Hey Y'all, GDream here ready to start of the fall with a fanfic that I have been thinking of writing for a while now. It is a spin off of your classic "Lucy leaves the guild and becomes stronger." I could go on and on about how my story is different from the others and blah, blah-bla-blah. But I will just sum up the main points, Lucy does not leave because people think she is weak, and she becomes queen of the dragon world, and is asked by the magic council to create a dark guild to infiltrate Zeref's circle. So, read, review, enjoy!

With love,

GDream

PS. I do not own Fairy Tail because if I did, people would actually get together and Lucy would be badass powerful.

Dear Mom,

It all started back when I was a member of Fairy Tail. Fairy Tail. What a rowdy guild. Before I met them I was just some rich princess living in a mansion. It sucked. Now I know what you are thinking. How does being rich suck? Well, when your father acts like a douche when your mother dies and treats you like crap. So I ran away. But this story isn't about me and my father. This story is how I came to find my Nakama, as I have come to call them.

It all started when I came to the port town of Hargeon. I was at the magic shop looking for keys to buy. I have to admit, I was rather disappointed by the lack of magic items there. When I complained about it to the owner, he told me that only ten percent of the people in Hargeon were mages. He tried to sell me some other stuff but I really wasn't paying attention. I ask him if he had any celestial keys and he went to the back of the store, came back and presented me with three silver keys. My eyes found the Nikora key, and immediately knew that I wanted it. But that old geezer asked for 20,000J. WTF! That was, like, 10,000J more than I would normally pay! So I did what any normal girl would do when she was hard for cash, I shook some tush and showed some boob. But the geezer only took off a 1,000 jewel! The nerve!

Storming down main street (kicking down signs along the way), I heard from some girls that the Salamander was there. Naturally, I got excited. I mean come on. Who wouldn't get excited about being able to see the legendary Salamander. The first guy was a complete fake. He tried to lure me in with love magic. I almost fell for it too. But then, a pink haired young man and blue cat ran into him and broke the spell that was on me. The salamander offers the pink haired teen an autograph which he turned down, and was immediately attacked by a swarm of women. Salamander left on a carpet of flames, inviting everyone to his yatch for a party. I walk up to the pink haired boy and cat, thanking them for saving me and inviting them to lunch.

If I knew the pink haired kid, named Natsu Dragneel, ate like a freight train, I wouldn't have bothered. I spend 5,000 J on this kid, just feeding him. AND, to make it worse, when I went to leave, he and his cat, Happy (who names a cat after a friggin' emotion?!), bowed down to me and thanked me for the meal. He TOTALLY embarrassed me and then he tried to offer me the autograph of the Salamander that I didn't want.

I go to the park and sit on the bench, reading Sorcerer Weekly Magazine, when I was interrupted by the jerk: Salamander. He "convinces me" that he is the real Salamander and that he will "help me" get into Fairy Tail. Yeah right! But I go along with it and bada bing, bada boom I'm at the ship and Salamander is trying to feed me a drink. It had a sleep potion in it and I wasn't stupid enough to drink it, so I confronted him. Long story short, he threw my keys into the ocean, and his minions and he were trying to add me to his collection of slaves. Then the pink haired teen arrives and his cat takes me away. But not before I see the teen fall over with motion sickness! How lame!

To wrap up the next chain of events, the teen, well, he was the real Salamander and he was not only a Fairy Tail wizard, but also a mage of the lost magic of dragon slaying. After destroying the port of Hargeon, he grabbed my hand and began to drag me towards the edge of town. When I asked were he was taking me, he replied by saying "you wanted to join Fairy Tail right? Well come on! Let's go!" I should have taken the whole string of events that just happened as a sign- I would fall completely in love with the pink haired fire dragon slayer know as Natsu Dragneel the "Salamander."

Lucy's POV

"Morning Mina!" I shouted as I slammed the door open with my usual vigor.

"Morning Lucy/Miss Lucy/Love Rival/Bunny Girl/Blondie." Came the call of seven people who still acknowledged my existence. Not counting Lisanna or the exceeds. It had been like this ever since the end of Tartarus, when everyone had time to celebrate the return of Lisanna. This was month three of everyone ignoring me. Not even Master acknowledged my presence.

"Hey Mira, can I have a strawberry milkshake?" I asked Mira as she worked behind the counter. Mirajane didn't notice me as she kept cleaning the glasses.

"Mira?" I asked a little more loudly.

"..." Nothing. She didn't even notice me. I let out a sigh as I went to join the others at the table.

"Don't worry about it Bunny Girl." Gajeel slung his arm around me in his own of way of trying to be comforting, "That demon gets so absorbed in things that she become oblivious to the world around her. It has nothing to do with you. Gihi." He gave me his signature laugh and I smiled lightly.

"As much as I would hate to admit it, Gajeel has a point." Carla said in her usual haughty air, "Pay no mind to these idiots. They get so wrapped up in what they are doing that they don't even notice the things going on around them. You take so many job requests with the people at the center of this madness. Surely you know what they are like." Even though Carla was insulting everyone at the table, I could tell her heart was in the right place.

"Carla." Wendy winced, "You know you're also insulting everyone at this table also, right?"

"It's okay Wendy." I told her, "Carla means well, right Carla?" I asked the white exceed and she nodded.

"That's right." Laxus backed me up as he pulled me onto his lap, "Don't worry Lucy. If you ever get tired to those solo missions, you can always join the Thunder God Tribe." He offered up front and I had to tilt my head backwards in order to get a good look at him.

"Thank you Laxus-nii, but I think I would still prefer to be apart of Team Natsu, even if it's no longer official." I thanked him for his offer and continued to sit in his lap. I thought nothing of it because Laxus, Gajeel, and Bickslow had insisted on becoming my honorary brothers about two and a half months ago. As their little sister, I kept them in line and gave them advice about how to date slash ask women out. In return, they protected me from perverts and the like. But at the same time, they knew when they shouldn't protect me. It was a nice balance.

"He knows that Miss Lucy." Freed jumped in on the conversation, "But all the same, the offer is still on the table if you ever change your mind. You already know that all of the members have no objections." Bickslow and Evergreen nodded their heads in agreement.

"Just think about it Blondie. We could use a strong celestial wizard. Plus when you put your and Freed's minds together, nothing is impossible for the two of you."

"And we could use another girl on the team. Going on missions with just three other guys is no fun at all." Evergreen reached out and gave my arm a reassuring squeeze.

"Thank you Ever, Bickslow-nii. I'll think about it, but like I said to Laxus-nii, I want to be apart of Team Natsu, even if it isn't official. Now." I gave my hands only a light clap because I had three pairs of sensitive ears at the table, "Let's change the subject."

"To what Lucy?" Lisanna asked as she came to join us. Her eyebrows knitted together in confusion for a brief second when she saw me on Laxus-nii's lap but it smoothed out as she sat down.

"Lisanna." I called a greeting to her softly, so that the rest of the guild wouldn't overhear, "You finally got away, huh?"

"Yeah. I know I came back from the "dead" and all but they're taking everything out of proportion." Lisanna sweatdropped as she put air quotes over the word dead.

"Yeah." I chuckled, "You technically came back seven years ago. Enough is enough already, right?"

"Exactly. Finally someone gets it." She threw her hands up in the air in fake exasperation.

"Life as a Celeb must be tough, right babe?" Bickslow-nii pulled Lisanna onto his lap and gave the back of her neck a gentle kiss. I laughed inwardly at how red she got.

"So I see you finally have the balls to go public Spirit Freak. I thought you were afraid of Mira catching you." Gajeel gihi-ed.

"Mira? We've been dating since before Lis 'died.' I should buck up and tell her." Bickslow defended himself.

"Tell me Bickslow-nii." I said with mock carefulness in my voice, "Do you know that dating a minor before she turns sixteen is statutory rape. You may not have had sex with her but, you are six years older than she is. Mira knows the laws of Fiore, so try getting past her." I gave his arm a pat as the color drained from his face. Yes, we could all see his face. He stopped wearing his helmet around us.

"I know I can talk to Elfman, he listens to me. But if Mira finds out, you're screwed." Evergreen jumped in.

"I don't think that even I could say anything against that." Lisanna said as she leaned against Bickslow's chest.

"Now lets back track to what I said earlier. I had a great topic change." I turned my head to a blue haired water mage who hand remained silent up till now.

"Juvia. How are things going for you and Gray?" I smirked smugly as I watched Juvia's face become a bright red in a matter of seconds.

"Juvia doesn't want to talk about Juvia's love life." Juvia protested. She looked up to find the rest of us smirking down at her and she shivered.

"Gray-sama was nice to Juvia before Tartarus. However, since then he has been distant Juvia." Juvia hung her head. I felt my heart go out for her and I squirmed off of Laxus's lap before giving her a hug.

"If he is going to be like that Juvia, then he doesn't deserve you." I stated firmly.

"But Juvia loves Gray-sama. Juvia doesn't think she could ever move on from Gray-sama." A tear slipped out of Juvia's eye.

"And you may not ever. Just like me and Natsu." I sighed sadly while my brothers growled at the mention of his name and my heart break, "A part of me will always be in love with him. But I have to accept the fact that he doesn't love me back. If he did love me then he wouldn't have forgotten about me. If I believe that one day he will love me, then I will only be hurting myself. I have to learn to love someone who truly loves me."

"Juvia isn't sure." She looked doubtfully at me.

"At least give it some thought." I smiled at her.

"Juvia will. Thank you Love Rival." She said her nickname for me with a teasing voice.

"Juvia! How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Love Rival?!" I mock shouted. Everyone at my table started laughing loudly. This unfortunately caught the attention of Team Natsu and they came plowing towards us. For a second, I thought maybe they remembered me and I felt happiness spread threw me for the first time in months. But the happiness was short lived when the three of them knocked me out of the way and grabbed Lisanna by the wrist. I heard Bickslow, Laxus, and Gajeel growl at them, but I shook my head and they grew quiet.

"There you are Lisanna. We've been looking for you. Team Natsu is doing a mission so come on." Natsu grinned happily as he dragged her out of the guild. They didn't even stop the tell me to come along. My heart felt like it had been broken into a million pieces as I came to realise that they had completely forgotten that I ever existed.

"Good luck Team Natsu!" Mira called after them. Everyone else in the guild wished them good luck as the team ran out. Again, my heart broke because now the guild no longer knew of my existence. If they did, they would wonder why I wasn't with them. After a minute, I stood up and began to walk to the guild entrance, my bangs covering my face. I was almost there when I stopped and turned around. I walked back to the table and began to shuffle through my purse. After a minute, I pulled out a paper manuscript and handed it to Gajeel.

"This is the newest chapter of my story. Make sure Levy reads it okay?" I spoke quietly as I tried to stop the tears from falling, my bangs covering the tears that began to form in my eyes. Gajeel nodded as he looked at me then he pulled me into a hug.

"Stay strong Lucy." He whispered in my ear. I froze for a second in surprise when I heard him use my real name.

"I will." I whispered back before walking towards the door, "Bye Mina!" I waved at my friends.

"Bye Lucy!" My friends called. I closed the door carefully and as soon as it shut, allowed the tears to flow down my face. Running as fast as I could, I sprinted home with tears blurring my vision. I payed no attention to where I was running until I tripped over something. As soon as my body hit the ground, sobs shook through my body. I couldn't stop crying. Not even when the ground started to shake and a shadow loomed over me.

"What's wrong kid?" A deep voice asked. I stopped crying and looked at who spoke to me. My eyes started level and began to travel upwards until they landed on a giant black dragon face. Acnologia. I reached for my keys and grabbed two at random. My feet took a defensive position. Believe it or not, two keys was nothing for me. Since Team Natsu didn't take a lot of missions after Tartarus, I did a lot of solo missions. Every day I went out on two to three missions, only to return the next. I could summon four spirits at a time effortlessly. Laxus and I sometimes went on S-Class missions together. But I did all of the work while he watched. He only went along so I could legally go without being punished. Not that Master would care. He had even forgotten about me long ago. The only person of high authority who still knew of my existence was Laxus. And Gildarts... when he bothered to hang around. But none of that mattered, defending myself against the most vicious dragon in the world was what mattered.

"What is with the sudden ferociousness about? I just asked if you were okay." Acnologia huffed.

"You destroyed Tenrou Island!" I screamed at him.

"Geez, you blast one island into oblivion and suddenly everybody's up in arm." I could almost picture Acnologia throwing his arms up in exasperation, if he were human.

"And sided with Tartarus." I deadpanned.

"Whatever. The point is I smelled your tears and just wanted to know if you were okay." At the mention of my tears, I felt new ones start to form and before I knew it, they were falling on the ground.

"Oh, shit. I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm sorry, really." Acnologia panicked. I heard a shimmering sound but I couldn't see anything because my eyes were shut tight. Then I felt two strong arms grab me and start to shake me madly, "Hey stop crying, I said I was sorry, 'kay? Please stop crying." I opened my eyes to see a handsome young man of about twenty looking at me with fear in his silver eyes. He looked tall from the way he was crouched in front of me, and his hair was was long and shaggy, reaching the middle of his neck. Judging by the way his muscular chest was peeking through his white collared tank, he was very fit. Over his tank was a leather black trench coat that buckled in the middle with silver buckles, and blue flames decorating the inside and out of the collar and ran along were the zipper would be on his coat, if he had a zipper, flared out again and wrap itself around the base of his jacket. His pants, like the rest of his outfit, was black. I was so busy memorizing the human version of what must be Acnologia that I didn't notice that I was no longer crying.

"Thank Layla! I'm not good with crying girls." I could see Acnologia visually relax, but that was not what caught my attention. He had mentioned my mother's name. How would he know my mother's name? Is it just a coincidence? Layla isn't exactly a common name... so how? And if she was my mom... why didn't she tell me about this? I always wondered why the dragons' disappearance was on the same day as my mother's death, but I just brushed it off as a coincidence.

"Why did you say my mother's name?" I asked him hesitantly and watched his head snap around to look at me. Funny. I don't remember him looking away.

"What are you talking about? Layla's daughter died fourteen years ago. You can't be her daughter." Acnologia squeezed his hands tighter around my arms. I looked him in the eyes for a second and saw anger, disbelief, and... guilt? I quickly averted my eyes from his burning stare and looked at the ground.

"You're right. My mom was a celestial wizard named Layla Heartfilia. My mom wasn't a dragon queen." I spoke quietly.

"Layla Heartfilia was the name of our queen. Whenever I was in her presence she had rainbow hair, the color of every element, and blue eyes. Before she died, she placed her only child, Lucy, in my care. Three months after Layla's death, Lucy died in an accident. I failed my duty and my grief caused me to go rogue." Acnologia whispered darkly as he spoke, "That's why," He lifted my chin with his index finger and brought my face level to his, his eyes showed an anger unlike any other, "You can't be Lucy. You can't be the girl I failed to protect from Zeref. So don't lie to me. Tell me who you really are and I will show mercy." Acnologia tightened his grip on my arms even further.

I squeezed my eyes shut at the pain that shot up and down my arms. Just then I heard the shimmering sound that I have come to know as my spirits forcing their gates open.

"Release Miss Lucy, Acnologia." I heard Capricorn's voice full of authority.

"Capricorn!" Acnologia gasped and he loosened his killer grip on me, "If you're here than that must mean..." The dragon turned to look at me before looking back at the goat butler.

"Indeed, this really is Lucy Heartfilia, daughter of her majesty, Queen Layla."

"But you told me that she died! That Zeref killed her." Acnologia accused.

"I was following Layla's direct orders. She knew once she died, Zeref would lose no time in killing Lucy. She also knew how close you were to Lucy and that you would go rogue if anything happened to her. If you went rogue, then Zeref would think her dead, and stop hunting her. All of this was done to protect the future queen."

"So all that rage... all the people I killed in my self anger... all of it was fake?" Acnologia growled angrily, "So you and Layla just used me?!"

"Not at all. Layla fully expected you to protect Lucy. But not until she was ready to be revealed as the next queen."

"Excuse me." I said as I drew their attention back to me for the first time in at least five minutes, "I'm a little confused. Am I a dragon princess, or whatever, or not?"

"Yes, you are a princess. So that means we must train you at once." Acnologia dragged me to my feet and began to pull me through the forest.

"Wait! I can't leave NOW! I have to give the landlady my notice. And I have to pack. And write letters to my friends explaining everything." I protested and I struggled against his strong grip.

"I will send someone to gather your things and you can write your letters from the realm." He dismissed my protests.

"Acnologia, I am going back to my apartment. NOW!" I dug my heels in the dirt and looked at him. I would have crossed my arms over my chest if I could.

"Fine!" Acnologia heaved a sigh before turning around, "We'll go back to the apartment." I detected a small whine in his voice but I didn't press it. Instead I followed him out of the woods before leading him to my apartment.

Once there, I led him up to the second story and unlocked the door before heading in. I handed him and envelope with 300,000 J and a quick note explaining my sudden and unplanned notice. I walked into a closet and dragged out a suitcase. I opened it and started to throw all of my stuff in it. After a minute, I called out Virgo and asked her to store all of my furniture in the spirit realm which she agreed. Then I sat down on the floor with a pen, sheets of paper, and something to write on. First one would be addressed to the guild. I didn't bother to filter my emotions as I wrote and it wasn't long before I was crying.

I finished my letters and put each one in a different envelope and wrote the names of who the letters were addressed to. I stared at the envelopes in my hands for a while, searching them. Almost like I was expecting the people who had neglected me to jump out of the letters and shout 'April Fools' or something. Something to tell me that they hadn't forgotten me. But these were letters, not people. It would be stupid of me to believe that could ever happen. Slowly, I reached for one of my keys off my belt. Capricorn. I opened his gate and in a second he had materialized in front of me.

"Yes Miss Lucy?" He asked.

"Could you give these to Laxus please? And tell him not to open any of them until someone from outside the group notices my absence. You can have him read this one to the group. It is a universal group letter. Also, tell him not to inform anyone other than the group of my disappearance, even Mas-Makarov. I want everyone to notice on their own, even if it takes years."

"As you wish, Lucy." Capricorn bowed and I handed him the letters. I held fast for a second as Capricorn tried to take them from me. However, when I wondered why I didn't want to give them to him, I let go. He disappeared in a poof and I felt tears form in my eyes.

"Lucy." Acnologia said my name and I turned to see him holding my suitcase on his shoulder. He gave me a small smile and a nod. I nodded back as I sniffled slightly and wiped the forming tears from my eyes. Then I followed him out of the apartment, closing the the door behind me without looking back.

Laxus's POV

I hope Lucy's okay. The way that Team Natsu just plowed through her to get to Lisanna was heartbreaking. She's my nee-chan, and I hate to see her get hurt. Maybe I should stop by her apartment and see if she's okay. I should probably not go through the window, don't want to give her false hope that it's Natsu or her old gang.

Oh Lucy. You should really give those guys up already. I don't know how many nights of shushing you to sleep Bickslow, Gajeel, and I have left in us. Why can't you just let us make you happy? You don't need people like Team Natsu who will abandon you, you need us, your real nakama and brothers.

Hmm? Am I at her house already? And looks like I'm not the only one coming over here to check up on her. Gajeel and Bickslow are here too.

"Hey Bicks', Metalhead." I raised my hand in greeting. Bickslow returned it while Gajeel just nodded, "You here to check up on Luce too?" I asked.

"Yeah. Blondie looked like she had it rough today." Bickslow said will Gajeel nodded, his gaze fixated on Lucy's second story window.

"Whatcha lookin' at Gajeel?" Bickslow asked while Gajeel looked at me out of the corner of his eye.

"Smell anything different?" Gajeel asked me in a low voice and I started to sniff the air before my eyes widened in recognition.

"No." I breathed and Gajeel muttered a 'yup'.

"What is it Laxus?" Bickslow asked but I wasn't listening. Instead Gajeel and I burst into the building and ran up the flight of stairs.

"Laxus. Gajeel." Bickslow called after us in protest. I wasted no time in kicking down the door and was greeted by a grey and gloomy silence. The whole place was bare, minus the kitchen that was still fully furnished. Even the wallpaper had been stripped, leaving the walls an ugly white.

"Dude." Bickslow breathed as he joined us. I looked over at Gajeel and for once, the Iron Dragon Slayer had both shock and sadness written across his face.

"She's gone. Lucy's gone." Gajeel said and I watched as a shadow began to form over his eyes and a lone tear slid down his cheek. Just then a shimmering sound was heard behind us and we all turned to see Capricorn, Lucy's butler goat spirit, appear out of a golden glow.

"Capricorn." Bickslow said, "Where's Lucy?"

"I cannot tell you." Capricorn informed us and I felt several tick marks appear at the side of my head, "However," the tick marks slowly began to disappear, "I was instructed to give you these." Capricorn handed me fourteen sealed envelopes with the names Fairy Tail, Levy, Master Makarov, Gildarts, Team Natsu, Gajeel, me, Bickslow, Evergreen, Freed, Juvia, Lisanna, Wendy, and the Exceeds. "And to tell you to not open any of them other that this one until someone outside of your group notices her disappearance, even Master Makarov." I nodded my head slowly as I read the address of the fifteenth envelope: To My Nakama.

"Thank you Capricorn." I said as a lump formed in my throat.

"Your welcome. I should be going now." Capricorn began to shimmer as he disappeared with a poof.

For the longest time, the three of us would stare at the letter and then at each other before staring at the letter again. Finally I ripped open the seal and took out the letter. I cleared my throat and began to read:

Dear Friends,

Thank you for being the ones who remembered me. Don't worry about me. I'm actually doing fine. Turns out that before my mother married my father and moved to the Heartfilia Estate with him, she was actually a queen somewhere else. Today, an old friend of hers introduced himself to me and offered to take me back to my Mother's kingdom as a "Queen In Training". So, just to be clear, I'm not leaving because everyone was ignoring me, partially. Part of me IS still leaving because of the way they treated me. Anyway, don't worry because I've found a new family I think I can be happy with. I will write to you periodically, but not often because I want my whereabouts hidden from the rest of the guild. Knowing Natsu, he would probably try to track down my scent on the letter and try to drag me back. And I don't want that. So don't worry about me. Again, I am doing fine and I will train to get stronger.

With Love,

Lucy Heartfilia, New Queen

P.S. Please burn this letter after you all read it. I don't need anyone else knowing my secret or my disappearance.

P.P.S. Wait for someone outside the group to notice my disappearance before you react/read the individual letters I wrote for you.

P.P.P.S. I have charmed this letter so that anyone other than my nakama won't be able to see what I have originally wrote.

I finished reading the letter and we all fell into silence. I opened my mouth as if to speak but couldn't. A noise came out of my throat and Gajeel and Bickslow looked at me, waiting. I couldn't say anything though, so I just closed my mouth again. Five more minutes passed by before one of us dared to speak.

"Well, at least she has a new family that won't forget about her." Bickslow tried to speak positively and he opened his mouth in a forced grin, tongue not coming out like it usually does. Gajeel moved to look at the wall so we couldn't the tears he was crying. Doesn't mean I couldn't smell them or hear them fall on the floor. I knew how he felt. There was nothing I would rather do now than punch a wall a couple of times and let the tears flow free.

"We need to be strong for Lucy." Bickslow said. He looked me in the eye and tried to work a weak smile, "The letter said for the guild to notice Lucy is gone before we react. If we lose control here, we'll lose control at the guild. We need to be strong to commit her last wish." Gajeel turned to look at Bickslow, the tears flowing. Slowly he nodded and began to wipe them away.

"Lucy will be safe you guys." Bickslow looked up at the ceiling before looking at us, "I can feel it."