The war with the Alvarez Empire is over but there is no time for rest as something else lurks beyond the horizon, waiting.

Lucy's sister appears. Its been nearly twenty years since she disappeared and she's not far off thirty but yet she doesn't look over twenty.

Many Secrets revealed and journeys to forgotten continents will be needed for the pieces to come together

The war with Alveraz was over. Their victory barely won and even though they had won they could not celebrate as it had came at a great cost. The continent had arranged itself back to how it should be but mostly everything was destroyed. It was time to rebuild.

It was going to take a while.

Six months later.

The rebuilding was going smoothly. Many of the main structures had been successfully rebuilt. Residential areas where coming along nicely, as where the roads. Everyone was chipping in a doing their part with the exception of a few anyway.

Who you may ask. Well the answer to that should be quite obvious.

After the first month had past a few guild members noticed the progress was lacking. Possibly even going backwards and it was all thanks to Natsu, Gray, Erza and Gajeel constantly getting in fights, destroying what had been build and in many cases making the damage worse which many people didn't actually think was possible. In order to take steps forward it was decide the the four off them would be locked until the rebuilding was complete.

"Do you think we should release them yet?" Freed politely asked Makarov.

"Let me enjoy the peace and quite a bit more." Makarov replied with a grin on his face.

Freed gave him a look of horror before continuing with his work.

The rebuilding efforts weren't only going smoothly in Magnolia but across the whole of Fiore. There was regular communication between the guilds as sometimes members from other guilds were needed. Even some dark guilds were helping out and a few of them had even changed the ways after a stern talking to and a butt kicking. Courtesy of Erza before she had been locked up in the guild hall thanks to Freed and his ruins.

Lucy walked towards the guild hall for a break. Forced by Mira.

"I know you want the rebuilding to be completed as soon as possible, however thats not going to happen if we all collapse." Mira had said to Lucy and many of the others repeatedly.

"Hey." Lucy said as she entered the guild hall. A sullen Natsu cheered up immediately at her presence.

The inside of the guild remained intact. Once again thanks to Freed and his ruins keeping the four apart. Lucy was still relived when she walked in to find it so as it would not be surprising if they managed to break through the ruins.

"Hey Lucy." Gray greeted with a small smile.

"Shut up Popsicle." Natsu yelled with fist aflame, head pressed up against the ruin barrier.

"Or what flame brain" Gray responded in kind.

"Now now you too." Lucy sighed as she went to take a seat at the bar. A strawberry milkshake waiting for her.

she sat quietly, sipping on her milkshake. Ignoring the insults being thrown by the two behind her. Her thoughts wondered to and fro. She was happy the rebuilding was going so well. It shouldn't be too much longer before its complete. Life was slowly starting to go back to the way it was. The other guilds were coming for a visit shortly. Not long after the war was over they had decide to create an official alliance approve by the council which was made up of the remaining ten wizard saints and a few other powerful mages. The alliances purpose was to stay in regular communication with each other and to be aware of not only what was going on in Fiore but other places as well also once the rebuilding was complete there was going to be some serious training for all guild mages. S-class training followed by S-class trials. Alot was going to be happening. The rune nights was doing some serious recruitment. If she wasn't part of a guild she'd maybe consider joining the rune nights.

Her milkshake finished she headed off back to work.

Several Days Later

Natsu, Gray, Erza and Gajeel had been released but on strict orders they were to behave themselves. Erza was overseeing work being done on one of the residential areas. Natsu and Gray were both laboring away albeit in separate areas as was Gajeel. The other guilds would be arriving very shortly so everyone was getting as much done as they possibly could before hand. A few independant but powerful mages would be coming as well, appointed by the council. There was a faint hope in Lucy's heart a certain family member would be there. She doubted it though. It had been nearly twenty years, well ten for her because of the seven years time freeze but in all that time there had been no word from her at all but she couldn't help that faint hope.

"Hey guys." A recognizable voice could be heard yelling from a distance. People already knew who is was. The guild members stopped their work. Going to greet the members off Sabertooth and Lamia Scale.

Blue Pegasus arrived shortly after and they all adjourned to the guild hall and in true fairy tail style, had a party.

The next morning many groans could be heard as only a few had actually made it home the night before. The only one not groaning was Cana and that was only because she had gotten up earlier and was already drinking again. Nothing unusual there. Tables and chairs were turned upside down. Drink along with food had clearly been spilled. In several places from the multi guild brawl that had broken out last night. With the state of the guild can it really be said it's all in good fun? It certainly makes you wonder.

Mira had her special hangover cure ready to go. It was disgusting but it worked wonders for curing a hangover. A wave of groans ran through the guild as they started to slowly make their way over to the bar followed by another wave of groans when the guild doors were banged open.

In came Lucy followed by Crime Sorciere. Almost everyone is gather. Just a few more to arrive.

Later on in the day two men arrived. They introduced themselves as Adar and Byor. Two of the three independant mages. They settled in pretty quickly and got quite a bit of attention from the female members of the group. Both were attractive and tall and knew how to treat a lady.

Time passed with light discussion of the topics at hand. No one wanting to get to deep into them until the last member arrive. A few brawls broke out containing most of the members. There was one group however that was content not to fight and just have a conversation.

"Picking up anything Cobra." Laxus asked impatient.

"Third time you've asked in the past minute. No." Cobra responded slightly agitated.

"I am sure they will arrive soon. Would you like me to massage your shoulders Laxus? Freed stated the first part seriously but became slightly excited when asking Laxus if he could massage him.

"NO I DON'T WANT A MASSAGE I WANT THAT LAST PERSON TO HURRY UP AND GET THE DAMN HELL HERE!" His thunderous voice reverberated through out the guild hall followed by silence. You could of hear a pin drop on the other side of the room.

"My apologies i didn't mean to keep you waiting." a light feminine voice could be heard. Everyone turned to face her.

A little shocked at everyone suddenly looking at her she introduced herself.

"I'm Lythra." She stated politely

"Welcome Lythra. I'm Mira and don't worry I'm sure you got here as quickly as you could." Mira said sweetly sending a glare towards Laxus at the last part.

"Since it's late lets leave the discussions for tomorrow and celebrate us all being together!" Makarov yelled across the guild hall. Cheers promptly followed and everyone went back to what they were doing. Well except for one person.

"Hey Blondie! You got a crush on her or something?" Laxus asked while having a chuckle.

Lucy didn't respond, Too caught up in her whirlwind of thoughts. She was shocked, still staring at Lythra. She couldn't believe it.

So that's it for the first chapter. I hope you enjoyed and if you could leave a review to let me know what you think I would much appreciate it!