Chapter 1 – The Beginning
Lucy sat in her usual spot at the bar, but this time not drinking her milkshake but lying her head against the bar table. She and her team had just come back from a mission. Although it seems like she is just sitting there or maybe even sleeping, she was actually lost in her mind.
"Hey Lucy… Lucy…Luuuuuucy?" said Mira.
"Hmmmm? Sorry, what were you saying?" responded Lucy as she got up from the table.
"What's wrong Lucy? You seem troubled." Mira asked.
"Oh its nothing really, I was just lost in my own thoughts" Lucy mumbled.
"It's okay; you can tell me what's bothering you." Mira smiled.
"Well, I've been thinking about leaving to go on a trip, well not just a trip but to go and train for a while." Lucy answered.
"Oh that's interesting… but why do you want to go train, you're pretty strong already." Mira asked
"Well… lately I've felt like I have gotten weaker, for some reason I'm usually the damsel in distress, monsters going after me and Erza or the others usually saving my butt… I guess it's also a good opportunity to have some time by myself.'' Lucy replied.
Out of nowhere Erza joins Lucy and Mira at the bar.
"So, what are you guys talking about?" Erza said.
"Well, I was thinking about going on a trip and train and Mira is helping me decide" Lucy replied.
"Oh, yes how wonderful… a training trip, we should go together. I need some time to relax and have fun" Erza said with a smile.
"Well actually, umm… I was going to go alone, I really want to spend some time on my own and do some training as well you know…" Lucy said
"Very well then, I agree with your choice, maybe next time we can go on a training trip together" Erza said while eating strawberry cake.
"Yeah, maybe next time we can go on a training trip… I'm gonna go talk to master about my plans so I'll see you guys in a week or so, bye." Lucy said as she was going towards master's office.
"Bye, see you in a week or so" said Mira and Erza as they were getting ready to go to their homes.
Lucy walked towards the master's office and knocked on his door.
"Come in" said Makarov.
"Master, I would like to go on a short training trip, it would only be a week or so" Lucy said calmly
"Oh, a training trip… and what brought this on? Makarov asked with a bit of a surprise.
After Lucy explained why she wants to go and train, Makarov approves her request and wishes her luck, as well as a good bye.
Lucy left with a smile and made her way to her apartment. She quickly made her way home and the first thing she does is check if anyone broke into her apartment again. Luckily no one was there. After taking a long bath, Lucy starts packing her bag, she didn't put in too much, she wanted to have a light packing for the trip. After a few minutes of packing she goes to her bed, and just lies there looking at the sky. She is once again lost in her thoughts. Thinking about if she did the right thing, what is she going to do for training and what if she doesn't achieve anything and some worst case scenarios. After an hour of thinking, a great idea pops into her head; she will take on a job from the request board and that would add some more training for her. After that great idea she happily goes to sleep.
She wakes up early in the morning, happy and ready for some training and some time by herself. She changes out of her pajamas, grabs her bag and walks out of her apartment. Not bothering to lock it, because she has a feeling that either Natsu or someone else from the team is gonna crash at her place at some point.
Lucy made her way to the guild; almost no one was at the guild, probably because it was so early in the morning. She heads over the request board and takes a few minutes to pick a job. She then goes over to Mira, who was surprised to see her.
"Did you change your mind about the training trip?" Mira asks with curiosity.
"No, I am about to head out and start my trip, but I thought it would be a good idea to also do a job for some training and I would be able to get some money for later" Lucy said.
"Oh that's a good idea, then I'll see you in a week or so, bye and good luck" Mira said with a smile.
Lucy then left and started her journey and slowly walked towards the transition, she was looking at the guild from a distance and stood there for a while admiring the beautiful guild hall, she then takes her time to walk towards the train station.
Meanwhile a few hours have past and the guild was already full with more people in it. Wendy walks up to the bar with Carla and notices that the always cheerful and happy Celestial mage wasn't sitting at the bar in her usual spot. Wendy sits on one of the stools at the bar and asks Mira if she has seen Lucy anywhere.
"Sorry but Lucy isn't going to be here for a while, this morning she went off to go on a training trip by herself. But she will be back soon." Mira said with her usual smile.
"Aw… I wanted to ask her if she wanted to go on a job with me, it had a good pay and it required a celestial mage. Well I guess we I can go on a job with her when she comes back." Wendy said
"Oh, was the job by any chance the one in Sotrial Town, where some people needed a celestial mage to take care of some beasts or such?" Mira asked.
"Yeah, that's the job I wanted to do with Lucy, why?" Wendy asked while fearing the worst.
"Oh, what a coincidence because that the job she took before leaving a few hours ago" Mira replied smiling as usual.
When Wendy was about to say something, Carla interrupted her while she was seeing a vision. Her face was in shock as well as confusion. Wendy and Mira are wondering what she is seeing. But Carla insists and says it wasn't anything important.
Carla went over to another table while Wendy and Mira were still talking, meanwhile Carla was talking to herself and still worrying about what she saw. She is still trying to figure out what was going on in her vision. There was a dark room with some blood on the floor, and on the floor was a girl, with blond hair. Carla was still trying to remember what she saw, she couldn't make out much of what she saw and she couldn't make out who was the person lying in a dark room with blood across it.
She decided to ignore her vision for now and think about it later.
Almost over a week has already past and Lucy was still not back.
But that didn't worry most people because they had faith in her. Well only a few people where still worried about Lucy. Mostly team Natsu but especially Carla; she was still trying to figure out what she has seen in her vision.
Suddenly Carla gets another vision and it was clearer. She saw the dark room with blood across it again, then there was a girl wearing a black robe, the girl had blonde hair and had chains around her hands… there was lots of blood around her and on her… then there was the part what shocked Carla the most; next to the girls hands were some golden keys spread around her.