Hey everyone! This is my first Fairy Tail story! So basically this story is going to be another story in which Lucy is kicked out of Team Natsu, and leaves to become more powerful, but there will be twists in the story, I swear! Also, some of the characters may seem OOC.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail

Lucy sighed, sitting at the bar table, watching her fellow guild members talk and laugh with the recently returned Lisanna. After Lisanna came back to Earth land, the guild seemingly forgot about Lucy, instead opting to be in Lisanna's company instead. Lucy like Lisanna as much as the next person, but it was so awkward being the only person who didn't have a story to laugh and share about the good old days. Even Wendy, being young, seemed to be hanging on every word Lisanna said.

Lucy knew she was just thinking selfish thoughts, and she was happy that such a close friend to the guild has come back.

As Lucy decided to call it a night, go back to her apartment, and continue brainstorming for her new novel, she happened to walk past her teammates who were cheerfully conversing with Lisanna. Noticing Lucy, Lisanna called her over to the group.

"Hey Lisanna, what do you want to speak to me about?" asked Lucy puzzledly. Lisanna never went out of her way to talk to Lucy before, what was special about today?

"I was just wondering if I could join Natsu's team, it would be just like old times! I already asked Gray, Erza and Natsu, and they all agreed, so I was wondering if you would be fine with it too!"

"Oh, um sure!" replied Lucy.

"Great!" replied Natsu. "Now we can go on a mission! Let's go on this one, its to take down some bandits that have been terrorizing the merchants on the road to Magnolia!"

"Wait!" Lucy replied. "Don't you think this is a little bit too late notice? I need to go home and pack all my stuff, the mission says it is going to take a least three weeks to complete!"

"Um, Lucy.." Gray started,

"We were thinking of just going as the five of us." Natsu concluded. "Me, Happy, Stripper, Erza and Lisanna"

"I am not a stripper, Flame Brain!" shouted Gray in indignation.

"Then why do you not have a shirt on, Ice Princess?" retaliated Natsu.

"Gray, Natsu!" shouted Erza, with an extremely scary face. Turning back to Lucy, she said "You understand, it would be just like old times!", feeling slightly guilty at the downtrodden face of Lucy.

Lisanna piped up, saying "Next time, we will all go on a mission. I just want to spend some time with my old friends once again."

"Oh, okay" replied Lucy, and with that, they parted ways.

After all, it would be only the one mission, right?

Time skip: Five months

Lucy had just returned from going on a small solo mission to keep up her rent, and went straight to the bar. She signaled Mira to come over, asking "Hey Mira! Do you know when Natsu and the others are coming back from their escort mission?"

Looking at Lucy, Mira inwardly sighed. "I'm sorry Lucy, but they already came back from that mission when you were on your solo mission. They went on another mission right after that, but they should be back soon."

Lucy sighed and stared forlornly at the table. "Oh, okay."

It was definitely not okay. This had been going on for months, it seemed like Natsu, Gray and Erza have all but forgotten her, and replaced her for Lisanna. Lucy was becoming extremely lonely, and she decided to fix the opening gap that was forming between her friendship with her teammates.

The guild doors banged open, and in came Team Natsu, who were laughing and talking loudly about their latest mission. Lucy got up from her usual seat at the bar and made her way towards them.

"..and then Lisanna swooped in and hit the monster right before it attacked, and it was all thanks to her that we didn't even end up tearing down half the village!" said Natsu.

"Hey guys! I know you guys just came back from a mission, but I picked this mission out for all of us to go on! It pay really well, 700,000 jewels! Here, take a look!" Lucy greeted them as she gave the mission to Natsu.

"Um, yeah, about that..." replied Natsu hesitantly. "You see Lucy, its not like we don't like you and all, you're a great person, but we decided that we are going to keep taking missions as this group here."

"You mean, I am not part of the group?" asked Lucy disbelievingly. "You guys are kicking me out?"

"Well, you can still come on missions with us sometimes!" said Gray. "Its just that, you aren't going to be officially part of the team."

Natsu added "It's just that Lisanna is a really big help to the team, she's really powerful and helps a lot on our missions."

Shocked, Lucy replied "So I'm too weak! Is that why I am getting kicked out?"

"No, its not that, you aren't weak, its just that Lisanna is stronger than you" replied Natsu, failing to remove the growing tension.

"Okay then. If I am no longer on the team, then I do not see why this conversation is continuing. I hope you guys are happy, getting rid of the weak link on your team" Lucy bitterly replied, before getting up and running out of the guild.

As Lucy ran home, she wondered what she was going to do now. She had no one, not even her nakama to stand by her anymore. After a long night of crying, she made the decision to take a leave from Fairy Tail, and build up her magical power so she can show her ex-teammates what exactly they just lost.

Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter! There will be more to come! I know I am not a very good writer, so if you want to IM me some suggestions to help me improve my writing, I would be very thankful :)

Oh and Spoiler Alert: I will be looking for OC's that are mages! So if you got an idea, IM me please :) It would be very appreciated!

Love,

Vintage Garden