A/N: Hello, and welcome to my "new" fanfiction, Fairystuck 2.0! I'm your host, IllusionalFennec, and today we'll be embarking on a quest that I totally have never gone on before, and then stopped in the middle of it!

*waits for applause*

...None? Okay.

Anyway, on a serious note, this is the new version of Fairystuck. Once upon a time, I had a crossover fanfic of Fairystuck. I loved writing it. A few people liked me writing it. And then I just… I don't know. Camp NaNoWriMo put me in a bit of a writer's block place.

But here I am again! Fear not, for I will try my hardest to not let this version of Fairystuck die.

And also I'm a bit crazier than before, in case you couldn't tell.

So, without further ado (because I've already been rambling on enough as it is), let's move on to Chapter 1!

This chapter is in Lucy's POV, and don't forget to review, and/or follow and/or favorite if you enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything from Fairy Tail or Homestuck. Hiro Mashima and Andrew Hussie (respectively) own these franchises, and I only own the plot of this fanfic, and maybe new characters.

Chapter 1: Enter Karkat Vantas

-Lucy-

Even a blind person would know that the fight between Natsu and Gajeel was going terribly. At least, for Natsu.

For Gajeel, it was just as clear that he was having as much fun as he had ever had in his entire life of an Iron Dragon Slayer.

And for Lucy, who wasn't even in the fight… she couldn't even imagine taking so many blows, like the two Dragon Slayers were doing. She would have dropped dead a while ago.

She cringed. The Celestial Spirit mage couldn't watch this. She just couldn't. As much as she would have loved to see Gajeel presumably get beaten up, he wasn't. Natsu was more or less taking the beating, while Gajeel laughed his odd laugh.

Yet she couldn't tear her eyes away. She just kept watching. And watching. Even though it pained her.

As Gajeel and Natsu fired spell after spell at each other, so much that Lucy lost track-"Iron Dragon's Pillar! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist! Iron Dragon's Roar! Fire Dragon's Roar!"-she watched as both Dragon Slayers kept dodging the hits, retaliating with their own powerful attacks, each one trying to at least connect an attack to the other.

While Gajeel simply dodged or sidestepped out of the way, Natsu was barely avoiding in time. He was covered all over with cuts and bruises. Even if he got out of this alive, he would be in such a terrible shape that Lucy almost thought it didn't really matter which way.

Which she knew wasn't true. Because if Natsu lost, the entire Fairy Tail guild would be destroyed. Master was in no condition to help them, and Laxus and Mystogan, as far as Lucy knew, weren't confronting Phantom Lord, at least on the front lines.

If Gajeel lost, however, there was still the matter of Jose, who was a Ten Wizard Saint. He was on the same level as Master. Since Master was out for the count, there was no one who could handle Jose on their own. And even if they did manage to beat Jose… what would they do then? Fairy Tail would get so many counts of property damage, far more than they had gotten previously. And what then? They would still get in trouble with the Magic Council.

Either way, Lucy had a feeling this was going to end up pretty bad.

She knew she was useless, but she kept telling herself, I have to help somehow, I have to help somehow.

She was just a coward to step forward and actually do the helping. Lucy was frozen, and even if she worked up the courage to come and help, she wouldn't be able to. In her heart, Lucy just couldn't bring herself into the carnage and havoc that was the battle of the two Dragon Slayers.

There was another side of her, telling her, This is between them. These are two Dragon Slayers, and anyway, you have no right to bring yourself into this war.

But did she? Lucy's father had started all of this, by asking for his daughter back when he never had before. Lucy was partly the reason why this war had all started.

A tear threatened to fall from Lucy's eye. This was all because of her, wasn't it?

She forced herself to stay calm. She recounted what ideas she could do to help.

Idea one was use no magic, and step forward to block an attack from Gajeel that would have proved lethal or at least serious injury to Natsu. Which was basically her sacrificing herself. Which would most likely set Natsu's rage into action.

Lucy, though, was too selfish to risk her own life.

Idea two was also concerning no magic, but actually going to fight alongside Natsu, beating Gajeel with her bare hands.

Which she discounted almost immediately, because not only would Natsu be enraged that someone was fighting for him, but she herself also wasn't that strong to take on a Dragon Slayer. Lucy vetoed idea two.

Idea three was use her one and only way of magic on hand, Sagittarius. A few other members of Phantom Lord-Juvia and Sol, if she remembered correctly-had stolen her keys beforehand and now her only one left was Sagittarius. However, Lucy couldn't think of a way in which he would be useful.

It was then that Gajeel finally landed a direct hit on Natsu, which snapped Lucy out of her thoughts.

"Iron Dragon's… Pillar!" Gajeel shouted. His right arm morphing into a pillar, catching Natsu off guard, Gajeel rammed his arm into Natsu's stomach.

Lucy couldn't contain her cry. Natsu was flung back into the wall.

"Tch," Gajeel muttered. "So much for this all-powerful 'Salamander' rumors. I thought I was actually going to face someone powerful."

"You are!" Natsu said. "I'm just getting started here! Fire Dragon's Roar!"

Gajeel whipped around, seeing the fire heading straight for him. This time, it was the Dragon Slayer of Phantom Lord who had been caught off guard. Gajeel couldn't dodge or block the attack, and it landed a direct hit on him.

Lucy ran out of the way to avoid getting hit by the spiral of fire.

When the smoke cleared, Gajeel was breathing heavily, lying on the ground. He at least looked wounded, but so did Natsu.

And the Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail looked a lot more beat up than Gajeel, even though the Iron Dragon Slayer had just taken the entire impact of a Fire Dragon's Roar.

"And I'm just getting started too," Gajeel said, wobbling on his feet as he stood up. "Iron Dragon's Scales!" Grey scales with a hint of blue in them covered his whole body, covering up his skin.

Gajeel smirked, laughing his odd laugh. Lucy had no time to puzzle over why, though, because then Gajeel spoke again. "Good luck getting past this!" he shouted. "Iron Dragon's Sword!" His right arm turned into an iron blade as he charged at Natsu.

Natsu, still attempting to recover, tried to dodge, but the sword caught him right on the arm. Even though he didn't show it, Lucy knew he was in pain. Nobody could take a hit like that and not hurt at all. It just wasn't possible.

The Fire Dragon Slayer fell back on his knees, and just as Gajeel was retracting his sword, Natsu still managed to get up. Although it took him a few attempts to do so.

"I'm not… going to give up…" Natsu murmured. "For the sake of Fairy Tail! Fire Dragon's…"

Gajeel replied with, "Iron Dragon's…"

You're kidding me, Lucy thought. She glanced down at the key of Sagittarius, gleaming. She was tempted, but then she stopped herself.

Natsu would be angry if she opened the gate of Sagittarius to help him, unless it was a completely dire situation and unless he got help, he would die. Besides, Natsu had a personal grudge against Gajeel. Not just for being a Dragon Slayer, but for destroying Fairy Tail's building, for hurting Fairy Tail's people. How would Natsu react if he didn't get to land the final blow on Gajeel?

He needed support, though. Not someone to fight alongside him. Support.

How to get it? Lucy warred with herself, trying to come up with ideas, until finally she gave up. She would just release Sagittarius when Natsu desperately needed help. There was no point in overthinking this.

But meanwhile, both of the Dragon Slayers' roars hurtled past each other and slammed into the other. Lucy winced, bracing for impact.

There were a few explosions. The Celestial Spirit mage closed her eyes, so she wouldn't get any smoke in her eyes. She opened one slowly once the smoke cleared.

Natsu had been slammed into the wall once more, but Gajeel was standing. And he didn't even look dented.

"How?" Lucy murmured. "How? How can he still be standing?"

She clutched the key that would open Sagittarius's gate. If Gajeel wasn't even hurt by a full Fire Dragon's Roar… then what would Sagittarius do? Maybe he could wear down the scales, because everything definitely had a durability, but the scales would probably break after a hundred and one arrows. And Lucy didn't have time for a hundred and one arrows. Neither did Natsu.

It must have been because of those scales, Lucy realized. Gajeel couldn't take a Fire Dragon's Roar before he had the scales. Maybe those…

Her thoughts were proven shortly after when Gajeel said, "These scales increase my defense. You can't damage me at all now. Not only that, but they also increase my attack power, like this… Iron Dragon's Club!"

His arm morphing into an iron blade with spikes on each end, Gajeel swung the club of iron into Natsu. He managed to slide away just in time. If he'd moved a second later… Lucy didn't bother to think about what might have happened to him. Because the club was stabbed into the ground, right where Natsu was lying just a couple seconds ago.

Gajeel smirked. "You're done for. Give up."

"No…" Natsu said, his voice going into a soft whisper. It slowly got louder as he spoke his next words. "I will never give up! I will redeem Fairy Tail! I will fight to the death! You hurt Fairy Tail… you made the wrong choice!"

Gajeel laughed. "You're strong-willed. But that's all you are. You're not strong. You just end up in the headlines because you keep getting yourself into trouble. Those words are a perfect example. Will they be your last?"

Natsu didn't reply. Instead, he said, "Some fire on the right, some fire on the left…" He seemed to be struggling to say the spells now, to force the words out. "And together they make, Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He shot a giant fireball at Gajeel, but Gajeel merely sidestepped. The fireball spun off into oblivion, slamming into the wall and sputtering.

"I think everyone underestimated you," Gajeel said, looking back at the extinguished fireball. "I was almost looking forward to fighting a competent member from the trash. But I guess I shouldn't have had such high hopes, especially for the fairies. I'll look somewhere else."

Natsu's just talking in spells now, but Gajeel can still talk regularly? Lucy thought. Natsu… he's getting weaker.

She glanced back down at her Sagittarius key. Even if Lucy had wanted… she wouldn't be able to summon it.

I'm a coward, she thought. Why am I in such a powerful guild like Fairy Tail?

"Fire Dragon-" Natsu said, but Gajeel cut him off.

"Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs!" Gajeel cried. A lance of iron was fired straight at Natsu. Since Natsu was still in the middle of firing back with his own spell, he couldn't dodge. The lance was sent right into Natsu's face.

"Natsu!" Lucy managed to yell. She hadn't been able to move this entire time. Now she blamed all of this on herself. It was over. Natsu had lost.

If she had only been able to unfreeze herself for a moment, to call out Sagittarius in that time… she could have at least distracted Gajeel, make it so that Natsu could at least land one hit on him. But now that opportunity was gone. If she had done that, Natsu might have had a chance to win. Now, though…

And you call yourself a Celestial Spirit mage of Fairy Tail? Lucy thought. Yeah, fat chance. You just let one of your friends die.

Gajeel strode over to Natsu, his expression triumphant. "Nice try, Salamander. But you're so weak, I figured I might as well just finish you the old-fashioned way." As he said this, his scales vanished. "Besides, I shouldn't waste my magic power on an already finished foe, should I? Or my breath, for that matter. Better just get to it now. Nice knowing you, incompetent Dragon Slayer! Iron Dragon's Pillar!" He started to bring down the pillar on Natsu, but, saving Natsu just in time, a purple-and-green sickle buried itself into Gajeel's left shoulder.

"What?" Gajeel yelled in fury. He looked around the room. There seemed to be no one around wielding a sickle who could have done such a thing. But as there were so many explosions, there was now a hole in the wall. Through that hole jumped a person, most likely the sickle thrower.

Gajeel growled, a very animal-like sound. "How dare you-" But he interrupted himself with a cry of pain, the sickle just now registering to him. The Iron Dragon Slayer of Phantom Lord fell onto the ground, unconscious.

The figure emerged from the shadows, and Lucy could finally see the person who had saved both Natsu and Lucy's life. The owner of the sickle. However, Lucy was more than stunned when she saw who it really was.

The figure was a boy, possibly around the same age as Natsu and Lucy-give or take a little younger. He had messy black hair, which was normal. But the rest of his features were not. He had grey skin and small nubby horns the color of candy corn growing out of his head, which was pretty inhuman in itself. Lucy thought she might find something normal in his clothes, but he was wearing a black shirt that had the symbol of Cancer on it in gray, with blue jeans, which at least was normal. Lucy couldn't really find a reason for all the abnormality, but the best she could do was guess that he was a Celestial Spirit wizard who possibly wanted the key for Cancer. Lucy vowed to try to avoid talking about Cancer in a sure upcoming conversation with this boy.

"Er, hello," Lucy said.

The boy seemed to only now just notice Lucy. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?" he asked. Yes, he was shouting, for some odd reason. He walked over to Gajeel and removed the sickle. Gajeel groaned in his unconsciousness.

Startled by the sudden increase in volume, Lucy said, "I'm...uh...I'm Lucy. I'm from Fairy Tail. The guild."

"OH," the boy said. He was still shouting, which didn't make much sense to Lucy in the least bit. "WELL, I WAS JUST HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THIS PHANTOM DUDE. DIDN'T REALLY EXPECT YOU TO BE HERE, BUT WHATEVER." He nudged Gajeel's head with his foot, to indicate that he was talking about the Dragon Slayer. "ARE YOU AND YOUR…" He looked at Natsu, who had also been knocked unconscious. "...FRIEND OKAY?"

"Yeah," Lucy said. "We're a bit bruised-or rather, he is-but I think he'll recover. His name's Natsu, by the way. And what's yours?"

"WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU?" the boy shouted.

"Why can't you?" Lucy asked. "I want to know is all!"

The boy sighed. "FINE," he said. "IT'S KARKAT."

"Karkat…?" Lucy said, implying for him to finish his name.

"REALLY?" Karkat groaned.

"Why-"

"FINE. KARKAT VANTAS. THAT'S MY NAME. GOODBYE, AND GOOD RIDDANCE." Karkat turned to the hole in the wall.

"Oh…" Lucy couldn't really find anything to say. "Strange… name you've got there." Suddenly, she noticed Karkat walking away. "Wait!"

She didn't know why she said it. Maybe she wanted to find out more about this Karkat person. Yes, that was it. He was so out of the ordinary that she just had to find out more.

Karkat turned, semi-reluctantly. "WHAT NOW?" he grumbled.

"Are you in a guild?" Lucy asked.

Karkat stopped, as if "guild" was a foreign term to him. After a moment, he said, "YEAH. WHAT'S YOUR BUSINESS ABOUT IT?"

"Which-" Lucy stopped herself when she realized. She recalled a guild she had read about before. "Wait. You're from Alternian Beforus, aren't you? Weren't you the guild that went missing months ago?"

Alternian Beforus had been one of the guilds that Lucy wanted to join, along with Fairy Tail and (sadly) Phantom Lord. But then she learned that Alternian Beforus was invite only, and on top of that, the odd guild had mysteriously vanished just before she joined Fairy Tail.

"OH, UH, SURE," Karkat said. "SO?"

Lucy didn't even know what she was thinking. She didn't give her words a second thought, didn't consider them, before she blurted out, "Can I come to your guild tomorrow?"

"WHY?"

"I think Alternian Beforus is really interesting," Lucy said. "I read a lot about it a while back. Can I please go? I won't be any trouble."

Karkat thought for a moment. "OH, FINE," he said. He muttered something, about Lucy being annoying, then said, "WHEN?"

"Maybe tomorrow at noon?" Lucy asked. "Can you come to Fairy Tail's new place? It's going to be built right where our old place is."

"OKAY," Karkat said. "I'LL TALK ABOUT IT WITH MY… GUILDMATES. THEN WE'LL SEE."

"Got it!" Lucy said. She nodded enthusiastically. This was her chance to visit Alternian Beforus, the guild that had been on her list before. Now she would be able to find out why they disappeared, and maybe even make some new friends there. Hopefully they wouldn't all be shouting, like Karkat.

Lucy decided that the boy had probably been through enough already, so tomorrow she would ask him about his appearance. Not today.

"GREAT," Karkat replied, jolting Lucy from her thoughts. "IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, GOOD FRICKING BYE. AND FOR THE LAST TIME, I MEAN IT."

Karkat didn't leave Lucy any time even to say goodbye back. Not that he probably meant for a goodbye to her. He probably wanted out.

He turned around, and jumped through the hole in the wall.

Lucy sighed as she watched Karkat go. What a day.

A/N: So, was it good? Bad? The dialogue won't be the same as it is in the anime, because I don't have that much time to copy and paste every single dialogue line from Fairy Tail (school is a thing, you know), but it'll be relatively similar, with more or less the same plot lines.

Also, you may recognize a few dialogue lines from the old version of this fanfic. If you want to know why, I'm using the old version as a base, at least for these early chapters. I'll also try to update at least every other week, maybe every week. It depends on schoolwork and how busy I am those days and such.

Anyway, please let me know what you thought of this new version in the review section! I accept constructive criticism, but no flames.

Chapter 2: The Tour will hopefully be up soon! As always, more information about fanfic updates will be on my page if you want to check that out!