Lucy was awoken to the smell of bacon and pancakes. She smiled sleepily and slowly sat up, rubbing most of the sleep from her eyes. Putting on her snowman slippers (a gift from Plue) and a random sweatshirt she made her way to the kitchen.

As she grew closer she could hear humming along with the growing sound of breakfast. She folded her arms and pulled them close to her as she yawned.

Natsu turned her way and smiled. "Morning Luce, how'd ya sleep?"

Luce smiled and nodded, giving him a nonverbal answer. He was wearing an old sweat shirt from the guilds gift shop and a pair of sweatpants barefoot. His hair was still untamed from sleeping.

Natsu motioned for her to come closer to him and she did so as he wrapped his available arm around her, pulling Lucy in front of him facing the stove. He kissed the top of her head and held her close, starting to hum again.

"What're you humming?" She closed her eyes taking in the sound.

"A song I heard on the radio the other day. Think it was called Snow Fairy or something like that."

"I like it." She looked down at her left hand, seeing the matching wedding bands her and Natsu gotten. Most people thought she would have wanted a diamond or something flashy, but she knew something that expensive could easily get lost on a mission. Plus, she liked how simple it was, a silver band with the words "it's always more fun with we're together" inscribed on the outside along with their wedding date on the inside.

Lucy looked up and gave a quick kiss before releasing herself from Natsu. "I'm gonna grab a couple of plates." She makes her way over to the cabinet with the few plates in it and set two of them out on the counter, along with some silverware, cups, and some Sriracha sauce (Natsu will eat anything with hot sauce...). Just as she was finishing, Natsu came around with a frying pan full of eggs and then a few plates of varies breakfast items.

A few minutes past of them eating when Lucy asked something that's been on her mind. "Where's Nashi and Happy? I haven't seen them."

"Happy took Nashi to Gray and Juvia's to spend the night last night. I guess Nashi was missing little Silver. Happy said he'd meet up with is at the guild sometime this afternoon." Lucy nodded. The four year old loved playing with Gray's little boy, they two were nearly inseparable.

"That would explain why I wasn't woken up last night by something crawling into our bed at two in the morning." Lucy downed another bite of pancake.

"Or by a certain blue cat that likes to hog the bed as soon as you roll over." They both laughed a little.

After breakfast was over, Lucy got up and thought it would be best if they both got ready for the day. They had to head into the guild to pick a job before all the good ones were taken. They both stood up from the barstools and went into the laundry room. Natsu had to grab a clean towel for a shower, normally Lucy would take one first but she already did the night before.

"Alright well I'm going to go take a shower real quick."

Lucy nodded and grabbed her clothes and put her hand on the bedroom door to get dressed.

Something wasn't right

Her head started to hurt. She felt dangerously dizzy and couldn't see straight. "Natsu?" Her knees buckled and she collapsed to the ground, barely conscious. Natsu must have heard her hit the hardwood floor because he was running down the hallway without a shirt, soon holding her up...

"LUCY! WHAT'S WRONG?! STAY WITH ME OK?!"

She could feel him picking her up and carrying her out the door of the apartment. "You're going to be ok, you're going to be ok, you're going to..." Lucy wasn't sure if he was trying to convince her or himself.

She lost consciousness before they even made it out of the building, the last thing she sees being the wedding bands.


Lucy opens her eyes and squints at the bright lights above her. She holds her arm up to shield herself from the light and notices an IV hooked into her as well as a heart monitor. "What the..."

"LUCY YOU'RE AWAKE!" Wendy burst into her room and tackled her right before Erza pulled her off. "Careful Wendy, she's still recovering." Wendy nods. Gray had suddenly appeared in the room behind Erza and leaned up against the wall.

Something clicked in Lucy. "Wait recovering? What do you..." Lucy stopped and realized her voice was raspy, like she hadn't used it in months.

Erza and Gray give each other a look, and then Gray steps forward. "Lucy, what's the last thing you remember?"

She thought back to that morning. "I was at my apartment with Natsu. We had just got done eating breakfast and were getting ready to head to the guild to get a high paying but easy job. That's when I started feeling dizzy and fell down." She paused for a second trying to remember, "that's when Natsu freaked out and...why are you looking at me like that?"

The other three exchanged glances, Erza being the first to speak. "Lucy, who's Natsu?" Lucy stared at them.

"What do you mean? Natsu Dragneel. He's a dragon slayer, his dad was Igneel. He's been apart of Fairy Tail his whole life!" Erza, Gray, and Wendy shook their heads.

"Lucy, who are you talking about?"

Now she was mad. "I'm talking about Natsu Dragneel! He's the one who brought me to Fairy Tail! He's saved my life countless times! Natsu Dragneel: my husband! The father of Nashi Dragneel, our daughter! Now where is he?!" She was nearly in tears. Lucy clenched her hands and looked down at her hand.

Her wedding ring was missing, like it was never there.

Wendy sat on her bed. "Lucy, you've been in a coma for the last eight months. The last thing that happened before you fell asleep was a job we all took. It was to go capture someone and bring him into the magic council."

Erza steps in. "He was a lot more powerful that we anticipated and you went after him head on. With one blast he nearly killed you. You almost bled to death. That's when we retreated and heard that you may never wake up."

Lucy looked down and breathed deeply. That had happened several years ago for her. Natsu had been the one to carry her back to the guild. She was fine about a month later.

"I remember, Natsu was the one to carry me away after the man tried attacking again." She looked for confirmation, not receiving it.

"No, Luce I did. You nearly died in my arms" Gray spoke up. Lucy was silent.

"What did he look like?" Wendy put her hand on top of Lucy's. "Natsu I mean."

"He was a little bit taller than me, wore a black and yellow jacket with one sleeve. He had the Fairy Tail mark in red on his right shoulder. He had pink spiky hair and always had a long black and white scarf." Lucy recited knowing his appearance like the back of her hand.

The room was dead silent. Wendy looked terrified, Erza tried to keep as calm as she could, and Gray took a deep break and closed his eyes. After a moment of silence Gray spoke up.

"Lucy, the guy that you just described, is the one who nearly killed you. His name is END."

Lucy wanted to throw up. Her friends had to be lying to her, but what reason did they have? She looked down at her ring finger again, and broke down. "Please...please say you're joking...please..." She wrapped her arms around herself and bent forward sobbing. Wendy immediately replaced Lucy's arms let her cry on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry Luce...but it's true." Erza and Gray joined Wendy.

All of it, Happy, Natsu, their daughter Nashi, all of it wasn't real...the only thing that was real was END, and he wanted her dead...


Hope you liked it! I think I'm going to continue with it because I'm proud of how it turned out :) I got the idea from something on tumblr that I kept reblogging with more angst. Anyways! Hope you like it and let me know how I did. Thank you!