Sorry for the late-ish update, everyone ^u^' I've been busy with these terrible things called assignments! And soon I have to handle the even worse things! EXAMS! NOOOOO! Anyway, do enjoy, okay?

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~X*X*Lucy*X*X~

"Ahh~ I'm such an idiot! I ran into this forest and now I'm lost! And what's worse is that they still have my keys! And my feet hurt!" Lucy complained loudly to herself, trudging her way from the forest.

"If Natsu was here he could just sniff out the way home" She wailed in defeat, slumping against a tree, slowly sliding down the trunk, crouching at its base, resting her head on her knees.

"I just wanna go home" She whispered, the first tears slipping from her eye and rolling down her dirty, bruised cheek. Then another tear followed. And another and another. And for a while, the world seemed to disappear, leaving Lucy alone with her tears, her fears, and the painful memories of the past and present.

"Phew" she sighed as her tears slowed to a stop, lifting the heaviness of her heart.

"Well, I feel a bit better now. Time to go home! YEAH!" She cheered, jumping up, re-energised and began running, just as blindly, through the forest of Stolen Souls.

~X*X*SilverWings*X*X~

"God DAMN!" Emily huffed, rubbing the pain in her jaw, finally regaining consciousness.

"Are you okay?" Eve asked quietly, knowing that saying anything else may end up in her being in pain too. Emily just huffed again, lifting herself up off the forest floor, dead leaves and small twigs coming up with her in her hair.

"Did you go after her?"

"We…I… Thought it best if we stayed with you until you woke up"

"So…you lost our target?"

"Yes."

Eve braced herself for the slap that never came. Emily sighed, rubbed her probably broken jaw again and dusted the debris out of her hair. No harm came to the young blonde mech mage, or the purple and cream exceed.

"Alright. Let's go" Emily stood up, dusting off her sky-blue shorts and began following the sweet scent of celestial mage into the forest, her partners right behind.

~X*X*Lucy*X*X~

Lucy leaned against a tree, out of breath from running. In the distance, the quite sound of a small waterfall trickled, and the breeze almost seemed to be pushing Lucy towards it, nudging her towards the unknown. Seeing as she had no other ideas on where to go, Lucy went along with it, following the insistent wind.

After walking another half an hour, the breeze faded away, leaving Lucy in a beautiful clearing, covered in wildflowers and a small waterfall and pond trickling off to one side. Amongst the trees were a patch of mulberry bushes, in full bloom, handfuls of berries on each branch, ready for the eating.

"Whoa! It's so pretty!" Lucy marvelled, moving so she was standing in the centre of the clearing, turning in a slow circle, to take in the whole areas beauty.

"Until I get some bearings of where I am, I think I'll stay here" She nodded and smiled, and made her way over to the pond, and began cleaning the wounds inflicted from the once ally now turned enemy.

"Damn it, this really hurts" Lucy grumbled as she scrubbed the dirt from her open cuts. After they were cleaned, Lucy simply sat there, looking at her own reflection.

~X*X*Fairy*X*X~

"Sniffer Slayers at the ready!" Mira Jane called, as though it were a game.

"AYE SIR!" The tree dragon slayers chanted, all three already locked onto Lucy's scent, all crouched ready to run.

"GO!" the silver-haired beauty cried and the three were off running, leaving a trail of dust in their wake.

"Bring her home again, brats" Makarov mumbled quietly from his usual perch at the bar.

~X*X*SilverWings*X*X~

"Hey…Eve…Sorry about before, I shouldn't have lost my temper when questioning Lucy" Emily bowed her head in shame towards her only friend.

"Why're you apologising to me?" Eve asked, nudging Emily's face up with her fingers, looking into the ice dragon slayers icy white-blue eyes, which were brimming with tears that were threatening to fall.

"Because I showed you such a terrible side of me!" and with that the tears fell, the stone cold armour the girl wore on her heart fell away.

"There there, Emily, I forgive you" Eve gently held Emily close, the golden-brown haired girl hiding her face in her partners shoulder, and they stood there as though there were no one else left in the world.

"Hey…Emily, promise me something" Eve whispered.

"What?" Emily mumbled between sobs.

"Don't get snot on my shirt, this is my favourite"

Emily let out a heartbroken laugh, knowing that even though she had almost killed before her best friend, Eve was still here, trying to make her laugh in even her greatest moment of weakness.

"Okay…I'll try my best" Emily sniffed, curling back into her comrade's embrace.

~X*X*Lucy*X*X~

"Ugh, These mulberries are so sour" Lucy screwed up her ace as she ate another handful, knowing this may be the last chance she'd have to eat in a while. She licked the staining juice from her fingers, noticing it didn't come off.

"I am NOT running around with sticky fingers" She puffed to herself, and went to the pond to wash off her hands.

As Lucy scrubbed the juice from her fingers, a pair of glowing red eyes appeared in the waterfall, but were not just content with staying behind the waterfall, it rushed Lucy, knocking her back with her usual girly scream.

"You'll pay for using my pond like your personal basin!" it roared, striking Lucy again. Lucy's world faded to black instantly.

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Sorry there was so much crying this chapter! Next chapter will probably be filled with tears too! BUT IT'S A FILLER SO IT'S OKAY! Don't forget to send in pairings, since it could change the outcome of the story!

Kissu Kissu

~HAPPY