Master Makarov was frowning when he walked back out of the office. "Lucy," he called out, beckoning the celestial spirit mage over to him. "This man wishes to talk to you, and I allow it. He is in my office waiting."
Lucy bit the bottom of her lip nervously. Master had looked so grave coming out of the office, she wondered what it was about. She closed the door behind her as she glanced at the man sitting at the desk. He looked up at her, lowering the hood. He had dark brown hair and striking green eyes. He grinned slightly as he saw her.
"The dumb blonde who hit her head on the table, I should have known." He wiggled his eyebrows at her.
Lucy scowled and puffed out her cheeks. "Hey! I'm not dumb! And what do you mean, 'I should have known'? I'll have you know I'm one of the smartest mages in Fairy Tail!" Okay, so that was stretching the truth a little, but this idiot didn't have to know that!
He sighed, obviously tired. "I should have known we were related." Lucy started to protest, but he intercepted her. "My name is Peter, and I'm your half-brother."
Lucy widened her eyes, unsure of what to say. "Wait a minute, do you even have any proof?"
He sighed again, and slipped a glowing lacrima from his cloak pocket. "This has a drop of my blood in it. It glows when I'm near people related to me." He explained and handed the lacrima crystal to her, so that it glowed stronger.
Peter continued, "As for how I know you're my half sister and not something else, my mother told me stories of the handsome Jude Heartfilia, who happened to be my father. She described him as noble and honorable, but I didn't think so. He abandoned me for some other kid, namely you." He glowered at her, pursing his lips and trying not to lose it. This girl had stolen having a family from her, and that pissed him off.
"What, so do you want to fight me?" Lucy challenged. Despite having to soak up all this information, she didn't appreciate being glared at or blamed for something that wasn't her fault. 'This guy's kinda moody,' She thought to herself.
"As tempting as that sounds, no. I know this isn't your fault, and I've actually come to propose an idea." He didn't wait for a response before continuing. "You have other half-siblings as well, you know. They would like to meet you."
Lucy raised her eyebrows, surprised. Despite her better judgement, she was curious. She shook her head, starting a new train of thought. "I want to tell my guild all of this, they're my family, they mean everything to me." She walked out the door to tell everyone the information.
Peter followed after her, still stuck on the fact she thought that this guild was her family. He was her family, as well as his siblings.
Erza was still in shock when she heard the news. Lucy had other family? She leapt up. "I'm going with you to meet them, Lucy!"
Peter interjected there. "Sorry, no. Our siblings won't take kindly to you. Lucy is going alone."
"Who said I was going at all!" Lucy snapped at him. Of course she was considering going, but he didn't have to say it like it was definite or anything.
He looked at her in surprise. Peter had just assumed she was going, he hadn't thought about the possibility of rejection. He dipped his head, "I'm sorry, that was a rude assumption."
"What's this about Lucy leaving?" Natsu asked curiously. He had been gone, hiding from Lucy's wrath, so he had missed a lot of what was going on. Everyone rolled their eyes at him.
"Keep up, you bad breathed idiot." Gray said icily.
"You tryin' to pick a fight?!" Natsu growled at him, previous conversation already forgotten.
"Focus, Natsu!" Erza snapped at him, obviously in no mood for his antics.
Mirajane kindly filled him in.
"What?!" Natsu roared, "Lucy, you're leaving us?!" The fire dragon slayer looked genuinely upset, and even though that made Lucy sad, this was something she had to do.
"Sorry, Natsu, but I have to do this." She shrugged. "Besides, it's not like I'm leaving Fairy Tail forever or anything, just for a little bit."
"Actually, Lucy, you will need to stop being a part of Fairy Tail for the time being. The town we live in doesn't take too kindly to Fairy Tail wizards."
"What!" Everyone in the guild yelled.
"It's unavoidable if you choose to do this. Sorry Lucy." Peter shrugged, not looking too affected despite the fact everyone in the guild was yelling.
"Lucy, you can't go!"
"Don't leave Fairy Tail, Lucy!"
"Luuucy!" Happy wailed and flew into her chest.
Master Makarov said nothing, but watched the scene fold out in front of him. He knew this was going to be a hard choice for Lucy, but no matter which one she chose, he would make sure the guild supported it.
"I'm going to go." Lucy said loudly, above the uproar. "I have to find out more about my past." She added thoughtfully, "Please tell me I can rejoin Fairy Tail after all of this has been sorted out."
Master Makarov nodded and magically removed her guild mark. "You will always be welcomed back at Fairy Tail, Lucy Heartfilia."
A/N: Sorry if this doesn't make much sense, guys. Dx It sounded better in my head, now it sounds kind of confusing. I'm hoping I can salvage it the next few chapters. Thanks for the reviews everyone! GrayLu or NaLu?
