ok so this is an AU because it involves dragons not residing in the dragons slayers, spoiler if you're newer to the series and fandom.
Characters maybe ooc
I don't own fairy tail, it belongs to senpai hiro mashima
I'm also roughly going along with a fanfiction called 'The return' I have on my google docs, except i changed it into third person and the chapters will be aiming to be more than 3500 words if possible. More than 4500 if I can reach the impossible.
Just and fyi the document had seven chapters and only three thousand words so writing stories like this and my others are HUGE improvements.
She didn't feel as cheery.
She didn't feel as grateful.
She felt kinda worthless.
She has been feeling worthless for quite a while now. Ever since her loss at the Grand Magic Games, losing miserably against an opponent. Granted the red haired wizard from Raven Tail had outside help, it didn't matter to those who only saw her as a weak little girl of Fairy Tail. Most of the beings that trudged the earth and knew about the rambunctious guild defined her as the light of Fairy Tail, but that wasn't the case at all anymore. Those closer to the guild, or in the guild, knew her as only the hot babe for show, and the weak celestial mage that couldn't put up a fight. And she started to believe those comments too. Though she knew she has taken down many other enemies, no one seemed to care for her unless it included her sex appeal. Though the only people seeming to care for her is team Natsu, Wendy, Levy, Gajeel and Juvia.
It wasn't the only time she was going through a phase where she felt worthless. When the gorgeous take-over mage came back from 'the dead' they celebrated. For a week, and weeks after that Lucy was only a shadow that followed behind Lisanna. She grew out of it though, becoming her own person. But she was already her own person, wasn't she? She wasn't some replacement, she wouldn't allow you to label her as such but, they did behind her back, and she didn't realize it until she had lost that day. She had the intention of sacrificing her win for little Asuka anyway, but she thought that no one had found that courageous enough. Any person with a soul would have made sure the little toddler was safe and sound with the cost of anything, or at least so she thought.
Her alarm clock rang like fire bells and she felt compelled to stay in bed.
"A sign of depression." she muttered to herself. She sighed a shaky breath and peeled herself from her bed and sluged her way to her washroom. She slipped off her purple silk nightgown and stepped into the shower. She creaked the nozzle on and hot water instantly hit her sore nerves. She let out a low moan as the sensation of hot water soak her porcelain skin. She stood there for a good fifteen minutes before grabbing her angel white towel and wrapped it around her curvaceous body. She waited for the mirror her washroom to fog off and then looked at her face.
"I'm a mess." she said as she put her hands on her face. There were bags under her eyes indicating she had not slept well. Her long blonde hair damp from the water reached down to her mid back, her doe brown eyes wern't filled with joy, the knew sorrow. They always had since her mother had passed, but this also knew a different kind of sorrow. She knew betrayal. She grabbed concealer and concealed the heavy bags under her eyes as well as the redness that protruded off of her face from constant rubbing. She applied a coat of mascara, grabbed a long sleeve v-cut shirt that was a crimson color and a pair of white pair of high waisted shorts. She slipped on some white sneakers and grabbed her belt and keys and marched off to the guild.
She dreaded going to the guild for the past few weeks. She had been hearing more apparent whispers. More crude things about things she has done, things that were doing, and things she was going to do.
All were false.
She nervously approached the doors to the infamous guild and pushed them open, eyes directed on her and the voices in the hall became more like whispers. She sighed heavily as she walked towards her team's table. She sat down next to her partner in crime.
Natsu.
He was dense. Everyone in Fairy Tail could sense that the blonde beauty was in love with him. His pink hair protruding in all sorts of ways, his forest green eyes always locked on some food, or the person he was about to punch in the face. His well built body would have any woman swooning over him if it wasn't for his rambunctious attitude. He always wore the baggy pants with his vest, leaving an exposed view on chest that Lucy always peaked at from time to time.
"Yo Luce, wanna go on a job?" Natsu asked the group. Lucy nodded and looked around her team's table and to Natsu's excitement everyone nodded.
"I'm gonna invite Lis!" Natsu exclaimed as he ran off to find the silver haired take-over mage. Lucy falsely smiled at his statement and went along with the flow.
Little did she know, the mission would change her life for the better.
Heads hung low.
Bodies battered and bruised.
Albeit they had gotten the reward money, but at what cost?
Erza had done her part in the mission well, the scarlet hair Titania had fought off the wyvern with her heavens wheel well and kept it at bay. Her armors changing often, as the wyvern attacked. Though that just made the re equip mage more fantastic about how many armors she could hold. Then came the Ice mage's job to keep the wyvern at bay. Of course the mage couldn't keep him at bay for long, he just needed enough time so Lucy could get the people that were taken by the wyvern to escape. Lucy's job was partially done when it came to Natsu and Lisanna. Though Natsu was doing fine at first, the Silvette kept clinging onto him. Natsu kept losing his focus and the wyvern was getting closer to Lucy and the escaped people. Eventually Lucy had to rush everyone to their village as all three mages worked together to keep the wyvern at bay, but it didn't succeed.
Lucy was just happy the villagers got away unscathed. But the gang was well beaten and battered. Lucy inhaled deeply as she stopped. The group had turned around in confusion and stared at the celestial mage.
"Look," she said calmly, her bangs covering her eyes. Her fist clenched trying to keep her calm persona on her face. "I understand we all tried our best and the mission.. failed." she was reluctant to say the word fail, he body and mind repeating back to the times she had failed. She didn't want to become a hypocrite. "But Lisanna, I'm not totally blaming this on you, but if you just didn't cling to Natsu so much we wouldn't have-"
"Shut Up Lucy!" Natsu shouted at Lucy, his eyes growing the sharp black pupil in the center similar to a dragons. "It's just all your fault! You're stupid and weak and nobody likes you!" Natsu shouted out in anger. Lucy's heart shattered. She glanced at what used to be her big brother, but no longer so a warm big brother welcome like he used to. Gray now had his head glancing to the side and his eyes closed, she knew he wasn't going to interject.
She glanced at the red haired mage, the sister she never had. Although the mage now hair a sorrowful look on her face, and looked down in disappointment. Her doe brown eyes looked ashamed and then closed once she had realized Lucy was staring at her.
What hurt Lucy the most was the serious tone in her beloved's voice. Nothing shattered her heart more than to hear from the person she loved that no one had liked her. That she was weak, that she couldn't possibly do anything to help anyone. The look in his eyes showed regret in his words but his stance never shifted and neither did his lips to utter an apology. The look in his eyes was deceiving, he showed no regret, he didn't have any.
Tears prickled the celestial mage's eyes and then fell onto her red cheeks from the cold at night. She ran home, and didn't look back to hear the yells on her so called 'comrades' behind her.
The sound of rain pattered against the window next to her soft bed. She sat up on her bed and let the blankets pool in her lap. Her cheeks were stained with dry tears and mucus came out of her nose and she sniffed. Tear spilled out of her eyes as she remembered the events of last night and she could not fathom the fact of going to the guild that day. She didn't wish to be seen but she knew she had to go there to do what she had been considering for a while now.
That would change a lot in her life. The thought of it a seven years ago before the time jump would have made bile rise in her throat, but now it was only a sweet dream. A dream that with her will could come true. Though she knew everyone would react coldly to it, they wouldn't give a single thing about what would happen to her after then.
She got up and dressed herself in clothing that fit her mood. The color of Gajeel and Wendy's hair would suffice. She pulled out a back long sleeved crop top that cut low around her chest. She sighed at the shirt and would usually consider it very cut and exposing, but she only wanted to wrap herself in sweats and never leave the comfort of her home. She grabbed a pair of blue denim shorts and slipped into those with the same color of blue shoes. She kept her unkempt blonde hair down, it just truly showed how much sleep she hadn't gotten that night.
She trudged her way to Fairy tail, her eyes on the pink mark that crossed her hand. She wanted so desperately removed, and she found it so hard that the guild that had once defended her from Phantom Lord was now defeating her self-esteem.
What a cruel world.
She pushed open the fragile wooden doors and to her luck, not many people were in the guild hall. She sighed a large amount as she walked towards Master Makarov's office. She knocked on the door as heard a muffled come in. She pushed open the door and there stood the short man that many people loved. Her 'Grandfather'. One of the people to still care, whether or not she had lost, or was weak.
Makarov puffed an amount of air and looked up. "What do you need my child?" he said in a sweet voice. Lucy held strong for the entire walk here but could no longer hold back the sorrow. The poor blonde had started crying, in front of master. Sobbing uncontrollably.
"Master I can't be in Fairy Tail any more!" she sobbed out. She shook her head violently and continued to let the pleas come through her mouth. "I just can't!"
Makarov's eyes groomed over the girl. This girl couldn't handle the emotional stress the guild had been giving her, and every single brat of his would just have to deal of the fact of their hearts breaking that they realized someone so close to them is now gone.
He didn't want the celestial mage to be gone, no. He wished to fulfil her every wish and need, he just wished this wasn't one of her needs.
"I understand my child." he said sadly. His heart breaking in more places than one. "Please, give me your hand." Makarov took the hand as soon as Lucy had offered it to him, she sobbed louder and was sure the metal dragon slayer and wind dragon slayer she saw outside in the guild hall could hear her. But who couldn't hear her cries? In a light pink flash, the pink fairy tail mark was now gone. Lucy's crying had stopped and she uttered a small thank you to the guild master.
Lucy glanced at her small, now blank, hand and walked out the office to see a group she didn't expect to see. Levy, was standing there crying her eyes out. She couldn't bare the fact her best friend was going to leave her. The water mage Juvia stood there melting into water as her way to cope with the fact she just lost the one she loved to bicker with about being her Love Rival. The smallest bluenette held her exceed tightly as she sobbed louder than Lucy did. The metal dragon slayer looked at Lucy sadly, disappointed in not her, but his guild mates. Lucy looked at all of them and brushed past them, not even giving a single word as more tears slipped from her doe brown eyes. She headed for the door and just when she was open to open it, it opened by itself.
There stood the pinkette, glory and all. Lucy's heart couldn't take the sight of him smiling like nothing had happened last night, and that infuriated her. Natsu stared at her as if nothing had happened before, he tilted his head to the side.
"Lucy what's wrong." Natsu quizzed. Lucy looked up at him, her face full of pure anger. The blonde whipped up her hand and showed him the back of her hand. Natsu's eyes went wide as he realized her mark was missing, and it was his turn for his eyes to shatter to pieces.
"You did this." She said, blaming the guilt on him as she walked out the doors. She just left Natsu standing there, wondering what he did wrong.
Almost a year later...
"Wait so you're saying..." The blonde had tried to process the information, was this guy really telling her this, or was it a hoax?
"Yes," the man said. His hair was a beautiful bright red, much like Erza's, but faded out into a pink color. The man had a scruffy face and wore a baggy red t-shirt along with gray skinny jeans. The man had his bangs pull back into a small ponytail so he could see and his were a bright green, much like someone she had loved.
"Then how do I do it?" she asked eagerly. The redhead laughed, he smiled a toothy grin.
"Give me your hand." He said as he extended his arm for her to give her hand. She reluctantly put her hand on his and his extra hand was put on top of hers. "Now repeat after me, and then the words will just flow." he said calmingly, giving her a gentle smile. "I, you name."
"I, Lucy heartfilia," she started.
"Will take this spirit into a key,"
"Will take this spirit into a key," the words rolled off Lucy's tongue naturally, like she had done this before. "And given him the normal permissions of any other key, to become a celestial spirit."
"Now, what will you name me?"
"Well, of course your name." she scoffed. The redhead laughed. "I take the key of Igneel, the Fire Dragon King." and with a bright flash the man had turned into a red key with warmth surrounding it. She eyed it carefully and smiled. She felt weak and unsteady after the creating of his key and wobbled around.
"And now I have to do it with four." She laughed nervously as she looked at the other in front of her.
Back at the guild.
It's been a year since her leaving, and the guild had never been in worse shape when mentioning something. When ever someone had mentioned the little blondes name, the whole guild had gone silent, even crickets that usually chirped in silence had gone numb in fear of a certain dragon slayer. Natsu's way to cope with Lucy leaving was to move on to another someone. The next best thing was Lisanna, and he tried to act as if Lucy had never existed. It was depressing to witness, depressing to see, for everyone.
Levy, Juvia, Gajeel and Wendy never stopped looking for the celestial mage. Not once. Whenever the group went on a job they would try and find keys so when they had found her, she would have a return home gift, but sadly the girl never made an appearance.
Without her, the guild fell apart, people had changed their habits and everyone changed. For better or worse, the didn't know.
All they knew is the glue that held fairy tail together was missing, and they needed it back.
Three years later.
A girl skipped through the town of magnolia, her blonde hair on the side of her head held up with a blue bow, her brown doe eyes scanned each building has she realized how much had changed the past four years. She moved her head from side to side taking in magnolia for the first time in forever. The person next to her 'Hphmed' at her in frustration. The petite girl just giggled. The man had short black hair and was wilder, he had metal piercings on the side of his nose and on his lips as he did in his ear. The man wore a maroon colored vest and baggy black pants with black boots as her sulked down the path way. His red eyes would had scared the blonde if she didn't know who he was.
"Come on Metalicana, don't be so grumpy." the blonde had complained She giggled as she pulled the cloak that rested on her body more over her fragile shoulders, a scar had rested just above her bosom and the words that carved Celeste into her skin. The male looked at her as he sulked and looked away.
"Please can we go to that stupid guild my son joined?" Metalicana pleaded. Lucy chuckled and nodded, she trudged her way through the streets.
"I know you just want to see Gajeel." Lucy whispered. The humanoid dragon shot daggers at Lucy and she just laughed. They reached the tall doors of the infamous guild and she stopped.
"I'm gonna put you back in your gate." She sighed out. "I don't want anyone to recognize me and with you out, Gajeel would probably ask you and me tons of questions." she said. Metalicana nodded and handed her a small amulette.
"Don't forget to put that on." He said as a dark flash of silver surrounded him and he disappeared. Lucy placed the amulette over her head and there stood a different female. She had a much smaller bust than the normal Lucy and her hair turned from a bright bleach blonde to a midnight black. Her eyes shifted from brown to red, she was a bit shorter as well.
Each dragon spirit she had made gave her a necklace that would give her the ability to inherit the dragon's power when she had it on as well it would change her appearance. She took Metalicana's because she felt as if it was the most drastic changed from her and the dragon her. The only annoying part is the smell it came with. When she would wear the amulets given it would smell like the dragon, and the dragon slayer that belonged to the dragon. The tough part would be risking questions from the current Metal dragon slayer in the guild. But anyway, she pushed open the door.
In the guild.
"That's odd." Wendy said as she sniffed the air. "I swear I smelled Lucy's sent a minute ago, now all I can smell is Gajeel's scent." the wind dragon slayer pouted. The bookworm bluenette pouted as well.
"Stupid Gajeel." she muttered. The smaller bluenette looked in deep thought.
"But Levy, Gajeel is right here, and the scent is coming from the door." she stated. Levy's eyes widened as she looked at the door, it creaked open and there revealed a girl about Levy's height with long black hair in a side ponytail held up by a blue bow. Her red eyes pierced through the wall. She had taken off her brown cloak to reveal a revealing outfit that consisted of a blue strapless crop top that was cut in the back with a black skater skirt. She wore black heels and had a bracelet of keys around her wrist that consisted of gold, silver, red, black, white and a couple other colors. The person she reminded her of was-
"Gajeel, do you have a sister?" Wendy asked the metal slayer as he munched on some metal. He shook his head no then caught the sight of the black haired female.
"Maybe I do?" he said, more a question then a statement. The girl continued to walk towards Master's' office and she knocked on the door. The tiny man muttered a come in and Lucy shut the door behind him.
The little man scoffed. "Great, another brat like Gajeel." he took out the Fairy Tail stamp and glanced at the black haired girl. She smiled as she pulled the amulette off her neck to change her back to her normal self. Master smiled widely and jumped off of his desk to give the bust woman a hug, his face landing right in between her bust.
"I see the perviness in you master has still remained." Lucy mentioned as the old man smiled.
"Welcome home Lucy." He said as he pulled away. He pulled out the stamp and and she nodded with a bright smile, tear brimming her eyes as he pressed the stamp on the back of her hand and saw the bright pink fairy tail stamp there. She smiled and thanked master makarov, she put back on her amulette. She walked out the door to be confronted by the true metal dragon slayer.
"You've got some explaining to do." he grunted. She chuckled nervously.
"I'm guessing you heard our convorsation?" She asked. He nodded and glared daggers at her. She sighed.
"Bring Levy, Juvia and Wendy to the top of magnolia hill tonight, but for now." she said eyeing him. "I'm your sister and I go by Mare Redfox, got it?" she said.
"Or what Bunny?" he said silently to make sure no one could hear the normal nickname her gave her. He smirked and leaned in closer, ready for a fight but before he could even make his signiture move, Lucy had her arm extend into an iron pole and it hit Gajeel in the face. He was sent flying backwards and hit his head on the table. The male dragon slayer laughed and shouted from across the guild hall.
"You got yourself a deal."
Lucy smiled as he accepted the offer, the rest of the guild looking dumb founded. Lucy sat down at the table where the three bluenettes sat at. She smiled widely showing the enhanced canines the amulette gave her and all three girls smiled shyly back.
"So, I'm Gajeel's sister, Mare." she said politely. She looked Levy straight in the eye and asked, "are you and my brother dating?" Levy had stuttered on her words as the metal slayer had muttered incoherently words as he shuffled his way back to the table. They sat down and conversed about how Metalicana left 'both' of them alone. She created the backstory that when Gajeel found the dark guild Phantom Lord, Mare decided against joining a guild so evil and went their separate ways. The girls had gotten up to god get something to eat and now it was Gajeel's turn to question.
"How the hell do you know so much about my childhood?" He asked, clearly pissed off.
"Because, I met Metalicana." She said with a whisper. His crimson eyes opened wide.
"Expl-!" he started to yell before Lucy gave him a face full of iron. She shushed him.
"Tonight!" she said in a yell-whisper. He grunted in response and shifted his gaze away from her.
Suddenly the doors burst open and there stood the group Lucy dreaded to face.
There stood the red headed Titania. Her blood red hair flowed down past her bum, her down brown eyes were as dangerous as ever, she looked so sharp and pristine. Then Next stood Gray, he had slicked back hair with two pieces on the side hanging forward. He had black etchings in his right arm, and from what Gajeel had said a little wile ago, Gray had become a 'Devil Slayer'. She admired his strength.
Then came Natsu. To her, his looks hit her like a truck. He had shorter hair then the last time she saw him, but it still stuck out in many places. His forest green eyes scanned the guild and his signiture toothy grin was still there. Lucy's heart throbbed at the sight of him and Lisanna. Lisanna still looked at beautiful as ever, her short silver hair was now past her shoulder blades, her blue sky eyes shone like her life depended on it. She was just beautiful.
Lucy's heart throbbed at the sight of Lisanna and Natsu sharing a small kiss as they entered the guild. Natsu walked off to the bar, whereas Gray had come straight to the table where Lucy had sat at.
"Are you new?" he quizzed. Lucy nodded and smile sickly. "What kinda magic you use?" He asked.
"Dragon slayer." She commented. She hesitated. "a-and celestial." she added. Gajeel on his part added that as a bold move with Levy still around, the girl was smart to figure things out quick. Gray sighed.
"We used to have a celestial mage." he said sulking. Lucy frowned.
"what happened to her?" she asked. She knew of course had was happened to her because she was her, but out of her own curiosity, she asked the ice mage.
"She uh," he stuttered. "She left because of an arrogant bastard name Natsu, the pinkette over there." Gray stated. "I-I lost my little sister because of him, and I did nothing to find her." He said as his lip quivered. Lucy felt sorrow for the boy, she hadn't known that Gray had felt so bad for dismissing her that night.
"I'm sure she's closer than you think Gray." She smiled while putting a hand on his shoulder. He smiled weakly.
"wait, I never gave you my name." he said. Lucy laughed nervously.
"You said it a while ago.." she chuckled. He hadn't remember it but he had brushed it off like nothing had happened. The female celestial mage finally felt like she could start anew.
She felt like she was at a new home.