Alright so this is my first fan fiction, I write my own personal stories but I'm a huge fan of Fairy Tail and have been reading other fan fics for years now. Here we go!
Lucy sat at her small desk tucked into her corner late one Thursday evening, she was luckily alone. Her pyromaniac of a partner was off on a spur of the moment camping trip at a lake he and Happy has found that has some deliciously rare fish. Ezra bless her soul, was off out of town at some new armor shop that had popped up in a town not far from Crocus that apparently had some new type of metal she just had to inspect. Finally Gray had agreed to take Juvia with him on a trip up north to visit the resting place of Ur.
Sitting back with a big gust of air leaving her lungs Lucy tapped the top of the quill she was writing with against her cheek contemplating her situation. After Tartarous, after finally bringing back the guild under the new leadership of Master Laxus which took a little more than a year, after dead end with Aquarius' key she had finally hit a wall.
The Fairy Tail Lucy had fallen in love with was broken, well not quite broken but so different she just doesn't feel like she is a part of it anymore. Change, now that's something she could accept, deal with even, knew it was going to happen. Yet the ache in her chest never left, not even with Natsu's bright grins, or Ezra's heavy hugs. A part of Lucy was missing, warped, broken from losing Aquarius and that last link to her mother.
Lucy was strong, she had wept, she had gotten angry, she had been in denial even after the rest of her family had come back together and now she was... lost. She was still trying to move forward though, even with no real direction.
Over the year that everyone was dispersed Lucy had gotten to get some outside work as a journalist for Sorcerers Weekly which had been a dream, done just a bit of modeling for them too with had been fun, she worked a bit on her mediatation not as much as she wished but money came first. With her life slowing coming back together it was fine a bit dull, even with traveling a bit to cover stories. There was no constant connection with anyone, no partner. No Happy annoying the crap out of her, no Natsu constantly invading her space. It made things lonely but she adjusted.
Her next goal had been to start tracking rumors for Aquarius like she had for her family, and literally the week she decided to start taking more outside work was to begin right after the Grand Magic Games where Natsu had shown up and started rallying everyone together. Now a little more than a year since they met up Lucy still isn't happy.
Sighing she readjusted in her chair, quill and list completely forgotten as she reminisces.
Natsu, where to even get started on him. Could she even call him a partner? She did but did they even fit into that category anymore? Don't get her wrong, everyone came back... different as expected. But the relationship between the two of them is the most strained. Forgiveness is earned when someone shows remorse and the will the change for the better however, he hasn't even said sorry in person yet.
That most of all is what has kept her heart broken. She isn't or was never in love with the idiot, but he was her best friend, the closest thing to family she will probably ever have and he left. Left her. Like it was nothing.
Lucy hasn't let it anyone else see her pain. During that year she remastered her mask. When she had gotten to the guild she left all the fake and pretending with the estate she ran away from. She thought if she was open and let herself show others how much she cares she would get the same in return but now her delicate mask is firmly in place.
Lucy doesn't want that, never wanted it that was one of the reasons she had left. And now look at her, almost right back in the same position. Her team although not as invading, were still as nosey. Did not hardly every let her go on jobs herself, at least one of them usually checked in with her every day. Always trying to rescue her even when she does not want or need it when they were out on a job.
With all of their questions and worries not one noticed the key that was missing from her ring, or the high necked tees and tanks she coninuously wore. It was like being pulled into a hug only to be kneed in the gut. They all were obviously trying to come back to the way thing used to be, well not Natsu she will wasn't sure what was going on with him, yet they all miss the most important thing.
Lucy couldn't blame them, there was still a lot going on in everyone's life. Gray was attempting to give Juvia an honest chance, first as friends and they are moving nicely along. Ezra is working hard not only for the guild but herself, after traveling and tagging with Jellal and his group for a bit only to realize the her and him just were not meant to be was hard on her. They are still great friends and often depend on one another but no more potential romance between them. Ezra has also taken a large responicbily of the guild in recruiting and helping train our mages. Laxus although the won't admit it is nervous that once again a large enemy will surface and Fairy Tail will be on the front lines so he has taken extra precautions. Natsu and Happy are more aloof than ever. Still very loud and boisterous but Natsu now holds a seriousness to him that had never been there before. He also continues to go on solo missions and works hard to improve himself, that Lucy envy's about him.
It seems as if everyone has moved on and become stronger, bettering themselves and in the long run the guild. While she sits at her desk contemplating her life and if this was all she wanted to do with it.
Her adventures are far less exciting than they used to be, it was hard to even get the whole team together without something coming up for someone. There was less damage with both Natsu and Gray calming down as they got older so more reward money so less missions needed to be taken.
It was incredibly frustrating for Lucy, she did not want to have a dull life. This is why she ran away! She just needed to find something to focus on and work towards, so as the lighting outside got dimmer the ideas on her page got longer well until it was pitch black outside and she ran out of paper.
Hi there! Like I said before this is my first fanfic! And the idea just kinda came out of no where! There isn't a specific outline or story that I'm following, just going with what my fingers type. No particular pairing quite yet, but there will be romance in the future! Let me know what you think or feel! Will be updated quite regularly! Write on!
