~in the present~Chapter one~She Screeched and She Promised~

Lucy walked toward her guild with a heavy heart, ever since Lisanna came back they have been ignoring her, she hated it. it reminded her of her past when her father would ignore her, act as if she was just a worthless piece of trash that should only be talked too if needed too. Lisanna seemed to like the attention too. she walked up and opened the guild doors.

"hello minna!" Lucy yelled out, she got a few glances thrown her way, then Levy ran over to her.

"Lu-chan!" Levy screamed.

Lucy walked up to Levy and looked all over the guild while Levy looked at her with a sympathetic look on her face and was ashamed because of the acts their guild mates committed.

"nothing different just as I suspected."mumbled Lucy to herself. Levy frowned and then started to talk to Lucy about different things to lighten her mood.

Lucy was too busy thinking to even listen to Levy. Lucy dreaded that today would come and that the guild would still ignore her, she made a promise to herself that she Lucy Heartfilia would leave but maybe she could break the promise, just this once. then it felt like a whole titlewave of sadness came and washed her away, her eyes teared up but she sucked it up and took it on like a man. then she looked towards team Natsu's table…...bad idea. they looked happier than ever before with Lisanna laughing along with them, it looked like one of those cheesy romantic comedies where the family is just feeling as good as a strawberry sundae with a million cherries. her eyes started to water again.

"Lu-chan?" she heard Levy say snapping her out of her thoughts.

"yea Levy-chan?" Lucy asked wiping her eyes with her sleeve then looking at Levy.

"are you okay?" Levy asked concern laced in her voice.

"everything's going dandy Levy-chan how about you?" Lucy asked her voice full of sarcasm.

"Lu-chan you know I don't like it when you use sarcasm when I say something stupid." Levy said loudly.

Lucy rolled her eyes and chuckled. "I think i'm going to go on a job." Lucy said getting up.

"alright be safe I'll be over there with-" Levy was cut off.

"Gajeel~!" Lucy chirped.

Levy turned a healthy shade of red. "Lu-chan!" Levy whined while Lucy laughed and walked towards the board filled with jobs, she couldn't help but eavesdrop on team Natsu's and Lisanna's conversation.

"I can't wait to see your magic again! can I come on a mission you guys!" Lisanna shouted in glee.

"of course Lisanna you can come." Erza said with a smile. Lisanna frowned.

"I thought the full occupation of a guild team was five or four? five if you have an exceed." Lisanna said confused.

"we only have four in our team Lisanna." Erza said a bit confused.

Lisanna's eyes widened.

"oh…" she said then kept quiet. she was sure the girl named Lucy was on there team. guess she was wrong.

Lucy stood still as a statue. they forgot about her….they forgot she was on their team…

a single tear ran down Lucy's cheek, she then ran past everyone wiping her eyes with her sleeve, she was running towards the master's office….. Mira looked at her with concern.

"hey Lucy are you okay? Mira called out as she passed by running up the stairs.

Lucy didn't even reply afraid that if she tried to talk her voice would fail her and she would break down in sobs.

Lucy finally got to the master's office and swung open the door. The master was startled but luckily wasn't busy.

"Lucy? what brings you here?" he asked. he then noticed her mood and put on a serious face.

"master…." Lucy began she closed the door to the room with a small click it shut,"I came here to discuss….um…..master I want to leave the guild." Lucy finished her bangs overshadowing her eyes. the master's eyes widened, he calmed down before asking.

"temporarily?"

"I don't know…...probably….probably not." Lucy replied.

master looked at her sadness in his eyes.

"why?" he simply asked.

"because it seems that I am no longer part of the guild anyway…..just some stranger that walks in and steals jobs….or a piece of trash that's only there so you could talk to it sometimes…..the only ones that actually talk to me..are….a-are-"

"that's enough my child…" master said holding up his hand. he signaled for Lucy to come closer and she did. he grabbed her hand and stared at the tattoo.

"how about this...I won't take it off but if you want to or need to i'll give you the ability to take it off yourself. it will also be…..you could say invisible to other people." he said sadness and rage mixed in his eyes, rage towards his guild that made a part of the family feel betrayed that she even wanted to leave and also mad at himself for not seeing it and letting her go, sadness for the loss and for the ones who still...should he dare say it?...care about her.

Lucy's eyes widened at the favor he offered her. she nodded eagerly accepting it. the master sighed. he got up and hugged her then dismissed her with a simple.

"i'll miss you my child…...please take care of yourself."

Lucy then left. she ran out of the guild fast but not quick enough for Levy not to notice her bare hand because of the spell master put on it. Levy's eyes widened and tears built up in her eyes. she quickly ran out letting the tears stream down her cheeks running after Lucy. Gajeel noticing her crying ran after Levy with Mira following close behind. Lucy grabbed ahold of Virgo's key and telepathically told her to pack all her necessities. she reached the train station, bought a ticket and was about to run to the train but a hand grabbing her wrist stopped her.

"Lu-chan….p-please don't l-leave."

In the guild….

at the guild Lucy failed at noticing that Natsu wasn't part of the table that forgot her. Natsu walked in through the guild doors and walked up to the table were Erza, Gray, and Lisanna were talking Happy trailing right behind him an excited look on his face.

"hello Natsu, we were thinking of taking a mission with Lisanna, what do you say?" Erza asked Natsu once she noticed him.

Natsu scratched the back of his head.

"sorry but me and Happy were hoping to go on a mission with Lucy." Natsu answered. 'yea but that's only because Happy asked, you totally forgot about her.' a voice in his head said. "shut up." Natsu mumbled guilt present in his features.

"Lucy?" Gray said confused.

"have you seen her huh! Gray! have you seen her!" Happy asked excited that they were finally going to go on a mission with her. he had missed her and was really happy to finally get the okay from Natsu.

"um…..who's Lucy again?" Gray asked nervously.

Natsu and Happy froze. what did he just say?

"w-what are you talking about Gray? Lucy, remember, Lucy!" Happy yelled.

Gray continued looking confused, Natsu clenched his teeth and squeezed his fists.

"listen ice boxers I don't care what kind of game you're playing but if you want us to play along we will, a blonde, brown eyes, my partner, really pretty." Natsu finished a light blush on his face after the last two words.

"oh a blonde? I think I saw her run out of the guild, Levy and some others ran after her too." Gray said tapping his chin.

"thanks….." Natsu said before running out with Happy and smelling his way to where Lucy was going. he noticed the smell of tears mixed in with her sent too….why was Lucy crying?

back at the train station….

Lucy looked back hope built up in her that it was somebody other than Levy, Gajeel, Mira….she crossed her fingers but her hopes were crushed when her tear stained brown eyes met other tear stained brown eyes. her heart melted at least she noticed, tears immediately started pouring from her eyes again.

"Levy-chan…...let go." Lucy said.

"well you could have told me instead of leaving without even a damn goodbye!" Levy yelled sobbing."but you can't leave….Lu-chan!" Levy yelled falling to her knees crying into her hands.

Gajeel walked up to Lucy.

"so you're really leaving bunny girl….." he asked a moment of silence after.

"yea.." Lucy answered while Levy's sobbing got louder.

"Lucy, b-but." a new voice from the side said surprising Lucy.

"Mira." Lucy recognized. suddenly golden dust appeared and turned into Virgo.

"princess, your personal items have been packed and are ready." Virgo said. Levy clutched Lucy's leg as her tears slowed down.

"Lucy." Levy said hiccuping. Lucy looked up to Gajeel for help. Gajeel sighed and started pulling Levy off.

"NO! SHE CAN'T! LU-CHAN!" Levy screeched as Gajeel held her back, Mira sat on the floor her face in her hands.

Lucy walked down to the train and as she walked in she heard her best friend scream one last time.

"YOU BETTER COME BACK YOU HEAR!"

Lucy smiled a real smile for once.

"I promise."