Lucy Heartfilia walks quietly on the roads of Magnolia. Although it is only late afternoon, the roads are deserted. She just went to Love and Lucky to visit her parents' grave. Neither Natsu nor the others went with her. She wanted to be alone. It had been a month since she came back from the Grand Magic Games. Although she had been celebrating with her guild mates for the most part, she can't help but to remember that it has been almost 20 years since her mother's passing (if she counts the 7 year gap) Wiping away tears, Lucy brought herself back to the real world. She needs to take on jobs again with Natsu, or else the landlady is going to kick her out.

Lucy suddenly felt strange. Magnolia is usually populated, especially in the late afternoon where the adults come home from work, and children playing on the streets. But now, the streets are empty, the shops are closed, everything is still except for herself. It is impossible, unless…unless something happened!

Lucy races towards the guild direction, except when she reaches where the guild is supposed to be, it is also empty. Natsu is gone, Erza is gone, and no one is here, not even Nab who stands in front of the guild board all the time. Something is wrong, very wrong.

Slowly, Lucy walks towards her house. As she walked, no one is seen. The blonde hoped: "Maybe it is just a joke! Please let it be a prank!"

Carefully, she pushes open her door.

She thought no one was in her house. But as she approached further, she saw a silhouette of a person, sitting in front of her desk.

A ray of the late afternoon sun shines on the silhouette's body, she could make out the person's features.

The person has his/hers back to Lucy. The person has curly ash white hair that reaches to his/her back.

"Mirajane?" Lucy called out, hoping it is her friend and guild mate playing a prank on her.

The person slowly turned around and slowly stood up. At first, his/hers face was in the shadow, but as he/she steps out to the light, Lucy gasps.

It was not her guild mate Mirajane.

Rather than the lovely looking girl, it is a feminine looking young man. His face is angular, and his skin is pale as ash, so does his hair. But that is not what had frightened Lucy. His eyes and his mouth is stitched together, his mouth long and sealed formed a smile. Not just any smile, it was curled together and forms a half moon shape. He is tall and slender, wearing a loose white vintage shirt and long dress pants that also fits loosely that stops right before his polished shoes. His white hair covered half of his face, almost blending with his similarly colored skin.

Lucy instantly stepped back from the man and reached for Loke's key.

"Who are you and why are you in my house?!" Lucy demands.

The man barely moved as words pops up in front of him.

'I am Óneiro of the dark guild Raven Tail."

Lucy gasps: "I thought all of Raven Tail was captured by the Magic Council!"

'I wield the lost magic: Realm Magic. I am invincible. I can control your dreams and turn them on you.' The fancy but deadly words appear in front of the man known as Óneiro.

"What did you do to Fairy Tail? What did you do to Magnolia? What did you do to Natsu?" Lucy cries out loud.

'Nothing. You should think about what I did to you first.'

"There is nothing wrong with me, you creep!" Lucy says. She is not harmed physically or mentally, so nothing is wrong with her.

'There is many kinds of lost magic, as well as many types of Realm Magic as well. I control the dream realm. I can turn your dreams upon you.'

"Answer my questions! You!" Lucy is angry.

'You should be lucky that I am very patient and well tempered. I wonder what would happen if Ivan is the one in my place… And my name is Óneiro, not "you". '

Lucy Heartfilia is having enough with this guy. She pointed Loke's key towards Óneiro and said: "Open, Leo the Lion, Loke!"

But nothing happens.

Words appear again in front of Óneiro.

'You are trapped within my Dream Realm, entirely separated from Earthland. But what is here is only your spirit. Your physical body is back in Earthland. When people find your body in a deep slumber, you will trap here. The lost magic allows me to shape the realm to whatever I want it to be. I am the rules. In this case, I can force your celestial portal close.'

Lucy strikes forth with her whip. As soon as her whip strikes Óneiro, the white haired man turned into mist.

'You see, I am the rule. I am invincible within my own Dream Realm. The image you see of me is only a fraction of my mind controlling it. You will not be able to get out in any way. You mind could not escape your own dreams." He begins to disappear. He finds Lucy too annoying to his liking. 'I am going back to my place. But for more fun, I will give you a lacrima TV so you can see the reactions of your dear friends, meanwhile, I will be enjoying your reactions as well when you face my creations…' He added. 'By the way, time flows differently. My Dream Realm's time flows way faster than Earthland. A year that you spend here will equal to a day in Earthland.'

With that, he disappeared.

Lucy curls up on her couch and cries. She misses everyone. The night is falling and that she is alone. When Óneiro said that his creatures will be coming, she had thought, and she is thinking about it again. Since she cannot use her Celestial Magic, there is only one way that she can beat the creatures—whatever they are. She only has one handy weapon: Her whip. She is not an expert on it, but she has to try. That is the only way that she could see her guild mates again, to see Natsu again.

There is one good thing about Óneiro's Dream Realm: If she were to use 100 years to practice her skills here, she would not age 100 years. On contrast, she will only physically age 100 days. She can be wise and strong by the time she gets back to her Earthland. Suddenly, she smiled to herself. First, she has to have better physical shape.

She still remembers that day…

{She opened her house door and found a sweaty Natsu and Happy doing sit ups on her bed. When she is pissed off, Natsu told her that they are going on a S class mission. Although she didn't like the idea, she went anyways and got Sagittarius's celestial key…}

Smiling, she walks to the living room where the Lacrima TV is located. As she started to do sit ups, she froze as she caught a glimpse of a certain Pinkette kneeling over the body of an unmoving Blonde…