I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its amazing characters, that honor belongs to Mashima and Mashima alone; I am simply borrowing them for the time being. I have so many ideas running through my mind, but for now I hope you enjoy this, the first chapter of what will be my ending for Fairy Tail. All good things must end, but since I can only imagine and cringe at what Mashima might choose to do to my beloved characters, this is my attempt at a happy ending. After all, every good Fairy Tail deserves a happy ending.

*note* while I'm covering already written chapters I will be using some quotes from the Manga, slightly altered. But just so no one accuses me of anything shady here I am giving credit! Mashima is king, again, I'm simply borrowing genius.

Lucy always wondered what it would be like to fall in love, to share the parts of yourself that you even kept hidden during friendship. Then again it would be dangerous, even worse than an S class mission. Where a mission such as that may put you into physical danger, calling in love meant risking a broken heart; and if Lucy was honest with herself that scared her more than anything else.

It wasn't until he was gone that she realized she was already in love. It wasn't until she cried herself to sleep at night that her fears became reality. She was heartbroken and she was powerless to change this fact. Every morning she would fake the same smile, she would go through her day trying to focus on anything and everything else, but no matter how hard she tried her thoughts always went back to the pink haired mage. She wanted to scream at him, she was furious. All you left was a note! How could you do that to me? I'm your best friend, your team mate, but still you leave when I need you the most. And all the only warning I receive is a stupid, pathetic note! He mind raced through the events leading up to Fairy Tail disbanding, she searched her mind for any detail that might help her understand his actions. But then again it was Natsu, and in the end she would grow tired and her mind would drift to other memories, happier memories.

It wasn't like she wasn't watching, that's why she'd become a reporter after all to gather information. When the guild was disbanded he wasn't the only thing she'd lost, everyone had went their separate ways. Anything she heard went up on the wall, hints about location, hell she'd even take rumors anything to help her feel connected. But there was never anything about Natsu, no one had seen or heard from him so there was no information to get back to Lucy. She was in the dark, and that only hurt her more. She longed for things to be how they were, she missed her guild. She missed her family. Just please come home Natsu, everyone please. But what was there to come home to? There's no Fairy Tail.

Here we go again, let's do this, she thought to herself as she headed off to work. The grand magic games just weren't the same none of the big guilds had decided to participate, and almost all the spectators agreed that it just wasn't as good without Fairy Tail.

She watched almost bored, until he arrived.

"There's an intruder in the ring," She heard the announcer say and she looked up curious for the first time that day. His dark cloak billowed around his form, his extraordinary magical power easy to sense; Lucy was on the defensive not sure what to expect he only thought was to evacuate the arena. But too late as the mage released a giant blast, hot enough to melt the fabric of the spectator's garments, what magic could this be, she looked again squinting this time at the arena floor, Natsu?

He stood there forearms ablaze a devilish grin of challenge across his face. She rubbed her eyes not sure if this was a dream, "Natsu?" It was then that happy appeared behind her, so casual that if Lucy hadn't been so stunned she'd be frustrated. Then it clicked, this was real, Natsu is home, and he's destroying the arena!

"He's overdoing it again," Happy commented. Lucy looked down into the arena at the fire mage, frustration finally registering in the back of her mind. Was it frustration? Honestly she wasn't sure what to think, it'd been a year for crying out loud and now this? She looked down at him, and he finally looked up. Surprise crossed his face for a second, but then it was gone replaced by that same devilish grin he always wore.

"It's been a long time, Lucy."

Warmth filled her heart, and a smile broke across her face as well. With a single smile he had managed to wash away all the pain and anger that had grown around his disappearance. Fairy Tail wasn't over yet.