A blonde teenage girl stands in front of a large wooden door. Her heart pounds in her chest as she stands there preparing for the worst. Her hands shake as she closes them into a fist and knocks on the door, the sound echoing through the practically empty guild hall. She takes a deep breath and waits for the raspy voice of her guild master.

"Come in." The guild master, Makarov says.

As she opens the door it creaks quietly, as well as the floorboards as she steps into the office tentatively. She stands in front of the desk looking down at her feet and biting her lip nervously.

"M-master?" She squeaked, still looking at the floor as she shuffled her feet.

The small man looks up from his work, his face had wrinkles etched into his skin and a bushy white mustache covers his upper lip. He smiles warmly at her and motions to a seat across from him.

"How may I help you, my child?" He asks, his voice warm and filled with kindness. His eyes filled with love for his "children".

The girl wrings her hands, one of them have a pink Fairy Tail mark imprinted on to her skin. A hot tear falls from her eye and trickles down her cheek, dripping off her chin and splashing onto the floor.

She looks up at him, her big, brown doe eyes are sad, but she stands tall and takes a deep breath.

"Master, I think of you as a father, unlike my own who cared nothing for me you are the best person ever and I really wish you were my father. I-I love this guild so much, but I can't stay. I have to move on. I have to get stronger. I-I.I'm leaving the guild..." She whispered the last part and tears start leaking out of her eyes and splashing onto the floor.

Lucy wouldn't tell Master about Natsu. She knew he would just get upset.

Makarov looked at her.

"And there's no way I can convince you to stay?" He said hopefully. The blonde shook her head and smiled sadly.

"I'll miss you." She said, holding her hand where the Pink Fairy Tail mark used to lay.

"Lucy..." He whispered watching her walk out the door.

Lucy closed the door quietly and wiped away her tears away. She made her way down the stairs, shoving her hand in her pocket as she walked towards the door.

Natsu's goofy grin,

Erza's menacing glares,

Gray's stripping,

Happy's accusations,

Laxus'... Silence,

The Master's perverted ways.

All of them were gone. She walks out the door, not even looking back, knowing that if she does she would surely burst into tears. The night sky is filled with all of her favorite constellations, she spots Draco, the dragon constellation and bursts into a fit of fresh tears. They ran in little hot streams down her cheeks, some dropping onto the ground others catching in the corner of her mouth. They tasted salty and only made her cry harder.

Lucy didn't stop crying the whole way to her apartment. She didn't stop crying when she took her shower and she didn't stop crying while she ate her dinner.

Lucy lay awake in her bed. She looked up at the ceiling and planned for tomorrow. She would leave Magnolia tomorrow morning and find somewhere secluded to train. She thought vaguely about that one island, where she did her first S-class quest, even if it was stolen. She decided to try to go there and train. Lucy busied herself all night with plans and packing. She told herself she just wanted to be ready for tomorrow, but she knew the real reason was because she could not sleep. Lucy ended up falling asleep at four in the morning, only a few hours away from her departure.

Lucy POV

The sun shone brightly and I blinked a few times before looking at the clock. I squinted because everything was still sort of blurry. Nine thirty four. Nine. Thirty four. Nine thirty four! I jumped in the shower and scrubbed my whole body before packing a few final things and sprinting towards the boat that would take me to the almost desolate island Galuna. the man, Bobo looked at me and smiled.

"It's been awhile." He said as he started to paddle towards the island. I nodded my head and stared ahead, waiting to see the outline of the crescent shaped island.

The moon rose high in the sky as I settled into a small hut a small ways away from the friendly demon village. I unpacked all my stuff and Virgo brought most of my furniture over. I already felt like I was home. I settled into my bed and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

Natsu's POV

It was a fairly cold night and I decided to head to Lucy's too see if she was OK. She was still my best friend after all. Even if I had- I shook my head ridding myself of those thoughts. If had been four months already. I needed to stop living in the past. I walked to Lucy's and climbed in through her window. When I came in I knew something was wrong. Lucy's scent was faded, as if she hadn't been here since this morning. She hadn't been at the guild either. Then I noticed the lack of. . . Everything. Her furniture, her books all of it was gone. I sprinted back to the guild hall and slammed the door open, breathing heavily. The remaining people that hadn't yet left looked at me with confusion and concern.

"Lucy." I said gasping for breath. People started crowding around me.

"What's wrong with her?" Levy asked, tears about to fall.

"Whad'ya do to Bunny Girl, Flame-Brain?" Gajeel said threateningly

Wendy started sobbing and murmuring Lucy's name as I explained her lack of things and the faded scent at her apartment.

"SILENCE!" Makarov shouted

Everyone looked at Master Makarov expectantly.

" Lucy is. . . Fine. She left Fairy Tail to train. She told me to tell all of you that she loves you guys and she needed to leave. She also said not to follow her because you won't find her."

It took me a moment to register what he said. Lucy... Left? She left her family? I didn't want to think about it. It was probably all my fault. I knew I shouldn't have done what I did nut, well, there was no point in thinking about it anymore, I told that day.

"Lucy, I'm so sorry." I whispered

Lucy POV

" Why Natsu, why?" I said sitting up, drenched in sweat. I pulled on some clothes and took a walk to cool off. The moon was high in the sky as I made my way towards a small clearing. When I got there I sat down and let the tears flow freely.

A rustling woke me up and I looked around, confused. I was in the middle of a clearing surrounded by trees. I must have fallen asleep. The first light of dawn was filling the sky so I stood up and brushed myself off. Suddenly I remembered what had awoken me and looked behind me, my hair lashing out in the opposite direction.

There, right in front of me was a big black dragon with blue patterns on it's scales.