Chapter 1

Lucy walked on the riverside gloomily. It has been 7 months when she broke Aquarius' Key and when Master Makarov disbanded the guild. It felt as if her life was back to where it started. She had no one again. She sighed as Plue purred in her arms, trying to comfort his master.

She opened the door to her apartment and in it were boxes containing all her stuff. She had to move to Crocus now because of her thriving job as a journalist for Sorcerer Weekly. She sighed once again. This apartment of hers was really special. Most of the fun moments with her friends happened here. Especially when Natsu and Happy barged in her apartment without her consent.

Natsu…

Tears started to form when Lucy thought of the pink-haired boy together with his flying blue cat.

Why did he need to run off like that? Why did he have to blame himself for everything that happened with Tartarus? He's such an idiot.

Lucy shook her head and wiped away her tears. She should not think if that kind of things. Lucy knew very well that the only reason why Natsu left is because he wants to get stronger so that Fairy Tail won't get hurt any more.

I wonder how Natsu would react if he knew that the guild is gone now..

Lucy sat in front of her desk. Her story was far from being complete because she knew that her adventures with Fairy Tail weren't over yet. Next to her papers was a silver and gold box. It has everything she treasured. Lucy's letters to her mother and the broken key of Aquarius. Tears started to from again. She couldn't believe that two of her mother figures were gone.

Why is that people who I really love keeps disappearing? What have I done wrong to deserve this?

Lucy's tears kept flowing. All of her friends are somewhere far away and she had lost people whom she truly loved and cared for.

A shower of golden light appeared behind Lucy. Lucy, sensing another presence, looked back. At the back was an orange-haired man in a suit and said, "You okay there Lucy?" Lucy stood up and immediately tackled the Lion Spirit in a hug. "Loke.." she whispered. Loke returned the hugged, running circles with his thumb on Lucy's back and his chin resting on top of her head.

The Celestial spirit wasn't surprised by the sudden show of affection. Well, it wasn't affection; it was more like a cry for help. Loke has been sensing sadness emitting from his Master since the day she broke Aquarius' key.

"It's okay, Lucy. You could cry all you want. Just get it out of your system." Loke said, on the first time she visited Lucy after the guild was disbanded. Lucy cried for hours and it was torture for Loke to see Lucy like that.

"Wanna talk about it?" Loke asked. Lucy shook her head. Loke sighed. It was getting harder and harder for Loke to talk to Lucy nowadays. Before was worse. Lucy would cry herself to sleep and cry again when she wakes up. Most of the time, Loke would stay up all night to wake up Lucy from her nightmares. But while months passed by, her crying lessened. But her smile faded along with it and was replaced by a trademark of sadness.

"Loke?" Lucy asked, still hugging his friend. "Yes, Lucy?" Lucy looked at him and gave him a weak smile. "Thank you." Loke smiled back. "I'm always here for you, Lucy." Lucy buried her head back on Loke's chest with a smile. "I'm glad to have you by my side."

Loke can't help but broaden his smile. "The feeling is mutual, Lucy

"Natsu! Look I've got some fish!" The flying blue cat said, dragging two fishes by his hand. "That's great happy." The pink-haired dragon slayer said. "What's wrong, Natsu?" Happy asked, noticing the sadness emitting from his partner's voice. "I..It's just..Never mind." Natsu said, shaking his head. His hair was much longer that it looked like a lion's mane from afar. "It's okay Natsu. You can tell me, I'm your partner after all." The blue cat said, munching on his fish.

Natsu sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "I feel as if something's wrong with Lucy." Happy stooped midway in biting on his fish. "Lucy? What's wrong Natsu? Is she in danger?" Natsu shook his head immediately, sensing the worry in his partner's voice. "I feel like Lucy's pretty sad right now. It's as if I could see her being sad."

Natsu had this feeling since the day he went off to start his training. He couldn't shake off the feeling that he was responsible for Lucy's sadness.

Did..Am I the one making her sad?

"Don't worry Natsu. I'm sure Lucy's fine. She has the guild and everyone else to put a smile on her face every day!"

Natsu smiled. It sure was nice to have a partner to cheer you up. "Thanks, partner."

A/N:

Yeah, I know. Sucky first chapter, huh? Don't worry and don't judge cuz' this is my first fanfic but not my first story. I'll get the vibe running through my body in no time. Thanks for viewing my story, tho. If you liked it please leave a review and let me know what you think of it.

~Mee