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Chapter 3: In Action

"She was tired. She SHOULD be tired. She had just battled a mob of bloodthirsty monsters. But okay, every job was like that. So why should she be exhausted?"

"The Celestial Fairy?" Natsu asked incredulously, "What's up with that name?"

"Oh!" Evergreen wailed, "And I tried so hard in gaining the name of Fairy Tail's Fairy!"

"Nobody even called you that," Elfman muttered under his breath, and then he raised his fist to his chest, "Let me see this MAN!"

"Like I said," Kinana laughed nervously, "She's on a job. Oh, and she's not a man."

"What kind of job?" Gray inquired, clearly upset that his teammate had just done a surprise sneak attack on him. He had wanted that title (not Celestial Fairy, but Fairy Tail's Strongest Member) for a long time now.

"Slaying some monsters, no big deal," Wakaba answered, "She usually brings back a whole lot of money. Although we feel bad about it, she gives us a big portion of her earnings so that we can repair this place bit by bit."

"The strongest huh?" Natsu grinned, "So if I beat Lucy, that mean's I'll be the strongest, right?"

"It'll be short-lived because then I'll beat YOU, Natsu," Gildarts said smugly.

"Well, yes, technically, but," Macao paused for a moment, "Lucy's real scary when she comes home from a job. All that walking home makes her crabby."

"I still say she's not old enough to drive," Makarov said from his seat on the bar counter, drinking a glass of beer.

"She's twenty," Alzack pointed out, to which Makarov said, "I really don't care."

"Now," Bisca interjected before her husband got involved in the quarrel he had brought up for a million times already, "how about you explain how you got back from wherever you came from?"

"Well," Natsu started off, but Erza covered his mouth.

"You'll just make them even more confused," she stated, and turned to her beloved guild, "When we were in those mountains, we felt this strange magical power, so we tried to check it out. But something – or someone – set off a chain of explosions infused with that mysterious power we felt. We would have been dead if not for the sudden transportation to Edolas. There, Mystogan explained to us that he had felt something wrong as well, and so he used several contraptions to get us out of there. Of course, when he did that, the machines all broke. Over the course of three years, he was researching on how to get us back here, to home. He finally discovered that if we gathered up all of our magical energy into a tight ball and sent it into the sky, we would be able to create some sort of mini-Anima. It worked, but we also used up all of our magic, and had no choice but to crash land somewhere, and that was here, right in our very own home!"

"It was disappointing that our ticket to home was so simple, but we had to wait for three years just to figure it out," Romeo piped up. The Three Years' Tragedy group nodded in unison. Everyone stood in silence, acknowledging this fact when a civilian from Magnolia came bursting in.

"…back!" he gasped, breathless, "She's back! Lucy Heartfilia's back!"

Reacting immediately, Makarov Dreyar grabbed a huge microphone and yelled into it, "RAISE THE FLAGS! LUCY HEARTFILIA IS BACK! NOW LET'S PARTY!"

"What are you doing?" Natsu exclaimed.

"You don't understand," Kinana replied, "Lucy's been gone for three months. She's never taken that long to finish a monster job before! Now, everyone in Magnolia's celebrating her return!"

Lucy

As if she couldn't hear that Master's voice. It was loud and deafening even if she was barely just on the boundaries of the city itself. She could already see people putting up flags of welcome and tying balloons to door knobs.

"Oh, Magnolia," she whispered, as she set foot on city ground.

"Hi Lucy!"

She waved at everyone who greeted her, never failing to smile at them. Lucy's demeanor hadn't changed, just her powers, and just a little change of her clothing. She now wore a cloak (sort of like Gildart's, but the ends were not frayed) that was the same color as her Key of the Starry Skies outfit. The collar of it was high so that it shielded part of her face, but it was roomy as well. It was pinned just above her chest with a golden Fairy Tail Mark brooch. Under the cloak, she adorned her Key of the Starry Skies clothing set. She wore brown boots, and her hair was back to that one-little-ponytail-to–the-right-side thing. A wicked looking katana (samurai sword) was strapped to her back, making her appear intimidating. But truthfully, Lucy's personality differed to her appearance a LOT.

"Hi," she nodded at the local fisherman who waved vigorously in return.

Everyone could tell how the Celestial mage was feeling. Lucy was way too sure about how she was feeling. She was tired. She SHOULD be tired. She had just battled a mob of bloodthirsty monsters. But okay, every job was like that. So why should she be exhausted? It was because the journey back home had been energy-draining. Her job had taken place far away, and she felt cranky that she had had to walk all the way there, and all the way back. Several times, the blonde had tried to argue with the Master to let her drive, but he wouldn't hear of it.

"If Edo-Natsu can drive," Lucy had said stubbornly, "and Erza can drive, why can't I?"

"One," Makarov Dreyar had replied, "is in another world, and the other is super scary."

Lucy knew it had been a mistake to even MENTION Erza, but she couldn't help it. Every time she came home, her mood would be super bad because her feet ached and her legs burned.

"At least you'll get some muscular legs," Alzack had said, but that did not improve her mood. Why would she want her arms to be tiny but her legs to bulge with muscles? She had kicked the man right through the roof and afterwards, he had quarreled with Master to let her drive too.

To top it all off, the last few steps to Fairy Tail had to involve, yes, stairs! By the time, Lucy had climbed them, feeling worn down, she was sure nothing could improve her mood. But she was wrong. Because right then and there, a little blue puffball sped towards her at lightning speed.

"LUCY!" Happy screamed, tears streaming down his face and crashed right into her. The blonde stumbled back on the impact, and would have fallen right down the stairs if Erza hadn't grabbed her wrist. Wait a minute…ERZA!? And there was Gray, and Romeo, and Wendy, Carla, Lily, Gildarts, Cana, Laxus, Lisanna, Mira…..

"I'm dreaming," Lucy murmured, "I'm dreaming and I still have like, one thousand miles left to travel to get home."

"Lucy!"

Oh my goodness, if this was a dream, she didn't want to wake up. Because there was Natsu, dressed in that one-sleeved outfit, running towards her like there was no tomorrow.

"You're Natsu," Lucy said dazedly as he engulfed her in a hug, "I'm not…dreaming, am I?"

"No, Lucy, you're not, you're not dreaming!" Natsu said, his voice muffled against her shoulder. Was he crying? Well, that was okay, because the blonde herself was sobbing her heart out.

"I thought you were dead!" she screamed, "I thought everyone was dead!"

"Yeesh, still noisy as always huh, Lucy?" Natsu said, smiling as he pulled away from her.

"You jerk!" she cried, trying to kick him, "I thought you were…were…"

"Dead?" Gray called, "Yeah, we got you the last time. You were screaming it."

Lucy, still shocked, wiped her tears away, trying to manage a smile, "Shut up Stripper."

Suddenly, Makarov's voice boomed, "SO, WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR!? LET'S PARTY!"

"Not if we can help it!" a gruff voice said. It was a bald guy, all sharp facial angles and broad chins; with him were four other tinier people with delinquent-looking faces. It was none other than the infamous Twilight Ogre, yet again trying to overrun the Fairy Tail guild.

"We'll destroy your puny guild!"

Lucy, still facing Natsu, began to emit a dark and dangerous aura. In one swift movement, she drew her sword and charged the measly group.

"So, this is how you welcome me home!? Don't ruin my reunion you JERKS!"

And with one slash, the five thugs went crashing down the hill, probably resolving to never enter Fairy Tail again. Sighing with satisfaction, the Celestial wizard sheathed her sword.

"Man am I tired, right guys?" Lucy said, turning around.

"Y-yeah," Gray and Natsu said, trembling as Erza nodded, saying, "Impressive."