It has been a while, hasn't it? I'm so sorry, but ever since I started High School and doing marching band everything has been a huge rush. In my free time I have been writing this piece though and I believe it's the best thing I have ever written (which isn't really saying much, but hey I'm proud of it. This timeline is super messed up, so just know, Lucy has been born the same year as Sting and Rogue and Leo/Loke already left Karen after she died. Juvia and Gajeel have joined Fairy Tail after disbanding Phantom Lord. Please don't hesitate to ask questions as the story goes on as there will always be a bit of confusion when timelines are changed. Just as a 'by the way' tidbit, every chapter except for the prologue will be 1,000 to 3,000 words and I've already written four chapters! Please enjoy and comment if you notice anything missing or want to be my beta.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail
Prologue
Lucy Heartfilia. Born in Heartfilia Mansion in X772 to parents Layla and Jude Heartfilia. Her birth was not uncommon. No lacrima implants. No deaths among family members. Nothing special. It was normal and so was she. After that she had 5 years of that same normal life. A mother and father who loved her and raised her well. The only thing uncommon about her was her interest in magic and reading that had begun at the age of three. By the time she was four she could read 700 page books in three days considering she had other things to do during that time. She had read of her mother's magic and begged for it to be taught to her. Layla willingly obliged and so Lucy and her mother trained for the year to come. Lucy had stunning focus for a four year old and by the time she was five she could hold open a zodiac gate for 30 minutes. Layla was so happy the first time Lucy held Capricorn out for that long that she gave Lucy his, Cancer's and Aquarius's keys to keep so she could train even more on her own. The one thing Layla didn't care to share was that she knew that she and her husband would be gone in the next few days, never to be seen again.
On July 7th, X777, Layla and Jude went out saying they were going to meet with a friend and were found two days later bloodied and broken. They were pronounced dead at the scene and Lucy was left alone. She wandered for days on end eventually finding Taurus on a farm and forming a contract with him as an effort to keep a connection with her mother. She was sad to see them go but accepted that there was no use in grieving as there was no way to bring them back. She eventually found a clearing and made a makeshift tent at the edge of it declaring it her new training ground. This was to be her new home for the next few years. She was soon known by the nearby town as the 'Gifted Child' and took jobs there in order to get new books, food, and keys. She gained Plue when she was 6 in a small find and retrieve mission and later on met the broken Leo and bartered with the Celestial King at the age of 7. She was keen on being like her mother and was a serious force to be reckoned with. At the age of 10 she had gained Virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Gemini and Aries.
She had heard of Yukino, who was the same age as her and had Pisces, Libra and a 13th key that was a mystery to her, on one her missions that took her to Crocus. She planned on meeting her one day soon and set out to find where she was. This is where our story begins. A strong, young girl going out to explore and meet the other who holds the same magic as her.
