Overcoming the bonds between Darkness and Light

By OathkeeperRoxasXNamine09

Summary: Post-Edolas arc. Natsu, his team, Lisanna, Wendy, and Carla end up with more than they bargain for with a new dark guild, unlikely but new allies, a new power, and the S-class exams. When more than just their home is in danger of being destroyed, what surprises wait in store for the strongest team? X-overs with Kingdom Hearts in the Tenrou Island Arc and beyond.

Pairings: Friendship! NatsuxLucy/Lisanna

LucyxLisanna

GrayxJuvia

Friendship! GrayxUltear

JellalxErza

GajeelxLevy

ElfmanxEvergreen

ChisamexShigeru (Original Character couple)

Rating: Teen for mild violence and blood, suggestive themes, and mild language.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, it's owned by Hiro Mashima and I don't own Kingdom Hearts, Its own by Tetsuya Nomura. The Dark Guild OCs (five in total), Setsuko Koori, and Shiro are owned by me.

Aya and Harumi (two minor/possible main characters) are owned by me

Chisame Corona/Roxie and Shigeru Sandarov/Terra are owned by AshK1980 (friend and his beta reader)

Aspen is owned by WrittenWhim

Sanya Foley is owned by lolperson2

Luke Kurenai and Byakko are owned by Code-Emperor07

Kyuri Yuki Kuruwa and Ryuu Izanagi Kuruwa are both owned by xXxMusicNCookiesxXx

Viola Ecalo Robinson (who will appear in my arc after the X791 arc) is owned by StitchedSanity

Kiseki Hana is owned by Maiden Warrior

"Speech"

'Thoughts/Flashbacks'

"Lucy's point of view and letters to Layla"

Chapter 1: A new day brings along new evil

Only a few days had passed since Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfillia, Gray Fullbuster, Erza Scarlet, Happy, and their allies, Wendy Marvell, Carla, and Gajeel Redfox had returned from the reversed world Edolas after saving it from the power hungry King Faust and brought peace to the land. Saving their friends from a large Lacrima to learning the truth of the Exceed race, things were never a dull moment for them. Despite a safe return, they did gain new friends along the way. First was the black furred Exceed Panther Lily, a former member of the Royal Army and now was Gajeel's new cat. Of course, he was fine to his new look as he was once bigger than the two main Exceeds. The second was more of a surprise for the team. Lisanna Strauss, a girl once believed dead by her guild, was alive and well.

She revealed to them that during the mission she on after Elfman sent her flying, She was absorbed by the anima, and replaced the other Lisanna from Edolas who died. She spent her two years in Edolas pretending to be the Edolas Lisanna while her true family believed her to be dead. After the reverse anima drawback, she was able to go back home to her friends and family. Mirajane and Elfman were shocked to have her back home, but were crying tears of joy of her return. Even the guild was happy to have her back, even fellow members like the master, Makarov Dreyar and the Ace of Fairy Tail, Gildarts Clive. After a usual fight that was started by resident Fire Dragon Slayer Natsu Dragneel; one familiar member look at the Strauss siblings, peacefully sleeping with Mirajane hugging her little sister in her arms. After getting sent flying out the guild by one of Natsu's punches, the familiar member had decided to go home with a swelled left cheek on her face.

Lucy Heartfilia, the rookie of Fairy Tail and main member of Team Natsu, was sitting in front of a table with an ink quill in her hand and several sheets of paper. She wore today a light blue short-sleeve shirt, a light tan skirt and a brown belt around her waist. Her boots were absent from, her bare feet resting on the wooden floorboard. She had a smile on her face while she started to write, reminiscing what has happened so far in the past few days.

It's only been a few days mom since our return from Edolas, but it's been normal as always in Fairy Tail. We got new members like Panther Lily and also Lisanna, who you might not believe was in a whole different world. It was nice to see Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna reunite like that; it made me feel happy for them now. Of course, what happened a couple days after Lisanna's welcome home party…?

Two days after Lisanna's return from Edolas, Erza Scarlet, Re-quip and S-Class Wizard, Gray Fullbuster, Ice Make Wizard, and Happy, an blue furred Exceed with a white belly and a green bag tied around his neck, were sitting with Natsu, Lucy, Lisanna Strauss, Takeover Animal Soul Wizard, Wendy Marvell, Sky Dragon Slayer, and Carla, another fellow Exceed with white fur. Carla wore a small white shirt today; a blue tie tied in front of her shirt, and also a blue pleaded skirt. The eight wizards sat themselves at one of the picnic benches having a conversation as the daily life of the guild were around them. Some onlookers like Cana Alberona, Card Wizard and the heaviest drinker and Juvia Lockser, Water Wizard and former member of Phantom Lord's Element Four decided to look their way at them, wondering what they were talking about.

"Cana-san, what are Gray-sama and his team talking about with Lisanna-san, Wendy-san, and Carla?" Juvia asked, turning from looking at Gray's friends chatting to face the bar with Cana.

"I'm not sure; they seem really excited to talk with them about something." Cana replied, taking a swig of beer. "Probably something to do with their team or maybe they just want to chat, I don't know." She shrugged, taking another swig. Juvia still was confused, looking from Cana to Gray and his team.

"What do you mean?" she asked, not completely understanding the Card Wizard's statement.

"Just wait and observe, but if there are tears, we might want to intervene." She replied to her, still the blue haired Wizard looked puzzled.

"Tears….?"

At Team Natsu's table, Lisanna and Wendy sat across the four Wizards and Happy, a bit confused (and a little taken aback) from what the dubbed 'strongest team' had told them.

"You… want us on your team?" Wendy asked confusedly, blinking her eyes a few times.

Arriving one early morning (before going on a job picked by Erza), Natsu wanted to speak with Lisanna, Wendy, and Carla before they departed from town. The first thing that the Fire Dragon Slayer said to the three was, "Do you want to join our team?"

"Natsu, I'm honored by your request, but I just got back." Lisanna reminded him, her hands under the table, a light blush and a sheepish smile was present on her face, "I mean, if it's that big a deal you want me, that is."

"Of course he wants you to join, you just got back!" Lucy exclaimed with so much enthusiasm in her voice, sounding more excited to the idea than ever, "What better way to do it is to work with others? I'm sure Mira and Elfman wouldn't mind it, and we all agreed to it."

"I don't mind it, better conversations then these two." Gray stated his arms folded with a smirk referring to Erza and Natsu. Both wizards gave the Ice Make Wizard a 'you really went there?' scowl but choose to say not a word. Wendy smiled, but was still taken aback as Lisanna was.

"Are sure about it, your team is pretty big now." Wendy reminded them, counting on her fingers six wizards and two exceeds.

"Nothing says we can't have a big team, as long as we don't cause too much trouble for Gramps that is." Gray assured them.

"As long we don't cause too much trouble, no one will mind how many members we have." Erza assured the young blue haired Dragon Slayer, "Just as long we stay organized in our team that is."

"I don't mind it at all now that you think about it." Lisanna said smiling to the offer again, before rubbing the back of her head. "I was worried that you guys would do something extreme, like kick Lucy out the team or…" which then caused Natsu to slam his hands to the table in anger, making the girls minus Erza to jump. as he shot right up to his feet. The Re-quip Wizard (who usually would stop Natsu from making an outburst) merely watched with arms folded. (A/N 1)

"What did you say, Lisanna?!" Natsu yelled, feeling offended that Lisanna would think they do something as horrible like that, "No way, none of us would ever think of that, not even me! We're all friends, nakama, we respect one another! I would never kick anyone off the team!"

"Calm down Natsu-san, I don't think she meant it." Wendy said reassuringly, holding out her hands, "I can tell you really mean it, besides I've helped you many times since I joined, so I really don't mind. Carla?" she added looking to the white Exceed who had her paws folded and remained silent the whole time since requested to sit and chat. What was her input about the offer, would she allow Wendy to be a part of their team or not. The white Exceed kept her usual scowl as always, waiting for her response.

"Well, while I do find your group as destructive as the rest of the guild, I can't ignore we have worked together since our mission to stop Nirvana." Carla said with a frown, "As long as Wendy is taken care of, I don't see why not." and unfolded her paws to smile. Wendy looks to the small white cat with delight in her eyes, smiling at her.

"You mean it?" she asked hopefully.

"Well I guess we're all in agreement; it'll be fun working with you." Lisanna interjected with another smile. She held out her hand across the table to shake Natsu's and Wendy held out her hand to shake Lucy's. The two Wizards gladly shook hands with the two girls, making it official with now adding three new friends to their team. Over by the bar, Cana and Juvia could overhear them (mostly for Natsu's outburst).

"So they are allowing Wendy and Lisanna to join them, that's sweet." Cana said with a smile, looking to Juvia, who wasn't happy at all herself. The usually gloomy Rain Woman had an aura of depression that hovered over as she stared longingly at the group. Juvia hugged her knees close to her chest while she remained there sadly.

"I wish I could be with Gray-sama on a team..." She mumbled longingly.

"Play your cards right Juvia, and they might invite you on a mission one day." Cana assured with a smile, but the Water Wizard still looked gloomy.

'At least it's just not being on a team with Gray, not the jealously of Lisanna on a team with him.' Cana thought her lips close to her mug.

It was official mom; we had new members to our strongest team, Lisanna and Wendy. I've gotten along with Wendy and I find Lisanna very kind and a little cute. It was nice to have someone new to talk to, outside Levy of course. After we got our new members, we left on a mission and our new teammates waved us good bye as we left Magnolia. It was a two day request and we finished it well, (despite a few hiccups like Gray or Natsu causing trouble). But all in all, we came back with a success filled job.

"How was the mission?" Lisanna asked Lucy when she and her team mates returned to the guild from their mission one early morning. Most of the guild wasn't present except for a few notable faces. Gajeel Redfox, Iron Dragon Slayer, was quietly strumming on a guitar, seemingly minding his own business with Panther Lily. Levy McGarden, Solid Script Wizard, was reading a few books near a table, her hair tied up in a ponytail and wearing a pair of red framed reading glasses. Juvia was there as well, who greeting Gray happily before the Ice Make Wizard followed Erza to speak to Master Makarov about the mission they went on. Gildarts sat with Natsu while the two were having a chat. Happy sat with Carla and Wendy to have a chat too, Happy going in detail about the mission (which seems to make Wendy laugh for some reason).

"It went well, except for a few problems." Lucy answered, taking her seat at the bar where Mira pass the two girls some drinks. "Natsu almost burn down a bridge, Gray had one of his 'stripping moments' with the client we were escorting, and Erza, well…" Lucy had her hand to her mouth, covering it to not show a smile, "Let's just say I found Erza in not a good mood and she almost rushed us to our destination."

Lisanna giggled, resting her arms on the bar to listen in more, "I see Erza really hasn't changed at all, that's her for you."

"That's true. You knew Erza, Gray, and Natsu the longest, even being around two of their counterparts in Edolas for two years. It must have been quite a change of pace just accepting to their different personalities and all." Lucy said.

"It was, The Edolas Gray and Natsu did take some getting used to, but I adjusted well to living there." Lisanna replied before chuckling, "You know, I wasn't too far off how you and Lucy Ashley were different."

"Really, how are we different?" Lucy asked, a bit taken aback from her words, "What do you mean?"

"Well, Lucy Ashley has that tough girl demeanor that she has on the guild, but is kind and caring when she likes to be." Lisanna explained, taking her hand to her glass and stirring the straw in it, "She dresses all tough, but there's a big softie in her. When I look at you, you're nice despite having to deal with Natsu, Gray, and Erza all the time. You're brave and very confident, even all the stories I was told about you from Mira and Elfman." She continued, making Lucy cringe in fright, wondering what stories she was told about. Her reputation so far has been exaggerated outside the guild hall, worried what stories were spread to the younger sibling." You helped save the guild masters, helped stop a curse on a moon island, helped Natsu against Phantom Lord, battled against one of the assassins from Trinity Raven, went toe to toe against one of the Thunder Legion, beat one of the members of Oración Seis and helped the other guilds bring down Nirvana, and just recently a few days back, helped with Edolas and went against the Royal Army with Natsu and Wendy." She kept her gaze on Lucy who was astonished from all she had said with a slight gape face, "You're a remarkable Wizard. That's what I like about you."

Lucy's face started to slowly soften from Lisanna's words as she smiled at the Takeover Wizard. It was true that she had done a lot of big or heroic things over the few months. She might have times she was a complete coward, either running away or crying, felt completely worthless when something goes wrong, but in the end, she always pulls through. She maybe not realized it herself, but she felt she really got stronger since joining the guild. She own it to Natsu, Gray, and Erza who been by her side since the beginning of their first mission together with Eisenwald and Lullaby. She maybe hasn't changed as much, but she knows she has grown up a lot. She may not be powerful or has some much magic abilities or is as powerful as an S-Class Wizard, a Wizard Saint, or even a Guild Master like Makarov. But she was still her own person. She knows herself well. (A/N 2)

"Thank you Lisanna." Lucy said still smiling, "That was real sweet."

"Although to be blunter, I do question your taste in clothes Lucy." Lisanna replied with a giggle, causing Lucy to glare at the young white haired Wizard with darken eyes and temple throbbing.

"What was that?" she growled at her.

As Lucy continued to glare at Lisanna, Natsu was still speaking with Gildarts when the two took their gaze to the two girls. Gildarts merely smiled despite seeing the angry glare Lucy had on Lisanna, a look that said she wasn't impress by her choice of words.

"They've seem to be getting along well." Gildarts noted to Natsu.

"I agree." Natsu replied at first, but thought in worry for his childhood friend, 'I hope Lucy doesn't hurt her.'

"I haven't ask this Natsu, but wasn't it you who brought Lucy to Fairy Tail, July 3rd?" Gildarts asked, looking from the girls to Natsu again.

"That's right!" Natsu nodded, his worry for Lisanna's safety fading when he looks to Gildarts with a smile. "I was looking for Igneel, following a lead that someone named Salamander was in Hargeon and I found not only a fake, but Lucy in Hargeon while Happy and I were there. After I beat the bastard that took my title, I took Lucy since she really wanted to go to Fairy Tail. After that, we've been close ever since."

"I see…" Gildarts answered before grinning and nudging his shoulder, making Natsu look at him, "But I never thought you were that kind of guy; loses one girl to bring back another to be with. I didn't know you were so serious about having another girlfriend."

"She's not my girlfriend!" Natsu shouted furiously at the Ace of Fairy Tail, his face burning red with embarrassment, Gildarts only trying to keep a straight face with the Dragon Slayer. While getting most of the few members' attention, Gajeel stopped strumming his guitar to look at Natsu and Gildarts' direction, thinking to himself, 'What's Salamander screaming about? Is it something to do with Bunny Girl and Mira's sister?' he shrugged and frowned with a scowl, going back to his guitar, 'Probably nothing important.'

"What's Natsu-san screaming about?" Wendy asked curiously to the two Exceeds Happy and Carla.

"Probably nothing important to get involved Wendy." Carla answered immediately, taking a drink from a cup.

"Aye sir!" Happy agreed, eating blue fish, not hearing the words his friend blurted out. Even Lucy and Lisanna didn't know what he was yelling, Mira (who laid her arms on the bar with a relaxed look on her face) only merely smiling at the situation. Lucy and Lisanna watched as Gildarts let out a laugh, making Natsu even madder as the Fire Dragon Slayer was literally fuming with fire. The two giggled and Lucy just kept on smiling.

It's hard to believe now the two of us are members of the same team, mom. Lisanna's fun to talk with (outside the obvious jabs she makes on me, mostly what could involve my clothes), and I get along with her well. It's hard to believe she's Mirajane's sister, she really is kind of like me. We are similar, and we are close friends now. I've gotten along with her like Levy-chan was to me.

And can you guess what mom, Natsu decided to take myself, Lisanna, and Wendy on a mission, just the four of us, well six counting Happy and Carla. Considering this would be Lisanna's first real mission since coming back, I think Natsu wants it be something simple but a way for us to work together. He hasn't told us the job he picked; I hope it isn't something to dangerous, that is. No matter what, I think I'll be okay. I got Natsu, Wendy, and Lisanna to back me up.

Lucy finished the letter and placed the quill down on the table. She took the letter, folded into thirds, and placed it into a white envelope, sealed it and place the letter into her box of letters she kept and walk to her closet to get her boots and socks. She turned back with boots in hands to another table where her keys and whip sat. She grabbed the keys and whip in her right hand and carried the boots in her left. She sat on her bed and put her boots on, thinking to herself, 'Considering it's only the four of us, I don't think we'll cause too much damage. I haven't seen Lisanna's magic before, but I don't think she's as destructive as Natsu. They were friends after, I don't think they went on missions together before, this seems their first together.' She rose up off her bed with her boots on her feet and Gate keys and whip on her hip. She giggled happily and smiled resting to hands to her side, 'Of course, this is Natsu's girlfriend after all, bet they didn't go on missions together. It was probably just a lot of cute moments between them. I'm going to have so much fun with them.' And proceed to head out the door of her bedroom and out her apartment to make her way to the guild hall.

"So, Natsu and the girls are going on a mission together?" asked Elfman, who watched Natsu carry the request flyer from the board and to Makarov to ask if it was okay to take the job. Makarov nodded his approval, making Natsu grinned cheerfully, but the elder master added to the grinning Dragon Slayer.

"But try not to cause too much trouble Natsu, I wouldn't want any news about how you destroyed another town, especially with Lisanna and Wendy are with you." and frowned at the young Dragon Slayer.

"I won't, I won't." Natsu said reassuringly to the master.

"That's what I was afraid of with you." Makarov said dully with a pale look of his face, knowing Natsu's destructive nature and how he will destroy anything even if it was accidental. He then smiled at the Dragon Slayer this time, his face now regaining color, "But I'm proud of you for taking Lisanna on a mission since this will be her first mission back, so good luck."

"Thanks Gramps, we'll do our best." Natsu said as he walked away from the third guild master. He didn't go far before Mirajane called for him, "Natsu!"

Natsu turned around to see the S-Class Wizard/Head Waitress of Fairy Tail walk her way to him with Elfman following after her. Mirajane was smiling at the young pink haired Dragon Slayer, and Elfman had his arms folded proudly looking at him.

"Yes Mirajane?" he asked with a smile.

"Are you prepared for your mission?" she asked sweetly to the boy.

"Yes. We might be gone for a whole day and return in the morning, so we brought extra clothes. If we have money from our job, we might go to a restaurant, Lucy's idea." Natsu explained while rubbing the back of his head nonchalantly.

"I see." Mirajane said sweetly still smiling at the boy as he put his hand down from his head, "Listen Natsu, there's something we want to discuss with you if you still have the time."

"Sure, fire away." The Dragon Slayer replied looking to the two Strauss siblings, interested to see what they want to say.

"It's about Lisanna, Natsu." Elfman said still folding his arms proudly, "She's a part of your group now, and she just returned a few days ago, she hasn't had much practice with her magic since coming back. She is inexperienced; it's your responsible to take care of her now."

"Okay." Natsu nodded looking to Elfman and then to Mirajane.

"Also, I want to leave you with a little piece of advice," she added sweetly before placing her hand on his shoulder, still smiling at him before narrowing her blue eyes. Natsu cringed as Mira's expression changed, her sweet smile shift into a completely dark glare, her blue eyes darkened with her pupils lacking any irises. An aura of dark energy surrounded her body, making Natsu terrified at the 'Demon' Mirajane. He felt his skin feel clammy, his hot blood running icy cold like a frozen pond. This was a feeling he never felt from Mirajane in a long time, ever since they were kids. "I know both Lucy and Wendy are accompanying you, and I happy for that. But if so ever touch or think about my sister and I'll make it blunt for you Dragneel, inappropriately. I will make sure, you never live to see the light of day. Am I making myself perfectly clear?" she said darkly, making him sweat in pain, his face all pale like the rest his body losing all feeling and warmth.

"Yes ma'am." He said nervously nodding his head. Mira's dark expression tuned to sweet again as she hug him tightly in her arms, his face not in a comfortable position.

"Thank you so much!" she squealed gleefully, making Elfman sweat drop in embarrassment, looking blanking at his older sister. "You really know how to switch, Nee-chan."

As Mira released Natsu, he look to the now smiling face of Mira, trying to find the right words to say to her. He knew that Mira can be protected of Lisanna, especially since she came back after being gone for two years, so of course she's worried about her wellb eing. But it was rare she ever ask not to do anything like that to him. Sure, it wasn't like he would do that to Lucy (so far, even though everyone would laugh about it) and Wendy was a child, he respects her, but with Lisanna, it was completely different story. This was Mira and Elfman's little sister, his friend and fellow nakama. If he can't respect his own nakama, then he shouldn't be allowed with them. He never would do that to Lisanna, he respects her as her friend, and he knows that it would be wrong of him to see her any more than that.

"Mira…" Natsu said finally speaking, "I promise, to both of you, I will take care of Lisanna. I know what you are talking about Mirajane, you and Erza gave me the talk once before when we were younger. I know that Lisanna is special to you, she's special to me. When I saw her in Edolas, believing her to be alive, I was overjoyed to see her, and she was happy to see me again when we got back. We're close, closer as all my nakama, who still keeps our old playhouse in shape when she was gone. I did. I care for her well being, I promise." He took a hand to his chest, placing his hand to his exposed chest firmly, his hand over his heart. "I will keep her safe; I swear it on my life as a Fairy Tail Wizard to keep her safe."

Mira continued to smile at him and pat his head, ruffling his pink hair making Natsu grin at her. "That's the Natsu I know. I just want to know you'll keep her safe. But I wouldn't mind it in the future you have cute little boy or girl one day."

"Really?" he asked curiously.

"Of course, I'm not getting any younger, I won't mind someday to be an aunt or a godmother someday. But," she kneel closer to his face, still smiling cheerfully, "I just want you to be you Natsu, that's all."

"I will." he nodded before looking away from her and Elfman. "I see you guys later, I've got a few last minute things with Carla, Happy, Wendy, and Lisanna and then we'll depart. Where's Lucy anyway?" he asked, looking around the guild for the blonde haired Celestial Wizard, but she wasn't inside.

"She's up on top of the guild, said she wanted to look at the view of the town." She replied to him as Natsu walked back to Wendy, Carla, Lisanna, and Happy's table. He sat with them as Lisanna look to the Fire Dragon Slayer with a curious glare, "You're back, so what did Elf-niichan and Mira-nee wanted?"

"Just a promise between your siblings, that's all." He replied quickly, earning curious looks from his friends, wanting to hear more of this promise.

"Anyway, let's go outside and call for Lucy, she's on the roof of the guild." Natsu commanded the four, picking up his green backpack that was filled with everything: extra clothes, first aid kit, and his red blanket he carried with him before when he first met Lucy. Lisanna picked up a red backpack that had all her extra clothes in it and money for food. Happy hopped on top of Natsu's bag, still carrying his little green bag on his back. Wendy picked a small and blue and white backpack and placed it on her back, pushing back her hair to allow her long hair to rest on the back of her bag. The moment Carla hopped off the bench to stand near Wendy; she froze for a moment in place, her black eyes wide with a gasp. As she stood there for what felt like minutes, images flashed through Carla's mind like a movie Lacrima:

A group of five hooded figures standing in the dark of the night… A man with a strange but powerful weapon surging with darkness magic… Lisanna on the ground seemingly bleeding… Natsu holding her tight in his arms… A fire surrounds Lisanna's body… A woman a year older than Lucy with whitish blue hair… Lisanna leaning into someone on the ground… A girl with red hair like Erza's…

The images faded away with another flash, making Carla's eyes look normal again. The group look to Carla worried for her, Happy jumping down to see if she was alright as the white Exceed was frozen in place.

"Carla, are you alright?" he asked curiously as Carla placed a paw to her forehead.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She said softly.

"Did you have a vision?" Lisanna asked, looking to the white Exceed worriedly. She was told about Carla's vision powers she had since she was a little kitten during their chats coming back. She never thought how early she got to see them. Her concern for Carla was deepen, knowing the last vision she had almost got her own partner Wendy captured.

"Yes..." she replied, feeling it would be wrong to lie. She was getting more use to showing more emotion to her friends than an never pleased scowl on her face. She shook her head clean of the vision she once had and saw Wendy kneel to her.

"I won't pressure you to tell us, Carla. Take your time about all what you saw and tell us later." She asked reassuringly to the White Exceed.

Carla nodded, looking at the young Sky Dragon Slayer, her brown eyes showing the kind of kindness Wendy was known for.

"If you feel better Carla, we should go get Lucy and head to our job, the client does need our help." Natsu said to the white Exceed, sounding almost mature in his words, not the usual Natsu he was.

Carla nodded again as she followed the group to the outside, but was thinking about the visions with a pondered look on her face. 'What was that vision? Those people, who were they? And that girl…' the image of the red haired girl appeared vividly in her mind. 'Who is she? She didn't look like an Earth Land Wizard and definitely not someone from Edolas. Could she from outside our world?' she thought to herself as the group of Natsu, Lisanna, Happy, Carla, and Wendy left the guild.

Earlier, at the same time Lucy Heartfilia stood on top of the roof of the Fairy Tail guild, looking at the beautiful town of Magnolia from afar. Her blonde hair blew in the breeze as she smiled, feeling the peaceful calm air blow on her face. She needed a breather from the guild's fighting or playing around; it felt great to be alone for once. She took a hand to her heart and thought about Lisanna's words to her a few days ago.

"You're a remarkable Wizard. That's what I like about you."

The words made her face heat up with a modest look on her face. It was the first time she really knew how much she grown since joining Fairy Tail, hearing about her accomplishments said aloud really made her proud of her self and proud of being on the same team as Natsu, Erza, and Gray. She had grown up; there was no doubt about it now.

"There you are, Lucy." A voice said from behind her, making her turned to save the source of the voice. It was Loke or Leo to his friends, a member of Fairy Tail and Lucy's Celestial spirit. Loke was a handsome young man of average height, distinguished by his delicate facial features and his orange hair. His orange hair was long, and kept in more numerous, larger spikes jutting in every direction, with a pair framing Leo's face; another pair of strands, sitting on top of his head, being vaguely reminiscent of animal ears, the rest of his hair mirroring a lion's mane and his teeth were sporadically sharp. with his charm like smile Leo's hazel eyes were covered by a pair of azure-tinted sunglasses with a thin frame. Leo's outfit consist of an elegant dark suit, with the jacket left unbuttoned and the loose pants held up by a light colored belt, over a lighter shirt with a simple red tie, plus dark shoes. On his fingers on one of his hands were two rings: one of them had an "X" shape, the other was plain and both had edges in relief. Lucy greeted the man with a smile, surprised he was up here with her.

"How you know I was here?" she asked curiously.

"I asked the guild inside where you were; it figures you wanted some peace before going on a job." Loke answered, making Lucy blush with a smile. He knows her too well. "So, could you tell me why you here?"

"Just thinking to myself, happy that I've grown up, the past few months, you know." She kept her cheerful work hard smile on her face looking at Loke, "The usual stuff."

"I see…" Loke said with a light reply.

"You must think I've grown right?" she asked, her hair still blowing in the wind.

"I do." Loke replied and walked over to her and gave her a warm hug. It wasn't the usual hugs Loke would give; it felt more like a friendly embrace. "I think you've grown a lot since we first met. If it wasn't for you, I would be dead by now. You brought nine of twelve of the Zodiac together, a task I never thought I ever see. So I want to know Lucy, as you Celestial spirit, no as your friend, I want you to keep growing." He released her and smiled at her, his eyes standing fixed on her despite his glasses covering them. "All of us have faith in you Lucy, so make us proud."

Lucy smiled to Loke, taking it all in what he said and nodded, feeling determined to work hard even harder and better than before. "I will."

"Hey Lucy!" three voices called to the top of the guild hall. Lucy and Loke looked down to the grounds of the guild where her friends were. Wendy and Lisanna were waving their arms at the direction of the girl. Natsu had a childish grin on his face as he and Happy were yelling out, "Come on, we're ready to go! Come on down or you'll be left behind!"

"Okay, I'll be done soon!" she yelled back to the group with a smile on her face. She looked back to Loke looking still cheerfully and bright. "Well, I best be off, Loke."

"Alright, looks like your friends need you. If you need me, I'll be there." He said with a serious smile, taking his hand to his chest in a polite and fellow servent manner. Lucy didn't giggle, who knew the biggest flirt in Fairy Tail could be such a gentlemen when he needed?

"I know." She nodded before smiling with sly grin eyebrows raised, "Tell Aries I said hello."

"I will." The Lion spirit replied his face turning a light pink hearing the mention of the lamb spirit. Sometime before Edolas, they started a relationship (despite Loke flirting with Lucy and Lucy Ashley in Edolas without her knowing). Loke vanished into whips of golden light as Lucy smiled at the departing spirit. She hurried down from the roof and finally came out the guild with her pink bag and brown purse on her back and shoulders. As she greeted the others, they all discussed the mission at hand with Natsu explaining the detail while sounding like a leader. Lucy still listened to Natsu's words, but her thoughts drifted to her own, drowning Natsu out, 'I wonder if something great will happen today…'

Elsewhere in an unknown area of an alleyway, five figures were standing in the shadows of the wall, speaking to one another in hush voices.

"So, that girl from Fairy Tail has returned." Spoke the first dark figure to the group. The first figure was the shortest of the group wearing a black overcoat with a hood overhead. The coat was black and made of a leather material with the coat going down pass the figure's knees with black boots. The figure's hands were in pockets and stood closest to the wall.

"Yes, from the rumors, she was in another world for two years." Spoke the second figure, the person's voice sounding more feminine than the first who sound like a man. She was much taller than first male, but was much slimmer than him. She wore a black leather overcoat with a hood over her head, the coat only reaching her feet. She wore black high heel boots on her feet and her arms rested to her sides.

"I see, so preparations are still in order?" asked the third figure, sounding more like a man with a gruffer more masculine voice. Like the others, he wore a black overcoat but was much more buffer than the others, wearing black boots that were bigger than the others' black footwear. His coat reached midway to his feet, the hem lightly touching his ankles. He stood much taller over the two, standing from the wall in the middle of the alleyway.

"Yes, if we're correct, she should be on a mission and has left the guild." answered the fourth figure, another woman with a much darker but calmer voice from the others. She wore a black overcoat that had more of a feminine feel to it, her footwear a pair of black heels showing her light skin. Her hood wasn't over her head, showing the woman had black purple hair with black highlights in it with dark brown eyes that showed so much menacing in them as she smiled. She was only as tall as the first woman, standing near the first male by the wall.

"I think we'll leave Strauss Lisanna to you my friend, we'll send others after the other girls. I think once we have enough, I think we'll be able to find and bring Zeref back." the fifth and final figure said with dark but calming voice, the last one a man. He wore a black overcoat that was much slimmer in his appearance, the coat over almost his feet except the front of his soles. He wore his hood up on his head, wearing black boots on his feet like the others. He stood in front of the other four with his back facing the street.

"Leave it to me, I'll go after her." The first black figure said with grin under his hood, finally removing it to reveal his face. He had blond hair with black highlights that was cut in a wild messy state with dark red eyes and several thin scars on his cheeks and face. "If the Salamander of Fairy Tail is there, might be fun battling him. But I'm sure I'll win." he smiled with confident, but paused when he looked up into the roof, feeling he felt someone there. 'I see our little power up can sense others around us. I thought more a moment I sense a heart of pure light was here, but I guess it was gone.'

The first black cloaked figure looked down from the roof and back to his team as someone was truly watching them. On top of one of the roofs, another figure was wearing a black coat too as well as wearing black gloves. The sixth figure was panted in fright, feeling he or she was almost spotted. The figure took a hand to the front of the coat, feeling his or her chest swell up and down.

'Oh boy, those guys almost found me. I would have been found in the world faster than I thought.' The figure spoke, having a much younger but lighter feminine voice. The black hooded girl took a hand to her hood and grips it tightly. 'But, it seems they are using his powers, I must be careful now. This world will fall into darkness if I don't help it." And rose up from the roof and stared into the sun, her coat blowing into the wind. 'I must be careful in this world, until the time is right.'

A new request for Natsu and friends, a dangerous new threat, and a mysterious new girl from another world... A new beginning starts now…

To be continued in chapter 2: A promise to protect your friend

Michael: And I finally finished my new Fairy Tail project, adding now five main series I am writing. I wanted this to be longer, my usual 9,000+ work, but with what I had, I think leaving it in a cliffhanger in a style like Fairy Tail suits it. Next chapter will be long, around 14,000 is my promise, so expect a jam pack chapter filled with humor, character development, action, suspense, and feels.

Now my villains for this story's first and fourth arc, they'll be more interesting as time goes on. During the gap between the first two chapters, I'll be researching for all five OCs, what I want them to look, what weapons they used, what the last three look like. They will get so much detail, so much to make them likable villains. This will be my first time doing villains; since I only did one hero OC.
they all share these character traits:

-Their hair is both light and dark, meaning the dark highlights weren't there before

-They all use darkness magic and darkness in general (hint)

Now, let's see if others know their Kingdom Hearts trivia. Who's the MHG (mysterious hooded girl)? She's a canon character from Kingdom Hearts, who plays a big role with Natsu and the Fairy Tail guild. And to make sure people will not ask she isn't going to beat Erza. This girl, while in the story more developed and strong, she's no the strongest. She's only as strong as her skills give her, making a great mentor for Natsu and Lucy.

So what do you think, do you like some of character development, no one was out of character were they? What about Natsu, does he feel less Shounen or not? Does Lucy, for a first time since all these stories of her, have character development?

That's it for this; I'll see everyone in April where you might get five uploads on my birthday month. Please review, favorite, and follow. And a reminder, once this hits Tenrou, this will shift to X-overs.

Bye-bye!

Also, six more hero OCs will be add, one from me, a friend of my friend, and four others. Please submit your or ask from AshK's story which one you want to see in this.

I have four now, still two more slots are up for grabs, here's the style of the bio:

Name:

Gender:

Age (x784 and x791 if I choose this character to stay from Tenrou Island)

Date of Birth:

Hair color:

Eye Color:

Magic (Magic must stay from Fairy Tail; references are fine as long you say where you based the magic or character. Nothing too out there)

Height:

Weight:

Appearance:

Guild Mark Color and Location

Personality

History

Dislikes

Likes

Secrets

Flaws

Weakness

There you go.

Lastly, since I made sure to look thought all my errors, this is the layout for all of Overcoming:

Black Phoenix Arc (Chapter 1-12)

Tenrou Island Arc (Chapter 13-38)

X791 Arc (Chapter 39-40)

Black Phoenix Rebirth arc (Chapter 41-56) (This also covers the first three episodes of the Key of the Starry Sky Arc filler episodes and act as a lead in to the next arc like the first arc in this story)

Key of the Starry Sky arc (Chapter 57-79)

Grand Magic Games Arc (80-133)

Eclipse Celestial Spirit arc (134-156)

Sun Village Arc (157-163)

Nine Demon Gates Arc (164-?)

Avatar arc (?-?)

#I'm not going to go into a rant about those stories, best you from reading them. Warning: They all seem to begin with the same paragraph.

#2, these are examples of many stories with Lucy. If Lucy matches any of these stories, seems very out of character, and seems to be and other characters the writer's wish fulfillment, then it's another Mary Sue story. Lucy can be strong; she doesn't need as these powers to make her a better character. If people are just pissed she is a Damsel in Distress, you're going to have to wait. Lucy will have more moments to be strong. Just don't ruin her character, in any way.