Summary : It has been 9 months since the disbanding of Fairy Tail. Lucy had been training in the forest, while feeling pain and guilt of her loss. Fighting the fear of being alone all over again. She was finally making steps of moving on, until she rescued a wounded man. It was Laxus! Will she run away or will she open her heart for her memories and feelings from her past.

Hi all. I'm working on mutiple projects and I really wanted to share this story with you guys. This story happens before the story I'm in your Mind(I'm still working on that one). Don't worry about Devilish and Game/Prey from the Lalu week, I haven't forgotten them. They are in my multiple project list :P

I will be updating this Prologue story on Tuesday and Thursday every week. ^_^

I don't own Fairy Tail. I own only the extra characters and this plot.

Prologue - Chapter 1

It's been almost a year since I have last written. I don't know where to start, I'm searching for the words that always came so easily to me. A lot of things had happened, but you know momma, nothing in life could prepare me for the things I had seen, or for the things I needed to do. Now that I'm thinking back, I guess it's nine months ago already. It's hard to keep track of time in middle of the forest, luckily I have my spirits around me to keep me company.

Even when I'm trying to write this down after such a long time, my hands are still trembling and new tears are filling my eyes, I have lost Aquarius, Momma. We were attacked by a dark demon guild Tartaros. Everyone was trapped inside a spell called Alegria and only I could fight them. Even when I could summon three spirits, I was still too weak to defeat them. Aquarius asked me to destroy her key to summon the Celestial King. I screamed for another option, but I knew we didn't have another choice. With pain in my heart I saw Aquarius disappearing, tears in her eyes, when her golden key broke. In the end the Celestial King managed to dispel Alegria and my nakama had finally won the battle against Tartaros. But at what price!? What did it cost us!? Aquarius can never come to Earthland again and it's my fault. I wasn't strong enough. It wasn't just me who was feeling weak that moment. Everyone had their own loss, their own sadness to overcome.

I'm sure that our Master could feel that everyone needed a timeout, but not in this kind of drastic way. The only thing he told us, was to flap our wings for a new age that had come and before we knew it Fairy Tail was dissolved. I was so shocked, no one complained, they just left one by one and before I knew it, I was alone. I had cried until no tears were left. My spirits comforted me and they gave me the courage to leave Magnolia. I had left my apartment, well…what was left of it, behind me and said goodbye to my landlady, who just yelled at me that she wouldn't wait for me this time. I planned to search for Natsu, but every lead I had took me to a dead end.

While on my journey I came across Yukino and the twin dragon slayer. They were so sweet to me, they even invited me to join their missions, while not being close friends or even a part of Sting and Rogue's guild. I can guess Yukino had put in a good word for me. It felt almost like team Natsu, but still they couldn't fill the emptiness I had. I was still stuck in the past.

I had finally found something to make a new start for myself. While on those missions I came across a library with ancient text books about runes, the connection they had with newly created spells and I realized something.

To open a gate you need a key to unlock it, or as Natsu would say 'blast it open'. I had tried to open the gate of Loke in the past to save him without a key and I had summoned the Celestial King by breaking a key. I'm determined to find a way. There must be a way to open Aquarius' gate without her key. I'm gonna blast that door open with everything I have to get Aquarius back to Earthland again.

With all the books I could get and new keys I could buy, I'm feeling determined to become stronger than ever. I'm now training in the forest and I'm deciphering runes while I'm resting. Momma, even if I feel alone and miss my Nakama. I finally have a feeling I can move forward. So don't worry, Momma, I'm doing good and I will write you again of my progress. Until that time watch over me from the stars and give dad a loving smile for me.

Lucy saw some tears falling on her paper where she was writing. She sat up and rubbed the remaining tears away while looking up to the dark clouds. It was pretty dark, with only the campfire giving light to her surroundings. It's been a month now since she had stayed here and she looked around her. It was an open field in the middle of the forest of the Saikono Mountain, to the left of Crocus. She had a tent and used a trunk to sit on while eating or resting. In her tent was a bed made out of Ariel's Wool and some clothes that Virgo would wash and replace every day from the Celestial world. Lucy summoned a new friend, Cham from the constellation Chamaeleon. A little lizard was sitting on her shoulder and hissed cheerfully to his owner.

'I'm done, it's time to go to bed. Do you want to keep me company?'

Cham nodded while Lucy walked into the tent to sleep. Lucy had changed clothes and laid down on Ariel's Wool bed. It was soft and comfortable, but Lucy longed for her old bed.

The next morning she woke up from the smell of fish frying over a fire. Cham noticed Loke's presence and returned to his own world. The Lion spirit had caught some fish and had gathered some berries for Lucy to eat. He looked up from the campfire, when he saw Lucy walking out of her tent, getting ready to take a bath in a lake close by. 'Good morning sunshine, slept well?' Loke asked with a smile.

'Good morning Loke! OEH you caught a big one today, I can't wait til breakfast is ready. I'm gonna take a quick dive in the lake.'

'Take Virgo with you!'

'I can protect myself just fine.'

'I know, Lucy, but even if you got new spells, we are still in the middle of nowhere.'

Lucy sighed, her hands resting on her hips. Every day it was the same old argument. She didn't have the energy to deal with it anymore and just gave up. Loke could be more stubborn than her sometimes. One time she was attacked by a large wyvern, while freshening up in the lake. Lucy had run to her keys that were lying near a dead trunk. Loke and Virgo managed to defeat the wyvern, but had been too close a call for Loke and ever since then Lucy wasn't allowed to walk alone. The draining of her magic exhausted her at first. She tried to keep her spirits on Earthland all the time and sometimes they would come through their gate on their own strength. In the end it was a good exercise to expand her magic.

Lucy summoned Virgo and ran to the lake to refresh herself. Virgo stood near the lake, while keeping an eye on the surroundings. The lake was cold and it didn't matter how many times she had taking a bath there before, she could never get used to it. She picked up a towel to dry herself off and dressed herself in black training shorts and a blue sleeveless T-shirt. 'Thanks Virgo, you can go now. I will summon you when I start my training today.'

'Punishment time, Princess?'

'No Virgo, no punishment this time.'

Virgo bowed and disappeared. Lucy saw Loke near the fire with a plate in his hand. She smiled and felt blessed by her spirits.

While eating she could feel Loke's gaze on her. She tried to ignore it but knew he wouldn't stop before speaking his mind. 'What is it Loke?'

'Sorry for being rude Lucy, but I was wondering what your plans were after your training. You can't stay here all your life.'

She looked down, into the fire, pondering what she would do. 'I don't know….I don't feel like joining a guild, or the magic council and I need money if I want to eat more than berries and fish.' She looked at her hand where her Fairy Tail mark used to be. 'I can't let it go yet. Sorry Loke, maybe I'll have an answer later.' She gave her lion spirit a gentle smile but Loke saw right through it. After the sacrifice of Aquarius, Lucy's smile wasn't as bright as it used to be. Deep down she felt guilty, even if the spirits told her it wasn't her fault, that it was the only solution at that time. She would give them a fake smile and a thanks. It hurt them, but they kept strong for her, knowing that in time the old Lucy would return.

Lucy was standing in the open field, ready to attack, her eyes on Capricorn. Ever since she asked him to train her, she noticed a gentle smile on his face. He was glad that she took training seriously and knew Layla would be proud of her, if she was still among us.

Since Lucy had learned to use the magic from her spirits, she finally saw a possibility to fight next to her spirits. With the Stardress ability, she could equip other clothes that were related to her spirits. It was almost the same as re-equipping magic. Even if she couldn't equip as fast as Erza or being as strong as Erza. She had her own qualities.

'Stardress Taurus.'

Lucy's clothes changed into a little black and white bikini with a short that was covered only one leg and gloves.

'Good Lucy-sama, now feel the magic of Taurus through your veins. Keep the magic flowing while you try to use your own magic,' said Capricorn while drinking some tea.

Lucy stretched out one of her arms in front of her and tried to use her new spell. 'Heaven's Gate!'

A golden circle appeared under Lucy's feet and the circle went from her feet to her head until Lucy was gone. She was now in a space between Earthland and the Celestial World. In all her studies opening gates to the celestial realm without a key, this was the closest she could get. Her surroundings from Earthland had slowed down and she flew to the place where she wanted to reappear on Earthland. For common eyes, people would say she teleported. For her it was more like traveling in her own space with its own time. Time moved faster in her space compared to Earthland. That way she could teleport fast in the common eye. In her own space Lucy would be a ghost for Earthland people. They couldn't hear her, see her, feel her or smell her. She could even fly through walls. She wasn't really there.

She opened a portal and reappeared on Earthland and tried it again and again, until she was having trouble getting Stardress on.

It didn't take much magic, but it was hard to keep concentrating on two different magic flows. The flow of magic she gets from her spirit from the Celestial world and the flow of her own magic to her own space.

Sweat was crawling on her face when she was teleporting in her Stardress for an hour.

'Good Lucy-sama. Now I want you to attack me and use the Stardress magic at its fullest while using Heaven's Gate.'

Lucy nodded while drinking some water from the bottle that Virgo had prepared.

'Heaven's gate,' Lucy whispered. The golden circle consumed her and she reappeared in the air to the left of Capricorn while she tried to punch him with the strength of Taurus. Capricorn easily avoided and a big gap appeared in the ground under Lucy's fist. She tried to attack Capricorn multiple times, while teleporting. In time she felt her Stardress disappearing when she had just teleported in front of him. 'Shit!' The humanoid goat pushed Lucy with some force into a tree.

'Come at me again Lucy-sama. Keep your concentration. If I was an enemy, you could have died right now.'

Lucy cursed and tried to focus again. The Stardress reappeared and the training went on.

A couple hours later dark clouds were forming in the sky. They looked up and could smell the pressure of rain in the air. 'I guess that is the training for today, a storm is coming. I advise you to take cover in a cave this time.'

'Thanks Capricorn.'

'You're welcome, Lucy-sama.'

The goat disappeared and Lucy ran to her tent. She summoned Virgo to take her tent to the Celestial World. The wind was getting stronger and rain fell to the earth. It was too dangerous to fly with Aquila, her flying spirit, and she ran as fast as she could to the nearby mountain. Lucy was completely soaked when she was climbing to the cave. Thunder was claiming the silence of the storm, while lightning was dancing between the clouds. Lucy was fascinated by the play in the air and stopped sometimes to watch the sky. She was already soaked, so it didn't really matter to her. She had almost made it to the cave at the foot of the mountain, when she noticed a strange lightning in the air. It was moving different than it used to be and she could see something inside the lightning. The lightning struck the earth and thunder came a couple seconds later. Lucy looked at the spot where the lightning had struck and saw seconds later a lightning blast coming from the spot. A wyvern scream reached her ears.

'That was no normal lightning strike.' Her heart was pounding for the possible danger she could approach. With heaven's gate she teleported through the forest to the place where the lightning had struck. While in her realm she saw a man lying unconscious on the ground covered in wounds. A wyvern was lying knocked out between some trees, while another wyvern wanted to strike an attack on the wounded man. Lucy changed into Stardress Taurus while she teleported just on time in front of the wyvern to block the attack. She held the mouth of the wyvern in her hands. She saw more wyvern crawling from the shadows. She didn't have the magic or energy to defeat all the wyverns, while defending a wounded man. She threw the wyvern to another and grabbed him. She concentrated on both herself and the man. 'Heaven's Gate!'

The man and Lucy disappeared just in time before another wyvern attack could reach them. Lucy flew with the man on her shoulder to the cave. She could feel the blood sliding from her shoulder to rest of her body, she felt the struggle in her magic and knew that she couldn't hold heaven's gate for a very long time. A portal opened to Earthland in the middle of the air between some trees. She felt a couple meters before she could open a new portal that could reach the cave.

At the cave she laid the wounded man down, while kneeling next to him. She had her normal clothes on again and she took a good look at the man she had just rescued. She gasped for air and her hand went to Loke's key. 'Loke!'

'What can I do…..LUCY! YOU'RE HURT!'

'It's not my blood.'

Loke looked from Lucy to the strange man.

…

'It's from Laxus.'

This was it for today! Nothing better than a little clif hanger. The next update will be this Thursday! So you don't have to wait long. Was the explanation of her new powers understandable? I'm seeing it in front of me, but I can understand that it may be hard to grasp for others.

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