I do not claim ownership of Fairy Tail, its characters, or its original plot/story line.
Please Note: I really just want to get to the husband bits. So this chapter will be a series of memories I edited to fit the story.
Lucy sat at the bar of the Fairy Tail Guild Hall. She was complaining about how her team had once again destroyed a town resulting in the loss of rewards.
"Maybe you should try something a little less active." Mira suggested.
"Less active would probably mean Natsu would get bored and start fights with locals rather than villians." Lucy laughed.
"True." The other woman agreed, laughing just as much at the idea.
"Although...I guess if I tried to do one alone. It wouldn't hurt." Lucy looked over to the quest board. Finally, after careful consideration she grabbed the least dangerous mission with the highest reward.
'A play.' She though. 'Seems simple enough.'
"Hey, what you doing Lucy." Natus suddenly spoke behind her.
"Uh..nothing.." Lucy tried to stall.
"Ooh a Play." Happy said.
"I'm all fired up." Natus said.
"Well, I just gotta beat Natsu for the lead." Grey said.
"A play would be a fine quest indeed. Good choice Lucy." Erza complimented.
"Oh man." Lucy muttered to herself, but she didn't have the heart or the want to push her friends away.
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Of course the mission had ended in her losing payment. The rest of the team having destoyed the stage and Natus having caught fire to all of the costumes.
Lucy was still happy with these facts, it was a memory to store in her mind. She knew she would have to try and savour them all.
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"Hey isn't that Loke?" Happy asked.
Lucy looked in the direction the cat was pointing and sure enough the orange haired man stood...and sure enough Lucy's prescene had him fleeing the scene in a matter of seconds.
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"It isn't fair to punish Loke any more than this. Karen died because she took a quest she wasn't strong enough for...Loke doesn't deserve to die because he was trying to protect Aries!" Lucy shouted.
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"I am happy you agreed to have me as your key master, but before we seal the contract I believe I am obligated to inform you of what you might be put through." Lucy said.
"What do you mean?" Loke asked.
"I..." Lucy hesitated.
"Lucy, whatever it is. I trust you." Loke tried to comfort her.
So Lucy told Loke everything. She couldn't stay with Fairy Tail, she had to give up her life as an honest Wizard, she had to relay this story to all of her spirits, and how she was giving everyone on her key ring the choice of leaving her for another master.
Lucy was happy...when he tried to make a plan to fight for her and when he swore he would stay with her for as long as she wanted him.
"Hopefully," He said. "Your entire life. If I could have it...eternity."
It was then Lucy finally cried.
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"Why did you summon me here. You know I have a boyfriend." Aquarius scolded her.
"MOO! LUCY" Another spirit spoke.
"Hello everyone." Lucy greeted.
"I suggest we make this quick," Loke said. "You shouldn't strain yourself so much to summon everyone all at once. Everyone who has the ability to stay on their own should start using their own magic for this."
"What's going on?" Aquarius asked.
"Lucy?" Loke looked to Lucy, who looked just as scared as the time she had to tell Loke.
"You know Aquarius." Lucy spoke shakily. She felt weak and sad. "You can't tease me about not having a boyfriend anymore?" Then she started crying again.
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"I want to give you and everyone time to bond more." Loke said, "So when I give you the tickets you need to accept them."
"My rent?" Lucy tried to object.
"I no longer need money for the human world, so I have already set it up to where you and the master have full access to all of the money I am leaving behind. So...I basically paid for your apartment for the rest of the time your here. NOW GET YOU BUTT OVER TO THE GUILD SO I CAN GIVE YOU THEM!" Loke ordered.
"Whose the Master, you or me?" Lucy wondered aloud.
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"We're going to fight together Juvia. If not for me, you should fight for Grey!"
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"My clothes!" Lucy squealed as her chest was revealed.
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"I don't have long to really live anymore. So why would I abandon them!" Lucy shouted.
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"Don't die Erza!"
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"Juvia!"
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"Hey, I'm single by choice." Lucy said.
"You'll find your true love someday." Juvia comforted.
"Yeah maybe." Lucy relpied. However she thought, 'If only.'
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"Erza, don't die!"
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"Natsu!"
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"Grey"
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"Natsu!"
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"Natsu!"
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"Happy!"
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"Might as well step out of the competition now." Lucy joked to Erza who nodded.
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"Thanks Leo." Lucy said after they finished defeating Bickslow.
"I did it for this." Loke said as he summoned an "I love Lucy" sign with his magic.
"When's the wedding?" Happy teased.
"Yeah, don't hold you breath cat." Lucy warned.
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In the weeks that passed one occurence made Lucy flinch. Before the festival, Freid. The Seal happy man from Laxus' team pulled her aside.
"You know. I was quite take aback when I realized you already had some type of seal already implanted on your body. When I tried to make you Laxus' servant-"
"You did what!" Lucy tried to speak.
"Just a joke really. He kept saying he could make you his girlfriend after everything...so I tried to make it where you two would have a week to date. I was surprised it didn't work but now I understand."
Lucy turned away in silence, luckily none of the guild members had come in search for her at that moment and the rest of Laxus' team were still under a harsh scolding provided by Mira and Makaroff.
Fried leaned into her shoulder to speak. "I sincerly congragulate you on your engagement Lady Heartifilia." He whispered. "I'm sorry that you didn't have a chance to be Laxus' for a while however and...Lucy...I really am sorry."
He then walked away. Nothing else needed to be said in that moment.
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Lucy sat alone in her room after the festival. Nothing but silence surrounded her. For once, the others had not followed her home. Which was something she actually wished they did. Especially now.
Before her layed one single letter. Freshly removed from the envelope. As it reads:
Dear Lucy,
You are needed home immediatley. We had the contract checked and the time was recalculated. I apologize for this but time is no longer on our side. We only have one week before the contract will begin to steal your magic away. You and your fiance will meet at the Heartfilia estate and be wed in the next eight days. If the marriage does not commence, your magic will drain away and...your spirits will be punished as well. If you have changed your mind about being wed and will lose your magic. I know you would want to know that you need to cancel the contracts with your keys. However, this is just in case you wish not to go through with the wedding. Another thing, I know you may have already realized this, but you also have an additional way out. If you were to marry another man in the next four days. The contract will be null and void until the point you are either widowed or divorced and...it could be extended to any child you produce without the one you are currently contracted with. That is all for now.
'Your Father'
"I...I can't...I don't want anyone to know." Lucy cried. "I don't want to leave." She repeated the words she said the day Phantom Lord first came for her.
This time however, it didn't end with everyone banding together and protecting her. Even if she married someone else the contract would still remain and even trap any children she may have in the future. That was something she was terrified of happening.
This time she summoned a few of her spirits, she gave them instuctions, they all packed her things in silence...and she spoke one word as she looked back at the Guild Hall from where she stood at the edge of town. "Goodbye."
Then she was gone.
To be continued in the next chapter...