Lucy was still excited from the fantasia parade and nothing could get her down. She grinned and made her way to Fairytail, Loke by her side. The sun was out and the town was cheerful, Lucy didn't think the cheeriness of this day could be destroyed, it was perfection.
Lucy grinned and hurried towards her guild. As she thought of the guild her mood faltered a little. Not even two days ago, Laxus had tried to get everyone to fight for their lives. Evergreen had medusa'd all the female members and Bixlow tried to kill everyone with his toys, and Laxus tried to destroy the town. He had gotten banished but the others remained and actually made a change for the better and had begun opening up to people. Evergreen had a fascination with elfman, she had noticed with a smirk.
He mood brightened back up when she saw Gray and Juvia chatting happily and Natsu waving at her like a madman. Happy flew over to her and hovered around her head. "Hey Happy, Natsu, Gray." she said but the look Juvia gave her was none too pleasant. She glanced into the guild and saw everyone having a blast. She saw a shinobi dressed male standing near Erza in the corner. She looked confused but happy all the same. She glanced at Gajeel and grimaced. He had finished the drink Mira had given him, and was now eating the metal cup.
She took a seat at the bar and her friends followed. "So, Natsu, who is Erza talking to?" Lucy asked and Loke glanced over there. "that's Mystogan, Lucy." Loke answered before Natsu could. Lucy made an interest hmm noise and looked up onto the banister at master Makarov. He smiled down at her and waved, even he seemed to be having a good day.
Mira strode over to Lucy and smiled as Elfman went on, yet another, manliness rant. "So Lucy, you have met everyone here, so do you like anyone?" Mira asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes. Lucy gave her a glare and opened her mouth to speak but the sound of rain pattering loudly on the roof silenced her. "Juvia, did you make it rain?" Natsu asked and Juvia shook her head.
A static feeling on the back of her neck made Lucy stand quickly, had Laxus come back? The door opened and a woman drenched in rain water walked in. her waist length blonde hair clung to her like a wet blanket. She wore a long sleeved deep purple shirt which she had ripped to make a makeshift bandage, and black pants similar to Cana's.
She looked up and her blue eyes were cold, like they would suck the life out of you if they made contact. "Makarov." Her voice was colder than her eyes. Her eyes looked dead, and her voice sounded it. "I need him, where is he?" she whispered clutching her side. That's when Lucy saw the blood dripping from under her hands and in between her fingers.
"Master! She is really hurt!" Lucy said and Makarov hopped off the banister. His eyes never met hers, his were filled with pain and regret, but he would not let her see. "Where is he master…?" she pleaded. He opened his mouth to speak but his regret stopped him from saying anything. "Where is he?" she asked trying not to take the looks the wrong way." Where is he? Where is Laxus?" she asked frantically. That's when it hit Lucy, Laxus and Luna…were most likely a little more than friends.
"He isn't here Luna-sama." happy said and wiped his eyes, happy had started crying. Luna's shoulders shook as she cried. Luna fought to get to her feet. "But his coat…his coat is still here…so he must be coming back…" Luna said and the tears continued to fall. Luna fought her way to the stairs. Natsu ran over to help her get up them but she smacked him. Her hurt, angry eyes made him look away.
His shoulders shook as well as he saw her sharp teeth bared at him. The red mark on his face stung more than it should have. "You taught him that…" Natsu said as she turned and forced her own way up the stairs. She reaches for the next railing but her hand froze and trembled. "Taught him what? How to be a fool? No one needed to teach him that." She said as she grasped the railing and drug herself further up the steps. "The dragon slayer magic! You taught him that, didn't you?!" Natsu yelled and all eyes were on her now. She laid her cheek against the banister and sighed.
"I taught him none of it, and you know this. I am the lightning dragon slayer, but I taught him nothing. Makarov told you why he has the powers he has. Now please…just leave me be. I have to find him…I need him." She said as she forced herself to stand and she walked slowly and very off balanced, over to his room. She opened the door and removed the coat from the hook beside the door.
She closed the door and wrapped his coat around her. "We will help. I promise you, Miss Luna. We will get you to him." Lucy said and the guild turned to her. "But that will have to wait. Remember we are going to take down one of the dark guilds. And the strongest of our members are needed. Lucy, Gray, Natsu, Erza, Happy, and Luna, I need you all to go." Makarov said and they nodded.
"I'm going to go home before I go anywhere. Come get me tomorrow, I'm exhausted and I need to tend to my wounds once more." Luna said and tried to stand on her own. She hit her knees and freed grasped her hand and helped her up. Bixlow pulled her up by hooking his hands under her arms. She looked up at them with shock on her features.
Evergreen smiled at her. "Laxus was special to us as well, he was our friend, but he is even more special to you, so even though you are my beauty rival, I will help you, because I think you were special to him as well." She said and Luna smiled.
She looked at the three and nodded. "Thank you…" she said and Bixlow grinned. "I'm just in cause your hot." He said and Luna turned and placed her hand on his shoulder. "And you can scat because I'm not interested." She said and electricity crackled with her touch. Bixlow's jaw dropped and he fell over backwards. "Quite the shocking touch ya got there." He said as he hit the ground.
Freed and evergreen sighed as they walked Luna home, leaving Bixlow on the ground in the guild. "See you later, Luna!" Lucy called out and Luna looked behind her. Luna smiled. "Who is that girl?" Luna asked. "That's Lucy, she's a newbie. But she beat the mess out of Bixlow." Evergreen said with a smirk.
"She's got a kind heart, but isn't very smart when it comes to who cares for her, even when they are right in front of her. One day she will see him…" Luna said and Evergreen cackled. "You're a hopeless romantic." She laughed. Luna cut her eyes towards Evergreen. "And you need to get over yourself and stop turning the guys to stone, Medusa." Luna quipped.
Evergreen blushed and looked away. Freed sighed as he opened the door to her apartment. "Freed, I think Mira likes you. Evergreen if you keep turning Elfman to stone, he is going to hate you." Luna said and slammed her door shut behind her, leaving the two at the door with blushes.
She turned around and her mood darkened. "so you have come to finish me off huh?
/the next morning\\
Erza and Lucy made their way to Luna's apartment early that morning. Lucy was surprised by the look of the place. It was tiny and was located in the center of town. Lucy reached up to knock on the door, but the door creaked open under the slightest of touches.
"Luna? We are coming in…" Erza called out. They walked in and frowned. The place was a huge mess. Erza narrowed her eyes. It appears as if a massive struggle had occurred. "Lucy, keep your guard up." She said and Lucy nodded as Loke appeared beside her. "This doesn't feel right. I will check that room over there. Loke you check that one. And Lucy you check the one at the end of the hall." Erza said and they nodded.
Erza quietly opened the door to the kitchen and she looked around, it too, was a mess. There was no sign of Luna in there so she went to go check with Loke. He confirmed her suspicion that Luna wasn't there either. They were beginning to talk over what could have happened when Lucy opened the door that lead from the bathroom to the bedroom and she screamed.
Loke and Erza quickly made their way back there. Lucy stood in the room frozen in shock. Erza looked around and she took in the horrifying state of the room. Written in blood on the walls was:
Luna the dragon slayer is now mine. If you want her, come get her, or die trying.
Erza clenched her fists and slammed her fist into the wall. Loke tried to comfort Lucy but the tears in her eyes wouldn't leave. She walked away from him and crouched below the writing on the wall. She shoved the debris from that area and carefully lifted the coat. She dusted it off and draped it over her arm as she strode out. "Come on Erza, we can't let them hurt her. Not when I promised her that we would help her find him. What if he comes looking for her?" Lucy said and Erza looked at Lucy and nodded. Loke smiled and closed his gate.
They ran straight back to the guild. Makarov sat on the bar as he usually did and smiled at them when they came in, but the smile vanished when he saw the coat draped over Lucy's arm. "What happened?" he asked. "Someone took her. They wrote in her blood on the wall that they have her, and that if we want her, we have to come get her, or die trying." Lucy said and handed the coat to Makarov.
"Get your group and go meet with the others that are going with you. I will find out what happened to her, and I will get her back." He said and they hesitantly nodded. "Please find her master." Lucy said and they departed.
As soon as they were gone Makarov dropped his head into his hands. "We have to save her…" he said and Mira walked over to him. "Can we contact Laxus? He needs to know…" she said and he looked up at her. "There is no way to contact him. And if I could, I wouldn't. Because I doubt he would help us after I banished him." Makarov said and Mira frowned. "Without him, she is nothing. And without her, he is nothing. They need each other. If she were gone for good…that would make his punishment so much worse than if you had resigned. He would have felt awful had you resigned, but if she were to die…" Mira trailed off, a sorrowful look on her face.
Makarov sighed and turned to her. "If I need his assistance, I will call for him." Makarov said and Mira nodded, she knew she couldn't sway his decision. His mind was made up, if all else fails. Laxus would be the first to know.
/weeks later\\
Makarov still hadn't found who'd taken Luna and it disturbed him greatly. He sighed. It was time for the s-class promotion trial. He glanced to the doorway and sighed in relief as Natsu and his group strolled in the doorway. "Oracion seis is gone?" he asked and they smirked and gave him a thumbs up.
He nodded, then noticed the blue haired girl accompanying them. "And who might you be?" he asked with a raised brow. Wendy stammered and Carla sighed. "This is Wendy, the air dragon slayer. We would like to join your guild." Carla said and he nodded.
The day was going by just fine and no one had asked about Luna yet so he didn't have to break the hearts of the girls he promised that he would find her. "We leave for Tenrou Island tomorrow for the s-class exams." Makarov announced and the group grinned.
Makarov's thoughts drifted elsewhere though. He wasn't focused on the s-class exams, he was focused on how Laxus would react to finding out Luna was gone. He could remember how she used to follow him around. He smiled when he thought of the day she had become s-class. Laxus had been proud of her.
/flashback\\
Makarov watched as Luna was getting promoted. He smiled; the girl was strong despite being 16 at the time. Laxus had gotten s-class the year before and he strode over to meet her, his cocky, jerk-like attitude still on full.
"Luna. Good job." He said, surprising Makarov. Luna grinned and ran circles around the taller blonde. He smiled a half smile and she stopped running around him. She walked around in front of him and narrowed her eyes. "How can you even hear? Your music is so loud." She said and Laxus looked surprised.
"My music is turned down…" he said and she blinked. She hesitantly reached up and grasped his headphones and placed them over her own ears. Laxus blinked and looked away, a layer of pink dusting his cheeks. "Gotta be grabby." He said with more attitude than it needed but Luna didn't care, she was loving his music. Makarov and Mira looked at the two in interest. "Hmm. Seems like Laxus can care for someone other than himself." Mira said and Makarov looked at her and nodded.
She grinned up at him and removed the headphones from her head and placed them back on his while standing on her tippy toes since it was hard to reach because he was much taller than she was. Laxus huffed and looked away but she just smiled brightly. He glanced at her and looked away again, his cheeks pink once more.
"Why do you smile at me like that?" he asked and she looked at him, utterly confused. "Like I am special or something…its weird." He said and she laughed, causing him to look at her. "What?" he huffed. "It's because you are special! You are really special, just because you are who you are." She laughed and made a break for Makarov, leaving Laxus confused. He huffed once more and smirked as he adjusted his head phones and shoved his hands into his pockets before he strolled off like nothing mattered.
/End flashback\\
Makarov knew there was something about that girl that interested Laxus. Who would have known that they would be pretty much best friends, although Laxus would never admit it. They had a rivalry that was like Gray and Natsu's, but theirs held more meaning than who was stronger, theirs showed the other who was willing to give in for the sake of the other.
/elsewhere\\
He was making his way to Tenrou Island; he felt the need to pay his respects to Mavis. She had been the founder of Fairytail and he felt that even though he was no longer a member, he still needed to do so. He adjusted the hood that rested upon his head.
He felt a pulse of that oh-so-familiar power. He wondered what had happened for him to send out his power. He narrowed his eyes, he was the only one Makarov's power was picked up by. He grit his teeth and took off quickly, something was wrong. A static shock went through him and it gave him chills. This was really bad then, he guessed as he quickly made his way to Tenrou Island.
