The Ten Dragon Rings Chap 1: Saying Goodbye

Third Person P.o.V

A young blonde by the name Lucy Heartfillia was sitting at her desk writing a letter to her mother, like she did every night.

Dear Mom,

It's been a month, mom. Do you think that they'll notice me yet? Even Master has been ignoring me and I have to steal missions to be able to pay my rent, since Mira won't acknowledge my presence. It hurts, it really does. I just want them to start talking to me again and tell me that this is all just a sick joke. I can't take it anymore. I would rather have cold glares from them other that nothing. Just silence. Do I mean so little to them?! All of the times we spent together, the enemies and the friends we've encountered! For them does it really mean nothing? Tears leaked out o her eyes and onto the page as she continued to write I just... I can't take it anymore! Is it because I'm weak! Do I complain too much! All I want is an explanation why at this point. I don't even know why I'm still in this guild, they clearly don't want me here but... I'm still hanging on, still hoping that they'll talk to me again... As I write this, I realize how stupid of a dream that is. I... I don't know what I should do, should I listen to my spirits and leave or... Lucy let out a shuddering breath and squeezed her eyes shut, wanting to banish the thoughts from her head but knew that it was impossible I wish you were hear mom. So you could tell me what I should do. You always had your way with words and knew how to make me feel better. Thanks for listening,

Your less-positive-than-normal-daughter, Lucy

The blonde leaned back on her chair, taking a few calming breaths before sitting normally again and folding the letter to put it in the box with all her other letters. Nowadays her letters had become more and more depressing. It wasn't her fault really, she just couldn't take this loneliness anymore and had to find and outlet, and that became the letters she wrote to her mother along with her novel. Her book in question had taken a very dark turn, the main character being betrayed by her friends and forced into captivity by the villain. Lucy shook her head and stood up. Being at that desk all the time wasn't healthy. She grabbed her coat and keys, deciding to take a walk even though it was in the middle of the night. Luckily, she was still wearing her day clothes. She left, shutting the door behind her and walking out into the night.

The moon shone brightly above her, illuminating her path. She had no idea where she was going really, she just let her feet take her wherever they wanted. She smiled a bit seeing the stars but it quickly disappeared when she remembers the countless nights she spent under the stars with her team, trying to teach them the constellations and how to spot them along with their story. She felt tears burn at the back of her eyes but she kept them back and continued to walk, trying to distract herself with the cold night air. She was currently walking to the edge of Mongolia. The houses became less and less common and the shops now nonexistent as she neared the trees at the edge of her town. The stone road had now became a dirt path as she entered the forest and, by the time she realized where she was going, she had arrived at the top of a cliff overseeing the sea.

Lucy sat down at the spot she arrived in and removed her coat, it wasn't that cold anyways. She stared blankly at the waves as they violently crashed into the rocks below. She felt her keys tingle and her lion spirit appeared beside her. "Lucy..." He started but she cut him off by patting the spot next to her "Sit" He complied without a word. The two sat in silence, listing to the sounds the night had to offer. After a while, Loke couldn't bare keep silent

"Lucy. You need to stop doing this to yourself. They... They forgot you and you need to accept that and move on. Even if that means leaving the guild."

"Loke-"

"No! You're only hurting yourself by being here! It hurts to see your master stay in a situation where she clearly isn't happy and not being able to do anything about it. You haven't even told anyone in other guilds, I'm sure they'll let you join and knock some sense into them-"

"I don't want to join another guild! I'm sure that they'll remember me if-"

"Lucy! You're just hanging onto false hope and you know it! Listen to yourself!" The man let out a breath and combed his hair back with one of his hands,

"Virgo is packing you're stuff in the spirit world. We're leaving at the end of this week and that's final"

"WHAT! You can't just do that-"

"We've decided that it's for the best. You'll thank us later" and with that he disappeared.

"Loke" She shouted after him, angry that they made the decision for her, like she was just some child who couldn't do anything for herself. She screamed out in rage at that thought. In one swift movement she ripped her keys off her belt and threw them into the sea. Stomping off afterwards, only to realize a split second too late what she did. Her lips were parted in shock, spinning on her heels and rushing back to the cliff muttering "No" over and over again. Her words raised in volume as she ran down a step path to reach sea level and soon she was screaming as she tried to find her keys on the surface of the water. She almost jumped in the water but realized that if she did, she would be reaching an untimely death only moments later. There was no way for her to retrieve her keys (if they weren't already washed away) without sacrificing herself. Tears leaked out of her eyes as she reached her hand in to see if she could find them that way. She hesitated again, before jumping into the water, further enough so she didn't crash into the rocks. She dived into the water, her eyes burning from the salt. Her hands brushed against the water as her eyes scanned what little she could though the water. Her lungs begged for air and she was forced to go to the surface again. She only let herself have a second to breath before going under again.

This went on for hours, her futilely searching the water she presumably dropped them in, her body becoming weaker and weaker as time ticked by. As the sun started to rise her body started to pass out on her. She swam to the side to the place she originally jumped off of, planning to stand up on it and check where else they could've gone, and promptly passed out.

In one day all my guild mates ignored me and one month later I betray the only people who have always been there for me and lose my magic. After I find them I'll give them to Yukino, she would never hurt them like this. I'm no better than Angel, Karen and the countless other abusive masters.

CHAP END! I did it, tell me what you think and I have a few things I want to say before I finish: Yes I know that Lucy or Loki would never do that but put yourself in their shoes, Loke has been watching his Master suffer for a long time, unable to do anything so he along with the other spirits decide to save their Master from heartbreak and take her far away from the people who hurt her and even if she was upset with them at first, she would be happier in the long run away from the bad environment. Now for Lucy, for her whole life she has been treated as less by her father and about to be used as a way he could selfishly gain money by marrying her off. So she leaves and finds a guild who she thought loved her and was there for her, then they suddenly ignore her and make her feel like crap and a month later she's betrayed and had her opinion disregarded by the people who she thought trusted her judgment and treated like a child who couldn't think for herself. When she threw her keys, she didn't realize that there was a cliff so close to her, caught up in her anger, so she threw the keys away from her and they fell in the sea. And for why Team Natsu and Fairy Tail are ignoring her, you'll just have to find out :3

Note: If you haven't figured out yet, I don't own Fairy Tail or it's characters because it I did then Lucy would have left on a journey to get stronger already and Gray would confess to Juvia and they would be engaged.

Ruby Heartfillia