We continued walking in silence until we got to the train station and saw the two exceeds waiting for us. Sting and I sat down at a bench as Rouge, Frosch, and Lector went to get train tickets. I glanced at Sting and chuckled as he mumbled something about stupid trains. "What is up with all dragon slayers having motion sickness?"

His head shot up. "What do you mean 'all dragon slayers'? Did you know a dragon slayer before us?" I tilted my head to the side and tried to think of people who I knew before I met Sting. Nope, I still remember nothing. How did I know that dragon slayers have motion sickness then?

I turned toward Sting and just shook my head. "I don't know. Maybe I knew one in my previous life. Aren't dragon slayers pretty rare though?" He nodded as he had a confused expression.

"Yes they're pretty rare." Sting thought for a moment and turned to look at me. "What do you mean your previous life?" I smiled and stood up, placing my hands on Sting's.

"Before you found me was my previous life. Whatever happened before I woke in that forest, happened to a different person. I'm Lucy Heartfilia of Sabertooth now. Whoever I was before doesn't matter anymore." Sting smiled softly but his eyes held sadness.

He pulled me down next to him and grasped my hands tightly. "I'm holding you to that. Even if you learn who you used to be I'm holding you to what you just said, so you can't leave me." Rouge walked up behind me and Sting put on a determined grin. "You can't leave us."

I pouted and pulled my hands away, sighing before standing up and turning away from him. He made a motion to reach to me but I cut him off and scowled, bringing a fist down on top of his head. Sting and Rouge both looked at me shocked as I took a deep breath and the exceeds chuckled.

"I can not believe you! Do you really think I would leave you if I found out who I was? Let me tell you something, my name is Lucy Heartfilia! I am a celestial spirit mage of Sabertooth, the strongest guild in Fiore. I live with my older brother, Sting, and his partner, Rouge, along with their exceeds." The group just stared at me as I continued my rant. "That is who I am. In a previous life I could have been anything, but that doesn't matter. That me is dead and I don't need or want to know her. I have everything I want right here with you guys. Got it?"

I pouted and picked up my bag, swinging it onto my back as the speaker announced that the next train would be departing shortly. That seem to snap the two out of their stupor as they secured their bags and followed me toward the train. Sting caught up to me and threw an arm over my shoulders as Rouge and the exceeds traveled closely behind.

He smirked as I suddenly stopped and turned toward him, forcing a laugh as I realized something important. "Is this our train?" He laughed and I saw Rouge chuckle lightly. I pouted as Sting nodded and lightly pushed my onto the train. I took a seat and the two exceeds took up the space beside me as the two dragon slayers sat across.

Frosch climbed onto my lap and curled up, mumbling something about how I was soft as he fell asleep. Lector gave a skeptical look at that statement and laid his head on my lap, stating how he would be the judge of that as he also fell asleep. I smiled and started to pet them as I felt a familiar tug somewhere in my mind.

Ignoring the feeling, I lifted my gaze from the cats to the dragon slayers and tried not to laugh. The train hadn't even started yet and Sting and Rouge were both chalk white with closed eyes, bracing themselves for the start of what sure to be hell. I smirked and smiled innocently when they looked.

"I can help you guys out you know." I said innocently and watched their eyes widen. I smirked and before they realized what I meant I slammed their heads together and knocked them out. There was that annoying tug again. A girl with blue-white hair smiled kindly at me and asked if the seat next to me was taken. I shook my head and smiled for her to sit down.

During the ride I learned that she was also a member of Sabertooth. Her name was Yukino Aguria and she was a celestial spirit mage with the other three zodiac keys. We continued talking about spirits until we reached the stop for her mission. She waved goodbye and walked off the train as I smiled, glad to see that I made a female friend.

I sat in silence for a while and just let my mind wander. "We are now arriving in Magnolia." The lacrima announced. I grabbed my bag and got up to leave as Sting, Rouge, and the exceeds woke back up. "Come on guys, let's go!" They looked at me with a confused expression.

"Lucy, this isn't our stop." I just gave them a confused expression and sat back down as they fell back asleep and wondered why I thought this was our stop. I turned and looked at the window as I saw a small girl with dark blue hair crying into the arms of another older girl with red hair. I felt myself tearing up as a young man with raven black hair ran up to them with a sad expression.

The older woman shook her head at the man as he tried not to cry, instead turning to an empty bench and breaking it in one swift motion. The train started to move again as I blinked back tears and put my hands on the glass, wanting to comfort these strangers. They faded from my view and I cried silently, not wanting to wake up my companions.

Why did those people make me feel this way? What was making them so sad? I wiped away my tears and double checked that my friends were still sound asleep before taking off the glove on my right hand. My hunch was correct, the mark was back. Something in the back of my mind screamed that those people were connected to this mark.

I sighed and put my glove back, pushing the familiar strangers to the back of my mind. I petted Frosch and smiled at my partners and their green expressions. I took a short nap before being shaken awake by Sting and dragged off the train. "So," I asked, finally realizing something. "What is this mission anyway?"

Okay so here's chapter four. I hope you guys like it! Thank you to all of you who are following this story! Also thank you to anybody that has favorited or reviewed this story. I love you all! I was actually going to put the mission in this chapter but that would make it extremely long so I decided to just split them. The next chapter will be the actual mission and it should be uploaded within a few days. Thanks to everybody who read this story! I love you all!