Disclaimer:No, I don't own Fairy Tail.

Prompt: Mirrors always let you see reflections, not the real thing.


It was dark.

It was painfully dark, echoes bouncing off seemingly never ending walls that vibrated with nothingness. Lucy floated aimlessly in that nothingness and though pitch blackness spread out as far as her eyes could see, Lucy was able to tell every detail of that isolated room at the same time. If she were feeling better, Lucy would've stretched and explored but in this moment, it hurt to even move her little toe.

"Ughh." Lucy groaned as the pain escalated, growing more intense with every passing second. But with that pain came a name, Natsu. And with that name came feelings and thoughts. At the start Lucy didn't question why she was here in this barren space yet now she began to brim with recollections of what may have been mere hours ago. Going into the giants foot yet she still had no idea why it had seemed so important.

Another tide of pain brought Lucy's mind to more important matters like why was she here?

'Maybe this is where the dead go' she thought 'maybe that venture into that foot caused my death'

A strand of hair fell into her eyes and Lucy almost moved to grab it as the pain was starting to numb with surprising speed until she realized something- she couldn't feel her foot. Now mind you, she didn't mean to push her hair out of her eyes with her foot of all things but the darkness can cause your mind to go funny so when Lucy thought 'hand' ,she also thought 'foot'.

Panic spread at the same time as a light begun to glow from Lucy's body. Brighter and brighter, like a hot white orb, Lucy felt herself rise higher and higher until POP! Lucy's head stuck out like a sore thumb, surrounded by stalks of purple corn in a field that smelled of blood.

"Sure is one weird place." She murmured as with another POP and a couple of THUMPs Lucy herself plopped onto the shady blue grass of a meticulously coloured clearing.

Lucy looked down and was astonished to find that, lo and behold, she had gained a new (though metal) foot! She grabbed it by the ankle and inspected it. There was a curious looking latch and as she lifted up that small bronze square and..

"Ahh!" Lucy jumped back as a pocketknife protruded from her right foot. "Well at least I know what that's for now.." Lucy muttered as she made her way over to the _ looking _. Those _ really did look quite-

Wait, what was the name of those _? _ panicked as _ tried to remember the name of those stick-like things with flappy sheets of something attached on the ends. Wait, was _ a he or a she? A quick glance at her chest caused her to sign in relief because at least she knew her own gender and na-

What. Was. Her. Name?!

There was a flurry of white flakes which _ didn't notice in the midst of her confusion until she was swept up, away, and who-knows-where.


2 Years Later

"Mira, get me a fire chicken!" A boyish voice called out from under sakura coloured locks. Natsu Dragneel sat slumped over, plain tire, weary, dead exhausted from yet another no-payment mission with Erza and Gray. It wasn't so much the fighting that has the fire mage so wiped out but rather the effort needed to be friends, friends with that stripper Gray. Natsu would never get why Juvia was so intoxicated with Gray. Honestly, the blue haired girl could do SOOO much better. But oh well.

"Here you go, Natsu!" Mirajane Strauss smiled as she handed the said boy a platter that was almost invisible due to the amount of food piled on top. Mira knew how hungry the fire mage got after a mission.

Natsu yanked the platter away from Mira (Pffft, manners? Not when he was this hungry!) and started shovelling food into his mouth by the handful. After a little while when he had eaten enough to subdue his hunger, Natsu let his mind drift to a topic he usually categorized as Forbidden:

Lucy Heartfilia.

The blonde had been on his mind lately and since he couldn't seem to drown out his thoughts, Natsu decided it was time to get over said mage and just rant all he wanted about Lucy. Besides, it was the anniversary of her death anyways,he'd have to remember to go down to the Heartfilia mansion where Lucy was buried next to her father.

"Hey Natsu, let's go fishing after this!" Happy exclaimed, mouthing his words around bites of fish,"I want to eat a flying fish!"

Natsu grunted,which meant "one second I'm eating" in whatever language it was that men speak when they're eating. Natsu gulped the last few bites of his chicken and opened his mouth to vocalize his thoughts that, hello, Happy didn't even like flying fish when a crisis of some sorts broke out.

"Someone just collasped!"

"Get Wendy!"

"Should we call Porlyusica?"

"Are you alright?"

Natsu frowned at the disturbance, wondering what could've caused it. Slowly, he stood and brushed some crumbs off his clothes,motioning for Happy to join him as he made his way to the front doors of Fairy Tail. As he pushed past throngs of Fairy Tail members, Natsu felt a strange humming inside of him. The air felt alive and it sounded like the ground was beating a strong, steady pulse into him. The nearer Natsu got to the confusion, the more intense the sensation became.

"Move." He directed some random stranger and for a moment, as Natsu Dragneel faced the sight that would change his life, the world fell asleep. The Stars died down and the earth stopped rotating- but only for a moment. Natsu blinked and approximately 0.0000987 seconds later the truth bite him in the face.

Silky blonde hair and features so familiar that it made his stomache turn. Her eyes were closed but he knew exactly what colour they were: a warm, expressive chocolate orbs that had haunted his memories even now, years later.

"What's going on?" Natsu faintly heard Erza calling out his name as she processed what her eyes were seeing but Natsu didn't hear it. He could only head the world as if it were on mute. It had been two years since Lucy Heartfilia had died- there had been a body and all.

And now, a girl identical to her would come back and wreak havoc on the world...and a single boys heart.


Where am I?

Is this heaven or hell?

Did I reach Fairy Tail yet?

Fairy Tail...that's the only thing I remember.

What's my name?

Your name is Lucy Heartfilia.

Wait, who are? What is this place?

I'm nothing but a spirit...and this is where I reside.

A spirit? Wait, who are? Why do you look so much like...me?

You'll find out in time, Lucy.

No! Don't go, I need answers! Somebody, help! Help! Save me! Som-

"Somebody!" Lucy Heartfilia woke up with one arm stretched in front of her, as though reaching for some unseen person, and multiple eyes staring back at her.

"Lucy!" A petite, cornflower blue haired girl lunged her slim build towards Licy, who was still in a daze from her dream. That one girl seemed to be the trigger for chatter from all the other strangers in the room she was in.

"Juvia can't believe you're alive!"

"Are you feeling alright Lucy-san?"

"Oi, Lucy, we thought you were dead."

"You sure did pick an ironic time to come back, Lucy."

Said girl shivered a little at the last comment, there was something about this crismon haired woman in front of her that seemed so...dangerous almost. But all these people acting so nice and familar to her...were they her friends? Did she actually have friends? If so, could she maybe pull off knowing these people and fake an identity? No, it was no use thinking that. Frauds were known immediately almost to close friends. She'd have to tell them the truth: that she had no idea who they were or she was. She only her name and another, Fairy Tail.

"Lucy-san?" The polite girl with the white cat leaned forward to peer up at Lucy.

"Um,uh," Lucy stuttered. How could she say it? Say it so bluntly? But she had to do it. "Um..I..I don't remember any of you...When I woke up I could only recall the name Fairy Tail and nothing else. I'm sorry." Lucy stuttered nervously.

There was a moment of silence, the kind in which you don't just hear a pin drop- you can also hear a feather drop. Yes, it was that kind of silence. It maybe it was since everyone else had gone into shock or maybe it was by some crazy trick of who-knows-what-possibly-fate that Lucy noticed- she noticed a pink haired boy, slightly tanned, sulking his towards the exit of the room like a moody teenager. For a moment, Lucy was sure the world had stopped as the sakura head turned around and locked his onyx gaze with her own chocolate ones. But then the questions started and Lucy wasn't sure if it were real or just her imagination.

Stars don't just stop for anyone, right?


Natsu Dragneel was fustrated with himself.

Lucy had been right there in front of him yet what did he do? Sulk around like a grumpy five year old, that's what. But there was a reason. Natsu had expected Lucy to have lost her memory- either that or spill the beans that she's turned into a zombie. You don't just come back from the dead without any consequences- even he knew that.

On the other hand, a small (okay, fine. Maybe it was actually 99% but who cares) part of him was expecting, um,hoping for Lucy to remember him. If she remembered Fairy Tail then she should remember him. He was the one who got her into Fairy Tail the first place! Yet...when she met his gaze it seemed like she had remembered him...which was a good thing Natsu supposed.

"Damn cat." Natsu grumbled as he walked back to the cottage he shared with Happy ALONE. The blue feline was probably still back at the guild along with Erza, Gray and just about everyone else questioning Lucy. Natsu felt a small ounce of pity for the celestial spirit mage, Fairy Tail mages were known to be loud and aggressive and when faced with so many at the same time after losing her memory...well, let's just say that if Lucy got out of there alive with no battle scars she'd be a lucky one.

Natsu kicked a few stones over as he arrived at the familar cat shaped sign that announced that he'd reached his destination. He creaked open the door and kicked his sandals off as he prepared to make himself at home. Suddenly, he stopped. If he'd been less preoccupied with his thoughts he would've noticed it sooner. There was a different scent in the air, one that smelled suspiciously like...

"Oh, you're home."

Natsu turned in shock, reeling in horror as he noticed exactly who it was perched stiffly on his hammock as if she didn't belong. It was one of the last few people Natsu wished to see today, it was-


Authors Note

Cliffhanger! It's not who you probably think it is though...it's someone ELSE. Mysterious, hmm? I'm thinking about getting a betareader...I'm not sure though. I like to do things my way and when I ask for your opinion I actually mean "just stand there and listen to me talk so I don't look like a complete idiot talking to myself". I have lots of ideas for this story and OH MY WHAT THE WHAT people actually read this autocorrect riddled thing-a-ma-Bob. Yay!

Mallow Note

Also known as "a place where a self conceited girl talks about herself" note. If anyone was wondering, my parents are from Beijing. So today my mum taught me to say a paragraph in Beijing talk. Here's a rough translation:

Spent 200 dollars to buy a small pig

It drinks and eats with big gusto

I threw it over a wall and it flew with a "zere" sound

Can you guess what happened?

It died!