Chapter 1: (Lucy's POA) Taken place after GMG

I remember that day clearly, I was excited to finally get one of the 10,000 nerve gear. Pre-ordering was expense but I went on tons of small solo missions to get enough jewels. Natsu said I was weird to get so excited over a tiny game but I didn't care. Even though he called me weird or stupid sometimes, thats why I loved him, he was my rock and I was his and we both needed each other. It was our one year anniversary when the incident happened. He knew I was so excited to get the nerve gear and said I can play until he gets back from his mission, then we were supposed to go out for a fancy dinner. He was going to take me to the place where we first met, I was going to give him a key with a flame on it, for he holds the key to my heart. I know its cheesy but this is Natsu we are talking about.

In my mind I could still see him giving me a peck on the lips before he left telling me how soon we were going to see each other, oh how wrong he was. I still remember Happy's warm fur curled against my chest saying good-bye. I remember Natsu soft 'I love you' against my ear. After our warm embrace, he left along with Happy, with me not so sad to see him go. Oh, how I want to be able to hug and kiss both of their goofy faces right now! I remember after them leaving going to Mira telling her I was leaving for the day. I remember how sweet her voice was against the loud thunder of the guild. I gave Levy-chan a short hug before leaving, I miss that blue-haired mage so much. I went home soon afterwards and set up the nerve gear next to my bed. The last thing I saw as I put on the nerve gear was the sun hitting against my desk as I quietly chanted the words to turn it on.

It was a perfect day for the First (and Last if I might say) opening of the virtual world. I picked an avatar that looked had long brown hair with pigtails and blue eyes if I recalled. I remembered how disappointed I was to not see my guild mark on my hand. But I thought 'hey its only for awhile, you came here to relax and take a break from my wild world', oh how wrong I was. I named my avatar Luna for I thought it was a good name. I quickly learned how to defeat things with my white sword by Kirito, a nice friendly guy who was helping me and this other guy out. He was a charming fellow, but would never take my heart. He told me that I was fairly good for a beginner and I was pleased. I told him thank-you and left to find some of my first quest to get some more gear, I had a couple more hours to go before Natsu came home. As I was walking around, everyone started to disappear. I could be only terrified for a second before I disappeared too. I landed in the middle of the game and it looked like everyone else too.

I still remembered how the sky turned red and a big hooded character appeared. I remembered shaking so much my knees started to give out. The hooded figure started to talk, "Attention Players, welcome to my world. My name is Kayaba Akihiko. And as of this moment I control this world." All I could think was 'is this guy serious? Why state this now?'

He continued, " I am sure most of you noticed an item missing from your main menu. The log-out button" suddenly my heart stop, I knew nothing good can come from this. " Let me assure you this is not a defect game. I repeat this was not a defect…" I couldn't control my body anymore, I couldn't hear anything. I fell down as someone caught me. All that ran through my head was 'Natsu, Natsu, Tell me this is a dream. NATSU!'. Then I backed out. Upon awakening the next morning, still in the virtual world I was informed with news that stills lingers on today. We are stuck in the virtual world until someone can get to floor 100 and pass it, which was nearly impossible. I was also informed that if you die in this world you die in the real world for the nerve gear is connected to our brains. Also if someone tries to take it off in the real world, it will burn your brain. So I learned, I am stuck. I am stuck in a world without Natsu, Happy, Erza, Gray, Juvia, my keys. A world without Fairy Tail. The only thing I had was my guild mark on my right hand, for our true identities were revealed. And Fairy Tail is my identity. But that was two years ago. And yes, I'm still here, in the virtual world.