It wasn't me. Lucy struggled to say those three words, but the glares from her guild mates shut her up. Her hands trembled as she felt the blood drip to the floor.
One hour ago, the celebration party for Lisanna's return finally started as the main star, her brother and sister finally arrived. There were cheers from every guild member, even those who joined after Lisanna's disappearance, and Lucy was especially happy to meet the famous Lisanna, after hearing many stories from Natsu and the older members. Mira took her usual place behind the bar, and Elfman joined his "manly" buddies. Lisanna immediately headed towards Natsu, eager to catch up and make up the lost time. Many guild members had suspicions about Natsu and Lisanna's relationship, but none of them confronted the two about the truth. However, as far as Lucy was concerned, Natsu was free to love Lisanna, because Lucy, contrary to everyone's opinion, was not in love with him.
While Natsu and Lisanna's conversation gradually escalated, Lucy smiled to herself, pleased that her friends were smiling. Lucy suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder and turned around to see Gray and Erza looking at her with giant grins on their faces. They knew that Lucy didn't love Natsu and enjoyed themselves because everyone else believed that Lucy's smile was forced, that she was sad as she saw Natsu and Lisanna talking. Lucy noticed Gray and Erza were speaking but was unable to make out any words due to the deafening shouts from the other members.
"YAH, I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!" Lucy screamed at them. Gray and Erza stared back in confusion, also unable to understand what she was saying. The trio looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Forty minutes into the party, Natsu and Lisanna stood up and parted ways, laughing, to talk to others. Lucy noticed her chance and dashed to the bar. Underneath the bar, where Mira carefully stood guard, Lucy had hidden everyone's present to Lisanna. To celebrate her return, Master gave Lucy and her teammates the mission to buy her welcome home present, and Natsu insisted that they buy her a pet. Erza accidently smacked Natsu on instinct before agreeing that a pet would be nice. Lucy smiled at the memory before rushing to Lisanna with the precious box in hand.
Unbeknownst to them, the sky outside darkened quickly as a mysterious guild ship teleported from seemingly nowhere. As the ship descended onto the water, four cloaked figures left the ship and ran towards the Fairy Tail base.
Lucy tapped Lisanna on the shoulder.
"Hey Lisanna! How's the party going for you?"
"Ah, you're Lucy, right? I've been looking forward to talk to you again. Thanks for taking care of Natsu while I've been gone. He must have been a lot of trouble!"
"Not at all! Besides, Erza kept him in line just as much as me. Besides, I'm weak compared to them. Part of my strength comes from my many celestial spirits, too."
"That's not true! At Edolas, you were so much stronger than-. WHAT IS THAT?!"
Lisanna finally noticed the box shaking in Lucy's hand. The blonde smiled and handed the present to Lisanna, who slowly opened it. Upon seeing the bird, Lisanna squealed and hugged Lucy, who hugged her back.
Four figures stood outside the guild entrance. One of them motioned to the others and the other three nodded in response. The one who motioned knocked on the door, while the other three hid themselves.
Wendy watched Lucy and Lisanna with a worried face. Last night, Wendy had a strange vision involving Lucy and Lisanna.
During the party, Lucy handed Lisanna a present, and Lisanna jumped and hugged Lucy back in return. They smiled at each other as Lisanna went to chat with Mira and Elfman, and Cana took Lucy away to console her with alcohol. A cloaked figure followed the Master through the center of the party, but, for some reason, approached Lucy, who looked shocked when she saw the figure's face. Master didn't notice that the mysterious person was no longer behind him. After receiving something from the figure, Lucy, with the lights gone from her eyes, slowly walked towards Lisanna. Upon seeing Lucy, Lisanna grinned and waved for her to come over and join them. As if she were drunk, Lucy stumbled her way towards the Strauss family. She opened the small pouch, took out a dagger, and stabbed Lisanna with it. Mira and Elfman watched, their faces frozen in happiness due to shock. As soon as Lisanna fell down, the lights returned to Lucy's eyes. Mira screamed and Elfman pushed Lucy against to the floor."
The Master stood by the door, watching his little children party. When he heard the knock, he opened the door and saw the cloaked figure. The person murmured something to the Master and slightly shifted the cloak to let him see under the cloak. The Master's eyes widened and he motioned the mysterious person to follow him. The person walked behind him until Lucy passed by. Wendy saw Lucy and the person make contact and dashed towards them. She crashed into Gray, who was only wearing boxers. Embarrassed, Wendy covered her eyes, and Gray quickly noticed his lack of clothing and looked for pants. As the two calmed down, Erza walked up to them and slapped Gray to the floor for his inappropriate behavior in front of a child. While Wendy, flustered, tried to calm the situation down, Lucy was in front Lisanna. Only when Mira's bloodcurdling scream resounded through the air did Wendy realize she failed to stop the prediction. As everyone rushed towards the scene, Wendy fell to her knees, tears leaking out of her eyes.