Lucy just got out of the shower of her new place she finally bought. Before she came to Magnolia she use to sleep outside in the forest and watch the stars. Sleeping outside was the best but since she was here she might as well find a nice place to rest, right? Having dried off her hair she left the bathtub her towel still covering her, when she walked into her bedroom she noticed Natsu and Happy were in her room leaving crumbs and all sorts of garbage in her room.

Not liking that grabbed them both by the head and slammed their heads together making bumps appear on their heads, "I don't remember giving you two permission to enter my home."

"Geez, we just came to check out your new pad." Natsu groaned rubbing his head.

"Aye…" Happy said.

She narrowed her eyes at them making them flinch and back away slightly, "You may call it checking out but I call it breaking and entering, but if you clean up your mess I'll ignore it and let you two come over however many times you want without any complaints, understand?"

The two nodded quickly and began cleaning up the mess the made in her bedroom. She sighed, "Honestly, would it have been so hard to ask if they could come over instead of just breaking in?"

When Natsu and Happy finished cleaning up the noticed Lucy was already dressed up in her normal blue skirt, white blouse, and black boots. A part of them wondered how she was able to get dressed up so fast.

Natsu noticed a stack of papers on her desk and picked them up, "Hey what's all this?"

Lucy saw what he picked up blushed with embarrassment. Grabbing his head she tossed on the other side of the room, "Nothing that concerns you!" she said clutching the papers closely to her chest.

"So you just tossed me to the other side of the room? All for nothing?" Natsu questioned.

"You were touching something that doesn't belong to you, now I would appreciate if you would leave now because I just wanna relax for today." Lucy said.

"Awww, but your place is way more exciting." Natsu grinned.

She sweat-dropped, "I don't see why." Putting the papers in the drawer she turned towards them, "Seriously Natsu I really just wanna relax for today so could you please leave? I promise I'll hang out with you guys tomorrow, okay?"

"But Luuuucy, we wanna stay here with you~" Natsu whined like a four year old.

"Aye being with you is more fun!" Happy said.

She sighed again giving in, "Fine, just please don't touch anything."

"Aye!" the two smiled.

She sat down on the table in her room and looked at them, "So, what is it that you guys came here for?"

"Like I said we came to hang out, oh that's right! Hey Lucy what kind of magic do you use?" Natsu asked.

"I wanna know too!" Happy said.

She smiled, "I have two types of magic, Celestial Magic and Planetary Magic."

"Ohhhh!" they both said.

"So what's Celestial Magic?" Natsu asked.

"Celestial Magic allows me to summon spirits from the celestial world and call them to battle, the golden keys are the most powerful while the silver keys are only mildly powerful. I can summon them using gate keys." She explained.

"Sounds cool!" Natsu said.

Happy raised his paw, "What's Planetary Magic?"

"Planetary Magic allows me to use the power of different planets such as, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, etc. Each planet has their own unique element that I'm able to control like how I used the power of Mercury to control water without any problems." She explained.

Natsu tilted his head in confusion, "How come I've never heard of it before?"

She smiled, "Probably because its considered lost magic like your dragon slaying magic. That's probably why you've never heard of it. Its my own unique magic."

"Wow…" Natsu and Happy said.

"So how many of these Celestial Spirits do you have a contract with?" Happy asked.

"Seven so far, I have different types of them," she said, "Like I explained before the silver keys are only mildly strong and you can find them anywhere in the magic shops. I have Horologium the clock, Crux the southern cross, and Lyra the harp. But the rare ones are the golden keys there are twelve total but rumor has it there are thirteen golden keys. The golden keys allow you to summon the spirits of the zodiac. I've got Taurus the golden bull, Aquarius the water bearer, Capricorn the goat, and last one is Cancer the giant crab." She said.

"Giant crab!" Natsu said drooling.

"Giant crab legs." Happy drooled too.

"The two of you always have food on your minds don't you?" Lucy sweat-dropped.

She sat up from her desk, "That reminds me I meant to make a contract with the silver key I got in Hargeon a while back but forgot about it until just now. Do you guys wanna see how a Celestial Spirit mage makes a contract with a celestial spirit?"

Natsu and Happy whispered to each other, "I hope its not some blood pact." Happy whispered to Natsu.

"Well that sounds like a pain in the butt to me." Natsu whispered back.

She rolled her eyes, "Relax, it doesn't involve me giving them my blood."

They sighed out in relief.

"Kansō (Requip)!" a magic circle appeared beneath her and the keys she stored appeared around her.

"She's using requip magic just like Erza does!" Happy said.

Natsu shivered at the mention of Erza.

Lucy grabbed the key she got in Hargeon making he rest disappear, "Let's get to it then."

"I am linked to the path to the world of Celestial Spirits, now!"

"O spirit, answer my call and pass through the gate!"

"Gate of the Canis Minor, I open thee!

"Nikora!"

A ding sound was heard and a white spirit with a yellow-coned nose appeared shaking like a leaf.

"Pu-Puun!" it said.

Natsu and Happy's jaws hit the ground, "Better luck next time." They said.

"I didn't mess up you two, he's suppose to look like that." She told them picking the little guy up and snuggling it, "Hey your really soft not to mention your really cute."

"Pun Pun!" it said.

"You think so?" Natsu questioned.

"It doesn't take much magic power to get them through the gate. Some other celestial wizards keep them as pets." She smiled.

"You know this whole pet thing doesn't suit well for me." Happy told Natsu.

"Not with a weird Mater like Looney here." Natsu responded.

Lucy smiled a dark aura surrounding her, "Insult me in my house one more time and I'll send you both flying with blood coming out of different areas. Have I made myself clear?"

"Yes ma'am!" the two squealed hugging each other.

"And my name is Lucy, so try not to get it wrong again."

She then bent down sitting on the floor, "Now then, let's get started on our contract shall we?"

"Are you free Mondays?" she asked.

It shook its head.

"Tuesdays?"

It nodded.

"Wednesday's?"

It nodded again.

Natsu watched them make the contract, "This is boring."

"Mmhm." Happy agreed.

"Great well that just about does it." she smiled.

It jumped in the air with happiness.

"Well that was pretty easy." Happy said.

"Yep." Natsu said.

"It may seem silly to you but its very important," she said, "You see a celestial wizard's contract relies on the promise that's made between the wizard and the spirit. Which is why I always make sure I keep my promises to my spirits." She stated.

"Huh…" Natsu said.

"Now then, what should I name you?" Lucy said.

"Isn't it Nikora?" Happy asked.

She shook her head, "That's the name of its species," she looked at the little guy for a little while longer then thought of the perfect name, "Oh I know, come here Plue."

It turned to the name she gave it and ran towards her, "Plue, huh?" both Natsu and Happy said.

Lucy smiled tenderly at the spirit recalling a memory from the past, "Yeah…Plue."

Natsu saw the distant look in her eyes and didn't like it one bit but didn't comment on it, "Are you sure he's cool with that?"

Lucy looked down at the little spirit, "Do you want me to give you a different name?"

Plue shook his head.

"There's your answer." Lucy said to him.

"So even though his sign is the little dog he doesn't bark? That's kind of weird." Happy said.

"I'm sure people say the same thing about you Happy, seeing as how you don't meow like a normal cat would but then again your not normal cat so I guess it doesn't matter." Lucy said. Plue jumped out of her arms and began moving back and forth.

Lucy tilted her head, "What is it Plue?"

Natsu got up from the chair, "Oh man your right about that Plue." He said with a thumbs up.

"Pun!" Plue said doing the same thing.

Lucy blinked in amazement, "You can understand him?"

Natsu stared at her.

"Something wrong?" she asked a little uncomfortable.

He stood back up grinning, "Alright then its settled, the two of you are gonna be apart of our team."

"The team!" Happy cheered.

Lucy looked at him, "Your team?"

"Aye! Even though everyone in the guild is allied to one another some member's that get along really well with each other form teams within the guild. That way jobs that maybe hard for one person to take can get done by a team." Happy explained.

"I see, but are you sure about this? I'm use to being on my own, so I'm not use to being a team player." Lucy said.

Natsu grinned, "Its already been decided! Your gonna be on my team!"

She looked at him and smiled, "Alright, lets do it!" the high fived each other.

"Cool, so your gonna work with us?" Natsu asked.

She smirked, "You have my word."

"Right on!" Happy and Plue cheered.

"Okay team then lets get to work." Natsu said holding up a job flier, "I've got our first job right here."

Lucy grabbed the flier and looked at it, "Well lets see what you've got there."

"Shirotsume huh? It says here we'll get 200,000 jewels if we successfully take book from the Duke of Everlue." She read.

"Should be a piece of cake right?" Natsu asked.

She kept on reading, "Please note Everlue's a dirty old man who's currently looking for maids…with…blonde…hair."

"We know a blonde-haired girl, don't we?" Natsu smiled at Happy.

"Yep and I bet we can find her a maids uniform." Happy said.

"I see, so you had no interest in forming a team with me you only said that so you could use me." She said letting the paper go.

Natsu looked at her, "Huh? No that's not-" before he could say anything else Lucy was already out the door.

"Lucy wait!" Natsu yelled picking up the job request running after her with Happy following right behind them.

Natsu ran as fast as he could so he could catch up to her Happy flying right above him, "Wait Lucy slow down!" he called out. She flat out ignored him and kept on walking, "Lucy stop!" he grabbed her arms successfully stopping her but she didn't turn around to look at him.

"What wrong? Why'd you suddenly get all upset?" he asked but she still didn't turn around to look at him.

"Hey Luc-" he stopped mid sentence when she finally did look at him. Her eyes showed hurt and betrayal something he himself caused and it made him feel guilty.

She looked away from him, "Let go of me. I have no intention of being used by you or anyone else."

Nastu squeezed her arm slightly the guilt eating him up even more, Happy felt a little guilty himself seeing her hurt expression.

"Sorry, I should have asked if you wanted to do this job with us. But I really meant it when I said I wanted you on our team! I didn't lie about that and I won't use you for anything you don't to do I promise!" Natsu said.

Lucy's expression changed from hurt to surprise. Closing her eyes she looked at the duo seriously, "You were really serious about me joining your team?"

They nodded.

She smiled slowly, "Alright, I'll do the job with you. But next time tell me in advance, okay?"

Natsu grinned, "Okay!"

"Aye! Lucy's not mad at us anymore!" Happy cheered.

She giggled at them. Maybe being on the team with them wasn't so bad after all.

On the Carriage

Lucy had used Neptune's Blessing on Natsu so he wouldn't feel sick.

"Natsu, why did you really ask me to join your team?" Lucy questioned.

He smiled, "Because you're a nice person."

She looked at him surprised by his answer, "I see."

Happy looked at her, "Lucy are you still mad at us?"

She shook her head, "No, I'm not mad anymore Happy. I've already forgiven the two of you remember? And besides this is my first team mission, so I'm kind of excited about it."

"Same here, I'm all fired up!" Natsu said.

"Besides we can split the reward 50/50 if you want?" she said.

"Yay!" Happy said.

Natsu smiled, "See? I knew you were a nice person."

She smiled sadly, "Niceness can only get you so far in life…" she said staring out the window.

The two looked at her confused by her words. What did she mean by that?

Shirotsume Town

"Man I'm hungry!" Natsu complained.

Lucy looked at him, "Natsu, I'm curious about something. Can you eat your own fire?"

"Nah I can't. I can only eat other fire that's not my own." He said.

She nodded, "Okay then." She then saw restaurant just up ahead and pointed to it, "We can eat there Natsu."

"Cool! Let's go eat!" Natsu said grabbing her hand dragging her inside the restaurant.

Inside the Restaurant

Natsu and Happy were stuffing their faces with meat while Lucy was having some soup. For some reason she had a craving for it.

"When you guys are done eating we'll meet with the client and discuss the job." Lucy said.

"Aye!" they both said mouth full of food.

"Don't talk with your mouth full." She scolded.

They closed their mouths and nodded.

She leaned back in her chair, But still, something about this just doesn't feel right. What is it?

At the Client's House

The two of them arrived at the client's house and were now sitting in front of him.

"My names Kaby Melon pleased to meet you." he introduced.

"He said Melon." Happy drooled.

"Oh man you have a tasty name." Natsu drooled himself.

Lucy chopped them both on the head, "Behave yourselves." she scolded.

"Aye…" they groaned painfully.

Kaby chuckled, "Don't worry I get that a lot."

Lucy stared at him, His name sounds familiar. I know I've heard it from somewhere.

"Well first things first," he started, "Allow me tell you about the job. Its pretty straight forward really, Duke has a book called Daybreak in his possession. I would like you to burn it for me."

"No prob," Natsu said, "Heh, I'll burn the whole place down if you want?"

"He likes fire." Happy said.

Lucy sighed, "That's arson Natsu, may I ask why you want us to burn the book?"

"For 200,000 jewels who the heck cares." Natsu stated.

"The reward has been raised to 2 million." He said.

Natsu and Happy's eyes bulged out of their head, "2 million?!"

Lucy looked at him with suspicion. Suddenly raising the reward for a simple book burning job? She wasn't buying it.

"I'm sorry, I thought you were aware that the amount had changed." Kaby said.

"2 million split three ways!" Natsu had steam coming out of his ears, "Wow! I stink at math but that's a lot!"

"Wait I got it!" Happy said, "I get 1 million, you get 1 million, and Lucy get's all the rest!"

"That sure sounds fair to me." Natsu said.

"Aye!" Happy said.

Lucy ignored the two still staring at their client, "Why'd you raise the reward?"

"Well…as it means that much to me. That book must be destroyed no matter the cost." He said clenching his fists.

Natsu's head caught on fire, "Oh yeah! I'm fired up now!" he said grabbing Lucy's hand, "Let's do this Lucy!"

"Might as well." She said letting him drag her away.

Back in the mansion Kaby had his head down, "Daybreak, it must be burned. It cannot be allowed to exist any longer."

Duke Everlue's Residence

The trio arrived at Everlue's mansion staring at a large gate.

"Since Lucy refuses to wear the maids outfit how else are we supposed to get in?" Happy questioned.

Natsu shrugged, "Don't know, ask Lucy."

Said girl was looking around for some sort entry way they could use so they wouldn't be seen and found one. She smirked, "I know how we're getting in."

They looked at her, "How?" they asked.

"Mark of the Earth." The mark of the earth appeared on her cheek. It was a circle that was split into four quarters in the middle. Her hair became short turning light green with two long bangs hanging from her front while her eyes were also light green.

Natsu and Happy sparkled at her new appearance, "You look so cool Lucy!" Happy said.

She smiled, "You always say that child of the earth Happy."

"Child of the earth Happy?" Natsu tilted his head in confusion.

Happy sighed, "Did you already forget Natsu? Her personality changes when she changes forms."

"Happy is correct, child of the earth Natsu." Lucy smiled.

"Okay, this one's more weirder than the water one." Natsu stated.

"Aye." Happy agreed.

Lucy turned raised her arm, "Gaia no Bainzu (Vines of Gaia)!" three giant vines appeared from beneath the earth and wrapped themselves around the three lifting them in the air and towards the mansion.

"Whoa! This is pretty cool!" Natsu said with glee.

"This is so awesome!" Happy yelled.

"I am pleased to know you enjoy mother Gaia's vines, children of the earth Natsu and Happy." Lucy smiled.

Natsu sweat-dropped, "Yep. This one's definitely weird."

Happy nodded, "The weirdest."

Lucy merely smiled making the vines take them towards the roof where the top windows were. Having arrived at their destination Lucy dismissed the vines by petting them and they went back underground. The mark disappeared making her go back to her normal appearance, "Whew, I haven't used the Mark of the Earth in a long time. It always gives me a tingling feeling."

Natsu crossed his arms, "It was definitely weird. You kept saying "child of the earth" are all your transformation's that weird?"

She shrugged, "I don't really mind it really, but you know it feels like whenever I transform into different planetary forms I feel like a part of me is being taken over."

"Taken over?" Natsu questioned.

"What do you mean Lucy?" Happy asked.

She closed her eyes for a moment then shook her head, "Its nothing forget about it, let's just complete the job and leave."

Natsu wasn't convinced everything was okay, but nodded anyway. He brought his finger up to the glass setting it on fire melting it away slowly, "But seriously, this isn't really taking them by storm you know. I think we should've just busted through the front door."

Lucy shook her head, "Bad idea. Its best we sneak around get the book and get out, but if it turns out we have to fight then we go at it. If his places comes down in the process then oh well."

Natsu blinked at her then grinned, "Wow Lucy, You've got a destructive mind."

She smiled, "I appreciate the compliment but we really need to get inside so let's go."

"Aye!" they both said.

They got inside the mansion sneaking around and looking in each different room but they didn't see the book anywhere.

"Are we gonna have to search every room in this whole stocking place?" Natsu complained.

"Looks that way." Lucy said.

"I say we should just take a hostage and force them to tell us where the book is." Natsu suggested.

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

Lucy sweat-dropped, "That's something only a dark guild would do and we are not a dark guild. Try to be stealthy like a ninja."

They blinked at her, "Like a ninja…" Natsu said.

Lucy sighed, "What are you thinking about now?"

Just then the floor moved and four maids appeared from down below, "Intruder alert Virgo!"

"Let's crush them girls!" Virgo said.

"Guess we've been found." Lucy sighed.

Natsu punched the four maids, "Ninja power!"

Virgo went on the attack shooting up in the air, "Flying Virgo attack!"

Lucy acted quickly pushing Natsu out of the way, "Lucy Punch!" she cocked her fist back and punched the gorilla woman in the stomach sending her flying towards the golden statue of Everlue making her crash into it.

Lucy looked at her Strength Gloves in awe, "This really was a good purchase. Better make sure I thank that shopkeeper when I visit Hargeon in the near future."

She felt her shoulders being grabbed and she was spun around facing a worried Natsu, "You alright Lucy?!"

She nodded, "Of course I'm okay. Stop worrying so much." she felt him squeeze her shoulders slightly.

"You can't keep doing that Luce, last time you did this it was against that Vulcan that took over Macao. You stepped in front of me that time knowing you could've gotten hurt." He reminded.

"Natsu I'm telling you its fi-" she started but was cut off when he started growling at her taking both her and Happy surprise. Something told her she wasn't going to win this fight.

She sighed, "Fine you win. I won't do that ever again." She hung her head low she felt Natsu's forehead bump hers and saw he had his eyes closed with a relieved look on his face. This might be the first time in a long time someone was worried about her well-being.

He removed his forehead from hers, "Now that you get it, let's go find this book and burn it."

She smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

Happy snickered, "You liiike each other~"

Lucy turned to him, "Please tell me you won't make that a habit."

Library

They arrived at the library and saw that the Duke had a lot of books stored here. Lucy was amazed by how many books he had, "Who would've thought Everlue was a major book worm."

"Let's start looking." Natsu said.

"Aye sir!" Happy said.

They looked around searching many titles but didn't see the book anywhere. Lucy sighed, "I like books as much as the next person but this is ridiculous."

"Found it!" Natsu yelled.

She turned to him an sure enough he had the book Daybreak in his hands grinning in victory, "Look its sparkling!"

Lucy jumped down from the latter and looked at the book Natsu's hands, "Its Daybreak."

Natsu's hand was set on fire, "Alright time to burn it." but before he could Lucy grabbed the book from him inspecting it.

"So, Kemu Zaleon wrote this book." She said.

"Say what?" Natsu questioned.

"Zaleon was a great wizard and an amazing novelist," she told them, "This must be his last work before he died."

"Who cares? Lets burn it already!" Natsu said.

Lucy shook her head, "Not yet. Not until I find out the real reason behind this mission and besides, looks like the Duke's on his way here."

They were confused by her words until they heard a sinister laugh, "Well well, what do we have here?" someone burst through the floor revealing it to be Duke Everlue himself.

"So you thieves are looking to take Daybreak away from me are you?" he said.

"See slowpoke this is happening because you took too long." Natsu said but then noticed that Lucy wasn't even paying attention to them she was reading the book.

"Your reading the book right now?!" they all yelled.

"I've had enough, how dare you put your filthy hands on my possession's! Now, come forth! Vanish brothers!" the library split in half and revealed two men.

"You called upon us sir?" the bald one asked.

"Can you believe these little punks are from the Fairy Tail guild? Talk about a bunch or runts." The other man said.

"That sign means they're from the Southern Wolves. It's a mercenary guild." Happy pointed.

Natsu cracked his knuckles, "So you got body guards do ya?"

Lucy's eyes widened, "Wait, is this…? It just might be." She got up from the floor and touched Natsu's shoulder getting his attention, "Take care of these two while I finish decoding the book. I might have found a hidden secret."

"Right." Natsu nodded.

She walked towards the white door and closed it right behind her but Everlue heard her words.

A secret? It must have slipped by me somehow; it could be a treasure map or something. He thought.

He sunk beneath the ground; "I'm going after the girl, and make sure the pink haired one here doesn't leave in one piece!"

"Yes sir!" they both said.

Natsu turned to his friend, "Happy go on and help Lucy."

"Are you sure you don't need me here?" Happy asked.

"No. Thanks but I'll be just fine."

Happy nodded and flew off to go find Lucy.

"You sure are confident for a little guy. Maybe we need to put you in your place." The blue haired man said.

Natsu cracked his neck, "Let's go then."

"Heh, your out your league kid." The bald one said, "This will be over in ten minutes.

10 minutes later

"Karyū no Yokugeki (Fire Dragon's Wing Attack)!" raising both arms in the air he finished off his opponents in 10 minutes.

"Aw man its over already? Did I overdue it again?" Natsu asked no one in particular then shrugged, "Oh well, guess I'll just go check on Lucy and Happy."

"N-no mercy…" the two mercenaries said before passing out.

With Lucy and Happy

Lucy and Happy were currently in the sewers underneath the mansion focusing all her attention on decoding the book, which she figured out that there was hidden message placed on the book. She sighed and closed the book.

Happy looked at her, "Did you figure it out?"

She smiled at him, "Yeah, and I think our client Kaby would be surprised when he sees the hidden secret of this book."

"Or you can just tell me the secret girl." They heard a voice say. Her eyes glowed purple for a split second then leapt out of the way before he could touch her.

"Nice try, but I have good reflexes. Better luck next time." She said.

"Why you little…!"

She had her hand out, "Kansō (Requip)!" a golden gate key appeared in her hand, "Since you went to all the trouble to follow me like some dirty old man you better give me good fight. Or at least make a decent warm up." She sent the book to her pocket dimension so she can fight.

"So you're a celestial wizard? You think you actually stand a chance against me?" he taunted.

"I don't think. I know, now stop wasting my time already. Either fight me or get lost, you fat pig." Lucy said in a bored tone.

A vein popped from his head, "How dare you! Boy yo yo yo yo!" a magic symbol appeared on his back and he dived into the earth.

"What did he just do?" Happy blinked in confusion.

"He's using diving magic. Not bad I guess but I'm still not impressed." Lucy sighed. Everlue popped out from underground hoping to strike her but she avoided every attempt by twisting and twirling around almost like she was dancing. She jumped a few feet away from him.

"I understand the whole story now. This is a horrible tail about a trashy fat pig named Duke Everlue." She glared.

"You serious?" Happy said.

"I don't know if I'd called the protagonist trashy, but yes." He dived right back underground, "The story itself is crap! It was written by the great Kemu Zaleon! Inexcusable!"

Lucy flipped out of the way, "Your arrogance really disgusts me. You forced him to write this book didn't you?"

"Arrogant? That word doesn't begin to apply. The tell my story is in honor, no matter what the circumstances."

"So why blackmail him?" Lucy questioned.

"Blackmail?" Happy questioned.

"What's the big deal? He just needed some extra encouragement that's all."

Her eyes narrowed, "Oh really?"

"Any fool would jump at the chance to have me as their muse, be had the audacity to say no. So I told him to either write the novel or your family will lose their rights to citizenship." He snickered.

Happy gasped, "But…then none of them would be able to join the guilds and make a living. Do you really have the power to do that?"

"I have to power to do anything!" he said bursting from the earth, "I got him to write it didn't I?"

Lucy glared at him.

"But then he turned a great man like me into a hatched job?! The nerve of that fool!"

"Get over yourself! Its true that he wrote about all the pain and torture that you put him through. But the chapters about what you did to him are only the small part of the book, in fact its secret has nothing to do with you." she said.

"Tell us Lucy!" Happy asked.

"What the devil do you mean?" Everlue demanded.

"There's no reason for you to know," she said raising the key in the air, "Gate of the Goat, I open thee! Capricorn!" swiping the key down a humanoid goat man appeared in a butler's outfit.

"How may I be of service to you today, Lucy-sama?" Capricorn asked respectfully.

"It's a goat!" Happy yelled.

Capricorn looked at Happy, "Indeed. I am Capricorn Lucy's second strongest spirit. It is a pleasure to meet you." he bowed respectfully.

"Wow he's even polite." Happy said.

Lucy smiled, "That's Capricorn for you. You mind giving me a hand fighting this guy Capricorn?"

Capricorn turned to the fat man who gulped nervously, "Understood."

Everlue brought out a golden key of his own, "Open! Gate of the Maiden Virgo!"

"What the? He's using the same magic as you do Lucy!" Happy said.

Virgo appeared from underground with Natsu on her shoulder, "Huh? Lucy? Happy? What's going on?"

Lucy blinked in surprise, "I should be asking you that. How did you get here?"

"Well I saw her moving and grabbed hold of her next thing I know I'm here." He explained.

"Hold on then that would mean…?" Lucy started.

"He was able to pass through the spirit gate with Virgo." Capricorn finished for her.

Lucy turned to him, "I thought that was impossible to do?" she questioned.

Capricorn nodded, "As did I."

"So what do I do now?" Natsu asked.

Lucy looked back to Natsu, "Well first off get off her then let Capricorn take care of the rest."

He grinned, "You got it!" jumping off Virgo he landed safely next to Lucy.

"Virgo! Take out the trash!" Everlue commanded.

"As you wish master!" Virgo charged at Capricorn but Lucy had other plans.

"Capricorn, do it!" Lucy ordered.

He nodded, "As you wish, Lucy-sama." As if teleporting he was already in front of the spirit kicking her in the face sending her back but didn't let up. He appeared before her again and sent a barrage of punches.

"Holy cow! Lucy's spirit is so strong!" Happy said.

"No kidding! I'd like to fight him myself!" Natsu grinned.

Lucy sweat-dropped, "I wouldn't recommend that."

Capricorn finished up and Virgo fell down on her back defeated, "I have finished the task you have given me Lucy-sama." He bowed.

Lucy smirked, "Nice job! Now then that leaves only you."

Everlue was paralyzed with fear. This girl's spirit was able to beat Virgo without any problems! He knew he was finished.

Lucy rushed at him, "Capricorn, combination attack!"

He nodded appearing next to her in a burst of speed, "Combination attack! Lucy and Capricorn sucker punch!" the two said bringing their fists together

sucker punching him right in his face sending him hurling in the air and landing to the ground unconscious with his nose and lip bleeding.

Lucy and Capricorn stood side by side, "We've still got it don't we teach?"

Capricorn smirked, "Indeed. I am proud to call you my student and master. Your strength has improved tremendously. Job well done."

She smirked, "Thanks. You can head back now."

He bowed, "Until next time." He left in a puff of smoke.

Lucy saw Virgo's key and walked over to Everlue and took the gate key from him, "You won't be needing this anymore so I'll be taking Virgo away from you. Besides, I doubt you've been treating her well anyway." She looked down at the fallen Duke in disgust.

Natsu and Happy approached, "Lucy that was awesome! I didn't know you could send people flying like that! You've gotta fight me when we get back to Fairy Tail!"

"Aye! I wanna see you guys fight to!" Happy said.

Lucy sighed, "I don't think so." She looked over to the fallen spirit and knelt down, "I'm sorry for having to sick Capricorn on you Virgo. Why don't you go back to the spirit world and rest up? You've been out here for too long anyway."

Virgo opened her eyes and looked at her, "I thank you celestial wizard. I entrust my key to you," she said fading away in a golden light. Lucy stood up with a smile on her face sending her new gold key to the pocket dimension and smiled.

Natsu and Happy had smiles on their faces, which soon disappeared when they felt their whole surroundings shake. The three of them watched as the whole building came crumbling down around them.

Natsu had his hands behind his head, "I like your style, out with a bang! You are definitely gonna fit in with Fairy Tail!"

"But, aren't we suppose to not destroy stuff?" Happy asked in confusion.

Lucy shrugged, "Like I said before, if his place comes down then oh well."

At Kaby's House

"When I read Daybreak I couldn't believe it was written by Kemu Zaleon. Thinking there's no way he would have written something so bad." Lucy said.

Natsu shrugged, "Yeah, so?"

"So, that's I how I knew there must be a spell on it." she said giving the book to Kaby who took it from her.

"But I requested this book be destroyed. Why on earth are you handing it back to me completely unscathed?" he questioned.

"If you really wanna burn it then I'd rather you do it yourself." Lucy told him.

"I most certainly will burn this trash! I never want to see it again!" he gripped the book in anger.

"I understand how you feel about this book Kaby, you want to protect your father's legacy. Because your actually Zaleon's son aren't you?" she said.

Natsu and Happy blinked in surprise.

"Yes that's true." He said.

"Have you read it yourself?" she asked.

"No…I…I could never bring myself to do it. My father told me it was garbage." He said.

Natsu got angry, "You were just gonna burn it?"

"I was."

Natsu grabbed him by the collar, "Without even bothering to see what's inside?! It's the last book that your dad wrote right?! Some of us would kill for that kind of memory!" Lucy grabbed him by the back of his shirt and tossed him on the couch angry herself.

"Shut up and let him explain himself!" she yelled.

Natsu saw the look in her eyes and kept quiet.

"Please, that book caused my family great heartache and shame. It was thirty-one years ago." Kaby started telling the story, "My father came home all of a sudden and said, "forgive me son." I demanded to know where he was for three years without ever contacting us. He said "somewhere I'll never return. It's all over now. After he said that he picked up a cleaver and cut his arm off."

Natsu and Happy flinched.

"And then?" Lucy asked.

"Your not bothered?!" they yelled.

"I told him off for agreeing to write that book for the Duke of Everlue and called him a sad excuse for writer and said he wasn't much of a father either. Not long after that my father passed away, however the anger and betrayal I felt towards him lived on." He said sadly, "But as the years passed by me that anger slowly turned into remorse, and now…it's too late for me to ask him for his forgiveness."

Natsu didn't say anything he had his back to him with his arms crossed.

"So I decided to make amends by destroying the final work that caused him so much unhappiness. This is the only way…the only way I can preserve his legacy." Kaby said.

Lucy sighed, "I hate be rude but you're an idiot Kaby."

They all looked at her.

She sighed again, "Kaby look!" as if hearing her words the book glowed purple blinding Kaby.

"What's happening?!" he yelled.

The words Daybreak lifted from the book, "A spell has been casted on this book, it's the work of the wizard Kemu Zaleon or should I say Zekua Melon." Lucy said.

"A spell?" Kaby questioned.

The words Daybreak spelled a different word. It spelled…Dear Kaby.

Kaby saw the words, "Dear Kaby…?"

Lucy smiled, "That's right, this book is his letter to you. Disguised behind a spell that rearranged all of the words, so no one else could read it."

The book glowed brighter and opened the letters coming out of it and surrounding all of them.

"Wow…" Natsu stared in awe.

"Pretty…" Happy said.

"He didn't stop writing because he was ashamed. He stopped because he had finished his masterpiece. A novel containing everything he ever wanted to say to his beloved son, and when you read it the way he intended its easily his best work ever." She explained.

Kaby had tears in his eyes then he remembered his father's words before he died.

"I thought about you the entire time I was gone."

The closed and descended towards Kaby's open hands.

"And now that the spells been broken you can read it for yourself." Lucy smiled.

Kaby got on his knees hugging the book closely, "Thank you father. I swear that I will not let any harm come to this book."

Natsu turned around putting both hands on his head, "Well, I guess we won't be collecting that reward."

"Aye!" Happy agreed.

Lucy smiled, "Your right Natsu, I guess we won't."

"Huh?" Kaby questioned.

Natsu turned to him, "We were suppose to destroy it. We didn't finish the job."

"Even so, let me do something." Kaby insisted.

Lucy pointed to the book, "If you want to do something then keep that book close to you and cherish it. After all…it's the final piece your father left to you, someone he loved very much." She said walking away Natsu and Happy following her.

Natsu waved his hand, "Lucy's right, thanks for offering but we don't want it."

"Are you guys sure?" Happy asked.

Natsu cocked his head to the side, "I think its time we all go home, that means you too Mr. Melon go back home."

Mr. and Mrs. Melon smiled at them as they walked away.

Nighttime at the Campsite

"I'm impressed Natsu, how did you know they didn't own that house and was only renting it?" Lucy asked.

"Their scent didn't match the house it smelled like something else." He answered stuffing some fish in his mouth.

"I see," she said taking a bit out of the fish in her hand, "Must be a dragon slayer thing."

Natsu shrugged, "Something like that."

"But still, reading that book was really interesting." She smiled.

Natsu grinned, "I've got you all figured out," he said munching on the fist, "All those papers that were on your desk at your place, your writing a novel aren't you?"

"Oh, so that's why Lucy knows so much about books." Happy said.

Lucy turned her head trying to hide the blush that crept up to her cheeks, "S-so what if I am, and besides I'd appreciate it if you didn't tell anyone."

Happy tilted his head, "But why not?"

She sighed, "Because I'm not that good at writing and don't want anyone to read my novel. Its embarrassing."

"Don't worry no one's gonna read it." Natsu assured her.

Rolling her eyes she laid down on the ground, "If you say so."

Natsu blinked at her, "Wait, your going to sleep on the ground?"

"Yes I am Natsu, now good night." She said.

Natsu and Happy looked at each other, for some reason the thoughts of her sleeping on the cold hard ground even though there was a fire nearby bothered them. He got up and went over to his sleeping bag bringing it over to the almost sleeping Lucy.

"Don't go to sleep yet Lucy, here use my sleeping bag." Natsu said making her open her eyes.

She opened one eye and looked and saw his face, which was practically begging for her to use his sleeping bag. Sighing with defeat she decided to take his sleeping bag, unroll it, and crawled inside of it without any complaints and fell right to sleep.

Natsu and Happy grinned.

Success!

Morning

"Are you sure we're going the right way, child of the earth Natsu?" Lucy asked while sitting on a giant vine that was moving her along the swamp. Happy smelled the area and said walking through this swamp was taking a short cut to the guild. Lucy who forgot to bring some suitable clothes for the swamp called upon the "Mark of the Earth" and decided to ride on a giant vine she summoned. Happy decided to join her by sitting on her lap while Natsu merely walked through the swampy water.

"Happy says this is the way home, so this is where we're going." Natsu said.

She shrugged, "Then I trust your judgment, child of earth Natsu."

"Aye!" Happy said.

Natsu smiled grateful that his partner didn't complain about going through a swamp to get back to the guild. She told him she forgot to bring some clothes suitable for a swamp and decided to use her magic to get through asking if any of us wanted a ride with her. He said he would rather walk but Happy took that opportunity to sit on her lap.

In all honesty he liked having Lucy around that's why he dragged her to Fairy Tail with him in the first place. Not only did she believe him about being raised by the fire dragon Igneel his father, but said his magic was cool. He had the same thoughts about her magic too, how she changes appearances and using different types of magic when she does. It was pretty frickin awesome and on the added bonus Happy had taken a liking to her, which was fine by him. She also pretty frickin strong just like Erza being able to punch and send someone flying, it was cool. Then there's her personality, she told him that she's open-minded and doesn't judge people either. But one thing did bother him though, when she said she wouldn't be used by anyone. He couldn't help but wonder if someone used her for something she didn't want to do, and if that were the case then he'd burn them to a crisp.

He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard the bushes move. Lucy got ready to use her vines but Natsu beat her to it by jumping in the bushes.

She sighed, "Guess that means he'll take care of it." making the giant vine put her down she went back to normal and Happy was hovering above her.

"You can take him Natsu!" Happy cheered.

Two people came out of the bushes they were Natsu and Gray both boys were glaring at each other.

"Its Gray!" Happy said.

"And he's not wearing any clothes again." Lucy sighed.

"I was trying to find a bathroom." Gray said.

"Why would you strip down before you found one? And who the heck ever heard of a bathroom in the middle of a forest?" Natsu glared.

"I wanted some privacy I didn't expect an idiot to barge in." Gray glared back.

They got in each other's faces growling at each other.

Lucy sweat-dropped, "This seems childish but still somewhat entertaining."

"That's Natsu and Gray for ya." Happy said.

After the two of them stopped their arguing they all sat down and relaxed.

"So you were on your way back from a job?" Lucy asked.

Gray nodded, "Yeah there's a shortcut here through these woods that'll get you back to town in no time."

"See Lucy? My nose is never wrong!" Happy puffed his chest out.

She smiled, "Looks that way, but why is it that you couldn't smell Gray who was close by?"

"There are some things I'd rather not smell." Happy shuddered.

A tick mark appeared on Gray's head, "What'd you say?!"

"I agree, so go on home and we'll smell ya later." Natsu grinned.

Gray got up, "Fine I will, and unless you want trouble you should to."

Lucy blinked up at him, "And why do you say that?"

"Because Erza's do back any time now." He said sweating a little.

Natsu flinched with fear.

Lucy smiled, "The Erza? Cool."

"She's the most powerful woman in all of Fairy Tail." Happy said with a fish in his mouth.

Lucy stood up, "I can't wait to meet her, but you know I've never seen a picture of her in Sorcerer's Weekly or anything. So what's she like?"

"Scary." They said.

Lucy blinked.

"Wild animal." Gray said.

"A vile beast." Natsu said.

"More like a full on monster!" Happy said.

Lucy smiled, "I'm starting to like her even more now."

"Say what?!" they yelled.

Lucy's smile soon disappeared alerting them.

"What's wrong Lucy?" Happy asked.

"Mark of the Earth!" changing her appearance quickly she thrust her hand out behind them, "Gaia no Bainzu (Vines of Gaia)!" five giant vines appeared and grabbed hold of five unidentified mages lifting them in the sir squeezing them slightly.

"W-what the hell is this?!" one of them yelled.

"I can't move!" another one said.

"These vines are squeezing me!" another one yelled.

Gray blinked up in astonishment then looked back at Fairy Tail's new member in total shock, "What…how…?"

Natsu laughed at the expression on Gray's face, "That's Lucy's magic."

"Aye! She calls it Planetary Magic! She's using the Mark of the Earth which allows her to control the earth." Happy explained.

"Planetary magic?" Gray questioned.

Happy nodded, "She uses magic based on the planet she's transformed into or using their mark."

"You serious?" Gray asked in disbelief.

Happy nodded, "Aye!"

He looked over at Lucy who had her arms crossed glaring at the five unidentified mages.

Natsu growled, "Back off Gray! She's my partner!"

Gray growled back, "Shut up Flame brain!"

Happy shook his head, "You guys are hopeless."

"Explain yourselves," Lucy said making the two of them look at her and preventing them from getting into a fight, "I sensed one of you trying to use your magic on us. Speak your reasons now, children of the earth."

Gray sweat-dropped, "Children of the earth?"

"Her personality changes when she goes into different forms. This is how the earth one talks." Natsu explained.

Gray looked at him dumbfounded, "They all have different personalities?"

"Yep." They said.

"W-we're not telling you anything!" the one who was about to use his magic before he got caught yelled.

She narrowed her eyes, "I see," she lifted waved her hand, "Tsurī Heishi (Tree Soldiers)!" five tree soldiers burst from the ground all had their arms open. She tossed the five mages towards the trees and they closed their arms preventing them from escaping and they started to squeeze them.

"Still don't feel like talking?" Lucy questions.

"O-okay! We were in the forest for a while now and got really hungry! When we were looking around we found you guys and saw the blue cat and decided to take from you so we could eat it!" one of them said. The tree soldier stopped squeezing them much to their relief.

Happy shivered, "Y-you were trying to eat me…?"

Natsu growled, "Bastards!"

"So you were trying to attack us huh? Bad move." Gray glared.

Lucy nodded, "I agree, child of the earth Gray." Just then she noticed a shadow come creeping up and jumped back near the others.

"Lucy? What's wrong?" Natsu asked.

"Stay back, don't go near them." She warned.

They were confused until they saw what looked like a shadow of a hand go towards the five mages. One of them was shivering with fear and turned towards them, "L-lullaby! Beware of Lullaby!"

Gray raised a brow, "Lullaby?"

"What's that?" Natsu questioned.

Lucy knew what he meant, "Lullaby…"

The shadow formed into a giant hand grabbing from underneath them and made them go underground disappearing in the process.

"What the hell…?" Gray said.

"Who was that?" Natsu questioned.

Lucy went back to normal, "Whoever it was their fast. I can't sense their presence anymore."

"But…what could this mean?" Natsu questioned looking at his partner who looked just as uneasy as him.

"Lullaby…" she repeated.

Natsu had to ask her, "Do you know what he was talking about Lucy?"

She walked away from them, "We should get to the guild."

"Hey wait up Lucy!" Natsu followed trying to catch up to her with Happy and Gray following right them.

Lucy was too caught up in her thought's to acknowledge the fact that they were following right after her.

Lullaby, one of demons created by the dark mage Zeref. Why do I get the feeling something bad's about to happen?

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Next Time: Meeting Titania & Destroying Lullaby!