Okay, so I decided to try something new. I got the general idea from a story called Lost by CelestialShadowDragonSlayer1. So I decided to write a story taking some aspects of that story and using it in mine. It's not amazing, by no means. But I tried hard to make it work. I hope you will read and review. My policy is that I won't update until I have at least one review. Hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own FairyTail. Hiro Mashima does, though.

*LUCY POV*

The guild was rowdy as always and is only getting worse. I laid my head against the counter top at the bar and closed my eyes. I took slow deep breaths to try to calm my oncoming headache. It was starting at the back of my skull and seemed to crawl through my brain to my forehead like always. My blonde hair fell forward to cover my face. I groaned from the building pain and sat up to pull my hair into a messy ponytail.

"Good morning Lucy," Mira said from the kitchen door.

I gave her a tired smile. "Morning Mira," I said sleepily.

Mira walked over to me with a concerned expression on her face. "Are you okay?"

I smiled a little wider and sat up a little straighter despite the protest from my skull. "Yeah I'm fine. Don't worry about me. You'll get wrinkles. Then you wouldn't be able to model anymore and Jenny will take your place." I knew it was low to bring Mira's rival up but it was the only way to distract her.

A strained smile replaced her frown as her demon soul seemed to leak out from her pores. "Ah, yes. You make a good point." She turned around and disappeared into the kitchen. I sighed and slumped in my chair again. I rested my elbows against the counter and slowly massaged my temples to help ease the tension beneath my scalp.

A sudden tap on my shoulder startled me out of my pain-filled daze. I turned around quickly and came face to face with Wendy. Her big brown eyes stared at me from under her blue bangs, her hair hanging behind her shoulders and rested against her back. She had her hands clasped in front of her and was fidgeting nervously.

"Lucy," she said softly. "Are you okay? You seem off today. And you slightly insulted Mira."

"Ah," I sighed. "I'm fine. And I'll have to apologize to her later today." I scratched the back of my head nervously. I exhaled a deep breath, the pain nagging at the back of my head again, causing me to wince. "I just have this horrible headache. It's been coming around every so often since we got back from the Grand Magic Games."

"Do you need help?" She seemed genuinely concerned for my well-being. I smiled slightly at her efforts.

I contemplated the pros and cons of healing my headache and decided the pros outweighed the cons in this situation. I nodded and watched her tiny hands hover around my head. Her pale skin glowed a light greenish-blue color and the pain creeping around my head slowly lessened until it was a slight tickle at the back of my head. Wendy removed her hands and stepped back, her white teeth gnawing at her bottom lip.

"That's all I can do," she said nervously. "But Lucy, you need to be careful about those headaches. Try to find me so I can heal it if it comes back. Be wary when you get them because something felt off when I was healing you. It was as if the pain was a sentient being and was trying to take control."

I gave her a puzzled look and considered the idea of something with a purpose living inside my head causing debilitating pain. "That's…kind of unsettling."

She nodded and then gave me a big grin. "Well now that it's been healed, do you want me to get you anything?"

I smiled at the young girl genuinely, now that I was no longer suffering. "Thanks but Mira should be joining us soon to ask for our orders."

Right on time, Mira popped out from the kitchen and came over to us. She gave us her signature smile. "What do you girls want today?"

I smiled at her apologetically. "Hey sorry for earlier, Mira. I just had a really bad headache," I explained. I rubbed the back of my head with a nervous smile.

Her smile brightened instantly as she put her hand against her cheek. "Oh it's quite alright Lucy. I understand how those days go. I'm just happy you're not sincerely upset with me. I sure hope that headache doesn't come back."

"Me too, Mira. Me too." My eyes wandered down to the counter top in thought as I spoke.

I gave her my usual order of a strawberry milkshake and turned around to observe the rest of the guild as it neared the peak of its volume and excitement for the day. Natsu had just entered with Happy and sat down with Erza and Gray with smiles on their faces. They all seemed to be laughing over something at their table, and it made me a little jealous that none of them had come over to say hi to me. I decided I wouldn't wait for them to come to me and stood up. I made my way over to them and stood at the end of the table with Wendy following silently behind me.

I smiled to my best friends as cheerily as I could. "Hey guys," I greeted them when they all looked up with smiles of their own. "What's the agenda for today?"

Erza spoke first. "Well, the boys and I were just about to go on a mission today." The guys nodded in agreement and Happy nodded as he gnawed on his fish.

"Oh that's perfect!" I exclaimed. "I need to pay my rent anyway."

Suddenly, the smiled disappeared off everyone's face. I looked at them warily, my smile slowly losing its luster. Gray and Natsu looked at Erza and then excused themselves to order at the bar, leaving only Erza, me, and Wendy still silently observing.

"Erza," I said cautiously. "Am I missing something?"

"Well, Lucy," she started slowly. "We would like to go on this mission alone. We have known each other for so long and yet have never gone on a mission with just the three of us. So we thought maybe now would be a good time. I really hope we haven't offended you. We just didn't want to hurt you."

I stared at her without saying a word, my half-smile stuck on my face. "I see. Well, I understand. I don't mind you guys spending some quality time together. After all, you guys were family way before I came into the picture. I'll just find another way to make my rent." With that, I turned and walked away without waiting for any response from Erza.

Weirdly enough, Wendy continued to follow me away to an empty table where Levy was reading a book with Gajeel watching her. Kinda creepy, if you ask me.

"Hey Levy," I chirped and plopped down on an empty seat next to her. Wendy sat next to Gajeel on my other side quietly. She started whispering something to Gajeel before they both looked at me and then the table. But I caught them stealing glances my way every so often.

Levy looked up from her book with a smile. "Hi Lucy," she greeted and put her book down.

Gajeel groaned before she could say anything else. "So you'll put your book down for Bunny Girl but not for your boyfriend?"

Levy glared at him. "Did you need my attention for anything important?"

He looked away sheepishly. "Well no, but that's not the point."

Levy nodded knowingly and looked back at me. "Now what do you need, Luce?"

I grinned and stuck my tongue out at Gajeel before looking back at Levy, ignoring his low growl. "Nothing really. Just wanted some company. Team Natsu is leaving for a mission soon. Something about wanting to bond as a family again." I waved my hand lightheartedly.

Levy's eyes seemed to narrow slightly. "Without you?"

"Well yeah. They were a family before I came into the picture. And with me constantly there, they haven't really had a chance to bond." I rolled my eyes. "Doesn't matter what they do."

I was shocked when I suddenly heard a light growl come out of Levy's throat. She's definitely been hanging out with Gajeel too much. I know they started dating the moment they walked back through our broken down guild doors six months ago—something about life being too short to ignore their feelings—but seriously, too much quality time.

"Levy, don't worry about it. Really, it's fine."

I watched her take a deep breath and relax in her chair before giving me an apologetic look. "Sorry Luce. I just got upset because you guys have always been together. And I know that it hurt you to not be brought along on a 'family' trip."

I smiled softly. "It's okay, Levy. I don't mind. I understand that they never got to really go on a mission together. I mean, it's not like teams have to be together on every mission. I know some teams go on separate missions from time to time."

Levy smiled and pat my shoulder lightly before turning to Gajeel who had been watching me curiously the entire time. Suddenly, he got up from the table and walked upstairs without saying a word. I looked at Levy with a questioning gaze but she just shrugged her shoulders. We watched Gajeel walk away for a little bit before Wendy followed him. We decided to ignore it and started making plans for the week. We talked about maybe going to lunch or coffee and then just started telling jokes. Mirajane gave me my milkshake and went back to the bar, leaving us to our giggles over our observations of the guild.

*BICKSLOW POV*

My team and I were gathered around a small table upstairs in the guild, talking about our next mission when Laxus suddenly lifted his head and turned his ear slightly towards the stairs. We all turned to the stairs to see Gajeel walking over to us with a frown on his face and Wendy following quietly. Laxus glared at him in an attempt keep him from approaching us. But it apparently didn't work. Though we did hear a strange squeak from behind him. I chuckled at Wendy before turning completely to Gajeel since we was standing closest to me and just staring.

"Can I help you?" I asked with a grin at Gajeel and winked at Wendy so she knew she didn't need to be nervous around us.

"I need your help," Gajeel said in a low voice, turning to all of the Raijinshuu.

Laxus looked at him curiously. "What do you need from us?"

Gajeel looked to Wendy. She cleared her throat and stood tall, her confidence coming out of nowhere. She looked at us all before speaking. "I think something is wrong with Lucy. She smells different. Wrong, almost. She usually smells like strawberries and vanilla but now she smells spicy. I don't know how else to explain it. She has an edge to her scent. Laxus, have you noticed it?" Wendy rested her eyes on Laxus Her eyes held a determination in them.

Laxus seemed to think about it for a moment before nodding slowly. His eyes never left hers. "You're right. She smells different," Laxus stated with a gruff voice.

Wendy nodded. "Lucy says she's been getting headaches since we came back from the GMG. Apparently they have been migraines and they really become a problem for her. I healed her today and I noticed something weird. There's something inside her head causing these headaches. It was like a small entity living within her and trying to take full control of her mind. Thus, the headaches. I think her change in smell and this being are related somehow."

We all stared at her in shock and awe. This was the most we've heard her talk since we met her. She was always so quiet. But not only was she speaking a lot, she was talking with so much confidence and certainty. Laxus was the first to shake himself out of his shock.

"So what exactly do you want from us?" He sounded as confused as we felt.

Wendy turned back to Gajeel to let him speak. "Well," he started. "We really need Bickslow. We want him to keep an eye on her soul or at least look at it to see if whatever is inside her head can be observed in her soul."

The entire table turned to me. "You want my help with Cosplayer?" I didn't really understand my role here.

"We just want you to tell us if her soul is different or anything is out of the ordinary." Gajeel sighed, as if repeating himself was a real inconvenience.

I raised a brow. "How do you know about my training?"

Recently I had been training my eyes to switch between reading souls and taking control over them. It took me years to learn, and even longer to perfect. I started about a year before the S-Class exams and had almost got it right when I was brought into the exams. I had to put the training on hold. And then there was that 7-year gap where I was in a kind of stasis for a while. So I had to nearly restart my training while training for the GMG. I didn't perfect it until a few months ago and I only told my group. So how the hell did Gajeel learn this?

Gajeel just looked at me with a brow raised. "Dragon hearing, dude." He only said three words, but those three words really made me feel stupid. I felt a slight burn on my cheeks when my group started chuckling under their breaths. You'd think after this long with Laxus, I would learn that dragons hear everything.

"Well, either way. Why should I help you?" I tried to seem defiant, but I don't think it worked by the way Gajeel seemed unfazed.

Gajeel just shrugged while Wendy looked at me with a hardness in her eyes I haven't seen before. I'm guessing it's because I wasn't dropping everything to help out the Cosplayer Queen.

Wendy was the one to speak up, to my surprise. "Whatever that thing is inside her, it felt dangerous. If it were to get what it wants, it might be a danger to the whole guild. Are you really willing to let your entire guild be put in harm's way just because you don't want to help?"

Damn that girl could be sassy. I sighed. "Fine. I'll do it. Bring her up here. I don't care what you say to her, just bring her up here."

Wendy beamed at me before turning on her heel and running down the stairs. She almost fell into Lucy's lap but managed to break her fall with the table. I laughed to myself, as did everyone else. She talked excitedly to Lucy before grabbing her wrist and dragging her up to us.

"You sure about this, Bix?" Laxus said under his breath.

I nodded without moving my gaze from Lucy's approaching form.

She stopped in front of our table with her hands pulling at the hem of her skirt slightly. She seemed nervous around us. She has a right to be. We all did her wrong. She has a right to be nervous about our intentions.

"Hey you don't have to be nervous, Cosplayer," I said calmly. "We won't do what we did at Fantasia ever again."

Lucy shot her head up to look at me with wide eyes. "Oh goodness no! I'm not nervous because of that. I'm nervous because Wendy said this was important, so I thought maybe I did something wrong." She looked down at her now clasped hands.

I stared at her. Evergreen raised a brow. Freed watched her with a soft smile. And Laxus…well Laxus was just staring at her with wide eyes. None of us knew what to think about this girl who should have harbored some amount of anxiety about us, but didn't. We didn't know what to do.

"You did nothing wrong, Miss Lucy," Freed said politely. "Bickslow just wanted to talk to you."

She turned her curious eyes to me again. "What did you need Bickslow?"

I cleared my throat. "I wanted to test a new magic on you. I was hoping you would be okay with being my test subject." I watched her for her reaction.

"What kind of magic?" She cocked her head to the side slightly, her long blonde hair falling across one of her eyes.

"It just lets me read your soul. Tells me if you're friend or foe. That kind of thing." I shrugged nonchalantly.

She smiled. "Well I'm flattered you chose me to be your guinea pig. I would love to help."

I nodded and removed my helmet from my face. I trained my eyes on her and focused on where her heart would be, in search of her soul. Finally her soul glowed from her chest and grew out to envelope her so I could see it better. I analyzed every inch of her golden glow that showed her kindness and warmth. When I looked at the top of her head, I saw what Wendy must have been talking about. It looked like a snake. A small black snake that darted across her soul in her head area. It seemed fast and out of it. It felt evil. It felt wrong. I didn't even want to continue looking at the thing that was marring her pure soul.

It seemed to sense I was watching it. It stopped moving at looked at me. And I could suddenly feel its anger. I felt like something slimy was crawling against my skin. I immediately shoved my helmet back on my head and tried to keep my voice steady when I said, "She's a friend." Gajeel seemed to pick up on my wavering voice. He looked to Wendy and she took Lucy's hand and urged her to go with her to the bar to order lunch. Lucy laughed and went with her, excusing herself from our space.

As soon as she left, I looked at Laxus. "We have to help her," I whispered with a shaky voice. I felt tears stinging at my eyes as I spoke, and I knew Laxus could smell them. "There's something not right. It wants her. It wants her to acknowledge and embrace it. We can't let that happen. We can't let it corrupt her pure soul."

Okay, I know there are multiple points of views. My plan is to make most of the chapter in Lucy's point of view, and then end it with one other character involved in her story as it goes. The character I choose will be different each chapter. Tell me what you think of this structure. I'm trying to keep working on this but it's difficult. I'm not as good as other writers. And my writing is a little weak since I haven't written in a while. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks for reading!