Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)


Inspiring Green Breeze, and Startling Blue Beauty


The train ride from Eterna Town to Magnolia Town had only lasted 25 minutes, as the train had no trouble with reaching a town that had been close by, and Lucy had gotten off of the train when it came to a halt at the Magnolia station. She still wore her pink pajamas that had tears from Melissa's brutal winds, meaning that she didn't buy any new clothes in Eterna before she boarded the train, but Lucy had stopped by a small dessert shop in that town to purchase a brown box that was filled with ten delicious candy bars. They only cost 100 jewels per candy bar, but the sweet chocolate bars were still quite delicious.

Lucy had carried the brown box in her right hand while she was using her left hand to hold the bag of 500,000 jewels that Melissa had left behind. Even though it was a bunch of cash that the green-haired woman had stolen from people who gave out rewards for her supposed "captures", Lucy knew that she could use this money to pay off her monthly rent of 70,000 jewels. She did need a place to live, after all, but Lucy did feel somewhat conflicted. It's not like she hated her apartment, as the blonde-haired mage was glad to have a good morning where Natsu didn't break into her home, but she just didn't like how it was near Fairy Tail.

Sting had not wanted her to not think about Natsu anymore, as the blue-eyed male thought that the fire dragon slayer was not really worth Lucy's time, and her cocoa brown eyes had a slight bit of sadness in them. Even if she showed her injuries to Natsu, he really would not care. That guy was too busy loving Lisanna and her cute features, so Lucy was a person that he'd simply ignore. As Lucy walked to her apartment, she kept thinking about how it was necessary for her to change herself into someone who was stronger. She would probably have to work harder and learn more skills, but that was part of her road to improving herself.

Lucy kept walking while also thinking about the fact that Melissa beat her in their fight with ease, as it made the brown-eyed girl close her eyes while she groaned in frustration, and she did realize that many evil criminals were in Fiore. They would possibly be quite strong, so Lucy would definitely have to get stronger as well. After all, she could've died if Sting and Rogue hadn't showed up to the Old Chateau for the sake of checking out who was making the blasts that disturbed the Eterna Forest. Getting stronger would probably also make Lucy feel much happier, and being happy would also help Lucy have more of a positive outlook on life.

The Celestial Spirit Wizard arrived at her apartment, before setting the brown box of candy bars down on the ground in front of her, and she pulled out her apartment key from the right pocket of her pink pajama pants. She wasn't injured to the point where she couldn't turn the key in the lock to open the door, so Lucy successfully got into her apartment and set the large bag of jewels down on the ground. She quickly turned back around to pick up the brown box of chocolate bars, and Lucy frowned a bit while closing the front doors to her apartment. She also locked them, before going to sit on the couch in her living room, and she needed some time to think.

"It's been a pretty dangerous morning for me, and it's also been very emotional. Melissa even berated me by pointing out how I fell for that fake flyer in Fairy Tail, and it was all so embarrassing. I nearly cried when Natsu kicked me off of the team, and I nearly lost it when he was kissing Lisanna. This morning was just rough, and I feel pushed to the edge..." Lucy thought to herself while letting out a sad sigh, starting to look deep in thought about what she had to do.

Lucy realized that staying around Natsu would just make her feel more depressed, which would not be good for her at all, and being ignored by many people in the Fairy Tail guild would also be quite bad. She didn't want a major amount of spotlight to always be on her, but any normal person would want a decent amount of attention. The fact that people didn't tell her certain things was also something that made her feel like an outcast, such as how Cana let it slip that Natsu and Lisanna were trying to win a contest for the chance to spend time at a luxurious resort, and Lucy hated being left in the dark.

No one had even told her about the fact that Natsu had been cheating on her with Lisanna, but Lucy knew that she would have to try and move on. She was a bit conflicted with how her mind had the will to try moving on, but her heart still needed more time. After all, Natsu did just shatter his relationship with Lucy like it was nothing. A breakup would be hard to get over, but Lucy could ease the pain of it by not thinking about it. She laid on the couch while wondering if any guy would even like her or be loyal to her, and she really hated the fact that she didn't even do anything really bad to cause the breakup.

Just because Lisanna had been quite pretty with a very nice personality, Natsu wasn't exactly in an ethically right position to cheat on Lucy for the sake of being with the white-haired mage. Lucy knew that complaining about it to him would do nothing, and crying about her heartbreak would also do nothing. She closed her eyes for a moment while thinking about Sting's advice that he had given her, and Lucy knew that advice was right. She knew that Sting was smart when he said that she shouldn't be fretting over Natsu, since the fire dragon slayer wasn't her only way for her to feel happiness in her life, and she had to focus on doing what was right for herself.

Lucy knew that Sting was right, and she was starting to get a little frustrated at the thought of trying to get Natsu back. Swaying back and forth between two opposite ways to find happiness had made the blonde-haired mage really not stand the indecision, but she knew one thing. Trying to get Natsu back and begging for his love would just show him and Lisanna that they had the power to keep putting emotions of sadness and jealously into her heart, and Lucy didn't want that to happen. She started figuring out a way to get stronger, as it involved an earlier thought that entered her head again, and let's just say that she'd use a fierce criminal like Melissa as her inspiration for what she was going to do.


Meanwhile, at the Fairy Tail guild...

Juvia had been sitting at a table with Team Natsu while she sat next to Gray, admiring his cool black hair that went well with his handsome dark blue eyes, and the Rain Woman blushed happily while Gray talked about the fact that they needed to find a great job to handle today. She also smiled at how the ice mage warned Natsu to not destroy the town this time, and hearing Natsu reply in an annoyed manner only made Juvia wonder what the job would be. If Team Natsu could handle a job without Lucy, then which one would they want to take today?

Natsu talked about wanting to take a job that involved burning many bandits in a blaze, but Gray wanted a much better job that didn't involve any reckless harm. He still remembered how yesterday's job involved Natsu trying to stop some petty thieves up in the cold town of Kissaki, and the fact that Natsu destroyed some concession stands that sold gingerbread cookies was simply another reason why Team Natsu had to carefully pick a job. After all, Gray remembered when the team had to give up 90,000 jewels as compensation for Natsu's destruction of the gingerbread cookie stand that had been so very successful.

Erza sighed a bit while she simply wanted the team to handle any kind of job, even if it involved pulling up weeds from around the town, and she looked at Lisanna for some advice on which job would be great for the team to handle. Since Erza was an S-Class mage, the others could go on an S-Class mission with her on their team. With that being said, however, S-Class jobs were not exactly the easiest ones in the world. They involved the dangerous task of fighting monsters or high-level criminals that were pretty bad, and some of them could put a certain user of Wind Magic with a lovely French accent to shame.

Lisanna's blue eyes began to twinkle with a cute amount of delight when she had remembered seeing a great job on the request board, and this certain job had come with the nice reward of 200,000 jewels. It was a pretty decent amount of money for a group of people to split among themselves, and the white-haired girl thought that the job would also not be hard for them. After all, four or five people working well together could easily contribute to the hasty success of a job that seemed difficult for one person to handle on their own. Lisanna also mentioned that this job would take place in an old chateau, and she thought that the request was still on the board behind her.

Juvia looked a bit puzzled while hearing Lisanna talk about how they would have to stop a woman who used Wind Magic, since the blue-haired woman sat across from Lisanna to see the jobs on the request board, and that request was not on the board. It could've previously belonged to a red pin that was stuck against the wooden request board, but it looked like the job was taken. Juvia had not seen Mira stamp any jobs this morning, and only a few people were absent from the Fairy Tail guild today. She could guess that someone took the job, but it wasn't really anything to gripe over.

Lisanna turned around to go look at the request board, before asking her older sister in a calm tone while curiosity entered her cute blue eyes, "Mira-nee, did you notice that a job about stopping a criminal with green hair has been taken?"

Mira replied with a confused look on her face, "Not really.. That's a little odd, considering how I didn't stamp it. Come to think of it, that job only showed up yesterday."

Lisanna was a bit disappointed about losing that job to someone else who could handle it, possibly Gajeel or Team Shadowgear, but the cute girl with white hair noticed that there were other jobs that the team could handle. She looked at many of the flyers to see that they consisted of jobs where criminals had to be taken down, and Lisanna's eyes caught sight of a task where the client was simply asking to be escorted to the end of a tropical jungle that was filled with all sorts of colorful plants. This client also wanted to be wary about picking up many fruits on this task, too, and it seemed like these fruits belonged to a gang or something.

She giggled happily while announcing to Team Natsu that this would be their job today, which caused the fire dragon slayer to get up from his chair to give Lisanna a joyful high-five, and Lisanna could only let her cheeks blush a light shade of pink when Natsu gave her a lovely kiss on the lips. He was pretty happy that she found a great job for the team to handle, and the male with pink hair was even more delighted to see that the flyer had a reward of 600,000 jewels on it. The criminals did not seem to be in the S-Class category, but being in the A-Class category meant that they were still quite dangerous.

Even so, Natsu could only clench his fists tightly while looking excited about the job. He was quite happy about the prospect of burning down a bunch of criminals in the jungle, and he felt quite sure of himself because of the fact that fire spells could easily destroy spells that involved plants. Even if the job would be that easy, would Natsu be able to do it without burning down the entire jungle? Burnt fruit was probably not tasty, and Gray could tell that Natsu's excitement about this mission could result in it being more annoying than being a tropical preparation for the resort.

Gray began to look a bit irritated from how Natsu started saying how this mission would easy, since the ice mage did not want him to end up tempting fate, and the black-haired male was a little surprised to see Juvia giving him a happy smile. She nicely told him that the job would go smoothly, as her water could put out any excess fire, and Juvia cheered Gray's name excitedly while telling him that they could handle this job. The male with dark blue eyes found himself looking a bit displeased by Juvia's high amount of enthusiasm about this, but he smiled slightly at how she'd be there to help Team Natsu out with this task.

As Lisanna and Natsu shared another kiss, before breaking it, Erza told them that it would be a good idea to get this job done quite quickly. She did think about how Lucy would probably spend the rest of the day crying about how Natsu cheated on her, and Erza knew that hearing about that would be very annoying. Lisanna and Natsu did not even care about how Lucy would feel from hearing that they cuddled in a tropical jungle, as they were happy like cuddly bunnies, and the two mages ran out of Fairy Tail's entrance doors with happy smiles on their faces. Gray and Juvia ran after them, and Team Natsu would probably be ready to handle a job on an island.


Two hours later, at Lucy's apartment...

Lucy had been laying on her couch for a while now, coming to a decision that she thought would be the right choice to make, and the blonde-haired girl got up from the couch to stretch her arms high above her head. She smiled while lowering her arms, before exhaling a soft breath of air, and her cocoa brown eyes began to become filled with a confident look. She had decided that it would be best for her to take Sting's advice, as she did want to do something that would make her feel like she could become stronger, and Lucy had a little plan brewing in her mind.

She thought about how Melissa gained her Wind Magic from books, as the green-haired antagonist was probably someone who liked to read advanced books for the sake of not using standard Wind Magic, and Lucy also thought about what would've happened if water had been in the chateau. Just because Aquarius was Lucy's strongest Celestial Spirit, that did not mean she would've been capable of defeating Melissa. After all, the Elwind-level and Arcwind-level Wind Magic that Melissa wielded were not levels that Lucy could scoff at. Wind Magic in the Arcwind phase was quite dangerous, and maybe it could've even bested Aquarius.

This defeat from Melissa caused Lucy to remember the Naval Battle in last year's Grand Magic Games, as her spirits had some trouble handling Juvia's powerful attacks, and getting tortured by Minerva had made Lucy secretly feel quite weak without her keys. She remembered how Minerva beat her up so badly with her punches and kicks, which resulted in Lucy being seen as trash by the woman with green eyes, so losing to another powerful woman who was also sadistic had somewhat pushed Lucy to the edge. She was tired of being seen as someone who couldn't protect herself, and she wanted to change from that.

Lucy had never told this little secret to anyone in Fairy Tail, but she had aspired to be strong like Minerva. She wanted to be much more powerful than she was last year, but she failed to do that. However, the fact that Sting said she was brave for taking on Melissa had caused Lucy to realize that she just needed to find power like that. Even if the tomes were not forged for them to be at high levels of strength, Lucy knew very well that practicing techniques could always cause them to become stronger. She did not want to be beaten down again by anyone like Melissa, and Lucy also liked how Melissa's spells had not been very typical.

They were moves that she did not expect to see, and new moves like that could be quite beneficial to Lucy. She began to giggle confidently at the thought of being able to defeat Mirajane with tomes that centered around Darkness Magic, but she also knew that using standard magic from a tome would have it at level one. She had been defeated by Melissa's Elwind-level and Arcwind-level magic, which were respectively one level and two levels higher than standard Wind Magic, but Lucy did not know that spells of different levels could mix together for the sake of them both getting a nice power boost.

"Perhaps it would be good for me to start reading some tomes, but where do I find them? Would any shops be selling them, or would a library have them?" Lucy asked herself with a curious facial expression while she kept thinking about this idea.

Lucy also realized that she would have to deal with low-level spells and high-level spells, which would result in the practice of controlling how much magical power she'd be using, and Lucy had enough common sense to know that higher-level moves took up more energy. She did not want to exhaust herself with moves that were solely used as direct attacks, and the blonde-haired mage smiled a bit from thinking about how Melissa probably had more creative moves in her arsenal. She had to admit that the wind rings and the fast-moving wind arrow were quite unorthodox spells, and Lucy admired how they were really clever moves.

Any user of magic could make up their own spells with creative genius and a good amount of hard work, but making them have greatness would involve lots of training. Lucy was prepared to train really hard, as that would help her get much better at fighting, and she wanted to have some great spells at her disposal as well. She pulled out the ten Zodiac Gate Keys from the right pocket of her pink pajama pants, and Lucy simply looked at her keys with a somewhat disappointed look on her face. She was tired of always hiding behind them, which led to her demise in the Naval Battle last year, and Lucy gently closed her right fist while also slightly clenching on the golden keys as well.

She put them down on the brown coffee table in her living room, before turning around to see that the sun was making light shine through her windows, and Lucy gently closed her eyes to not let any sunlight get in her eyes. She quickly opened her cocoa brown eyes for the purpose of going outside, however, and feeling the sun's heat on her caused Lucy to smile happily. She enjoyed the bright sunlight that shined down on Magnolia, and that light reminded her about Sting. He had given her some good advice, as well as saving her life, and Lucy still had no way to thank him.

He had not wanted any of the money from the job of capturing Melissa, even though she was never actually captured, and Lucy didn't even offer to treat the Sabertooth mages to some food at a restaurant. Rogue did help Sting out, after all, and Yukino did feed Lucy some Oran berries to help her regain a good amount of health. She had to find some way to thank her new friends, even if she had to help them out on a job, and they were nicer than her former team. Lucy was really glad that Sting and Rogue barged into the chateau to help her, and she really wanted to express her gratitude to them.

At that moment, her lips formed a wondrous smile of amazement from the thought of showing Sting that she was determined to change herself into something better. She didn't really need to prove anything to him, but she wanted him to see that she could prove it to herself that moving on was possible. She wouldn't be moving on into a new relationship right away, as this was still the first day that she was now officially off of Team Natsu, but Lucy would be changing herself one step at a time. She was not going to let despair or any other negative emotion keep her down in depression, and she was determined to let her happiness and confidence grow.


55 minutes later, at the Fairy Tail guild...

Lucy arrived at the Fairy Tail guild's entrance doors to see that they were closed while there not much sound coming from behind the doors, and she had to wonder why it was so quiet. There was no possible way for Natsu and the others to be involved in a quiet brawl, as they were always quite rowdy, and Erza was usually the one to give some heavy beatings to Natsu and Gray for acting really stupid. She also had to think that Natsu would be kissing Lisanna in there, but Lucy knew that she couldn't let their romance sway her from the task that she had to do on this calm noon.

There was the possibility that many people were eating lunch in the guild right now, so they wouldn't really care too much about seeing Lucy. They would all probably be enjoying their food, and Natsu could've told the entire guild that he kicked Lucy off of the team. Since that was something she already knew about, there would be no need to hide any secrets from her. She knew that Natsu had cheated on her, but the confident smile on Lucy's face meant that her thoughts were possibly shifting to a different topic. After all, she wouldn't have time to deal with him right now.

She had taken off her pink pajamas that got torn from Melissa's powerful wind attacks, and Lucy currently wore an emerald green T-shirt with some black shorts to match. She also wore some yellow flat shoes as well, in reference to how the color yellow was bright like sunlight, and Lucy still wore the bandages that Yukino had put on her stomach. There were bandages around the bruises that had been made on Lucy's wrists and ankles, and she also had bandages around her forehead as well. The injuries on her forehead came from being caught in the huge blast that injured Melissa, and Lucy had also hit the wall on her front side. She had been unconscious, though, so she didn't even feel the damage.

Lucy had a glimmer of joy in her cocoa brown eyes, not even caring what Natsu or Lisanna would say about her injuries, and the blonde-haired mage could feel that she'd find what she sought in Fairy Tail's library. Even though it was upstairs and could block out most of the noise in the guildhall, Lucy knew that she'd simply have to get past Team Natsu. The fact that the inside of the guild seemed quiet was quite good for Lucy, as no brawls would probably be going on, and the brown-eyed girl maintained her confident attitude in a calm manner while opening the entrance doors to the Fairy Tail.

As the guildhall came into view, Lucy noticed that Fairy Tail wasn't being rowdy right now like it always was. Instead, the guild members were just sitting at tables and chatting. Mirajane was behind the bar, as Cana was drinking from a large keg like usual. Gajeel seemed to be sleeping while Levy was happily reading a book with Lily, prompting Lucy to cheer aloud instead of in her head at the fact that the members of Team Natsu were gone, and she also noticed that Wendy was having a conversation with Carla. Really, didn't this seem like a good afternoon?

Levy asked in a concerned tone while looking worried at Lucy for suddenly cheering, "Lu-chan, how did you get those injuries? Did someone hurt you really badly?"

Lucy replied while smiling, blushing in an odd manner as she did not want to bring up the Sabertooth mages saving her life, "Not really, Levy. I got hurt from falling off of a large tree, but I'm okay. Anyway, I'll see you later."

Before Levy could ask her anymore questions, Lucy ran upstairs to the library for the sake of handling her personal business. She knew that Natsu and Erza would probably not like hearing that mages from Sabertooth saved the life of someone in Fairy Tail, so even saying something that Mira could overhear might not be a good idea for Lucy. She looked back down at the wooden stairs to make sure that no one would be coming up after her, and she also noticed that no one was coming through Fairy Tail's entrance doors. Even though Lucy's morning was quite rough, her afternoon was starting to be alright.

She opened the door to the library of Fairy Tail, a happy smile on her face while she entered the room, and Lucy quickly proceeded to close the door behind her. She looked at the large bookshelves that appeared to be lined with books on many different things, and Lucy started to walk past a few of the bookshelves that had books available to all of the mages. She clearly knew that a mage specializing in Holder Magic would not be able to function well without their items, and the blonde-haired girl went to the eastern half of the library. Lucy went to this side of the library because of the fact that it had books that were forbidden to most people, and Mira once told her to steer clear of the reserved books.

Lucy walked over to a large brown bookshelf that had all sorts of strange books sitting on it, and she could see a book on Territory Magic. That was the type of magic Minerva possessed, allowing her to teleport anywhere, and she could also use it to warp other people to different places. She could also use it in an offensive manner by making deadly energy waves that could be intensely hot or feel like metal, and Lucy knew that type of magic could be deadly. She bit down on her lower lip while thinking about taking this book, but it would merely lead her away from what she initially came here to find.

The sweet girl let her cocoa brown eyes scan some of the other books that were on the bookshelf, deciding to not waste her time with Black Bomb Magic or Sound Wave Magic, and Lucy began to think that there was no chance of finding the book that she really wanted. Had the greatest tome of Wind Magic been checked out already? If so, then Lucy could only sigh in a disappointed manner about the fact that she'd have to pick a different type of magic. Well, that would not be too much of a letdown. After all, a different type of magic had its own specialty with moves and offensive capabilities.

With some hope in her heart, Lucy squatted down to see the books that were at the very bottom of the bookshelf. She had a focused look on her face while ignoring books on Candy Magic and Cooking Magic, but she started to have a smile on her face from seeing a sapphire blue book next to a book on how to make explosive candle wax. Lucy took the book out from the shelf to see that it was titled Water Tomes For Contests: Sixth Edition, and this book looked very interesting. Lucy opened it up to see the text written in blue, along with the sections for the levels of the Water Magic, and she noticed that the book's first page of info seemed to be instructions on how to it.

"In order to wield the spells from this collector's edition of blue tomes, the reader must first let the book send its energy into their body. The reader must also be aware that they can use different classes of spells, but only in ascending order. There is more to know, but that is for the reader to personally discover." Lucy quietly read to herself while looking at the text on the first page, seeing that the author of this book applied rules to how the spells could be used.

In order to activate the contract with the blue tome, even though she'd only be wielding its spells, Lucy had to slam her hand down on the front cover of the book. She set the sapphire blue book down on the ground, before slamming her right palm against the blue cover, and Lucy was surprised at what happened next. A blue aura began to engulf her body while blue electricity started to come from the book, and Lucy quietly groaned while being electrocuted! The book was sending its power into her body, her mind moving at a fast rate while she began to see many spells of Water Magic for a few seconds, and the blue aura sent itself into Lucy's mouth. It sent itself down into her body, filling the blonde-haired mage with power, and Lucy fell to the ground with a soft thud.

She stayed motionless for a few moments, before slowly standing up, and Lucy put the blue book back on the shelf. She felt more powerful but she didn't have tons of power to the point where she could kill a criminal with one hit. In fact, she just felt like there was a bit more power within her. Lucy did not know what she had just done, but she had hoped that it was something good. She had heard that spells of Water Magic could be used defensively, but she had to wonder if they could also be used in creative ways to attack like how Melissa had used her lethal wind attacks.

Needing a bit of time to think, Lucy walked past the bookcase to make a left turn that would take her all the way to the other side of the library. She did not want to get caught on the forbidden side of the library, and Lucy also felt the need to open up the doors of a nearby window. She could feel the gentle breeze of the wind touch her face with ease, causing her to like how this was a calm afternoon, and Lucy suddenly felt the need to shoot out six small blue bubbles of water from her left hand. They floated around in the air, before another breeze sent them high into the sky, and Lucy had a clear image enter her mind.

That move was known as Water Bubbles, which was simply part of standard Water Magic, and Lucy brought out another spell known as Water Satellite. This move caused a blue whirlpool of water to form in her hands, and it went straight up into the ring that had been formed by the six bubbles. The whirlpool was slightly larger than the bubbles, and Lucy looked up to see that the bubbles went into the whirlpool for the sake of powering it up. This was not like chain power, as that would make the move get incredibly powerful, and what happened next was quite interesting.

The whirlpool of water came crashing down from the sky to land between some trees, and a large blue blast of energy transpired! It had enough power to destroy the five trees around it, leaving a large crater behind, and the noise caused Gajeel and Lily to come running outside. Lucy quickly closed the windows shut, before looking quite shocked at what she had just done, and it looked like those two simple moves had combined to create a more powerful move. The attack left some shiny blue glittery energy behind, which looked a bit beautiful, but the blue glitter quickly faded away.

Lucy had to wonder why she had thought of those two spells looking pretty together, as she was even more surprised by their power, and she looked a bit startled from realizing that the book contained contest spells from water tomes. Contests in Fiore were like competitions where mages could show off the beauty and creativity of their moves in the appeal rounds and battles, which were far different from standard fights, and Lucy had heard some stuff about them from Mirajane. Contests were for mages who were creative fighters, so the author of that book could've been one of them.

She thought about using this new magic in good combos with Aquarius during fights on jobs, but what about her other spirits? Not all of them worked well in water, especially not Sagittarius, and Lucy knew that arrows wouldn't be effective in battles involving water. She was curious to try out more magic that had been given to her from the blue tome, but Lucy decided that it would have to wait until later. After all, she did want to show these new watery skills to Sting. It would be her way of letting him see that she could move on, and she hoped that he would give her a confident smile to make her giggle with a joyous sense of accomplishment.


How was Chapter 4? Did you like it? Even though Lucy learned magic from a book, this will be the only instance of that happening in this story. In the next few chapters, you shall see how Lucy gets to learn magic. Her Celestial Spirits shall be stronger as well, so standby for the update!