Chapter 1

I sat at the bench of the guild,a glass of ice tea in hand, as I stared over at the request board. Mirajane stood behind the counter, drying a glass before placing it with the others as she glanced at me with her kind smile.

"Why don't you go on a job Lucy?" she asked.

"I really need to since my rent is due tomorrow evening, but all the others are away on their own jobs, leaving me behind. They never told me they were leaving!" I sighed, feeling alone and sad feom the cold shoulder they gave me yesterday.

"Well, I believe I saw a job about a small village just five hours away thats 80,000 jewel. It should be easy enough for one mage." She refilled my glass that I gulped down as she spoke. It was then that I noticed the request and stood to pick it off the board. It was a man who had requested for a mage to rescue his wife from a small group of bandits that rode into their town just a couple of days ago.

"Thanks Mira, I thunk I'll take this and be on my way. Tell the others not to wory and I shouls be back by tomorrow." I smiled. She nodded as I rand out of the guild towards my apartment to pack.

Riding on the train for two ours, i was able to watched the hills go by, the cherry blossoms blooming for the upcoming spring. The air was warm with a small chill that was eniugh for a sweater and a pair of jeans. But I couldn't have been as lonely as I was now. Without the others, it almost seemed cold.

I had asked to go onto a job with Natsu yesterday, but he looked away and said he was going on a job with the others, and that they had enough people. They had brought Lisanna though, inviting her after hr had told me that.

Just thinking about those moments made my eyes burn a little as tears came to them. I wiped them away when realizing it while the train finally stopped into thr small town of Ragnarok. Walking through the crumbled streets, there wasn't a person in sight until I had turned a corner to see a man in a black cloak. When he saw me, he smiled kindly and awaited for me to approach him.

"You must be the mage that accepted my request. Please, we can't talk here, they will hear us." he whispered close to my ear. This mans name was still unknown to me, but I followed him through the streets, glancing around for anyone else, but there wasn't a single soul. My nerves started to tense when we reached an alley way where he opened a small door. We both crouched in, crawling through the small tunnles with me in the lead. The air was thick with age and dust as we traveled for those silent minutes until I finally spoke.

"So why did these bandits come here? Where is everyone?"

"This village use to be rich with life until these bandits came and killed everyone off. Those who were able to escape were hunted down and brought back to serve them. My wife is one of them. Please, you have to save her" hia whispering voice echoed. I kept silent until i finally saw a small light at the end. I stopped when reaching the edge, finally seeing we had reached a dim room.

"Where are we?" I asked.

Without a word, the nameless man pushed me right into the room as i landed on the hard ground. The small vents soon closed, locking in the process. My back stung with the pain of landing on it until it stiffened with the sounds of footsteps behind me from the darkness.

"Welcome, I see you are a Fairy Tail mage, but you are Lucy Heartifilia. I am Gabriel, Master of the dark guild known as the Black Phoenix." Within the darkness, he was somehow able to lock me with shackles against thr cold brick wall.

"You use memory magic, where you erase the memories of people." I growled, straining against the chains until i realized that my celestail keys were gone.

"You are smart, but slow. We had taken your keys while you sat here for two hours telling me how your guild would come to save you. Unfortunately for you, that will not be the case. You are now mine, whether it be you physically, or all of your memories."

Gabriel stood, hovering over me as he stared down at me with his black eyes that glowed from the dim light. My cheeks were wet from crying, my body tense as he hungered over me.

I know they will come...Natsu...

Hey guys, so this is my first fanfiction, so please don't expect too much out of it! Thanks!