-Prologue-
…A girl is wandering through a rather crowded street looking hopelessly lost. She goes by unnoticed until she catches the eye of a young man. He smiles at her, and she is immediately captivated by the way his eyes seem to glow when they see her, and the warmth his entire being seems to radiate. "Hey, Lucy! It's been a long time!" He says drawing a smile from the blonde. A smile that was only reserved for her…a smile she hadn't seen for a long time…a smile she hadn't seen since he had died…since he lost himself to the darkness… "Natsu…I…I…missed you…" She said feeling the tears gather in her eyes. "I'm sorry you had to wait so long Luce," he said sadly as his anger with himself reflected in his eyes. She didn't say anything, but her look said it all. A look filled with so much love, yet so much sorrow. "You're so… so…stupid! You don't need to apologize Natsu…all I ever wanted…all any of us ever wanted was for you to smile again…that's all we ever needed! Come on Natsu! Let's go home…don't leave again okay? Promise me…please…I don't want to lose you again! Come home Natsu…please…?" She said trying to hold back the tears, but to no avail. Natsu kept smiling, but this time his sadness reflected in his eyes. His grief almost as much as the girl standing in front of him. "Yeah Luce…let's go home…" With that the two grasped hands. One of whom had been lost, and the other of whom had been found, and together they made their way back to where it all began. A single town that brought them both together, and the guild that held so many memories…the guild called Fairy Tail…
….Several Years before….
Lucy stared longingly at the scene before her. Two people were holding hands…a father and a daughter. 'If only we could've been like that,' she thought placing her hand to her face; the place her father had slapped her a several days earlier. Since she left the mansion her life had been thrown upside down. Yes, she was a mage, and she had her keys with her, but she was a rich man's daughter. She didn't know how to act in public, and she definitely didn't know how to dress in public. As of the moment Lucy was in an expensive dress, and was feeling very flustered. Little did she know everything would soon change…due to a fateful encounter