"Lucy, it's getting pretty late. We should go home now or Erza will get worried sick about you," Natsu nudged his best friend. Lucy gave no reply. Instead, she stared down at the stone carving of a beautiful little girl, stuck at the end of a rectangular piece of cold hard soil. The soil was soon dampened by 3 tear drops. Lucy gave a sniffle and walked out of Kardia Cathedral before the flood of tears could come. Natsu followed closely behind her and gave her a consoling hug to stop her tears. At least, he hoped it was consoling cause she had turned around and had started crying on his shoulder. Natsu didn't know what to do to make her feel better so he gave her a piggyback ride all the way to their house along the streets of Magnolia.
"Tadaima," Natsu announced as he and Lucy stepped into the welcoming house. "Okairi, Natsu, Lucy," Erza called from the kitchen. "I was planning to cook curry for the five of us. Is that ok with you two?" Lucy went to the kitchen and hugged her best friend from behind. "Arigatou, Erza. That would be great. Where are Gray and Happy?" "Happy's in the living room watching the fish channel while Gray went out to help me buy potatoes. He should be back soon. Go take a bath. Dinner will be ready soon," Erza replied with a smile.
Lucy's eyes sparkled at the world 'bath'. 'A bath will definitely be relaxing for me.' Lucy thought. "Oh okairi Lucy. I didn't know you were home already. Look at the fish this wizard caught! Doesn't it look delicious?" Happy asked when Lucy was about to enter the bathroom, pointing towards the television. "Yeah, that looks interesting..." Lucy replied, showing almost no sign of interest. She then proceeded to lock the door and slip into the warm water, which Erza had prepared for her, after taking off her clothes.
"Aah... So relaxing..." Lucy said. From the bathtub, she could hear Erza requiping into her chef clothes which Lucy had seen for the first time right after the Eisenwald incident where they were lost and hungry in the valley and had planned to eat some monsters. "Those were good times..."Lucy recalled. "Way before I gave birth to Luna."
After about 5 minutes of soaking, Lucy got out the water, changed into comfortable clothes and sat at the table, waiting for dinner to be served. Gray was back and expectedly shirtless. He sat opposite Lucy at the table and asked her, "So... How was Luna today? Still as energetic as ever?" "Oh yeah, we played tag the whole day," Lucy replied with a sarcastic tone and face. "Oh, who am I kidding... Luna's gone, forever. She's not even in Edolas. Mysto- I mean Jellal, told us that and you know it."
"How do you know that she's gone forever? How do you know that she's not somewhere safe?" Natsu said, joining in the conversation. Lucy looked down, knowing what would come next. "You're her mother, why don't you believe Luna's somewhere safe?" Erza then came out of the kitchen and pointed kitchen knives at Natsu and Gray. "Yamenasai! Natsu, you know Lucy's not comfortable talking about this. You should know that, she's your wife. And Gray, put a shirt on and why did you have to bring up the topic? Don't worry about what they were talking about just now. Eat up before the food gets cold," Erza consoled Lucy, not even bothering to listen to Gray's pathetic excuse. Lucy knew that if Luna was in neither Earthland nor Edolas, she would be in only one place- Heaven. But she hoped that Natsu was right. She hoped that her precious daughter was somewhere safe, her heart still beating.
After dinner, everyone got ready to sleep. Erza and Gray had moved into Lucy and Natsu's house ever since they became a married couple, so now, the house had 3 beds- one for Erza, one for Gray, and one big bed for Natsu and Lucy. Lucy had made Happy a nice little bed at the end of their bed so he could sleep comfortably. Erza switched off the lights, signalling that everyone get into bed. Natsu took off his scarf and held one end of it. Lucy took the other end and stroked it. Ever since Luna had mysteriously disappeared, Lucy couldn't sleep at night. But she soon found that stroking Natsu's scarf brought her to sleepyland quickly. "Oyasumi, minna," Erza called. Gray, Natsu, Happy and Lucy said the same thing and shut their eyes. "Sweet dreams, Lucy," Natsu said, before drifting off.
