A/N: This is a sequel to my fic Potions of Passion. Which was actually meant to be a one-shot, but then all the comments telling me to continue - and one particular message saying that I must hate my fans if I'm not continuing even though they've asked me o.O - motivated me to give a sequel a shot. That, and I recently came home from holiday and found myself with lots of spare time.

Not sure if this will do Potions justice, but here's hoping.

Lucy grinned and watched as the fight progressed between Natsu and Gray, finally realising that Natsu seemed to get far too much enjoyment from Gray's habit of stripping mid-fight, and began to plot how she would get them together.

I wonder if there's a potion for that?

Lucy held a brand new vial of pink potion in her hands, and inspected it under the light.

Funny how such an innocent looking thing can change so much. Or, at least, I hope it does.

Before letting her matchmaking plans run amok, Lucy had decided that she really needed to check whether Gray felt the same way as Natsu. She thought it would be too cruel to give Natsu hope when Gray felt differently, so she had brewed the potion again. Only this time, she had decided to bake the whole vial into a muffin.

Hopefully the larger dosage will make Gray do something useful. Like actually professing his love. That would make my job much easier. I swear, if he starts a fight like Natsu did, I'm just going to lock them in a room until the kiss and make-up.

It was with those thoughts swirling through her head that Lucy poured the pink mixture into one of her two bowls of muffin mixture, a small smile gracing her lips as she stirred.

"I'm not eating it."

"What?" Lucy asked, aghast. Her entire plan hinged on Gray eating this muffin, and she'd be damned if she let him ruin it, "Why not?!"

"Men don't eat muffins."

Lucy rolled her eyes at that. "Since when did you turn into Elfman? Who is, in fact, eating one of my muffins right now." She said, pointing in his direction. "As are Laxus, Natsu, Freed and the Master."

"I just don't want it." Gray said, looking at her nervously.

"Why?" Lucy asked again, raising her eyebrow.

"I just don't."

"That's not good enough! Why don't you want my muffin?!"

"Why do you want me to eat your muffin so much?!"

"Just shut up and eat my muffin!"

"No! Your cooking is gross okay! I don't want to eat your muffin!" Gray yelled, before gasping and putting his hands over his mouth, looking like he desperately wanted to escape.

Lucy's eyes narrowed dangerously. The entire guild was staring at them now, due to their little yelling match, and it wasn't just about the potion anymore. He'd dared to insult her cooking. In front of everyone!

"Eat it." She said quietly.

"I won't." Gray said defiantly, though he was definitely looking a little frightened now.

"Eat it," Lucy lowered her voice before continuing, "or I'll tell Juvia that you're in love with her, and love it when she watches you sleep."

Gray paled, before staring at Lucy beseechingly. When he realised that she meant what she had said, he sighed and gingerly took the muffin from her hands, grimacing before eating the whole thing in one go.

"Happy now?"

"Very."

After managing to get Gray to eat the laced muffin - finally -, Lucy retreated to the other side of the guild hall. It wouldn't do for her to be standing in the way when the full dose of potion hit him. She watched Gray eagerly, awaiting the moment her pounced on Natsu, or something else of the sort. Whilst she was drugging him to see who he really felt for, she was fairly certain it was Natsu.

It was this conviction that made her so shocked when she saw Gray suddenly survey the room, before making his way over to Juvia. Juvia. What on earth is he doing?!

Not wanting Natsu to see whatever the potion would encourage Gray to do, she quickly located him a couple of tables over, and joined him and Happy.

"Hey Natsu! Erza's a little grumpy right now, want to come with me to get some strawberry cake? Hopefully it'll make her happy again."

"Sure." Natsu said helpfully. Lucy couldn't help but notice that his eyes had followed Gray as he was walking, and he was already looking a little bit sad.

"We can get one each too - on me!" She said, attempting to cheer him a little bit.

"Yes!" Natsu yelled happily, punching the air, before leading the way out of the guild. "You can't take it back now Lucy!"

Lucy walked slowly after him. Hopefully Juvia decides she doesn't want Gray anymore when he want her in return.. Who am I kidding, that's never going to happen. I'm sorry Natsu, I should have just left it alone.

It was with some trepidation that Lucy made her way into the guild hall the next day. On their way back with the strawberry cake, they had been knocked over by a purse thief - whom Natsu had proceeded to burn to a crisp. The old lady whose purse had been stolen, had then insisted that Natsu and herself come in and have some tea with her - and the day had easily been wasted away as they were shown photo album after photo album.

Due to that, Lucy had no idea what Gray had done the day before. A small part of her still held onto the hope that Juvia would reject him should he become available, no matter how much her logical side argued it would never happen.

As always, her logical side was correct. After entering the hall, she had almost immediately turned back around and left. Everyone in the guild had seemed to be in a state of shock, and it hadn't taken her long to find out why.

Gray and Juvia were quite happily making out over by the bar. Fortunately, Gray was still fully clothed, but Lucy didn't think it would be very long before either of them rectified that situation. With that in mind, she quickly made her way over to the couple, and interrupted them.

"Geez Gray, get a room won't you?" she said, in what she hoped was a teasing voice. "Since when are you with Juvia?"

The couple separated from each other, and Gray surprised the guild all over again by glaring at Lucy. And not a playful glare - no, a real, hateful one.

It's like I'm Deliora Lucy though, slightly frightened by the intensity of the glare.

"Since when is it your business?" Gray asked, with a dismissive yet poisonous tone of voice. "I may have tolerated you before, but now that I have Juvia, I don't need you. I don't need anyone. So just leave us alone, yeah?" Once he'd finished his little speech, Gray turned back to a swooning Juvia, and proceeded to kiss her all over again.

Lucy stood stock-still, in shock from what had just occurred. Quite obviously, her potion had not done what it was intended to do - she was fairly certain Gray would never normally decide he hated everyone else once he got a love interest. Through some stroke of luck, it seemed that Natsu had gotten up early and left on a job alone today, so Lucy needed to fix this before he could return.

Lucy quickly rushed into her home, looking around desperately for the book that had started it all. She needed to re-read the page and see whether it said anything about side-effects, or had warnings of any kind.

Lucy sighed with relief when she spotted the red book underneath some clothes - clearly Natsu's been here - and quickly flipped to the page she was looking for. Her relief quickly turned into frustration however, when she saw that the page held no information about what might be happening. She almost threw the book in her disgust, when she was hit by a stroke of genius. Maybe there's a note in the foreword?

With that in mind, Lucy flipped back to the front of the book, and scanned the page for anything of interest. She found it right at the very bottom, and her relief at finding information slowly turned into fear when she realised this wasn't going to be as easy to fix as she had thought it would be.

Warning:

When brewing any of the potions within this book, ensure to follow the method to the letter. Extra processes like boiling, cooking and freezing can change the effects of your chosen potion, and have many side-effects. Some of the most common include:-

• Rashes

• Purple lumps (often quite painful)

• Mood swings

• Emotion reversal (where one's emotions are switched)

• Memory alteration

• Personality changes

Occasionally, the effects of a botched potion can even become permanent.

Lucy stared in horror at the page. WHY DIDN'T I READ THIS FIRST?! Now Gray could be a bastard forever! I have to fix this! But how?

Lucy quickly scanned through the foreword, and even checked the back pages, but with no luck. There was no information about how the effects of a botched potion could be fixed.

Lucy growled to herself. "What a stupid book!" She yelled into her empty room. "What type of book doesn't tell you how to fix a problem they know about?! Argh! I mean, I know it's my fault, but come on!" Lucy trailed off, ending her rant as she yanked on her hair. I need help. But who can I ask? Levy hasn't been seen since Gajeel kissed her, Erza doesn't have the smarts - here Lucy winced, as if imagining Erza's reaction if she could hear her thoughts - and she'd be furious if she knew I drugged Gray anyway.. Who can I tell that can help, but won't beat me to a pulp... Mira!

TBC! I'm splitting this into at least 2 chapters, as it's like my brain stops working after I've written a certain amount of words. Plus, I'd rather post the first half now, and see if anyone actually wants me to continue, before struggling over the rest XD

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