A Reporter's Block

Chapter One- Roller Coaster Rush

The clock ticks in the middle of the night, only the typing of a 25 year old woman could be heard.

Looking at her screen, Lucy tried hard to think of ways to finish this horrible story she'd been

writing since forever. But no matter how hard she tried to continue it, nothing ever comes out of

her mind.

Sighing, she finally gave up and started browsing her newsletter.

"How am I ever going to finish my paperwork with this progress." she muttered.

Her phone suddenly rang.

Who would even call me at this time?

She then looked at the caller ID and saw Levy's name on it. She quickly took the call,

really needing a best friend just to change the atmosphere.

"Levy! Why are you calling so late?" she tried to sound enthusiastic.

"Lu-chan! Have you seen the news?" she sounded like she was in a hurry.

"I actually haven't seen i-"

"You probably should it's all over the newsroom now! This is going-" she interrupted Lucy and

keeps talking about nonsense.

"Wait Levy slow down a bit. I cannot follow. I'll check go it now." she said while looking at her computer screen

yet again.

'Multi Billionaire Zeref Dragneel, dead at 32' appeared with different headlines from different

news broadcasts.

"Have you seen it?!" Levy hurriedly asked.

"Oh my gosh. When did this happened?!" She inquired looking so dumbstruck, while scrolling through numerous sites.

"I know! Apparently, they said he went camping with his fiance Mavis and suddenly they just

vanished. A secret operation was conducted last week, and they haven't found them until now!

Can you believe it? They kept it a secret for a week! that's a billionai-"

Her phone call was interrupted with another call from the office.

"Hold on Levy, I'll go talk to you later. I've got a call from the office." she said to the talking girl

on the other line.

"Oh no.. You'll be in so much work again Lu-chan." Levy said with a concerned voice.

"I know. I thought it'll get better. Ugh. My head's hurting already." she rubbed the bridge of her

nose sighing.

"Don't overwork again! Go and take the call, I'll call later."

"Thanks Levy." she answered then hung up, taking her other awaiting call.

"Hello sir?" she answered. The voice on the other line talked while Lucy tried to concentrate on

what he's saying. She had been too stressed and haven't had enough sleep for a couple of

weeks now. Problems keep on rising as days goes by.

"Yes sir. I've already caught up on the news. I will-" she then stopped talking as the voice on the

other line grew stronger and louder.

"Wha-. Sir that's kind of unreasonable." Panicked stricken on her face.

"N-no sir. There's no problem at all. I'll do what I could to uncover this one-" then the phone call was

cut. Lucy sighed yet again for the nth time that night.

I am so dead.

The last thought she had before bawling her eyes out.


"Are you serious? He told you to quit if you cannot solve this mystery of Dragneel's

whereabouts?! That's ridiculous!" Levi shook her head standing up feeling very hyped early

in the morning.

The two girls chatted away, waiting outside a coffee shop just before the day starts.

"Precisely. Ugh, I can't lose this job Levy!" Lucy cried, trying to stifle her sobbing.

Lucy Heartfilia is a news writer. She is currently employed at Fiore's leading news

company, Sorcerer. Together with her best friend Levy, they had gone through a lot of rejection

before getting to where they are now. She has been trying hard to be able to achieve this much

for the past years and now that she's here, she cannot afford to lose this before achieving her

ultimate goal.

That is to be at the top.

She always dreamed of being on the screen, reading her field work with her own mouth and

not write news reports just to be spoken by someone else. She got inspired by her mom who

was an anchor from the same company before. Remembering the old days when her mom took

her to the newsroom when she was 5 since her dad was busy with his company, and the maid

have gone on a vacation for the holidays.

'Look, Lucy. Mommy will be there reading the news. Be a good girl and stay here with uncle

until mommy finishes okay?' her mom said while gently rubbing her little rosey cheeks.

Little Lucy smiled and nodded to her mom.

'I'll be a good girl mommy. Going to stay with uncle until you finish. I promise.'

Layla smiled, softly kissing her adorable daughter before being called for the night's report.

'Isn't your mom amazing, Lucy? She reads the news so everyone will be informed.' the uncle asked her.

Lucy watched as her mom smiled at the camera, shining as she reads the words without any problem.

She was mesmerized how her mom glow, loving the job that gave her life.

'I want to be like mommy when I grow up, uncle.' she said feeling all bubbly.

'You'll do better than her. I'm sure.'

That was the day she promised to herself that no matter what, she will succeed from her dreams of becoming like her mom. She guessed that this will be the end of her dreams if she failed reporting about what really happened on Zeref's disappearance. Then after, her father will bring her back to their home town in Midi as to what they've originally talked about.

Her father has been very doting on Lucy and never wanted her to go to Fiore, but it had been her home before her mom died. And also, Sorcerer is where her mom grew her pair of wings. She wanted to be able to reach her mom's position too in the same company.

"Hey, Lu-chan." Levy interrupted her swirling thoughts.

"Hmm?" Lucy answered, still in a trance.

The blue haired girl looked around to make sure no one's listening as to what she's about to say and leaned into Lucy.

"Why don't you just tell them you're the daughter of Layla Heartfilia?" she whispered.

Lucy sighed to what her friend had just uttered.

"Levyyy. You know I can't do that. I wanted to get to my mom's level without them knowing."

Levi looked at her pitifully. Layla Heartfilia is very well known in Sorcerer News as one of the best anchors they've ever had. All of Earthland's people knew her face well when she was still alive, it was saddening that she was gone too soon. She was known to be the goddess of the News Reports as she effortlessly takes your breath away just by looking at her and listening to her melodic voice. A lot of entertainment company asked her to be an actress but Layla was set on her goal to stay as a TV anchor rather than act. Up until this moment, a picture of her mom hung in the hall of Sorcerer for the reporters to not forget the people that made history.

"But they've been giving you too much work! Look you already have eye bags!" she said worrying about her friend's declining health because of her work piling up.

"Oh Levy-chan.. You know they'll treat me too well if I do that. There might be people who'll go after me too, bully me for using my mom." she answered back, feeling very melancholy.

"Besides," she continued.

"I have you. Your support is enough! Don't worry too much. I'll be able to do this. Trust me." Lucy gave her best friend a genuine smile, thanking the gods that she was given a Levy who'll stay with her through tough times.

"Aww Lu-chan. I'll cheer you on! If I have time I'll try to help you as much as possible." Levy gave her a thumbs up.

"Thank you Levy! I'll make sure to call you when I get in a pinch. Speaking of, I got to get moving now. Catch up to you when I got time!" Lucy said, hugging the blue haired woman before bidding her goodbye.

Levy was in a different field than hers. She had been working on the sports department while Lucy wanted to be in the Anchor team for general news. She is now trying her hardest as well to be the sports anchor and go to field work.

At the moment, Lucy had been assigned to work closely on entertainment related news much to her dismay. It's been hard since actors and actresses tend to not have enough time for her interviews that her work piles up.

Why did I even get in this field out of all the departments out there?

"Love rival." a creepy voice from behind muttered, shocking Lucy and almost causing her to spill her coffee.

"Juvia!" she screamed, praying her heart's still intact because of this girl.

"I told you not to creep on me like that, and for the last time I'm not your love rival!" Lucy sweat drop.

"Everyone is a love rival if Gray~sama talks to them." she said eyes beaming at her. Lucy looked at her dumbfounded. Juvia will always say the craziest things.

"Ahh whatever. What do you need anyway Juvia-chan?" she inquired, questioning why she will talk to Lucy when Gray's not even around.

Juvia is working on the weather forecast on their company and had been assigned to report them as well. Gray on the other hand is the current male anchor for the general news affairs. He's been helping Lucy since they've known each other from college. They are pretty much close friends, but not as Juvia described them to be. Besides, Lucy thinks he has a thing for the weather blue haired girl and just doesn't want to admit it. Such a tsundere guy.

"Aren't you holding the report of Zeref's disappearance? Juvia got some good news for you." She singsonged.

Lucy became interested as what she wanted to say. Since Zeref's disappearance had been no progress and she's been tirelessly working on it for days but to no avail, she still cannot find anything about him. He's a man of mystery. The only family that he has was Mavis Vermillion, his fiance. Since they were both missing, Lucy cannot think about who else to track. He never brought up his parents, saying they were dead. No relatives whatsoever as well as brothers and sisters. So, she's been going on circles as the only people that could help her are the police. But they also still cannot uncover how the two lovers actually just vanished without any trace of them camping in the site.

Juvia leaned on whispering to her.

"Juvia heard a rumour that Zeref actually have a little brother."

Now that was a big shocker.

"How did you even know that?" she inquired, whispering as well.

"You know Gajeel Redfox? He's actually my best friend. Juvia heard it from him."

Gajeel Redfox. 29 years old. A metal rock lead singer of Shadow Gear. New information: best

friends with Juvia Lockser.

"You're not kidding, are you?" she said, still whispering to the blue haired girl.

"Why would Juvia even joke with y-" Juvia abruptly stopped talking while looking from a distance.

"Gray-sama! Why are you so early today?" heart shaped eyes appeared, then she ran to the guy of her dreams. Sometimes, Lucy wants to ask if this girl has a separate radar for Gray. It might surely be true.

The black haired man looked at both of them bewildered as to why they were talking. He knew that Juvia isn't very fond of Lucy, since she's been saying 'Lucy's a rival' and whatever crap she's sprouting every time.

Gray stopped and waved to both of them.

"Hey Lucy! What's up with you two?" He asked curiosity beating him. Lucy just shrug, also bewildered.

"Kyaa! Gray-sama why are you undressing?" Juvia swooned. Gray is known to be a person who strips unknowingly. That's another weird thing about this couple. Not that Gray will ever admit to it.

Sigh. Why do I have to deal with this two early in the morning?

"Juvia! Come back here we're not yet finished talking!" Lucy shouted at the person who's now captivated by Gray's charm, while Gray looks like he's about to be devoured by the look Julia's giving him.

"Oh yeah. Gray-sama~ Juvia will see you later!" She blew hearts to him then run back to Lucy. Gray on the other hand continue walking going inside their building, still looking to both of them until he's out of sight.

Juvia has been stalking Gray ever since he helped her one time while having trouble of photocopying papers. He actually helped her because he thought she's cute, just that he didn't expect her to be this… weird. Though, to Lucy they are both weird. The other person has a habit of stripping unconsciously while the other one is a hardcore stalker. She wonders why she got caught up with their problem when she's not even involved in any way.

The two sat on the coffee shop waiting for Julia's order to be served.

"Can I know the rest of the story now?" Lucy inquired while drinking her own coffee.

Juvia leaned in again to her, checking if anyone's listening.

"No one actually knew this and Gajeel only slipped for a bit that's why I knew about it but," she paused.

"Zeref's brother is Natsu Dragneel."


A/N: Since the end is near for Fairy Tail, I've decided to make a story about my favorite couple NALU as Mashima sensei didn't give justice to my pairing in the manga ending. *sobs*

(Hope he'll grant the wishes of NaLu shippers and make an omake!)

Also, those who haven't watched the latest anime update, there's a spoiler around here somewhere but not really that shocking. Lol.

Let me know what you think guys! Comments are appreciated and loved. :")

Also, I used my mobile to upload so the line breaks are not there. I'll make sure to fix it once I opened my desktop.