My Choice

Lucky Lucy Heartfilia hasn't been so lucky ever her last mission with team Natsu. It was her fault that everyone on her team is injured. She decided is it best that she leave and train to be stronger, but she what she doesn't understand is that no one blames her for their injuries and no one wished her to leave. Lucy meets Sting and Rogue at the worst time. Will she be able to overcome her fears and reach her goal? What happens when she discovers an astonishing fact that can change the course of everyone's life…?

Chapter 1 – Nightmare

The guild was surprisingly quiet for once because there was no team Natsu anywhere to be spotted, except for the blonde who sat silently at the corner of the bar. Lucy rested her head on the bar counter, still thinking about what had happened which seemed like just moments ago:

"Miraaaa-san, I don't have enough money for my rent this month again T_T." Lucy whined as she gulped down the last bit of her vanilla milk shape and wiped her mouth.

"Why don't you go on this mission?" Said Mirajane as she flashed out a poster with a big '2,000,000J' reward written on it. "I figured it'll be perfect for team Natsu to go on this one and it'll be enough to cover your rent!"

"Ehhhhhhhh?! That much money just for finding a small key in a bakery? What is wrong with the client?!" Lucy exclaimed as she examined the poster.

"Did I hear bakery?" Erza appeared beside Lucy, "mhmmmm…. This seems like decent job, this bakery is famous for their strawberry cheese cakes, I've been thinking of going there but it's too far, this'll be the perfect opportunity." Erza said with stars shinning in her eyes. "We're going on this one! Natsu! Gray! Get your ass ready we're going on a mission."

"A-aye!" Natsu and Gray stopped in the middle of their 'fight'.

The blonde slowly got up as her teammates headed towards the doors, 'guess that leaves me no choice,' she thought.

The train ride was long and painful, for Natsu, and also for Lucy. She had to cope with an almost-vomiting Natsu on her lap and a flying Happy. "The train has arrived at the final destination: Louen. Please gather your personal belongings and see you next time." Lucy let out a relief sigh as the train stopped.

The sun was burning over their heads as they made their way to their destination Tully village by feet. It was around midnight when they reached Tully village. The owner of the bakery was still waiting for their arrival; he explained to them why the key was so important to him as he would give up anything for that key. Erza suggested exchanging her share for the delicious strawberry cakes he made.

The gang lodged at an inn close to the bakery and decided to rest for the day. Everyone fell asleep the instant they hit bed, except for Lucy. The night was cold, but drops of sweat dripped off Lucy's forehead for whatever reason she doesn't know. She forced herself to sleep but was later bothered by a horrible nightmare, hence the foresight of the tragic event that was about to take place.

The second day, Team Natsu rised with overflowing energy. Erza was especially excited for the cakes she'll be able to taste later.

Finding the key was beyond easy. The owner of the bakery was stupid enough to forget that he had hired a mage long ago to hide his keys 200 feet below his shop and also made the mage cast a hidden spell on the key, making it invisible to human eyes. Thanks to Virgo, the key was found with ease. Despite such little effort given, the owner kept his words and rewarded the team with their money and cakes.

"Never would've thought the mission would be this easy, ne Erza?" Gray nudged Erza who was drowned in the happiness of having 1000 strawberry cakes from the best bakery of Fiore. Team Natsu was enjoying this easy money, while Lucy kept silent. Then suddenly Lucy came to a stop.

"What's wrong Lucy?" Asked Happy.

"N-nothing," cold sweat dripped down her forehead. "Erza, Lucy doesn't look very well!" Happy flew to the red hair mage in slight fear.

Just as Erza turned around to see what's up, black smoke rose from not far away. Then the sky began to darken as hundreds of men closed in on the Fairy Tail mages. Lightning struck down and loud thunders rang in their ears.

"R-run everyone!" Lucy screamed in fear, still shocked at the scene… which also appeared in her dreams last night. No response was heard from her teammates. "G-guys…?" Lucy turned around to see all her nakamas' feet planted steadily in the ground, no intension of leaving at the slightest.

"I-I can't move." Erza was the first one to speak up. Lucy's eyes grew wider as she heard those words. 'This is the same as my dream.' She thought. '… this can't be, i-if it is the same then-'

"Titania! What an honor to meet you! You're even more beautiful than what I'd heard of." One of the men stepped forward and twirled Erza's hair in his hands. "… Too bad all this beauty will be destroyed by us today! Hahahahahahha!" All the men burst into laughter.

"Get your hands off us!" Lucy took out her whip and slashed it at the man. But soon she came to a realization that she was the only one who was able to move around freely.

"Oh what have we got here? A celestial mage is it? No wonder why you are not affected by this magic. Doesn't matter, what can you do anyways? Slash that little whip at us? Or call out your little spirits to protect your friends? Fairy Tail's strongest team is it? We've been doing research for the past 8 years, and today we came here to defeat you guys, for the name of the strongest of Fiore." The ma scoffed at Lucy's attempt to slay them.

"I won't let you! I won't let you hurt my Nakama!" Lucy screamed angrily.

The man chuckled. "… And what can you do." Lucy froze. "From what I know, it was always them protecting you," He pointed at others from Team Natsu. "You're so weak; I don't even understand why you are even a mage." The man grinned, and threw out a punch at Lucy. Lucy fell back towards the ground without any struggle. "I don't even need any magic to take you out." The man scoffed.

Lucy lied on the ground helpless. Her head pounded from the punch. She was stunned by how weak she is. She shifted her vision towards her teammates and watched them get beat up without being able to fight back. 'Sorry…' she thought. Tears flowed out of her eyes as she watched her teammates fall to their knees one by one.

Natsu was the only one left standing. He managed to move a little, but his back was wide open. A few men surrounded him, "Bye-bye salamander. HAHA!" Lucy felt like her heart tore into pieces when she heard Natsu's scream followed by the sight of blood splattered everywhere. 'Sorry… Natsu…' She thought before darkness took over.

A/N: There will be more upcoming action. I have not yet decided who to pair Lucy up with yet. Please review and tell me who you'd like to see Lucy with later on.

I am considering: LucyxSting, LucyxRogue, LucyxNatsu

feel free to drop some other parings as well and i will try my best to include them :)