Prologue

"Lucy Heartfilia, what is the meaning of this," she heard her father scream at the top of her lungs. The blonde haired girl looked down at her feet. What could she say? No matter what her father would only get even angrier. Everything used to be perfect, the perfect family with the perfect life. Lucy thought it would always be that way, but one day her mother died. No one knows how or why, she just did. Her mother, Layla Heartfilia, hadn't been sick or injured. She just died for no reason.

"Lucy go to your room," her father yelled as he turned his back to her and looked out the giant glass window. It overlooked the front entrance to the house. The Heartfilia estate was quite big, it could possibly be even bigger than a city.

"Yes Father," Lucy said and left the room. She went into her own room and ripped off her long, frilly, and suffocating dress. She quickly changed into a blue jean skirt and white v-neck t-shirt with a brown belt. Her whip was attached to her belt as well as her Celestial Spirit keys. She then packed a small bag full of food, four bottles of water, a first aid kit, and one other pair of clothes. Lucy also took money to get her started on a new life.

A new life, it sounded nice. She wondered where she would live and who she would meet. Lucy then remembered her mother, whose grave was one the land of the Heartfilia estate. Lucy would never be able to visit her mother's grave again. Lucy didn't want that, but she knew that her loving mother would want her to leave this hell hole of a home.

Lucy ran out the house and into the woods. She knew her father would never search for her there. She continued to run, and several days later she was lost deep within the woods. Lucy was running out of food and water fast. She had about three days left of food and water left if she used the supplies carefully. After that it would just be her with a first aid kit, a change of clothes, some money (which would do her no good in a forest), her whip, and her Celestial Spirits.

Lucy took her keys in her hands and looked at them. Aquarius, Horologium, Taurus, Cancer, Cruz, and Lyra were the Celestrial Spirits she currently had. Would she be able to make it out of the forest alive? Lucy didn't even know where she was or if she was running around in circles.

Six days later, Lucy was out of food and water. She could swear she was going crazy. Why? That's because Lucy thought she heard someone. Maybe even a group of people. Lucy walked towards the sound only for it to get louder. Soon enough, she was able to hear voices.

"Natsu, be careful! This beast seems to be immune to fire," a girl yelled.

"I can see that Erza," Lucy heard a male voice reply. A growl could be heard. Lucy suddenly walked onto the field, unaware that it was a battleground. Lucy's eyes widened as she saw the massive beast along with two boys, one girl, and a flying blue cat.

The beast seems to be a hybrid of a bird and a leopard. It had the wings of a humming bird on its back, only they were about 1,000 times bigger than normal and had the same spotted pattern a leopard fur. The leopard itself was 100 times bigger than a normal leopard. Lucy than realized that the beast was charging towards her at an incredible speed. The group of three looked towards her in shock.

"Who is that? What is a civilian doing here," the girl yelled in worry. I grabbed my keys and held onto them for dear life. I realized that I had one chance to make it out of here alive and escape the group. I quickly took Taurus's Celestial key and held it in the air.

"I call upon the golden bull, Taurus! Open the gate," she yelled. Lucy could feel magic flowing through her as Taurus came through. He grabbed his ax and slammed it on the hybrid. Unfortunately, Taurus and the hybrid were on par with each other. Lucy then saw Taurus's foot slip a little.

"Taurus," Lucy yelled as she grabbed her whip and ran towards the hybrid. She couldn't tell what the group of three was doing; maybe they were still staring in shock.

"Stop you foolish girl! You're only making things worse," she heard one of the boys yell. Those words rang through Lucy as an unpleasant memory came forth.

"Stop it you foolish girl! You're only making things worse," Lucy's father yelled at a 10 year old Lucy. She had been trying to help her father pick up the paperwork that had spilt all over the floor.

"Don't you realize this is your fault," he questioned her, still yelling. Lucy looked at her feet and held back tears.

"Sorry Father," she whispered.

"I can do it," she yelled at whoever had said those words. She then jumped in the air and lashed her whip along the back of the hybrid. She then landed on its back and started attacking the wings.

"Taurus, keep it at bay," she yelled. Taurus grunted in response, too busy to reply with a perverted comment. Lucy had finished making one wing bleed. Before she could get to the other, Taurus's time was up and he disappeared.

The hybrid then ran around and flung Lucy off of it. Lucy slammed into a tree headfirst. She could feel a splitting head ache coming on. Lucy could barely keep her eyes open. Everything was blurry. All she could see was two blurs fighting off what was obviously the hybrid. Just before Lucy could close her eyes, she saw a figure with pink hair approaching her. Lucy then blacked out and headed into a dream.

Little did she know that this "dream" would soon become a reality.