As she was getting near her home, she saw a familiar figure standing in front of her apartment. She stopped for a moment, and immediately, their eyes met. Lucy's face was shocked at the sight of that man.

"What are you doing here Father?" Lucy questioned trying to hold back her tears. It was heartbreaking enough that her father asked her money a few weeks ago, and then he appears again.

'Why must he come again? Does he need more money? Does he still even care for me? Did he regret his actions? WHY?' These thoughts ran through Lucy's mind as she waits for his response.

"I wanted to tell you that I'm doing good on my new guild. Before I joined, we met at the front of the guild remember? When I entered the guild, it was destroyed. I asked one of the members what happened, and it turns out a blonde celestial mage had helped them. They said that the mage took out all the dark guild mages, and left without leaving a word. But one of the members overheard the mage looking for her father at the guild." Jude said while smiling warmly.

It's true that she was reckless in accepting a job request last week. She heard that the mercenary guild that her father was working on was attacked by a dark guild She really felt guilty after knowing that he literally walked all the way to the guild for 3 days without any money on him.

Lucy looked at him. She saw that sincerity on his eyes, something that never showed after her mother's death. Tears were now streaming down her cheeks, her heart suddenly exploding these emotions that she tried to hide after all these years. Within a second, Lucy was engulfed in an enormous hug. She felt like crying over again. Jude stroked her hair as she cried in her father's arms. It felt so nice, and warm. They both broke the hug, and both the father and the daughter wiped tears from their eyes.

After their embarrassing moment in front of all the neighbors, they decided to head inside Lucy's apartment and catch up. Lucy made tea, and placed it on the table in front of Jude.

"Oh did you know Lucy? I had this mercenary friend named Jiemma. Me, and him are planning on creating a guild." Jude nonchalantly said as he sipped the tea that his daughter made him.

"Oh really? I see. That's nice." Lucy said as she sipped her tea, within a couple of seconds, the words her father said synced in.

"WAIT- *cough* *cough* WHAT?!" She suddenly spat the tea she was drinking, and started coughing abruptly.

Jude just laughed heartily at the sight of her daughter. Lucy frowned, and then laughed with him. After the laughter died down, Jude then explained why he decided to create a guild.

"When me, and your mother were still dating, we would always talk about a guild where our child will happily grow up in. We actually decided on creating one after you were born, but your mother's health gradually fell and we just couldn't find time to start. After she passed away, I overworked myself and even shut people out of my life, including you, my only daughter. As our business fell, and I ran out of money, I decided to start again from scratch and build that guild of our dreams. I entered a mercenary guild, and there I met Jiemma. We became really good friends and it turns out, we each both share the same dreams; and one of those dreams is to build a guild where a family can grow together happily. So, we decided to team up." Jude said while smiling.

Lucy had trouble syncing all those information in her head, but after a while, she understood her father's situation and accepted those facts.

"Well, to be honest. With a few approvals of the council, our earnings, and a few loans here and there, the guild is now under construction." He smiled more as he said the news. Lucy hugged her father and congratulated him on his success.

"So what's the guild's name?" Lucy asked curiously.

"Me, and Jiemma actually thought of a good one! It's based from Jiemma's daughter and your name." Jude exclaimed with happiness. Lucy's eyes sparkled at the thought of it, and asked again.

"LUMIN." Jude's eyes sparkled as he said it so happily. Lucy frowned, and started nagging.

"What? That's so ugly. Change it." Lucy said with utter disappointment.

"But Lushi~ Me and Jiemma likes that idea a lot! Apparently, Jiemma's daughter also laughed at the guild name idea." Jude sulked. Lucy just patted him on the back and assured him that it's gonna be okay.

"It was either that or Sabertooth. Jiemma's daughter suggested 'Sabertooth.' What's even good with that name? It's ugly right?" Jude sulked even more.

"Then Sabertooth it is! I like that." Lucy said happily as Jude sulked even more than before.

Jude hugged Lucy one last time, as he headed out of her apartment. They had a fun time catching up with each other, telling each other stories and happenings, including the S-Class Exams, and other things. As Lucy was about to close the door, Jude stopped her and said, "Will you join Sabertooth after your S-Class Exams? I know you love your guild, but I also want to mend the bond I broke with you. I will also be heading to your guild tomorrow to ask permission to your master."

Shocked at the word's her father said, she smiled and said "I'll think about it. Can you wait for my answer after S-Class Exams?" Jude smiled and nodded. He then left and headed home.

The next day, Lucy knew that her father went to Fairy Tail to ask Master Makarov for his approval of letting Lucy join his guild. So, she decided to take the train, and roam around Fiore a bit to relax her mind from all the events happening around her at the moment. As she sat next to the window, she thought of things she would do while roaming Fiore. A few moments later, she fell asleep with a smile plastered on her face.

Lucy woke up with the sound of passengers exiting the train, this was her stop. She exited the train, and decided to first check out the site where Sabertooth was being built. It took her a decent amount of time to get to the site, but it was worth it. She was surrounded by a garden of flowers, and the guild that was being built was in front of her. Many workers were busy carrying materials, and doing their job that they haven't noticed Lucy's presence at all.

Lucy, snooping around, found blueprints of the guild. The guild design was HUGE, and very much AMAZING. She smiled as she placed the blue prints down, and proceeded walking away. As she walked down a dirt path way, she noticed a 15-year-old girl picking flowers in the garden. The girl had short dark violet hair, her hair was down, and she wore a pink frilly dress.

Lucy approached the girl and said Hi to her. The girl was blushing from surprise, and looked down at the flowers in her hand. Lucy patted the girl's head, this caused the girl to look at her with surprise. Lucy smiled and asked her name, and what was she doing in a place like this.

"M-my na-name i-is Mi-minerv-va. I.. I w-was w-waiting fo-for fa-father." Minerva said stuttering while looking down on her flowers.

"Hello Minerva-san. My name is Lucy. There's nothing to be nervous about. *slight chuckle* Is your father one of the people working on the construction? Are you a mage?" Lucy said with a smile, which calmed Minerva down.

"No Lucy-san, please call me Minerva. Father is supposed to run the guild with Uncle Jude. Yes, I am a mage. My magic revolves around the manipulation of space, which allows me to manipulate any spatial region within my sight." Minerva said while blushing.

"Oh, you are Jiemma-san's daughter? I am Jude's daughter. Min-chan, just think of me as your older sister." Lucy chuckled.

Minerva was shocked at her words. Min-chan? She started blushing at the thought. It was the first time someone called her that. And an older sister? She was happy. She smiled.

A couple of minutes have passed. Lucy and Minerva are now sitting on a bench located near the garden. They conversed and laugh about a lot of things. Minerva was very shy, but once you get to know her, she has a bubbly personality. Lucy eyed Minerva for a few seconds, and the celestial was now intrigued by her hair. She wanted to style it like a sister would do. Minerva later then agreed to Lucy's offer to style her hair. Lucy was delighted at her response and started styling Minerva's hair.

"And... Done!" Lucy blurted as she finished styling Minerva's hair. She made Minerva turn around and Lucy was rather impressed by her work. She started complementing how adorable Minerva looked. Lucy handed out a mirror to the blushing Minerva, and smiled at her. Minerva looked at her reflection in the mirror, she saw that Lucy made a bun at each side. She laughed, she liked the hairstyle. And thus the Dango Hairstyle was born!

After moments of laughing and conversing, Lucy waved goodbye at Minerva and headed for another destination. "Maybe joining Sabertooth isn't bad at all?" she whispered to herself.

Meanwhile at Fairy Tail,

"I understand Master Jude. Lucy was like a daughter to me, I understand your feelings completely. I'll let Lucy know of my decision when she arrives." Makarov said with tears in his eyes.

"Thank you Master Makarov." Jude smiled as he held Makarov's hand.

Back to Lucy,

Lucy was now eyeing for a cake shop, when she heard sounds from somewhere. As she traced the sound, she ended up in a small alleyway away from the busy streets. She walked further and further until she stopped. She saw 5 figures, 4 of the figures were beating up a blond 12 year old boy. The boy was crying and clutching onto a red exceed, as he took a beating from the four figures.

Lucy was furious at the sight, her face darkened, she didn't want to see this. She took out her whip and swatted it to the ground, which caused all the figures to turn their heads to her. The four figures smirked at the sight of Lucy, and headed towards her. The crying boy clutching the red exceed screamed, "Onee-san! Please get away from them!"

Lucy looked at the boy and smiled. The boy was taken back at her actions, and tried his best to stand up to help but failed miserably. Within a second, a pink-haired girl wearing a maid uniform appeared before the boy. The maid then suddenly carried him and his exceed, before the boy can even blink, he was now behind the celestial mage.

"Virgo. Guard him. Open! Gate of the Bull! Taurus." Lucy shouted, earning a 'Yes Hime-sama' from Virgo. Within a second, a flash of light appeared and out comes Taurus. He swung his axe once, and all four figures were knocked out. Before Taurus could even make any remark, he was sent back together with Virgo to the Spirit World by the celestial mage. The blond boy was awestruck with the celestial mage. He never imagined that she could take out four guys at once. He wanted to be like her, someone as strong as her.

Lucy then approached the boy, and asked if he was alright.

"I'm okay. Thank you onee-san." The boy blushed as he answered. The celestial mage patted his head, and replied, "No problem. My name is Lucy. And you are?"

"Sting Eucliffe. And this is Lector." The boy said blushing even more due to the celestial mage's action.

"Well, nice to meet you Sting and Lector. Let's head out, so I can treat your wounds." Lucy said as she squatted her back facing Sting. Sting was confused by her actions, and stared at the mage. "Well? Hop on. You don't even have the strength to walk." Lucy chuckled. Sting accepted her offer and they both headed out in town.

As Lucy was giving Sting and Lector a piggy-back ride, a pink creature had bumped into her. Lucy gently squatted down, still carrying Sting, and looked at the creature. It was another exceed! A green exceed wearing a pink frog costume. The exceed had tears in her eyes, and the celestial mage apologized to the exceed.

"No. No. It's not fairy-san's fault. Fairy-san! Please help Fro. Fro's partner has been captured by a dark guild." The exceed said pleadingly at Lucy. Fro, as the exceed said his name was, was really desperate in saving his partner.

Lucy not knowing the details blindly followed Fro, still carrying Sting behind her back. They arrived into a forest, and Sting sensed enemies. "Lucy-nee. Are you sure about this? What if this is a trap? How can you save someone you don't know?" Sting said with worry in his eyes.

"You must be joking right? I just saved you, and you lecture me about saving someone I don't know." Lucy joked to Sting. The dragon slayer blushed at her remark, and this didn't go unnoticed by Lector. The red exceed chuckled at the sight of a blushing Sting, earning him a 'Shut Up' from the boy.

Inside the guild, you can find mages that are busy torturing a 12 year old boy who was desperately fighting back for his life. "If you just let us take that lacrima of yours, then you shouldn't have ended up in this situation. Look, we set your cat free. You should cooperate with us." An old guy in his 60s said as he kicked the boy again. The boy was hit in the stomach and was now coughing up blood. As the old man was about to land another hit on the poor boy, a large explosion occurred.

*BAM*

The celestial mage unconsciously broke the door in her hurry to save the exceed's partner. She set down the boy and exceed she was carrying, and pulled out her keys. Without a second of hesitation, a flash of light appeared and another person appeared. It was the exact same person, but wearing only a bath towel. This incident caused a few nosebleeds throughout the dark guild.

"GEMINI!" Lucy complained at the sight of Gemini. She looked for Fro only to find that the exceed was now with his beaten up partner. She sighed in relief, but was pissed at the sight. Before she proceeded to attack, she glanced back at Sting to see if he's safe. Well, he was having a nosebleed.

"I don't have time for this!" A member of the dark guild exclaimed. He ran towards Lucy with a knife in his hand, but he was immediately avoided by Lucy. Lucy had an annoyed face at the moment, why on Edolas do they have to hurt a kid? Without hesitation, she took Gemini's hand and started casting a spell.

"Survey the Heavens, Open the Heavens...
All the stars, far and wide...
Show me thy appearance...
With such shine.
Oh Tetrabiblos...
I am the ruler of the stars...
Aspect become complete...
Open thy malevolent gate.
Oh 88 Stars of the heaven...
Shine!
Urano Metria!"

As both Lucy and her spirit chanted those words, beams of light started gushing out and attacked the whole guild. Within a second, all dark mages were wiped out. Sting, Lector, Fro and his partner were all uninjured but unconscious from the spell.

The celestial mage ordered the 'now clothed Gemini' to carry the unconscious Sting and Lector, while she carries the other two unconscious Fro and partner back.

As they exited the now destroyed dark guild, they proceeded their way throughout the forest. The first thing Lucy noticed as they got out of the forest was the sky. The sun was already setting, Lucy and Gemini quickly boarded the train with the four unconscious 'acquaintance' to go back to her apartment.

"Guess that Fairy Tail has to wait." Lucy whispered as she glanced at the two sleeping boys in front of her.

With the help of Gemini, the celestial mage finally arrived at the apartment. As she opened the door to her apartment, the scent of vanilla dominated her whole apartment. Covered with blood, sweat and dirt, the mage finally arrived at her home. She smiled happily as she placed the four beaten up guests at the sofa. She thanked her spirit and sent it back to their realm.

The celestial mage immediately went straight to the bathroom. Lucy started filling up the tub with water and sighed. She was tired, she looked at herself in the mirror and was very much intrigued by her appearance. She had bruises, dirt and blood all over her body. No wonder the townspeople gave them looks. She smiled at her reflection and started to strip. She had now finished filling up the tub, and is now submerged in it.

'Such a tiring day. I only wanted a stroll in Fiore, but look at what it got me. Haha. That's okay. I met such nice people, Min-chan, Sting, Lector, Fro and his partner. Still don't know his name though. I have to contact their parents immediately after this bath, they must be worried sick.' Lucy smiled at her thoughts.

After a decent amount of time of cleaning herself up, Lucy dried herself and put on her clothes. She exited the bathroom, and headed towards the living room. The celestial mage glanced over the four sleeping figures and chuckled lightly. They sure had a rough day. She then proceeded to the kitchen and started making dinner for all 5 of them.

As she was cooking dinner, the smell filled up the whole room, which 'caused for all four guests to wake up. All four of them jolted out of the sofa, and stared at each other. Rogue was on his guard, while Sting, and Lector stared at him. Fro then jumped between them, and explained that Sting was an ally together with a person called 'Fairy-san'. Both teams calmed down, but only to realize that they were not at the dark guild anymore. This caused all four to be alarmed again. Who wouldn't be alarmed at waking up at an unfamiliar place.

Lucy heard noise in the living room, she knew that they were awake now. She stopped what she was doing and headed to where the 'guests' are. She chuckled at the sight of them being on guard. They were such adorable kids.

"Guess you guys are awake now." Lucy said with a smile.

"Fairy-san!/Lucy-nee!/Lushi!" Shouted Fro, Sting, and Lector together. The black-haired boy was confused for a second, but soon realized that she was the person who attacked the dark guild. Fro took a step forward and introduced his partner to Lucy.

"Fairy-san! This is Fro's partner, Rogue. Rogue-kun, this is Fairy-san!" Fro said with a huge smile. Rogue took a step forward and bowed to the celestial mage.

"Thank you for saving me and my partner Frosch." He said while still bowing. Lucy laughed slightly which made the black haired boy look up to the blonde celestial mage. She was shining in his eyes, she had the most angelic smile, and a super kind heart.

"Lucy-nee! I also want to thank you again for also saving me and Lector." Sting said with sparkles in his eyes. He was obviously adored at the celestial mage, she was like his hero.

With those remarks, Lucy laughed even more, which cause both boys and exceeds to look at each other. As Lucy's laughter died down, it was replaced by a warm gentle smile. She patted both of their heads and said "I'm glad I could help. Firstly, go wash up in the bathroom. Just put your dirty clothes in the clothes washer for it to be washed, and we'll wait for them to dry. Luckily, my friend Gray, left a lot of his spare clothing here due to umm… reasons. *Lucy sweatdrops at the thought of Gray always stripping at her home*. They may be a little big for you, but it'll do. After that, we'll eat dinner. Okay?"

The boys together with the exceed, nodded silently and proceeded to the bathroom. One thing's for sure and all of them were thinking that Lucy is definitely an angel.

After the boys and the exceeds had washed up, and wore the clothing that was given to them, they proceeded to where Lucy was. As they get nearer and nearer, the smell of food becomes stronger and stronger, which caused their stomachs to growl in hunger even more.

They reached the room and found a sleeping Lucy resting her head on the table. The food was already prepared and Lucy's smiling face can be seen as she was silently sleeping. Oblivious of their feelings (of hunger), the boys blushed at the sight of her, and silently stared at her more. Within a second, a huge growl from all four of them was produced causing Lucy to wake up. She wiped her watery eyes, and blushed at what happened. She fell asleep while waiting for them. Brushing that thought and blush away, she made them sit with her and all of them ate.

"I need to contact your parents. They must be worried sick about you guys." Lucy blabbered as she ate another spoonful of her cooking. The boys continued eating ignoring the pain on their chest.

"Don't have one." Sting said calmly.
"Me neither." Rogue added.
"Fro thinks so too!" Frosch added happily.

Lucy could feel the tension in the air, and apologized for her actions. She felt really bad, she only wanted to help them because their parents might get worried, but she ended up making them feel bad. The boys weren't offended at all and try to cheer up Lucy's good intentions.

As the tension died down, they conversed a lot of things. Lucy learned that they were both coincidentally Dragon Slayers and lost both their dragons at the exact date just like Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy.

After conversing, eating and cleaning up, Lucy and the four were now getting ready to sleep. The bed was big enough for all, she sweatdrops at the time when Erza, Natsu and Gray all slept in her apartment (Phantom Lord Arc) and they managed to fit themselves in one bed. As Lucy closed the lights and the four lay in bed, she asked, "Where do you guys live?"

Silence and darkness filled the room as Lucy awaits for their answer.

"Here and there." All four whispered. Lucy heard them, she proceeded to the bed and lay between Sting and Rogue. She hugged them gently and asked, "Want to stay here with me?" Lucy could feel them hug her back, she could feel them crying. They have it really hard. Sting and Rogue were happy. No one had treated them like that ever since their dragons disappeared, they were either usually targeted or pushed away. Lucy was the first person to extend her arms to them.

Lucy smiled as the two boys and exceeds have fallen asleep in her arms. She was definitely gonna take care of these four and treat them as family. With those thoughts, she fell asleep.

The next morning, Lucy woke up with no one with her on bed. She walked up to the kitchen and saw Sting and Rogue together with the exceeds, setting up breakfast. She smiled, and happily ate breakfast with them.

"We're planning on joining a guild Lucy-nee." Rogue said as he happily ate his breakfast.
"Yeah! We don't want you to pay all of the things we eat with your money." Sting added as he chomped another piece of egg from his plate.

Lucy nodded and asked them what guild they wanted to join. All four smiled happily and said, "Sabertooth of course!"

"Lucy-nee did mention that it was her father's guild." Rogue started
"Yeah! We'll just wait for it to be finished, and then we'll join." Sting added.

Lucy smiled and continued eating with them.

Lucy left her apartment a couple of hours ago and was at the guild at the moment. All four of them decided to stay home and rest for the day. There magic hasn't fully recovered yet, and they didn't want to burden Lucy from spending her day at her guild.

The celestial mage sighed as everyone was still busy doing jobs. A pair of hands grabbed her shoulders which made her shriek from surprise. She turned around and saw that Natsu and Gray were the owners of hand, which made her sigh in relief. She smiled at the two idiots and wished them good luck as they proceeded to the request board once again.

She proceeded to the counter where Mira was when Master Makarov suddenly appeared causing everyone to stop what they were doing. He announced the S-Class Participants, which the contestants received lots of congratulations from guild members. He paused for a moment, his expression changed and he started speaking again.

"Also, I have very sad news for us all. As you brats must know, our beloved celestial mage's father has asked me something important. It turns out, that he started a guild that was dedicated for Lucy. He wanted to ask permission if I can let Lucy join that guild… *sigh* It saddens me to say this, but I decided to let her go-" Makarov was cut off with the guilds gasps and comments about the news.

"But Lucy is family." Gray muttered
"C'mon gramps!" Natsu whined
"Juvia's love rival is not love rival anymore?" Juvia's eyes sparkled in happiness but was also sad at the thought of a comrade leaving.
"Lu-chan~*sniffles*" Levy was already crying with Wendy

And other members were disappointed with the news.

"Brats. Lucy is family. Who says that she'll be gone forever? We all know that bonds are important. And Lucy and her father's bond is something irreplaceable. I did approve of this, but the decision will always be upon Lucy herself." Makarov finished.

Lucy and the guild understood everything. The celestial mage smiled at them, and tension died down. A few glances were shared and everyone started laughing for no reason. What were they even thinking? Lucy definitely is family no matter where on earth she is. Within seconds, a party was already happening.

It was now the day before the exams. Lucy, Sting, Lector, Rogue and Frosch decided to head out to the construction site of their future guild. As they were nearing the site, Sting and Rogue already rushed to the place with their exceeds following from behind.

Lucy looked through the area and saw a blond 12 year old boy eyeing Sting and Rogue. The boy obviously wanted to play but was too shy to do so. The celestial mage then approached the little boy and greeted him. The boy was surely surprised but politely greeted the blonde lady who had greeted him.

"My name is Lucy, I'm a celestial mage. What's your name? Are you a mage too?" She asked gently trying not to scare the boy.

"My name is Rufus, I use Memory-Make, it allows me to memorize other forms of Magic." Rufus stated. Lucy smiled at his actions. She could tell that he was very uncomfortable speaking to her, and tends to look down on the ground as to hide his face.

"Why do you hide your face from me? *pout* A cute boy like you shouldn't be hiding his face from anyone. Even a masked stranger can hide his face, but not his feelings." Lucy said randomly as she took Rufus' hands and pulled him to where Sting and Rogue where playing. Rufus was very much surprised by her actions and remark, he thought that if he hid his face from the world, then everything would be solved. A simple remark from her already made a big impact in Rufus' life.

'Maybe change isn't bad after all.' Rufus thought as he was introduced to Sting, Rogue and the exceeds. They later found Minerva, and was introduced as well.

It was time for goodbyes and they bid Lucy, Sting, Rogue and the exceeds farewell. They headed home and helped Lucy pack for her things for the Exams.

"Good luck Lucy-nee!" All four yelled as Lucy exited her apartment. She glanced at the four and waved at them, "See you in a week!"

And with that, the S-Class Promotion Trials began on Tenroujima.

Three weeks have passed and news about Tenroujima had spread throughout Fiore. They couldn't believe it! The island, together with all the members are missing! This has to be a lie!

'SHE HAS TO BE ALIVE!' These were the only thoughts that ran through Sting, Rogue and the exceeds minds. Fro was crying and yelling 'Fairy-san!' all day, Frosch was engulfed in a hug by a crying Rogue.

"Don't worry. Lucy-nee is alive. She's strong." Rogue said as his furry friend cried in his arms. Rogue and Sting were shattered completely! They were the most affected when the news reached their ears. Lucy made everything possible, she was the person who opened up their heart to lots of things, she opened up new bonds for them, yet she suddenly disappears like their dragons!

"No matter how long it'll take, we'll wait for you Lucy-nee." Sting said as tears ran down all of their faces.

"Jude. It'll be fine. Trust in Lucy." Jiemma said with tears in his eyes as he try to calm Jude. Jude was a mess, his house was a mess, everything was a mess! After calming Jude down, he bid his farewells and exited the Heartfilia's house.

"We'll be the strongest guild in Fiore. That way nothing like this will ever happen again." Jiemma whispered as he went home.

If they only had power, they could have prevented it from happening…

"LUCY-NEE!" Minerva screamed as objects started flying everywhere. After their first meeting, Minerva had kept her hair the way Lucy styled it. She was a sister to her, she was the first friend she had. People would always push her away due to her powers, but yet she accepted her with all her heart.

"Please come back…" Minerva whispered. She sat there, crying her heart out with broken objects scattered around her.

After that incident, Minerva had shown less emotions. Her personality drastically changed due to the fact that her only friend had disappeared from this world.

Rufus was on his way home when he suddenly sees a mask lying on the ground. He smiled at the thought of the celestial mage's remark, "Even a masked stranger can hide his face, but not his feelings." he whispered.

"Did you hear? All Fairy Tail mages that went to Tenroujima disappeared!" A guy chatted with his friend. This definitely reached Rufus' ears. He stood there shocked at the news he heard.

"Lucy-nee was …" Rufus couldn't even finish his sentence as tears had already streamed down his face. The Lucy-nee she adored had disappeared, the one who opened up his perspective, and the one who made him smile. This can't be happening.

He looked at the ground and picked up the mask. Covering his face and emotions from view.

"You were right Lucy-nee. I can't hide my feelings." He whispered as he strolled away crying behind the mask.

7 years has passed, and still no sign of them…

-Chapter 1 Fin-

A/N: Nyaaaa~! It was (kinda) super long, but Chapter 1(s) are supposed to be long anyways! (But not this long!) Hahaha! You don't have to worry about misinformation, I did my research about the characters data (like age before and after the time skip, magic, and others). Although I did add a few bits here and there, like how Minerva's dango hairstyle was born, why her character changed to the one we know (the heartless character in the manga/anime), why Jiemma became obsessed with becoming the strongest guild in Fiore, or the reason why Rufus wears a mask, and others. Yes, also, Sting and Rogue are partners in the manga/anime, but they actually had different childhoods. That's the reason why they met separately in this story. Please do leave a review, tell me your favorite part of this story, what shipping, or a review. It'll keep me motivated in writing. Thanks for reading, and please look forward to the next chapter. ^_^