Wyvern Scales and Fairy Tail

A/N: hello anyone and everyone who's decided to read this fic! I've been reading a lot of fairy tail fanfic recently about Lucy leaving the guild and it turns out, a lot of them are so good! Although the funny thing is that most of them make Lisanna seem like a very big meanie. Anyways this is only my second fic so please be nice and help me out in any way you guys think you're helping me if you do decide to review. With that being said, enjoy the story!

Summary: Lucy decides to go on a solo mission after she was kicked out of team Natsu by her friends. But this isn't any old mission; it's a century quest, the one that even Guildarts gave up on. What will happen as she embarks on a dragon ride as she learns about the true meaning of friendship-and as she meets someone new?

Genre: hurt/comfort, friendship, romance and angst.

Lucy Heartfilia smiled as she entered the familiar guild hall. Everything was the way it was: members having a good time; Natsu and Gray fighting; Erza trying to stop them fighting; Gray looking for his clothes; and Mirajane was polishing a glass from behind the bar whilst talking to Elfman and Lisanna. Speaking of Lisanna, she was back! After two years of her being 'dead' she was back. Natsu seemed to be the happiest about having his childhood friend back and Lisanna seemed like a very nice person to get to know so Lucy was happy that everyone else was happy.

Lucy made her way to the notice board where all the jobs were pinned up. As she greeted everyone on the way, she decided that she'd try out a solo mission- just to see what it was like. She was eyeing the jobs, carefully looking for a job that she would be capable of doing by herself, when someone called out her name.

"Lucy! Wanna go on a job with me, ice princess, Erza and Lisanna?" he asked.

"Well I was planning to go on a solo job-" Lucy was cut off by Natsu.

"Hey you can't go on a solo job! I thought we were supposed to do jobs as a team and anyways, you're too weak to go on a mission by yourself!" Natsu whined inconsiderately, slightly offended at Lucy going on a solo mission.

"Let me finish! I guess I could go and anyways it would be a good way to get to know Lisanna a little better too, so yeah! I'll come with you guys", Lucy smiled at Natsu who grinned back.

~~O~~

"Natsu I'm cold", Lisanna shivered, "just because you and Gray are immune to the cold doesn't mean that the rest of us aren't!"

"I'm perfectly fine" Erza commented.

"'Lisanna can come in here with me' she says" said Horologium, one of Lucy's celestial spirits. Lisanna turned around and blinked when she saw Lucy sitting inside a giant grandfather clock. She giggled and joined Lucy inside and the two talked and giggled happily until they arrived at their destination.

Once horologium had went back to the spirit world, Lucy and Lisanna clung together trying to find warmth in each other as they picked herbs and plants for their client. What they didn't notice was the wyvern flying towards them.

Erza was the first one to notice it and immediately yelled out an order.

"Natsu, Gray and I will stall the beast whilst the two of you collect the rest of the plants", she pointed at the pair of shivering girls.

They frantically picked the last of the plants and were about to run when Natsu attacked the wyvern, causing it to roar. Lucy looked up at the creature as she saw its eyes. They weren't that of an animal but they were more human than she had seen in an actual human being.

Lucy's thoughts were interrupted when the ground began to shake. She looked around and saw an avalanche making its way down from the top of the mountain. She also saw that Lisanna was right in its path. She called out to her but Lisanna couldn't hear her at all. Lucy huffed in determination as she ran towards Lisanna, called out her name again and pushed her out the way just in time. There was only one problem; Lucy was trapped underneath the snow herself.

~~O~~

"Wendy is she any better?" a hushed voice said.

"Almost back to shape" another hushed voice

"That's good" yet another hushed voice.

Lucy slowly opened her eyes to see Wendy, Natsu and Lisanna standing at the side of her bed. She blinked a few times before sitting up straight and rubbing her eyes sleepily.

"How are you feeling?" Wendy asked.

"I feel fine but what happened?" Lucy replied.

"You saved Lisanna from an avalanche but you fell in yourself", Natsu replied.

"Is she okay? I hope I wasn't too rough when I pushed her", Lucy started to panic before Wendy calmed her.

"Lucy, you need to rest up for a day or two more. Stop worrying about Lisanna because she wasn't the one who was passed out for three days straight."

Lucy did as she was told. She couldn't believe that she had been out cold for three days. The last thing she wanted to do was sleep for another two days. She buried her face in her pillow. How could she go on a solo mission like this? Someone who couldn't stay conscious for a team job let alone go on a solo mission! Lucy was about to give in to her tired body when Virgo appeared.

"Princess, you're awake now," she said, "I brought you some special soup from the spirit world for you to eat. Now, what is my punishment?"

Lucy smiled at Virgo's humbleness, "no punishment Virgo. Thank you very much".

"I shall take my leave now, princess. Get well soon".

Lucy sighed for no particular reason and sat up. She drank the whole bowl full of soup and immediately drifted off.

~~O~~

Wendy confirmed that she was in good shape before letting Lucy leave. Lucy happily made her way to the table team Natsu was sitting at. As she approached she overheard what they were talking about.

"Are you sure this is a good idea, I mean she's our friend, our teammate" Natsu said.

"Well it's the best way to keep her safe", Erza reasoned with Natsu, "and besides looking out for your teammate is what friends do".

"I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with this. All I know is that she's my best friend and that if we all agree she'd be really hurt", Gray voiced his opinion.

"But why? Why do you want to kick Lucy off the team? If it weren't for her I'd probably be dead", Lisanna asked as if she was about to cry.

Lucy stopped in her tracks. They wanted to kick her off the team? But why? What had she done for them to make such a decision?

Cana accidently bumped into Lucy at that moment.

"Sorry Lucy didn't see you there"

Everyone on the table before her turned around to look at her. She could see it in their eyes that they had made their minds up. Natsu was the first to speak.

"Lucy, listen we-"

"I know", Lucy interrupted him, "I heard and I'm completely fine with it. Lisanna, I didn't get a chance to say it before, but welcome to team Natsu".

Lucy tried to be as cheerful as she possibly could. Natsu was about to say something before Erza motioned him to stop. Lucy gave them a genuine smile before she walked off towards the stairs which lead to the second floor.

Once she reached the top she saw that master Makarov was sitting by the notice board and drinking. She took a deep breath and walked up towards him. She stopped and scanned the notice board for something hard. As she unpinned it from the board, Makarov looked up at her in surprise.

"Lucy, my child, that's a century quest you're taking", he said, concerned.

"It is? Oh well. Can I still at least try it, I mean, I don't care if I die during the process but please?" she looked at the guild's master, pleading for him to say.

"Why ever would you say something like that?" Makarov asked, "Don't you have a team?"

"Well, I've been… replaced" Lucy said fighting back tears. Makarov saw her expression and understood her feelings.

"I'll allow it as long as you promise not to bear more than you can handle, and that you come back one piece" he said gravely. Lucy smiled and embraced the old man, thanking him a million times, before heading back downstairs.

Gray had seen her come down looking much happier from when she went up. He walked up to her and asked what had happened.

"I'm going on a century quest!" Lucy cheerfully exclaimed

A/N: well that was chapter one! I hope it wasn't too short but I hope you enjoyed it none the less. Please review and I'm requesting OCs from anyone who'd like to lend a helping hand. Totally an option though. Anyways, since I'm still in the middle of writing my other fic I wont update this one as much but I'll still try to keep it to once every week.

That's all there is to it, Akakocat out.

~~ meow! ~~