Disclaimer: Fairy Tail belongs to the Hiro Mashima

The beginning is slow, however once you get further into the story, the past will unravel itself. Skip to chapter 5 if you are impatient

Chapter 1: Water

"We can't let it end here!" I grabbed onto Natsu's hand, "Okay we'll never give up!". Tears were running across my face.

"Everyone join your power together as one! Let's show it the bonds of our guild!" I heard Gray shout out.

"We'll all go home together..."

To Fairy Tail.

When we find ourselves, we will re-unite once more and find it in our hearts that no matter where we were, we were always together. Until we meet again, perhaps in a different life. But we shall meet again.

Nothingness.

I felt the tears run down my face, why was I crying? Did something happen? Was I dead? I felt the gentle waves crash against me, over and over again. It was soothing in a way, a calm melodic rhythm that continued for hours. Water. I was floating in water. Why?

I opened my eyes the piercing glares of the sun made me shield my eyes away from it, turning away I almost drowned in the water. I coughed and spluttered a little. Trying to clear my head of what was happening, the disoriented thoughts in my head gave me headaches. It was throbbing in pain. I needed water to drink, not this water. Clear freshwater.

I continued like this for another few hours, or was it minutes. I could not even comprehend if I was even in the living or in the dead.

" Oi, Captain! There's someone out there!"

"What! Let me see!"

Voices, are they Merchants of Death, here to collect my body and finally take to the Underworld. Perhaps there I shall finally meet Mama. Take me there O Merchants of Death. Take me there so I can finally stop this pain in my chest and body.

Not yet, Lucy Heartfilia. Your journey does not end here. It has yet to begin.

"Who are you then? Are you an angel?" I stared at a little girl who seemed to be standing on water. Her beautiful ocean green eyes seemed to reflect my soul, her hair billowing slightly in the gentle wind.

I am far from it. But soon enough you shall know, soon enough.

Through my half-consciousness I felt a pair of strong arms haul me up, I felt my head hit something. Wood? I did not care. "Steady her there. Shit how long was she out there at sea?" More voices, no. These voices were not of the dead. They of the living.

"Can find anything on her that may tell us where she's from", I felt their tentative hands search me, carefully going through my shirt, dress and boots.

"Sir, look at this", I felt one of their hands pull my right hand up.

"Impossible. That's impossible! They all disappeared seven years ago! We have to get ourselves to the mainland. William, take her to one our cabins! Make sure she gets hydrated as well!" I felt someone pull me up, they steadiness of his hands reminded me of someone. Natsu? Was that you? I drifted into unconsciousness, no longer able to keep track of my thoughts.


"Is she awake?" More voices, so familiar. But whose?

"Don't rush her!" I slowly opened my eyes, flinching a little when I felt the artificial light pierce at me, it was still hazy. Who were they. I felt an arm around my back slowly push me forward. rubbing my eyes I blinked and took a better look at them.

"Macao?" I said in surprise, but before I could comprehend on what was he gave me a bone-crushing hug. I gasped out in pain, trying to push him. But before I could another pair of hands swarmed around me tightening the hold the of Macao's arms. And another, and another. In fact so many I could barely even see any more.

"Let go of me!" I cried out, they immediately released their hold of me. I suddenly took a deep breath. God! I was suffocating in their death like grip hold! Rubbing my arms soothingly to get the blood running again I looked up. What in the world? Macao, Romeo, Laki, Nab , Jet, Droy, Max, Reedus and many more. All of them I knew but such unfamiliar faces. They looked so much older, especially Romeo. Why was this?

"What's going on here? Why do you all look so much older?" They looked at each their faces showing sadness and sorrow. Why?

"Lucy-nee, you might not believe this, but we need you to. Your our only clue to what happened five years ago", I looked at Romeo, five years ago?


"Five years ago Acnologia attacked Tenroujima, and destroyed it without leaving a trace of the original island left. This caused the entire council and many of our friend guilds to create a search party in hopes to find and survivors. However after the years passed and the council soon announced you guys as dead. Soon people stopped looking and gave up hope. The only guild that still tries to find you guys is Blue Pegasus. We also gave up hope as well except for Romeo", Macao said sadly, looking at his son.

I took deep breaths, just to process this information. I was close to breaking down and saying that it wasn't true and asking the if this was all a sick joke. But looking at their faces you would realise that they were telling the truth.

"We understand that you may not believe us, but what we are telling is the truth", I saw my hands tremble slightly. Was I scared of the truth.

"Then tell me, is everyone else! If I am here surely they must be here as well!" They sadly shook their heads in disagreement.

"Lucy, you are the sole person that we have found, in the last five years..." So that would mean that they were dead. Dead! I clasped my head tightly ri=ocking back and forth on the bed, just trying to soothe the pain in my heart. Why only me. Why was I the only one to come out alive. No.

"No! If I am here, then they must be alive. I am living proof that Fairy Tail's core members is still out there! We can go find them. We have hope guys!" I jumped off the bed, feeling my legs wobble a little. Laki took my arm and smiled warmly, helping me steady my feet.

"Lucy-nee is right! If she is here, then the other must be somewhere out there as well!" Romeo shouted out. New hope, I had given new hope. I grinned, "Romeo, let's go find them. I'm sure they're out there waiting for us to find them!" He grinned back at me.

But it was this time when I felt the most happiest, and that it would soon disappear as well.