A/N: Thanks for all the follows and Favs and reviews! You have NO idea how happy they made me! And here's a special shout out to the first reviewers, Lilyannnalu (who owns Lily-Ann and her exceed) and Annie Blackheart XD (who owns Annie and Ami ) ! Thank you all sooooooo much! Please enjoy~!
Oh, and I only own the plot and Maxx Fireblade with he exceed!
-Lucy POV-
It has been a full year since my team and I were chased from our once beloved Fairy Tail. We almost didn't survive from the wounds our so called nakama inflicted on us. When I start thinking back to that massacre, I can't help but think of Natsu. I had long ago excepted my feelings for him, even though I came to terms after the attack. I was in love with Natsu Dragneel.
I know that no matter what, he's Lisanna's, and I can't help but feel sad at that, though, as Mira-Jane once called our paring, Nalu was never going to happen. He was the one who nearly killed me, and, thanks to Gajeel, being stronger than that bullet Levy shot and still capable of carrying me, I survived. I still can believe what Levy did! She absolutely loved the guy and she SHOT him! And poor Jellal! With Er-
My thought rant was interrupted by loud yelling.
"What do you mean we're out of chicken! I just spent 2,000 jewel on chicken to last me a month! So how the heck did we run out of it!" That would be Annie Blackheart. She's a fellow book junky like Maxx Fireblade. She has black hair except for her white bangs, he eye are also a deep black and her skin is quite pale. She tends to have anger issues and don't tease her about love or steal her chicken... She'll kill you.
"Meh, I was hungry and you know how much I love meat. Either way, I find steak better." And that would be Maxx. She has light brown hair that tends to shine like fire in the sun, bright forestry green eyes, and slightly pale skin. She loved steak, drawing (which she excelled in) reading and her cargo pants, combat boots, and one sleeved trench coat that she always wore. She, Lilly-Ann and Annie are all best friends, but they still love to fight.
"H-hey!" Lily-Ann's voice squeaked before turning malicious, "If you're gonna brawl, count me in!" Lily-Ann Grave tends to be shy, but when warmed up to, she has a very sporty personality and also has a love for fighting. She always wears her track suit, which today is a pretty turquoise color. Her hair is dark brown, almost black, with tan skin and sky blue eyes. All three were orphans, abandoned by their parents when their powers developed at age seven, ten years ago.
"Before you start another fight, go out side!" Three female voices called in unison. Annie's exceed, Ami, who is completely black with pink eyes and a very proper manner, called politely. Maxx's exceed, Ember, a light rusty brown cat who's ear tips, tail tip, stomach, a bit on her nose, and paws are white and green eyes, sounded a bit annoyed, and Lily-Ann's exceed, Sky, who is a white-ish blue with her ear fur, tail tip, and a little on her paws a darker blue, was defiantly a bit distressed about the house she and Pantherlily had worked so hard to clean get ruined.
"Fine!" The three girls yelled, running out the door and down a dirt path until they were out of view. I sighed, stood from the plush window seat-slash-bed in my room, grabbed my key pouch and followed the now ever-growing group who wanted a piece of the action.
"Another fight! Time to see if I can beat them, eh mama bird?" Gajeel yelled to Jellal, who got that nickname from hatching a birds egg he found... And the fact that he found it by sitting on it's siblings.
"Shut it metal freak! And you ain't gonna be beating those girls if you can even beat me and my meteor magic!" Jellal retorted, stomping after the iron dragon slayer.
"Ju- I will not let Gr- I mean the boys beat me!" Juvia sounded determined over the stutters from trying to brake her speaking ways and get over Gray.
"Let's go Lucy!" Wendy called, running after Carla and Pantherlily. Everyone had dropped the formalities after being chased away by the guild, for they had all grow close since the day they were rescued.
-Flashback-
I woke up with a moan, slowly sitting up and rubbing my eyes. Looking around, I saw the rest of my team laying on small cots, all fast asleep. The wooden room wasn't too large, but looked a lot like a mini infirmary. The floor had a carpet with fiery wings with a wolf head in between. The walls were lined with cabinets, a few opened with medical supplies strewn about. As I started to stand, a voice from the corner of the room said, "I wouldn't get up yet if I were you. You took the most damage. You're lucky that Lily-Ann and Maxx figured out a way to get rid of your burns."
"Wh-Who are you?" I tried to keep my voice strong, but still couldn't stop the stutter.
The shape in the dark corner snorted in amusement. "Don't worry. We aren't gonna hurt you. Which reminds me... MAXX! LILY-ANN! GET YOUR LAZY BUTTS IN HERE A.S.A.P!" The girl's raised voice startled me, and I turned my head to make sure the others were still sleeping. Unfortunately, they all had jolted into a sitting position.
Studying them closely, I saw all of them were injured. Wendy's head was now bandaged, thank god, but the others must have been injured after I was burned. I shivered at the recollection of the agony those flames that once protected me caused. Ether way, I studied the wounds on everyone.
Jellal must have noticed my curiosity, because he said, "I was stabbed by Erza, Gajeel was shot by Levy, Juvia's arm was frozen by Gray, and Carla and Lily were attacked by Happy with fish and rocks."
"Yep, and I healed the little girlie's head, and the metal dude while Lily-Ann summoned the medicine, and Maxx burned Mr. Tattoo's wound and melted water lady over there." The girl from the corner spoke, moving into the light so we could see her. Of course we barely got a good look at Annie before the door slammed open the panting Lily-Ann and Maxx appeared.
"So... They're awake... At... Last." Maxx puffed as she entered the room.
"C-can you guys tell as wh-what happened to you?" The shy Lily-Ann spoke up.
And with little hesitation we told our story. The betrayal, the hope, the pain. When we finished, Maxx had offered us a place to stay, which Lily-Ann insisted with full force and Annie kept murmuring, "As long as they don't touch my chicken" (Gajeel was hungry and ate her chicken with in the first week. A month after he was out of the infirmary and in a wheel chair. No one even thought about ever again in fear of Annie's wrath). We all excepted, but as long as they could train us with sparring and teaching us other magics. This got an immediate response from the crazy strong girls as they showed us our rooms.
Within a week, we were all close friends and already getting stronger.
-End of Flashback-
I stopped just in time as a fireball went flying by. Maxx was cackling evilly as her blast hit Annie. In retaliation, Annie went into her werewolf mode, which wasn't too hairy, just ears, tail, sharp fingernails, and razor teeth. What was scary about Annie in this form was her insane attacks. Holding a hand out in front of her, a blast of water and lightning sent Maxx slamming into a tree, and, before she recovered, was swallowed by the earth.
I looked back to where Annie was, just to notice she was gone. On instinct I looked up to see Lily-Ann holding the elemental werewolf by the collar of her shirt. Summoning up a steel cage, Lily-Ann dropped Annie just as Maxx lept from the ground screaming bloody murder and something about Phoenix slayer: Fire blade. Two katana's appeared in her hands as she kicked Lily-Ann out of the sky.
"Bunny Girl, get down!" Gajeel yelled, charging towards me. I ducked at lightning speed as Gajeel sent an iron bar behind me. An 'oof' assured me he was aiming for Jellal as a meteor hit the iron dragon slayer in the stomach. To the left of me, Wendy and Juvia were duking it out with fast blows.
"Lucy, are you gonna join in or what?" Pantherlily called as he transformed into his Edolas form.
Back in Fairy Tail, I would have declined instantly, but now I do the exact opposite. "Bring it on ya oversized kitten!"
With that, I yanked out Loke's key. "Harness the power of the Lion, Leo!" A light glowed around me as sunglasses appeared on my face and rings on my fingers. My hair was pulled into a spiky pony tail and a black jacket appeared over my tank top.
"Regulus!" I yelled, punching Pantherlily, who blocked with his sword.
"Sword blast!" Pantherlily yelled. His sword started glowing and I instantly lept back as the blast destroyed where I had stood before.
All of us had learned new magic and ways to use our old magic. Carla had learned healing, I had learned how to harness my spirits power, Gajeel had become able to use dragon force and shadow mode, Jellal had learned time arc, Wendy had learned sky-earth dragon slayer magic, and Juvia had learned ice and healing water magic.
-Time Skip-
I watched as the fight ended. Annie, Maxx, and Lily-Ann rushed towards each other, Annie punching Maxx, Maxx punching Lily-Ann, and Lily-Ann punching Annie. As the fists connected to someone else's cheek, they all fell, collapsing on their backs. Everyone else had already run out of magic power half and hour before. It was really incredible to know that when we got here, we only lasted twenty minutes. But know we last around three hours.
Everything is quiet as we pant in silence, listening to the birds chirp as we usually do, but this time, we hear human voices.
"So, boss has decided to attack Fairy Tail, huh? We shoulda attacked a year ago when the flies were mopping about hurting their innocent team mates."
"Oh, no. This'll be perfect. The 'strongest team's' remaining members and some extra are gonna be heading to Galuna, searching for their weak little friends. We can easily take the rest of the guild down while we record it to bring those members to us along with the ones they're looking for and we can completely wipe out those pests."
The voices sounded terrifying, and the topic they were talking about made my blood run cold. Looking at the other once-Fairies stiff bodies, I could tell they felt the same way.
As the footsteps faded, the members of Team Forgotten stood and created a huddle, in which the three orphan mages joined in on.
After ages of debating, Jellal announced, "Alright! We are going to worn Fairy Tail and help them defend themselves from this attack." Our nods of approval were followed up with us racing to pack some needed belongings an racing towards the train station in Heiheko, the town a mile away from our quite large wooden mansion.
No matter what Fairy Tail had done to us, none of them deserved to die by the hands of a most likely dark guild.
Two chapters in one day! Thanks for the reviews and please continue with the R&R! I love you all!