Year X784
If it had been under different, Lucy was sure she would be looking everywhere with eyes filled with child-like awe. But she had much more important things than drooling over her own guild. Stepping a few steps into the guild, it seemed like she had garnered the attention of a certain whitette. Just the simple action of the whitette greeting her made a cascade reaction as one by one, the members turned to look at her, which made the redhead twirl to look at her, a frown tugging on her brows.
"Oh my, are you here to join the guild? I'm Mirajane Strauss, but you can call me Mira" Mira introduced herself. It was hard to ignore the rather large magic aura the blonde carried around her. Or the magic tattoo, that weirdly enough was in the form of a demon's tail, that laid on her right wrist.
"I'm already in the guild," The blonde's voice was soft but loud enough for everyone to hear. Showing her right arm, sure enough, there was Fairy Tail's emblem in an electric yellow. "I'm here to meet Master Makarov,"
With that, the redhead narrowed her eyes at the blonde, clearly feeling suspicious. Who wouldn't? A stranger, who clearly is strong, just struts in, claiming to not only want to see their Master but was a Fairy Tail member. Reaching out for her sword, she was startled when a small bolt of lightning zapped her fingers, the blonde was now regarding her with an emotionless gaze.
"I'm not going to fight, so I suggest you do the same," Her tone was sharp.
"Erza, that was rude," Mira lightly scolded with a frown, she had never seen her red haired friend look so agitated. Once again smiling, she turned back to the silent blonde. "Sorry about that, Master Makarov is currently at a guild meeting. Why don't you sit down for a while..." Her voice trailed when she realized when she didn't know the blonde's name.
It seemed that her response wasn't the best as her green eyes widened in fear. Letting a growl escape her lips, she ignored both the staring and the lightning that was trailing her skin.
"I can't wait, I must meet him quickly. Where is this meeting?" Lucy growled but due to her being blinded by anger and fear, she never noticed Erza coming closer, now her sword was at her throat.
"Who are you and what do you want with our Master?" Erza glared at the blonde, the latter just stared at back, not affected by the glare that could destroy anyone.
From the corner of her eyes, the blonde saw an angry Mira about to interrupt but was stopped when shook her head. Gently, the blonde pushed the sword from her neck.
"You're Erza, aren't you? Erza Scarlet?" Before the redhead could question, the blonde steamrolled over her, "You were in the mage's bar, I saw you. I'm going to assume that you've overheard a certain dark mage mention something about a Lullaby."
At the mention of 'Lullaby', Erza's eyes hardened, something Lucy never thought was possible.
"Don't worry, I'm not a dark mage, have some faith on your own guildmate. Oh, and the name's Lucy, Lucy Vermilion," Lucy grumbled. She was starting to re-think Mavis's words about the guild being family-like. "But I do know what the Lullaby is and if we don't stop it soon, something will definitely happen,"
Having a tad of trust over the blonde's words, Erza lowered her sword. She would deny later on, but she knew the name and had been wanting to meet the person after hearing everything she had done. It was then, did she snap her eyes back to the blonde when she realized what she had just said. She narrowed her eyes before asking.
"What do you mean by 'we'?" She slowly spoke.
"Do you really think I'm just going to go alone? Or let you go alone by yourself?" The blonde scoffed, only adding the last part when she understood what the redhead was trying to get across.
"You don't have to worry, I was just about to get Natsu and Gray to follow me," At the sound of their names, a strangled yell could be heard from the corner of the guild.
Shifting her eyes, she saw two teens shivering, their arms slung over the other's shoulders. She raised an eyebrow at how ridiculous the scene looked to her. Not trusting their capabilities, Lucy refused to back down.
"Yes, I will worry, I will come and don't you dare stop me," Lucy made sure to stress on certain words.
"No, you won't" Erza snapped back with equal ferocity.
It was then, did their foreheads slam into each other. The guild gulped, Mira giggled, at how familiar the scene looked.
"Yes, I will. I, unlike you, actually know what will happen," Lucy snarled.
Sighing, Erza backed off, nodding. With a sharp yell, she commanded for Gray and Natsu to follow them. Pity filled the surrounding member's eyes as they stared at the two teens that looked as if they had been to hell and back.
With a satisfied smile, Lucy led her new team out to their first mission.
2 Months Later
"Short Circuit!" A feminine voice hissed.
"Blonde Bimbo!" A deeper voice spat back.
"Lightning bastard!" The feminine voice growled, sounding even angrier.
"Hypocritical bitch!" The insults went on and on.
Yells of insults could be heard being thrown left and right. The source was a 'small' fight between the only lightning slayers in the guild, Laxus Dreyar, and Lucy Vermillion. They could be seen arguing, on the second floor. But insults were not the only thing being thrown between the two. Snow white and bright yellow lightning could be seen striking near the blondes. That was the reason why the ceiling above them was now had a hole.
Master Makarov sighed behind his mug of beer as he watched the silent guild. When the guild found out Lucy's magic, Celestial Magic, and Lightning Devil Slaying Magic, they had discussed the rivalry that would definitely occur when the blonde met the other lightning user, they had been joking. Never had they thought that their rivalry would be this bad. Ever since they met, there had not been one moment where they didn't glare at each other or spit out petty insults. It was so terrible that their rivalry made Natsu and Gray look like best friends.
But that wasn't the only thing that had shocked them. The blondes weren't the only ones in their little war, the teams they were leading had joined in as well. It surprised them greatly to see Freed argue with Erza, and of all things, over which blonde had better control of their lightning.
Suddenly, a sudden shriek was heard, making everyone snap their eyes on the whitette standing in front of the S-Class job board. The only people not showing any signs of caring was Fairy Tail's two blondes, still busy on fighting.
"What's wrong Mira?" Master questioned worriedly.
"Master! One of the S-Class job paper is missing!" Mira exclaimed, throwing the entire guild into a frenzy, wondering which idiot had the guts to steal an S-Class job.
"What?!" Master roared with anger glinting in his eyes as he stared at the only people that had been on the second floor all this time. "Lucy, Laxus, did you see who did that?"
"Some stupid cat took it," Lucy mumbled, still glaring at the blonde man.
"A blue cat. Can't believe you didn't even notice the colour," Laxus taunted, the guild members sweatdropped at how petty those two were.
"Oh, you dickhead!" Lucy screeched, her pale blonde hair floated due to the amount of static electricity, her emerald eyes glowed brightly.
With that, she raised her hands, her lightning flew towards said hand. Laxus was quick to follow suit, throwing his coat on a nearby chair.
"Ah, so the kitty finally wants to fight huh? Alright then!" His reference was pointed towards her black cat ear headphones.
Before they could start their brawl, a large hand slammed on them, smashing them on the first floor. Their lightning dispersed due to their shock, their glares was now focused on the guild master.
"Laxus, Lucy, go get them back!" Master Makarov ordered.
"Hell no! I have better things to do," Laxus spat.
"Like mourning over your non-existent life?" That retort seemed to have struck a soft spot for Laxus as his glare became even sharper.
"Fuck you!"
"With what? If you meant your tiny-" Before Lucy could finish her statement, Master interrupted with a cold voice.
"I didn't ask you, this is an order," Master stated. Knowing that this wouldn't be enough to get them up and going, he added a threat, "
Looking defeated, both blondes huffed and grudgingly nodded before walking out of the guild, glaring at each other.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Mira murmured, concern shone in her eyes as she watched the bickering pair.
"This will help with their... rivalry," Mira sweatdropped, it was clear that Master wasn't sure.
It wasn't long before both blondes were back, Gray following as he carried a burned Natsu. Gray following wasn't planned but he still followed. He would deny it, but he had followed for he feared his rival's safety. Who would he fight if the flame-brain was dead?
To Master Makarov's, and the entire guild, the forced job seemed to make the rivalry between blondes even worse. A smug smirk was seen gracing Lucy's lips as Laxus glared at the smaller blonde with enough heat, Master was sure that if it was any hotter, the guild would the blonde woman would combust. It had turned out that Lucy had successfully gained a new gold key, a key Laxus tried to push away.
A sigh escaped Master's lips, a relieved one when he noticed that Fantasia was arriving soon. As upset as he was that Laxus still refused to participate, he was glad that there will be no fights between the two lightning mages. Never could he foresee the events that would fall on that exact day. Never could he foresee how he would actually prefer the blonde's rivalry than the plan Laxus had.
After The Battle Of Fairy Tail
To say Master Makarov was shocked to see Lucy and Laxus actually talking normally would be an understatement. He felt as if he was having another heart attack. Even going the extra mile to asking Porlyusica if he wasn't seeing hallucinations, earning him a smack on the head.
"Aren't you supposed to insult me?" He had heard Laxus question with wide eyes when the blonde approached the blonde with words of encouragement.
"I know when to insult and when to not, thank you very much," Lucy huffed, looking annoyed.
"Oh, the blonde actually thought," Laxus teased but Lucy took it the wrong way.
"You're blonde too!" Lucy was now scowling, "You know what, if you don't like me that much, I'll just leave!"
What happened next not only surprised Lucy but also Makarov as he had never seen his own grandson show any emotions other than anger. The blonde man had reached out to grab his wrist.
"Wait, I didn't mean it that way..." Laxus muttered, blinking, "Thanks for saying those words..."
Shocked, Lucy's eyes snapped on Laxus's. When she saw that he was 100% sincere, a soft smile graced her lips, her eyes shone.
"It's nothing," She whispered. When she realized what was happening, a light blush stained her cheeks as she snatched her wrist back, her eyes staring at everywhere except for the blonde man, "Y-You're still a lightning bastard," She stammered before hurriedly walking out of the infirmary.
Weird. Though Makarov would be lying if it was the weirdest scene he had seen. But he could definitely say that this scene is the one that intrigued him the most, making him wonder if both blondes would get together one day.
Months had flown by so quickly and now it was time for the S-Class trials. Lucy being an S-Class as well had been forced to follow, but she thankfully not to fight against the contestants. The blonde was scared that she would have to fight her newly adopted daughter, Wendy Marvell. The bluenette had wrecked up a storm when she found out why the blonde decided to participate but only managed to get her to at least follow.
Lucy definitely was glad that she had followed as they were attacked by Grimoire Heart. Rage thrummed in her heart when she had found out that they were after her father, Zeref. She was just glad that Zeref and Mavis weren't on the island and she hoped that they wouldn't come back for some time. Not for their safety, but for fear of her opponents. Knowing how protective her parents could be, not only on her but also the island, she knew they would chase after the dark guild to the ends of the earth.
That was her thoughts before, now she decided that she wished that they would come as she stared at the man before her fearfully. The man was Hades, not only was he the Master of Grimoire Heart, he was also, to the surprise of her team, Second Master Of Fairy Tail. She would normally fight back, allowing time for her own teammates to run off to get extra help but she was severely injured. Not only was her ankle twisted, there was a bleeding wound on her side, not allowing her to even move.
Her prayer was answered but in a different form and by that, she meant in the form of an enraged blonde surrounded by lightning. A soft smirk graced her lips as she watched Laxus fight against Hades with swift, accurate moves, surprising even Erza with his power. Being his rival, she knew perfectly how powerful the blonde man was and she would say anytime that he definitely had better control over his lightning than her.
The blonde once again surprised everyone when he managed to transfer his lightning magic over to the closest dragon slayer, Natsu Dragneel. But at that same time, an attack sent by Hades had hit him on his chest, sending him flying and nearly falling to his death if it weren't;t for Lucy grabbing his hand at the last second. Ignoring the pain in her side, she barely managed to lift the blonde up at the expense of her wound opening up even more.
When Laxus noticed her pain, his eyes searched her body, widening when he saw her right hand clutching a heavily bleeding wound. Scraping up the little energy he had, he gently pushed the protesting blonde to lay on the ground, swiftly ripping his shirt apart to make make-shift bandages.
"I-I'm fine," Lucy drawled, a look of pain struck her face when he pressed her wounds.
"Shut up Blondie and just let me help," Laxus growled as he continued to wrap the wound with his shirt.
As they were focused, one on keeping the other alive while the other on staying awake, they only noticed that the fight had ended when Laxus lifted the other blonde into a bridal carry. Lucy once again protested but was shot down by Wendy who had been quick to run to their aid, only able to heal part of her wounds as she was lacking magic. Grumbling, she allowed herself to be carried to the base camp while Erza glared at the blonde man.
If only she had only known what was to happen just a couple of hours later. Maybe she would have been more willing to receive help. Maybe she would, for once, stop being such a tsundere. That way, she wouldn't be this helpless. But, in a way, it was a good thing that she was helpless. Who knew what lengths she would take to save her guild.
Mavis and Zeref had arrived in the end, not thinking as they casted Fairy Sphere when Acnologia released his breath attack.
Year X791
It had been 7 years since the incident at Tenroujima Island. One week that the GMG had ended. Now, the blonde woman could be seen walking barefoot in the middle of a forest. Her emerald eyes were closed, she held a relaxed posture. She was taking a walk as she had been put on prohibition for some time. After the incident in GMG, she had received multiple injuries and with Wendy's urging, Makarov didn't allow the blonde to go on any jobs.
More questions popped up. If she had been paying attention, would she still be in this situation? Would she able to defeat the man following her before he was able to activate the spell? If she had brought somebody along with her, would anything be different? Before any questions could be answered, said man made himself known.
"Lucy Vermilion," His voice sounded mysterious, clearly masked with magic.
Snapping her eyes open, she glanced around warily. Her hands hovered over the silver sword attached to her back.
"No need for hostility, I'm only here to pass something to you," With that, the man threw a book into her arms before vanishing into thin air.
Eyeing the book, she decided, after a few seconds, that it was safe. Opening the book slowly, she immediately regretted her actions. A large pressure of magic escaped the book. It would seem that opening the book was the trigger for the spell and everything happened in the span of just mere seconds.
First of all, her breath was knocked out from her body as excruciating pain struck her, her heart burning as seconds flew by. It felt even more painfull than when she accidentally struck herself with her own lightning. Her skin felt tighter, she closed her eyes tightly, biting her lips to stop the screams from escaping. A slight tearing was felt on her side.
Second of all, she felt as if being pushed through a tight tube, like the time she was sent to Edolas, but at the same time not.
Thirdly, when the pain stopped, she felt herself being airborne but she was too tired to call on her lightning as she started falling. As she fell, she heard the familiar scream of 'What the fuck?!' Before she knew, she felt warm arms cradling under her knees and back. Opening her eyes, her eyes immediately widened in shock. The person holding her, the least expected person was Laxus Dreyar. A teenage version of Laxus, to be specific.
It was then, did she realize that she had been sent back to the past.
Before she could speak, his silver-blue eyes widened when he saw her waist and he immediately starting to run. Confused, her eyes went to her sides, she too was shocked when she saw blood seeping from her wounds. For some reason, now that she knew, her eyes felt heavier, something the other blonde noticed.
"Stay awake damn it!" He roared. A small smile, the next few words shocked the teenage male.
"Nice to know you haven't changed, Laxus," Was the last words she had whispered before she blacked out.
13 Years Earlier
Year 778
His eyes widened when she whispered his name. Shaking his head, he decided to question that at a later time as he approached Fairy Tail's medical advisor. Not bothering to knock, he barged in, ignoring the curses the pink-haired lady growled as he gently placed the blonde 17-year-old. Thankfully, she had stopped cursing when she saw the state the blonde was in. For once, the pink haired lady allowed the teen to stay as she inspected the wound, once in awhile, commanding the teen to bring certain items to her. The teen silently followed her orders, he was still curious as to how the girl knew him but he knew that it could wait.
Author's Note
Hey! I'm back with another chapter. I originally wanted to write the time between she was found and current but I was like 'fuck that, that's too long', so that's why there's a large time skip at the beginning.
Sorry for not updating in a long time but I'm currently prioritising 'Celestial Mates' so I'll only be updating this story only once a month or longer. One reason is that it takes some time for me to write this story, more than for 'Celestial Mates'.
So yeah, see you in the next update ^-^
